Aldnoah.Zero Season One
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| Wow, this episode had an unexpected development, at least to me, good to see that Inaho is not a naive idiot MC, the OST is still great. The scene at the end confused me, I thought Slaine was a bodyguard of the Princess, but by his shaking at the end show me that he isn't a soldier, in the last episode he had already shown his was "weakness", but I thought he just didn't want to kill humans. |
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| Pretty exciting episode. Nice action. Ost is great. Well, waiting for the next episode. |
amginex said: JoaoZangetsu said: What, so being a high schooler is a handcap to someone do a reasonable plan ? Even if they're the FIRST fighting that Martian mecha that survived ? what youre giving handicap to is someone who has more experience. I don't remember the second episode much, lackluster and typical. but didn't they have that army guy or whatever he is who keeps blabbering on about how much he knows about the martian tech from his experience fighting them 15 yrs ago? so how does this high schooler figure it out if this other guy has been obsessed with them for the last 15 yrs? anyway, like I said, I don't remember too much of the details from epi1 and 2, this series wasn't interesting until this epi so my questions are genuine (not trying to be a dick). I also mentioned earlier, that maybe they'll explain how smart this high schooler is. The one who was owned in his first try and tryed to rescue then instead of trying to fighting it ? do you really think he has the same decision, and therefore the same atitude as the MC to be a reasonable comparison ? i think not. also, talking that a "high schooler can't do this, only a expert can do" is a type of argumentum ad verecundiam, therefore is invalid. |
TyrelJul 19, 2014 11:36 PM
| This was the episode I was waiting for; can finally like both main characters |
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| Nice episode overall. Inaho is quite the strategist was expecting that though. The Princess is quite interesting. Dat ending.... bam bam dead haha. Looks like the blonde guy will be on Earth side probably. Am I the only one who thinks that the mechas are like playmobil? Also I'm so in love with this opening. Truth is I like kalafina a lot but this song is superb. |
| A Story will always come to it's end. The thing is, will you move on after it's over? |
| Dam this episode felt like it was 10 mins long PIMP mech down get REKT dam good episode Love the soundtrack for this anime |
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| Awesome episode! The strategy they used to take down that guy was pretty clever. The scene after the ending was a bit surprising. |
| I think I came more than a little while watching that episode. |
| this anime seems good so far, only thing that could ruin it is its size, atleast if they dont make more seasons. |
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I'm liking this show more and more after each episode. |
| Best anime of the season! The OST alone makes me wanna rate it 10/10 <3 |
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| This was better. I really like when the antagonist/villain has superior weaponry and the protagonist has to work hard for his victory and think things through to come up with a good tactic. Having said that, I'm still not sure about our high school kid being such an accomplished genius and military tactician. I hope to see some kind of background on him on why he's so badass. Now that the princess has exposed her identity, this might get interesting. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| This epIsolde was awesome and the OST is great as well. It was really cool seeing Inaho's plan in action and that guy get killed like that. 5/5 |
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amginex said: JoaoZangetsu said: The one who was owned in his first try and tryed to rescue then instead of trying to fighting it ? do you really think he has the same decision, and therefore the same atitude as the MC to be a reasonable comparison ? i think not. also, talking that a "high schooler can't do this, only a expert can do" is a type of argumentum ad verecundiam, therefore is invalid. youre still overreaching. Even if I agree with your quote, that I didn't even imply, no logic in this world would think a high schooler education is better than someone who has yrs of experience. unless of course that high schooler is a prodigy genius. And as I stated earlier, this is one of the anime logic that anime fans has to accept. youre obviously a true anime fan, just don't get out of touch from reality. What ? i am what ? i didn't give anything in that matter, and we are in a anime forum, obviously you will encounter anime fans, but i don't think being fan of anything has to do to a flawed argument. |
TyrelJul 19, 2014 11:37 PM
skudoops said: Exactly, with it being so slow why would he rely on melee combat? I thought the same as you, why wouldn't he just carry a weapon, turn off the field and use it if he had to? Which circles right back to my initial point, the mech is 100% impractical at least as an offensive unit. no military in the world would green light this. I wouldn't quite say that. Against moving targets it may not be a very effective offensive weapon but against static/fixed positions it would be pretty effective. Granted it would make more sense for it to have range support, which I guess they kinda did by giving him Slaine. As for turning shields on and off. Depends on how long it would take to bring the shields back up. Also given how big the thing already is maybe they didn't add any range weapons because of weight. |
| Princess alive,as if anyone really thought she was dead. The ending with Slaine seems tryhard,like they were trying to make this dark when it isn't. |
| Call me a MAL pleb or whatever, but man this show is good. Plot holes and scientific errors aside, great OST and clean and nice visuals deliver it for me. And characters going edgy are a nice topping. |
| Great episode!!! OST was beast. Kaioshin_Sama said: I can sense the hatred behind this comment.MAL is going to lose it's shit over this episode considering how edgy it is and depicts a genius protagonist owning the idiot enemy that the other idiot side couldn't even scratch while loud "epic" Sawano music plays in the background. It's literally everything modern anime fandom loves except just in a mecha package for a change. |
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JoksPacifist said: It's Urobutcher's way of saying "that was fun, bye".And characters going edgy are a nice topping. |
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| That Trillram guy is dead. yaaay. Good on ya for killing him Slaine! Goes to show how much he cares about the princess. This episode was better than the first 2. |
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| Lelouch-esque strategy. |
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| Great episode! I was thinking maybe water would be a weakness to that kataphract or something, well it wasn't but they used it so I guess I was close enough :D Inaho for the fucking win. Slaine was a fucking boss at the after credits scene too. 6/5 |
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sillyanny said: I agree with the obvious drawback of the floating cameras. I mean, the MC can't have been the ONLY one in the whole world to have noticed that there were suspicious floating objects appearing at the same time as the Martian mechas. You would think that somebody else would have tried to destroy those things... Depends on how big those cameras are and the color of the background behind them. In the previous episode the few soldiers that did go up against the martian mech had no idea to look for cameras and the sky was dark as opposed to being clear in this episode. Also it doesn't seem that the students were even aiming at the cameras and were instead just blanketing the general area. Now there is a scene where the audience is shown the cameras and then it cuts to the MC looking though binoculars. However, it is unclear if he is looking at the cameras or the mech. So for all we know they probably didn't even see the cameras in the first place However I do agree that not having any back up cameras on the mech is a bit of design flaw especially if they just get taken out by stray fire. In fact I thought that the lights on the head were cameras. Though if they were cameras it begs to question why he didn't them into he tunnel. |
ZetatrainJul 19, 2014 3:34 PM
| Awesome episode! We get a great soundtrack, and then we get Inaho proving himself to be a capable leader, who isn't afraid to fight back, in one episode? HECK YES! Plus Asseylum returned to her original form, and Slaine murdered his boss in cold blood. Definitely a great episode. Best show of the season for me, easily. |
| Great episode! I like the fact that the MC is actually smart and the scene after the ending was surprising, didn't think that slaine was going to kill him but he got what he deserved. |
Hoppy said: The battle music is awesome as for those pesky barriers those Martian's units have they just take quite a beating but they break all the same with some good old human ingenuity. Trilliam got what he deserved at the end. Thanks for pointing this out, I had to go back and watch after credits because I missed it. |
| holy shit that was awesome! |
| Hate Keeps me warm |
| What a badass episode. Hugely exceeded my expectations based on the previous eps. Also, the music in this series is superb. |
| I really like this MC, smart and very well knows this is a war (kill or be killed). |
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| Sweet, so they finally took down that big purple bastard of a robot. :P That was an epic way to take down the mecha, and it was only....3 Training bots that took it down? o-o Nice! x3 Oh! Princess Asseylum is still alive~! :D Yay~! x3 The way she transformed was pretty cool though, LOL! X3 AND......Slaine has murdered Saazbaum.....woot. XD |
| Check out my list! :O Meep! :3 |
| Cannot wait for OST to come out, will collect all of em. |
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ex_necross said: Lmao is this a Gargantia joke or are you actually serious?Fai said: Meh, I expected bigger death count. Will give more episodes for shit to hit the fan. Don't expect it. Butcher only did the first 3 episodes. |
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| did anyone actually expect her to be dead? we finally have a protagonist who is rational and quick thinking. |
kisami said: The show told us she's alive in episode 2 <_<did anyone actually expect her to be dead? |
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ScazoN said: ex_necross said: Lmao is this a Gargantia joke or are you actually serious?Don't expect it. Butcher only did the first 3 episodes. It's real, it will be the FMA , Ga Rei Zero, Ef- A tale of melodies/Memories scripwriter turn :) Looking forward to it. |
| Sword in hand, a warrior clutches stone to breast. In sword etched he his fading memories In stone, his tempered skill By sword attested, by stone revealed. Their tale can now be told |
| Well that episode knocked it out of the park didn't it? What a great display of actual ingenuity during a battle. Sure using your opponent's advantages against them isn't exactly ground breaking, but I love the effort they put in to show just how the weaknesses were discovered, and how they managed to exploit them -- all while developing our characters simultaneously. Also, warming to the MC a lot more now that he's showing some actual personality. In fact, the entire cast I've warmed to significantly, this episode did a lot to show us just what they're all made of and how they react to a crisis. It's not Shakespeare, but it's solid stuff. Villains are still pretty Snidely Whiplash, but I'll hold out hopes we'll be seeing some different dimensions to them. For now. Also, mad props to Slaine for taking out our mustache twirling idiot villain when the truth is revealed to him -- I'm looking forward to him joining White Base our rag tag group and watching the dynamics unfold. |
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| Inaho and Slaine surprised me in this episode!! Now want to know what will happen to Slaine (have face to stay in the bad boys side), btw I love the ED~~ |
Tommk said: ScazoN said: Lmao is this a Gargantia joke or are you actually serious? It's real, it will be the FMA , Ga Rei Zero, Ef- A tale of melodies/Memories scripwriter turn :) Looking forward to it. Don't forget he wrote Boku no Pico too. |
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