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Anh_Minh · 2016-10-13, 02:17

For a supposed best friend of her sister's, Naoe's pretty hostile to Hikari.

Ernietheracefan · 2016-10-13, 04:36

Someone has made the ED with Hametsu no Junjou..

LoweGear · 2016-10-13, 05:00

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Hikari seems to have the same ability(see thru neuroi) as her sister. And her sister turning to other mode(red hair) is just her own hidden ability or all witches can do that? Because there is non in stirke witches series.

Magic abilities tend to be unique between Witches, though with certain exceptions among genetically-related ones like Hikari having a similar ability as her sister.

Stark700 · 2016-10-13, 06:10

I kinda like the sisterly bond in this series so far.

Hikari has a lot of potential and definitely quite brave. Can't wait for her to take the skies again. I also want to see more of the 502nd squad in action.

Benigmatica · 2016-10-13, 08:34

Episode 2:
Ugh, seeing Takami used her magic powers to stop a wave of enemies and collapsing afterwards is a terrible sight to behold. It's sucks that she'll be out of commission for the time being.

Meanwhile, looks like Hikari put up a fight against another wave of Neuroi before the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing have arrived. Still, they won't consider Hikari as their comrade until she proves something...

Rokumonsen · 2016-10-13, 09:18

Takami got KO'ed by Neuroi swarm. Now Hikari must fight in her stead, but it looks like she has to face her own Perrine.

Sinestra · 2016-10-13, 10:33

I like how in the scene Orussia the leader of the 502nd is reading the paper and the article is about how the 501st liberated Gallia and she says im glad my students did well. That was another nice tie in to the Strike Witches.

Im wondering if eventually we will get an all out assault combining the strength of the 502nd and 501st. I cant help but to feel that after Brave Witches end we will get some type of OVA or movie to tie both squadrons together.

So far i am liking the Brave Witches i am not attached to any the characters like i am in Strike Witches but this is only the 2nd episode and characters not been flushed out yet.

LoweGear · 2016-10-13, 10:56

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Im wondering if eventually we will get an all out assault combining the strength of the 502nd and 501st. I cant help but to feel that after Brave Witches end we will get some type of OVA or movie to tie both squadrons together.

Well, the Strike Witches Movie already showed a good amount of screentime for some members of the 502nd, for instance Nippa getting hit by lightning

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If they ever went ahead with a sequel that picks up where the movie left off, it's a good bet that the 502nd will also get a good chunk of time alongside the 501st.

grecefar · 2016-10-13, 12:03

Well I'm happy that miss perfect is out for a while, maybe until the end of the series and can't steal the show now.

Ernietheracefan · 2016-10-13, 12:19

Damn, that was intense..

So Hikari was supposed to going to Suomus, Takami using her second form & have a hibernation, and Naoe acts like Messer & Perrine.

And Haruka Terui is using softer version of Yuuna's voice, which is good..

SeaDoor · 2016-10-13, 18:27

Was reminded of a thought I had with Strike Witches. Wonder if this series would be as viable without the blatant audience pandering. How much of the interest here is due to the ears and tails, no pants and bath scenes versus the story told without those elements?

Gravitas Free Zone · 2016-10-13, 18:56

My opinion: The character interactions and slice-of-life parts of Strike Witches hold up on repeat viewings.

The nudity and pantslessness are okay as a viewing hook, but are increasingly less-interesting to me with the passage of time.

Brave Witches/the new studio has thus made me happier so far in not slapping me across the face with pantyshots every five seconds.

Infinite Zenith · 2016-10-13, 19:00

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Originally Posted by SeaDoor

Was reminded of a thought I had with Strike Witches. Wonder if this series would be as viable without the blatant audience pandering. How much of the interest here is due to the ears and tails, no pants and bath scenes versus the story told without those elements?

I'll be open: I came for the absence of pants and stayed because they've been increasing the quality of their narratives since the movie. With that being said, their world seemed interesting enough, so even if it were fully-armoured soldiers in flight-capable Mjolnir or Praetor armour taking on the Neuroi, I'd definitely watch it.

Random Wanderer · 2016-10-13, 20:25

Fanservice can be taken or left. The only reason I finished season 1 of Strike Witches (and, by extension, went on to watch any of the rest of the material) is because the world and the characters were presented in a way that interested me. That's what I'm here for.

This season has actually toned down the fanservice a fair bit: the zoomed-in views of flying witches' crotches have basically vanished. The camera angles have basically reached the point where, ostensibly, the world of Strike Witches has been all along: the fact that the girls aren't wearing pants is considered perfectly normal and nothing out of the ordinary, so no attention is drawn to it. The fanservice elements are still there; if you want to look at pantsless kemonomimi girls they're still here; but they're just an accepted part of this world like everything else

I think this change is all for the better. Let the writing take the fore. I don't think the series will suffer from it. ...If it does I may lose some of my faith in humanity.

Ernietheracefan · 2016-10-13, 22:23

I never expecting 502nd to having their base at the middle of St. Petersburg..

Gravitas Free Zone · 2016-10-13, 22:45

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Requiem-x · 2016-10-13, 22:54

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Originally Posted by SeaDoor

Was reminded of a thought I had with Strike Witches. Wonder if this series would be as viable without the blatant audience pandering. How much of the interest here is due to the ears and tails, no pants and bath scenes versus the story told without those elements?

My favorite thing about SW has always been the characters and comedy, so I think I could do without such large amounts of service, in fact, I often find those more irksome than arousing. Since you didn't mention it, the action and flying elements would stay the same, because those are integral part of some of the best moments in the series, like Sanya and Eila in the stratosphere.

LoweGear · 2016-10-13, 23:34

The thing about the World Witches Series is that the setting works very well even without the blatant fanservice: yes, having the girls be clad only in their underwear is a thing, but when they're not pointlessly shoving those into the audiences' faces, the characters and the world itself have enough to offer that they pretty much carry the World Witches Series as a franchise easily. You can easily remove the questionable camera angles and still have a good series, and in fact it's often irksome that the franchise is marred by such, not when there are oodles of world and character building to be found.

Hence why I'm liking Brave Witches a lot more than Strike Witches, simply because so far they tone down on the underwear fanservice quite a lot.

Boukenxha · 2016-10-14, 00:37

Honestly, I'm more annoyed by hand drawn animation of the witches in flight being replaced by mechanical looking CG figures with a stiff back, fanservice or the lack thereof are the least of my worries.

MeoTwister5 · 2016-10-14, 03:47

Back when I first started watching the series I tried to... uh... mentally block out all the pandering and general global shortage of pants on their version of Earth, and in that way it's very easy to enjoy the series by pretending they all actually wore proper clothing.

At least for now the beginning of Brave feels stronger and more enjoyable than Strike because they aren't shoving underwear down our throats every possible moment. In fact I don't even remember a single panty shot in the entire second episode. That and Brave apparently strikes a more... urgent call to action than the more laid back approach that Strike had. Not to say that the 501st had it easy or slacked in their duties, but it feels more like the 502nd are in it deeper than their Western compatriots, probably because the front is closer to them apparently.

I don't know, I guess while in Strike the Neuroi often fell more to the backseat to give way to the 502st's antics and idiosyncracies, this time the actual threat of war feels more closer to home and real. That is to say while Strike felt more slice of life, Brave feels more of a war series.

2016-10-13, 04:36	Link #82
Ernietheracefan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Surabaya, Indonesia Age: 31	Someone has made the ED with Hametsu no Junjou.. __________________ Comparing Amanchu & Aria is like comparing Aquors with Muse. While comparing Tamayura with Aria is more like comparing Vividred with SW.

2016-10-13, 06:10	Link #84
Stark700 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2014 Location: Somewhere on Earth	I kinda like the sisterly bond in this series so far. Hikari has a lot of potential and definitely quite brave. Can't wait for her to take the skies again. I also want to see more of the 502nd squad in action. __________________

2016-10-13, 09:18	Link #86
Rokumonsen Fear the Spear Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Osaka Castle	Takami got KO'ed by Neuroi swarm. Now Hikari must fight in her stead, but it looks like she has to face her own Perrine. __________________ . "All that is left for us is to fight to our hearts' content."

2016-10-13, 10:33	Link #87
Sinestra ション (^^) IT Support Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Freedom Guard Ship Amaterasu	I like how in the scene Orussia the leader of the 502nd is reading the paper and the article is about how the 501st liberated Gallia and she says im glad my students did well. That was another nice tie in to the Strike Witches. Im wondering if eventually we will get an all out assault combining the strength of the 502nd and 501st. I cant help but to feel that after Brave Witches end we will get some type of OVA or movie to tie both squadrons together. So far i am liking the Brave Witches i am not attached to any the characters like i am in Strike Witches but this is only the 2nd episode and characters not been flushed out yet. __________________

2016-10-13, 12:19	Link #90
Ernietheracefan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Surabaya, Indonesia Age: 31	Damn, that was intense.. So Hikari was supposed to going to Suomus, Takami using her second form & have a hibernation, and Naoe acts like Messer & Perrine. And Haruka Terui is using softer version of Yuuna's voice, which is good.. __________________ Comparing Amanchu & Aria is like comparing Aquors with Muse. While comparing Tamayura with Aria is more like comparing Vividred with SW.

2016-10-13, 02:17	Link #81
Anh_Minh I disagree with you all. Join Date: Dec 2005	For a supposed best friend of her sister's, Naoe's pretty hostile to Hikari.

2016-10-13, 08:34	Link #85
Benigmatica Deadpan Rambler Join Date: Nov 2012	Episode 2: Ugh, seeing Takami used her magic powers to stop a wave of enemies and collapsing afterwards is a terrible sight to behold. It's sucks that she'll be out of commission for the time being. Meanwhile, looks like Hikari put up a fight against another wave of Neuroi before the 502nd Joint Fighter Wing have arrived. Still, they won't consider Hikari as their comrade until she proves something...

2016-10-13, 12:03	Link #89
grecefar Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Blue Notes Blues	Well I'm happy that miss perfect is out for a while, maybe until the end of the series and can't steal the show now.

2016-10-13, 18:27	Link #91
SeaDoor Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Southeastern US	Was reminded of a thought I had with Strike Witches. Wonder if this series would be as viable without the blatant audience pandering. How much of the interest here is due to the ears and tails, no pants and bath scenes versus the story told without those elements?

2016-10-13, 18:56	Link #92
Gravitas Free Zone Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2012	My opinion: The character interactions and slice-of-life parts of Strike Witches hold up on repeat viewings. The nudity and pantslessness are okay as a viewing hook, but are increasingly less-interesting to me with the passage of time. Brave Witches/the new studio has thus made me happier so far in not slapping me across the face with pantyshots every five seconds.

2016-10-13, 20:25	Link #94
Random Wanderer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2007	Fanservice can be taken or left. The only reason I finished season 1 of Strike Witches (and, by extension, went on to watch any of the rest of the material) is because the world and the characters were presented in a way that interested me. That's what I'm here for. This season has actually toned down the fanservice a fair bit: the zoomed-in views of flying witches' crotches have basically vanished. The camera angles have basically reached the point where, ostensibly, the world of Strike Witches has been all along: the fact that the girls aren't wearing pants is considered perfectly normal and nothing out of the ordinary, so no attention is drawn to it. The fanservice elements are still there; if you want to look at pantsless kemonomimi girls they're still here; but they're just an accepted part of this world like everything else I think this change is all for the better. Let the writing take the fore. I don't think the series will suffer from it. ...If it does I may lose some of my faith in humanity. __________________

2016-10-13, 22:23	Link #95
Ernietheracefan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Surabaya, Indonesia Age: 31	I never expecting 502nd to having their base at the middle of St. Petersburg.. __________________ Comparing Amanchu & Aria is like comparing Aquors with Muse. While comparing Tamayura with Aria is more like comparing Vividred with SW.

2016-10-13, 23:34	Link #98
LoweGear Secret Society BLANKET Graphic Designer Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: 3 times the passion of normal flamenco	The thing about the World Witches Series is that the setting works very well even without the blatant fanservice: yes, having the girls be clad only in their underwear is a thing, but when they're not pointlessly shoving those into the audiences' faces, the characters and the world itself have enough to offer that they pretty much carry the World Witches Series as a franchise easily. You can easily remove the questionable camera angles and still have a good series, and in fact it's often irksome that the franchise is marred by such, not when there are oodles of world and character building to be found. Hence why I'm liking Brave Witches a lot more than Strike Witches, simply because so far they tone down on the underwear fanservice quite a lot. __________________ Against all the evil that hell can conjure, all wickedness that mankind can produce... We will send unto them, only you.

2016-10-14, 00:37	Link #99
Boukenxha Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2005	Honestly, I'm more annoyed by hand drawn animation of the witches in flight being replaced by mechanical looking CG figures with a stiff back, fanservice or the lack thereof are the least of my worries.

2016-10-14, 03:47	Link #100
MeoTwister5 Komrades of Kitamura Kou Join Date: Jul 2004 Age: 39	Back when I first started watching the series I tried to... uh... mentally block out all the pandering and general global shortage of pants on their version of Earth, and in that way it's very easy to enjoy the series by pretending they all actually wore proper clothing. At least for now the beginning of Brave feels stronger and more enjoyable than Strike because they aren't shoving underwear down our throats every possible moment. In fact I don't even remember a single panty shot in the entire second episode. That and Brave apparently strikes a more... urgent call to action than the more laid back approach that Strike had. Not to say that the 501st had it easy or slacked in their duties, but it feels more like the 502nd are in it deeper than their Western compatriots, probably because the front is closer to them apparently. I don't know, I guess while in Strike the Neuroi often fell more to the backseat to give way to the 502st's antics and idiosyncracies, this time the actual threat of war feels more closer to home and real. That is to say while Strike felt more slice of life, Brave feels more of a war series. __________________ Medical Student vs. Anime Last Exile - Fam the Silver Wing -