(L) Jormungand

[Yu Ominae]

Maybe when I have time in the future, I'll write some Jormungand fanfics...

Always wanted to exercise my writing.

[kk2extreme]

No wonder Koko's voice sounds so familiar, she is Haruka from Amagami(since Amagami ss+ just ended recently)

I still cannot imagine Haruka like this...

[Wild Goose]

Originally Posted by Chase

Episode redeemed itself and then some after episode 3. Tho the chase scene once again was stupid. All those bullets at the range and nobody got shot? huh? Especially considering that these are basically hitmen.

Master's using a Negev LMG and firing full auto, long bursts. Recoil will cause him to have a large spread, sending his bullets all over the place. R and Mao meanwhile are first trying to hit the tires, then the engine - they're not aiming for Master or Chinatsu at all.

From then on tho the episode was gold. Pretty fu*ked up how Chinatsu got involved with her partner. For the first time Koko was alone(at least she thought she was) and we see her panic. Some nice koko/Jonah moments again along and the ending with Koko/Chinatsu was great too. I wonder what she whispered to Chinatsu. Oh and Chinatsu, you will be missed

It does appear that despite her general demeanour, something had to have happened to Koko in the past that makes her terrified to be out in the open, alone - and the fact that Chinatsu was in the wind at that time wouldn't have helped matters. It does give a new twist on things - Koko acting the way she does because she's actually terrified most of the time, but hides it.

Originally Posted by YF19EX

Sorry, I have to correct this. The current longest kill stands with a British Sniper Team using an Accuracy International 338 Lapua Mangum AW series rifle. November 2009.

Rob Furlong Canadian sniper WAS the record in 2002 before this shot.

As for the rifles being used in Jormungand, they were using Blaser 93 straight pull bolt sniper rifles. I've had the pleasure of handling one in 300win mag.

On with the show!

Ah, I didn't know that. Interesting ;D

Looking back at the OP, it seems to be hinting at various things that will happen in the anime - CCAT, Kaspar & Chiquita, Orchestra - so I'm guessing that whoever is fighting with Valmet will probably show up soon, along with Scarecrow and whoever the blonde woman is. I don't think we've seen the last of the CIA...

Also, thinking back on Episode 4, Koko is chatting quite cordially with the Dubai Police chief. I wonder if HCLI has greased his palms more than once - would certainly explain why he's helping Koko cover up. (It also helps that most of the damage was done by Orchestra).

One thing though: rewatching episode 3 and 4, it kind of seems to me that Chinatsu is more dangerous of the Orchestra duo. Yes, Master is a one man army, but his tactical thinking seems to be limited beyond "Attack attack attack." Without Chinatsu, Lehm would have gotten him at the mall.

[Mizuno]

I want one of the good guys die. Although can we call any one of them good for the kind of work they do? It would be unrealistic otherwise when all of them can survive rain of bullets while their enemies who are also experts bite the dust. One of the things that kinda irk me when I watch Black Lagoon too.

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Mizuno

I want one of the good guys die. Although can we call any one of them good for the kind of work they do? It would be unrealistic otherwise when all of them can survive rain of bullets while their enemies who are also experts bite the dust. One of the things that kinda irk me when I watch Black Lagoon too.

You kidding? I'm surprised Orchestra survived for as long as they did seeing how they operate >.>

[Wild Goose]

Originally Posted by Mizuno

I want one of the good guys die. Although can we call any one of them good for the kind of work they do? It would be unrealistic otherwise when all of them can survive rain of bullets while their enemies who are also experts bite the dust. One of the things that kinda irk me when I watch Black Lagoon too.

[snip]

As for their role... well, relatively speaking, Koko's screw are gray. They're not going around starting fights, and so far all the people they've killed have been gunning for Koko. Call it a lighter shade of gray.

Originally Posted by Chaos2Frozen

You kidding? I'm surprised Orchestra survived for as long as they did seeing how they operate >.>

That's because Orchestra operate as though life is an FPS, where you can walk through and slaughter everyone. But eventually your luck runs out - consider that Shishou was the last member of Orchestra alive when he gunned down the opera hall and found Chinatsu.

As an aside, Scarecrow's presence does beg a most interesting question: Michael Westen vs Koko Hekmatyr. What would the result be...?

Actually, probably not as violent as I think. Maybe Koko is Fiona's supplier - it would certainly explain where Fiona's getting her stock of toys.

[Chaos2Frozen]

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I won't be surprised- this isn't the kind of series that would have a 'happy ending'.

It would probably have a 'Godfather' ending

[Wild Goose]

Well, it's definately not Nanoha, that's for sure.

On the other hand, depending on the writer, it's probably an Outer Cadia conclusion

[Chaos2Frozen]

Originally Posted by Wild Goose

Well, it's definately not Nanoha, that's for sure.

On the other hand, depending on the writer, it's probably an Outer Cadia conclusion

Which one? Declared outlaws by the rest of the cyber-web for not falling in line with convention, or dying slow motion in a hail of bullets ?

[klare]

an acceptable end for the Orchestra, Chinatsu may not be able to live a normal live anyway

Scarecrow might be the good guy that wanna get the arms dealer, but cant agree in hitting a lady, Koko's response to his punch is cool

[Yu Ominae]

Agree. I feel that it was a way to send Chinatsu off so that she won't live the life of an assassin anymore.

[Wild Goose]

I think we all can agree that while we'd like Chinatsu to live, and would most definately tap her, she's just too broken.

Koko's crew have a few screws loose in their heads; Chinatsu has practically every single screw missing, her sanity held together by duct tape. Or chewing gum.

[Yu Ominae]

Though I won't have any problem if there is a well-written story with Chinatsu somehow allowing herself to join up with Koko. Although that may take a while.

Meanwhile, we can all see Jonah's "relationship" towards Kaspar and Chiquita... that one particular woman next time.

[Pocari_Sweat]

Did I just see an AWP? Counter-strike fans are gonna be happy about that

[Tiresias]

Well, finally watched eps 4. I must admit, some elements reminds me of Black Lagoon's Hansel and Gretel arc: once normal people being twisted into crazy yet tragic killers, bombastic psycho hitman with quirky habits being killed anti-climatically by sniper fire...alas it lacked the equal emotional punch. The main weakness is that there's no adequate transitional scene to bridge the phase between Chinatsu being relatively normal and the nutcase she had become - there's no good explanation on why she change that way. Now some may rationalize it as Stockholm Syndrome, but that's the job of the anime to explain, not the fans. And the opera massacre at the beginning felt tacked in.

Mind you, I have yet to read the manga, so I don't know if there's supposed to be a better explanation in it.

On the bright side, Lem is awesome. And I always enjoy scenes of snipers coldly shutting up loud people

[dfens]

Their is no accuracy international awp in the series, manga or anime.

The rifle you saw was a Blaser R93 Tactical 2 but it's chambered in the same caliber as the AWP.

[Panzerklein]

Originally Posted by DemiSoda

Did I just see an AWP? Counter-strike fans are gonna be happy about that

Actually, it is called Blaser R93, also the AWP is wrong name, it is Accuracy International Arctic Warfare Magnum or AWM for short.

[Sinestra]

well that ended somewhat the way i thought it was but it was close enough. The kill shot on both Orchestra members was gory and tragic just the way it should be. Killing should never be glorified and this series does a good job of making the death scenes stand out.

With so many members on her team there is no way a couple of Kokos are not getting taking out eventually

Best line in episode 4

"You are one scary bitch"

I must admit that last shot of Koko looking like a devil unleashed from the 4th layer of hell was intriguing. In this kind of series i would not be surprised if even Koko ate a bullet in the end

[ars89]

Spoiler for ep 5:

Different kind of ep this time, but it was good. Learned about Jonah and his past. We also met Caspar and Chiquita who were awesome in their own ways.

[Kaoru Chujo]

Woah! Ep5 was a great episode, for me. Real human depth and awesome voice-acting, especially from Tamura Mutsumi (Jonah) and Matsukaze Masaya (Caspar).

Am I right in thinking this show is flying way under the radar for most people? Deserves more popularity, methinks.