The war against the Neuroi intensified. Underwear was stolen and returned. And my brother and I made a slight miscalculation in our viewing of the seventh episode that resulted in the violent end of our innocence.
We are no longer fit for marriage.
(Pontifus = white; Otouto-kun = blue.)
Episode 6
(0:33) Now that we’re almost halfway through, what would you say your preliminary MyAnimeList rating is?
(0:53) Five.
(0:55) Five? That’s brutal, man.
(0:57) Really? Would you say so? A good five.
(1:04) I think that’s pretty harsh.
(1:07) Really? I was going to say higher, but I wasn’t sure.
(1:11) I actually don’t know yet. It’s not really a fair question. For a lot of reasons I think it’s very amusing. I find it…not really funny, so much as…
(1:32) Fun?
(1:33) Yeah, fun. But now I have to decide whether that raises it above mediocrity. And, remember, we still don’t know what’s going to happen later on. Something really crazy might happen, for all we know. Something really intense.
(2:15) I feel like this should be meta-commentary of the director and the animation crew talking about the producers.
(2:28) That’s…true. Yeah…it’s kind of uncomfortable to think about.
(3:18) It’s me.
(3:20) Don’t worry, it’s just the audience.
(3:23) I’m looking.
(3:51) Every time they say “strikers,” I keep thinking of the third season of Nanoha. It’s not a good analogy, you know? If a comparison can be made between Nanoha StrikerS and another show, it’s not flattering for the other.
(6:57) I love her Hatsune Miku outfit.
(8:17) I like the slice of life aspect. I just wonder if anything’s being done here that hasn’t been done before. It doesn’t really help that I’m watching a fantastic military slice of life show right now.
(9:48) They don’t need that shit, they need caffeine!
(14:11) The one bodily function allowed to members of the slice of life girl band is sweating. They’re allowed to sweat, and they’re allowed to need to bathe. But that’s it.
(15:28) For a second the rain and the rafter looked like that scene from Fate. It sort of gave me chills when I saw that.
(16:39) I like this episode. I like what’s happening here.
(17:19) Even if they’re doing military work, it’s still slice of –
(17:28) Never mind.
(17:43) Oh, it’s the Vajra. Space whales. How many links do you think we’ll need to contextualize all these references we’re making?
(17:57) Lots.
(18:07) Just do what Basara did. Sing “New Frontier” and hope for the best.
(18:41) Alright, so the slice of life is good, but…you know the moments that are supposed to be really cool? Where there are these fanservicy girls packing heat? I’m totally buying it. I think that’s why I said your five was a little stingy. Because I’m totally buying it. Stuff that’s supposed to be cool is cool to me.
(22:07) Oh, come on. Higher-ups in anime militaries are always incompetent. No exceptions.
(22:43) I want to keep watching this show. It pisses me off.
(22:49) Why? What pisses you off?
(22:53) The level of enjoyment I get from this show.
(22:57) I’m buying it. I’m not ashamed. I mean, I’m a little ashamed. But, yeah, I’ll go along. I’ll participate.
Episode 7
(0:09) Let’s recap. We watched this once. We watched the uncensored fan edit, thinking it was the “real” version. And I think that we will never be the same after that.
(0:40) Yeah. I agree.
(0:46) What has been seen can never be unseen. Now let’s watch this for real. Let’s actually try to make comments about the plot. You know? Because last time all we could talk about was…I mean, you know.
(1:03) Yeah, I know. I was there.
(2:51) Have I already said something about that not actually looking like a real sword style? She just looks like she’s swinging her sword around randomly.
(3:01) That’s because she is.
(3:03) She doesn’t actually know a sword style. She just likes swinging it around.
(3:10) Well, so far, she swings at something, and she hits it, and that’s her style.
(3:24) Oh, there’s a scene with the bread in the mouth. The late person with…but it didn’t even look like toast. It’s supposed to be toast.
(3:32) It wasn’t toast. It was just bread.
(3:35) Why would you just have a piece of bread!? That’s stupid! It has to be toast!
(3:45) She didn’t have time to toast it. It’s the extremely-late bread-in-mouth.
(4:43) That’s a good question. What is the tenth? Tenth is no pants. It’s a rule.
(4:55) Why is Lieutenant Crazyname tight with Hartmann? Oh, I guess they’re both German. Right?
(5:02) Yeah.
(5:06) Karlsland.
(5:22) Pants…
(5:23) There are no pants!
(6:16) That just strikes me as a great Gurren Lagann line. “Believe in the sword that believes in itself,” or something. “Believe in the sword that believes in you who believes in yourself who believes in the sword.”
(6:47) One thing that critics of this show like to point out is that Lucchini is twelve.
(6:55) Uh-huh. And?
(7:00) Which does make you feel kind of creepy if you really think about it. I mean…
(7:06) …
(7:11) You’re just a pedophile! You’re just a pedophile.
(7:13) I’m surprised they didn’t make her 23 or something. I’m surprised they didn’t make her the oldest.
(9:37) This is better for my delicate sensibilities than the uncensored version.
(9:42) I’ll let that one slide.
(9:50) Your delicate sensibilities? Really?
(9:52) I thought you were going to let it slide.
(9:54) I can’t! You’re more twisted than I am.
(9:58) Dude. I’m normal as shit.
(10:02) I have to say, even if it’s in different ways, you’re still a lot more twisted than me. Like, messed up…
(10:13) I’m not like you, man. I am not like you.
(11:23) Subtle. They can just pop out their furry features whenever they want?
(12:17) “They had the good stuff this time.”
(12:19) That doesn’t look like an important delivery. It looks like they went to get some croissants or something.
(12:29) Croissant bombs. For the enemy.
(12:33) The enemy doesn’t need croissants.
(14:31) Slice of life shows aren’t postmodern enough, they need to be more…no, I think that’s the appeal.
(16:48) They couldn’t just go back to their rooms and get new pairs? Is that the only underwear they own?
(17:08) That is a fantastic question. Each of them has one pair? Wouldn’t the one pair get a little ratty after a while?
(20:04) You know, considering how many enemies these people have shot down, we haven’t seen many Neuroi.
(20:13) Yeah, the thing is, until this point, only one has shown up per week.
(20:27) Maybe they were stationed at the front, or something.
(20:34) They’re stationed at the front now, technically. The front being the entire European continent.
(20:55) In the first episode, she had shot down 200. And now she’s getting her award for 250? What did we miss!?
(22:26) I don’t feel as dirty as when we watched that other version. I mean, I don’t feel any more defiled than this show makes me feel anyway. I guess I should specify that.
“uncensored fan edit” I wasn’t aware of such a thing, I don’t want to touch such a thing (this is the missing panties episode right ?) *shudders* .
“(20:04) You know, considering how many enemies these people have shot down, we haven’t seen many Neuroi.
I’ve notice this pattern in plenty of anime where the first (plus the second sometimes) set up this huge conflit in which the fate of the world is on the balance and then just “forget” about it and focuses on mundane stuff (the slice of life aspect of the show) and then remembers that something is missing and somehow trying to show that the main plot is still around ((20:13) Yeah, the thing is, until this point, only one has shown up per week.”).