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Mar 14, 2016 10:29 AM
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Hmm, this episode felt slow and weird. I mean, I'm glad to see the team back together again and they seem to be happy. Reiko trying to make herself relevant again? I lol'd. The scuba diving though.

Saki confirmed for liking cats. Misaki trying to improve herself again. I think she's on the right track.

Mar 14, 2016 11:37 AM
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Things are getting serious.
The training they are doing is strict but now even sensei joined in the training which means we can expect some great things.
And they where already showing great moves.
Mar 14, 2016 12:15 PM
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holy jesus this episode delivered so hard the ending is going to be amazing. enough foreshadowing has been set up this episode to deliver the dream fight I've been waiting for.

Saki and Irina witnessed Angelic Halo in the flashback
we got more friendship development between Saki and Asuka

sexy Asuka and Misaki in bikini.

Mashiro and Asuka tried messing with their balancers only to end up flailing in the air.

Saki intense training with other top foreign FC players, and her grav-shoes seem to have a final form

most importantly, MASAYA SHOWS HIS MOVES!! THIS IS WHAT WAS NEEDED


Masaya definitely getting inspired to do FC again by Misaki and Asuka's friendship and enjoyment of FC

a very touching moment when kagami-sensei welcomed Masaya back to FC

despite being a training session it can be felt that everyone is having fun and loving FC even World Class Aoi is joining in
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Mar 14, 2016 12:23 PM
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It should be noted Masaya started flying again to help the girls with their training. He's not going to compete, at least not in this tournament.
Mar 14, 2016 1:07 PM
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It's about damn time Masaya shows how OP he is.

4/5
Mar 14, 2016 1:10 PM
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Pretty slow training episode, but seeing Kagami participate was mildly interesting. Plenty of big, beautiful tits to go around too, as usual. :D
Mar 14, 2016 1:28 PM
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GoldenDevilGamer said:
It's about damn time Masaya shows how OP he is.

4/5

I like how he finally get some action then boom, they throw out someone who is better than him - his mentor, Aoi.
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Mar 14, 2016 1:39 PM
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TYxTxYT said:
GoldenDevilGamer said:
It's about damn time Masaya shows how OP he is.

4/5

I like how he finally get some action then boom, they throw out someone who is better than him - his mentor, Aoi.
Lol yeah, but hopefully he lasts long against his mentor.
Mar 14, 2016 1:41 PM
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TYxTxYT said:
GoldenDevilGamer said:
It's about damn time Masaya shows how OP he is.

4/5

I like how he finally get some action then boom, they throw out someone who is better than him - his mentor, Aoi.


To beat Saki, Asuka needs to train with all of them together to surpass her limits. She's a fast learner so she'll take all those advanced techniques from Masaya and Aoi and make them her own.
Mar 14, 2016 1:42 PM

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GoldenDevilGamer said:
TYxTxYT said:

I like how he finally get some action then boom, they throw out someone who is better than him - his mentor, Aoi.
Lol yeah, but hopefully he lasts long against his mentor.

I doubt we will see anymore training, there is two episodes left and a fall tourney to get through.
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Mar 14, 2016 1:44 PM

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*starts screaming* I'm so excited now gah. These two final episodes are going to be freaking epic. Can't wait!!

Animation and certain anatomy is shit as usual, but I still love this show lol
Mar 14, 2016 1:53 PM
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Masaya started flying again to help the girls out!
Mar 14, 2016 2:06 PM
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A bit of a slow builidng anime but ti builds the characters well. Could probably have built Masaya up a bit more early on but you know the personalities of the characters really well.

Why do you get the feeling that kagami sensei would have been an unreal FC player early in her career e.g Shindou when he got fired up but with inui's skills
Mar 14, 2016 2:11 PM

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Seriously ... Masaya why did you stop FC ??
I can't decide ms if the story went too fast or too slow ... still good imo
Mar 14, 2016 2:15 PM
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Finally we get some action with Masaya, I've been dying to see him fly for the last 10 episodes.
Mar 14, 2016 2:16 PM

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F-I-N-A-L-L-Y! Damn, this is what the show needed. Our male lead showing what he has (well, had) to offer. I've waited this long for it and I can't say I'm disappointed. Things are getting serious, but they seem to be looking up too.

Vegeta, what does the scouter say about her balancer level? It's over 9000! /5

Mar 14, 2016 2:30 PM

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eyy shits gettin intense. both masaya and kagami putting on the boots, they ready now
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Mar 14, 2016 2:42 PM

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Really really enjoyed this episode,Badasses appear at the end.I can't wait until next weeks episode.
Mar 14, 2016 3:07 PM

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Masaya! Fucking finally we see him flying and it did not disappoint me at all.
Mar 14, 2016 3:17 PM

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Am I missing something here? The genre to this anime says romance right? I'm not going delusional?

Otherwise okay episode, sensei going to prove something in the next episode.
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Mar 14, 2016 3:27 PM

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Wh1t3 said:
Am I missing something here? The genre to this anime says romance right? I'm not going delusional?

Well, the romance tag really should be removed lol
Mar 14, 2016 3:29 PM

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Finally! Masaya finally did what I've been waiting for since episode 1! And damn is he good at FC. Hopefully he can give Kagami-sensei a real run for her money next week before Asuka probably bullshits her way into beating all of them.

One of the first times I've felt right calling an episode of this show great.
Mar 14, 2016 4:11 PM

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Wait a sec... if Aoi teaches all of them her "Ace in the Hole" special move, then wouldn't the one to benefit the most be Shindou?

That'd put the team at a disadvantage, no?
Did this whole "Everyone with mad talent busts out their special moves" event happen in the game as well?
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Mar 14, 2016 4:13 PM

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Wh1t3 said:
Am I missing something here? The genre to this anime says romance right? I'm not going delusional?

Otherwise okay episode, sensei going to prove something in the next episode.


The VN (Game) have romance, but the anime version removed all...
Mar 14, 2016 4:19 PM

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SalemWitch said:
Wh1t3 said:
Am I missing something here? The genre to this anime says romance right? I'm not going delusional?

Well, the romance tag really should be removed lol

I only start watch the anime because in the tags had romance, but I like the story and maybe we will see something in the last episode
Mar 14, 2016 4:41 PM
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Kagami went full hot-mode
Mar 14, 2016 4:59 PM

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Still no romance (which is expected), but I'm still glad as hell I waited 70 days for this episode.
Freaking finally I've seen Aoi (flashback) being OP, and best of all seeing Masaya being OP, also pretty touching when Aoi said Welcome Back.

5/5 For Opness and Misaki and Asuka in bathing suits :3
Mar 14, 2016 5:17 PM

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this is getting more interesting
Mar 14, 2016 5:25 PM

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This episode got me pumped up, but now the next episode is a week away! Noooo!

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Mar 14, 2016 5:25 PM

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Wait a sec... if Aoi teaches all of them her "Ace in the Hole" special move, then wouldn't the one to benefit the most be Shindou?

That'd put the team at a disadvantage, no?
Did this whole "Everyone with mad talent busts out their special moves" event happen in the game as well?


Shindou can't compete because it was his third year (like Madoka's Oniii-chan) so that's why he's willing to offer his experience.

Also consider the fact that it is indeed an "Ace in the Hole" not everyone will be able to do it, but they can at least prepare for it

if it ever happens in the Fall Tournament

In the game it depends on the route, but the order of appearance and who showed up was far more gradual compared to literally one day everyone joining in.
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Yessss we finally get to see mc and sensei fly!

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Mar 14, 2016 5:45 PM
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Masaya suddenly turned scary and important, something I've been waiting since the 1st episode.
...I also saw that he turned off his balancer.

He should have took part on the tournament too, because why the hell not!?



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Mar 14, 2016 6:04 PM

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Damn! Masaya's a beast! This was a pretty great episode.
Mar 14, 2016 6:17 PM

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Romance? Just remember that kinda yuri with Irina and Inui, and maybe Mashiro and Misako... Kidding, but there are still lot of chapters lefts and lot of things to see, it's getting really interesting now!
Mar 14, 2016 6:19 PM
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My favorite episode so far. I actually liked the joint training session. Masaya has gotten inspired again to return to do FC and what's even better was that Kagami-sensei joined in on the training. She even challenged everyone. Move over, youngsters! The badass pro returns to action, even for a single moment!

Sooooo, with Masaya getting inspired again to train the team, couldn't he just join the team too?
Mar 14, 2016 6:53 PM

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Is it strange that I kinda ship Hinata with Aoi?
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Mar 14, 2016 7:13 PM
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couldn't he just join the team too?


I'm sure he could but he doesn't want to. He's focused on training Asuka and Misaki right now.

Maybe after this tournament he'll join. The show won't cover that though.
Mar 14, 2016 7:32 PM

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And finally the protagonist shows his skills, this was definitely the highlight of the episode, since I have not expected something more of the protagonist that practically was absent of the adaptation, now I'm curious to see the final episodes of the anime and see if Masaya will face Saki, or if any romance will appear ..
Mar 14, 2016 7:43 PM

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Is it strange that I kinda ship Hinata with Aoi?


nah I'm pretty sure the age gap isn't that big :D and Aoi has such nice legs too.
Mar 14, 2016 7:48 PM

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HOLY MASAYA OMFG AHHHHHHHHHHH
Mar 14, 2016 8:12 PM

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This anime is so underrated. Im really hyped for the last two episodes. Also can someone explain to me the balancer and how it works. I wasnt paying much attention at that part and i dont want to go back.
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Mar 14, 2016 8:37 PM

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*screams into the void* MASAYA IS FLYING AGAIN. I was so happy we got to see that! Great episode! I'm so hyped for the next one. ;u;

Also, Aoi in full bad ass mode is A++
Mar 14, 2016 8:44 PM

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that was great mc looked good :D
sensei looked badass
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Mar 14, 2016 9:16 PM

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This anime is so underrated. Im really hyped for the last two episodes. Also can someone explain to me the balancer and how it works. I wasnt paying much attention at that part and i dont want to go back.



From my understanding of Masaya's explanation in this episode, the Balancer controls the grav-shoes sensitivity of its membrane that is actively making contact with external forces. If the Balancer is OFF, the sensitivity of the membrane is at MAX which results in the membrane feeling all of the external forces with even the slightest movement. If the Balancer is ON, the membrane isn't as sensitive and will require less effort from the user to deal with the external forces. Trying to play with the Balancer OFF will require a body that's been put through a hella lot of training.
(Yes, no one in FC had thought of this before.)

I can't explain Balancers well since there's probably more infodumps about grav-shoes & membranes spread throughout the show and VN which I don't want to look for.

A decent analogy would be thinking of the # of sides a shape has as the number of the directions you can move. The Balancer controls the # of sides the shape has and as you decrease the Balancer setting the # of sides the shape will have increases, which means more movement available. With the Balancer completely turned OFF, you get a circle with infinite sides. (At that point, I'd like to say this is a major exaggeration for grav-shoes.) Did you also know that a circle can form an infinite amount of triangles inside? Illuminati!@!@!@!@


alternative explanation:

Balancer ----> Power Limiter

?????

GetHyped
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I always thought that Irina is older than Saki, but... really? They're the same age?


That "flying mermaid" scene... It sure is beautiful.
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Mar 14, 2016 9:59 PM

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I'm shipping Masaya and Sensei...
Mar 14, 2016 10:14 PM

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Not only Masaya but Kagami is flying too!

I love this episode. Its so intense and fun.
Mar 14, 2016 11:13 PM
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Today, let us welcome our newest character, Masaya! Such a wonderful surprise, thought he'd be a background/support character throughout the anime.
Mar 15, 2016 1:51 AM
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But... But do I still get my Asuka x Misaki ship?
Mar 15, 2016 1:53 AM
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Yay, thanks.

This was the 2nd episode I actually enjoyed. This whole show wasn't for me.
Training episode, quite solid. Masaya is finally doing something. Sensei is just hot.

But, dont you think these "antagonists" are not really well driven? Inui and Irina are just 2 girls that have trained a lot. They are not likeable (because of the lack of background) but I can't dislike them at all. Why? They had gone thru a lot, too.
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