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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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2011-01-28, 08:44 | Link #41 |
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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? |
2011-01-28, 08:48 | Link #42 | |
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2011-01-28, 09:02 | Link #44 |
Me, An Intellectual
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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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2011-01-28, 09:25 | Link #45 |
Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 39
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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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2011-01-28, 10:07 | Link #48 |
Japanese Culture Fan
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Planet Earth
Age: 33
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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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2011-01-28, 10:10 | Link #50 |
Kana Hanazawa ♥
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: France
Age: 37
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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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2011-01-28, 10:19 | Link #51 |
Udon-YAAAAAAAA
Join Date: Jan 2008
Age: 35
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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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2011-01-28, 10:26 | Link #52 | |
Kana Hanazawa ♥
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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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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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