Sacred Blacksmith

**Ryllharu** · Sun, 10-25-2009, 06:14 AM

This episode was a vast improvement. Cecily admitted that she can't fight for shit at least twice, and declared herself absolutely helpless in front of Luke in probably one of the most formal ways she could. Admitting you have a problem is the first step.

That said, how can she have practiced from an early age and still have such bad form? Someone really needs to teach her to use a rapier, since she obviously going to be using Aria on a regular basis. The way she's practicing with a long sword to use a kanata is going to hurt her in the end. Can't she see that Luke's high mobility combat and her fighting style are completely incompatible? She's straight forward, uses slashes and thrusts, and is very accurate with her motions despite her generalize ineptitude. Hopefully she will give up on the katana idea in the next episode or two.

I'm also not real happy that she switched over to "no killing" to "killing to protect" so easily. With how fervent she was about it last episode, I would have assumed she would be a little bit more torn about it. Luckily, she kept admitting she can't fight for shit, and I guess that gave her the determination to do what she had to in order to fulfill her ideals of being a protector.

Another thing, it's pretty obvious that Kira Yamato is Cecily's descendant. A bunch of guys get burned to ash inches in front of her, and Cecily is largely unharmed. Evil guy throws fire, it lands next to her in small sputtering fires instead of instantly engulfing her like the other knights.

Despite the Gundam dodge skills and that she probably still can't outfight a cow without Aria, Cecily admitting she is terrible and helpless was enough to make me continue on with this series for now. Aria, Lisa, and Luke are reason enough. Cecily is just that annoying best friend character that every series has.

I'm just going to take this series as seriously as I do Kampfer and I'll probably still enjoy it.

***Kraco*** · Sun, 10-25-2009, 06:55 AM

This episode certainly offered improvements. I suppose she abandoned the no-kill stance simply because it wasn't anymore just about her. This time she was breaking her promise to protect Aria. Since she's of the self-sacrifice type, that should be the greatest motivation she could have. So, I don't see a particular problem with her quick attitude change.

Luke should ask for some nightly favours since she willingly promised as much. Even if her fighting skills and personality can suck, she still has a nice body... But I guess he isn't really much of a player. Actually I don't really know why he came to visit Cecily in the first place. Is he also not honest with his own feelings?

**Ryllharu** · Sun, 10-25-2009, 07:17 AM

I think Lisa dragged him to visit Cecily and Aria. Luke was doing his usual market scan for high quality swords that can kill God. Why he was looking in the fairly standard city market instead of some huge capital is beyond me.

**shinta|hikari** · Sun, 10-25-2009, 08:19 AM

Luke fighting with his katana is enough to keep me going. His action scenes always look fantastic, especially how he counted down his slashes.

I will simply ignore the presence of the other non-loli female lead.

**Archangel** · Sun, 10-25-2009, 02:05 PM

And so it begins the "Zero to Hero" plot line. I wish they would just put some Hercules theme music on and hurried the hell up with it because i can tell this is going to be excruciating.

In short, moar Luke and katanas pls

**Pandadice** · Mon, 10-26-2009, 02:15 PM

something tells me this series would be a lot more enjoyable if you just marathoned through it at once, after it's complete.

meh, this episode was okay. I wouldn't say I'm taking this as seriously as Kaempfer, but I definitely think I've giving up on any kind of worth-watching story.. I do plan to keep watching it though.

What was the deal with Luke's fake eye? when are they gonna bring that up? and why doesn't he wear an eye-patch in stead of use a glass eye? an eye-patch would make him so much cooler..

**shinta|hikari** · Mon, 10-26-2009, 07:13 PM

Originally Posted by Pandadice

an eye-patch would make him so much cooler..

Umm, no? Eye patches are overdone in anime and usually look retarded. This is definitely the better alternative.

**Archangel** · Tue, 10-27-2009, 09:22 AM

Wow, i never noticed that before you mentioned it. So i'm guessing the dude who can take on 100 God killing swords was responsible for that?

**Death BOO Z** · Fri, 10-30-2009, 07:01 PM

well, that was a good waste of 32 men.

how were they planning to get rid of the monster (who would obviously come)? and wouldn't it be smarter to set up the stage out of town, and maybe in front of a smaller crowed (who could all be soldiers in disguise, ready to cut the offender before he manages to transform?). But that would be too much to ask for, I guess.

Did they always have magic soldiers? that could be a good field for Cecily to study, as it's both offensive and defensive, and doesn't require a muscular body.

**Archangel** · Sun, 11-01-2009, 11:54 AM

[gg] Episode 5 - Download

**Ryllharu** · Sun, 11-01-2009, 01:02 PM

I said it would take one more episode and this was it.

Dropped.

While I enjoyed that this was a Lisa-centric episode, and a great one at that, this series is really spoiled by the completely unlikeable characters. Lisa is pretty much the only worthwhile character in the series, though Aria is okay. Luke is just too much of an asshole. Cecily is starting to annoy me more than Ascouer in Kiddy Girl believe it or not, and to be honest I just really don't give a shit about their plights anymore. There just isn't a good pull in this series.

Lisa should escape this series and go to a better fantasy world where she would be better appreciated.

I'll consider these past episodes a 4 episode OVA and a Lisa Side Story.

**Archangel** · Sun, 11-01-2009, 01:07 PM

Lolicon fanservice episode, someone summon Shinta

This show is so meh... i have half a mind to drop it too but i'll give it a chance since we haven't even been introduced to half the characters that have been shown in the OP

***Kraco*** · Sun, 11-01-2009, 03:28 PM

I'm greatly disappointed Luke isn't an asshole towards Cecily exclusively. He seems to treat Liza only a little better, and that's probably only because he's used to Liza and she isn't stupidly asking for too much from him.

I'm not going to drop this yet, though. I certainly don't consider Cecily as annoying as Ascouer either. Speaking of Cecily it's quite funny she can afford a servant but can't afford a sword... She must really be struggling to make the ends meet.

**shinta|hikari** · Sun, 11-01-2009, 07:27 PM

Sanjou!

I used to not really care about this show, well except for Luke's action scenes, but seeing Liza's dedication to Luke made me slightly change my mind. While I am not really fond of her character design because it is too generic, I am starting to like her because of her hardworking, quiet and humble personality. Plus the food she made looked fantastic.

The only reason Cecily is not as annoying as Ascouer is because of the difference in voices, but a significant difference it is.

***Buffalobiian*** · Sun, 11-01-2009, 09:43 PM

Complaints aside, I don't consider this show to be bad enough to warrant dropping yet. It's still got some appeal. I'm still waiting on the girls from the OP to make their appearance.

I bet you Lisa's transformation is a hammer.

**shinta|hikari** · Sun, 11-01-2009, 09:51 PM

That would be interesting, but I feel it might be the boring katana.

**Ryllharu** · Sun, 11-01-2009, 10:01 PM

Originally Posted by Buffalobiian

Complaints aside, I don't consider this show to be bad enough to warrant dropping yet. It's still got some appeal. I'm still waiting on the girls from the OP to make their appearance.

It's not bad, but it isn't good enough for me to bother continuing. There are a surprising number of good-to-excellent series this season and even a few pleasant surprises (simple pleasure of Kampfer, actual plot in Queen's Blade). Boobsmith just fails to create a catch or a draw for itself. I can't say that I have ever looked forward to an episode of this each week the way I have for a lot of the other series. Even Kiddy Girl for how bad that has been so far has the benefit of nostalgia by being a psuedo-sequel.

Speaking of which, Ascouer has been growing on me each week, while Cecily has been more and more grating. Voices aside, I think my initial comment was at least partially valid. I just can't stand Cecily's attitude anymore.

If this had aired last season, or from the looks of things next season, I would have probably continued on out of spite. But when there are so many better things worth watching, why waste my time?

**Pandadice** · Mon, 11-02-2009, 04:19 AM

well this episode was really boring... i guess i'm gonna keep watching it, for now at least :\

**Death BOO Z** · Tue, 11-03-2009, 02:48 PM

she wakes up, goes to the village, helps them around, gets back to the house and he's still sleeping?
must be the laziest blacksmith ever...

or maybe he's just too busy downloading porn each night, who knows

***Kraco*** · Tue, 11-03-2009, 03:13 PM

We could assume Liza woke up at 6AM, for example, and Luke at 9AM. Three hours would have been enough time for the deeds she did.

I actually only well afterwards remembered how outrageous it was that in the previous ep Cecily promised anything to Luke if he helped her, and now she's back in her old haughty persona begging Luke to make the katana for her - even though she can't pay. She must really be from an old noble family to possess such audacity.

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