Great episode, reminded me why I loved the first season.
Tomoki is a colossal pervert. But unlike many perverts, he gets dead serious about it. Sohara getting taken aback by his declaration that it would be insulting not to ogle the girl's bodies at the pool was entertaining. His will is so strong that he is willing to risk his own life (by drowning) in order to fulfill his perversion. He pretty much reteaches himself to swim in minutes.
The little moments too: 9:10 Terminator 2 reference, Excellent. Mikako pushing Nymph into the pool, the creative censorship, the visual metaphors, even a nice boat segment.
The Nymph side plot of wanted to be ordered around was kind of cute too. She still has a lot of growing up to do. It is perfectly understandable though, she's never really been free before. Of course she would be uncomfortable. Tomoki also refuses, because despite being a huge pervert, he is a really nice guy and he never would want to force someone to do something.
EDIT:
Also, Sohara is a closet pervert when it comes to Tomoki. Heh heh heh.
Last edited by Ryllharu; Sat, 09-18-2010 at 11:20 AM.
Great episode indeed, i'm psyched about the new season
I'm not sure if i ever mentioned it myself but the character designs in this show are really great, even the backstage chicks looked good
I'll be waiting for nekomimi, they use Tv Tokyo raws
I've only watched the intro so far of Ep 1 and I am already laughing. Now I remember why I loved this show.
Why? All the releases are censored with intentional (not post-production censorship) flares of light or "stickers" anyway. CR rips are still 720p, and don't look particularly upscaled (plenty of detail). If you don't like the CR translation or want karaoke, I can see that, but the raws for this show don't make a difference.Originally Posted by Archangel
As for the episode itself:
- Outstanding OP. I was laughing hard at the direct parody. I wonder if we're going to get a fresh OP and ED every episode like we got fresh EDs last season. Or maybe they're just mixing it up and switching to fresh OPs.
- The ED was nice too. The song was good (same vocalist pair as the previous season OP) and the animation portrayed the side of Ikaros and Nymph we started to see last season and in the OVA. Nymph wants a connection to Tomoko, and Ikaros doesn't understand why she feels a bit sad (likely the same reason).
- The dreams. Mikako is a psychopath and Eishirou is pretty normal. I noted that Mikako was faking being in danger the whole time while they were in his dream (she ran out with her arms up and "screaming" as the others tumbled into the cave). Sohara being a secret pervert, at last, confirmation! She might even be a little bit of an exhibitionist, since her dream self and Tomoki were behind the largest plate glass window in that house. It might sour her hitting Tomoki in the real world a bit since we know now that she likes it, but it's still funny.
- It isn't hard to make the logical jump (as Eishirou did) that Tomoki's dreams are directly connected to Synapse. The acorn wasn't a dream, they got to a weird place, etc. I was surprised that Ikaros recognized that Tomoki's dream was Synapse, but Nymph didn't seem to get it. Nymph is supposed to be the smarter one.
- No point in talking about Astraea (she was named in the OVA) this episode, her appearance was short, and judging from the preview title, the next entire episode is about her.
It is nice that while this show still sticks to its roots of being hilarious, things are also starting to get a bit more serious.
Last edited by Ryllharu; Sat, 10-02-2010 at 07:38 AM. Reason: for clarity
LOL... I broke down and watched HorribleSubs yesterday because Nekomimi was taking too long. And they already released it. Dang.
At closer to 500 megs than 400. For a group that claims they're doing superior encodes, they're not doing a great job at convincing me with that.
This is now officially a show about perverts, even Ikarus has some weird fetish regarding spheroid shapes
And what is this? Plot?? In MY Sora no Otoshimono?! Lets see how that goes.
[HorribleSubs] - Episode 02
First episode was so good that i don't feel like waiting for nekomimi anymore
Last edited by Archangel; Sat, 10-09-2010 at 10:22 AM.
You can just watch this, delete it, and archive Nekomimi
Lol, no shit Sherlock?
I have to say, sexually assaulting a dirty magazine is quite the testament to the author's creativity
I liked Nymph's explanation of the three angelroid's processing capacities, and that being the primary reason neither of them cared to go save Tomoki.
It certainly explains how Ikaros can still appear so out of it all the time, she just doesn't have the processing capacity to handle emotions, everything is spent on combat and electronic countermeasures.
The beams of light kind of ruined Astraea's initial appearances, they were super distracting. I'll be archiving dvd/BD rips I suppose. I loved Astraea's sidelong glances though. The scene at the waterfall where they centered on her face (5:55) made me melt.
The "You rang?" recurring joke was good for a laugh.
Really? I found it sort of simplistic.
These are supposed to be battle ready android gifted with superior AI but their abilities can be so clearly cut into just 3 categories? Then again given the audience maybe that was just an extremely dumbed down explanation.
It's still stupid though, what's the point of a dumb robot? >_>
From the sound of things, unless Ikaros can stop her from closing in, Astraea can destroy her with little effort. Nymph implied that Astraea is quite possibly much stronger than Ikaros.
Their creator just picked and chose. Alphas (Ikaros) are combat focused at the cost of ending up more robot like, Betas (Nymph) are the opposite, weak in combat but more human-like emotionally, and Deltas (Astraea) are a compromise between the two. The cost is that they're dumb.
You could consider it stages of development of the Angelroid platform. It's a balancing act until the technology gets better, which it did.
Gammas (the harpy ones) were good at combat, smart enough to trick Nymph at least twice, and obviously had emotions. So things obviously got better as they went along. With Gammas, they didn't need to sacrifice as much. Ikaros was obviously far stronger in combat, but there was a price for that.
Last edited by Ryllharu; Sat, 10-09-2010 at 12:19 PM. Reason: basic grammar fails
Nymph didn't say or imply that. She said that Delta is stronger in close combat. She didn't say much stronger, or that Alpha won't have a chance or get defeated easily in close range. What she said also implies that Alpha is stronger in long range combat. I would say that they are about equal in combat performance overall. Fighting for angelroids isn't all about (or even much about) close combat anyway.
Peace.
Nymph said that Delta is stronger in close combat. That would imply that if Astraea closes in and manages to stay there, she could defeat Ikaros fairly easily. That's why I stated (and you quoted) that unless Ikaros can keep Astraea away, it will be hard for her to win. That would also make her much stronger in those conditions (close and through Ikaros' effective range).
We've seen Astraea's weapons (sword and shield). She for one, is surely all about close combat.
I agree. I only disagreed with this:
I assumed you meant in overall combat. If you meant only in close combat, I would agree (not fully though because Nymph never said the word much).
Peace.
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