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View Poll Results: Infinite Stratos - Episode 08 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 48 | 35.82% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 40 | 29.85% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 26 | 19.40% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 8 | 5.97% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 5 | 3.73% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 3 | 2.24% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 2 | 1.49% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 0.75% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 0.75% | |
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2011-02-25, 13:25 | Link #141 |
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Charlotte is easily the best character in this series though. Loved the excellent team combat with her and Ichika. Never thought we'd see something that had that solid level to it. The combination with him and Rin the other episode was pretty unstable, but here it worked well. They covered for each other well and would have had a very nice win if Laura hadn't used that weird system to throw things into chaos. But even then a smart power transfer from Charlotte helped things to work out.
Have to agree Charlotte handled things well. She's slowly raised up a ton of flags with Ichika, gotten into close contact quite a few times, and clearly has gotten him to recognize her as a girl to think about. Now she can walk around freely and be more open with her actions. I can't believe how far Rin especially has fallen as a character. Her weak fighting was bad enough, but at the end here she's just lost it. She got all over Houki for swinging her sword at someone who might not be able to defend, but then she attacks Ichika with her IS while blasting through the school!? Her character has just hit rock bottom.
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2011-02-25, 13:56 | Link #143 |
fushigi ojisan
Join Date: Jan 2011
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I have to say, Inoue is perfect for Laura, reminds me of Tsukiumi from Sekirei.
The development of some of the girls has really suffered though. Maybe it's due to the length of the series? Seems like Cecilia and Rin got about one episode (if that) then faded away. |
2011-02-25, 14:20 | Link #144 |
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Join Date: Jun 2004
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Agreed. Cecilia actually had a character in ep 1 and 2 but went downhill from 3 onwards when she's degraded into an Ichika fangirl. Rin sufferred similar fate with Cecilia only getting 2 eps worth development before joining the fanclub. Houki had some rather decent backstory but too less interaction with Ichika and her tsundere denial isn't much of a help. Laure spent 2 eps being a bitch before miracalously joining the harem.
Imo Charles so far got the best development and interaction with the hero with only 4 eps worth where each ep really added her characterization. Finally her gentle personality and honesty really helps her getting the edge over the other girls. |
2011-02-25, 15:56 | Link #150 |
阿賀野型3番艦、矢矧 Lv180
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Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Belgium, Brussels
Age: 37
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The problem is that Ichika was not even hinted having such obsession. To begin with, he was portrayed as basically a "go home club", and didn't really practiced Kendo until he get in touch with Houki (note that I wonder how he could have the time to practice Kendo AND Iaido/Kenjutsu).
So having Ichika going panzer about it was basically nonsensical and not really constructive to his character, to the contrary.
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2011-02-25, 16:15 | Link #151 | |
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
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2011-02-25, 16:20 | Link #152 |
Working the bags...
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I think Laura could have been doing just about anything from making balloon animals to sumo wrestling that his sister was famous for and he would have still blown his stack. Not saying he has a sister complex, because he's a retard in that area, but he's shown to very protective and wanting to return all that she's done and sacrificed for him...
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2011-02-25, 16:35 | Link #153 |
Its time to Exist
Join Date: May 2008
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The fight was alright, I guess. Pretty good with the teamwork against Laura alone. Although I'm not sure if Laura's flashback was suppose to put her in somesort positive light, because I felt nothing for her character.
Its very sad that the other decent characters of this show are pushed off to the side just like that. They have very strong potental and yet the writer doesn't do any good for them. |
2011-02-25, 17:23 | Link #156 |
Awe of She
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Orlando
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Ichika would see red at the Morph Chifuyu that Laura took on. Laura's image of strength was Chifuyu so it makes sense that the VT morph took on Chifuyu's appearance. It was an external 'mind rape' on Ichika - using his sister whom he does love and hold in high regard to literally crush him.
If your own family member whom you look up to suddenly tried to kill you, wouldn't you freak out a bit? And THEN you learn that it's some imposter just messing with you? You wouldn't care any more - you'd kill that imposter for daring to wear the likeness of your family member to kill you and not so much for the kill attempt itself. There's a good reason/chance that when mind rapes fail, it is usually followed by someone getting their ass kicked. As for why he suddenly became forgiving and caring to Laura after the fact, I have no clue - not even Jedi are that forgiving... ...unless their mutual respect (ie. U.S.T.) for Chifuyu reasonated with each other and that became the basis of their turn-a-rounds.
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2011-02-25, 19:27 | Link #158 |
Part-time misanthrope
Join Date: Mar 2007
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I dropped this series when Ichika got pissed about that thing copying his sister's style and defeating it with a single slash that should never have succeeded at all.
Thank god I finished the episode, the end made up for EVERYTHING except Ichika's idiocy. |
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