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View Poll Results: Infinite Stratos - Episode 4 Rating
Perfect 10 13 14.13%
9 out of 10 : Excellent 20 21.74%
8 out of 10 : Very Good 25 27.17%
7 out of 10 : Good 17 18.48%
6 out of 10 : Average 6 6.52%
5 out of 10 : Below Average 4 4.35%
4 out of 10 : Poor 3 3.26%
3 out of 10 : Bad 0 0%
2 out of 10 : Very Bad 0 0%
1 out of 10 : Painful 4 4.35%
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Old 2011-01-28, 08:44   Link #41
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Because Charles is a girl's name in france.
No it's not. But maybe the Japanese believe it is. I don't know.

(But yeah. Everything about him screams "reverse trap".)

Other thing that didn't make sense: the preview. Even with a 100% bishounen rate in the male student population, isn't IS academy the worst place to go if you're boy-crazy, short of an actual all girl school?


Also, how did Ichika make a plan without anyone other than Cecilia knowing about it? How did they communicate?
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Old 2011-01-28, 08:48   Link #42
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No it's not. But maybe the Japanese believe it is. I don't know.

(But yeah. Everything about him screams "reverse trap".)

Other thing that didn't make sense: the preview. Even with a 100% bishounen rate in the male student population, isn't IS academy the worst place to go if you're boy-crazy, short of an actual all girl school?


Also, how did Ichika make a plan without anyone other than Cecilia knowing about it? How did they communicate?
actually, charles is an absolute *gets shot by AWM by mod*
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Old 2011-01-28, 08:52   Link #43
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Also, how did Ichika make a plan without anyone other than Cecilia knowing about it? How did they communicate?
The anime seems to be holding back alot of details from us.
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Old 2011-01-28, 09:02   Link #44
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Well the fight with Rin was still rather cliche with lots of typical one liners (Her attack has no blind spots! It only be used once!), but the interuption was a bit of an interesting surprise. As expected, all the conditions are met so that Ichika and Rin have to fight it together. Colored black so we know just how evil it's supposed to be, though I suspected immediately it was an AI.

Ichika handled things rather than well but Rin's tsundereing during the battle was kinda annoying. It was rather stupid, though, for Ichika to talk about his swords abilities, how he has to hold back usually when competeting and thinks he could now go full force when he already has afeeling that IS was listening the whole time. And I LOLed at the fact that it would actually stop to let them talk.

Things got sufficiently idiotic when Houki decided drop several IQ's again.
Rin shooting Ichika to power him up? - Lame.
Ichika's idealistic "I will protect everyone!"? - Double lame.
Ichika getting falcon punched? - Awesome
Cecilia's timely Big Damn Heroes? - Meh. I guess it was a little clever. Though I wonder why the teachers didn't get there first. But I guess adults are all useless in this story.
Ichika having to give the final blow? - Destroyed what little decency the fight had left.

Ichika's cluelessness is starting to reach retarded levels, aswell. He can't even tell what's going on when they're arguing over him right in front of him.

A pretty standard episode, I guess.
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Old 2011-01-28, 09:25   Link #45
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This episode reminds me a lot of why I watch such shows: the male lead beating females into submission before turning them into his love slaves in his ever growing harem.

Okay no not really, but it was a cool looking fight nonetheless even though I've seen it all before, only now with cool CG and smooth animation.

As for next week I don't care if it sucks. Hanazawa Kana playing what appears to be a a girl pretending to be a guy. This I HAVE to see.
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Old 2011-01-28, 09:29   Link #46
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If the TVA follows the LN correctly, here is what's gonna happen in EP04



Spoiler for Possible EP04 story:

Mah~ It more or less happened the way you've said it would
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Old 2011-01-28, 10:05   Link #47
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Old 2011-01-28, 10:07   Link #48
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Yes! We finally got a good episode from Infinite Stratos! I think I understand where the strength of this series lies: in the action. Both fights in this episode were exciting and fun. Especially notable was the part where Ichika darted across the ground to avoid Rin's long-ranged attacks. The fight with the drone was rather intense. Ichika's sister is a pretty cool character. And I like Rin more after this episode, she's definitely the best candidate so far in Ichika's harem. Of course, the show devolved to its typical quality after the fight ended, with the three girls bickering like chipmunks over getting "head starts" on Ichika and all. I can't be very optimistic about the show from this point onwards. The author can carry action well and is nicely comprehensive with his tech, but he can't write romantic interactions if you pointed a gun at his head. So I can guess that the quality of this show will ultimately depend on its action and plot. I'm quite interested now that there seems to be a villain lurking in the shadows, as a villain is exactly what Infinite Stratos needs to kick start an engaging plot. Just, please, skimp out on the bad romance cliches.

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I smiled at that part. Her reaction to her own slip-up was funny.
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Old 2011-01-28, 10:10   Link #49
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^ I thought that slip up was supposed to indicate that, contrary to what she was saying, she was actually pretty worried herself. Guess i was thinking too much into it.
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Old 2011-01-28, 10:10   Link #50
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Kinda wish people had refrained from posting spoilers concerning Charles. His true idendity is pretty damn obvious considering who's voicing him, but even so, that's no reason to outright state it.
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Old 2011-01-28, 10:19   Link #51
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seriously? did the person who called me a whiny hater watch the same ep as me? and if so, where is your explanation of why this ep was so great? grow a pair and refute my statements. yes, Chifu-nee is a tsundere, so is everyone else in the show, but when everything else is so bad, i don't get how you can stand up for it. stay classy. i'm not going to neg rep people's posts and be like, "hey, you're completely wrong in your opinion" despite the fact this ep was pretty horrible.

as a person who doesn't read the light novels or the manga (if there is one) this episode was horrible to me. i'm not expecting much out of this show, but when it deviates from its few strengths (that is, playing on every cliche in the harem genre), there really isn't much good in this show.

as for Charles, i don't know who's voicing him, but its just another cliche of the harem genre. its obvious enough that a blind person can figure it out.
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Old 2011-01-28, 10:26   Link #52
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as for Charles, i don't know who's voicing him, but its just another cliche of the harem genre. its obvious enough that a blind person can figure it out.
Indeed, it's just that I didn't think it was going to be an actual plot point before this episode (I was spoiled ages ago in the general thread, I wasn't talking about this one in particular) since it was so obvious. I guess everyone else thought the same which is why we never even paid attention to it.

Guess this just shows once again how poor this show's plot is. At least the animation for the fights is good. That and Hanazawa Kana is enough to keep me watching. More like, those are the only reasons I'm still watching it (nah, actually, I like Yukana and Hikasa too).
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Old 2011-01-28, 12:00   Link #53
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wow, surprising episode.

Didn't expect the fight to get interrupted like that.

And also, the whole battle lasted the entire episode, pretty nice..
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Old 2011-01-28, 12:43   Link #54
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Watching again this episode and reading the actual situation from the LN pretty much confirm this episode only saving grace was the action element in a... "broad" definition.

Not going to repeat people's arguments in full details, but yes, this episode didn't make a lot of sense (be it Rin's attitude, the power up replacing the "ignition boost" idea, "drone being interested in their chat", Houki and Cecilia, etc).
However, I'm more surprised that no one mentioned the issue with Ichika's shield nullification attack (let's use SNA for short).
I must admit that the whole deal with that attack is a bit difficult to take seriously now: I mean, Ichika activated Yukihara 2 right from the bat, so it was a bit... odd to use from the get go (implying you are draining yourself quite early for no damn good reason).
That said, for sake of argument, let's assume that activating Yukihara energy blade doesn't mean you are using the SNA, then I question how come he suddenly used that against Cecilia in Episode 2 without knowing (despite he had to activate Yukihara in the first place).

But the weirdest point with Yukihara and SNA in this very episode was the shield consumption: Ichika used like 190-200+ shield units for a -single- swing against Cecilia. Yet, when the shield meter indicated 60 in this episode, Ichika states he can uses the SNA one last time... huh?
I mean... I don't see how that weapon is working anymore, considering how inconsistent it was portrayed within 2 episodes apart.
And it is maybe not only the weapon alone, but the shield as well: Ichika was left with only 115 shield at most after being blasted by Rin. Yet, he manages to dodge Rin, attack her, struggling with that drone for... 55 shield units at most?
To begin with, I don't get how Rin could deplete so much shield with "only" few attacks and that blast whereas her weapons are of the same generation than Blue Tears, and that Cecilia had to hit Ichika way much more.
Also, I dunno if it is the studio screwing up or not, but twice during this Episode, Byakushiki's blade was without its energy blade for no reason, then on the very next zoom on Ichika, the energy blade is still applied (timeframes: 2:10 then 2:12, 13:39 then 13:41).

At least, plot wise, we have some "interesting" developments, but the execution itself has a lot left to be desired, and if IS battles aren't drawing the best out of this franchise, I can't expect a good overal rating for it in the long run.
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Old 2011-01-28, 13:20   Link #55
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I just realize only Rin gets a flashback compare of the other two
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Old 2011-01-28, 14:06   Link #56
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Watching again this episode and reading the actual situation from the LN pretty much confirm this episode only saving grace was the action element in a... "broad" definition.

Not going to repeat people's arguments in full details, but yes, this episode didn't make a lot of sense (be it Rin's attitude, the power up replacing the "ignition boost" idea, "drone being interested in their chat", Houki and Cecilia, etc).
However, I'm more surprised that no one mentioned the issue with Ichika's shield nullification attack (let's use SNA for short).
I must admit that the whole deal with that attack is a bit difficult to take seriously now: I mean, Ichika activated Yukihara 2 right from the bat, so it was a bit... odd to use from the get go (implying you are draining yourself quite early for no damn good reason).
That said, for sake of argument, let's assume that activating Yukihara energy blade doesn't mean you are using the SNA, then I question how come he suddenly used that against Cecilia in Episode 2 without knowing (despite he had to activate Yukihara in the first place).
Instinct? Didn't they mention some kind of telepathic link between the pilot and the suit that'd let the pilot know roughly how to work it?

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But the weirdest point with Yukihara and SNA in this very episode was the shield consumption: Ichika used like 190-200+ shield units for a -single- swing against Cecilia. Yet, when the shield meter indicated 60 in this episode, Ichika states he can uses the SNA one last time... huh?
I mean... I don't see how that weapon is working anymore, considering how inconsistent it was portrayed within 2 episodes apart.
Maybe between the first time he (accidentally) used it and now, he learnt to regulate the consumption and use smaller strikes.

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And it is maybe not only the weapon alone, but the shield as well: Ichika was left with only 115 shield at most after being blasted by Rin. Yet, he manages to dodge Rin, attack her, struggling with that drone for... 55 shield units at most?
The first was a solid hit. After that there were only grazes?

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To begin with, I don't get how Rin could deplete so much shield with "only" few attacks and that blast whereas her weapons are of the same generation than Blue Tears, and that Cecilia had to hit Ichika way much more.
Trade off between power and rate of fire? Cecilia's got a bajillion beams to Rin's two. Cecilia may also have an edge in range and accuracy.
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Old 2011-01-28, 14:12   Link #57
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Instinct? Didn't they mention some kind of telepathic link between the pilot and the suit that'd let the pilot know roughly how to work it?
Then, Byakushiki definitely didn't do a good job as a machine: If the AI is responding to the pilot needs, it should have a rought approximation when the shield would depletes.
If The SNA was activated upon instinctive activation, it seriously doesn't make it any better to be honest.
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Maybe between the first time he (accidentally) used it and now, he learnt to regulate the consumption and use smaller strikes.
Except that that SNA swing back in Episode 2 was performed quite at close range. Considering the distance Ichika was covering while attacking, I can't believe he could cut the consumption below 30% of what he originally used.
I honestly would have preferred consistent explanations instead of random shield energy numbers thrown at us.
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The first was a solid hit. After that there were only grazes?
That straight punch at him doesn't look like a "graze" to me. Considering how that drone was giving them hard time, I doubt he could get away with grazes only, especially how he got a direct hit at least once.
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Trade off between power and rate of fire? Cecilia's got a bajillion beams to Rin's two. Cecilia may also have an edge in range and accuracy.
Rin's IS is melee specialized. I can't believe a melee IS would have a much stronger firepower than Cecilia's being a ranged only machine.
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I'm wondering if Ichka's I.S. is Chifuyu's former I.S. That could explain how they got a personalised unit for him so quickly.
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