(L) Infinite Stratos - Light Novel/Manga Discussion

[ZeroXSEED]

there's male mechanics on the IS Academy island

Ha, never doubt they don't exist

for some reason we got told sleepy-pikachu has B91 chest >.>

But she always been bigger than everyone in the cast XD

[I'm-here-present]

Originally Posted by Flere821

Well, finished reading. While this didn't fail so bad to the point I'm dropping it, in the end I went 'meh' at the whole thing.

Spoiler for Very brief summary/comments:

Ch1
oh what the flying F@#$, the characters want Ichika to do to them what dream!Ichika tried back in Vol8? Including Houki? FFS, it's like all of them only care about getting into Ichika's pants -.-

At least there's SOME character developments for Ichika, he started to learn how not to piss off other girls.

I'm ignoring all shipping scenes and comedic stuff from now on to summarize, unless it's plot-relevant and/or particularly funny to me.

... and then having just said that, Tatenashi's characterization from previous volumes are thrown out in favour of 'love-struck girl' -.- In hindsight, negative development in IS shouldn't be surprising...

In other news, Cecilia now knows how to cook while following recipes. The results are at least edible/normal.


Ch2
Miraculously, Ichika finally started to see the people close to him as girls. Rin is the first to trigger this from him.

There's a shooting event where IS have to shoot down targets. Plot important detail: there's male mechanics on the IS Academy island. Not-important detail: instead of the IS plugsuits they had to wear bloomers to try and charm Ichika in this event.

In the military obstacle race, sleepy-pikachu is the best at assembling a rifle but the worst shot of the entire school Oh, and apparently under the 'pajamas' she normally wears she has quite a bust.


ch3
I'd ignore Ichika's lunch break with the haremettes (10 mins for each person), but he's suffering here so I'll list a few things anyway:
Rin: forced to be fed by her at cannon-point
Cecilia: made Thai hotpot with specially made chilli, Ichika's insides felt like it was burning.
Houki: Celicia's turn meant Ichika lost ability to taste, so Houki went and asked the kitchen to make him shaved ice dessert. Ichika ate too fast and got brainfreeze

The other girls did fairly alright with Ichika - though he didn't manage to eat much, and Tatenashi ended up giving him a riceball.


Ch4
Cosplay race. (for some reason we got told sleepy-pikachu has B91 chest >.>)
Nothing but blatant fanservice.

Next event, 'Balloon Fight' - Ichika's IS was forced into hibernation (huh, that can happen?) by Tatenashi and Ichika was tied onto balloons 50m up in the sky while other girls in their IS needed to blow up the balloons and make sure Ichika lands safely. This event was worth 10 million points, so all the past events meant jack all >.>
Ichika almost fell to his death in the fight, and Tatenashi had to save him - technically winning the event and gets the prize >.>

Oh hey, we have 'plot' now - Fight comes out of nowhere and disconnected from everything (unless it's TLers missing a part somewhere) on a ship somewhere. Squall is revealed to be ex-American military, though records said she died 12 years ago. Tatenashi is nerfed and almost got fried. Squall revealed to have a cyborg arm.


Epilogue
Squall revealed to be entirely a cyborg. And Autumn's lover.

After the sports festival, all of the representative candidates are located into one class, including Ichika - no more class competitions, and there'll be separate groups when tournaments come up.

Tabane made a IS called 'Black Knight' for Madoka, and Madoka says she can finally have revenge on her older sister Chifuyu. Tabane says one step at a time - use Black Knight on Ichika first.

Spoiler for Author's afterword:

Well, guess it wasn't due to TLers' fault that the fight scene was bad - even Izuru admitted not focusing on it made this volume not very exciting.

The Phantom Task members shown in the LNs so far is just one cell of combatants, there's many more cells, each with their own goals. Izuru wants to bring in more of Phantom Task. All of these points Izuru admits shouldn't be said in the Afterword and should be in the LN itself.

FINALLY! I was getting desperate about the LN

[DarkJak2050]

My question is, when did the Events of Vol. 9 occured?

As in what month of the year did they occur in?

For Vol. 8, it gave off a sense that it was somewhere around Late September or Early October. But that's for Vol. 8 though.

What about Vol. 9?

[darkofficer]

Another reason sleepy-pikachu is my fav character

[Akisa Akimune]

Originally Posted by DarkJak2050

My question is, when did the Events of Vol. 9 occured?

As in what month of the year did they occur in?

For Vol. 8, it gave off a sense that it was somewhere around Late September or Early October. But that's for Vol. 8 though.

What about Vol. 9?

In fact, in volume 6, they celebrated Ichika's birthday (October 27th), so volume 7-8 should be around November and volume 9, around late november, early December.

[XFire]

Originally Posted by darkofficer

Another reason sleepy-pikachu is my fav character

As I recall, her name roughly translates to "Whatever", right?

[Rokumonsen]

Nohohon is B91? So what I saw in the anime isn't animation error.

Thank you Flere821 for your bravery in reading and translating the Forbidden Volume. You, my friend, deserves a Medal of Honor.

[DarkJak2050]

Originally Posted by Akisa Akimune

In fact, in volume 6, they celebrated Ichika's birthday (October 27th), so volume 7-8 should be around November and volume 9, around late november, early December.

I looked at Vol. 6 again, and it said that Ichika's Birthday is September 27th...

Unless if there's a mistranslation I'm unaware of...

[ZeroXSEED]

September is the correct one

Volume 5 to 6 happened over the course of September.

[Akisa Akimune]

Oopsie, my bad.

@Zero-2
I agree with you.

[tuckersister]

I didn't expect Squall to be an American. That maybe why she lost her arm, because of some botched mission she was on.

[Akisa Akimune]

Or maybe why her whole body is a cyborg. She died 12 years ago, so your theory may be true.

[Flere821]

Originally Posted by Zero-2

Nohohon is B91? So what I saw in the anime isn't animation error.

I didn't pay attention to the IS season 2 anime that much - she actually wore things outside that pikachu-suit? What episode?

[Rokumonsen]

Originally Posted by Flere821

I didn't pay attention to the IS season 2 anime that much - she actually wore things outside that pikachu-suit? What episode?

I forgot which episode it was but I did saw her in a swimsuit even though the scene is a little bit short.

[Tempest35]

Sleep-kachu - best girl (for IS-kun!). It's like she's one of the few, if any, girls who talk to him normally. Well, 'normal' being relative here.

Also:

for some reason we got told sleepy-pikachu has B91 chest >.>

Bust sizes are important yo. It doesn't really show when she's wearing her school uniform but the few pics we got of her in the IS plugsuit are...revealing to say the least. At the least, she's bigger than even Chifuyu (88cm).

*PAM* *PAM**PAM*PA-PA-PAAM*

...c-c-combo...

[DarkJak2050]

Originally Posted by ZeroXSEED

September is the correct one

Volume 5 to 6 happened over the course of September.

Originally Posted by Akisa Akimune

Oopsie, my bad.

@Zero-2
I agree with you.

I thought I was going to say. It would've really thrown off the timeline for my Fanfic...

[Ignition Boost]

Originally Posted by Flere821

Well, finished reading. While this didn't fail so bad to the point I'm dropping it, in the end I went 'meh' at the whole thing.

Spoiler for Very brief summary/comments:

Ch1
oh what the flying F@#$, the characters want Ichika to do to them what dream!Ichika tried back in Vol8? Including Houki? FFS, it's like all of them only care about getting into Ichika's pants -.-

At least there's SOME character developments for Ichika, he started to learn how not to piss off other girls.

I'm ignoring all shipping scenes and comedic stuff from now on to summarize, unless it's plot-relevant and/or particularly funny to me.

... and then having just said that, Tatenashi's characterization from previous volumes are thrown out in favour of 'love-struck girl' -.- In hindsight, negative development in IS shouldn't be surprising...

In other news, Cecilia now knows how to cook while following recipes. The results are at least edible/normal.


Ch2
Miraculously, Ichika finally started to see the people close to him as girls. Rin is the first to trigger this from him.

There's a shooting event where IS have to shoot down targets. Plot important detail: there's male mechanics on the IS Academy island. Not-important detail: instead of the IS plugsuits they had to wear bloomers to try and charm Ichika in this event.

In the military obstacle race, sleepy-pikachu is the best at assembling a rifle but the worst shot of the entire school Oh, and apparently under the 'pajamas' she normally wears she has quite a bust.


ch3
I'd ignore Ichika's lunch break with the haremettes (10 mins for each person), but he's suffering here so I'll list a few things anyway:
Rin: forced to be fed by her at cannon-point
Cecilia: made Thai hotpot with specially made chilli, Ichika's insides felt like it was burning.
Houki: Celicia's turn meant Ichika lost ability to taste, so Houki went and asked the kitchen to make him shaved ice dessert. Ichika ate too fast and got brainfreeze

The other girls did fairly alright with Ichika - though he didn't manage to eat much, and Tatenashi ended up giving him a riceball.


Ch4
Cosplay race. (for some reason we got told sleepy-pikachu has B91 chest >.>)
Nothing but blatant fanservice.

Next event, 'Balloon Fight' - Ichika's IS was forced into hibernation (huh, that can happen?) by Tatenashi and Ichika was tied onto balloons 50m up in the sky while other girls in their IS needed to blow up the balloons and make sure Ichika lands safely. This event was worth 10 million points, so all the past events meant jack all >.>
Ichika almost fell to his death in the fight, and Tatenashi had to save him - technically winning the event and gets the prize >.>

Oh hey, we have 'plot' now - Fight comes out of nowhere and disconnected from everything (unless it's TLers missing a part somewhere) on a ship somewhere. Squall is revealed to be ex-American military, though records said she died 12 years ago. Tatenashi is nerfed and almost got fried. Squall revealed to have a cyborg arm.


Epilogue
Squall revealed to be entirely a cyborg. And Autumn's lover.

After the sports festival, all of the representative candidates are located into one class, including Ichika - no more class competitions, and there'll be separate groups when tournaments come up.

Tabane made a IS called 'Black Knight' for Madoka, and Madoka says she can finally have revenge on her older sister Chifuyu. Tabane says one step at a time - use Black Knight on Ichika first.

Spoiler for Author's afterword:

Well, guess it wasn't due to TLers' fault that the fight scene was bad - even Izuru admitted not focusing on it made this volume not very exciting.

The Phantom Task members shown in the LNs so far is just one cell of combatants, there's many more cells, each with their own goals. Izuru wants to bring in more of Phantom Task. All of these points Izuru admits shouldn't be said in the Afterword and should be in the LN itself.

Finally the hope is alive for IS.

[Fireminer]

Hope? I don't see anything except Izuru admited his flaw.

[demino_hellsin]

Well someone's gonna turn into a phantom. >.>

I think CHOCO really sin't suited to drawing ecchi. Is that just me?

[I'm-here-present]

Can't tell the difference on CHOCO and Okiura's art though but I know for a fact that I may prefer Okiura at first but CHOCO's Chifuyu seem to appeal to me more.