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They need to have more episodes where he's allowed to just do goofy poo poo. Maybe have him go on another date.
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Omnicrom posted:Sekai's greatest problem is he could be so much more than he is. That's probably my biggest problem too. 
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Feb 23, 2015 02:58
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Omnicrom posted:Sekai's greatest problem is he could be so much more than he is. I wish he actually did have burning passion. And made his own Gunpla of course. You could've done a neat thing in the first 3-5 episodes, every episode he just grabs a recently released HGUC off the shelf, builds it quickly and sloppily, and uses that to fight. Even if he wins it's completely trashed by the end of the fight. Then he learns to love Gundam and Gunpla as much as he loves Gunpla Battle, and builds the Build Burning.
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Feb 23, 2015 02:59
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Honestly one of the things I wish they did less with Sekai is his "alone" time being 1-2 minutes of footage of him going through katas on his own. Other than maybe the time he was actually checking the limits of Build Burning's posability, they've just been kinda there to remind you he's a martial arts guy. Sometimes someone will comment on it but...? I dunno, they could have just done -something- better with his screentime. Yosuke fucked around with this message at 03:20 on Feb 23, 2015 |
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Feb 23, 2015 03:08
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My biggest criticism of sekai is that he legit feels like a side character who got swapped into the MC position of the show at the last second and they didn't bother to fill in enough of his backstory for his new position to make sense
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Feb 23, 2015 03:24
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Tenzarin posted:No, they were just changing the lead writer. Stop rumor milling this poo poo.
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Feb 23, 2015 03:33
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Generally, if a character is really good at one thing, you challenge them by pushing them into situations where that one thing won't work. Even Reiji had a whole subplot about him being pushed out of his comfort zone with his growing affection for Aila and Gunpla, and he was a pretty well-adjusted guy without much baggage. Sekai needs to face more problems he can't punch his way out of, just like Yuuma and Fumina faced problems they couldn't build or teamwork their way out of.
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Feb 23, 2015 13:47
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Darth Walrus posted:Even Reiji had a whole subplot about him being pushed out of his comfort zone with his growing affection for Aila and Gunpla I don't recall him ever being really pushed out his comfort zone in regards to either of those. He did become more attached to them (Aila more than Gunpla), but I don't ever recall it being a subplot that he was discomfited by either or anything.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:38
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He threw a minor fit over both of them, and had to be calmed down by Ral and then Fellini.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:39
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tsob posted:I don't recall him ever being really pushed out his comfort zone in regards to either of those. He did become more attached to them (Aila more than Gunpla), but I don't ever recall it being a subplot that he was discomfited by either or anything. The Aila plot was not one he could solve by fighting which was his go-to solution. He had significant discomfort and frustration over it and Felini even had to pep talk him about it. It wasn't a particularly huge arc but it was the one where the actual victory was Reiji talking to Aila, rather than the perfunctory (and kind of half-assed) physical victory.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:44
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Don't be hating the "THE EPISODE IS ALMOST OVER SO I'M KILLING YOU IN ONE HIT" finisher. Best Build Knuckle finish.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:46
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I'm cool with that build knuckle finish as it was really god drat pretty, what with the particle effects and flowers.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:51
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Yeah Reiji sure deflowered that girl with a plastic fist.
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Feb 23, 2015 18:56
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While Aila vs Reiji may not have been visually the best fight, it was definitely the most entertaining. 
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Feb 23, 2015 19:33
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It occurs to me that punch-happy Sekai with his bombastic shouting is a bad overreaction to one of the problems with the Build Knuckle: The Build Knuckle really doesn't look that good or exciting. I really think overall the Build Knuckle was one of the weakest parts of BF1, it wasn't hyped as much as it should have been, it didn't have a good premiere, and there wasn't the level of pomp and circumstance that was warranted for what was Reiji's finishing move. Look at G Gundam and the Shining/God Finger: it has its own music theme, Domon gives his whole little spiel about it, and you see the Gundam transforming and charging it up. They really sold the move as being absolutely deadly, the whole production goes into saying "This move will totally rip your head off". The Build Knuckle didn't really get that same level of hype, we see it lay waste to Gunpla after Gunpla but it never really becomes an exciting or intimidating move. Building excitement is a major part of selling a move in basically anything and the Build Knuckle doesn't pull it off. I think Sekai's fighting style was created in part as a reaction to that problem with the Build Knuckle. All his moves have a lot of shouting and fancy punching and bombastic effects. Of course it doesn't work because there's little more to Sekai's fighting than his various Jigen Haou moves and bombastic and over the top finishers don't work when the baseline is already bombastic and over the top. I THINK that the Phoenix Punch is supposed to be a solution to this attempted solution, but that one has its own problems with how they've sold it.
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the build knuckle as pretty much their "stop the enemies bullshit with even bigger bullshit" button. It managed to flood the arena with particles, thereby screwing up Aina's senses , stopped Mao's giant laser sword and IMO the biggest asspull move, the build knuckle somehow had a delayed effect on the sengoku astray and made it's arm explode.
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Feb 23, 2015 21:39
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Monaghan posted:screwing up Aina's senses I see this a lot and it confuses me a bit. I mean, yeah, there were particles flying everywhere, but my impression from that scene was that her foresight thing was working fine, she just literally couldn't do anything to prevent the build knuckle from connecting.
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Feb 23, 2015 22:08
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Zwingley posted:I see this a lot and it confuses me a bit. I mean, yeah, there were particles flying everywhere, but my impression from that scene was that her foresight thing was working fine, she just literally couldn't do anything to prevent the build knuckle from connecting. Aila literally sees particles. She isn't psychic she just sees the ways that particles are moving before the unit does and so she has more time to react. As presented in the episode the Build Knuckle was emitting so many particles it literally blinded her. Edit: I want a SRW were Aida, Aina and Aila all hang out together. ImpAtom fucked around with this message at 22:31 on Feb 23, 2015 |
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Feb 23, 2015 22:13
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ImpAtom posted:Aila literally sees particles. She isn't psychic she just sees the ways that particles are moving before the unit does and so she has more time to react. As presented in the episode the Build Knuckle was emitting so many particles it literally blinded her. I know she's not psychic, but she says something along the lines of "I can't avoid it" (I think; I can check in a moment) as opposed to "I can't see it." 
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Feb 23, 2015 23:12
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ImpAtom posted:Aila literally sees particles. She isn't psychic she just sees the ways that particles are moving before the unit does and so she has more time to react. As presented in the episode the Build Knuckle was emitting so many particles it literally blinded her. god drat it, I just realized I got Aina and Aila mixed up. Stupid similar names...
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Feb 23, 2015 23:14
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Monaghan posted:god drat it, I just realized I got Aina and Aila mixed up. Stupid similar names... Well, she makes that joke herself in the show! Zwingley posted:I know she's not psychic, but she says something along the lines of "I can't avoid it" (I think; I can check in a moment) as opposed to "I can't see it." Yeah, but the way it is presented is 'giant wave of particles obscuring everything." She can't avoid it because she can't see where to dodge. (The fact that it is presented as "Reiji rams right into her" is just kinda poor choreography.)
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Feb 23, 2015 23:18
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ImpAtom posted:Yeah, but the way it is presented is 'giant wave of particles obscuring everything." She can't avoid it because she can't see where to dodge. (The fact that it is presented as "Reiji rams right into her" is just kinda poor choreography.) That's fair; I guess I'm just putting the spoken word before the visuals. 
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Feb 23, 2015 23:22
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Omnicrom posted:The Build Knuckle didn't really get that same level of hype, we see it lay waste to Gunpla after Gunpla but it never really becomes an exciting or intimidating move. Man if you didn't like RG Double Build Knuckle I don't know what to tell you. Like I said the last time we all chatted about this, the nice thing about the Build Knuckle is that as the designated finishing move it got totally reanimated every single time they used it. It's a last ditch punch against Fellini, a (low budget) Shining Finger against Mao, an uppercut against Nils, a T Link Knuckle against Aila, a crazy particle bonanza against Evil Meijin, and a super high budget punch on the crystal. Personally that more than makes up for Reiji not doing some kind of chant every time he uses it. Monaghan posted:IMO the biggest asspull move, the build knuckle somehow had a delayed effect on the sengoku astray and made it's arm explode. It was the magic of "gently caress animating the astray, let's move on to the next part of the fight".
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BlitzBlast posted:and a Fixed that for you. drat thing even had a cut-in.
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TARDISman posted:Fixed that for you. drat thing even had a cut-in. The best part of that is going to be giving up one of your best subpilots in exchange for a really good sniper that can trigger an endgame combination attack.
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Someone in another forum pointed out that denial gundams model number is NK-13j which probably stands for nidaime kawaguchi 13 while the J is there because its cutomized by Junya. This makes sense because yuukis use the SK numbering, which probably stands for sandaime kawaguchi.
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Someone in another forum pointed out that denial gundams model number is NK-13j which probably stands for nidaime kawaguchi 13 while the J is there because its cutomized by Junya. This makes sense because yuukis use the SK numbering, which probably stands for sandaime kawaguchi. Makes sense.
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Cao Ni Ma posted:Someone in another forum pointed out that denial gundams model number is NK-13j which probably stands for nidaime kawaguchi 13 while the J is there because its cutomized by Junya. This makes sense because yuukis use the SK numbering, which probably stands for sandaime kawaguchi.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:03
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Poison Mushroom posted:What are the meanings behind these? A bit of light googling gives me rough ideas, but I feel like I'm missing some of the nuance. "The second Kawaguchi" and "The third Kawaguchi" respectively.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:17
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The Second Meijin, in case you forgot, was Captain Tryhard Nofun.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:18
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Droyer posted:"The second Kawaguchi" and "The third Kawaguchi" respectively. ImpAtom posted:The Second Meijin, in case you forgot, was Captain Tryhard Nofun.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:19
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Just specifically; Ni is Two and San is Three in Japanese.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:33
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ImpAtom posted:The Second Meijin, in case you forgot, was Captain Tryhard Nofun. The Dark Master of Evil Gunpla also fits.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:36
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As for the original, that's apparently showing up in the next issue of Build Fighters A. Designed by NAOKI.
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Feb 25, 2015 01:46
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Ten kilometers of legs and enough panel lines to make a circuit board blush.
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Feb 25, 2015 02:29
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The design is almost alien, really. There's something almost un-Gundam about it that I can't QUITE figure out...
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Feb 25, 2015 03:26
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It reminds me of an arm slave. so naoki was just a guy that made lots of models that got featured in places like hobbyjapan and poo poo and now he's an actual designer? good for him
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Feb 25, 2015 03:30
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It is actually brilliant. Centuries and millenia of long legged gundams must culminate in what is basically just a head with tremendous legs:
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Gearhead posted:The design is almost alien, really. It's the Denial with different skirt armor, new shoulders and a backpack. 
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BlitzBlast posted:It's the Denial with different skirt armor, new shoulders and a backpack. Which probably means the original version will turn up as a kit as well, if they're dipping into the manga designs.
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