Forum - View topicArpeggio of Blue Steel (TV).
|
Goto page Previous 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 Next |
| Author | Message | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
DuskyPredator
 Posts: 15457 Location: Brisbane, Australia |
|
|||
|
Episode 5
Well, they are more interesting than the main characters. Although I still have to remember that the mental models killed people. Also seemed to have an explanation of why she was only in her underwear while the coat was outside. She apparently somehow used it to her clothes as "crushable structure", something complex but would imply reason why they would be gone. I like how comfortable she looked with the coat on. The animation is starting to look nice too in how it mimics a standard anime style but with CG. |
||||
|
||||
|
MrTerrorist
Posts: 1348 |
|
|||
Possibly. spoiler[Then again, Haruna and Kirishima detected there were only a few life forms living in the mansion which would mean the Osakabes and their maids.] |
||||
|
||||
Blood-
 Bargain Hunter Posts: 23752 |
|
|||
|
"Shazam!"
I almost got loli diabetes from the eppie, but I enjoyed that immensely. |
||||
|
||||
|
Key
Moderator
 Posts: 18176 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
|
|||
Wholeheartedly agreed.
Of those cases, I would give Myucel a break since she has very legitimate, non-sexist reasons for wanting to stay with Shinichi wherever he goes. What Shinichi has done for her would engender loyalty and devotion from anyone, male or female. As for episode 5 of this one: wow, that was a direction I did not expect this series to go in. The character-building is nice, and it seems to be part of a clear effort to humanize mental models by bringing them in more direct contact with humans, but there's still something about this series that does not quite come together right. |
||||
|
||||
|
Gina Szanboti
Posts: 11335 |
|
|||
True, but she was like that from the beginning. After he was kind to her, it just became more so. I'm not arguing that there are no in-universe reasons for her behavior, just the character type has never set well with me. I'm hoping she will grow into more independence, though I don't expect her devotion to wane.
Doesn't explain the fetching flower decoration on her thong... ;D |
||||
|
||||
Yttrbio
 Posts: 3652 |
|
|||
|
||||
|
||||
|
DangerMouse
Posts: 3982 |
|
|||
|
You could be right but at the moment I don't really think they are going to take the lazy route, provided this were to get more than 12-13 eps so they don't have to rush, since I think the story is too big for just 12-13, especially to keep the battles as lengthy and relatively slow paced as they deserve for this kind of combat, when positive human effects on the AI's also appears to be one of the themes, so I think humans and those our crew meet will be both good and bad. Therefore I don't think it'll be "humans are monsters".
I agree on the other thing though, I'm looking forward to them hopefully giving our crew more interaction/humanizing time, some more details on how they met at the academy would be good too even though it's not directly related to the story, I'd love to see even more onscreen comradery moments in the future since those are some of my favorite in these types of crew shows and I've enjoyed their teamwork in battle. This is one area I've kind of enjoyed but that I think they should be even stronger on than they've done so far, given the potential in a show like this for this stuff. And I like our crewmembers so I'd like to see them get to shine a bit more as this continues.
Agreed. Loving the hell out of this show, also the lengthy move for move battle scenes indicative of this kind of naval (and sometimes in space shows as well) combat have been nicely gripping and gorgeous to watch. I hope the show keeps it up. |
||||
|
||||
|
DuskyPredator
Posts: 15457 Location: Brisbane, Australia |
|
|||
Because it is sexy. Duh! her mental model has apparently taken an interest in understanding humans on some level, categorising phrases and words with what they mean. It almost seems odd that she would wear such a cold large jacket, although with seeing how comfortable she is with it I can conclude that she feels protected with it on like the hull of a ship. The fact on the inside she wears a sensual pair of underwear might actually say something about her character. |
||||
|
||||
|
Blood-
Bargain Hunter Posts: 23752 |
|
|||
I think it says more about what the makers of the show think about the character of those of us watching it. |
||||
|
||||
walw6pK4Alo
 Posts: 9322 |
|
|||
|
Just blew through episodes catching up on this series, and watching on a 120hz motion interpolated screen really helps the shortcomings and jerkiness of the CG by adding approximated frames in. This series is surprisingly entertaining, I love the ship's personalities and the combat situations, but when the show isn't focused on that it can drag on with stuff I don't care about.
|
||||
|
||||
Stark700
 Posts: 11762 Location: Earth |
|
|||
|
Episode 6
Lol, I didn't know spoiler[teddy bears could fight] like that! Reminds me of Yoda... Anyways, decent episode. It mainly focused on spoiler[Makie/Kirishima/Haruna which was cool since I wanted to see how their relationship will go. Good thing it did go well of course because they are friends now yay.] The CGI threw me off a little but I liked the overall action of the episode. Oh and nice to see a cameo of Takao at the end there. |
||||
|
||||
|
DuskyPredator
Posts: 15457 Location: Brisbane, Australia |
|
|||
|
Episode 6
Rarely has a spoiler[teddy bear been so combat effective], Sousuke would be impressed. I don't know if it is just me, but when Iona spoke this time no emotion, I automatically thought of Miss Monochrome and started snickering. It was a nice episode, I had come to like Haruna quite a bit. |
||||
|
||||
|
MrTerrorist
Posts: 1348 |
|
|||
|
Episode 6. Great episode! Haruna vs the Japanese Army was exciting. And i love some of the original material the anime added.
And now another post on what was different in the manga and the Ars Nova anime: *spoiler[In the manga, the attack by the Japanese Army was beginning when Haruna spoke with Tōjūrō, who unlike the anime where he was sick, Tōjūrō was disguised as Makie's butler Lawrence. (Makie was given false memories that her only family, her grandfather, was a member of the I-401 when in reality, her butler Lawrence, is actually her grandfather.)] *spoiler[In the anime, the maids were humans who surrendered. But in the manga, the maids were robots who were fighting off the Army under Tōjūrō's orders but are destroyed.] *spoiler[The attack on the Osakabe Mansion was ordered not by Kamikage or his rival Kita as the government only spied on Haruna. The attack was independently launched by an impatient Army unit who wanted the army to gain recognition in capturing the mental models since the government is focusing on the Japanese Navy. Nevertheless, Kita takes responsibility for the Army's actions since he didn't keep an eye on them acting this rashly. Also Makie still doesn't know that Haruna and Kirishima are mental models, she only finds this out until much later.] *spoiler[Haruna didn't have trouble fighting against the Army as she was beating them easily. However, because she was also protecting Makie, she couldn't focus on eliminating the threat at the same time.] *spoiler[The Army original mission was to capture Haruna but as the battle between her and the Army grew longer, Central Prime Minister Mitsumine and Kita discuss a plan B, eliminate Makie. Mitsumine didn't like this but felt it was a necessary evil to prevent the vibration torpedo falling into the Fog's hands so he gave Kita the permission for the army to go to plan B.] *spoiler[And this where a major changes the anime diverges. Haruna contacts Maya whose off coast for Radar support to detect Army units locations. At the same time, the Northern Prime Minister Makoto sends a Cyborg Commando squad to protect Makie and Haruna since she's Makie's older sister. The commandos defeat the army and explains to Haruna and Makie their under orders by Northern Prime Minister Makoto to rescue them and evac to Sapporo, Hokkaido.] *spoiler[Makie follows the commandos after Haruna begs her to follow them for her of safety. Tōjūrō is killed when he stops an Army sniper from shooting Makie which Haruna, Makie and Kirishima witnesses.] *spoiler[Haruna goes berserk over Tōjūrō's death where she hacks Maya's ship and almost launches her missiles to destroy the Japanese Capital cities but a very important character, which i won't reveal, communicates with Haruna and calms her down. All of the mental models detect this person before that person disappears.] *spoiler[While Haruna and Kirishima leaves the Osakabe Mansion by the I-401 in the anime, they leave by boarding on Maya's ship and heads to Hokkaido after the Cyborg Commandos tells Haruna and Kirishima that Makoto wants to have a talk with them. Also during this time, the I-401 is still on route to Iwo Jima before they encounter U-2501 of the European Fleet of Fog.] The anime has already diverged much from the manga's plot so what happens next will an original story. |
||||
|
||||
WhiteHairGirls
 Posts: 4713 Location: New York City |
|
|||
|
Damn not only are they over powered on the sea, they can destroy the army on land too. So why haven't they been ordered to attack humans on land yet?
|
||||
|
||||
|
MrTerrorist
Posts: 1348 |
|
|||
The Admiralty Code. The one who gives the orders to the Fleet of Fog which includes not attacking human settlements on land except collateral damage which was explained a few episodes ago. |
||||
|
||||
 |
All times are GMT - 5 Hours |
|
|
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group