Broken Blade (Break Blade)

[Buffalobiian]

Being a psycho, he's not very well suited for coordinated military tactics, though.

Borcuse seemed to be the best of both worlds, though the inner psychosis was probably suppressed to allow the military commander to function as one. Perhaps the release of his inner demon would be what leads him to screw up on the command front.

If Narvi is intelligent enough as the unit commander, she will let Girghe terrorise enemies on his own.

It's a matter of trust too. If I were her, I'd flat out trying to watch my front and back at the same time.

Hot general dying's a pity. Real pity. I could do with a mature woman to balance all this out, even if Sigyn by herself would suffice 100%.

Where the hell were they hiding the sniper guy from the Millennium Corps this whole time? I'm pretty sure he would even outsnipe Zess.


All in all, pretty insane ep.

[Penner]

Hmm, haven't watched 2 or 3 yet.. think i'll start over and watch 1-2-3-4 in one go sometime next week :P

[KrayZ33]

the huge battle was underwhelming

the rest was decent though, I start to like Rygart more and more
he knows when to retreat and when to strike and he has the balls (heh..) to talk back to women/mock them, something I haven't seen in a while...
I wonder what will happen next though, Broken Blade @ 2-5 minutes of energy left
Red-Artemis guy in a pinch(?)
I don't see how he is going to get out of there alone and alive

anyone else thought that the last scene looked awkward? with the "power nova" shaking the ground and such

[shinta|hikari]

Didn't the red Artemis already decimate the platoon? It looked like he was doing quite well.

[KrayZ33]

thats why I wrote "pinch(?)", I'm not sure if he is capable of defeating them alone, even though he did really good

he lost most of his weaponry, his mech is damaged and there are still a few mechs arounds if I'm not mistaken.

[Inazuma]

Good god man.

Technicly this whole episode has been a tribute to how traditionnal warfare loses to modern warfare (ie Non dependant combat operation and skirmishes).

Now what we see is Special Forces Millenium (Low number, high efficiency) destroying conventionnal formations (Lead merged with high numbers low efficiency) and it is quite fun. Even though no one at this point is stupid enough to ask realism out of work of PURE FICTION it is yet quite fun to see how Borcurse is characterized as an evil son of a bitch by scare tactics and the use of mech scorpion thing.

As far as storytelling goes it is Damn Good
As far as graphism goes, 1080 is no loss of space

Watch it, Enjoy it and wait for the next one

[Dark Dragon]

Did they ever state how many episodes this OVA is going to last?

They're going at a pace of over 1 volume per episodes. This one covers up to the end of volume 5 and the manga is currently up to volume 9. There might be a break somewhere unless the manga is going to end soon and they're doing the FMA method of having both end at around the same time.

[KrayZ33]

6 episodes if I'm not mistaken
at least wiki listed 6 movies since the first one was released.

[Kraco]

Originally it was meant to be six films. I haven't noticed any indication they'd have changed that decision, but then again, I haven't been looking for any news either. Who knows whether they cook up an anime original ending or just stop wherever the story happened to be when they wrote the script for the last movie. I'd personally prefer the latter option. It would also make continuation possible - naturally depending on the bluray sales.

[Buffalobiian]

It would also make continuation possible

More. Sigyn. Must.


Also noticed that autopilot never kicked in this episode. I hated that postural control mechanism.

[NeoCybercoin]

Well Rygart did get a whole lot better at handling the Delphin. But man...Girghe is a freaking genius. More than Zess since people were always talking about how good Zess is. I think Girghe would kick Zess his ass in a fight.

[Buffalobiian]

Well Rygart did get a whole lot better at handling the Delphin. But man...Girghe is a freaking genius. More than Zess since people were always talking about how good Zess is. I think Girghe would kick Zess his ass in a fight.

Perhaps, but I won't write Zess off just yet. Zess is good, but also a team player. This guy may be good as a lone wolf to do his own thing supporting the main group, but I wonder how well he can do that. This latest fight, as well as their mock battle before showed that even Girghe can't escape unscathed when faced with enough opponents of good calibre.

But yeah, that guy's godly. God forbid this turns too far in the Gundam direction. Mech specialisation, offensive ability and control just jumped a couple of levels this ep.

[Xelbair]

I think that Grighe deliberately faked his fear of real battle to stay back and catch enemy off-guard while they were retreating and decimate most of them, also he is badass.

[Kraco]

That certainly visited my mind as well. But we can't yet be absolutely sure either way. He's quite crazy in any case, so even being genuinely afraid could be an option. After all, when the enemies were in the canyon, he knew explicitely how many there were and their positions (initially), so it wouldn't clash with his earlier whining.

[shinta|hikari]

I'm pretty sure it's fake. It's the most convenient way to separate from his team.

Someone who fights that well in a real battle and enjoys it so much very unlikely fears it.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm pretty sure it's fake. It's the most convenient way to separate from his team.

Someone who fights that well in a real battle and enjoys it so much very unlikely fears it.

I'm a bit on the edge about that one. The mock battle showed that he didn't in fact know everything about everyone since he was continuously evaluating Delphine's stats, but he did have the reassurance that his team won't kill him - unlike the other members of Millenium Corps.

Not to say that Gighe was really shitting his pants the way he appeared to be, but would that reaction manifest itself more or less if he headed out into battle, or got ambushed without knowledge?

[shinta|hikari]

Jumping into battle with the enemy general and his platoon?

That is definitely something someone dependent on concrete data would NOT do. Such an action contains incalculable risks, especially because so many factors remain unknown, the least of which the number of enemy units.

[Kraco]

You are forgetting he's clinically insane, Shinta. Or at least that's the impression I got when he was introduced as a character (could be a wrong impression, of course). So, for him, it would make perfect sense to feel superior and in control when he knows exactly how many enemies there are. But when he doesn't, he can't do anything at all because he can't get out of his mind that an uncalculated one might suddenly appear out of nowhere. It would have nothing to do with such details as against whom he would be fighting. Just a compulsary need to know how many enemies there are. That would be very fitting for an insane person.

But then again, once again, we don't yet know if it was only an act and how crazy he is. I'm 50-50 divided on the issue.

[David75]

Nice ep, good action, I'm very pleased I had the idea to link my plasma screen to my laptop's hdmi out, the image was just splendid and supported the action quite well.

Also, lez-Sigyn was Godly. Might need some diapers tonight

Violence did escalate quite a bit, not that much of a trouble though, but I really thought those squadrons were highly unprepared, which is strange considering they are under experienced Generals. On the other hand, useless deaths also happen in battles, I was just wondering if they were doing it for some blood stats they wanted to achieve (I mean the director/scenarist)

[Buffalobiian]

gg - Episode 05

1080p ver (above is 720p)