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View Poll Results: Total Eclipse - Episode 17 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 10 | 20.83% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 15 | 31.25% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 8 | 16.67% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 7 | 14.58% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 7 | 14.58% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 0 | 0% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 1 | 2.08% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2012-10-29, 03:36 | Link #63 | |
Black Steel Knight
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You know, I always thought that bartenders are some kinda psychiatrist/shrink for the drunks (listening to their problems and all).
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2012-10-29, 08:15 | Link #70 |
cho~ kakkoii
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I've finally caught up to this show. So when I watched the first episode, I was like... here was another anime that was into shock-and-awe factor through gore. Needless to say I'm not a big fan of explicit gore in anime to influence the dramatics because the affect quickly wears off. Blood C was hilarious for that very reason. After watching episode 17, however, I'm ready to temporarily reverse my standing on that matter. I think the show could use a Beta dropped in the middle of a bar and let it dine on a few people to bring back some of the excitement. As Yuuya's harem grows, so grows my amnesia about what the story was about. They are still at war with the Beta, right?
Fortunately for me, the posts by the fans have become more amusing as the show increasingly detach itself from the story.
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2012-10-29, 08:35 | Link #73 |
cho~ kakkoii
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Are you kidding me? I guess you aren't. Now that I think about, it's possible to interpret in those lines. I completely missed out on that. I thought the show was about rising up above the fragility of humanity and come out victorious against the odds despite the heart wrenching cost. Well, at least the sacrifice of the Russian commander, Fikatsia Latrova, and her crew wasn't all in vein. Without her Yuya wouldn't be around to see his harem grow. I also like to think that some nights Yuuya would be a bit more depressed at the loss of such a milf who would have made great addition to the harem.
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2012-10-29, 08:44 | Link #76 | |
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Actually, that last sentence describes what the last game in the main trilogy is about. You should give it a try (The main series is composed of 3 V/Ns: Muv Luv Extra, Muv Luv Unlimited, and Muv Luv Alternative). However, since this was your entry point to the series, it might be a little hard to get into and enjoy the first game in the trilogy, but if you do, you'll enjoy the finale of the trilogy so much more. So basically, what gryls said. :P |
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2012-10-29, 08:52 | Link #77 | |
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2012-10-29, 09:12 | Link #78 |
cho~ kakkoii
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Gotcha. I will not raise another peep about the story while Total Eclipse commence. I'll solely focus on Yuuya and his harem. Speaking of which, I'm alarmed by the fact how quickly Yuuya dismissed the idea of a honeymoon with the chinese girl. Doesn't he know that a quality woman never neglects on her sleep the night before her honeymoon? She knows that Yuuya will be forced to do all the work if she isn't properly rested and a guy can only do so much when a girl is sleeping through it. What a thoughtful girl. Yuuya is one lucky dude.
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2012-10-29, 09:18 | Link #79 |
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Ah, no, don't worry; I blame Yui's prologue for the genre confusion. Then again, she is fairly confused herself.
As for Yuuya... Well, you're seeing evidence of why people jokingly accuse him of being TSFsexual. Also, something I meant to post above, but accidentally deleted: to further discuss on its story, Total Eclipse has something that needs to be taken into account. It was never originally intended to be a big deal - just a small scale story about test pilots and the mecha they were developing, to help promote a series of mecha toys. That's why the early arc kinds feels week, why the beach episodes came about (author needed to buy time to plan and expand the TE story and quickly whipped up the beach episodes), why Kamchatka and later arcs feel stronger. Thus TE is very much a sidestory to the actual war against BETA, but it doesn't mean their work in Project Prominence isn't as important. Another analogy is a film about the Spitfire development and improvement team contrasting The Battle of Britain. TE has been compared to Macross Plus, and that's an apt description - this is not a big war story, but a more personal story set against the backdrop of war. We can see an underlying theme of identity and an uncertainty of self, something that Yuuya and Yui struggle with on a regular basis. That is - so far - one of the core themes of TE. If I were to sum up the series as an Armor Piercing Question, Extra asks the question, "Who do I love?" Unlimited asks the question "How do I survive?" Alternative asks, "How do I overcome?" Total Eclipse's question is more personal: "Who am I?" Or, at least, this is the impression that I have. Though I admit that this is a gross oversimplification of the franchise. Also, while I'm firmly in Yui's camp, I did feel sympathetic towards Yifei's disappointment, especially as she was unsuccessfully holding back tears.
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2012-10-29, 09:35 | Link #80 | |
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I'm also reluctant to pose the, "Who am I?" question in regards to Yuuya, cause he might just answer back with, "I'm Yuuya, bitch, the TSFsexual."
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