Strike the Blood (light novel)
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LarsikFtw said: Why is Kojou so useless? Hell even Asagi did more than him this episode... He just takes blood, uses familiar and see you again... I commented that previous episode. There's always some reason for Kojou not to fight. He's completely useless all the time and then defeats the boss when all hell breaks loose. If he did some preventive action they'd be able to stop lots of shit from happening, but nope, he never does anything until half of the city is destroyed and dozens died. Anime logic is strong in this anime. Then again, I'm not watching it for logic, I'm watching it for really hot anime chicks :) |
| Asagi still doesn't know about Kojou's real identity. |
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| Ok, that Witch is freaking nuts, not only she plans to bring forth a grimoire using the entire school as a basis, but is using dangerous criminals for her own goal? Woah she has character to attempt that. That puts two criminals out, that Ghirardi girl got a horrible defeat, I was WTF!? When Vatler's hydra-esque familiar was munching on her o_O and now an interesting proposal from Vatler? Woah, and seeing from the preview it seems not even him is gonna be safe from some beating (we got that very clear when he was beaten by a tail whip from a familiar '-') Speaking of which, what will it be of Trance-Nagisa? LarsikFtw said: Why is Kojou so useless? Hell even Asagi did more than him this episode... He just takes blood, uses familiar and see you again... He's not really useless, if you figure out the last arcs, you would see there is a pattern: 1st: He did not have much control over his powers, in fact he just got some when he bit Yukina the first time. 2nd: We saw more background than anything, it wasn't until Cristoph Gardos' unit kidnapped everybody that Kojou was thrown into the battlefield, so if anything he came in late, and also it wasn't as brainless he DID fight Nalakuvera to some extent before getting the second familiar. 3rd: He did fight some, if anything the most relevant was him getting lost on an island and meetinf La Foria 4th: He got body-swapped so he was useless until he faced Yuuma '-' And just now: There is just a lot of confusion and they needed to retreat for Yuuma's safety, you have 6 (now 4 iirc?) criminals running rampant, and after that they have to face the Witch. Clearly Kojou cannot handle all of that himself, right? niaxato said: Kojou is the worst vampire I have ever seen. Nothing will beat Twilight on that. EVER!!! |
BGMaxieFeb 8, 2014 7:06 AM
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niaxato said: Kojou is the worst vampire I have ever seen Nothing will beat Twilight on that. EVER!!! +1000000000K XD |
| As of 27/7/14 I have decided trap anime Sword Art Online II has more appeal than Mahouka. |
fear80 said: niaxato said: Kojou is the worst vampire I have ever seen Nothing will beat Twilight on that. EVER!!! +1000000000K XD hahahahaha XD |
| "There is no sorrow if you are prepared" |
| Good arc. Although really, why does it feel like everyone's more badass than Kojou? It's not that I want a Gary Stu, but man... |
| Boring. |
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Kuro_Yuuki said: Demonshaw17 said: It's getting on my nerves now how they're drawing out this whole, her seeing him as a vampire thing..... jesus christ. I wouldn't say it's nerve wracking personally, but I am surprised that he has been able to keep it a secret from her for this long. I also find it pretty funny that Mogwai (her AI) knows about it, and she doesn't. Mogwai knowing about it but deciding to keep it from Asagi is probably the biggest thing that's prevented her from finding out so far. He could've told her, but even if he remained neutral (neither telling nor hiding) she probably would have found out because of her impressive information gathering abilities. |
| The only fanservice we got is showing Asagi's pantsu and the rest of the episode is mostly action. Now I'm curious who is going to defeat Aya and the rest of the prisoners. Ooh...girls in swimsuits next episode. |
| When this episode started and the TV was on i thought to myself "please do not find Asagi and Natsuki by randomly glancing at the TV" and then what do you know they did exactly that for fuck sake. Kojou riding a bike was one of the most lame things i have ever seen, Kojou i truly mean this you really are one of the worst vampires i have ever seen. Asagi i really do not find anything about her power wise believable especially that AI Mogwai whenever she does anything it seems nothing more than an ass pull or a way to move things forward. That mage chasing her was pretty worthless as well is that really the sort of "dangerous" criminals they were throwing in the prison barrier both him and the stripper were pretty underwhelming coming across as nothing more than cannon fodder. I guess only Tokoyogi Aya and glasses mage are the only ones worth anything out of that whole prison and to think that whole crowd last episode was calling Kojou a mere progenitor last episode. Also really Kojou you are going to follow Vatler onto his boat next episode? are you seriously that retarded? Well at least from the preview next week it seems that someone is kicking Vatler around a bit which is about time. The personality inside Nagisa should of just killed him that was stupid leaving him running about after riling him up with his obsession with Avrora. It seems there will be another switch to harem hijinks again next episode which is actually rather annoying this arc most of all has had some serious mood whiplash constantly switching between serious and comedy/harem hijinks. I mean some pretty serious things have happened this time with Natsuki nearly dying now with her losing her memories and reverting to a child state, then there all the major criminals (cannon fodder) running about hunting her and Tokoyogi Aya carrying out her own plan, on top of that the prison barrier is hanging by a single thread and there is a major festival happening with countless bystanders including people from outside that city that are at risk while all is this is happening but yeah sure lets stop for harem hijinks and ride a bicycle to the rescue. In short really they are just not switching between the mood well enough. Finally thought would be again that Academy City from To Aru Majutsu no Index really must have been a wet dream for the author of Strike the Blood since he tried so hard to recreate it (rip it off) he even threw in his own version of the anti-skill and made them just as useless, i am honestly surprised there is not some form of Judgement in there as well. |
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julyan04 said: I want Sana-chan to proclaim Kojou that he's her papa, then I'll be satisfied. +1 |
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| thier enemies keep getting weirder and weirder :P |
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| The first two of this Arc has already surpassed everything else that has occurred so far I liked the chase and the following events |
| The enemies from the prison barrier are insanely underwhelming. The fights in this anime are so anticlimatic IMO. Ghirardi was hot and lolier Natsuki is cute though, so there's that. |
| "Listen Simon... Don't forget. Believe in yourself. Not in the you who believes in me. Not the me who believes in you. Believe in the you who believes in yourself." ~ Kamina (TTGL) “You should enjoy the little detours. To the fullest. Because that’s where you’ll find the things more important than what you want.” ~ Ging (HxH) |
| Man why did that old guy have to go to the prison again ? I kinda liked him . Lol at the moment when Kojo arrived with that shitty bike lol . overall it was a nice episode . |
| Did that blue-haired lady forget her PANTS in the prison? |
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Baku219 said: Ghirardi was hot and lolier Natsuki is cute Loli, lolier, loliest? |
| Dam!!! Can't wait for next week! |
| So things will start to get real in the next episode when everyone heads to the school. Great episode!!! |
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| They sure reached to the conclusions quickly when they saw loli Natsuki-chan. Aiba was quite badass this episode. Now that was cruel, Vatler's familiar.. I hope Aiba finally get to know about his secret next episode (and give her blood to her :p) Yuuma opened her eyes at end. |
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| well the action was good but the writing was pretty bad imo. |
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| A very intense and very good episode, i swear this show keeps on getting better and better! :) Himeragi, sayaka and Asagi were all adorable in this episode :) |
| 5/5 Also intriguing for the umpteenth time this episode. Plot that brings new life to the already well-established history, I wonder if there will be a calm and controlled evolution of the story or an unpredictable and action-packed with explosive events, so to speak! XD Interestingly, however, the new road taken by the plot, I love it. Narration also it pleasant moments remain the usual "hot" and stupid, but there is much more room for the nitty-gritty and interesting! * _ * Drawings and animations of higher level than the previous episode, Yay! I hope the best yet! |
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| VATLER IN ACTION WOOT!!! show needs more Asagi screentime. And hopefully more Sayaka-chan. Didn't really liked how cliche the plot for this arc though. Basically, Natsuki-chan managed to destroy the "prison key" along with her memories, and now the witch is having some trouble to "recreate" that key. Her main objective? I bet is the usual antagonist theory: to gain control of the island and blahblahblah. Feel free to disagree with me, which I doubt so. Watched this show for the harem-ecchi content! woot! (I SWEAR I raged when I realise then he fainted from hunger. Yes, GOD DAMN HUNGER. Not much anticipation from last episode any more aren't we? Asagi wasn't in danger, Kojou turned up fine, Natsuki safe, and Yuuma regained consciousness.) |
| "If you reject me, I'll blast a hole in you!" Kanzaki H. Aria Just kidding.  |
| Yaay more Asagi next week... |
amc9988 said: Not to mention almost every arc using almost the same story method New girl come-> Trouble happen -> Kojou bite one of his girls/ get new power -> Kojou swore to save new girl -> Beat the boss -> New girl becomes his harem You forgot to mention that every badguy must be psychopatic and always do excessive shittalk before he gets his ass handed in an anticlimatic fight. I just dont get why I cant drop this, I rage every episode but still watch it. |
| Overall good show. I have a feeling. Blond chick going to get bit soon. |
| That was alright, some pretty good stand offs I guess. |
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| Solid episode for Asagi and I like her so I enjoyed it. Also Vatler was great to by absolutely destroying that escaped prisoner (her name is too annoying to remember). Other than that nothing special really about this episode, I'm not that into Yuuma's mom being the main villain if she is, but everything else is solid for me. |
| Decent actions in this episode but I love Asagi's screentime here :D Can't wait to see how strong Yuuma's mum is :D |
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| yeay...as I thought we would see asagi more than usual |
c_ivan13 said: no doubt about iti feel like kojou keeps getting more useless |
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Kvshi said: Nasty001 said: Ho, hoooo, Ghirardi is HOT! Too bad for the moment there, I thought that Vatler is giving her a horrible death. I wonder if the rest of the remaining ep is gonna cover that witch of notaria? Let's not forget that there are 7 more to go. Judging by the way things are going, there may need to be a second season. A variety of things haven't been explained yet Maybe if there wasn't all that completely unnecessary fanservice they would've had time to explain stuff too. |
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| Sweet development and action once more, this sure knows how to tell a story! |
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| Don't mess with a professional hacker. |
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PrimeX said: c_ivan13 said: no doubt about iti feel like kojou keeps getting more useless Yeah, It's better if the main characters are all girl. Oh Yuuma woke up. |
| Himeragi was a step aheaed of Sayaka again.. pfft. Wow Vatler is a real sadist.. her screaming ouch that hurts. XD When will Kojou take Asagi-chan's blood ? Sigh. |
| Lol I like how Vatler keeps randomly appearing everytime. He rather recovered fast from his last condition. But for some reason I found it funny how Kojou entered with a mere small bike after Vatler's flashy entrance. I don't think there will be a significant change on Asagi's feelings when she finds out Kojou is a vampire. Also nice to see Astarte in action again. |
NozdrefFeb 17, 2015 4:46 PM
   “There are two kinds of arrogance. One where you are unequal to the task and one where your dreams are too big. The former is commonplace stupidity... but the latter is a rare species that is difficult to find.”  |
| Ghirardi: *screams* Vatler: Hey Kojou. Kojou: Don't greet me like nothing's happening! LOL Glad to see more of best girl, Asagi. |
| Nurse Yukina :) Fire criminal was destroyed by Astarte XD Whip chick used to served under the 3rd progenitor, but she's a bit more than fodder against Vatler :( Asagi and lolier Natsuki now going on Vatler's boat. |
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| fainted from hunger lol, so unexpected vatler back with full force, going to be more epic battles coming i guess really intriguing eps... wish i can just marathon thru it but dont have the time lol |
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| So Vatler still up to his old tricks. Can't his boss come in and give him a smackdown? |
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| These last two episodes have been so stupid. Natsuki is about to be killed by some of worst criminals of all time and what do they do? First, save the criminal responsible for it all. Second, eat some pizza. Only when they need Natsuki to save Yuuma do they start looking for her. |
| So two of those escaped prisoners were defeated incredibly fast, I guess the rest will follow soon. It was nice seeing someone else than Kojou and main girl fight. |
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