2013-10-01, 09:52 | Link #63 | ||||
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You know; the funny thing about the timeline of the arc is that all they had to do was a simple thing: don't do a two-day timeskip in the middle of the arc. That way the last episode takes place the 29th of August. The timeline is not screwed by lack of time (they had several days between the end of the Sisters Arc and the 31th of August), it's because they randomly decided to do that jump in time for no reason and wasted a few days in unimportant events. They basically screwed themselves over for no reason. Quote:
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The point is: they could have died very easily if not for two things: plot armor and villain incompetency (I hate to repeat things already said a lot of times but only 2 of the Powered Suits were armed; they could have cut out the numbers a bit, a few thousands would be enough; and armed the rest) Last edited by LazyHunter; 2013-10-02 at 14:02. |
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2013-10-01, 22:04 | Link #64 | ||
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Leaving Febri with Saten would have been a lot safer for both of them than taking her to the front lines, too. However I gave that a pass since they were also targeting Febri, and pairing her with the strongest on the team could be seen as another option. Also, having Saten in Kongou's mech was a good idea [safer than on the ground], but she should have stayed in it the entire time. She is a "boots on the ground" support as shown by her actions in the OVA. I disagree about her needing more time to learn the mech - I thought of a Star Trek Voyager episode where someone with no battle experience whatsoever defeated an enemy by simply instructing the computer "attack pattern delta". Extreme example but AI assistance can make anything easy. |
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2013-10-02, 12:30 | Link #66 |
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I don't know how to feel about that. I'm happy she's alive. On the other hand, her fate after being captured being unknown both in Railgun and Index was a good point of the Sisters Arc and another good show of the darkness of AC (a lot of people go missing on AC and the experiments always need more test subjects). The fact she got off so easy compared to other darkness characters and got her happy ending so easily and fast is a bit hard to swallow.
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2013-10-02, 13:52 | Link #69 |
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I admit a laughed when she explained how she had been sold and forced to work for STUDY. It's clear they want us to be sad and show how terrible STUDY and the darkness are but all I'm thinking is how in the hell can you call working unsupervised for them and being able to vote in their freaking meetings "being captive". When the true darkness wants to use you they take every step they can to control you; see what that director tried to do with Stephanie Gorgeouspalace.
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2013-10-02, 16:20 | Link #70 | |
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I assume they did the two day skip because they weren't sure how the handle the "Angel Fall" incident. The writers I mean.
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According to this, the episode 24 battle supposedly happened on the 31. As did the "fake date". The fake date itself was right after Misaka had breakfast, though. Spoiler for image:
Maybe the fight against STUDY happened in the morning. Afterwards she came back to her dorms and then she had a late breakfast. So that guy asking her out for lunch was actually quite reasonable, she just didn't think of the time. The next scene has them eating, which would support what I said but it contradicts with her complaint about being asked out so... I dunno. I will feel super smart if this is true and not contradicted by some line in the novels. Quote:
In regards to her getting a happy ending... well she was "saved". How many people do you think Touma has saved from those kinds of bad ends? |
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EDIT: Even when he saved Cendrillia (or however you spell her name) that was after she had been turned into a living table for a few days. If Shinobu had been suffering for those few days I could have lived with it but she wasn't.
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2013-10-02, 17:09 | Link #75 |
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Even if it was Kamachi's idea and someone from the Railgun crew didn't say "we want you to write an arc where you bring Shinobu back" it was still a bad idea. Kamachi is capable of making bad decisions, and we can still criticize them.
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2013-10-03, 08:03 | Link #76 | |
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So, even if they did go into the time period of Angel Fall, they could get away with it, by keeping everybody's appearance since nobody would notice the transference and everyone would act like normal, so long as they didn't disregard the evening during which the Sweep was being set up.
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2013-10-03, 10:00 | Link #79 | |
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No I mean like... uh... Example: Mikoto <=> Otohime, so Mikoto may have had the appearance of Otohime at the time Kuroko <=> USA president(?) Or who was it that came out as Kuroko on TV at the time? Misaka Imouto <=> Old Lady at the Inn Uiharu and Saten, I have no idea as they did not appear during that time. |
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Index had Aogami's appearance and Shiina had Index's appearance.
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