I understand that part. He's far from perfecting it.Originally Posted by shinta|hikari
My gripe was the lack of explanation about what it is that he's actually grasping. The key.. the hint.. or the realisation. Just something so that we can understand how he's doing it.. not just "that was hard.. but I'm managing somehow now."
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It was implied that he got it when he tilted the sword forward and managed to make his first decent attack against Yui. I do hope that they elaborate more on that in the next episode.
Peace.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Seriously, a shameless beach episode? I was under the impression these were serious test pilots, but I guess I was mistaken. Instead they use the female Eishi for a photo shoot to recruit the remainder of the men...who are aren't already enlisted in the fight against the BETA, or dead.
Classy.
Not to mention they're essentially wasting time playing games (seriously, a boat race?) at a plush tropical resort in the relatively safe West Indies, while everyone else around the world dies in combat against the BETA. They don't really need to test mechs near the tropical seas, they showed us that naval artillery works quite effectively against them.
Considering that the best remaining pilots in the world are properly trained women (Eishi trained at academies), this make no sense at all. If they wanted to keep any continuity, they'd use the men in the photo shoot.
And of course this whole thing ends with the "stranded on a desert island" cliché...
Regardless of the quality of this show, it pushes all the right buttons to make me watch it - from the OP/EDs to the suits/mecha to the girls.
Beach episode? Sure, why not.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
It does make sense for her to wonder why he is was using their first names since that is one major difference between Japan and ( as far as I know it ) the rest of the world.
A bit less of a difference since they are in military service. Or at least should be, though all the fanservice and no combat whatsoever is making me doubt even that. Military is quite a formal place and calling people by their last names is the norm (in addition to the rank titles).
Episode 7 - HS
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This was a similar ep to the last. Nothing of worth happened. At least the preview seemed to suggest they will be sent to the battle in the coming eps. I wish this was more a fighting and less a cheap drama show.
She should just admit she wants it hard.
Came here to post that. Getting really worked up after being told she was like a "Kid sulking because she got left out," being accused of wanting to get along with him, then finishes it up by showing off her body (in a bikini) to dozens of her subordinates so that they can ogle her.
She laid down on the rocks with her back to Yuuya, hoping he would take her right then and there in front of Cryska.
Exhibitionist skank.
Episode 8 - HS
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Even the front lines are no different in this show: Soldiers are still more concerned about ripping out each other's figurative throats than concentrating on fighting the aliens. I guess the attitude of these minority soldiers makes some sense if the central Russians were evacuated and the rest left behind, but planning to rape two test pilots and kill another from a foreign country looks counterproductive no matter how you look at it, and speaks ill of the general level of training, discipline, and especially moral. These guys must be believing they will all be dead soon and have nothing left to fight for. Truly the recruiting material among the population is getting narrow if this is the best they can get.
This episode still managed to avoid it but surely the next one will have a fight at last!
Funny how Yui's attitude totally changed towards him.
Agreed, I found Yui annoying when she was a bitch on wheels but at least she seemed to have some self-respect. Now she's just a shuddering mess waiting (and probably hoping) for Yuuya to grab her by the hair and drag her back to his cave for a night of quality time next to a fire, alone this time. Apparently since he was nice to her in a survival setting she has lost the capacity to meaningfully stand up against him in any way. The contrast between her previous and current behavior makes her far more distasteful to me than she ever seemed when she was being a bitch.
I can't say I didn't see this coming though, they are a destined pair, provided they both survive the show, and it seems to be a requirement in the dance of action anime romance that the female partner must at some point surrender any and all airs of emotional superiority or equality with her male love interest by being reduced to a stuttering, blubbering mess in his presence a few times before the relationship can move forward.
The art in this episode was absolutely horrendous. It was like I was watching a doujin work made by a talentless artist.
Peace.
Yui did say that she actually saw him as an exceptional pilot, but that alone wasn't enough so she needed to constantly push him. I think they've both taken a step back (or forward?) after the beach arc. Yui's a lot softer on Yuuya (after hearing about his past?), and I don't recall Yuuya spouting "Japanese doll" after that either.
It's still artificial development, but most of it stemmed from when Yuuya kept complaining about his test machine being crap, and Yui's lack of acknowledgement/encouragement.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Episode 9 - HS
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That was one helluva cannon. Little else really happened in the episode, except a demonstration of how the corruption of morals and honour infests not only individual pilots but also affects national and international politics, wasting human resources and chances to survive the alien attack. I guess that's pretty realistic, after all.
I'm almost surprised Yuuya could take it and didn't lose his nerves. He certainly looked like he would crack any moment, and not only during the countdown but when the Soviets were badmouthing the test pilots.
Cryska suffers from memory reprogramming? Or just dual personality? It's almost like she's the first "test soldier" who is plagued with instability (headache) and requires constant maintenance while Inia's the newer, more promising model. The title "Scarlet Twins" make it sound like they were born and designed together though.
I was looking forward to that ED, but it sounds less grand without the celestial backdrop in sight.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
"Scartlet Twins"
I highly doubt Cryska and Inia are the pair of twins...
So I guess Cryska has a twin sister, who's not Inia. I might be possible Inia also has a twin sister. And the for of them are tandem pilots for 2 similar TSFs. Both statements are a large stretch, compared to the simple idea that Inia probably isn't Cryska's twin sister.
No regarding the progression of the show:
Who care mastering a blade, when I has a bigger gun
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
Episode 10 - HS
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You would think that with an utterly inhuman, monstrous, human eating alien invasion you could create some tension and thrill in a story, but honestly this anime totally fails at that. Maybe it's the fact the focus is 95% on immature personal conflict between the characters and not on anything important. If it weren't for the necessary deaths, this bunch of people would be better cast into an entirely different kind of a show, that is, a pure drama with nothing important going on in the background.
Honestly, what keeps me watching was the fated ep when Yui lost all of her classmates.
I would not say that the anime was good at that point, just that it did create a good tension/atmosphere and change of pace.
After that, I guess they had given the most they could and were left with what we experienced till now.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
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