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The death got me a little because while I was expecting the shoe to suddenly drop I wasn't expecting something as subtle yet sudden as something that's basically the killing curse from Harry Potter. I like the character of Souta a lot. It strikes me as something genuinely inclusive about non-binary gender stuff, the show earns a lot of goodwill from me even if Souta probably gets it. 
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Huh, really didn't expect Ruler to be amoral in her desire to be a good Princess, or should we say "Prince" as written by Machiavelli. Snow White's main power is that she can read minds for cries of help right? She doesn't have a particularly combat oriented kit.  La Pucelles tail being super expressive was nice.
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Oct 16, 2016 02:25
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esselfortium posted:Mindreading seems like it could become pretty combat-oriented. Sure, if it can read anything other than "Help me!" If she can adapt it to be basically precognition sure.
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Oct 16, 2016 15:34
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I assume yes, basically as long as her fists have a +1 modifier on them which magical strength should provide. As her her being stronger/faster, I'm assuming this is the case for all of them though; however if instead she's actually a good deal faster/stronger than anyone else because they have more unique and powerful abilities that could both work in her favor and make sense.
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Oct 16, 2016 21:02
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I think the problem in that example is if you drop her, she can land with her feet.
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Oct 17, 2016 00:10
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I can't tell if La Pucelle and Snow White is yuri or not, I'm confused.  LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:Well, I think this turned out better. Would rather see La Pucelle's inevitable death given more weight when the numbers thin out. I think it's clear that Ruler bullied the Twins into following her through a show of force; which is why they're constantly bad mouthing her. Earthquake Paws could probably be intimidated by a scary looking rock. Swims probably did admire her genuinely, I'm assuming admiration turned to envy with Dream Girl's prodding; magic would probably be the probable explanation given it seems rather sudden or people picked to be magical girls aren't too mentally healthy to begin with. Like, Sayaka in Madoka Magica had a fairly well paced build up to her snapping, I didn't see this with Swims, so I am a little confused. I feel sorry for Ruler Office Lady, clearly she was shat on by society at large and that chip on her shoulder was probably largely justified even if her performance in highschool gave her perhaps an unrealistic impression of obvious her self worth is.
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Oct 22, 2016 22:27
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Yeah Machiavelli 101 is to cripple the backstabbers asap because they'll just backstab you as soon as they feel like it. Ruler's problem is its preferable to rule by fear than to be love, but you gotta avoid being hated while doing so. People don't mind fearing you if you're also competent and can bring home the goods.
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Oct 23, 2016 21:32
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Condiv posted:swim swim betraying ruler was foreshadowed so hard i'm surprised people were blindsided by it I'm a little dense.
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Oct 24, 2016 15:02
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A tragic and gory episode to be sure. I wonder what Alice's deal is.
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Nov 5, 2016 20:48
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I think its interesting in how quickly La Pucelle and Snow White both kind of lost their cool and their dignity once they realize that death was a very real possibility. Though La Pucelle had one last moment of trying to go out guns blazing, Snow White I thought would try to crawl behind those wooden boards.
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Nov 6, 2016 15:33
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Ripple is quite the bad rear end, her fists sound like they hurt.
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Nov 13, 2016 06:53
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Overlord K posted:I was super sure Top Speed was pregnant since she keeps mentioning six months but now that she revealed her age I'm not sure what her deal is anymore. Terminally ill is my guess.
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Nov 14, 2016 00:26
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Phobophilia posted:on that note, pve-focused snow white is completely out of her depth, she had better step up and start taking initiative before it gets annoying Hahahahaa, as someone who played EVE this seems on the nose. What other show has this sort of distinction between PvP and PvE and the strengths vs weaknesses of them? I believe SAO had two examples, one in the LN in which Klein's guild had PvP gear which helped them punch up above their weight class; and then Kirito took an otherwise useless PvE weapon and made it broken in PvP. What other shows have this sort of dynamic?
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Nov 15, 2016 17:06
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LOVE LOVE SKELETON posted:shots fired Wait is that "It's not my fault I'm not popular"? When did she make a new friend?
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Nov 17, 2016 16:39
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Ripple still doing charity work and preferring evasion to direct confrontation makes a lot more sense now. Also, The way she looks out for Ninja Girl now suddenly seems a hell of a lot more motherly in retrospect, she's basically been trying to help her out as best she can and keep her out of trouble. I also generally like the juxtaposition of the stereotypical housewife being a bad rear end when Batman'ing around. Peeky Angels got some sympathy from me, the acting and look of horror and grief from the surviving sister was good. That death was brutal; though the net score is still "You're both murderous psychopaths who think this is a game." Poor Nana. She really in the end didn't realize just how bad things were.
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Nov 19, 2016 22:23
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Cialis Railman posted:There's no way they'll kill off a pregnant lady...right? On one hand, this show seems brutal enough that they would, on the other hand, I feel like it inverts the death flag.
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Nov 20, 2016 18:57
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AnoHito posted:And even worse, they'll find a way to make it legitimately the pregnant woman's fault. I dunno, she's been careful in ways the ones who've bit it so far haven't.
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Nov 21, 2016 04:06
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I feel like if a little slower pacing to flesh out the characters more in ways that Don't Obviously Foreshadow Death Magicaloid would be way more interesting as a character; I don't really see hints that she was ever really trying to figure out what's up with her mind but imagine how baller it would be if it was her plot arc? Like Ainz Ool Gown from Overlord? "Why can't I feel emotions?" and it's all one tragic downwards spiral of pushing the limits of human decency to find the point that she finally feels something? Tragic because she isn't the one who designed her character to be that way. Obviously this is bordering on head-cannon fanfiction territory but it seems like with her line before her death like a lost opportunity for a plot arc. Basically I think in retrospect the show while the show is fun and I enjoy it; it would be I think it could be approaching Great territory if it had a little more Show and a little Less Tell. Mainly I think I don't like Foreboding Foreshadowing Flashbacks; I feel like those could've been conveyed better but we'd need two-cours.
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Nov 22, 2016 19:30
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For some reason I never noticed that's a skirt this entire time, I thought they were shorts.
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Nov 25, 2016 22:26
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On the other hand, it's presumably difficult to track Nemurin if she never leaves her house.
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Nov 25, 2016 23:01
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Or like a Dragon, like in that one HFY story I read.
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Nov 26, 2016 16:43
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 Sister Nana did not deserve that. And neither did Top Speed Alpha Kenny Juan posted:Don't. gently caress. With. Swim-Swim. Swim-Swim is nearly as invulnerable as Alice in addition to her cold blooded murder of people. Minael was pretty on point with the crazy faces and bloodlust. And oh hey, we appear to have confirmed that Snow White can actually read minds for tactical advantage! Alice reminds me now a bit of Stain from My Hero Academia; I think it would be wonderful for the melodrama if she's like Swim-Swim in that she also just wishes to coldly murder anyone who doesn't live up to her ideal of being a magical girl. e: I think the fight between Ripple and Mary was generally pretty good and what I want from fight scenes in general; a solid grounding in the "physics" of a fight enhanced by their abilities; so you see the judo throws, trips, punches, MMA take downs, and that is very solid with the creative usage of their powers being the cherry on top to create spectacle. The fight between Swim-Swim and Ripple only had about half the elements of a solid fight; the usage of powers were great, but I felt the choreography must've ran out of budget at this point; not that it's fair to judge all fights by Ufotable's standards but I really did expect more from the glaive-on-katana action than what we got that was almost static stills. Raenir Salazar fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Nov 26, 2016 |
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Erg posted:I laughed when I was watching and thinking it was bullshit that there wasn't even a death shudder and then two seconds later the pee showed up That was horrifying that they went there. It was horrifying when I saw the booze; and then the pills what the gently caress were those pills!?
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Nov 26, 2016 21:45
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Miss Nomer posted:In the LN Ripple throws a window at Calamity Mary who shot at it thinking Ripple and Top Speed were behind it. The window shattered but still was infused with Ripple's "can't miss a target" magic and cause Calamity Mary to turn into a giant pin cushion. Why didn't they keep that in? That's baller.
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Nov 26, 2016 21:53
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Command Ant posted:Ripple, Snow White, and Alice are the only ones left that we would feel any grief over losing. Everyone else, it would just be cathartic. I'd feel "Alas poor villain" at this point for Minael and earthquake girl; Minael is fun to watch and earthquack girl I'm not sure what's up with her, Stockholm Syndrome? Just going through the motions because what else you gunna do when you live in a Dictatorship run by a ruthless prepubescent killer? quote:I hope we get some backstory on Swim Swim soon, and why she's such a horrid little monster. I was willing to reserve some sympathy for her, because maybe she comes from a broken home and that's why she's so cold-blooded, but then she stabbed a pregnant woman. On one hand, I don't think Swim-swim exactly knew; but on the other hand, I think we can safely say she wouldn't care. I really do wanna see what's her deal, I wanna know the thought process running through her head that made her go from betraying Ruler whom she apparently admired to ruthlessly killing her enemies. quote:That's what I was expecting would happen when Ripple tossed all of that broken glass at Mary, or at least that some of it would get in her eyes. I think that may have happened or else I'm not sure why Mary bothered to shoot the glass; even terminal velocity, glass isn't likely to kill her.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:16
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Condiv posted:that's way smarter than what happened this episode, but by the description of her own powers ripple's projectiles should phase through or avoid any obstacle until they hit calamity mary. yeah, that's broken, but some of these powers are obv meant to be broken (like swim swims, which just became more broken this episode for some bullshit reason). Like with martial arts we just kinda have to assume that openings we may think exist may not have actually existed in the minds of the characters, nor there muscle memory capable of reacting to it. For example it may have been smarter to attack her throat with her dagger, but to close the distance probably still needed a dash/lunge, and she simply lacked the reflexes to manage anything else in the time frame.
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Nov 26, 2016 23:54
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I feel that the announcement was kinda lame in how just tame it is; it lacks some of the inhuman cruelty that made Kyubei's actions memorable in a "You rat bastard" way. Fav at this point doing that is like a dog licking itself, you can only just nod and be unsurprised.
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Nov 27, 2016 00:54
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:Nemurin was always evil. If she turns out to not actually be dead I'll flip my poo poo.
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Nov 27, 2016 17:46
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Fav is more of a Monobear expy than Kyubei in the way he's shifting the goal posts out of malice. I think the DLC weapons at least serve a narrative purpose in terms of Swim-Swims characterization, and Snow Whites desperation. I dunno, I feel like the aren't a bad idea. Like there are people who you can easily see can't fight there way out of a paper bag with their non-basic abilities; so the weapons would serve as a good equalizer.
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Dec 2, 2016 17:58
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InspectorCarbonara posted:gently caress em up cranberry To be fair Cranberry is also an evil sadistic gently caress too. They both need to pay. Still not sure if Mole girl just fully like, in Stockholm syndrome mode or if she's at all shares responsibility beyond "just following orders."
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So yeah don't gently caress with swim swim. e: It's amazing how much better Ruler looks in hindsight. Raenir Salazar fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Dec 10, 2016 |
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Dec 10, 2016 21:14
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Ytlaya posted:Though to be fair the fact that Clamberry, who sought out the strongest, was killed by Tama of all people is hilarious and basically invalidates her entire ideology. Tama's power is also scary as hell; a lot of these abilities are when applied to soft squishy people.
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Dec 10, 2016 22:00
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Demicol posted:Last episode was good and I liked this show overall. I might check out the LN's and hope there's another season in the future. I think I'm the same, mainly if a second season isn't likely.
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Dec 17, 2016 20:58
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Alpha Kenny Juan posted:Okay episode, okay season. Not garbage, but recycling bin worthy. Would watch a second season if that ever comes around. The Rabbits foot lets you have a Mulligan basically, in this case it probably reacted to Snow Whites desire to save at least one of the magical girls and saved Ripple by healing her enough to avoid death from losing an arm + Exhaustion. Snow White's ability is Telepathy (Slightly nerfed version where it only works on people in "Distress" which can still be fairly useful in combat), so she was hearing Fav the whole time and warned Ripple. We only heard Fav's side of things after Ripple got up; presumably Snow White in a rather fun character moment of pure awesomeness was hearing Fav's thoughts of concern about the well bring for his Terminal but we the audience was hearing it because it made for a more interesting scene. "I can still hear you."
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Ytlaya posted:Regarding Snow White (minor but somewhat predictable spoilers about her power) her ability ends up covering almost all mind-reading, with the exception of people who are constantly worry-free and express no distress (who don't practically exist under normal circumstances). This is especially true during fights, where pretty much everyone would have some inherent concern over things like "I don't want to be killed by this girl." Sounds more and more like Danganronpa. I would legit like a RPG VN adaption of this series.
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Command Ant posted:I think they did a good job of avoiding the pitfalls that a show like this could have dropped into. Most of the deaths had some meaning and impact behind them, and weren't there just for the sake of killing someone. The Peaky Angels are those weirdly compelling horror movie murder victims where you cheer when they get shanked as part of some sort of kharmic justice. e: fixed. Raenir Salazar fucked around with this message at 19:18 on Dec 19, 2016 |
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Takoluka posted:On the subject of Not-Madokas, how did you guys feel about Daybreak Illusion? There were interesting aspects to it and kinda gritty; but I think it falls short of better Not Madokas. Oh god Rebellion was awesome.
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