Aldnoah.Zero

[lelouch]

2) Light refraction / scattering was a relatively minor point in that if the point was wrong, it means Inaho was wrong and Slaine was right. Character-development-wise you can argue that Inaho being wrong is very significant.

I think you misunderstood this scene. My understanding was that Earth has learned a lot more about science in the past years and has developed further knowledge, while Mars is dependent on Aldnoah and is behind on the most current information.

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Okay so I googled Mie & Rayleigh scattering, apparently that's a real fucking thing? I thought that was some crazy shit the show made up to show how smart Inaho is that something everyone else thought to be known, he found out some like even more complex answer. I legit thought the sky was blue because of refraction. But apparently it actually is because of Rayleigh fucking scattering? What the fuck is this shit? Was I lied to all through school?

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Okay that fight scene soundtrack is officially on my workout playlist. What a great fucking show. Haven't been this excited for the next ep since Code Geass or Gundam Seed.

[Munsu]

OK, now I've caught up with this series. Have quite enjoyed it, but I love the ED theme aLIEz - Sawano Hiroyuki / [nZk]:mizuki.

Anyways, looks like the next episode will be the final one for now? I think I read this will be divided in to 2 seasons of 12 episodes or so.

[shinta|hikari]

What.

No way.

[Munsu]

What.

No way.

Well, I don't know if they'll continue non-stop for 24 episodes or if there'll be a break, but anidb has it listed at 12 episodes and I'm pretty sure I read somewhere else hat it would be 24 episodes, don't recall where.

[Buffalobiian]

Okay so I googled Mie & Rayleigh scattering, apparently that's a real fucking thing? I thought that was some crazy shit the show made up to show how smart Inaho is that something everyone else thought to be known, he found out some like even more complex answer. I legit thought the sky was blue because of refraction. But apparently it actually is because of Rayleigh fucking scattering? What the fuck is this shit? Was I lied to all through school?

I don't think you were "lied" to, but the papers talking about mie effect seem to be relatively recent. There was one in 2003 which was about verifying that the effect was even real.

Mahou showtime doesn't have an episode count for this show yet, but in recent years I've found that site, while reliable, tends to lag behind in the times. I won't be surprised to see this end in 1-2 episodes however. It's not the first Urobuchi show to do something like that.

[David75]

http://www.nyaa.se/?page=download&tid=599921
ep 12 out

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I didn't like the fact that szaasbaum kataphrakt was just a compilation of those we've seen before.
It gave a meh effect to what should've remained a climax battle.
It was a little too easy for Inaho.

Now for the cliffhanger, well, I like the idea of the princess dying in a previous ep. But having Inaho dead too pushes it quite a lot.
No, I'm wrong. Inaho should be dead because no one can survive that long, that many impossible battles like he did. It's just that dying like that is too cliché...

And then they spoil the fun by implying the princess might not be that dead, like they did twice before.
Provided the blond thing that was shot twice, once in the right lung and the other shot probably even better, she really should be dead.
Unless that body morphing was applied to the Loli and her, so,they trade places. But then there's the Aldnoah deactivation. They never told us the loli has aldnoah "royalty" DNA. And I don't think the loli is the true princess and asseylum just has some aldnoah DNA.

Another anime trope is that Inaho planed it all and this was all an act involving szaasbaum, the bigger scheme being the will the stop the war.

[lelouch]

Uhm... what the fuck? Why did he shoot Inaho? Clearly he was friends with the princess? This series went from a 9/10 to a 1/10 in a matter of minutes.

[shinta|hikari]

@David - Or they could both be simply dead? This is Urobutcher we are talking about.

Damn, that was shocking. Inaho's crawl was heartrending. It showed how much emotion he actually feels despite pretending not to and being unable to show it on his face.

Slaine really is Suzaku. Few characters have garnered my hatred this much.

[David75]

Honestly I hope they are and can still make it an entertaining show afterwards.
But the princess came back twice, each time from a more dire setting than the previous one. And the narration kept us believing that maybe...

As for Slaine killing Inaho, it was obvious it's from the emotional shock of seeing his beloved princess die in front of him and jealousy when he understood they shared a love bond...

I can't dislike him that much, he's just a teenager always in hard to, judge situations, making the wrong choices but surviving regardless.

[KrayZ33]

Uhm... what the fuck? Why did he shoot Inaho? Clearly he was friends with the princess? This series went from a 9/10 to a 1/10 in a matter of minutes.

What's the problem with that? They were both pointing guns at each other and Inaho even said that he is his *enemy*. "2 much tragedy 4 u?"

The question is, why did he rescue Saazbaum? What did he expect would happen?

[Buffalobiian]

The question is, why did he rescue Saazbaum? What did he expect would happen?

That's my biggest issue here. Slaine was cool when he held up to the torture, but he's a running bag of emotions here. Save the guy who you know plotted to kill the princess, who told you he'll kill the princess, and then fucking does.

Another question is why Slaine was given rights to pilot his mech? If rights can not be transferred by anyone other than royalty, then the remaining possibility is that Slaine is royalty.

As for the princess being alive, that seems to be a lingering possibility. I would have thought that Slaine could have wanted the war to continue though, under the guise that the princess was dead all along. I'm not sure if Saazbaum jammed her broadcast to everybody, or whether he merely stole it from his fellow Martians. While Slaine was batshit about Saazbaum killing the princess, he did seem gravitated towards the count's idea of ending the hatred (at least for the Martians). The encounter with the friendly Martian soldier in this episode may have solidified this for him.

Slaine shooting Inaho was a given. Inaho shot Slaine down and prevented him from "helping" the princess, thereby ultimately leading to her death.

Inahoh x Seylum ftw.

Unless that body morphing was applied to the Loli and her, so,they trade places.

That can't happen. It's a hologram. The bullet would have gone over chibi's head. The chest shot may have clipped her ear.

[David75]

I just hope Slaine didn't get his aldnoah powers from Aseylum's kiss... That would be one of the worst clichés to use... And Inaho would also get such powers. Well if he's dead it doesn't matter anymore.
I also hope there's no hidden ' I can't die ' power in the royalty aldnoah power, that would prevent Aseylum, Inaho and Slaine from dying... That would be another hard to swallow cliché on top of the kiss one...

[Ryllharu]

I found it quite comedic that no matter where Inaho had been fighting Saazbaum relative to where the Princess was, twice he crashes through a wall or ceiling into the very same hallway or room.

The much darker assumption is that Slaine simply took her body with him because he is a creepy possessive stalker, and that she's still very much dead.

I think I would have liked it more if Inaho didn't try to kill Slaine with his last movement, but rather stayed defiant and went to kiss her, because that obviously would have pissed Slaine off that much more.



But we know what will really happen is that she somehow will survive, but have amnesia and Slaine with convince her they are boyfriend and girlfriend.
/Ryllharu vomits



My takeaway from the series is this: Inko is great, and Nina and Inko need to be the protagonists of the sequel. Their great friendship will bring peace to humanity as a whole.

Unfortunately, they're likely to make the main characters of the sequel Rayet and Slaine assuming that Inaho and the Princess stay dead.

[fireheart]

Another question is why Slaine was given rights to pilot his mech? If rights can not be transferred by anyone other than royalty, then the remaining possibility is that Slaine is royalty.

His father was allowed to study Aldnoah so maybe he figured some things out and gave his son the rights to activate any drive similar to the royal family. After all it sounds like the only reason the royal family is the royal family is because they were the first to come into contact with the Aldnoah drives.

The much darker assumption is that Slaine simply took her body with him because he is a creepy possessive stalker, and that she's still very much dead.

This was pretty much what I assumed minus the creepy possessive stalker thing.

[Xelbair]

I just hope Slaine didn't get his aldnoah powers from Aseylum's kiss... That would be one of the worst clichés to use...

it is obviously related to Slaine's father - i'm sure that he discovered how to actually use aldnoah.

[Ryllharu]

how to actually use aldnoah.

Wishing really hard that the thing you're in turns on? That's all that Slaine did. What an amazing researcher his father must have been!

If he screamed really loud about his frustrations at not being able to save the princess and [whatever] is happening again, that scene would have been very GAR, instead it was just kinda lame.

[shinta|hikari]

Wasn't the princess shot in the head? I think she blocked the bullet aimed at Inaho using her head.

[KrayZ33]

I don't think she did anything to catch that bulllet, haha.

[shinta|hikari]

I remember her bowing and her head overlapped Inaho's.

[Buffalobiian]

She jerked forward before being hit in the head. Her head did overlap somewhat. I'm unsure as to whether she fell forward due to the chest pain or whether it was an intentional block. It could be either way. Now that the latter's been suggested I'm actually leaning towards it.

Saazbaum was most likely aiming at her all along though since she's his target.