2010-07-10, 06:18 | Link #141 | |
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2010-07-10, 10:54 | Link #142 |
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Like a moth to the flame I am reluctantly drawn to the second season of Strike Witches...
Moe? WWII military-fetishism? Extreme pantsu service? For me, that debate ignores mecha musume as it's own distinct reason to watch. Whether it is chocolate in my peanut butter or the other way around, for me it tastes better than by itself. So my ranking is: 1. Mechamusume 2. WWII The two other elements of this show are actually kind of minuses for me. 3. Moetic antics (yes even the ones with lots of implied yuri) are tiresome and I can only handle in controlled doses. 4. Downright excessive pants flash. Seriously. How can I possibly admit to anyone off a BBS like this that I actually watch and enjoy this show? :-( I can understand that for the larger population (especially in Japan) the proportion of interest is almost completely inverted. 1. Moe - all otaku love moe! Heck why else would it be so profitable! 2. Pantsu at soft core porn levels - all otaku love porn! So why not more? Given that most anime is consumed privately and talked about anonymously online why not porn it up? It's inconceivable that western otaku might be a) ashamed of this level of service while b) not ashamed of watching a moetic anime in general. 3. General techo, and specifically WWII fetishism - now we're talking a smaller otaku sub species... But it's okay, any bone thrown to them will suck them in and sales are guaranteed by the above two groups. 4. Mechamusume - uh... Niche market? Why complain? The show gets aired! Exactly, i don't know why I bother except to allay some of the shame... (^_^);; Now then, I think I really have to get back to desiging that board game to play with my Strike Witches figures...
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2010-07-10, 16:29 | Link #145 | |||
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Even so the "Nikky" (as we always called them in the sim I play) is still pretty mediocre honestly. At best it's roughly equievlent to a Hellcat being slightly slower, but somewhat more maneuverable, climb rate was basically a wash and probably depended more on which airplane was in good upkeep with good gas then anything. (Something it must be noted the F6F was far more likely to have) It's weapons fit was heavier, but its not like either plane lacked for killing power. The problem was that the F6F was regarded by the US as a very reliable and easy to fly, but somewhat low performance aircraft. The N1K1 was regarded by the Japanese as a high performance model for use by it's best pilots. The lol part is that they were still using the Zero in late 1944 to start with not that they had new models. Japan knew the Zero was a dead end by about 1942, but it lacked the industrial capacity to ever fully replace it, but not for lack of trying. They certainly had prototypes and limited production models that performed much better, but these never saw the widespread use needed to matter. If we're just taking about maybe a few dozen or hundred witches at most though then it becomes the opposite and you wonder why it took so long to replace the outdated models. The J2M or N1K are both better fighters and both began to appear in 1943 IRL, the A7M would also be better and was in prototype phases by mid 1944. It's introduction was delayed by bombing and the crippling shortages beginning to effect Japan by late 1944 though and it never made it into combat. Neither of those seem to be happening here though meaning it making into combat by late 44 early 45 would not be impossible. Quote:
The problem being that the units don't come up nearly high enough to preclude the use of small shorts and this ignores that possibility of a decent skirt entirely, which would still give your panty flashes while avoiding most of the pantless nonsense.
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2010-07-10, 19:09 | Link #147 | |
worshipping the pantyhose
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My observation has it that the shorts inhibit airflow to any intakes on the Strikers. Take Shirley for example, she'll need to be "stripped down" and streamlined as much as possible to attain the speed she aims for. Her Striker has horizontal intakes, so yeah.... With shorts, they'll still show a rear-view of a dogfight. Stealth showed us that any angle of a dogfight is possible Seeing as how a number of us (myself included) are disturbed by the crotch shots, this is a welcome on-topic discussion |
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2010-07-10, 20:11 | Link #148 | ||
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well, after kuroko/Onee-sama adventures in Ookami-san thread, here I am
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and, I have to say, I'm not disturbed by the crotch shots, just gotta lov'em. Its a mark of this franchise, anyway. However, while I don't mind all the technical discussions currently on-going in here, I must confess I'm not very interested in those topics, so I'll let you guys talk about that freely without kickin' in. Eeehh.. Keep it up, and have fun. and if any of you is interested in gifs, Spoiler for here some:
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2010-07-10, 20:31 | Link #149 | |
worshipping the pantyhose
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Give me back that nick! It's mine! And don't you dare try to take "Eikotron" away from me Internet problems too, eh? Mine are more along the lines of a wireless carrier being a wireless carrier, which... wow, I haven't used a hard line in a long time now. |
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2010-07-10, 23:17 | Link #150 |
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Finally got around to episode 1, some thoughts~
- Considering the change of Gonzo, the animation is quality crisp, not a bad take actually - Change of Yeager's uniform is surprising but, it may be due to promotion or something official (guessing) - First season's "similar events" was not really annoying, it felt nostalgic :3 - Sakamoto's voice actress doesn't have "that laugh" - It's good to see that the story pace seems quicker in some sense, also hopefully more military action and story seems likely (do want!) - Good to see the other witches from non anime works involved - Erica's emblem is not as exciting as I had hoped - She's still my fave - Definitely keeping my eye on this series, military fangirlism yays~ That's all I can add for now.. 6am here, back to work |
2010-07-11, 01:56 | Link #151 | |
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You're right about the killratio not being that much superior for the Wildcat though. It was after the superior American production + the Hellcat that was the nail in the coffin. Basically a flying tank compared to the flying kites of Zeroes (albeit, very agile. Still the agile cats of the air in that war). |
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2010-07-11, 03:34 | Link #152 |
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Well the art is a bit different in this show, it appears to be more solid compared to the soft style in the previous season...I don't know whether to love it or hate it XD
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2010-07-11, 08:49 | Link #154 | |||
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Just one thing, don't shun us out because we see the anime from a different perspective and looking into bloody details & such.. I feel that some dislike us "Hurrrr realism people" or maybe I'm just misreading things, my memory got shuffled or both.. lol Peace^ Thanks for sharing ~ saving now~ lolz I never noticed that Mio was already using an N1K based Striker~ ^^ In fairness, I kinda liked the new Mio voice.. but here signature laugh felt different ^ Although I'm still adjusting to the Saori Seto vers since Saeko Chiba vers was the one used in the OVA & the First SW anime we all knew about ^^ I'm still wishing for more Non Anime Witches cameos ~~~~ |
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2010-07-11, 08:50 | Link #155 | |
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While the art makes them look young, I believe some of them are legal age.
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2010-07-11, 09:29 | Link #156 | |
worshipping the pantyhose
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But to me, there is a different feeling between seeing a crotch shot from HOTD and a crotch shot of Micchan. After all, it may "just" be me You know I'm waiting for a crotch shot of Minna |
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2010-07-11, 11:21 | Link #158 |
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Totaly agree.
mangatron, you got some point there. But that doesnt cover the reason, why every girl in the school didnt wear any shorts. I guess, without all those panty shot, we wouldnt have a 2nd season.
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2010-07-11, 20:33 | Link #160 | |||
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Oh, yeah.. the moe/yuri action. forgot to mention about that before, this is another of the main reasons why I love SW so much. dunno which comes first, Hmmm.. pantsu/nopan action or moe/yuri action? lolz hard choice, I just want both, so I guess they're both at first place for me. Quote:
I really like to get to know witches equipment specs & such, what I meant was, it's just not my primary focus for this series, that's all. and that means, if technical posts will get too long, I would just be forced to skip'em, since, as I already said, it's not my primary interest. But that doesn't mean I'm completely uninterested in regards to this stuff, so keep up all the technical topics/discussions guys, I like to read'em. oh, and I don't hate/dislike anyone, I have nothing against "Hurrrr realism people", I would even dare to say, thx god people like that exist, so, thanks to them, I can get to know witches equip. specs in an easy way... lolz thus satisfying my little curiosity about those stuff. ya, Peace^^ mate. but, I thought we were already at peace. oh, tha gifs, no prob, dude. Thx to you for likin'. since nearly 90% of my posts come with gifs, I bet sooner or later, someone will start calling me gifman or giftron. hahaha.. hope not, and don't worry I'll provide next eps gifs too. yea, same here. Hope to see more of them. Quote:
And, yeah, can't wait to see more Sanya and Eila too.
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