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Gina Szanboti
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As "as you know" dialog goes, I thought that was ok. The Emperor did seem to be getting a little off-track, so reminding him of their purpose seemed not only reasonable, but "taking your life in your hands" bold.
I'm not entirely sure he's still alive, given that he left without retrieving the photo. If he is, then I think he was captured by the spy and hustled off for later interrogation. And like everyone else, I nearly threw a brick through the screen when they were talking about the nation's most secret of secrets out in the open at the top of their lungs. Instead, I just knocked it down two stars in my rating. And nice catch with the newspapers, invalidname! |
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Key
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Agreed on this case.
There's no reason he wouldn't be alive at the time the episode ends. And it would take a little while to ID him based on that picture. The most likely scenario is that he does encounter the spy, though, and perhaps inadvertently gives something up.
I didn't think anything of it at the time, but in retrospect I must agree that seemed pretty stupid. Pretty standard anime scene, though.
Also agreed. I didn't pick up on that myself. Another poster had mentioned about Izetta being overpowered. I don't have a problem with that, as the scenes in this episode suggested that the lances might have pierced ammo magazines in the tanks. Besides, the limitation she's operating under is a pretty big one. Won't be a stretch at all that it's going to come back to bite her in the long run, and it's not like she has a defensive magic screen to rely on like the Strike Witches do, so she's always in danger of being shot even if she is fast. |
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Gina Szanboti
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I'm hoping he's neither dead nor given the role of ratting out Izetta, but my point was that I don't believe he left the scene of his own volition, since that picture was precious to him, and his reason to keep struggling on. If he did, then I guess the series will try to pass that off as his being shocked at what he was hearing, but if they do, I won't buy it. |
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The real pity is that the show didn't need to use a clumsy "character conveniently overhearing a key bit of information" device at all. It has already been established that the Major character has deduced from observation that Izetta is powerful, but not invincible. I think the show could have credibly posited that he, once how he heard how things went down at the Pass, would question why Izetta's magic suddenly worked differently than it had in the past. Lances flying through the air? Clearly magic. A landslide? Well, there are ways to account for that don't require the use of magic.
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Key
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I would point out that Izetta taking advantage of local resources would be a very logical assumption in response to the different encounter descriptions; after all, the surviving fighter pilot would have presumably reported her making ice lances out of snow back in episode 2. Besides, no one else really knows how her magic works. (And to address another poster's comment, the Major being able to investigate the site is unlikely since it's still in Eylstadt control.)
That being said, I would have also preferred that the revelation of her limitation be handled deductively. But we'll see how next episode plays out on that, as the writer's works haven't always been predictable. |
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SilverTalon01
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I was about to be incredibly pissed at this series when it looked like the guy was going to literally blab Izetta's secret the first thing after getting back to camp. Accidentally letting it slip later would have been tolerable, but first thing... I'm much happier the series went the route of killing him off, and overhearing it like that was stupid in the first place.
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FilthyCasual
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When it looked like Izetta's secret was blown in literally 35 seconds I had to pause the episode because I was laughing so hard at the horrifically terrible writing. Luckily someone on the writing team saw sense and it turned out Jonas didn't spill the secret and now never will.
The pie scene was cute, but it's too bad that Izetta is too stacked to ever get more casual clothes, lol. |
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Valhern
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Now that I've figured out the problem with this anime, I can be satisfied to say goodbye to it, it was mostly the biggest reason I had to keep watching.
This anime wanted to take the idea of a Witch in the 20th century in love (kinda) with a Princess, and then we have boob-size jokes about them and their cute companions. But then it came the idea of "Hey, if this was World War II, it would be really cool!" and nobody bothered to ask "Okay but how we fit that in". The WWII is irrelevant in a way that challenges my intelligence, nobody here really cares about the war, it doesn't change anything for any of the characters. If Finé one day found a witch and then treated her well in 1913 (the "belle epoque" for Europe), this would have the same weight for me. Because this anime has no meaning, no message, no sense to drive a story forward, I don't care about any kind of resolution that may come for any of these characters, because their whole role of action is 1) Being badass. 2) Fuel porn fanart. And it's hard for me to say that because I really am against people for oversimplyfing writing and depth of characters, but I can't help but find anything else here. Would this anime be better if it was some sort of light-hearted but with supernatural elements thrown in? I don't know, but it would be coherent. Would I like it? Hell no, even taking away all the war related stuff it's incredibly boring and the character chemistry wouldn't allow me to gett throuogh half of an episode of this. And for this episode in particular, this was like the three-way date in Fate Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works episode 12, but that one had actually interesting characters that I would've wanted to see in a more relaxed and lighthearted scenario. I may finish this as a punishment round for my 2016 catching up, but for now, nope. |
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maximilianjenus
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I get the feeling this series is mroe code geass/maihime level of quality and we are trying to give it more credit than it deserves. and what's teh point of wathcing this if we know brittania is going to conquer the world anyway ?
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meiam
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"Oh hey let's just have the only thing stopping the german from invading the country leave the country, GENIUS!"
I was pretty much ready to drop this episode today (seriously having him run back to camp and just yell that he knew a secret, sigh) and then the whole corset and pie things which took way too long (could have been done in 2 minute really), but the way the whole Jonas was resolve kept me hanging, but just barely. Honestly I'd put this far below code geass in term of writing quality, code geass had some problem but it had a visions and the lead was interesting, rather than literally just another blonde haired princess whose still in touch with her subject and ridiculously nice. Last edited by meiam on Tue Nov 08, 2016 9:38 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Darthtabby
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The first scene with Jonas blabbing that he might have just learned a secret about Izetta was painful (even though he apparently didn't say more than that). Otherwise the episode was mostly okay. Trying to go to Britannia is a gamble, but its one that could have a big payoff in terms of securing assistance/support, and if they're going to pull a stunt like that, now -when the Germanians are playing it safe due to recent defeats and directing their attention towards easier prey- is the time to do it. In order to take advantage of the situation, the Germanians need to first discover that Izetta is absent, then decide that attacking is a good idea (how quickly can she get back? Can they hold if she does?), then make preparations and actually carry out the attack.
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Blood-
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Well, just to provide a counterpoint, I'm quite happy with this series. It's got cute chicks, good battle scenes, an interesting setting and cute chicks. Hey, it's worth mentioning twice. I'm looking forward to seeing what lies in store for the gals as they make their way to Britannia (pre-Brexit, of course).
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Darthtabby
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In general I'm enjoying the series as well. However there are a few terrible parts that I think could easily have been improved. The scene with Jonas at the beginning of the latest episode for instance: I would have him mumble something along the lines of "So the white witch isn't invincible after all" or even just "Izetta..." while struggling to catch his breath back at camp. Then someone behind him says "Jonas?" and he turns to see his Sergeant/the spy, who asks him "is everything all right?" Cue the OP. I think that way of doing things would create more tensions and make Jonas look like less of an idiot.
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invalidname
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The other thing to recall, IIRC, is that in the first episode, when Finé was in the box at the opera and bargaining for outside military assistance, she offered to accept the marriage proposal of a prince in Brittania. It would not surprise me at all if said prince shows up next episode, and the story is about Izetta's jealousy at someone else making a play for Finé's affections. |
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1idd0kun
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Izetta has so little self-esteem and self-worth that I doubt she could even feel any jealousy. She's prepared to die at any moment because she doesn't value her own life at all, and doesn't feel she deserves any affection or appreciation. If that prince or any guy showed interest in Fine, Izetta would probably just praise her for being so popular or something. |
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