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| Did Ichika's attack even do anything useful? I mean I know he cut it's arm off but he only had one attack left and he couldn't take it out, if it wern't for Cecilia he would of been done for. I was surprised that Rin was the one there when Ichika woke up, I thought the series would lean more towards Houki as the lead girl in the harem. Also It's so obviouse that the Franc Candidate is a girl other wise Ichika wouldn't of been the first male pilot of an IS. |
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Gangler said: I'm also waiting for an explanation of how his IS absorbs energy weapons and what the limitations are. It sounds like a kind of ridiculous power, especially considering that when the previous attacks hit him he was hurt like normal. Perhaps he has to catch it right between those shoulder dealies? If the Tourney's Rules revolve around depleting shields, then shield-regenerating powers are obviously locked and illegal. In real combat however, it can and should be used. Besides, if Byakushiki's sword (somebody remembers name?) leeches off his shield, it's logical for the mech to have something to compensate for it. This might be a Super Robot Powered Armor, but everything must have logic to it. Quoth Kawamori Shoji, "Every designed part must have an appropriate, logical function to it." In teamwork or squad-level tactics, close-range units better have ranged weaponry, no matter how weak, or else a powerful (blink) tank. The recharge system makes absolute sense if Byakushiki is caught in a melee and his fire support somehow misses the target and hits him instead. Then again, New Powers As Plot Demands for a simpler explanation. This I would hate; they better make a sensible explanation for that. Anyways, does anyone else found Chifuyu's "that's salt, y'know" moment hilarious and character defining? That one simple mistake betrays that she too, feels nervousness even with a cool facade; much better job than the tsundere/genki/ojou girls. Speaking of which, wasn't Mariya being a trap because he's a sadist that just wants to toy with people's head? Plus why are you comparing a trap with a reverse trap? IIRC reverse traps have a good track record of concealing who they are, it's the traps that sometimes don't. |
Gangler said: No, they omitted the part where it was killed again or Ichika actually did damage it enough to stop it.Iilia said: The IS coming back to life was just such a weak plot device used to get Ichika in the hospital... What bugged me more than that was the explanation for what happened after. "The IS stopped moving". Really? so it rebooted, came back to life, and then just suddenly flopped over dead again without cause or reason? Gangler said: It was because he is not allowed to use that power in friendly class matches, perhaps only in pro-competitions like his sister participated in.I'm also waiting for an explanation of how his IS absorbs energy weapons and what the limitations are. It sounds like a kind of ridiculous power, especially considering that when the previous attacks hit him he was hurt like normal. Perhaps he has to catch it right between those shoulder dealies? |
| Woah, this is starting to get a lot more cliched -- typical dere reactions, battle talk etc. The fight was okay, but could have been handled better, I liked the training ones more. Proved to be a rather fun watch though so I suppose I'm still in. Besides, I haven't seen that many typical harems. |
Roxkis said: Just the way people act in this anime is retarded. Your in the middle of a fight and your more worried about being carried by a guy then not getting you head blown off. Really!? This show would be so much better if they didn't try to jam the harem factor so hard. We get it Rin likes Ichika, but enough to be a distraction in battle!? This anime seem like it had promise, but the annoying female characters, and weak ass default harem guy have just completely turned me off this anime. What a waste of a good animation budget. /rant Unfortunately i will have to agree with this opinion. The battle could have been awesome but it was ruined by all that stupidity. |
| Questions: If the lasers of Fan's IS recharge the energy of Byakushiki, then why Ichika was avoiding them in the battle with Fan? And when did he call Cecila and ordered her to attack? And why the producers and the author think that the viewers are so dumb that they can't recognize a guy from a girl with pants? So many questions, yet no answer... |
Arashi89 said: Questions: If the lasers of Fan's IS recharge the energy of Byakushiki, then why Ichika was avoiding them in the battle with Fan? Because that option was not allowed to be used in inter-class competition. Arashi89 said: And when did he call Cecilia and ordered her to attack? He did not call Cecilia, she came to him and figured out a way to get out of where they were stuck despite parts of the complex were still locked in. That machine is nuts, it can hack into the system. Arashi89 said: Because they don't think that, they only think of the situation even though cliche as it is, it still brings some form of entertainment look Baka Test no Shuunkanju and see how that was successful.And why the producers and the author think that the viewers are so dumb that they can't recognize a guy from a girl with pants? |
Arashi89 said: when did he call Cecila and ordered her to attack? And why the producers and the author think that the viewers are so dumb that they can't recognize a guy from a girl with pants? So many questions, yet no answer... Plot hole, man. Just deal with it. It's been pages and NOBODY was able to provide a decent explanation besides "it wasn't shown" and "Cecilia figured it out by herself and somehow Ichika too cuz they have, lyk, Newtype ability or something" & "blablabla" & "blablabla"... Usually, some people love drowning the forum with pix explaining stuffs so when they don't, it means that it's just NOT in the ep itself, and that you shouldn't pay attention to teh shitty plot and just enjoy the girls, plain n simple! As for why they recycle the cliche about girl with pants... Well... There's an array of answers, some of which include... _ Yaoi purpose _ Deep down, some male otaku (gaijin included) love TRAP _ Popular thing in Asia as well as a popular cliche and popular things should be rehashed amirite? etc....There are more but those are quite offending to some so I shall stop here... |
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| what? So they finally gave this anime a plot ? omg. Great fight, stupid generic characters but hey we don't get anything we want in our life. No shit that the harem genre destroys this anime, but some stuff like Sekirei manage to mix plot and harem without hurting the anime or forcing things (ecchi fan service is another story though...) |
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| since it has a plot i won't complain about that i still wanna complain about the horrible setting though and the incredibly annoying girls |
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| A self pilot IS, what can this mean? It is true that all the characters are a bit annoying, even though the battles are interesting, hopefully they can build up on the plot that they now have. Lets hope Ichika figures out what must be done before it gets worse but im guessing it run the usually setting, a well. |
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| I love the fact that Ichika's sister totally pawned him in battle tactics and basically said you need to get your shit straight lol. |
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| So ichika IS can power up by absorbing an attack huh !? Kinda weird but if he could fix his fighting skill i might let it slide(i think his fighting is an amateur level). |
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| The guy is up against National Representatives and he basically skipped mandatory basic training. It's like up against the Red Baron while you haven't being taught on how to taxi down to the runway. Considering his track record, I say this guy is a genius, or his harem is loading him with training so far down his throat he shits complete manuals. |
| every girl so far is cute, that's the only thing i like about this anime so far I guess the new guy's secret is he's gay hence the reason why he looks like a tomboyish girl |
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| Spoiler: check on the character list on this anime's info page up above. The secret is as obvious as it comes. The only remaining question is (aside from fanservice) is "why"? |
MelbShaw said: every girl so far is cute, that's the only thing i like about this anime so far I guess the new guy's secret is he's gay hence the reason why he looks like a tomboyish girl It looks like a duck, walks like a duck, sounds like a duck, it must be a homosexual. |
| I'm still wondering how there a good number of people who think the new character is a guy and gay at that. >_> Seriously, I will kick myself in the balls and praise bow to the producers of IS if new char isn't a reverse-trap. |
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| i kinda like the action although the suit looks quite awkward on ichika.i REALLY don't like the girls, they really piss me off for some reason. no wait i can actually state why i dislike each and every one of the harem party don't remember names so just gonna go with description. Chinese girl: dumbness White girl: change in personality from high and mighty to pet Japanese girl: ignorant and no common sense |
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hellsascendant said: i kinda like the action although the suit looks quite awkward on ichika.i REALLY don't like the girls, they really piss me off for some reason. no wait i can actually state why i dislike each and every one of the harem party don't remember names so just gonna go with description. Chinese girl: dumbness White girl: change in personality from high and mighty to pet Japanese girl: ignorant and no common sense HmmHm! *nods in agreement* well, this is like a harem anime, they needed everytpye of girl? And, im curios about Ichika, how can he control and IS and what did the random robot thing want? seems like hes special or some sht. |
Yumekichi11 said: Amazing fight with Fang! Ichika sure was good but Fang's IS I really love, especially it's cannons. It really does kind of remind me of Wu-Fei from Wing Gundam although Gundams are far better than IS. 2 Things that really blew me off apart from the more amazing battle yet in this series. First one is the over 9000 points of gar level ups that Ichika received mainly from the poses in the spoiler Glad that Cecilia came with her funnels! Thereafter blasting that shit up! OMG Fang had it so close to giving that kiss to Ichika! Damn why did he have to wake up!? D: At least she got a advance, which made me wonder why she was closest to Ichika in the ED. Adored the flashback of her and Ichika in the classroom. Probably a third favorite of Fang's expressions. Fang getting angry was cute too. This is was by far the best of the best in fighting so far in the series, more of that please! Also more Ichika GAR modes. Caramba! I can't believe that he only has that light sabre as his weapon. You know I wish it was Houki who kisses Ichika. |
ryanxwonbin said: I'm still wondering how there a good number of people who think the new character is a guy and gay at that. >_> Seriously, I will kick myself in the balls and praise bow to the producers of IS if new char isn't a reverse-trap. I just saved you from kicking your own balls. What do I get? |
archidus said: Salt next to the coffee.. wtf? i loled seeing how many people wonder about that. i don't know how many of u are Asian but if you are Asian and ask that you are whitewashed. if you are white then no prob. Asian kitchen often has sugar and salt side-by-side in containers with a weird press open lid and spoon. i don't really know why it like that, but seeing salt beside sugar isn't that strange. it's like asking why you put pepper beside you salt. no real meaning, it just has been kinda thing |
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| Just move everyone involved with Ichika and Ichika himself to a large 6-bed room. Or better yet, have Ichika take a lottery number in where he'll sleep next for even more lulz. Also, hellsascendant said: Asian kitchen often has sugar and salt side-by-side in containers with a weird press open lid and spoon. i don't really know why it like that, but seeing salt beside sugar isn't that strange. it's like asking why you put pepper beside you salt. no real meaning, it just has been kinda thing This 100% Asian dude agrees with the above quote; my grandma's house has that thing, even though it's more like a screw-top container(s). Pepper? We don't do pepper; we put our spices directly in our food. |
| The fight was nice, and the plot seems to be progressing. |
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| drones eh? uh oh. |
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| I know a bunch of people have already said it.. but REALLY why are you complaining about being held and not worrying about being blown up?!?? These girls are idiots... no, they're all idiots LOL oh well |
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| At least the protagonist doesn't get random power-ups and miraculously wins the battle. I like how his battle plan isn't always perfect. |
| looks like the prologue plot end here next ep will start the real plot story i mean the real conflict set |
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| Well this episode was a little better... Still this show seems like a different version of STRIKE WITCHES....except there's ONE guy and the girls aren't LOLIS... |
| Entertaining I guess |
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| i think the reason rin wa closest to ichika is that she became closer to him. so i think the rank determines who's in the "lead"? maybe also yea, trap boy is trap. if it really was a guy wouldnt it also make headline news too, there's no way someone could not notice him being a girl |
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| Was alright. |
| Ooooh! Crazy new baddie IS! With Ichika's harem growing he's gonna get so much training done he's gonna improve in no time! |
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| Arara~ Of course Cecilia would have to save the day. <3 |
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| Dammit, unmaned units are so lame, I wish they were just people who were just a lot better than them and had some kind of sinister plan. But so far the anime is pretty decent =P. |
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| Is it just me or did the plot of this episode make no sense? Okay, first off, there was that obnoxious carrying her around gig, why the fuck was he still carrying her when it'd only slow both of them down and make it harder to dodge, was it just an excuse to have her act like an embarrassed dumbass? And why were all of the teachers stopped by a locked door when they could have just flown over the top? Seriously, it was like a blue sky, their suits fly, and they were like "we can't get in to save them"? And of course, why would the japanese girl show up just to distract him and be a target? She had a stratos, right? Why would you go in unarmed just to yell encouragement if you could actually help him? I liked the previous episodes better, though this one had some excellent animation in the fight scenes. |
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| I'll watch the next episode to see how the trap goes along. Other than that.. I'm not really interested anymore. I like how Ichika asked Rin out but it'll probably be Ichika x Houki in the end. *Side eye* I'll give it one more ep before I drop. |
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| Yay France! :D |
| Woah this harem is so awsome i love it when they add another char at the Ed. Thx for the good Ep |
| Its a tarp. |
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| Huang is so cute, loving dem pigtails. Incoming trap next episode! |
| Wait...so Ichika's IS can absorb energy attacks? Why wasn't he using that function before?? |
| (>'_')># ~Here's a waffle, please calm down... "See that? She's cute and popular. You could say that her milkshakes bring all the boys to the yard. But YOU club President... your milkshakes are wasted on you. In other words, you're wasteful." ~D-Frag (Best.Reference.Ever.) |
| Wow, this show is flying by, why only 12 episodes ):. At least there's a second season coming out soon right? |
| Finally the bad guys come out to play. Lets see how this plays out, true mech battles start here! |
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| Decent episode. Almost a kiss scene |
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| finally they are start the battle.. until that robot came :/ nice episode btw.. really really nice fight scene :3 |
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