Aldnoah.Zero

[shinta|hikari]

The fact that the fake princess was moved by the words of a smarmy random character whose name we will never remember proves how insignificant she is outside of her Aldnoah triggering genes. What was her name again?

I loved it when Inaho referred to Asseylum as Seylum in front of his brocon sis.

InahoXRayet? I love Rayet, but no, Asseylum all the way.

Inko looks so generic I have trouble identifying her at times. I am unsure why you guys like her so much. I don't disapprove. Rather, I'd appreciate it if you enlighten me.

[Buffalobiian]

InahoXRayet? I love Rayet, but no, Asseylum all the way.

Inko looks so generic I have trouble identifying her at times. I am unsure why you guys like her so much. I don't disapprove. Rather, I'd appreciate it if you enlighten me.

Ryll, your move.

Personally I find that Inko's a good balance of everything. A jack of all trades. She's not as girly as the blonde, but not quite as tough as Rayet. It's that middle ground that makes her approachable as a person and useful as a soldier. She fits in with the girls and also coordinates with Inaho's earlier plans while maintaining common sense. (Inaho doesn't have common sense, that is true)

Her cutest aspect would be her reactions. The way she talks during battle, or sighs when realising Inaho was still a virgin etc.

Things might change a bit now that Rayet's matured more, but early-game Inko was the best of the three girls (blonde girlish girl, Red brooding Rayet). Seylum and Yuki are in categories of their own.

[shinta|hikari]

So you're saying it is precisely because she is so average that she's good?

[Buffalobiian]

"Average" is one way to put it. "Complete" is another way. She's balanced, but her stats aren't bad. She's just not appealing to hardcore girly fans or tough-girl camps. She's not outstanding, but you see her reactions much more readily so she's overall less boring.

I prefer the term "balanced" because these days "average" implies relative incompetence. Nobody likes just average.

[shinta|hikari]

I see. If that is indeed her appeal, I completely understand why I do not like her (not dislike). I have always preferred more polar characters.

[MFauli]

episode 18:
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lol
from simply accepting a terran as one of theirs to marrying their princess. ya know, if i were martian id refuse to accept that, too. I guess if Slaine was a real, he´d have ended slavery, homophobia and sexism in a week.

[shinta|hikari]

The smart thing Slaine did was he took advantage of all the backward systems in place in the Vers empire. He had the advantage of a more educated and politically advanced upbringing. It was kinda annoying how HE was able to do it considering his incompetency in the first season, but it isn't impossible if you have a fake princess and a crystal ball.

Now that Seylum is awake, I wonder how emoprincess will fare. She is absolutely inferior, like she said so herself. Having the real thing around makes her useless, until of course, Slaine finds out that Seylum is in love with Inaho and completely against everything he has done so far.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm pretty sure Slaine deep down already knows that Seylum and Inaho are in love.

How Slaine won the duel was still a little weird though. It's true that while the funnels were forced to attack from a single direction, the same was true for Slaine. He should only overcome that situation if he had an overwhelming speed advantage, or a superior firepower advantage that wasn't too slow. What we actually saw, were the funnels acting weirdly as if they malfunctioned and lost their chance to shoot.

[shinta|hikari]

Yeah, execution was lacking. Slaine's explanation was that the funnels were designed to surround the enemy, making it hard to shoot them down because they are all over the place and shooting at you from different directions. However, the entire fight was the funnels shooting at Slaine from behind because he was dashing away the whole time. The supposed advantage of the funnels were never really displayed.

If I had directed that, the funnels should have been moving in different directions and covering a larger area, trying to corner Slaine as he zipped around. Then Slaine would use his dumbass crystal ball to somehow avoid being cornered and then hide into that tunnel. Then it would make perfect sense that he would be able to shoot the funnels down because they are clumped together in one direction instead of trying to surround him all the time.

[Buffalobiian]

If I had directed that, the funnels should have been moving in different directions and covering a larger area, trying to corner Slaine as he zipped around. Then Slaine would use his dumbass crystal ball to somehow avoid being cornered and then hide into that tunnel.

Add to that some shots of where Slaine predicts a funnel and tries to shoot it down only to be warned that another funnel has sneaked up on hin from another position, thereby forcing him to continue running.

[MasterOfMoogles]

Funniest part of this episode:
Inaho: "They're fighting." ... "It's over."

Did he hack into some satellite and was watching? lol.

[Buffalobiian]

Funniest part of this episode:
Inaho: "They're fighting." ... "It's over."

Did he hack into some satellite and was watching? lol.

Just optical zoom.

[NeoCybercoin]

That's some badass zoom he got there.

[MFauli]

its not like you need a certain focal length to display that far away scenes. oh well.

[KrayZ33]

I took it that he saw "fighting" (lasers etc) and not who fought or how it ended.

[Buffalobiian]

That's some badass zoom he got there.

Almost as badass as his analytical engine.

its not like you need a certain focal length to display that far away scenes. oh well.

Not like you need certain heat dissipation or electrical power to compute at that speed. Oh well.

I agree with Krayz in that Inaho didn't necessarily see everything crystal clear.

[shinta|hikari]

I actually question the need for that scene. We already know how OP Inaho's eye and CPU is. So does Inko. What was the point of his comments?

[Buffalobiian]

I actually question the need for that scene. We already know how OP Inaho's eye and CPU is. So does Inko. What was the point of his comments?

I think it was to show the audience that Inaho is aware of what went on in space so he can later say something like "So that was you, Slaine Troyad" when he hears about Slaine's rise to power instead of being surprised.

Also, it gives a reason for Inaho to be standing under the stars by himself thus letting Inko approach him in private. All this facilitates the chance for Inaho to apologise to Inko for keeping secrets from her.

The whole episode wanted to end on the point that Inko will ultimately trust Inaho despite the apparently treacherous behaviour she saw.

[shinta|hikari]

Then it was incredibly superfluous.

Inaho can stand under the stars for a million other reasons. The Slaine Troyard comment is not only unnecessary, it can also be deduced from Slaine piloting an Aldnoah mech and popping up all the time.

Why does he need to be able to see into space?

[Buffalobiian]

It's figurative. "Inaho can see things that Inko (and others) can't".