2012-10-12, 21:38 | Link #121 |
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Think about it for a second, every organic being with a brain needs to sleep. Even fish and birds (which can pull continous 24/7 migrations) sleep while moving, they shut half of their brain, then the other half, reboot and presto. So shinki have inorganic brains, but brains need to enter stand by mode to see what memories are important (copy from RAM to hard disk) and what memories are irrelevant (delete). Otherwise their memory would fill up from the ton of images they go through as they live a day. Besides, sleep is required to really learn, new knowledge substitutes old knowledge (using a sword is NOT a proper form of salute or welcome).
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2012-10-13, 07:44 | Link #124 | |||
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2012-10-13, 08:30 | Link #125 | |
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It's kinda complicated. The original Arnval and Straf lines had a newer version released, the Arnval Mk.2 and Straf Mk.2, which are 01 and 02 respectively from the Moon Angel ONA (which ties into the plot of the Battle Masters Mk.2 game). ONA Arnval Mk.2 - Kaguya - is explicitly stated to be a custom model, and at the end of the ONA she's staying with the boy in what is more or less present day of the setting.
ONA Straf Mk.2 ended up with that former researcher, helping him in his model/hobby/Shinki shop. She's most likely not Hina, particularly as Hina is stated to be a blank slate and recently awakened. Ann is most likely a first-gen Arnval, as it's been stated that she's been with Mastah since he was a boy, and the Mk.2s like Kaguya are new releases. Generally, IIRC the difference between Arnval Mk.1 and Mk.2 is that the first gens are smaller than the Mk.2s by a certain margin - if they stand side by side, it's quite obvious that the Mk.2 is larger. It's like the difference between the legacy F/A-18A/B/C/D Hornet and the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, with the latter being larger than the former. Quote:
That was a year ago, y'know. That's plenty of time to be sidelined for major repairs requiring significant work that results in a fully restored Shinki. Spoiler for This answer involves references to the Moon Angel ONA and Battle Masters Mk.2 PSP gam plot points:
As for why the military hasn't used Shinki, probably it's because while the Shinki could be used for recon and suchlike, conventional measures are still far more practical to be used. The other, more thematic reason, is because as the opening narration states, Shinki are friends and partners to humans. Shinkis aren't meant for war, they're meant for love and friendship. Seeing your blog, I'm not surprised at all you'd want that visualiser. Me, I'd settle for any Shinki.
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2012-10-13, 09:24 | Link #126 |
its Ghost Madoka time!!!
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maybe the Shiki's are biomorphic-type robots? hence they could digest organic foodstuffs, in order to convert them into fuel energy along with sleeping? much like those advanced versions of the decendants of the Terminators in Sarah Conor Chronicles tv series who are nearly impossible to distinguish from an actual real natural living organic being? those things are like artificial clone lifeforms than robots or something for crying out loud!, seriously........
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2012-10-13, 11:01 | Link #128 |
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I'm going to assume they can run on total matter-energy conversion, and are able to make use of all the molecules in whatever substance they eat or drink. As such, there would be no waste products left over from what they consume.
I'm also rather hoping that they aren't anatomically correct enough to be able to perform those actions. Thinking anything other than that gets kind of disturbing quickly. |
2012-10-13, 11:22 | Link #129 |
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Did you people really have to think in that direction? There have been a quite a few shows where machines eat organic food for "fuel." Minatsu from Da Capo II comes to mind. The food consumed most likely goes through some kinda conversion and then evaporates when used.
I thought it was pretty cool when Ann tasted that green liquid (green tea? but why would it have salt?), It showed that she was analyzing the taste with a graph. I just thought that was really interesting, you don't see that very often. |
2012-10-13, 11:29 | Link #130 | |
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Well.....Look in the spoiler for my response to your questions.
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Hope this helped. The only thing that bugs me about the show is how they spawn their equipment at will instead of taking the time to equip it. The rest is fine. ------------- Edit: Quote:
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2012-10-13, 12:38 | Link #131 | |
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2012-10-13, 19:58 | Link #133 |
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Well crap. This series takes everything back all the way to Rozen Maiden.
And if there's one thing to wonder: if sentient dolls of small size can be made, where are the human sized ones? (in b4 Chobits)
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2012-10-13, 20:35 | Link #135 | |
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2012-10-13, 22:03 | Link #137 | |
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Addendum, robot polygamy is not more illegal than having more than one car O_o; |
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2012-10-14, 15:50 | Link #140 |
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Please don't go there. As someone who's been collecting the figures for a couple of years now, the last thing I want to think about is whether or not the Shinki can use the bathroom.
Oh yeah. Given the outfits of a number of the figures, ass shots of the girls have been common in fan art. As for the feat of ball joints, there are a few Busou Shinki fanartist on Pixiv that have done pictures of the girls without the joints.
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