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2012-03-03, 17:06 | Link #1244 |
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Yes, it was quite a fun episode. The English version of the official site for the anime has her name as "Gruelle" so that's what I'm going to go with since Crunchyroll has had a few errors with their subs already(the notorious Bicentenary fiasco of Episode 7 which has since been fixed).
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It was also nice to see Marika with the office lady look. I certainly approve of that. Of course, I loved seeing Chiaki again along with Jenny and Lynn who are still awesome. Looks like the everybody calls her Chiaki-chan now. She is quite adorable when she's tsundere, isn't she? I do wonder what she meant by, she's not into that kind of thing when Marika invited her to visit the princess. She's not into: lolis? princesses? other girls?( we know that's a lie), George Lucas? (OK, had to put that in as a joke. At least Marika and Chiaki have much better chemistry than Anakin and Padme). Spoiler for Jenny, Lynn and Chiaki-chan:
Loving how Marika is getting more used to being in charge and her being able to assert herself as Captain of the Bentenmaru. Jotoff looks like a cool old guy. So does Oyaji-san. Wow, they cut out my waifu Jenny playing with Chiaki-chan's hair? Vader says No. Although I loved Chiaki's curtsy. Now that is fanservice! |
2012-03-03, 18:45 | Link #1246 |
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Excellent episode this week. Marika got her much needed does of Chiaki tsundere goodness. Jenny's plan is exactly what I have come to expect from her. Hopefully soon Jenny, Lynn and the rest of the Yacht Club will join Marika in space.
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2012-03-03, 19:26 | Link #1247 |
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I'm following two series at the moment and it happens to be a double Saturday. I have slowly come to like Mouretsu even more. I am liking the way the light fluff fits in very naturally into the serious parts of the storyline and the club room scene was a testament to that. Heck, I decided to watch Mouretsu first instead of Nisemonogatari because of the former's captivating depth and substance.
For me, the most notable this week was finding out much, much more about Jenny's character. She's highly rich, and intelligent but seemed like a bit of a lost princess when brown stuff hits the roof (when the Odette was being fired upon). This week, we saw how smart, connected, assertive and adaptable she is. I would love to find out more in time why Jenny's stats are through the roof, according to the data the crew of Bentenmaru has! The ED song seems to herald the end of the current arc, and a venture into a darker, and more sinister territory. I have concern for Marika x Chiaki's relationship amidst all the politics. At the end of the day, the Barbarossa and Bentenmaru are privateers flying the same flag so I hope things don't become strained and emotional ala Gundam SEED. I used to like the emotional rollercoaster but I'm no longer searching for new ones. I really like how I can just sit back, chill and let the fascinating story unfold in Mouretsu without getting "involved" and hope it continues this way.
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2012-03-03, 21:01 | Link #1248 |
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If the chamberlain's comments of "everything is perfectly and utterly fine at the palace, don't worry about anything" weren't carrying hidden layers of meaning for the Princess I will be very shocked.
Ara, Chiaki's ship may be competing with the Bentenmaru for this contract? That won't do at all. JENNY! Heh. I'm not surprised she's able to deal with the Princess much better than most of the students. Training to deal with people on that level has probably been part of her life ever since she first learned to talk. Mami... what sort of tales are you telling now? Even if it's true that the yacht club has a full roster of people with unusual skills, you should be careful what sort of rumors you spread, you know? Heh. The club's reaction to the Princess is great. And the Princess was delighted to have so many people calling her by her first name. Reminds me of Lafiel, a bit. Hmm... Interesting info about the ship. I wonder why people want it? New music for the ending? And snapshots of the episodes thus far. I guess this is meant to be a significant point in the story. |
2012-03-03, 21:28 | Link #1249 |
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I know it's been said before but there needs to be a crossover OVA where the jersey club and the yacht club team up together and kick ass !
I really wonder if chiaki's tsundereness can be partly explained by the fact she might not want to get attached to someone she might have to fight against. I guess the "ghost ship arc" is officialy underway, the ED of this episode was the song used in the PV sung by Marika's Seiyuu.Is it a one time thing to mark the occasion or are we getting a new ED next week?
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2012-03-03, 23:30 | Link #1251 | |
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Very nice bikini there, but not one bit nsfw. I've seen quite other bikinis which *would* qualify as nsfw, but this one is just a quite ordinary (albeit nice) one.
On the topic of the skirts: if they didn't want to show the girl's pantsu, they either shouldn't have put them in situations where you normally *would* see pantsu (like a zero g environment), or have them wear space suits flying around in zero g, which don't have skirts that can flap and reveal pantsu. That they *did* put the girls into those situations where you normally would see pantsu, but you actually don't, because the skirts seem to be made of lead or something, is nothing but extreme laziness on the side of the animators! "Actually, the skirts should be flapping around here, but nah... we're too damn lazy to animate it properly. So what if the skirts look as if they're made of lead, the viewers are too stupid to notice it anyway." You're all totally missing the point here. This is not about showing fanservice or not. This is about the animators being lazy bums and doing shoddy animations, nothing else! If the animation in fanservice shows like High School DxD is sometimes not that great, it's not that bad, because you watch it for the fanservice, and not to say: "Oh, look at the great animation quality!" However, with a show which doesn't have any fanservice (the split-second Chiaki shot in ep. 1 doesn't count) and which thus lives off plot and animation quality like Mouretsu, good animation quality is far more important. If you watch it and then have to say, "Oh no, sometimes the animation quality really sucks because the animators were lazy bums and did a shoddy job!", then it's a serious flaw indeed. Quote:
In Marika's time, they certainly don't have those clunky, unwieldy spacesuits currently used by the Nasa anymore.
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2012-03-03, 23:38 | Link #1253 | |
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Though yeah,I know that one is for outdoor exploration but still,I've seen sexier in other shows. Even if I couldn't care less about the whole no pantsu shown situation ,I can see where you're coming from and don't really find your position ridiculous as others have said. That being said I don't really like it when people start going around and calling animators lazy,I'm pretty darn sure that even if the wanted to animate the skirts realisticly they just wouldn't have the production time to do it properly,not without having to overlook something else that is probably much more important. edit: And of course if the show chooses to have no fanservice there'd be something other than panties under those skirts.
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2012-03-03, 23:39 | Link #1254 | |
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2012-03-03, 23:52 | Link #1255 | |
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Gosh dang. Somehow, this episode gave me goosebumps and tears. In any case, the first half shows how to win a fight - without actually fighting. LIKE A BOSS.
And I quote Marika: "Space pirates are the good guys." Quote:
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2012-03-03, 23:54 | Link #1256 | |
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I really personaly don't care but I can understand him,you're making him sound like some pervert that wants his dose of pantsu but that's not the case.
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2012-03-04, 00:09 | Link #1257 | |
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Also, the story was written before anyone conceived of turning it into an anime. Changing the story to have the girls wearing spacesuits when they weren't originally, or having gravity when there wasn't, would be a greater violation, in my opinion. And if you want science, here's a bit for you. Suits have limited oxygen. That's not exactly a good thing for a multi-day trip. Another reason, aside from not screwing more with the source material, why the girls wouldn't be wearing full spacesuits all the time. |
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So I'll write it again here, in the hope you'll read it now. This is *not* about fanservice! If they didn't want to have fanservice, they could have easily avoided all situations in which there usually would be fanservice, like e.g. girls with skirts in zero g. - They could've said: "There's artificial gravity on the ship, so the girl's skirts don't flap." Star Trek has artificial gravity as well without rotating the ship, so why not here? - Or they could've put the girls in sleek, form-fitting space suits instead of skirts. Bonus points for realism, which you don't see too often here. No skirts, no chance for skirts to flip in zero g. No one would've complained about that. But no, they *deliberately* let the girls wear skirts, and then deliberately put the girls with skirts in a zero g environment, where their skirts would end up flapping. Then however, they were simply *too lazy* to properly animate the skirts properly, so they look like they're made out of lead. As I said, the situation could've been easily avoided. That they *didn't* avoid it however and then were just too lazy to animate things properly, is nothing but shoddy work. Quote:
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I seriously doubt that the story said something like: "The girl's skirts are made of lead, so they must not flip in zero g."
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2012-03-04, 00:28 | Link #1260 | |
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I'm quite sure that, at no point in the novel, it says that the girl's skirts are made of lead, and thus they mustn't flip in zero g. But hey, perhaps that's wrong, and you can show me the part in the novels where it *does* say so. I'm waiting
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