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View Poll Results: To Aru Majutsu no Index - Episode 12 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 5 | 9.09% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 10 | 18.18% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 11 | 20.00% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 10 | 18.18% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 8 | 14.55% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 4 | 7.27% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 4 | 7.27% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 1.82% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 1 | 1.82% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 1 | 1.82% | |
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2008-12-22, 18:27 | Link #22 |
Beautiful fighter.
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: England, UK
Age: 37
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I'll agree that the episode was bad because it was basically the same thing repeating it's self around three times, though the music was on top form so i'll let it go.
& that seemed like a waste for an insert song.
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2008-12-22, 18:35 | Link #23 |
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I liked this Mikoto arc, and that the next episode should be pretty interesting. I'm guessing they put an insert song since there was a side story for Mikoto, and just for the general sympathy for Mikoto.
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2008-12-22, 18:36 | Link #24 | |
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Can't he just "accelerate" himself? I figured flight was a natural consequence of his power. Redirecting gravity would no doubt work, too.
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2008-12-22, 19:56 | Link #26 | |
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Age: 37
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Edit: Surely Touma will hax his way to victory, but the Sisters never intended to kill him in the first place so why would they bother coming up with a way to? |
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2008-12-22, 20:53 | Link #27 | ||
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Thought for a moment that I did see a flashback of Mikoto walking in on the scene. Though could easily be wrong on that. Either way it wasn't something that they made important note of so even if it was there for a second it doesn't really matter much.
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2008-12-22, 20:54 | Link #28 |
Not an expert on things
Join Date: Jun 2007
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This episode... wasn't very good.
Actually, it was bad. I have to agree with everyone else that nothing happened this episode. Some of the 'camera' angles made me wonder what in the world the director was thinking too.... Also, I don't know much about Schrodinger's Cat, but from what I do know about it, the explanation in the beginning sounded really... off. It might just be me though. |
2008-12-22, 21:54 | Link #29 | |
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Spoiler for Short description of the experiment:
Really, the explication of Tsukiyomi-sensei remind me more of a description of the "Marble Phantasmen"(Kuusou Gugenka and the "Reality Marble"(koyuu kekkai) from Nasu-verse... Changing the probality of reality according to oneīs wishes, pulling always the white marble out of a sack with 99 black marbles... |
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2008-12-22, 21:55 | Link #30 | |
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Yes, it should have been in this one, but since they dragged things out, the next episode will likely begin with it. |
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2008-12-22, 22:00 | Link #31 |
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I enjoyed the visuals of this episode, but the dialogue needs to go into a dark alley and shoot itself. From the very first episode this show has some of the clumsiest explanatory dialogue of any shounen action anime I've ever seen. There's a reason why even Naruto shortened the explanation of Chakara/abilities from the source material and added some nifty visual representations of what it's trying to explain. To Aru Majitsu no Index drags out what it's trying to explain to the very edges of human tolerance, and it wastes the animation budget on what is essentially neutral stimuli that has very little bearing on what's being discussed. I wish someone would go back and dub over certain scenes bunch of slapstick jokes since this makes more sense to me than a bunch of cute girls discussing "science."
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2008-12-22, 22:11 | Link #32 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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I wasn't very happy with it either, but this isn't the first time I've seen quantum observation as the explanation for powers. Anne McCaffrey's Talent books definitely used it to explain its psychic powers, for instance.
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2008-12-23, 01:19 | Link #34 | |
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This episode employed plenty of budget saving tricks often seen in live-action TV (perhaps they're preparing for a more elaborate episode later; nevertheless, it's certainly an inelegant way of managing time/budget). Seeing how good the character art turned out, episode construction was probably finished quite quickly, giving the artists enough time to polish it up. Anyway, I found this to be reasonably enjoyable, even if the back-and-forth angst got annoying. IMO, a story doesn't necessarily have to progress every week. |
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2008-12-23, 04:04 | Link #37 | |
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Age: 37
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As for the episode overall, I don't have any huge problems with it. Not the best ever, but I don't feel like they've failed to convey the story or anything like that. It's just another episode of Touma being Touma ("I don't have any better suggestions, but I'm going to hold firm and vaguely suicidal convictions about things I've barely heard about.") combined with a rather lengthy (but necessary) explanation of what the heck is going on. Cut out the explanation and it makes no sense at all. And if you can't stand Touma I'd recommend not watching this show. |
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2008-12-23, 04:19 | Link #38 |
I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
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I assume he can redirect forces touching him. His own gravity, for example, lets him accelerate at 9.8 m/sē in any direction. But the forces holding a metal bar together don't affect him so he can't do anything about them. He could push the bar and maybe double the force applied with his power (inverting Newton's action/reaction law), but no more. That shouldn't be enough. And neither would gravity be. Metal cages don't break apart under their own weight, no matter how your turn them, usually.
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2008-12-23, 05:06 | Link #40 | |
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If that was too generous an interpretation, he can just lift the cage up and let it fall to break itself. He can't be hurt by falling (or the broken cage crushing him) because of the nature of his power. For science! I don't think they really care what he's doing, they just want to see what a level 6 is like. Incidentally, I'm kind of wondering if he went psycho because they're making him kill 10,000+ middle school girls. I think anyone would have a warped perspective on things by that point. Also, please don't spoil his backstory in response to this post. |
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