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Hmm.... · 2016-01-11, 05:53

I don't think you need any prior knowledge to watch this show as I can watch Total Eclipse just fine without any Muv-Luv knowledge. I can't say for sure for this one but I would assume the same.

Seihai · 2016-01-11, 06:54

It's a bit funny how they give us numerous twists within the same episode. Like "oh no, his family got shot in his past so his sister is dead". Then "oh wow, this girl looks like his sister, but wait, she is not! Pseudo replacement found!" And then "well, actually his sister is still alive, too, we fooled you into thinking she was replaced. Now we have two sister characters, yeah!"

Also I like how Katia actually looks older than she is, or at least she doesn't look younger. lol

Anyway, I am pleasently amused at how this more or less follows Germany's east-west history accurately. The way they depictured people's mindset and behavior seems spot on with how everyone is on edge. I believe Katia's cheerfulness and straightforwardness is supposed to give us an idea how Western Germans think and behave in contrast.

BluePhirePB · 2016-01-11, 08:46

Pretty decent first ep. I'll give this series a shot. Funny seeing highly advanced mechs shortly after WW2 but I get this is sci-fi fantasy.

Botan_TM · 2016-01-11, 12:22

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Originally Posted by BluePhirePB

Pretty decent first ep. I'll give this series a shot. Funny seeing highly advanced mechs shortly after WW2 but I get this is sci-fi fantasy.

Action is happening in 80's, if I got it right?

serenade_beta · 2016-01-11, 17:08

Huh, I started watching the episode without any knowledge of the settings and was greeted with BETA...

Ah, Muv-Luv just with a different name because... the setting is Germany? ...?
Anyways, plan to enjoy the carnage, but I don't recall the previous anime being much more worthy than that. So we get some mentally unstable girl being deployed and causing someone probably of higher worth dying. Some girl that looks like the protagonist's sister wants to join the other side, and another girl that obviously is the sister is alive and fine on the other side. Sounds cool.
Also, there is some lady who is really bossy, some Iinchou-looking girl slapping the new girl, and the rest I haven't remembered.

Hakuro · 2016-01-11, 17:19

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Originally Posted by Botan_TM

Action is happening in 80's, if I got it right?

Yes, SM is placed in the 80's before TE.

LightningZERO · 2016-01-11, 21:35

Pretty fun debut so it's on my watch list. The second half of the episode was too rushed though. I was like WUT when Katie(?) immediately requested to join the squad as soon as she was rescued.

Chibiloli · 2016-01-11, 22:21

As usual, in the grim darkness of Muv-Luv, there is only waifu's.

Cosmic Eagle · 2016-01-12, 08:30

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Originally Posted by Chibiloli

As usual, in the grim darkness of Muv-Luv, there is only waifu's.

Don't forget blood and the most caricature-ish of caricature villians

Phantomlurker · 2016-01-12, 11:04

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Originally Posted by BluePhirePB

Pretty decent first ep. I'll give this series a shot. Funny seeing highly advanced mechs shortly after WW2 but I get this is sci-fi fantasy.

Is placed in the 80's and Muv-luv verse is quite a lot more advanced than current real world, even back then.

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Originally Posted by Chibiloli

As usual, in the grim darkness of Muv-Luv, there is only waifu's.

With your sig and avatar I am not sure whether to laugh or cry at that.

MgMaster · 2016-01-12, 23:12

I'm quite interested in this as a whole more so than I was in Total Eclipse from the get-go, altho I felt TE's slower start was a bit better. The cold war setting is more interesting than one who's main purpose is to test a new TSF.

Theodor doesn't seem to be a mechaphile like Yuuya, which is a + for me(tell me he isn't) and he prob had the best line this ep "Insane pilots need to stay off the battlefield." I don't care how good or genius that pilot is, if they can't control themselves, they're a threat to their comrades, as seen.

wuhugm · 2016-01-13, 02:59

and the original trilogy haven't been animated... wtf

Wth is going on...?

and they even removed the Muv-luv from the title... sigh....

Arya · 2016-01-13, 04:06

I liked the episode. The settings and the gritty atmosphere full of cool girls always works for me. Everything but the little sister. I understand that people like these kinds of characters, but it's a bit hard for me to get accustomed to it in this kind of settings.
At least this will put the MC in an interesting position, between an hard and soft place, namely between his leader and his sister-alike. That until he wont meet his real sister.
About that, her sister I mean, I can see how it will be related to his leader, Irisdina and her whole issue about his brother and what he accuses her with.
For now Irisdina is the one who impressed me most. Glad she is type to scold the MC when he needs to.

James Rye · 2016-01-13, 21:11

No clue what Luv-Muv or Muv-Luv is about, but I liked what I saw so far.^^

Hakuro · 2016-01-13, 21:44

Muv-Luv is this:

- Early stage - an enjoyable story with nice humor and some plot.
- Middle - Serious things full of enemies, complots, conspirations, waifu and more WAIFU also top gun
- Last stage - Edginess at the max level, deadly waifu (beatrix as example), rape, more rape, deaths, more deaths

Even with this I still love muv-luv but what i want to see is a second season of TE so I can rage watching it.

DragoonKain3 · 2016-01-13, 22:39

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Originally Posted by BluePhirePB

Total Eclipse started promising but ended disappointingly. Let's hope this way stays at least par throughout.

Yeah, I don't want to relive TE. I have half a mind dropping this right here...

MrTerrorist · 2016-01-13, 22:51

BTW, is the episode censored?

James Rye · 2016-01-14, 05:18

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Originally Posted by Hakuro

Muv-Luv is this:

- Early stage - an enjoyable story with nice humor and some plot.
- Middle - Serious things full of enemies, complots, conspirations, waifu and more WAIFU also top gun
- Last stage - Edginess at the max level, deadly waifu (beatrix as example), rape, more rape, deaths, more deaths

Even with this I still love muv-luv but what i want to see is a second season of TE so I can rage watching it.

Sounds like a concept to make lots of money with. XD

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Originally Posted by MrTerrorist

BTW, is the episode censored?

Don't think so, at least the episode I saw had lots of exploding heads, crushing heads, ripped apart bodies and what not without any black stuff on them to hide said things.

Phantomlurker · 2016-01-14, 12:46

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Originally Posted by James Rye

Don't think so, at least the episode I saw had lots of exploding heads, crushing heads, ripped apart bodies and what not without any black stuff on them to hide said things.

As far as I understand it is censored. I also saw the lighted version of the scene where Iris mercy kills Inghild and quite a few details were hidden with the dark.

Hmm.... · 2016-01-15, 03:27

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Originally Posted by Phantomlurker

As far as I understand it is censored. I also saw the lighted version of the scene where Iris mercy kills Inghild and quite a few details were hidden with the dark.

I don't think it is necessary to put those details in an anime. So I doubt there will ever be "uncensored" version of it.

In case someone is curious. Here is an image.

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Hmm.... Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	I don't think you need any prior knowledge to watch this show as I can watch Total Eclipse just fine without any Muv-Luv knowledge. I can't say for sure for this one but I would assume the same. __________________ (\__/) (O.o ) (> < ) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way to world domination!

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Seihai スマイリウム Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Iwakawa Base Age: 31	It's a bit funny how they give us numerous twists within the same episode. Like "oh no, his family got shot in his past so his sister is dead". Then "oh wow, this girl looks like his sister, but wait, she is not! Pseudo replacement found!" And then "well, actually his sister is still alive, too, we fooled you into thinking she was replaced. Now we have two sister characters, yeah!" Also I like how Katia actually looks older than she is, or at least she doesn't look younger. lol Anyway, I am pleasently amused at how this more or less follows Germany's east-west history accurately. The way they depictured people's mindset and behavior seems spot on with how everyone is on edge. I believe Katia's cheerfulness and straightforwardness is supposed to give us an idea how Western Germans think and behave in contrast. __________________ Last edited by Seihai; 2016-01-11 at 12:10.

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serenade_beta そのおっぱいで13才 Join Date: Dec 2006	Huh, I started watching the episode without any knowledge of the settings and was greeted with BETA... Ah, Muv-Luv just with a different name because... the setting is Germany? ...? Anyways, plan to enjoy the carnage, but I don't recall the previous anime being much more worthy than that. So we get some mentally unstable girl being deployed and causing someone probably of higher worth dying. Some girl that looks like the protagonist's sister wants to join the other side, and another girl that obviously is the sister is alive and fine on the other side. Sounds cool. Also, there is some lady who is really bossy, some Iinchou-looking girl slapping the new girl, and the rest I haven't remembered. __________________ -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)

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LightningZERO You are Dominated! Author Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Earth Age: 35	Pretty fun debut so it's on my watch list. The second half of the episode was too rushed though. I was like WUT when Katie(?) immediately requested to join the squad as soon as she was rescued. __________________ その再生を破壊する Destroy This Rebirth

2016-01-11, 08:46	Link #23
BluePhirePB Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ontario, Canada Age: 40	Pretty decent first ep. I'll give this series a shot. Funny seeing highly advanced mechs shortly after WW2 but I get this is sci-fi fantasy.

2016-01-11, 22:21	Link #28
Chibiloli Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013	As usual, in the grim darkness of Muv-Luv, there is only waifu's. __________________

2016-01-12, 23:12	Link #31
MgMaster Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2013	I'm quite interested in this as a whole more so than I was in Total Eclipse from the get-go, altho I felt TE's slower start was a bit better. The cold war setting is more interesting than one who's main purpose is to test a new TSF. Theodor doesn't seem to be a mechaphile like Yuuya, which is a + for me(tell me he isn't) and he prob had the best line this ep "Insane pilots need to stay off the battlefield." I don't care how good or genius that pilot is, if they can't control themselves, they're a threat to their comrades, as seen.

2016-01-13, 02:59	Link #32
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2016-01-13, 04:06	Link #33
Arya Senior Member Join Date: May 2004	I liked the episode. The settings and the gritty atmosphere full of cool girls always works for me. Everything but the little sister. I understand that people like these kinds of characters, but it's a bit hard for me to get accustomed to it in this kind of settings. At least this will put the MC in an interesting position, between an hard and soft place, namely between his leader and his sister-alike. That until he wont meet his real sister. About that, her sister I mean, I can see how it will be related to his leader, Irisdina and her whole issue about his brother and what he accuses her with. For now Irisdina is the one who impressed me most. Glad she is type to scold the MC when he needs to. __________________ *The meaning of things lies not in the things themselves, but in our attitude towards them.*

2016-01-13, 21:11	Link #34
James Rye Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Germany	No clue what Luv-Muv or Muv-Luv is about, but I liked what I saw so far.^^ __________________

2016-01-13, 21:44	Link #35
Hakuro Banned Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Everywhere and nowhere	Muv-Luv is this: - Early stage - an enjoyable story with nice humor and some plot. - Middle - Serious things full of enemies, complots, conspirations, waifu and more WAIFU also top gun - Last stage - Edginess at the max level, deadly waifu (beatrix as example), rape, more rape, deaths, more deaths Even with this I still love muv-luv but what i want to see is a second season of TE so I can rage watching it.

2016-01-13, 22:51	Link #37
MrTerrorist Takao Tsundere Cruiser Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Classified	BTW, is the episode censored? __________________