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The amount of boob accidents is higher this season too, a scary trend.
No really, it's extremely annoying, it's not cute, entertaining, not even sexy I can't even consider it "fanservice" because it doesn't appeal to me in the slightest... It feels so blunt already that I can't imagine anyone getting dirty dreams about... not even a smile, because it happens so casually all the time.
Episode 3 - HS
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I really shouldn't have expected an actually inspiring plot to disable the object. Instead we got the awesomely convenient plot device of the enemy camp having basically no sensible guarding at all and the enemy object having a super trigger happy self-destruction. The self-destruction initiation of Baby Magnum might have made some sense due to the combat situation and because it was damaged by the enemy, but even it wasn't destroyed by it but by enemy fire. Here there was nothing like that happening, so the operator should have had all the time in the world to stop it.
But considering the enemy was composed solely of idiots, it seems, all the way to the unncessarily sadistic and stupid commander and the equally moronic rank and file soldiers grinning at the commander's sadistic delusions, I guess it makes sense their object would be a piece of shit machine as well.
The best detail was still the MC dudes blathering nonstop during their infiltration. Their talk only stopped when they needed to actually shout. As incompetent as the enemy was, even they couldn't ignore infinitely all that noise.
Talking is a free action. Haven't you learned anything over the years?
I'm not really sure what you were expecting.
The state of the enemy makes sense given the setting - where all combat is done via Object and nobody has ever worried about attack via conventional means for years.
You could also explain away the self-destruct with a little bit of imagination, considering the MC tinkered with the sensors. If the Object thought its whole leg was blown off and it was going to structurally collapse, firing the self-destruct makes sense. I don't know if I expect the "Faith Organization" to be the best programmers/engineers/fighters.
All that said, the storyboarding for this whole arc was pretty poor. I feel like some minor changes could have made it a bit better.
Actually the basic idea of sabotaging the enemy object by tampering with a component for regular maintenance wasn't a bad idea at all, but the rest made far less sense and could have been handled much better. These are national armed forces, not some high schools and student councils (like in anime usually). They don't just suddenly forget that enemies might appear in flesh and blood to destroy support facilities. I mean, they themselves annihilated the MCs' facility just prior to this. The soldiers are all carrying guns, which means they are ready for situations where guns could be needed. Still, idiocy happen on a national level even in the real history, like in Soviet Union in the beginning of the WWII when the always paranoid Stalin had purged all competent officers fearing they were all plotting against him, but I'm merely saying they could have possibly written a much better plot here to explain the sabotage.
Also, the self-destruction like it happened might have been a stretch in any case. It could have worked better if a single leg had been totally wrecked, and they would have started to repair the thing, having the pilot exit. At that point the reinforcements could have attacked and the Faith Organization might have been forced to destroy their own object. Or something else than to have a multi-billion machine self-destruct when a single leg was damaged in their own fricking base and with no combat in sight. Do they also self-destruct when somebody scratches the paint?
Just wow @ the distance they had to travel to reach the enemy base and for the reinforcements that were actually going *away* from it the whole time to show up ~3 minutes later.
Holy shit...?
I can only hope that some kind of timeskip was in place here, they took them hostage, got them into cells to be executed and that's what was about to happen a few hours later. Otherwise I don't even know where to start.
The explosiions sounds are really low quality btw.. It's really no fun to listen to them when they get distored that much. Ya, I get it, the explosions are huge... the sounds are devastating, too bad that the good guys are totally unaffected from an explosion like that though. Not even a concussion/acoustic trauma or anything.
Hey, that was some kind of nuclear reactor blowing up, right?
I think it is just a nonsense energy reactor. They threw out some ridiculous acronym name thing this episode. Probably better than nuclear but no radiation.
Episode 4 - HS
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It seems to me the home country of those lads has no need for living heroes. According to the general philosophy of the HO world, only Objects (and their maintenance) matters, so it's totally useless to send a couple of dudes in. What happened before was a one time affair, a stroke of luck, no matter how you look at it. No military command would immediately count on it to be repeatable. Of course that actually enhances it's effectiveness, since nobody would be expecting it, but it's still nonsense to send in two men, unless one of them is called James Bond.
I don't honestly know if I should be amused or annoyed by the fact the dudes kept whining about their mission from the beginning till the end of the episode, nonstop. Normally that would be annoying, but you have to admit that given such a mission, anybody would whine.
I would never pilot an object called Baby fucking Magnum. No wonder that little shit keeps losing.
It's what somewhat saved the episode for me. Because there was no freaking way to take their task seriously and since they realised how absurd everything was it turned into slapstick comedy. Like FMP Fumouffu...only half as funny.Quote:
I don't honestly know if I should be amused or annoyed by the fact the dudes kept whining about their mission from the beginning till the end of the episode, nonstop. Normally that would be annoying, but you have to admit that given such a mission, anybody would whine.
That massage at the beginning, lol...
Overall, this was a pretty fun episode. A lot better than the first set.
Episode 5 - HS
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Two battles, two Baby Magnums, and they both were useless against the opponents. It seems to me the home country of the MCs shouldn't go out of their way to seek troubles like they are doing now. Unless the big idea is indeed to get rid of those two lucky heroes, who probably are an eyesore to many. It could be hard to justify large sums in the defense budget if expensive objects can be defeated by a couple of dudes with practically no equipment to speak of. The military industrial complex at least would like the chaps to just disappear. No doubt established senior officers in the armed forces, comfortable in their positions, are no more fans of this sort of stunts. I reckon the general public should love them, though. I'm not sure getting a little fanservice from their superior makes it worth it.
If Qwenthur really fell for the princess, then there's naturally no helping it for him. It alone would make it all worth the risks and trouble.
Episode 7 - HS
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This show really goes a long way to force those two dudes be the unlikely heroes instead of the whole fricking military might of their country or even temporarily allied countries.
I feel sorry for the Princess. She would be very happy and ready to dance to the tune of Qwenthur's flute, but he's all the time altenately giving her hope just to splash cold water on her the next time.
Dropping the cell phone felt very unnatural in this episode. I hope it won't be used in a stupid plot later.
I hope Ohoho-chan gets more screentime. She is actually credited as that, lol.
Ohoho really.
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Qwenthur knows his stuff(etish).
Episode 11 - HS
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This has actually been surprisingly entertaining after I got used to the silly things, the foremost being the role of the MC dudes. In a twisted way even that was rationalised by the revelation that for global politics the fact they disposed of Objects without an Object of their own is extremely harmful. So, those in power are basically trying to get rid of the national heroes. What doesn't compute, however, is that their hot superior they look up to apparently fully goes along with that mentality, sending them in whenever there's a deathtrap available. How can they have such a jolly relationship with her when every mission begins with Frolaytia trying to get them killed on purpose?
But whatever, I just keep hoping that Qwenthur and the Princess actually get somewhere.
Ohoho, you do remember this story was written by the same guy who wrote A Certain novel, right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Kraco
History doesn't need to repeat itself endlessly.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Ohoho, but it does.
Episode 12 - HS
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I'm starting to think you are right.Quote:
Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
Ohoho, nipple pinch ftw.