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Tiresias · 2011-03-10, 05:37

What actually differentiates between Super and Real robot anyway?

Even among so-called "real" robot series, the heroes always seems to be the one with absurdly superior tech; the Celestial Beings' (for a given value of 'hero') ultra high-tech mechs were way more powerful than the mooks and when the mooks got upgrades so did the CB's, and Sousuke has the Lambda Driver equipped Arbalest and Laevateinn that ordinary mechs couldn't hope to match. And that's what the Aces are basically about; demigods that can trample mooks and redshirts with relative impunity.

So what about other factors? The sliding scale of idealism (super robot) and cynicism (real robot)? Because if that's the case then Nanoha definitely falls into Super, especially since most of their opponents got befriended instead of killed. But wait, even some "real" robot series falls into the idealistic category, and that one actually has the main mechs only a bit better than the standard issues (Macross)!

Hot blooded-ness? While the dialogues may indicate that the heroes also relies on skill and tactics instead of just willpower, the actual presentation shows that the series mostly favors the latter (sometimes I even wonder whether they actually have tactics beyond "Scream!!!" and "More DAKKA!!!"). So maybe that's the defining indicator: Hot-bloodedness.

Meh, TBH the series came to me more as an odd combo between Shoujo (outside combat) and Shounen (during combat) anyway...

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Tiresias Labda Prakarsa Nirwikara Join Date: May 2010 Location: Pekanbaru (UTC+07:00) Age: 37	What actually differentiates between Super and Real robot anyway? Even among so-called "real" robot series, the heroes always seems to be the one with absurdly superior tech; the Celestial Beings' (for a given value of 'hero') ultra high-tech mechs were way more powerful than the mooks and when the mooks got upgrades so did the CB's, and Sousuke has the Lambda Driver equipped Arbalest and Laevateinn that ordinary mechs couldn't hope to match. And that's what the Aces are basically about; demigods that can trample mooks and redshirts with relative impunity. So what about other factors? The sliding scale of idealism (super robot) and cynicism (real robot)? Because if that's the case then Nanoha definitely falls into Super, especially since most of their opponents got befriended instead of killed. But wait, even some "real" robot series falls into the idealistic category, and that one actually has the main mechs only a bit better than the standard issues (Macross)! Hot blooded-ness? While the dialogues may indicate that the heroes also relies on skill and tactics instead of just willpower, the actual presentation shows that the series mostly favors the latter (sometimes I even wonder whether they actually have tactics beyond "Scream!!!" and "More DAKKA!!!"). So maybe that's the defining indicator: Hot-bloodedness. Meh, TBH the series came to me more as an odd combo between Shoujo (outside combat) and Shounen (during combat) anyway... __________________ Last edited by Tiresias; 2011-03-10 at 05:48.