(L) Princess Principal

[odonchen0108]

I like the Princess principal,I want to see more.

[Liddo-kun]

Watched episode 3:

Some serious child abuse suffered by Beatrice from her mad scientist dad... and as usual, Ange is awesome. The sneaking around the ship sort of remind me the Metal Gear Solid games for the playstation.

Looking forward to the next episode. ----- this anime is good.

[Kismet-chan]

[bakato]

Originally Posted by Wandering Soul

That sounds even weirder. What's the point of the frills?

To disguise the hot pants. Presumably she'll be walking around in a crowd of people with this outfit.

[felix]

Originally Posted by Liddo-kun

Looking forward to the next episode. ----- this anime is good.

No, this anime is really good.

The only thing I don't like is the sad steam punk theme of the cities, but that's not to say it's not well done, just personal preference... it's not my thing.

[SeijiSensei]

Today's episode has yet to appear on Amazon. It's too soon for a hiatus, isn't it?

[Kazu-kun]

The episode aired just fine in Japan. Amazon got delayed for some reason.

[ScrewySquirrel]

there are copies of the HiDive broadcast from europe, out on the high seas. no idea what happened with Amazon

[Random Wanderer]

These girls are very entertaining and exciting and interesting to watch... but they're really bad at the fundamentals of spycraft. They should all have been caught and executed long ago, given how blatantly they advertise what they are in public.

[Botan_TM]

After this episode I'm a bit perplexed by Ange "flying ball'. Apparently Kingdom just developed it and Commonwealth do not have it, so how Ange got one?

[Stark700]

I love how the Princess is taking risks in this show. Chances are, she could still be a double agent. I hope they give more background story about her.

Dorothy and her seduction skills is ...wow.

[bakato]

Originally Posted by Botan_TM

After this episode I'm a bit perplexed by Ange "flying ball'. Apparently Kingdom just developed it and Commonwealth do not have it, so how Ange got one?

The Commonwealth does have it. They don't want the Kingdom to have it.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by Botan_TM

After this episode I'm a bit perplexed by Ange "flying ball'. Apparently Kingdom just developed it and Commonwealth do not have it, so how Ange got one?

The Commonwealth has the means to make those balls, and it's a secret they guard very carefully. The Kingdom is just now working out how to make them, and in the process has discovered another new technique that the Commonwealth doesn't have, which could shift the balance of power in the Kingdom's direction. Thus, the Commonwealth sought to deny them these advantages.

[Botan_TM]

It was indirectly suggested in this episode in first minutes, when name C-ball was used? If I get it right now, Commonwealth have problems with refining cavorite, so they know how to make C-ball, but can't mass produce them, Kingdom otherwise. But still just stealing a prototype and even scientific team won't stop Kingdom from making those, unless they had left no copy of blueprints in Kingdom possession, but at best it can slow down research. Also having a new better technology do not ready help Commonwealth, as long as they can refine Cavourite.

[LoweGear]

That massive fan that Ange had to go through gave me flashbacks to a similar obstacle in Half Life. I know how you felt about that Ange

Also, Ange seems to find some ingenious uses for her C-Ball every episode, like using it as a 3D holographic particle projector here to see the room's layout.

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by LoweGear

Also, Ange seems to find some ingenious uses for her C-Ball every episode, like using it as a 3D holographic particle projector here to see the room's layout.

I think it was resonating with particles of cavorite that were remaining in the room, among the dust on the floor. By seeing where they were, and where they weren't, she could get a rough outline of the objects that had been on the floor not long ago.

[Harry Dresden]

Soooo, Episode 4 seems to put the siblings theory to rest at least for now.

And official art seems sure seem to be totally about friendship

[bakato]

Originally Posted by Botan_TM

It was indirectly suggested in this episode in first minutes, when name C-ball was used? If I get it right now, Commonwealth have problems with refining cavorite, so they know how to make C-ball, but can't mass produce them, Kingdom otherwise. But still just stealing a prototype and even scientific team won't stop Kingdom from making those, unless they had left no copy of blueprints in Kingdom possession, but at best it can slow down research. Also having a new better technology do not ready help Commonwealth, as long as they can refine Cavourite.

The development of any new technology is about stepping out of the comfort zone. You have to develop new tools. observation machines, custom made equipment, and conduct a lot of trial-and-error experiments. All of this has to be funded too. The girls didn't just steal a golden egg. They stole the goddamn goose. Everything related to the c-ball was on that boat. Equipment, scientists, and research data. The kingdom has to start over from square one. While the commonwealth already has c-ball tech, these scientists probably know about other technologies the kingdom has a monopoly on and even if they don't they must be pretty smart to develop c-ball tech from scratch so it wouldn't hurt to add their brains to the commonwealth.

[Botan_TM]

Originally Posted by bakato

Everything related to the c-ball was on that boat. Equipment, scientists, and research data. The kingdom has to start over from square one. While the commonwealth already has c-ball tech, these scientists probably know about other technologies the kingdom has a monopoly on and eeven if they don't they must be pretty smart to develop c-ball tech from scratch so it wouldn't hurt to add their brains to the commonwealth.

So how did they managed to take whole big boat to the Commonwealth? As we saw earlier in first episode, smuggling one man was a problem, here we got whole team and boat from the enemy city. Nonetheless, that wasn't even an objective, it was just to stole a prototype.

[bakato]

Originally Posted by Botan_TM

So how did they managed to take whole big boat to the Commonwealth? As we saw earlier in first episode, smuggling one man was a problem, here we got whole team and boat from the enemy city. Nonetheless, that wasn't even an objective, it was just to stole a prototype.

Smuggling a guy through a wall with border patrol was difficult. Hijacking a ship in secret and sailing it out to commonwealth waters not so much. Maybe they didn't even take the whole ship. They already have c-ball tech so they could just dump the equipment and take the people and files.

The original objective was set under the assumption that the research personnel and equipment were still in the mining facility guarded to the teeth. Stealing everything was out of the question so the best they could hope for was just to steal the prototype and that would be no small blow. Creating a prototype takes a lot of effort. It means making custom parts that aren't being mass produced at the time and for something complicated like this they'd have to made with very specific specifications. Stealing it would mean they'd have to make another one to work out the kinks and mass produce it. Meanwhile the commonwealth would gain a prototype made with the kingdom's cutting edge techniques so it could also benefit them.