(CR) Brave Witches

[Ernietheracefan]

Originally Posted by Gravitas Free Zone

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There's a beach on the island. Perfect for beach episode..

Is this just me or BW has been overshadowed by Eupho..?

[Gravitas Free Zone]

Originally Posted by Ernietheracefan

Is this just me or BW has been overshadowed by Eupho..?

BW has a lot of competition this season, sandwiched between Eupho2 and Yuri on Ice on Wednesday. And those are just the series that I'm watching, not even close to all of the things out there.

Not helping is the widget series factor of "Girls without pants with planes on their legs fight aliens in WWII." The other two are more normal genre titles, in their way.

Meanwhile, Shuumatsu no Izetta is also doing the WWII mahou shoujo thing, but is easier to explain.

That said, I'm obviously still watching BW, but also not expecting a big bump in the discussion numbers. It's just a really, really, really crowded season.

[Infinite Zenith]

Originally Posted by Ernietheracefan

Is this just me or BW has been overshadowed by Eupho..?

I wouldn't say overshadowed, but for me, there's not much to really talk about for Brave Witches so far because the anime's charm will come from the 502nd's interactions, which we've not really seen much of just yet.

[Gravitas Free Zone]

Originally Posted by Infinite Zenith

the anime's charm will come from the 502nd's interactions, which we've not really seen much of just yet.

I wish the writers had just gone straight in, instead of copying both seasons of Strike Witches with the "get viewpoint character to the base" scenario. I don't care if new viewers might think it's interesting, I'm an old viewer and I just want to get to the story already.

[Infinite Zenith]

Episode three's preview suggests we'll be getting just that, so here goes nothing

[FlareKnight]

I'm fine with the route they've gone so far. Hikari is actually a pretty likable character which helps. Plus if nothing else they continue having fun making her quite distinct from Yoshika. Even her initial attempt to join the fight fails . An almost scary level of determination to fill her sister's shoes. I mean "then just let me join you until I die" that's a different kind of mindset...

Took a couple episodes, but we've got the group assembled. Can jump into the character interaction from here on out.

[Nicaea]

Liking Hikari already, but I do find her admiration for her sister to be a bother. Mainly because I think it's holding back her development into becoming her own person. I mean, look at the magic she pulled off when she was in a pinch: it's not that her magic is incredibly low, she's always been capable. She just needs to have more confidence in herself and shake off unnecessary thoughts. Having her sister figure loom over her like that isn't helping in any way imo. So I'm kind of glad that Hikari will get the time and space to develop without her sister being so overly present in her mind.

[Ernietheracefan]

According to some sources, ep4 will be postponed next week..

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Ernietheracefan

According to some sources, ep4 will be postponed next week..

Define postponed. One hour? One day? One week? One month? One year?

[Stark700]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

Define postponed. One hour? One day? One week? One month? One year?

One week. Something related to production issues most likely.

Regarding this week's episode, I'm really starting to like Nipa more :3

[Random Wanderer]

Nipa's a good girl Shame about that E-rank luck, though. Locusts in the engine this time. And she's so used to it she just fell asleep waiting for SAR to get to her.

Hikari's low magic power is definitely her biggest hurdle to success. However, if she can figure out how to use her magic eyes reliably, she can be an asset to the group. That may come with development of her magic power in general. However, working on that may be challenging. Sakamoto's training was that improving your physical endurance improved your magical capability, but I think she's pretty much topped out on what she's going to get from that. Hopefully there are other ways.

[Requiem-x]

So, they're a baka trio now? Because I'm very ok with that

I knew about Nipa's, um, situation, thanks to the aurora manga, but still, her falling asleep like that caught me off guard. Definetly liking her, and Naoe is also good when she's not grumpy.

Yeah, I think its pretty safe to say Hikari's journey is gonna be a tad different from what we expected, but that's fine, and the good characters are still there, as well as the surprisingly dreary world building, so all in all, good stuff.

Next, time to impress sensei enough to let the little squirrel stay.

[Gravitas Free Zone]

I find myself missing the obvious aircraft references that the Neuroi used to have, which is odd when Silver Link did use obvious airplane references in the movie and OVAs.

Definitely want to see more of the 502nd's group dynamics, similarities to Strike Witches are there, but it's also noticeably not the same.

[jhpace1]

Since when in the World Witches timeline did they have the luxury of turning away witches from the front line? We're led to believe that witches and their magical forcefields are the only thing that can withstand Neuroi miasma. Flying jet-powered witches are the only thing preventing worldwide terraforming by the Neuroi, yet the 501st is going to turn away Hikari just because she's not an ace like her sister? That's a pretty defeatist attitude, and nothing like Strike Witches or even real-life WWII. Put Hikari on night shift, put her on reserve, but all this "you're either making 99 percentile or you're going home" is for people willing to lose the war.

[Magewolf]

Originally Posted by jhpace1

Since when in the World Witches timeline did they have the luxury of turning away witches from the front line? We're led to believe that witches and their magical forcefields are the only thing that can withstand Neuroi miasma. Flying jet-powered witches are the only thing preventing worldwide terraforming by the Neuroi, yet the 501st is going to turn away Hikari just because she's not an ace like her sister? That's a pretty defeatist attitude, and nothing like Strike Witches or even real-life WWII. Put Hikari on night shift, put her on reserve, but all this "you're either making 99 percentile or you're going home" is for people willing to lose the war.

It's the 502nd, the 501st was the Strike Witches. They want to send her back for more training to keep her from being killed for nothing. They are an active combat wing not a training wing.

[Ernietheracefan]

Originally Posted by Gravitas Free Zone

I find myself missing the obvious aircraft references that the Neuroi used to have, which is odd when Silver Link did use obvious airplane references in the movie and OVAs.

Definitely want to see more of the 502nd's group dynamics, similarities to Strike Witches are there, but it's also noticeably not the same.

AIC was doing the movie. and I'm agree with you about the Neuroi design..

I'd like to see the Neurified version of Ace Combat's heavy command cruisers..

Originally Posted by jhpace1

Since when in the World Witches timeline did they have the luxury of turning away witches from the front line? We're led to believe that witches and their magical forcefields are the only thing that can withstand Neuroi miasma. Flying jet-powered witches are the only thing preventing worldwide terraforming by the Neuroi, yet the 501st is going to turn away Hikari just because she's not an ace like her sister? That's a pretty defeatist attitude, and nothing like Strike Witches or even real-life WWII. Put Hikari on night shift, put her on reserve, but all this "you're either making 99 percentile or you're going home" is for people willing to lose the war.

Still better than kamikaze & Luftwaffe post-bombing..

Yoshika should be grateful because she has Mio & Minna.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by jhpace1

Since when in the World Witches timeline did they have the luxury of turning away witches from the front line? We're led to believe that witches and their magical forcefields are the only thing that can withstand Neuroi miasma. Flying jet-powered witches are the only thing preventing worldwide terraforming by the Neuroi, yet the 501st is going to turn away Hikari just because she's not an ace like her sister? That's a pretty defeatist attitude, and nothing like Strike Witches or even real-life WWII. Put Hikari on night shift, put her on reserve, but all this "you're either making 99 percentile or you're going home" is for people willing to lose the war.

It's not because she's not an ace, it's because she's not even able to fight, frankly. She doesn't even have enough magical power to fly properly. Throwing her into a battle means she is either just going to die, or one or more of the other witches is going to have to waste time they could be using trying to kill the Neuroi looking after Hikari and keeping her alive instead, just like Kanno had to do this episode when Hikari wouldn't withdraw from the first battle.

She's the bottom-of-the-class trainee. Putting her in a front-line situation is a danger to her and a danger to the people around her. That's why she was being sent to the 507th in Soumus, where she could train in a war situation, but without the immediacy of the front lines.

[Master_Yoma]

So Naoe is competitive and thats why she dosnt like Hikari but at less Hikari got good eyes and lots of stamina

Wow Nikka sleeping in a tree using her boobs thats impressive

[Peanutbutter]

Whats so top secret about 501th achievement???

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by Peanutbutter

Whats so top secret about 501th achievement???

Yoshika's involvement, most likely. And I think there was that whole thing with trying to make a combat robot with neuroi cores or something like that. So yeah, delicate stuff.