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Apache Thunder
2015-08-01, 11:47
No post yet for Rory? :(
Well I start things off by saying thus far this is my favorite character in this anime. I've seen what her character design looks like in the Manga. I prefer the anime one by far. Don't know. I think the head band thing she wears looks better in the anime then the manga. It's more distinctive. The rest of her design had more settle changes from the manga it appears.
She's got a little touch of crazy and the voice actor they chose for her does the character perfectly. :D
I'm certainly hoping the anime shows her backstory a bit more. Don't know much about her other then she's an apostle to the god of death it seems. :P
Just would like to know what her main motivations are and how she chooses whom to kill. She certainly enjoys killing people though. :P
Yes - Rory is also my favorite character in the story, and while I feel they are doing a pretty good job with the anime adaptation of her I must admit I kinda prefer how she is depicted in the manga.
What I like the most about her is her personality, I guess (though I am a sucker for the gothloli look in general) - and that comes across more clearly in the manga. Hopefully they will be able to convey this in the anime as well. :)
HandofFate
2015-08-01, 17:52
Definitely my favorite so far.
Helps that so far in the anime, she's the one that we had the most story about.
So far, Mage girl is just mage girl, elf girl from destroyed village is elf girl.
The few bits about Rory and the supposed religion she serves did a lot in building the world culture.
Apache Thunder
2015-08-01, 22:07
I've only seen a few frames of her from the Manga, so it's perhaps premature for me to really judge the difference. So I just go with what I saw first. Much like the whole Original vs Dub thing with anime. Usually what ever language I hear it in first becomes my preferred one.
This applies here too. I saw her in the anime first, so most likely it will just end up being my preferred version of her.
That aside, I loved what they did when they first introduced her killing some bandits in episode 3. The music they used fit that scene to a ***king T. :D
I re-watched it a few times because that's how epic it was. :P
Harbinger
2015-08-01, 22:21
I think she's a pretty awesome character. I want to see more of her in action!
I've only seen a few frames of her from the Manga, so it's perhaps premature for me to really judge the difference. So I just go with what I saw first. Much like the whole Original vs Dub thing with anime. Usually what ever language I hear it in first becomes my preferred one.
This applies here too. I saw her in the anime first, so most likely it will just end up being my preferred version of her.
That aside, I loved what they did when they first introduced her killing some bandits in episode 3. The music they used fit that scene to a ***king T. :D
I re-watched it a few times because that's how epic it was. :P
If you find yourself really enjoying the anime as a whole then you might consider giving the manga a try, if that medium is your sort of thing. I think you may enjoy some of the different things that are touched on and emphasized in the different medium, Rory not being the least of them.
And by the way - the Bandit scene in the manga is even more ... erm ... powerful, I guess. Rory is a rather ... strong personality, shall we say. :heh:
rladls2121
2015-08-01, 22:25
An existance not to mess with.
She is really scary.
There's no way to loosen up and keep my guard down when she is always around.
That's the character she is to me.
Apache Thunder
2015-08-01, 22:36
Indeed. It looked like she beheaded the first guy. But the anime obviously censored it. :P
I might give the manga a try once the anime has finished it's run. :D
I would think Itami and company are glad she's their friend and not an enemy. I wonder (as of episode 5)if he really knows of what she's capable of.
I would think if this was real, the commanders at Arnus Hill would be a bit hesitant to let her in with the rest of the refuges. She's carrying a rather large axe and they should have attempted to confiscate it. (of coarse knowing her, that would only lead to a massacre. :P)
The scene where she first got into the vehicle with Itami and started riding his lap...She gives no ***t about your personal space. No surprise there. That had me laughing. :P
At this point my only complaint is the horizontal line going through her eyes. It seems to be a general art style for the anime since most if not all the characters have that. I'm wondering why they chose to add that. Makes it look like their eyes are filled with fluid or something... :P
EDIT: saw a few more manga frames of her thanks to google. :P (and one scan that has me really intrigued and shows her in a different setting of sorts. But it would be spoilers to mention the details unfortunately. :( )
Her dress is much more pronounced in the manga. In the anime it goes about halfway down her hips. But in the manga it's nearly full length to her feet. (though it is open from the front mostly. Just a half cape like dress kinda thing going on. :P)
Yeah I still prefer her anime design. :P
Random Wanderer
2015-08-01, 23:16
I would think if this was real, the commanders at Arnus Hill would be a bit hesitant to let her in with the rest of the refuges. She's carrying a rather large axe and they should have attempted to confiscate it. (of coarse knowing her, that would only lead to a massacre. :P)
They can't. I mean they literally can't take her halberd away, even if she let them try (which she wouldn't). They'd need heavy construction equipment just to lift it.
EDIT: Since you mentioned it, here's the best image I can find with a quick search of Rory's manga design. Please don't mind the blood.
http://i.imgur.com/jJMSoDx.png
Apache Thunder
2015-08-01, 23:32
I decided to at least read up till where the anime has progressed thus far. Damn, they took a lot of her intro scene. I can see why though. It was a bit darker hen what the producer was wanting to take it looks like. The manga seems to be more dark and serious while the anime takes a lighter tone to things.
They could have at least tried to animate that scene where she makes one guy bury the people they killed. It shows what her motivations and beliefs are better and I'm kinda sad they didn't include it. :(
The manga has already described what she is better then the anime has and I've only gotten to the 4th volume thus far. Not sure if this is considered spoiler or not (since chronalogically, I'm only about into episode 3 territory at this point). But she's not quite human. Though apparently she started out human but stopped aging when she became an apostle. She's described as being a demigod and she might be older then she appears. :P. That definitely explains how she wields the axe so effortlessly. I can understand why it would be impossible for them to try and take the axe away. :P
Heck knowing this she might even give the JSDF a run for their money if she ever decided to turn on them. (though that wouldn't make sense in the context of the story thus far. But just a thought I had. :P )
Most of their small arms weapons might not even be effective against her. I would probably be a bit scared to be around her. :P
Itami wanted a gothic girl...Careful what you wish for! :P
EDIT: Just got to the part where they got back to Arnus Hill. The part where he asks Lelei how old Rory is...That's funny...Wished they animated that... :P
Takeshi senpai
2015-08-02, 00:56
Simple, she is still affected by normal weapons, so just injure her enough to incapacitate her, then either throw her body into iron box and then into the sea, or just outright bury her. They may be immortal, but they are not omnipotent nor extremely durable nor strong, and according to Giselle, some gods were buried alive or restrained and fed to beasts. If Rory decides to fight, she would be curbstomped by modern weapons.
@Takeshi senpai
Correction.
Apostles are demigods, not gods.
True gods are on whole another level.
Random Wanderer
2015-08-02, 01:32
Spoiler tag that please, Takeshi.
In point of fact they are extremely strong. Ludicrously so, in fact. Rory demonstrates that nearly every time she gets into a fight with the amount of sheer physical destruction she causes to the environment around her. You can't shatter stones, or hit a flame dragon hard enough to throw it to the side, without being super-strong. And lets not even mention carrying that multi-ton hunk of metal she uses as a weapon.
And even leaving that aside, how exactly are you planning on injuring her that much? She can deflect and dodge bullets: not perfectly, but enough that 3 assault teams with full-auto weapons couldn't land more than a graze and a single non-disabling hit on her. Which she ignored completely. She's fast enough that explosives aren't going to hit her, she could certainly take down helicopters if anyone tried sending them against her, and tanks don't even deserve a mention. You'd have to attack her by surprise at extreme range with something powerful enough to blast or tear her apart, then reach her before she regenerates. This would not be easy to do. Particularly since she can sense violence and death and people who intend to cause those things, so she would know you were coming.Correction.
Apostles are demigods, not gods.
Not yet. :p They are, however, considered deities by most folks who see them, and referred to as such in dialogue. Also, given that Rory personally gains a worshipper, one could make arguments about whether or not the distinction matters.
rladls2121
2015-08-02, 01:53
Don't even think about having anything against her or maybe somehow involve her even indirectly.
Those seemingly weakness of hers won't fool me.
I'm definitely not going to test those weakness out, and that includes pulling any pranks towards her.
SPARTAN 119
2015-08-02, 04:04
Spoiler tag that please, Takeshi.
In point of fact they are extremely strong. Ludicrously so, in fact. Rory demonstrates that nearly every time she gets into a fight with the amount of sheer physical destruction she causes to the environment around her. You can't shatter stones, or hit a flame dragon hard enough to throw it to the side, without being super-strong. And lets not even mention carrying that multi-ton hunk of metal she uses as a weapon.
And even leaving that aside, how exactly are you planning on injuring her that much? She can deflect and dodge bullets: not perfectly, but enough that 3 assault teams with full-auto weapons couldn't land more than a graze and a single non-disabling hit on her. Which she ignored completely. She's fast enough that explosives aren't going to hit her, she could certainly take down helicopters if anyone tried sending them against her, and tanks don't even deserve a mention. You'd have to attack her by surprise at extreme range with something powerful enough to blast or tear her apart, then reach her before she regenerates. This would not be easy to do. Particularly since she can sense violence and death and people who intend to cause those things, so she would know you were coming.
Not yet. :p They are, however, considered deities by most folks who see them, and referred to as such in dialogue. Also, given that Rory personally gains a worshipper, one could make arguments about whether or not the distinction matters.
With regard to Rory in a fight with modern weapons, she would be tough but not invincible. If she were pitted against the entire might of the ENTIRE JSDF or another modern military, I'd still put my money on an eventual JSDF victory, albeit with losses in the hundreds, if not thousands at least. It would probably require sustained artillery and aerial bombardment- from high altitude, with heavy bombs and missiles to avoid her thrown halberd, supported a massive ground force. At the point they get to her body. The best option to deal with the parts (assuming they knew how based on Youji's intel) would be to place parts of her body on a rocket into orbit, or even directly into the sun. Failing that, encase them in concrete or steel, and bury some underground in widely dispersed regions- including both Earth and Special Region. About the closest thing to surefire way to bring her down in one shot, would be a nuclear weapon.
Still, I don't think Rory will turn against the JSDF. On the other hand, as I have stated on the main thread, I wouldn't count out the possibility of some "god-tier" threat as a "final boss" of the series, something requiring the combined forces of the JSDF, Rory, Lelei, and Tuka to defeat, in the grand tradition of Youji, Rory, Lelei, and Tuka as the "standard JRPG party".
blakstealth
2015-08-02, 08:18
They can't. I mean they literally can't take her halberd away, even if she let them try (which she wouldn't).
EDIT: Since you mentioned it, here's the best image I can find with a quick search of Rory's manga design. Please don't mind the blood.]I wonder how heavy that thing really is. Is it just as one would imagine an oversized axe would weigh, or is like Thor's hammer? lol
It seemed like Tuka was having a hard time when Rory left her axe on her in the jeep a couple eps back. xD
I wonder how heavy that thing really is. Is it just as one would imagine an oversized axe would weigh, or is like Thor's hammer? lol
It seemed like Tuka was having a hard time when Rory left her axe on her in the jeep a couple eps back. xD
Without going into spoiler detail answer-wise it is very possible that this question may indeed be covered in the anime at the pace the adaptation is going. http://www.circvsmaximvs.com/forum/images/smilies/hmm.gif
Apache Thunder
2015-08-02, 08:50
I wonder how heavy that thing really is. Is it just as one would imagine an oversized axe would weigh, or is like Thor's hammer? lol
It seemed like Tuka was having a hard time when Rory left her axe on her in the jeep a couple eps back. xD
Indeed I'm curious about that too. I won't spoil things. But later in the manga, someone does attempt to steal the axe....It doesn't end well for them. :P (I tried to stop reading after the Italica chapter. But figures, I can't stop reading it now. No turning back. :P )
Anyways in the manga, the axe wasn't placed directly on Tuka but beside her in the humvee as shown in episode 3. So not sure why the anime depicted it as being directly on top of her. The manga also shows Itami eventually forcing Rory off his lap and they end up sharing the passenger seat in a rather cramped position. Rory doesn't seem to care though as she rather enjoyed the situation it seems. :P
In the anime she was only shown sharing the the space between the driver and passenger seat. I don't know why, but the expressions of curiosity she showed during those scenes and when she first notices the humvee while talking to the children I found rather cute. :P
The axe weight can't be incredibly high, otherwise JSDF would not have been able to transport the thing with their humvee when she wasn't holding it. (though it wouldn't matter if she was holding it or not since the mass of the axe would just transfer through her body into the humvee) Even the humvees have a capacity limit in terms of how much weight they can carry.
Bonta Kun
2015-08-02, 08:58
I wonder how heavy that thing really is. Is it just as one would imagine an oversized axe would weigh, or is like Thor's hammer? lol
It seemed like Tuka was having a hard time when Rory left her axe on her in the jeep a couple eps back. xD
I'd hazard a guess and go with something like Thor's hammer.
The axe itself probably normally weights the same as a axe that size would but to Rory ofc it's featherweight.
I won't comment on the later aspect of it thats still to be revealed but Thor's hammer is a good comparison.
As for Rory, I like both anime and manga, altho still lean towards manga Rory.
Still don't like the attire change the anime went with but as always seeing much loved characters move and talk, I tend not to care too much about the small problems.
Takeshi senpai
2015-08-02, 09:06
What about what another character said about gods being restrained and fed to beasts? Rory can't fly, no super speed, super durability(bullets can pierce her skin), her halberd can't change direction in the air once thrown. A well aimed missile, or just far ranged heavy artillery should be enough to blow her apart. If she can withstand those, than she could have killed the flame dragon herself.
What about what another character said about gods being restrained and fed to beasts? Rory can't fly, no super speed, super durability(bullets can pierce her skin), her halberd can't change direction in the air once thrown. A well aimed missile, or just far ranged heavy artillery should be enough to blow her apart. If she can withstand those, than she could have killed the flame dragon herself.
Hmm....
I guess it could be argued that being able to withstand damage and dishing out damage could be two different things, but thus far the only combat situation we have seen her in was pretty much a slaughter.
All she did with the dragon was throw her halberd an impressively long distance and with such force of impact that when the earth erupted it tipped that giant thing to the side and made it lurch into the path of the missile launched at it.
We have not seen her directly engaged with a dragon directly.
All we have is someone's word for gods being fed to beasts ... and I wonder if he is speaking from historical records?
Myssa Rei
2015-08-02, 10:01
I think you're confusing Apostles versus the gods they worship. Apostles aren't true gods yet -- Rory herself did say that there's a threshold that an Apostle has to reach before they truly ascend -- but they're remarkably tough even by the standards of the modern world.
What you're proposing to even take her down requires her to willingly walk into a trap, set up specifically with her in mind. It's nothing but a theoretical exercise at this point.
What about what another character said about gods being restrained and fed to beasts?...
You cannot physically harm gods.
Giselle was talking about demigods like herself.
Random Wanderer
2015-08-02, 12:13
Guys, the character you're talking about also has not been shown in the anime yet (and may never be, depending on how far we get). That was one of the major reasons why I asked Takeshi senpai to spoiler-tag his first post. This is not a source-readers-only zone.
Takeshi senpai
2015-08-02, 17:18
Edited. If her skin can be pierced by bullets, she would be destroyed by explosives. The dragon could take gunfire, but even it couldn't survive C4. Just send a a jet and fire a missile at her, she can't run fast enough to escape damage nor can she reach the jet with her halberd.
Why would you want to take on her? I'd rather have her on the protag's side.
Myssa Rei
2015-08-02, 19:35
Yeah, what's with this obsession about hurting Rory anyway? She's on the JSDF's side, and will continue to be for as long as Itami remains interesting for her.
SPARTAN 119
2015-08-02, 21:43
Yeah, what's with this obsession about hurting Rory anyway? She's on the JSDF's side, and will continue to be for as long as Itami remains interesting for her.
It was more just a theoretical thing- "power level" discussions are common on forums.
As I said though, if the JSDF has to face a demigod or even god-tier enemy as the "Final Boss", it won't be Rory, and likely will end up teaming up with Rory, Lelei, and Tuka, and possibly other characters from the Special Region to defeat it.
francescoG1
2015-08-03, 14:33
Spoiler tag that please, Takeshi.
And even leaving that aside, how exactly are you planning on injuring her that much? She can deflect and dodge bullets: not perfectly, but enough that 3 assault teams with full-auto weapons couldn't land more than a graze and a single non-disabling hit on her. Which she ignored completely. She's fast enough that explosives aren't going to hit her, she could certainly take down helicopters if anyone tried sending them against her, and tanks don't even deserve a mention. You'd have to attack her by surprise at extreme range with something powerful enough to blast or tear her apart, then reach her before she regenerates. This would not be easy to do. Particularly since she can sense violence and death and people who intend to cause those things, so she would know you were coming.
For stop 155mm shell fragment at 30 meter is required least 25mm RHA equivalent (rolled homogeneous armour). Yes the fragment lethal rage is large...
For grenade launcher (25x59mm and 40×53mm) exist air bursting munitions (even for 25-40 mm autocannon) and high rate of fire machine guns like minigun e gau 19 (50 bmg and with Raufoss Mk 211 is tremendous weapon). For 120mm cannons there are pellets munitions. .50 caliber sniper rifle etc.....
Rory's Helbard isn't like thor hammer and helicopters can fire at long distance and is not a stationary target....
Rory with her helbard has not been able to break flame dragon's scales (IFV level protection)..
Another question
Emloy orders Rory to destroys the refinery built by the Japanese because some God do not want to technological progress in thet heir world especially very rapid technological development.
I think that the main JSDF enemies in the second novel series (with Pina as empress empire is no longer a problem) may be the divinity and demi god and these questions are legitimate :heh: Lelei which could become the number one target (for her abilty to open and close Gate). Poor Itami:uhoh::heh:
Apache Thunder
2015-08-03, 15:03
I find it odd that the gods would care about there being too much tech progress. But perhaps they don't want that advanced tech to spread to quickly as it threatens the effectiveness/authority of their apostles. Aka, while smaller power weapons would not harm Rory and other apostles, some of the larger scale stuff like nuclear/thermonuclear weapons and other very high powered weapons could be a legitiment threat to their apostles.
I don't think the gods themselves are concerned the tech would threaten them directly. Only their influence. I find it odd they don't care at all what's going on with Earth. Perhaps for the same reason they don't want the tech spreading in their world that they have avoided earth because their Apostles wouldn't be able to do much there due to the above mentioned reasons.
As far as I'm concerned any weapon that can blow her body apart over vast distances should be enough. Especially if she found her self within the hypercenter range of the detonation of a thermonuclear bomb. (anything whiten that blast range is utterly vaporized due to heat reaching up to 500 million degrees Fahrenheit or 300 million degrees Celsius). Without a doubt that would be enough to destory their bodies. (possibly at the molecular level as well)
I've heard that Lelei learned about fusion and might try and replicate it with magic? If she even tries this, she could immediately become a target of the gods no doubt. The only possibility of Rory becoming an enemy of JSDF is if Emloy orders Rory to kill her. She's somewhat close to Itami and his group already and this would definitely cause some friction with them and the rest of JSDF depending on the circumstances. But I don't know where in the light novels Lelei learning fusion (and the associated physics behind it) so this playing out is probably unlikely at best. Besides, I doubt she would try to apply fusion in any practical magic as the energies produced are very extreme. (unless she can master her magic enough to keep reactions small enough to where they wouldn't destroy entire cities and stuff. :P )
Unless she's able to contain it with her magic, the best she could hope to do is destroy her self along with everything around her. She probably knows this and won't ever consider trying to replicate the process behind thermonuclear detonation. Especially since she might already be aware of the devastating results that would be from that if she ever attempted it. She might try very small scale reactions once she fully masters her control of magic. But right now it would be suicide to attempt it as a single mistake with stuff like this could kill her and many more around her. The only application I can possibly see for trying to replicate fusion with magic besides weapons is perhaps setting up some kind of fusion reactor for electric power. Assuming they can build a device that can survive the reaction, it's feasible that with the combination of magic, sustained fusion can occur. I could see her trying this in the far future on Earth. But I'm pretty sure the Gods would definitely not allow her to try it in the Special Region.
One could argue if they could regenerate if their body could rebuild after that level of disintegration, but due to the high energy blast wave, all the pieces of her body (possibly as small as small groups of molecules or atoms) would be spread out across vast distances and would be spread out in a manner similar to the resulting radiation fallout.
It's no question she would not survive that. But of coarse it's highly unlikely anyone would use a thermonuclear device on an apostle unless they have tried all other options and had decided their threat they pose outweighs the collateral damage. They probably don't have to use that large of a bomb though. Something as small as a TNW (Tactical Nuclear Warhead) could be enough if the bomb is detonated close enough. That could be a feasible option if she's in a large open area away from civilians.
But that's kind of ridicules to think about. I can see smaller scale explosives perhaps being effective if a ground force is sent in to separate her pieces before she can regenerate.
But in the end I don't think she will ever be an enemy to JSDF or Earth at large, so it's just a theoretical exercise at best and I don't really feel like discussing it. I have no desire for harm to come to Rory. :P
francescoG1
2015-08-03, 16:00
[QUOTE=Apache Thunder;5611234]
Aka, while smaller power weapons would not harm Rory and other apostles,
The only problem is their agility but even "small" caliber munitions hurts them (the revorer time is "slow") and their attack lacking in range. In another words is simply a matter of tactics and right weapons. Nuclear bombs aren't necessary :heh:. For stop Rory just hurt Itami (yes is a method that Itami could use for stop Rory if necessary :heh:)
Wow, spoiler tag, spoiler tag everywhere :p
Let's me say something in a non-spoilific way.
While Rory is not my favorite character in this series (That honor goes to Princess Pina Co Lada ;)), I think she is a great Gothic Loli character I see in a long long while, perhaps the best Gothic Loli ever. (No, I'm not especially fond of Suikintou or Shinku :heh:)
Go0gleplex
2015-08-04, 20:54
Rory did injure the flame dragon throwing her halberd at it in the manga. It sliced across one of the dragon's toes, the pain of which caused the dragon to lurch into the path of the AT round.
If the apostle's body is vaporized, then the apostle is dead, being essentially nothing more than a spirit and I think (a year ago discussing this) they pretty much fail their ascension then. If the apostle is just chopped up or blown up, they will eventually reconstitute and regenerate the damage. You would have to keep the pieces separate to prevent this.
Rory is not super fast or what, but she is faster, stronger, and smarter than regular humans, even the super athletic ones.
charles88
2015-08-06, 05:54
How JSDF react when they found out about Rory destroy their oil refinery? And what they gonna do with Rory?
Apache Thunder
2015-08-06, 09:10
How JSDF react when they found out about Rory destroy their oil refinery? And what they gonna do with Rory?
As I recall someone mentioned the gate was closed at the time that occurred. It's not covered in the manga yet (thus is material only in the Light Novel/Novels), so it's not something I know the full details yet.
I'm just speculating, but I'd imagine JSDF might not be happy about it assuming they didn't already consider it a loss when the gate closed. (I think it had been closed for almost a year or more at the time)
Even so, I'm sure Itami would probably try and put in good word on Rory and tell them it wasn't her or something. Perhaps put the blame on Emloy/Emroy (still don't know which translation of that name is correct) instead. After all he was the one that ordered her to destroy it. Though being a god with no physical form, there isn't exactly a lot Japan can do about that. Perhaps Itami will report it as a natural disaster instead. Short of a nuclear strike, once Rory decides to do something, ain't nobody gonna be able to stop her. So it's pretty much the equivalent of a hurricane hitting something.
I'm sure it's probably covered by insurance or something. They'll just write it off and move on. :P
Assuming they had ownership of it at the time. If they built it for someone else/an allied country in the special region, then they probably won't care that much about it as it would not be their responsibility to protect it anymore. (especially since the gate was closed at the time)
Perhaps this is a question best asked in the Light Novel thread. :P
Blueknight78
2015-08-07, 20:09
while i love rory character i feel a little confuse about her "design" for a loli she look to much "mature" or tal not only in anime but specially in manga and maybe novel, anime sometimes she look tal others she look a little more close to what "lolis" are.
in the last episde when mc touch her "boobs" they looked a little less small" even in anime in beginner she looked like having some cleavage but when he was holding her "looked like the "plain" breatsless girl", i really feel a lot confuse for her design not have a good consistence, because for someone supposed to look like 12 to 13 she look too much between 15 to 17, but i like her.
Random Wanderer
2015-08-07, 20:56
This is because art is drawn by human beings who aren't perfect and sometimes get perspective wrong. Generally Rory's supposed to look like she's in her very early teens. Just like an ordinary person, she can wear clothing and adjust her posture and behavior and such to make herself appear a bit older at times, but not significantly, and she isn't particularly interested in doing so. She's had nearly 1000 years to get used to looking like what she looks like, so she doesn't have much in the way of self-image problems.
Blueknight78
2015-08-07, 21:11
This is because art is drawn by human beings who aren't perfect and sometimes get perspective wrong. Generally Rory's supposed to look like she's in her very early teens. Just like an ordinary person, she can wear clothing and adjust her posture and behavior and such to make herself appear a bit older at times, but not significantly, and she isn't particularly interested in doing so. She's had nearly 1000 years to get used to looking like what she looks like, so she doesn't have much in the way of self-image problems.
i know is not like i want a perfection but sometimes i really weird like in one moment she look like a 16 years old girl in another looks like a 10 some little inconsistence in her design from anime episodes or manga chapters, when she made her debut in anime and manga i barelly could relate her to be a "loli" just a teen girl in a gothic loli dress then in some manga chapters she really look chibi(small) then i next chapter or some pages later she look tal again, or she as you told love to make herself look mature since she not age or really they don't know if they want her look like a "little girl" or a teenager.
again i like her character and the gate overal(anime and manga) but that constant changes in her size making her look more old then more child for me is weird is like having different peoples drawn her instead of the same person, then each one give his own vision about her.
and get even more weird when she is close to the others girls which are "supposed to look more old and tal than her" them sometimes she look at the same size of the others then i another she look small.
again is just a little lack of consistence in her draw nothing which i could say totally ruin her character but sometimes i really hard take her as a "loli" when she don't really looks like one lol at last not our "common" loli girls" in animes which looks like a 8 to 10 years most of the times lol.
Funkatron
2015-08-07, 23:02
I'm probably the last one in the world to notice this but since in Japanese Rs can be replaced with Ls, an alternate spelling of her name could be Loly
Rory <=> Loli
Just a Japanese pun / runs
If Rory was atomized, she would bring herself back together via magic. Matter energy conversation doesn't mean she doesn't exist, she'll just come back and reconstruct herself.
As this goes beyond the anime, there time limit is better left to another day.
While you can chop her up and imprison her, ala proven in 3x3 eyes it's quite easy to the extent even the empire can do it; there's a couple of reasons you don't want to.
1: Their patron God might decide to do some punishing
2: They won't stay demi-god forever, eventually they'll ascend and then you got one pissed off enemy
3: You have to consider the security involved. All it takes is a few missteps and that's it, reconstruction. Immortals have time in their hands unlike mortals.
The only way you're going to get rid of an apostle is to a level where you get at their authority, which is a problem since you would first have to have a relationship with their patron god.
Rory <=> Loli
Just a Japanese pun / runs
Loli the Leaper? She can jump very well as we saw in the Battle of Italica episode.
Ghostfriendly
2015-08-30, 19:06
Your dismissal of Rory because of her sexual behavior displays an ingrained cultural prudishness on your part. It might surprise you to learn that not all cultures, both in the modern world, and throughout history, have upheld that view of sex.
If I dismissed every character with immoral habits, I wouldn't be able to watch anime. Tsukuyo from Gintama and Akeginu from Basilisk are two of my favourite characters. But they should have either guilt, repentance, a just comeuppance or all three.
Rory is just too obviously otaku-bait for me to like. Her lust for blood and other things don't seem to be rooted in any deep aspect of character. If she develops the capacity for guilt, self-doubt or regret, she might possibly become more interesting I know many other characters don't have those things but they seem more capably of developing them than an invincible, almost sociopathic warrior.
On a different note Rory animated expression really do her justice. The judgemental silent stare is a classic Loli baba move that is typical of imortals. it totally juxtapose with her child like features and sometime tendencies.
Brother Coa
2015-08-31, 01:16
If Rory was atomized, she would bring herself back together via magic. Matter energy conversation doesn't mean she doesn't exist, she'll just come back and reconstruct herself.
As this goes beyond the anime, there time limit is better left to another day.
While you can chop her up and imprison her, ala proven in 3x3 eyes it's quite easy to the extent even the empire can do it; there's a couple of reasons you don't want to.
1: Their patron God might decide to do some punishing
2: They won't stay demi-god forever, eventually they'll ascend and then you got one pissed off enemy
3: You have to consider the security involved. All it takes is a few missteps and that's it, reconstruction. Immortals have time in their hands unlike mortals.
The only way you're going to get rid of an apostle is to a level where you get at their authority, which is a problem since you would first have to have a relationship with their patron god.
So she works like perpetual from Warhammer 40.000?
That's either the worst thing possible or best thing ever. XD
I am actually surprised that Rory living for so long didn't become devoid of sentiments or apathetic. Or I can guess that the JSDF getting involved in her world have been her once-in-a-while kind of entertainment.
I am actually surprised that Rory living for so long didn't become devoid of sentiments or apathetic. Or I can guess that the JSDF getting involved in her world have been her once-in-a-while kind of entertainment.
It really depends entirely on the person and the setting they are in. The special area seems like it's more prone to people dying than ours, so dealing with death and losing loved ones seems more common/expected than in ours, granted you can die on a moments notice in ours as well.
Rory seems like the kind of immortal that doesn't exclude herself from interacting with others for fear of losing those close to her. Most of the "apathetic" immortals only become that way due to isolating themselves due to fear inevitably losing the people close to them. They refuse to make new connections with people so their ability to care for others eventually dies. However, Rory is the apostle of Emroy, the God of Death, so she has unique views on the whole cycle of life & death. It also helps that Rory became immortal at a very young age, she had time to adjust to how her life will be.
rladls2121
2015-09-14, 00:20
If Rory met the Japan military forces in ww2 times and in the Special Region, what would Rory do to them?
And outcome is just too obvious to me or something even more unexpected.
I wondered about Rory's death penalty towards the bandits, and those bandits reminds me of...
It is just unpleasant to think about Rory's execution even though it seems right about it.
However not everything cannot be well because of her though.
Itami, considering he wants to keep his job, does he really want to avoid Rory's assault for that reason?
Even though Rory is supposed to be or seemingly his type, is it ironic?
I've always wondered how to kill Rory in my current GATE story, and I know that wiki page states that she just can't outright be killed, but can be incapacitated by dismemberment.
But that's a funny thing, the author of GATE did. For all the gore and horrifics of GATE, I realized that the supposed only way to get rid of Rory would be to do something very gruesome to her, and I had to wonder who who would want to animate, draw, or even conceptualize that for any plot reason.
It's hard to stomach in my personal opinion.
Of course, I have a reason to kill her, but even as I draft that potential scenario up, it's not easy to do to imagine the intricacies of maiming, tearing apart, and killing a being that's twelve years old in physical form.
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