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REVIEW: Chaika - The Coffin Princess season 1

3. If it was up to me Fredica would not have joined the main cast. Why? Well there is an obvious reason for that. She’ way to powerful. She’s basically a walking deus ex. If everyone is in danger she can just bust in and save them (and she does so many times in the series). But of course she is given that “I won’t help unless it’s necessary” personality so she comes at the last minute. I think even the writer noticed he made her to powerful. Take note how she wasspoiler[ taken out TWICE when they invaded the castle and was gone for very long periods of time.] Why would that need to happen hmmm? Oh but of course if she’s walking around there isn’t any tension. Toru, Akari and her working together would probably take out any enemy they’ve faced easily. They really ought to have made her a bit weaker so to not have to force the issue of making her conveniently gone during dangerous situations. This is one of the things that made the last arc weaker because that's some extremely noticeable convenient writing if you ask me.

The almost kiss (after the first kiss) seemed like it was thrown in just to make the shippers scream. But it felt randomly placed to me.

Toru: I'm a tool
Chaika: Toru not tool!
Toru: Thanks lets kiss.

2. A large part of me really wants Chaika's speak pattern to be normal. It’s really hard to take Chaika seriously when she’s trying to say meaningful things. I’m pretty sure it was added in to add to her moe appeal so i really don’t approve. I constantly keep rewinding Toru’s dream of being together with her talking like a normal person. I think it would have made her character a bit more bearable for me but eh whatever.

3. If it was up to me Fredica would not have joined the main cast. Why? Well there is an obvious reason for that. She’ way to powerful. She’s basically a walking deus ex. If everyone is in danger she can just bust in and save them (and she does so many times in the series). But of course she is given that “I won’t help unless it’s necessary” personality so she comes at the last minute. I think even the writer noticed he made her to powerful. Take note how she wasspoiler[ taken out TWICE when they invaded the castle and was gone for very long periods of time.] Why would that need to happen hmmm? Oh but of course if she’s walking around there isn’t any tension. Toru, Akari and her working together would probably take out any enemy they’ve faced easily. They really ought to have made her a bit weaker so to not have to force the issue of making her conveniently gone during dangerous situations. This is one of the things that made the last arc weaker because that's some extremely noticeable convenient writing if you ask me.

New Jersey??? Ha, you have to explain where in the state....(and don't give me a Turnpike exit, that's the cheap way out).

The biggest issue it will have to resolve when it comes back for its second half (in the Fall 2014 season) is how to balance the dragon-like character, who seems grossly overpowered because she does not have the built-in limitations that her counterpart in Scrapped Princess did.

I've never touched Scrapped Princess (and probably won't due to the anime's ending seemingly leaving plot threads dangling), so I've no idea what the comparisons to that show mean (outside of the author being one and the same).

I've never touched Scrapped Princess (and probably won't due to the anime's ending seemingly leaving plot threads dangling)

No idea what sort of weakness the counterpart had, or the number of weaknesses. To me, it seems like getting spoiler[caught off guard while in human form] may be the only one? That could get old, if used repeatedly.

It is so obvious to me that the speech pattern thing is just an attempt by the author to maximize Chaika's "moe." It's like taking one of these usual moe characters like the amnesiac girls or the girls who are robots who don't know anything about how to be a real girl, and making it so that they can't even speak properly. "Awww, you poor thing, you can't even speak!! Let big brother help you... hyuk hyuk hyuk." I'm sure the author came up with some contrivance about her speaking another language, but it's just an excuse to amp up her moe. Like I said elsewhere, it just wasn't necessary. She already has more than enough moe.

On an unrelated note, the implication in an earlier post that No Game No Life had better writing made me laugh out loud.

I find No Game No Life just barely entertaining. If you were to just cut the main character Shiro out of the series, you'd have nothing but loli fest.

This show was great. And that damn cliffhanger... I cannot wait till fall.