Two things are wrong with this picture, one B-2s don’t have rudders, two they fly combat ops at night…
This weeks ep was pretty action heavy in the sense that Canaan was mowing down Alphard’s goons. Though artistic license was abused and those goons after killing off all the cops ended up blowing each other away in a massive team killing as Canaan used her bullet time to dodge everything. Even if it was pretty much bullshit it still looked kind of cool. Still they also went further and had a B-2 flying a combat mission in broad day light. At least they are mostly redeemed by having done their homework and had Spirit 2 sortie from Guam. Though unless they rolled out a new B-2 the thing doesn’t have four tail fins, but at least they slaves away to animate the mirror sheen on the helmets that reflected the flight controls. The Engrish from the pilot was pretty good though the AWACS chick laid on the accent pretty thick.
The eyes of a WoW addict.
I am pleasantly surprised that they even brought up the 7th Fleet instead of just going with a general term. Lastly even if Alphard’s goons could not land a single hit on Canaan at least they demonstrated proper use of cover even as they weren’t shooting properly nor did they pimp out their assault rifles. Though again it seems that there is at least some one or a group of people on the team that does their homework. The attention to detail even went so far that the nameless goons who brought in Maria last time even made a second appearance as Alphard’s escort. It’s funny, they do so much right, but at the same time we really don’t know where the story is going.
So in any case Alphard decides to punish her imouto Liang Qi for getting out of line and aggravating Canaan. This breaks Liang Qi’s heart so much that they spent a lot of time animating the many faces of Liang Qi’s anguish. Cummimgs tries to smooth things over the usual way but his efforts are in vain as Liang Qi is in emotional turmoil and Alphard isn’t in the mood to tolerate any more of Liang Qi’s jealousy of Canaan. Maria gets even more uppity and for the first time Alphard shows some emotion as the thought of her former lover in a past life had forgotten all about her. Alphard then decides to kick Maria in her grief and heart break and tells the story of how a dirty mercenary named Siam had taken on two students that he both named Canaan. Alphard has since tried to leave it behind her but I suppose that Maria crying out for her old name was too painful to ignore. Even after all this time Alphard has been most patient with Liang Qi, Maria, and Canaan and despite the beatings and criticism not once has Alphard sealed their doom despite the opportunity presenting it self on numerous occasions. It is sad to see that Alphard’s kindness is not being returned in kind by either Liang Qi, Maria, or Canaan, Alphard onee-sama loves them very much but Liang Qi only repays her by beng spoiled, Maria pretends to forget everything about her, and Canaan is still bent on hating her after Alphard saved her from the pedo-bear Siam (as Alphard will have Canaan’s first kissu).
Natsume can rock my computer any day…
I can see why Alphard was furious that Maria had forgotten and now treated her as a stranger despite calling out her name. Though since SUGOI girl has memory that is not so SUGOI maybe Kabitzin is right that maybe it was Alphard that was her savior. Still the drama was not limited to Alphard and Liang Qi’s yuri turmoil as it seems that in this time line that the CCP has cliques and that 00bama’s insistence the White House found Kissinger MkII though I was hoping that it was Dr. Henry Killinger with his magic murder bag. I am surprised that the US bothered to even call the Chinese Ambassador or the descendant of Hu Jintao, though it seems that the Shanghai clique is planning to user this fuck up to it’s advantage.
While Canaan and Natsume hacking NAVSTAR was utter bullshit I had fun imagining it as a great WoW Raid where Canaan got to level 80. In the end Alphard can enjoy watching Canaan and Maria struggle. Liang Qi is keen on proving how deep her love for Alphard is while Cummimgs is going to try and restore the yuri sisterhood of Alphard and Liang Qi. Hakko is probably going to use the voice of command as Minoru and Satana take a road trip and try to annoy the hell out of each other. Canaan gets in major trouble as after over exerting herself after her pregnancy by Alphard and starts suffering from migraines and loses her powers, which means that Liang Qi actually has a chance to actually doing some damage.
If so there is no need to leave this room…
Think about it…
After you goaded her…Alphard wanted Maria all to herself for a moment. She would have shared her with you ya know…
But it does include loving her…TENDERLY of course.
Confused?
Alphard onee-sama is tired of giving instructions and advice that you willfully ignore.
I see Alphard onee-sama wants Liang Qi to be all she can be, perhaps even an ojou-sama from a distinguished family that has been continued for a thousand years, skilled in both literary and military arts, with wit and beauty, the intensity of summer, the grace of autumn, the pride of winter, and the gentleness of spring…
It is not enough for the imouto of the Great Prince Alphard to be just another crazy Otome. It is well known that Shizuru rejected Tomoe for that same reason.
It’s high time you started acting like a lady.
This means you have to stop beating up the other haremettes.
Keep that Up Liang Qi and your homeschooling will end…
I see that Liang Qi has finally gotten it through her head that it’s time to grow up.
Alphard hates it when you cry…
Noe approves of these True Tears of unrequited yuri love.
Cummings wants to take away all of Liang Qi’s anguish and sorrow.
Cummings hates it when Alphard and Liang Qi are fighting like this…
No abuse is too great to preserve the loving relationshipe between onee-sama and imouto!
Cummings no baka!
Worry not Alphard onee-sama Liang Qi could never runaway from you.
Damn where is his magic murder bag…
Not so much Cheney as he is a Carter…
Indeed though it is sad that people have to reminded that vaccies cannot cure viral infections…
Damn right that is what the 7th Fleet is there for, silly Okinawans and their consipiracy theories.
Hey that never stopped Vash from blowing shit up…
Men are such silly creatures…
How rude she has gotten…
This is the first time I have seen Alphard actually be shocked…
She’s lying my liege no one can ever forget about you.
In Alphard’s ideal world all are equal under the boot of her villianous tyranny!
Defrag her hard drive now my liege!
Even when Alphard’s heart is breaking she carries herself as a lady.
It’s fun being their personal monster is it not my lord.
Maybe next time we can see her smile for real.
Damn right that’s what Andersen Air Force Base is for!
And a Princess named Alphard…
The last one he did for free…
But Alphard was already special…
Alphard found out that she had been charged while Canaan MkII got free lessons, so Alphard demanded a refund…
That was when Alphard knew that she had found her soul mate.
Hopefully her lovely onee-sama.
Alphard onee-sama likes funny girls.
I s that regret I sense?
It was a gift to Canaan Mk II, a token of Alphard’s love that she may never be made fun of for being second best despiter Alphard’s clear superiority.
That’s right Maria even if you and Canaan live in denail Alphard will always remeber you both fondly…
Now that is something you don’t see everyday AWACS.
They even drew in the mirror sheen…
Oh now you remember Alphard…
Only then will Alphard come to your rescue, and perform CPR.
Alphard can feel Canaan’s presence…
Man back in the old days they would have just run him over with tanks…
HIGH TENSION!
Cummings you worry too much.
Like Alphard could ever escape from Liang Qi’s love…
Alphard is hoping that Liang Qi will come back new and improved.
But Cummings likes Liang Qi and Alphard, please don’t make him choose.
Cummings bought it… hook line and sinker.
Yeah your acting has improved my lord.
Man some one on the animation staff wants to be a pilot. Most detailed no name guy yet…
And opportunity is knocking twice…though I had always imagined that Canaan was going to be on top.
What kind of pillow talk is this?
That I am sure of…
Time to compose a love song then?
Take it easy, Alphard would not want anything bad to happen to you or the child you carry. While your memory sucks Alphard will not forget your special night in the bathroom together…
NOOOOO its a Santana end…
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It was irksome to see the most visible piece of hardware in this episode so blatantly botched; doubly so because it was so obviously intentional. They took the time to research and detail the cockpit, even down to getting the joystick correct during its brief close-up, and then couldn’t even be bothered to look at a picture of the exterior? It seems like they put even more effort into detailing the GDU-31 and the ejector rack than they did the Spirit…
It seems the mind of an art director will always be a mystery to me.
Regarding the “botched” B2 bomber… it’s obviously an alternate universe, what with the Liberal Democratic Party in power in China. Why can’t the bomber have a different design? It looks like a sort of hybrid between the angular F117 and the “flying wing” B2.
I can already see the news reports saying that the guided missile hit a preschool…
I was thinking the same thing! I bet Canaan’s glad she didn’t kill Yunyun now. Note Canaan barely shot up anyone, although Maria didn’t really care at all since she really was in danger this time.
Even after getting stomped on, Maria’s ahoge could not be kept down.
About those fins on the B2, I think it’s some sort of weird marketing ploy. Like where everything, including mecha, has to be made into a cutesy SD/chibi form. They just decided to give it cat ears (though since it is a bomber, angry swept back cat ears.) Spirit-chan kawaaiiiii~
Also Liang Qi’s love will go beyond love and become hatred. In the end she will duel Alphard in a GM-drive equipped Flag for they are truly tied by the red threads of destiny.
actually there’s three things wrong with that B2, it also appears to have afterburner nozzles on the engines
that’s interesting, where was it said that the liberal party is in power?
@Hegemon
Indeed I wish they had taken the realism to the MAX, but I suppose they wanted to envision the next upgrade…
@ScrambledEggs
That part regarding the LDP is a bit of mystery one group said it was the LDP whereas another never mentioned it. I guess it was because they got so many things right that it was lamentable that they did not do the same with regards to the airframe.
@Kabitzin
Those dirty 5th Column jouranlists, there was no preschool within 50m of the place…
Of course Maria’s SUGOI ahoge was left intact, Alphard could not seriously beat her haremettes, if she had ever been serious she would have broken a few bones…
@ExecutiveOtaku
But the B-2 already looks smexy without the nekomimi…those Japanese sure are weird…
Alphard will take her back well before it comes to that, once Liang Qi finds herself all alone and in need of help her onee-sama will come to the rescue and make sure that Liang Qi never forgets that Alphard always has her best interests at heart.
@blind_dead_mcjones
Well that certainly reduces the stealthiness of the B-2 unless the next upgrade meant going with the stealthy engines of the F-22…
Maybe it was just a way to make up for the retirement of the B-1 fleet and not fund a replacement…
@karma
I think it was mentioned in another sub, though I personally rely on gg.
@ crusader
that’d sound about right, oh well, those transgressions still aren’t anywhere near as bad as the botching of the most recent Valkyria chronicles episodes (come back wendy, come back…)
WUT THE?!?!?
Between bullet-time and Gun-Kata, Canaan can see code too??? What’s next, we already know she knows kung-fu, so will she be able to fly once she recovers?
So Santana used to be from Third Echelon? Does he have the 5th Freedom as well?
Yup, I expected Alphard to discard Liang Qi once her utility was expended…
I don’t really agree with you and Kabitzin. If Alphard was Maria’s saviour, then how did Maria and Canaan meet? I mean Canaan’s affection for Maria is real, so I don’t doubt they are really friends.
If Maria forgot something, it probably has more to do with what possible role she may have played with the release of the Ua virus in Shinjuku.
Unless Canaan was an experiment and had fake memories placed in her! THE CAT’S CRADLE IS A LIE!!!
@ Epi and Kabitzin: Maybe this Maria Oosawa is also not the genuine Maria Oosawa either…
@blind_dead_mcjones
Indeed there is so much to like here that when it stumbles even a little (admittedly B-2s getting a less than faithful airframe ain’t that big a deal) that it makes one grimace a bit more than if it were a terrible series to begin with.
@Kherubim
Santana is no Sam Fisher I assure you…
Alphard will only discard Liang Qi after a night of Alphard and Liang Qi that went on forever and ever…
Kenji Oosawa probably made a clone to hide the fact that there is no cure and that he peddles snake oil.
@Epi
Canaan’s memory is just as jacked up as Maria’s after all I am sure the first fight between Alphard and Canaan might have been distorted by emotions…
@Kabitzin
Indeed I suppose the passion of Canaan’s first time with Alphard might have caused her to block certain areas of her mind…
“It was a gift to Canaan Mk II, a token of Alphard’s love that she may never be made fun of for being second best despiter Alphard’s clear superiority.”
I burst out in laughter till my teeth dropped when I read that!
(Alright, that was a mite exaggerating) Yuri sexiness for the win! I hope Alphard onee-sama gets to gather her girlies soon.
CUMMINGS NO BAKA =))))))))
@Coloso
Soon I hope very soon…still good things come to those who wait. If so it will be a sight to behold.
@ahelo
Damn skippy.
@Kherubim
Well the REAL Maria Osawa is… well just google that
But when wow is so fun ><
I start to like these anime. Is like one of that chinese action movies with an unintelligible plot, but good kung-fu/gun-fu + J yuri love
@Emperor
Indeed it was fun watching my brother pull out his hair over a lack of gold…
@mareo2
Simple and efficient, so long as they stick with a simple formula they will do well.
I found myself in very bad shape after week of everyday 14 hours playing but thats only once per year during summer brake >< …
, and to the episode best till now.
But to the show I like it very much its finally somth with guns , good memory of grammaton clerics
I wanted to see Sam Fisher, the Rainbow Six series and perhaps Full Metal Panic embedded in this one for the terrorist plot thingy in Shanghai.
And President Vash didn’t do anything.
“God help those souls.”
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