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zztop
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Full version of Asterisk’s ending:
https://vimeo.com/143539372 One of the classiest-sounding EDs this season? One thing to note also is the Allekant SCP's only a spoiler[rubber-stamp president for his overlords. True power is held by whichever student faction is most powerful at the time, which is currently Ferrovius.] |
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VegetaEx
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I liked this Episode very much, KIrin is the perfect Type of Character for me. Also the Fight was very good.
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HelloBucket
Posts: 477 Location: Upstate New York |
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Clearly plot relevant. It's to protect from Allekant crab lice. |
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#844391
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It's probably because I've watched so much anime but the main character is honestly annoying me as I've seen pretty much his exact personality (hell pretty much the same character) in so many other harem type series. He'll always jump into any situation to save someone without any planning or thoughts about the consequences, all the girls fall in love with him and he's clueless about any of their feelings.
I think Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei sort of spoiled me as the main character was a hell of a lot different in that he carefully analyzed every situation and came up with an intelligent ways to solve the problem, he was fully aware of other girls feelings for him but had absolutely no intention of reciprocating them and he had no issues with stepping into the moral grey area if it meant accomplishing his goals. But then I sort of knew from episode 1 what kind of series this was going to be so I don't really have a right to complain. Pretty much just going to watch it for the action scenes at this point. |
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zztop
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Extra novel details:
1)Genestella are legally discriminated against in the Asterisk universe. If a Genestella hurts or kills another person in self-defense, the law always rules against them and they are given the most severe punishment. The IEF has failed to change this. 2)Kirin’s uncle abuses Kirin because of jealousy issues. The uncle was supposed to inherit the Toudou school, but was passed in favour of his Genestella brother (Kirin’s father), since it was felt a Genestella was the better option in leading the mostly Genestella students. In response, he cut ties with the Toudous and started working at Asterisk. He’s hated his brother ever since, and by extension all Genestella, “those who stole what was rightfully his”. |
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XerBlade
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Those aren't separate things. The former is a subset of the latter. |
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Zoneflare
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im ok with less Julis. Im not too fond of her character and find the other female characters more interesting and funny.
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HelloBucket
Posts: 477 Location: Upstate New York |
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I strongly suspect that was a preprogrammed skit, rather than a case of the puppets actually possessing personalities. We haven't seen anything resembling advanced AI in the setting yet and all previous automatons have been rather simple so it'd be a large, sudden leap to introduce AI of that level. Some of the commentary from the two designers up in their observation booth seems to imply this as well. |
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Key
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Posts: 18349 Location: Indianapolis, IN (formerly Mimiho Valley) |
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I have also wondered if those "puppets" aren't actually people being manipulated.
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Alan45
Village Elder
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Vaisaga wrote in the anime forum thread:
This does seem to make sense. Especially Saya's use of a BFG and the other mix of generated weapons. The puppets are probably controlled by the Allekant team. |
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Engineering Nerd
Posts: 902 Location: Southern California |
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@Key
I will try to explain this in a spoiler-free manner. Since this show is split-cour, so there are 24 episodes total for the anime adaptation. Right now, we are at volume 3 and probably the cut-off point for the part one finale. The Phoenix festa concludes on volume five. So yeah, just the half-way point of the tournament. Regarding the puppets, without spoiling much, let me just say there are many twists awaiting us regarding these puppets, and there is also a good reason the puppets are designed 'that way' |
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SilverTalon01
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I was also confused why he was talking about it being able to conclude the tournament in 2 episodes. I mean it is split cour. |
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Rederoin
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Well, it is 24 episodes. So still plenty of time. |
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Izanagi009
Posts: 464 Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
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I'm interested in how Theron gave the show a glowing review for the anime's fights. I read the light novels and watched the show to around when Toudou was introduced. I found the story too poor for me to be invested in. However, if the fight choreography is actually good for this show, I'm interested in rewatching
As such, would it be possible for someone to provide a review of the fight choreography rather than the presentation? at this point in my anime viewing life, RWBY is continuing to disappoint and only One Punch Man has given me the same intensity of fight that I got from Fate/Zero and UBW. If Asterisk manages to be a good fight showcase, I may have found something else to watch |
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#844391
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if you're expecting one punch man quality in fights then you're out of luck, it's a head and shoulders above every other fighting series since kill la kill. This series fight scenes are decent but that's mostly because so many other series just have sub par action sequences so it's just better in comparison. |
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