The fights are entertaining, but their power rises are getting a bit too convenient. Satella was puffing after 2 or so Accel Turns in her fight against Miyobi, but here she performed triple Accels before passing out (via the Holy Gate - though I'm wondering if that's just Rana's terminology for Pandora Mode).
That Louis kid.. it's a wonder he hasn't already raped Satella. How does one be that horny without going over the brim?
For anyone who's read the the manhwa, was there any missing info from Satella's backstory? The whole "introducing her to the main family" thing didn't really make sense in that she was allowed to do as she wanted when her mum died. To get into a good school? Unless tuition was fully paid for prior or something, it wouldn't have worked out.
(edit: okay.. maybe it had to do with honouring her old man's will or whatever, but why "do as you want" after the mother's dead? Why not before?)
And that's one failure of a mother, even if you take her motives into account. She didn't even try to understand what Satella was going through, and just made excuses to make her "bear with it".
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sat, 02-19-2011 at 08:46 PM. Reason: added "after" the mother's dead - proofreading
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Satellizer's childhood turned out to have been quite shitty. I can now understand why she has kept herself untouchable, with the utterly evil half-brother molesting her for years. I disliked Rana's appearance earlier but perhaps her threat will in fact be essential to push Satellizer past her traumas. Because otherwise she might remain content with Kazuya's uncontracted powers forever.
Otherwise this episode was quite a powerup party. But since there's apparently such a big gap between years normally, they all need powerups quite regularly in any case. This was as good a time as any other.
Edit: She was a weak human and a weak mother. I'd guess she had suffered quite a lot outside of the family, living with the bastard kid and whatever terminal sickness she had. Maybe she had struggled to even earn enough for food. Her selfish act was to stay with the main family during her last years, popping those pills. She would have likely died outside much sooner, and didn't have the guts for it, despite staying meaning constant torture for Satellizer.
You can't forget that their power is based on a number of factors, but even then those are subject to a huge degree of variation. Most Pandora seem to have around two to four stigma, where Satella and Rana both have six. That would lead you to believe that they have a higher potential, but then we have Shiffon. She has only four, yet she is a monster beyond classification. Atia was staggered by the shockwave of Shiffon striking (or moving alone) Arnett. It was like a small bomb went off. I would say the scale is probably more exponential than linear. Elizabeth (always at the pool) is probably a magnitude stronger than Arnett, but Shiffon is something else entirely.Originally Posted by Buffalobiian
I'm not sure that theLight Hawk WingsHoly Gates are the same thing as Pandora mode. They seem to emanate from the stigma themselves. In the manga Pandora mode is actually more like a powersuit, the Holy Gate effect is different.
[Shin-S] Freezing OP & ED Single - COLOR [MARiA & Kobayashi Aika].zip | MU
[Nipponsei] Freezing OP ED Single - COLOR [MARiA & Kobayashi Aika].zip
Edit: Full Single out now.
1. COLOR
2. Kimi wo Mamoritai
3. Main Theme Sentou-I
4. Sub Theme Sentou-II
5. COLOR (Original Karaoke)
6. Kimi wo Mamoritai (Original Karaoke)
Last edited by Marik; Wed, 02-23-2011 at 05:11 PM. Reason: Added Nipponsei.
Nice to see something else than a beach episode for fanservice.
The ending was good to see though. Kazuya getting control of his powers and creating such a big Freezing field. Pretty damn impressive. Also finally some Nova action in the next episode!
Hrmm, last week's preview with Satella wearing a dress made me think this episode would be the date chapter from the manga. I'm glad they decided to skip that and come up with an original episode that was full of fanservice. I liked Attia's Queen's costume idea. It's too bad that her plan got foiled by Kazuya and we didn't get to see it go transparent.Still, it was better than the dress she had on before. <3
Elizabeth really seems to enjoy skinny dipping. Every time they show her that's what she's doing. I guess when you have that kind of body, you don't want it covered with a bikini. It's either that or she can't find one that fits properly.
Last edited by Marik; Sat, 02-26-2011 at 03:03 PM.
A fanservice episode indeed but it seemed to nicely develop Kazuya and Satella's relationship so it's not so bad. Rana is still hanging there but she now seems to respect Kazuya's decision so it's cool enough.
I was going to say.. there's no way that freezing field's canon. Not only has Kazuya not been able to control his field up until now, but freezing freezes limb movement, but not facial expressions or the mind like it did here.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Nonetheless, they can't really make Kazuya unable to control it anymore the next time after this, so in my book it's fine. I mostly hate plot devices where a character uses a cool power but afterwards can't remember how he/she did it. Or I suppose they could, but I don't know how the director could anymore look at himself in the mirror in the morning after such idiocy.
Well there's always the daydream plot device, or they could explain that is how they remembered the scene, how they felt it when in fact Kazuya's freezing was average or less so that he can walk... since it takes such a toll on his body/forces.
All the things I really like to do are either illegal, immoral, or fattening. And then: Golf.
You can just pull it off again as "Oh, I dunno.. I just wanted to help you and it worked" again. I'm sure they can cast this aside just fine should they want to.
It's funny how most of this episode's progression doesn't make that much sense... Atia challenging Satella to a contest she had no way to ensure victory for one. She ultimately had to rely on Elizabeth, and even then it didn't work. But she had something else in mind anyway, so I'll let that one off.
Then there's Satella "willing to do anything for Kazuya". Remind me of how Kazuya got into the picture again and why this contest has anything to do with him?
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
Atia likely thought she would automatically beat someone as cold and detached as Satella, who likely wouldn't know at all how to impress the audience (which turned out true). I personally think Satella got lots of votes simply because voting her would be funny and kind of unorthodox.
Winning for Kazuya makes sense since even Satella has clearly stated they are a team. Even if it's a contest where only one can participate, it's still a victory for the team as well. It was likely a psychological thing for her as well because she was lacking motivation and courage to do it otherwise, when facing the real deal. Simply saying she's doing it for Kazuya (who probably wouldn't have minded either way), gave her a powerful reason to do it.
Satella won because of Moe.
Peace.
Yeah. I was trying to pin down her general appeal (across all the episodes) that was contributed by her personality, but could never find the word for it. Who knew it was this overused, but in this case very apt word (at least in its current sense, much like the warming-up tsundere vs 80/20 tsundere term evolution).
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
I didn't find it moe, but the guys watching literally shouted it out.
Peace.
Hrmm, I forgot to post this when I posted ep 8.
http://www.hiryuufansubs.com/funstuff NSFW
Freezing flash game Breakout! from the official site translated by Hiryuu.
Last edited by Marik; Sun, 02-27-2011 at 02:05 PM. Reason: Added NSFW.
^ this. Don't dish out NSFW unless you mean it Marik!! :<
Just played Satella, about to try out Ingrid and Elizabeth, then possibly Rana before I get bored of this. And I can't play with any colour other than black. The others are pretty much invisible.
Crtl rules, wide is okay, Shoot's close to useless, and the other ones you're better off not using.
Poor choice of the reward gif too. It should be whatever we "unlocked", not what we started with
Last edited by Buffalobiian; Sun, 02-27-2011 at 08:02 PM.
If it's not Isuzu-chan Mii~
So, having a picture of an animated female in her bra and panties is acceptable in the workplace. Duly noted.
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