Yeah, there's something about this that has simply a good energy that makes it fun to watch regardless.
My biggest gripe is that so far the coolest fight he's been on has been the first one, when he used his own magic to make a shitload of cool moves and what not. Since we moved to more of the mecha side of things, with magic pretty much being purely used as if it were gasoline on a car, the less enjoyable these fights have been.
Episode 9
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Things certainly get a lot more interesting when the enemies are other humans, not witless monsters. Although the terrible damsel in distress princess is more comic than tragic, honestly.
It's quite strange how it seems like Ernie's country and the countries conquered in this ep were perfectly satisfied running the century old models and only having enough of them to fight random monsters. Meanwhile that red country looked like it had turned their whole society into one giant machine of war, like nazi-Germany or Soviet Union did. You'd think the neighbouring countries would get just a bit worried. Of course such things did happen also in RL before the world wars, but I'd say a lot of that was due to the poverty of the nations.
It looks like Ernie's new turbocharged mecha is working perfectly.
I just hope the villainous country is more than a punching bag for Ernie´s new toys.
Also, I wonder how they built their air ships. We know they stole the new silhouette knights and copied them. But they never got ahold of Ernie´s flying mecha. Makes you think just how dumb the scientists/engineers in Ernie´s kingdom are, lol.
The sword-mecha was cool.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
I'm not up to date with this one, but a big gap in military tech isn't really that uncommon. Even in the world we live in today.
Episode 10
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Yeah, such an idiot trick shouldn't ever work twice. It shouldn't have worked even for the first time, for that matter, but I guess Ernie's nation never had to fight against human opponents, not even the occasional rebels, drunk drivers, and simple thieves. That assassin squad leader woman didn't seem especially stupid and not at all incompetent (although her mecha was already obsolete against Ernie's latest creations), so I reckon she was essentially done in by that offer to restore her family. That is, her greed, ambition, and desire made her try to chew more than she should have. That's of course quite realistic, in the end.
I don't much like the princess. It's not like I couldn't imagine someone like her to behave like this after all that happened, but it still annoys me she seemingly has no royal blood in her veins. She's not ready and willing to do anything for her country, despite the fact she must have lived a luxurious and privileged life on taxpayers' money. As soon as things go wrong, she simply gives up.
At least there were a couple of scenes with Nora the spy girl, one of the very few interesting girls in this show. It's a pity the LN author seemingly was incapable of writing a good main girl. I refuse to believe it's only to emphasize Ernier's mecha obsession.
Episode 11
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The drake mecha looks unnecessarily big, complicated, and cumbersome. And of course helluva expensive and resource intensive to make. It must be carrying rows upon rows of reactors. However, since it is a flying thing, it can't carry an endless amount of weight. Its armor must be compromised to a degree. I don't see how Ernie would encounter particular difficulties defeating it using his undoubtly superior speed and maneuverability. It's like the WW2 bombers vs fighters.
The princess is fortunately getting a bit less annoying. That's great. Ernie and the enemy engineer remain the best characters. The enemy engineer's overly theatrical speech and poses when convincing his countrymen were funny. He clearly doesn't think much of those leaders, but he must placate them to get funding.
Episode 12
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I have a feeling the enemy nation will be bankrupt the moment that drake mecha goes down. It must cost as much as a whole army of topnotch silhouette knights.
Anyway, this anime was disappointing. It had a nice setup, well enough animation and cool mechas ... just no story.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
Haven't caught up yet, but...
I told you so.
Peace.
I'm not sure I ever expected this to have much in the way of a story. So far I've liked the MC's single-minded obsession and the fights enough to keep me entertained. It's a pity the series didn't have a decent female lead to accompany the MC, but it's fine for a run this short. If this had been two cours, the lack of depth and plotlessness might have started to get tedious.
Episode 13 Final
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Quite a forgettable thirteen in a dozen series, but I guess it was entertaining enough with this one cour length. It says a lot I didn't think for a moment it's a pity this doesn't continue. Of course that can happen as well with excellent shows that presented a solid, natural, conclusive ending, but this ended merely where the current arc happened to end.
It would have made this last ep a bit better if Friend A had stolen a kiss from the queen, but he wasn't really that kind of a cool character.
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