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felix · 2010-02-08, 16:15

Weren't there suppose to be just 2 rifles?

ramlaen · 2010-02-08, 16:39

its perspective, the gun is pointing over her head

Roardel · 2010-02-08, 16:50

Helvetia has the National Prohibition Act or Government monopoly on alcohol.
I laughed at Rio’s gang style.　Nice parody!
I was surprised that Misio isn’t a war orphan but her mother died of the disease that mentioned “devil” in episode 1.

orion · 2010-02-08, 19:47

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Originally Posted by Roardel

Helvetia has the National Prohibition Act or Government monopoly on alcohol.
I laughed at Rio’s gang style.　Nice parody!
I was surprised that Misio isn’t a war orphan but her mother died of the disease that mentioned “devil” in episode 1.

I thought Misio was a war orphan. Dad is MIA. I thought that mom may have been a victim of biochemical warfare.

ReddyRedWolf · 2010-02-08, 20:12

Well this episode confirms that some guys in town would like to tap a piece of maiden's ass from the fortress. Felicia turning down a date offer. This would indicate indicate some guys like their fortress girls mature like wine.

Cosmic Eagle · 2010-02-08, 20:53

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Originally Posted by Vexx

You can always tell when the creative team has no experience with weaponry :P

Nah....it just means don't stand next to Kanata in combat.

EDIT: EP 6....Finally...some action. Shows why you don't screw with the military even if they are all little girls :P

Does anyone else think that their packs in ep 5 were ridiculously heavy if they were strong enough to fire HMGs on full auto standing upright without support? Even if they were blanks the recoil is...not to be laughed at.

serenade_beta · 2010-02-08, 23:52

Spoiler for ep6:

touge-n00b · 2010-02-08, 23:59

LOL @ Noels face when they were "blasting" away the "thugs".

ReddyRedWolf · 2010-02-09, 00:19

LOL Another tradition among the fortress girls is bootlegging. Noel and Kureha found out on their own. No doubt Klaus knows about this. Bastard was bribed.

Kanata isn't suspicious enough and too trusting. She was the inspiration for the fake rub out so the mafia won't dare come to the fortress girl's territory.

Guess that solves Noel's money problem in rebuilding the tank. No wonder she can order custom parts.

FlareKnight · 2010-02-09, 00:54

Ok this was pretty fun to watch. I wasn't really sure if it was being faked or not at the start. I was pretty sure, but they seemed so damn serious when gunning those guys down

. Not a bad plan though since it had quite the effect. Well that definitely explains the source of their cash. Considering they are way out there they have to take care of themselves. Does help with the money problems.

But yeah don't think they can tell Kanata. The girl is too good to know they are committing a crime. Plus shouldn't be an issue since she doesn't suspect where the money is really coming from. Probably for the best since I don't think she can keep a secret.

Definitely more serious than I was expecting from the title.

Kotohono · 2010-02-09, 01:04

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Originally Posted by FlareKnight

Ok this was pretty fun to watch. I wasn't really sure if it was being faked or not at the start. I was pretty sure, but they seemed so damn serious when gunning those guys down

. Not a bad plan though since it had quite the effect. Well that definitely explains the source of their cash. Considering they are way out there they have to take care of themselves. Does help with the money problems.

I thought they were serious at the start and I was like H*** S*** they just murdered three people, and they're so dam calm about it

. Then when realized they faked I went oh duh...

Also Kanata moe rose good bit this episode my eyes cause that outfit was very cute, and her accidentally smashing the car was awesome

.

totalnet · 2010-02-09, 01:57

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Originally Posted by Dop

Noel + Big Gun = LOVE!

Spoiler for Picture behind the cut...:

Yea, I don't know how Noel could fire the gun without the gun knocking her backward. Watching this video, the person needed the bipod on the same gun to help him balance himself when he was firing it.

Sparvid · 2010-02-09, 02:34

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Originally Posted by Dop

Noel + Big Gun = LOVE!

Don't forget the suit and hat in that equation

al103 · 2010-02-09, 03:22

Who want to bet against that they had live ammo just in case and that this scam of Felicia was just remake of one of her backup plans? I'm certainly not...

ac195 · 2010-02-09, 03:42

Hahaha, they're a little band of bootleggers too!?

FIGHT THE POWER!!!

Hypernova · 2010-02-09, 03:46

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Originally Posted by totalnet

Yea, I don't know how Noel could fire the gun without the gun knocking her backward. Watching this video, the person needed the bipod on the same gun to help him balance himself when he was firing it.

Blanks would have less recoil, of course the MG is still way too big for Noel.

One wonders where the girls plant the vineyard for their wine.

On another note from the 07 preview pic we are going into series mode next ep
http://www.sorawoto.com/arasuji/index.html#story07

Sol Falling · 2010-02-09, 03:59

ep 6:

I gotta admit, I am starting to feel the moe. For some reason it doesn't actually help me like the characters though. I watch scenes which should theoretically be epic and awesome and amazing and stuff, i.e. the mobster cosplay sequence (the staff clearly had great fun with that, Felicia's performance was undeniably inspired), and somehow it comes off as pandering.

I can also palpably sense the hypothetical emotion and poignancy behind stuff like the 'braid my hair for me, onee-san' scene, and know that there really is tremendous skill and feeling behind that, real 'anime no chikara', and nonetheless come away completely uninspired/unaffected. It's strange.

Well, whatever. Main point today is how I've realized I hate how writers make characters frivolously throw out lines like 'I hate fate', 'I hate predestination', 'I hate things which are given or forced upon you' in fiction, as if they'd really spent any true or genuine thinking about the idea at all, just for the sake of communicating some vapid 'characterization'. Real encounters and considerations on fate are like what Kanata experienced, a spiritual sense of rightness or correctness in the vast unknowable machinations of the world, something one slowly comes to wonder at and take peace in. And I am simultaenously half-glad and half-miffed at the way this episode handled the issue, that they might really have understood what Kanata meant as she expressed that sentiment, and yet still they made Rio throw out such a shallow and thoughtless counterpoint.

bbee · 2010-02-09, 07:12

Well, 6 eps into the show and it's the same meaningless go-nowhere moeblob parade that it was after ep 2. I could copy my comments from back then verbatim.

There is absolutely no story, as shown by the fact that you could watch eps 2-6 out of order and not miss a thing. If there was any narrative arc here, by any reasonable means it should have started by now. The events in each seperate episode (calling them "stories" would be a stretch) are designed to inflict maximum moeblob exposure upon the viewer, and nothing else. As if the "girls frolic in the mountains" episode wasn't bad enough, ep six gives us "moeblobs firing obscenely large entrenchment weaponry".

Oh and the big secret.. A moonshine racket! Nowai.. And here's me thinking that it might actually be something that would have tied into the lore of the region and kickstarted the story in some way. Moeblobs playing army, moonshining, bathing and getting up to no good..
Could the show have concievably been any more contentless? Why not just have characters jumping up and down in front of a white background while making cute noises? As evidenced by Isshoni Training, the otaku will still buy it and the rest of us won't have to suffer it.
Really, the suck here is so evident that I shouldn't even have to explain it.. I won't make the same mistake I made with K-On, I'm dropping this drivel right now.

tl;dr: What Sol Falling said, only with more hate because I've always hated moeblobs and I've come to hate this show.

Syntron · 2010-02-09, 08:20

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Originally Posted by bbee

tl;dr: What Sol Falling said, only with more hate because I've always hated moeblobs and I've come to hate this show.

The path to the dark side, it is.

Ice Block · 2010-02-09, 08:58

Ho ho ho, did I just see Luck Gandor?

Cowardly lookalike!

2010-02-08, 16:15	Link #741
felix sleepyhead Author Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: event horizon	Weren't there suppose to be just 2 rifles? __________________

2010-02-08, 23:52	Link #747
serenade_beta そのおっぱいで13才 Join Date: Dec 2006	Spoiler for ep6: ...This was a surprising episode. A straight line into seriousness from now on? Just this episode? Anyways, the storytelling was a lot different from before, that's for sure. To be honest, the change was so sudden, I wasn't sure what to take seriously or as a joke. Especially the gunning scene... I guess I enjoyed it though. Even if the actual content is lacking, the OP is always nice... __________________ -Blog --> http://tdnshumi.blogspot.com/ (Mainly about video games) -R.I.P. Hiroshi Yamauchi, Gaming wouldn't have been the same without you (9/19/13)

2010-02-09, 00:54	Link #750
FlareKnight User of the "Fast Draw" Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada	Ok this was pretty fun to watch. I wasn't really sure if it was being faked or not at the start. I was pretty sure, but they seemed so damn serious when gunning those guys down . Not a bad plan though since it had quite the effect. Well that definitely explains the source of their cash. Considering they are way out there they have to take care of themselves. Does help with the money problems. But yeah don't think they can tell Kanata. The girl is too good to know they are committing a crime. Plus shouldn't be an issue since she doesn't suspect where the money is really coming from. Probably for the best since I don't think she can keep a secret. Definitely more serious than I was expecting from the title. __________________ Anime-Evo

2010-02-09, 03:22	Link #754
al103 Grumpy Russian bear Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Russia, Krasnoyarsk Age: 42	Who want to bet against that they had live ammo just in case and that this scam of Felicia was just remake of one of her backup plans? I'm certainly not... __________________ Proud Nanoha/Yuno/Fate, Caro/Elio/Lutecia, Alto/Sheril/Ranka and Honor/Hamish/Emily shipper. Last one even canon. PS. Also Nanoha/job, Honor/job and Rein/Agito. PPS. Proud Athrun/Cagalli/Meyrin shipper.

2010-02-09, 07:12	Link #758
bbee Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: .nl	Well, 6 eps into the show and it's the same meaningless go-nowhere moeblob parade that it was after ep 2. I could copy my comments from back then verbatim. There is absolutely no story, as shown by the fact that you could watch eps 2-6 out of order and not miss a thing. If there was any narrative arc here, by any reasonable means it should have started by now. The events in each seperate episode (calling them "stories" would be a stretch) are designed to inflict maximum moeblob exposure upon the viewer, and nothing else. As if the "girls frolic in the mountains" episode wasn't bad enough, ep six gives us "moeblobs firing obscenely large entrenchment weaponry". Oh and the big secret.. A moonshine racket! Nowai.. And here's me thinking that it might actually be something that would have tied into the lore of the region and kickstarted the story in some way. Moeblobs playing army, moonshining, bathing and getting up to no good.. Could the show have concievably been any more contentless? Why not just have characters jumping up and down in front of a white background while making cute noises? As evidenced by Isshoni Training, the otaku will still buy it and the rest of us won't have to suffer it. Really, the suck here is so evident that I shouldn't even have to explain it.. I won't make the same mistake I made with K-On, I'm dropping this drivel right now. tl;dr: What Sol Falling said, only with more hate because I've always hated moeblobs and I've come to hate this show. __________________

2010-02-08, 16:39	Link #742
ramlaen Senior Member Join Date: May 2006	its perspective, the gun is pointing over her head

2010-02-08, 16:50	Link #743
Roardel Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Japan	Helvetia has the National Prohibition Act or Government monopoly on alcohol. I laughed at Rio’s gang style.　Nice parody! I was surprised that Misio isn’t a war orphan but her mother died of the disease that mentioned “devil” in episode 1.

2010-02-08, 20:12	Link #745
ReddyRedWolf Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006	Well this episode confirms that some guys in town would like to tap a piece of maiden's ass from the fortress. Felicia turning down a date offer. This would indicate indicate some guys like their fortress girls mature like wine.

2010-02-08, 23:59	Link #748
touge-n00b ZC6 Eishi Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Honolulu Base	LOL @ Noels face when they were "blasting" away the "thugs".

2010-02-09, 00:19	Link #749
ReddyRedWolf Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006	LOL Another tradition among the fortress girls is bootlegging. Noel and Kureha found out on their own. No doubt Klaus knows about this. Bastard was bribed. Kanata isn't suspicious enough and too trusting. She was the inspiration for the fake rub out so the mafia won't dare come to the fortress girl's territory. Guess that solves Noel's money problem in rebuilding the tank. No wonder she can order custom parts.

2010-02-09, 03:42	Link #755
ac195 Koh nara dekiru!!! Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: August 17th - 31st	Hahaha, they're a little band of bootleggers too!? FIGHT THE POWER!!!

2010-02-09, 03:59	Link #757
Sol Falling Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Age: 35	ep 6: I gotta admit, I am starting to feel the moe. For some reason it doesn't actually help me like the characters though. I watch scenes which should theoretically be epic and awesome and amazing and stuff, i.e. the mobster cosplay sequence (the staff clearly had great fun with that, Felicia's performance was undeniably inspired), and somehow it comes off as pandering. I can also palpably sense the hypothetical emotion and poignancy behind stuff like the 'braid my hair for me, onee-san' scene, and know that there really is tremendous skill and feeling behind that, real 'anime no chikara', and nonetheless come away completely uninspired/unaffected. It's strange. Well, whatever. Main point today is how I've realized I hate how writers make characters frivolously throw out lines like 'I hate fate', 'I hate predestination', 'I hate things which are given or forced upon you' in fiction, as if they'd really spent any true or genuine thinking about the idea at all, just for the sake of communicating some vapid 'characterization'. Real encounters and considerations on fate are like what Kanata experienced, a spiritual sense of rightness or correctness in the vast unknowable machinations of the world, something one slowly comes to wonder at and take peace in. And I am simultaenously half-glad and half-miffed at the way this episode handled the issue, that they might really have understood what Kanata meant as she expressed that sentiment, and yet still they made Rio throw out such a shallow and thoughtless counterpoint.

2010-02-09, 08:58	Link #760
Ice Block less qq; more pewpew Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Philippines	Ho ho ho, did I just see Luck Gandor? Cowardly lookalike! __________________