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Yeah I really have no idea what's going on with Sei. Back at the beginning I figured he'd eventually learn how to become a better fighter (maybe make the whole thing a critique of the franchise's obsession with copying UC), but no it really looks like he's just gonna stick with being a builder. He had kind of a neat moment when he realized he didn't have to stick so closely to the canon, but he hasn't done much since then but be Reiji's foil. I guess Reiji is the actual main character and Sei is just the viewpoint? Though episodes 6-19 have literally all just been continuing setup for whatever climax BF is building up to, so we could still see Sei do something yet. EDIT: Now that I really think about it, is there anything left for Sei? He doesn't have anything in his backstory that needs to be resolved, he found his ideal fighter and achieved new heights as a builder, he already loved gunpla, and the lack of bullshit drama in his relationship with China also means that they're basically set. The only thing really left is him learning how to control gunpla as well as his dad, but that would be pretty drat awkward after 19 episodes of Reiji piloting. Dude basically sped through his entire character arc in the first five episodes. BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 05:34 on Feb 18, 2014 |
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He could freak out when he finds out whatever Reiji's deal is since he just thinks he's bullshitting him right now.
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Feb 18, 2014 05:38
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TARDISman posted:He could freak out when he finds out whatever Reiji's deal is since he just thinks he's bullshitting him right now. Doubt it'll last for more than five minutes since Reiji didn't actually lie to him or anyhing.
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Feb 18, 2014 05:43
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TARDISman posted:He could freak out when he finds out whatever Reiji's deal is since he just thinks he's bullshitting him right now. Reiji's homeworld is saturated in Plavsky particles and as a result is just one huge Gunpla Battle stage; Sei is offered a deal to become a one-man superweapons factory. He ultimately chooses the purity of make-believe Gunpla battles over helping escalate a real war. That would pretty disappointing if they pulled an accidental Last Starfighter like that.
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Feb 18, 2014 06:05
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BlitzBlast posted:Yeah I really have no idea what's going on with Sei. It's always been a two protagonist show. Sei's had some minor development here and there. During the Fellini fight he realized that he had to be willing to let the Star Build blow up if that's what it took to win and he's become more trusting of Reiji in a lot of ways(he asked Reiji to help fix the Star Build's arm in this episode). He's already a pretty well adjusted if super nerdy kid so there's not much left to really do with him besides "Man I want to win this tournament!". Reiji still has whatever the hell his past is to get through and the inevitable angst over Aila. We've sort of moved into the Shuffle Alliance arc of the show where the episodes are focusing way more on the supporting cast and what makes them tick than on the protagonists, though. Presumably Reiji's deal will be the climax.
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Feb 18, 2014 07:46
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So what exactly was Baker's "dastardly plan" of a time-out supposed to achieve? Hope Nils gets the Sengoku Astray fixed up better than the Sei does with the SBS?
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Feb 18, 2014 09:30
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Maybe it was just give Nils a chance instead of being nibbled to death by Star Build's head vulcans?  She's not very good at dastardly plans it seems, usually they seem to amount to "hope really hard Sei and Reiji lose".
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Feb 18, 2014 09:32
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Galaga Galaxian posted:Maybe it was just give Nils a chance instead of being nibbled to death by Star Build's head vulcans? I'm expecting the Miss Sazabi to be hers, and die inside of two minutes of the fight starting. Also, anyone else think the Qubely Papillion is just ugly as hell?
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Feb 18, 2014 09:41
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm expecting the Miss Sazabi to be hers, and die inside of two minutes of the fight starting. Also, anyone else think the Qubely Papillion is just ugly as hell? No. Qubeley's a great unit and the Papillion is the first one with a not garbage color scheme.
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Feb 18, 2014 10:08
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Neddy Seagoon posted:So what exactly was Baker's "dastardly plan" of a time-out supposed to achieve? Hope Nils gets the Sengoku Astray fixed up better than the Sei does with the SBS? The time-out was a panicked "oh poo poo, pull the plug and give Nils a breather because he's going to lose" thing from Baker, I think.
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Feb 18, 2014 10:19
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I'm expecting the Miss Sazabi to be hers, and die inside of two minutes of the fight starting. Also, anyone else think the Qubely Papillion is just ugly as hell? The Qubeley is one of my favorite UC suits ever and I love the Papillion, the only problem I have with it is the HG Gundam SEED level of stickers on the kit.
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Feb 18, 2014 16:44
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The Qubeley was one of the first HGs, that's just how it goes. Exia Dark Matter's gonna be pretty lovely too unless they base it more off the R2's HG than the original Exia's.
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Feb 18, 2014 16:50
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TARDISman posted:The Qubeley is one of my favorite UC suits ever and I love the Papillion, the only problem I have with it is the HG Gundam SEED level of stickers on the kit. I like the Papillion overall but the head/face is ugly. Weird looking sunglasses on a huge chinface. I'm probably going to get it eventually but its not on my hot sheet.
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Feb 18, 2014 17:07
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That shot of Baker after Reiji & Sei's win is probably my new favorite moment of this show.
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I kind of didn't feel the fight for this episode, it didn't feel quite as spectacular as the previous ones. Also, I almost always keep cheering on the opponent instead of the protagonist. I think Nils' goals are perfectly reasonable by themselves.  I almost laughed out loud by the clacking of his... traditional Japanese shoes, though.Bimmi posted:What the gently caress is Moomin doing there? I had to watch this god drat episode early just because of this (I missed the screenshot). Moomin is/was supposed to be quite popular in Japan, and, well, Aila and Moomin come from the same place, I guess?  For the record, imagine my shock how my childhood memories were utterly corrupted when as a long-time anime hater (Dude, Pokémon as a kid made me want to stab my eyes) I realized Moomin the animated series was animated in Japan. 
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Feb 18, 2014 20:42
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Dessel posted:Also, I almost always keep cheering on the opponent instead of the protagonist. Same here and it's not like I'm cheering for them because they are the underdog either. This show has been good about not letting the minor characters be little more than speed bumps for the main characters on the road to the final countdown. Sure there has been some one-shot matches here and there but especially as we get into these finals we are shown why the best of the best belong in the top 16 and top 8.
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Feb 18, 2014 21:21
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Dessel posted:I kind of didn't feel the fight for this episode, it didn't feel quite as spectacular as the previous ones. Also, I almost always keep cheering on the opponent instead of the protagonist. I think Nils' goals are perfectly reasonable by themselves. Totally agree with you on this. This episode was so underwhelming to me compared to the last handful, especially coming after last week.
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Feb 18, 2014 21:43
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Just out of curiousity, at the beginning of episode 19 what suit does the Sengoku Astray fight with that has that huge cannon?
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Feb 18, 2014 22:58
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Blackchamber posted:Just out of curiousity, at the beginning of episode 19 what suit does the Sengoku Astray fight with that has that huge cannon? The Virtue from 00.
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Blackchamber posted:Just out of curiousity, at the beginning of episode 19 what suit does the Sengoku Astray fight with that has that huge cannon? Gundam Virtue from 00.
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Feb 18, 2014 23:09
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The pilot is also an homage to the canonical pilot but in a hilarious roundabout way. In-universe they made a movie about the protaognists where they cast "Hollywood"-style reimaginings of all the characters. The dude piloting the Virtue is the in-universe movie version of Tieria.
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Feb 18, 2014 23:21
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Here is said movie, complete with gag-sub.
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Dessel posted:I kind of didn't feel the fight for this episode, it didn't feel quite as spectacular as the previous ones. Also, I almost always keep cheering on the opponent instead of the protagonist. I think Nils' goals are perfectly reasonable by themselves. This is G Gundam's Shuffle Alliance arc in a nutshell, actually, which is what we appear to be in in Build Fighters right now.
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Feb 19, 2014 05:19
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This episode was more about Nils realizing that he actually likes and cares about Gunpla then Sei or Reiji. In a way the two of them were the supporting characters this episode. I did like how at the minute break you actually get to see him get upset that his 'toy' got damaged. Originally it was just a means to an end but it never occurred to him that it would ever get hit let alone damaged.
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Feb 19, 2014 17:47
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Sei and Reiji have been the supporting characters ever since the fight with Fellini because yeah, this is the Shuffle Alliance arc. Aila's episode is coming up next though, which will probably tie into Reiji and hopefully Sei a little more strongly.
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Feb 19, 2014 18:38
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If this ends with Sei and Reiji doing a Love Love Sekiha Tenkyouken, then GBF can do whatever the hell it wants. Or it could be Sei and China with Reiji being the projectile king.
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Level Slide posted:If this ends with Sei and Reiji doing a Love Love Sekiha Tenkyouken, then GBF can do whatever the hell it wants. Or it could be Sei and China with Reiji being the projectile king. The king is Reiji and Aila also doing a Love Love Sekiha Tenkyouken. Their king is Ramba Ral.
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Ethiser posted:The king is Reiji and Aila also doing a Love Love Sekiha Tenkyouken. Their king is Ramba Ral.
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Feb 19, 2014 20:02
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Ramba Ral finally finds love in the battlefield when he meets the secretary.
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Feb 19, 2014 20:03
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I was a little disappointed Sei used Build Knuckle instead of Shining Finger.
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Ethiser posted:The king is Reiji and Aila also doing a Love Love Sekiha Tenkyouken. Their king is Ramba Ral. Oh my God, I wouldn't even care to see Unicorn's finale if this happened. No way to top this scenario, don't even try.
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Shinjobi posted:Oh my God, I wouldn't even care to see Unicorn's finale if this happened. No way to top this scenario, don't even try. Charges at the enemy "THIS IS NO KING OF HEARTS! NO KIIIIIING!"
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Of course not. Ral's an ace, after all.
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Gammatron 64 posted:I was a little disappointed Sei used Build Knuckle instead of Shining Finger. "This hand of ours... IS BURNING BLUE!" Ethiser posted:The king is Reiji and Aila also doing a Love Love Sekiha Tenkyouken. Their king is Ramba Ral. I'm still expecting Ramba Ral to turn out to be some kind of Super-Deluxe Secret Champion of the Universe that Sei and Reiji have to fight at the end.
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Feb 20, 2014 02:17
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Neddy Seagoon posted:"This hand of ours... IS BURNING BLUE!" So kinda like how the Champion of the Pokemon League is Random Guy with Unique Sprite B?
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Gammatron 64 posted:I was a little disappointed Sei used Build Knuckle instead of Shining Finger. Sadly, he has a custom Strike, not a custom Shining Gundam. ...I'd pay to see a Build Fighters sequel that keeps this quality but has someone use a custom Shining or God as the main character. It could even get me to buy Gunpla.
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Ethiser posted:The king is Reiji and Aila also doing a Love Love Sekiha Tenkyouken. Their king is Ramba Ral. This is all I could ever ask for out of this show. Given how this fight ended in a slugfest I would have loved if the Star Build Strike got a dempsey roll or something equally ridiculous going, but I am content with a shoryuken.
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Feb 21, 2014 03:40
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So, meet the mystery silhouette that was teased earlier: It's Crossbone Gundam.
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AradoBalanga posted:So, meet the mystery silhouette that was teased earlier: You have no idea how happy this makes me. It's like a dream come true. GBF really is the most amazing series.
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AradoBalanga posted:So, meet the mystery silhouette that was teased earlier: Thank you for bringing me joy, Arado.
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