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View Poll Results: Shakugan no Shana II - Episode 8 Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 12 | 15.38% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 22 | 28.21% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 24 | 30.77% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 13 | 16.67% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 6 | 7.69% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 1 | 1.28% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 0 | 0% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 0 | 0% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 0 | 0% | |
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2007-11-25, 23:09 | Link #67 |
Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
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The whole talk about acceleration of civilisation is a good indication. Considering most economies gain a great boost from wars, as seen by economic booms following WW1 and WW2. Starting a war means production of weapons, medicine ect, which also means employment, which results in more workers, higher standards of living ect. That would certainly advance a civilisation, so perhaps that Tomogura's goal is to start a war.
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2007-11-25, 23:52 | Link #68 |
Yummy, sweet and unyuu!!!
Join Date: Dec 2004
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On the subject of tomogara using large scale events to cover their actions, I wonder if any of them has tried to use religion? They are seemingly immortal beings to normal humans, with their spells and magic items I could imagine they could get a large following of fanatical followers. Not only would that give them a disposable army, but they could have their own reserve supply of food as well.
Would a flame haze be able to sense a normal human with a gun? Would a gun affect a flame haze?
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2007-11-26, 00:38 | Link #69 |
Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 32
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Ah, finally glad to see the show back in a good direction. I can't wait to find out the whole story with Pheles and the Reige Maigo. I think the point of what these past episodes were is summed up in the couch conversation in the study group they had when they talked about how long all of them will be able to hang out like that. This is the beginning of the end for that as I believe there is a lot of turmoil on its way that will disrupt this balance.
This episode gets props for 0% of the time devoted to Konoe, character development, and impaling heads So overall this earns a solid 8/10 for me. I too want to get to the actual story though, so we'll get to see how Margery's past unfolds and get to some juicy plot hopefully! |
2007-11-26, 00:40 | Link #70 |
Snape: "I hate Potter!"
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Australia
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Using religion would of been effective in an era where people are more open to the paranormal. The era of the Great Depression largely consists of a society governed by consumerism (hence the great downfall when the Wal Street sharemarket crashed).
As for previous eras, it's plausible, but hey it's really just all speculation we are giving.
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2007-11-26, 01:14 | Link #72 | |
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2007-11-26, 01:31 | Link #73 |
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Join Date: Dec 2005
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Better watch out, Yuri, meterman gonna getcha.
Metamorphosis sure seems a heck of a lot stronger back in the day, with all that crazy hydra action slamming Margery right out of the sky. Whatever happened to the purple teddy bear on chimera action from the first season?
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2007-11-26, 01:47 | Link #74 |
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Join Date: Jul 2006
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On metamorphosis: It's been a while since I read that part, so I may be wrong. But I believe having his entire arm cut off by Rege Maigo really hindered that fight against Margery.
Anyway, I'm so glad we're finally near the end of the "high school dating sim" arc. Pheles mention, Yuuji learning unrestricted spell, and Margery's flashback all points to a very good direction. |
2007-11-26, 03:14 | Link #76 |
self-proclaimed otaku
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: toronto
Age: 37
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Looking at how Yuuji gets stronger and stronger through training, shouldn't a flame haze train, too? But i guess if the flame hazes start training and get stronger this will turn into shonen series.
Nice battle scene at the Manhattan bridge. It's kinda funny looking at it just crumble like that. I don't understand why Metamorphosis and Annaberg just let Margery go like that. One of them even clearly said that she had killed hundreds of their kind, yet they just let her go cause they didn't wanna waste time? Well, it'll be funny if Margery just slaughter them in the future without mercy. Yuri came at the right moment. Margery got a nice mature un-loli body, the true definition of fanservice. Hopefully, she will stop slacking around and back to her old self. |
2007-11-26, 03:35 | Link #78 | |
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Well, I'm going to go ahead and say that even though it was a different episode than the last handful, I'd say the transition from amusement park to Margery flashback was really a rough one. If they had omitted 7, like make it an OVA or something, then maybe it could work. |
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2007-11-26, 03:49 | Link #79 | |
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In terms of why Margery wasn't killed...well they needed an excuse since it was a flashback . Do think it was kind of weak to just let her go because they didn't want to waste time considering the danger she presents. But guess they will learn what being stupid can do to you in the next episode.
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2007-11-26, 04:38 | Link #80 | |
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Shana did grow in Season 1, but that was only by fighting strong Tomogara, not with training or "tanren" as Shana loves to say. Margery is almost certainly still stronger than Shana at the moment. Same thing in martial arts, when you reach a sufficiently high level. Basics aren't going to help much, at that point you can only improve with sparring with peers. |
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