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For as much as this borrows from Scrapped Princess, I think the setup has more potential. Scrapped Princess suffered from using really generic stock characters and JRPG tropes. You had invincible Sword Bro, Invincible Wizard Sis, and useless whiny Princess Girl. They were all well written characters, but still... So far Ninja Siblings and Magic Tank-Gun Girl lends itself to much more clever action scenes and the central mystery seems a bit more involved as well. I just hope it doesn't get as...weird as Scrapped Princess got near the end, or at least doesn't recycle the same twist.
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ViggyNash posted:Only 12? Scrapped Princess was 26 right? It's a bit odd that it's not getting the same treatment judging by how similar the two have been so far. Yeah, unless they're doing a split cour that sounds crazy. I mean, it's three episodes in and they only have a hand. Can they even collect the rest of his pieces in 9 more episodes without it feeling rushed as hell? Scrapped Princess meandered a bit in the middle but you wouldn't have been able to tell the story in 12 episodes. I'm a little worried now.
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Apr 28, 2014 19:01
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Lurking Haro posted:Since the LN is still running (Volume 9 was releases this month) they're probably only covering the first plot arc or so. That simultaneously makes sense and reduces my enthusiasm considerably. Well, decent chance at a second season at least unless it bombs, I guess.
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Apr 28, 2014 23:15
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Cao Ni Ma posted:By the time this show ends we are going to have either aSuper Sentai Chaika Squad or a Rozen Chaika elimination tournament There can be only one Chaika
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May 8, 2014 03:31
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Mo_Steel posted:In a way it reminds me of some of the gun fights in Trigun where Vash uses tricks or gimmicks to get things to go his way . It's probably easier to just have a protagonist overpower his foes with big swings but seeing him use the wires on his blades to grapple or give himself range or set off traps is interesting and keeps the fights from being stale. It's a strange thing to say there's not a lot of well done ninja fighting dudes in anime, but there it is. I think I've loved just about every notable fight in this show so far. While the humor and plot bits can be on the clunky side, the story is interesting enough and I have to admit I really like all the characters at this point. Akari hit her stride when she started going full deadpan crazy and even Dragon Girl has been winning me over the last two episodes.
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May 15, 2014 00:31
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I like how Akari has apparently been put in charge of general Bullshitting for no particular reason aside from unusual (but still deadpan) passion for the job.
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May 28, 2014 22:40
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We got a little bit of outside political development with the opening scene and the news at the end that someone is rebelling and Hijacking a floating castle in true D&D villain fashion. The entertainer bit was fun at least. Overall though this is an extremely skippable episode. I can only assume they stretched out some dumb minor side story for pacing reasons to set up the next four episodes or whatever.
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May 29, 2014 03:47
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Well that plan sure turned into a huge clusterfuck in a hurry.
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Jun 11, 2014 22:04
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Autonomous Monster posted:Even if he was, there's still a very alive and by now very angry dragon loose on the ship. FREDERICA SMASH! About that...
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Jun 18, 2014 20:11
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Sindai posted:Wow that got dark fast. I was expecting them to be stealing the women's memories for magic power since it was foreshadowed at the start of the arc, but not with gratuitous torture thrown in. That seems completely unnecessary and really off-tone from the rest of the show. The way I see it, the one slim chance Freddy has at this point is that she's been bullshitting everyone the whole season with all the "Just aim for my brain! It's so easy!" encouragement. She's enough of a troll to do it, but still... Oh, and I recognize the new Chaika from some LN art that Crunchyroll posted early on. I'm guessing Layla is going to be the main antagonist from here on out, but probably not the final boss. Things got really dark all of a sudden, for sure.
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Jun 19, 2014 02:56
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That was a really good episode to end the season on. Just enough plot hooks for the next season while still wrapping the current story arc up quite nicely and all the main characters got a chance to shine, even Chaika. Really looking forward to picking the show back up in the Fall. Chest Bursting Frederica was great, and it was so carthetic letting everyone come back and one-shot their assigned nemesis after the last two episodes. I really like how all the main characters in this show are smart characters.
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Jun 26, 2014 05:54
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Hehe. quote:That last knife fight perfectly encapsulates the fighting direction of this show. Also Frederica is the best, despite the ending part being totally shades of Scrapped Princess. I have to admit, this show has been giving me an extremely vague desire to go back and watch Scrapped Princess. It's been a looong time since I've seen it. All I really remember anymore is that it was pretty good and the twist. Coffin Princess wins hands-down on action direction though, in part just because two ninja's, a dragon-thing, and a magic sniper rifle is way more interesting then fairly generic fighter+wizard. Even though this show is (hopefully) going in a different direction, it still weirds me out a little how similar the initial set-up is, two kick-rear end siblings protecting a princess that isn't what she seems and all that.
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