2018-04-20, 18:22 | Link #23 |
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There is a high probability that Remember wants to become the next Mayu. I still believe Carnival isn't the last boss. Remember is the only LRIG that murdered someone. I think she is even more messed up than Carnival.
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Let's be honest - WIXOSS was rarely, if ever, sports anime-like. It's much more about characters and character drama and motivations than it was about game strategy and determining what makes a great gamer. I can understand wishing WIXOSS was different than this, but it's not like this represents a big shift for the series. So I can probably roll with the lock card thing. It has its drawbacks for sure, but also a lot of fun can come from it. She's very entertaining! I actually find myself feeling a bit sorry for her, since the end of the original WIXOSS made it look like Akira got a happy ending. Clearly she's not happy now. In any event, Akira vs. Piriluk was a good match-up to give viewers at this point. I thoroughly enjoyed watching it.
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2018-04-21, 09:12 | Link #29 |
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Thought she'd toss away that attitude, but Aki-lucky is just another archetype of crazy character. If having her switching from childish taunting and brutal aggresivity supposed to give depth to her character, then it's a miss.
She's just annoying and clearly, crazyness aside, she didn't learn any lesson even when it's right on her face. Also, WHEN/WHY would she still play Wixoss to the point of learning another playstyle ? Was she hoping for the battles to start again ? Of course she was, the plot ask for it. I'd gladly have her completely freaked out because she already lost so much... Well, she's not that logical to begin with. |
2018-04-22, 06:38 | Link #32 |
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Until you lose everything from it (hence the rest of my post) and you learn about the danger related to it. She knows better than anyone that it's not just a popular game, so for her to still train and play seems rather... odd.
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As for the reason she kept playing it, who knows. Maybe she became addicted to the game, and even if she hated it, she simply couldn't stop thinking about the various strategies she could have used to beat her opponents.
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2018-04-22, 09:37 | Link #34 | |
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When it comes to things that have captured her passion, there appears to be two: WIXOSS and, of course, her modeling/celebrity career. Well, with her celebrity career clearly not going the way she wants it to, maybe she tried to compensate by becoming really good at the other thing she was passionate about, WIXOSS. Finally, Aki-Lucky has never struck me as a particularly careful person when it comes to her basic well-being. She's bold and brash, and basically goes wherever her emotions take her. And she's ruled by anger far far more than she's ruled by fear. In fact, she rarely displays fear and very frequently displays anger. In Psychology, one thing talked about is the Fight/Flight response. Well, Akira is the type of person that will almost always pick "Fight". It's just her personality.
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2018-04-27, 17:07 | Link #38 |
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Wow, Hanna actually lost on purpose. That's surprising.
The Key card will give Human-LRIGs an advantage over a regular Selector. Tama still has influence over the White Room. Hence the reason why she's the "queen". Last edited by tuckersister; 2018-04-27 at 17:56. |
2018-04-27, 19:43 | Link #39 |
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The past season there were quite a few male Selectors, but I guess we won't see any this time, apart from Satomi who is actually Carnival, a LRIG to begin with.
I guess they want to avoid it to become a Genderbending anime. Anyway I'm confused at how Carnival can have Aya as a LRIG, isn't she supposed to be in a human body just like Carnival? What happened to Shou Narumi? Same goes for Guzuko, what happened to Sou Sumida? It may be that Carnival actually fought against Aya or Guzuko as selectors in their male bodies, and that they turned into their LRIG selves through they key and that then they lost and were snatched... We've have just learned that a Selector who lost her LRIG can still fight by turning herself into a LRIG through the key, but what happens if she loses? Of course logic dictates that she will also as LRIG be taken by the winner, the question is what happens to the Selector's body then.
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2018-04-27, 22:20 | Link #40 |
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I get Kazu-kun's complaints, and Jan-Poo's questions might point to some serious plot holes, but still... this is WIXOSS. It was always a darker-toned, hammy, emotionally-heavy show. The card games are largely vehicles for character exploration, plot development, and (hopefully) entertaining conflict. I can think of some WIXOSS matches that ended in rather asspully ways in previous seasons (including in the original WIXOSS).
I get how conflict can be more interesting when rules are a bit firmer, and abilities a bit more limited, than they are here. Still, I see loads of potential for pure fun factor with Lostorage conflated's new game mechanics. I mean, what Carnival's LRIGs did in this episode was certainly fun and amusing to watch, at least to me. And, in future episodes, we'll likely get LRIG "tag-team" matches. In other words, a Selector with two LRIGs against a Selector with two LRIGs. That has a lot of potential for some wild attacks. And hey, if you want to see more careful and intricate game strategy, 2 LRIGs vs. 2 LRIGs opens up some real possibilities there! Some more character-based points on Episode 4: 1. I really liked Homura's scene here. And her fighting to get Chinatsu's memories takes away one of my issues with the previous Lostorage season. 2. It's nice to see a Hitoe that's a bit emotionally stronger here... though that's maybe undermined a bit by her being the jobber again. Still, having a newb without a LRIG defeat an important returning character was suprirsing at least. And I liked the twist of this newb seeming like a total masochist. 3. I'm a little surprised we have yet to see Kazuki (Yuzuki's brother) or get any indication of her current relationship with him. I mean, given that Yuzuki has actually received a decent amount of screen-time so far. Has the franchise simply decided to bury this case of "wincest"? 4. Really solid cliffhanger ending.
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