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yeah the direction of the battle scenes was rather poor this weak. hope that isn't a sign of the future. oh well, the gray haired badass is still alive!
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Jun 15, 2015 01:40
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More importantly, Arslan has added a tsundere to his harem.
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Jun 15, 2015 01:49
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I like how Gieve is coming around to Arslan in a very consistent way.
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Jun 15, 2015 02:51
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Being able to inspire the kind of loyalty that gets a poor traveler to throw away bags of gold for you is pretty impressive.
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paragon1 posted:Being able to inspire the kind of loyalty that gets a poor traveler to throw away bags of gold for you is pretty impressive. Those bags of gold were from the Ecbatana royal treasury, right? Just look at it as paying him back.  I liked that they justified Arslan's idealism and naivete with something from his background this episode, instead of just making him naturally good. The whole surrogate parents + socialized around other children thing explains a lot.
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Jun 15, 2015 15:27
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I find their consistent surprise at the fact that Arslan isn't a complete dick to be hilarious. "This prince wipes his own rear end, it can only be an improvement over the previous kings!"
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Jun 15, 2015 16:48
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Tsundere Elam.  But yeah, the fights were pretty bad this ep and there were a lot of derp faces in the background, hopefully it's just a one off.
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Jun 15, 2015 16:53
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The battle scenes in general are kind of bleh...because I imagine it's probably very very budget-intensive to do otherwise. I perfectly understand mass derpy CGI because the alternative is...uh, how Maria went, where it felt like armies were made of like five dudes.
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Jun 16, 2015 03:57
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Jun 16, 2015 03:58
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Sakurazuka posted:anime it's like the inverse of anime like 60% of the animation budget of the last few years has been dedicated to boob physics in the most incredibly gratuitous and physics-defying ways
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Jun 16, 2015 04:19
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Sakurazuka posted:anime No way.
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Jun 16, 2015 04:21
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Sorry, though tthis was the chat thread. I still need to watch episodes 10 and 11.
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Jun 16, 2015 04:21
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Arakawa would never do gratuitous tity
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dogsicle posted:Arakawa would never do gratuitous tity Arakawa does sufficient titty
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Jun 16, 2015 11:12
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Arslan's apology was so earnest yet so hilariously frank.
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Jun 17, 2015 01:48
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They really should have waited longer to do this adaption, the drop in quality after overtaking the manga is just too noticeable. I mean, it's still an interesting story and I'm not planning to drop it but the fight choreography and characterization has taken an appreciable hit for the worse.
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Jun 21, 2015 17:57
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It seems the same to me.
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Jun 21, 2015 18:44
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I haven't noticed much. 
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Jun 21, 2015 23:22
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dogsicle posted:Xandes is a huge badass, it's really too bad he's an enemy. shame about the lackluster fighting this week too. HA! I just finished watching the last episode, and that comment made me chuckle.
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RIP a dozen characters with their own designs. Also, contrasting this with Legend of the Galactic Heroes, it really seems like a step back of sorts. Arslan asks "what makes a good king?" LoGH asks "is a king even worth having?" Of course, they tell different stories with different settings (this story lacks the communication technology to support a representative democracy), so I am being a little unfair.
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I laughed and enjoy that the show unceremoniously shoots an apparently important enemy in the back and have him drop off a cliff. Usually there'd be some sort of honour thing interfering with pragmatic actions like that.
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Phobophilia posted:RIP a dozen characters with their own designs. "Democracy is the worst form of government aside from all others that have been tried." - Churchill. The anthropic principle here is that Kings Exist and are inherently legitimate so long as they rule wisely and justly (and unwise unjust ones are overthrown by wise just King's ala the Mandate of Heaven). As viewers we kinda need to accept this premise otherwise it is being unfair. The closest we'll see to a King in these sorts of works embracing a more progressive political philosophy is if they agree to something akin to the magna carta. T.G. Xarbala posted:Arslan's apology was so earnest yet so hilariously frank. What happened here again, I just watched it but can't remember.
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Fleve posted:I laughed and enjoy that the show unceremoniously shoots an apparently important enemy in the back and have him drop off a cliff. Usually there'd be some sort of honour thing interfering with pragmatic actions like that. Well, he did dishonor himself by throwing his weapon and running away from the man who he swore vengeance on
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it was cool when they shot the guy in the back, but he's probably not actually dead
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I got a chuckle of out what had to be an intentional nod to the upcoming Musou game when Daryun was trying to save Arslan all "special" this time around.
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ExiledTinkerer posted:I got a chuckle of out what had to be an intentional nod to the upcoming Musou game when Daryun was trying to save Arslan all "special" this time around. 
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Jun 23, 2015 19:02
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Jun 23, 2015 19:24
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I laughed but I don't think it'll stay funny if the whole rest of the series is going to look like that.
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Jun 23, 2015 19:37
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This series is going to look like poo poo the rest of the way, I fear.
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Well gently caress.Raenir Salazar posted:What happened here again, I just watched it but can't remember. He was so apologetic because he knows just how much money means to Gieve, it was a pretty great accidental burn.
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Only just got around to watching last weeks episode, on one hand I agree that the fights were still a little lacklustre this episode, on the other there were a lot more than usual (practically the whole episode), Daryun going all Musou owned and it was still a lot better than episode 11. I'm okay if it carries on this way. Also I liked Alfreed but a lot of people going to get mad if that was setting her up as being a love interest for Narsus. I guess episode 13 is late? I've seen raws but no subs so far.
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Episode 13 kinda picked up a lot, so I have to withdraw my complaints. This is a good show. The fact that it's not 1 for 1 with the manga is all the more reason to be reading the manga though! The show is ahead of the manga now but there's some good bits from the manga they skipped over for whatever reason.
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Sakurazuka posted:I liked Alfreed but a lot of people going to get mad if that was setting her up as being a love interest for Narsus. Who else is he going to shack up with? Elam? That's his former slave, which is way creepy! Let them hook up with Arslan. But yea Alfreed is awesome this week, and I like that she's completely straightforward to the same degree that Narsus is a sneaky bastard. I hope she's a major character from now on!
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The Devil Tesla posted:Who else is he going to shack up with? Elam? That's his former slave, which is way creepy! Let them hook up with Arslan. Everyone should hook up with Arslan. He's very charming.
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gently caress yeah India, let's go full clusterfuck Current theories re: Arslan? Currently I would say while there's no way, and never really was, that he's Andragoras' son, it's still possible he's the Queen's bastard, possibly even the son of her previous husband, placed in safekeeping. I doubt he's just a random kid they picked out for resembling the royals enough to cover up the real Arslan's death or whatever, they'd surely go for someone who looked more like Andragoras in that case.
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ZepiaEltnamOberon posted:Everyone should hook up with Arslan. Didn't you see Gieve blushing when speaking to Arslan? Rodyle posted:Current theories re: Arslan? Currently I would say while there's no way, and never really was, that he's Andragoras' son, it's still possible he's the Queen's bastard, possibly even the son of her previous husband, placed in safekeeping. I doubt he's just a random kid they picked out for resembling the royals enough to cover up the real Arslan's death or whatever, they'd surely go for someone who looked more like Andragoras in that case. I'm going to go with this as well.
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I haven't seen episode 13 yet. Timeline differences. Can't watch at work.
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two sword beard guy is cool. this show does it yet again. lots of off-model faces though also next week is going to be a recap episode
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