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Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu – 08
One wonders in what universe someone could have trouble finding porn on the Internet. Which leads to the question, Why was she really staying up all night? (Click for stitch)
Hey, we’re not running through the same old crap again, which makes me happy. The one battle with Owl Guildy was a waste of the cold open – even reusing animation from the first episode – but Erina’s plot developments more than made up for it. I only wish the show had spent time explaining Erina’s family and its love of twin tails instead of just repeating the exhibitionist/masochist fighting last episode. That would have made the confrontation between Souji and Erina’s mother have much more meaning. A clash between two people with very different but equally strong ways of loving twin tails! How perfect is that for this show? Even though that was close to what we got, it was a shame that we never saw the depth and breadth of Erina’s mother’s love for twin tails. For shame.
Still, the gags, including the entirely predictable “You piss me off, so marry my daughter” plot development, got me to laugh. Erina’s a real cutie pie, especially when she’s severely sleep deprived, and at least there’s some effort put into the story of her falling for Souji. He offered her a way to free herself from the shackles of her upbringing, he was the impetus for her introduction to pornography, and now he’s been forced to become her first romantic partner. Okay, those last 2 things were pretty forced, but hey, Erina hasn’t reacted by exactly falling head over heels in love with him either. It’s a slow, on-going process that feels a heck of a lot more natural than most haremette subplots
You can’t just be grabbing a girl’s twin tail like that, Souji. Buy her some dinner first, maybe get her mother’s approval…
Admittedly, Twintails! gets a lot of leeway thanks to its style of unapologetic absurdity. Like the double-reveal ending of Isuna realizing Thouars’s identity and Souji realizing Isuna’s. It’s utterly ridiculous that neither could figure it out immediately, so having them put 2 and 2 together later on would break the suspension of disbelief, even when accompanied by fortunate clues that happened to point them in the right direction. Yet when it happens 2 episodes later, it works, because the show takes it just so damn seriously. Isuna and Souji are so shocked, so in disbelief about these “new” facts that they just uncovered, that we end up going, “Okay, I dig it. Tell me what comes next.” It sells it the same way it sold us its basic premise of twin tail – and other – fetishist aliens taking over the Earth.
It’s a good spot for a show to be in. To have earned enough trust with the audience over the episodes that it can successfully pull off such ridiculously stupid plot developments with no irony. Thouars and Aika walking in on Souji confronting Erina’s mother when the only person who could inform them had been stading there the whole time had me more annoyed than that double reveal. So however (even) stupid(er) a thing might come next, I’m pretty sure I’ll also be enjoying the hell out of it.
“Wait, what else have I been missing this whole time? Could it be that Clark Kent and Superman are the same… no, that’s ridiculous! Superman doesn’t wear glasses!” (Click for stitch)
Aika-on-Thouars violence is always so good. (Click for stitch)
You know what, I’m sorry Aika, but I think Tail Red’s washboard outranks yours. (Click for stitch)
Darn, and here I was hoping to see some twin tails on Thouars.
An actual badass moment for Tail Red this episode (Click for stitch)
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Madan no Ou to Vanadis – 09
Are all war maidens forced only to shop at strippers’ shops for clothes? (Click for stitch)
We got introduced to 2 new War Maidens this week, Sasha and Elizavetta, which I was generally a good thing. The War Maidens continue to provide the best eye candy in the show, both with their costume designs and their battle sequences, even if the latter usually still leave a lot to be desired. It was a real shame that what could have been a great showcase of Sasha in her prime during the cold open had to be just another cutaway-from-the-cool-action-and-show-the-boring-results fight scene. At least Elizavetta versus Eleonora was fairly fun with the electricity-on-wind action (seems each War Maiden has had a different element so far: Eleonora, Wind; Ludmila, Ice; Sasha, Fire (?); Elizavetta, Electricity; Sofya, … Push? Light?). Even if they once again invoked the boss-versus-boss-is-only-thing-that-matters rule. I’m again left wondering why they don’t just save a whole lot of trouble and innocent lives by having just the bosses from each side duke it out. Seriously, think of the likely poor peasants who don’t get to go home to their likely starving families because they died while fighting in an utterly pointless battle.
I’m really liking Ludmila with Tigre a lot better the 2nd time around. Her haughty know-it-all personality with Tigre’s naive over-honest one make for great chemistry. I can’t say I’m too excited about the actual battle, though, having been burned one too many times by the utterly lackluster and often incomprehensible battle sequences of this show. I just figure that Tigre and Ludmila are destined to make it through alive and victorious at this point; if one or the other gets killed off and/or if they actually lose to the Muozinel army in a meaningful way, I will be very pleasantly shocked. The worst I see happening is that they get backed into a corner before Eleonora comes in to save them from the precipice of defeat. I’m sure she’ll have some words to say about Tigre owing a heavy debt to Ludmila at that point.
Come on, Ludmila, you couldn’t give us a little Basic Instinct moment here? (Click for stitch)
Though she’s also got another blonde contender to worry about. I’m still not clear on what Regin’s role in the story is. Why is she getting special treatment, and why did she ask to eat Tigre’s soup? At first I thought she was going to activate some magic that required them to share that indirect kiss (lewd!), but it got dropped completely. I hope that line comes back in some way; otherwise it was just a confusing waste of time. At the very least, she’ll continue to be a part of the story, as the show left her request to Tigre a mystery. Gives me something to look forward to, which is good, because there are precious few of those in this show.
Does she literally just keep those swords on top of her blank all the time, as a reminder of what she can no longer do? (Click for stitch)
Elizavetta comes by far the closest out of all the War Maidens not to reveal her navel. So close. (Click for stitch)
“Eleonora may have gotten her hands on your bow first, but by golly, I will make it mine!” (Click for stitch)
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Grisaia no Kajitsu – 09
Just taking a nap.
Business as usual on Fruit of Your Loins. Girl has a horrible past. One of her parents is a cunt. Yuuji intervenes with bullets. Highway is wrong about the assassination job not being meant for Yuuji. I’m pressed for time so I write a short post. The story is rushed. Things wrap up quickly. On to the next girl. To be fair, Makina’s route was definitely the most solid of the ones we’ve seen so far. Not that the rest set the bar very high. So again, I’m just going to have to assume that all of Grisaia‘s failings are a result of horrible adaptation choices on the part of 8-bit, and that the VNs really are as good as they say. But hey, maybe Amane’s route might end the rather lackluster season on an upswing. If nothing else, she’s probably going to bring more fan service back into the show that isn’t just random panty shots.
You wouldn’t hurt a loli…
Bitch had it coming.
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POWUH: 600-699 and LN Enthusiast with 623 comments
Vanadis: Their clothes definitely serve to distract the enemy. Anyone would definitely get distracted looking at Sasha’s lower half. Though the loli Vanadis in the OP is still the biggest offender when it comes to the Vanadis’ fashion sense. I mean, look at her.
And yeah, duels aren’t exactly popular in this story. Would save a ton of lives if armies just throw out their strongest warriors. But soldiers have to at least earn something or at least die honorably in battle rather than stand there. Muh honor, muh rewards and all that reasoning. For the record, soldiers do try to help in the fight but these war maidens are too OP that it’s pointless to even try to attack them. Best to just kill and die to a fellow enemy fodder.
Besides Regin’s request getting skipped instead of shown immediately, there’s not much complaints about what got covered. They’ll tell what that request is next episode.
POWUH: 700-799 and Parkouring Fanboy with 776 comments
I feel like in a do-or-die situation, how sexy the opponent is should be something easy for any soldier to ignore, you know? Especially if you know that the opponent is one of the 7 most powerful humans on the planet. For that matter, since they usually just go up against other War Maidens, it shouldn’t really be a factor anyway. Although some of Elizavetta’s words to Eleonora sure seemed suggestive…
POWUH: 600-699 with 691 comments
yeah…but men are men…you can’t argue with that logic…i would look straight at her tights first thing before concentrating…sorry, i would die in that scenario…
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
It should go without saying that it’s a weakness more than worth living with.
POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10998 comments
Then by that logic I am not a man. I would look at the weapon. But then, I guess tights are a weapon of sorts…
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
A psychological weapon.
POWUH: Meta Team and Spammy Tamer with 7115 comments
Grisaia: I’m only wrong if you take JB at face value, something that you probably shouldn’t do. 1) She knows Yuuji’s situation with Makina. 2) She knows how Yuuji is, so she knows he’s not going to off Makina. 3) She shows him the dossier anyway, to give him information about the background of the family. “Did you read the next part?” “No.” “Well, it was *something something something*” “Ah yes I remember seeing something about that.” Unsaid: “So you DID read it! Why don’t you just say that?” “Because then you couldn’t provide the exposition for the audience.”
Conclusion: She never intended for him to take the job. She had to pretend that it was for him to have him read the information. She even continued to help him out when she was supposed to be catching him.
POWUH: 800-899 and Mad Scientist with 814 comments
The job was meant to be Yuuji’s, regardless of how he or Julia felt. I figured he might have more internal struggle between his job as a professional and his new guardian role. But in hindsight I should have expected him to make the decision easily considering his personality.
POWUH: Meta Team and Spammy Tamer with 7115 comments
I had no such doubt, and nor should you have, as you acknowledge. My point is that JB had no such doubt either, and “gave” Yuuji the job knowing that there was no chance that it would get done by him. She never had any intention for Yuuji to kill Makina because she knew it wasn’t going to happen. But as she said, if he didn’t take it, then someone else would get it, so she was getting him to take it to give him a chance to get her outta Dodge.
Whether they both went through the farce of her offering it and accepting it or not, JB didn’t ever intend for Yuuji to kill Makina.
POWUH: 800-899 and Mad Scientist with 814 comments
Allow me to refresh your memory on what you said:
So no, you are still wrong. Yuuji was assigned to kill Makina. I don’t disagree with anything you are saying about the subtext of their conversation. But you explicitly stated that Yuuji hadn’t been assigned to kill Makina when in fact he was.
Since you like filling things in with your imagination, imagine the following unseen conversation between the incompetent man in the suit and Julia: “put your best man on this job.” From that very moment, the job was assigned to Yuuji, whether or not he chose to fulfill it.
POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10998 comments
Twintails
The cross the line twice…at the same time. This is how you do absurd.
POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
It has already been said that Twintails takes absurdity to NGNL levels.
POWUH: Meta Resident and LN Informant with 1529 comments
Vanadis LN elaborations:
– Eliza has ties with Ganelon and Thernardier, and was trying to lure Ellen away from Tigre to leave him vulnerable.
– Eliza and Ellen have plenty of bad blood between each other. Eliza blames Ellen for her father’s death; he was killed trying to escape arrest by Ellen’s forces. He’d been accused of treason for tax fraud; the Zcted crown ordered Ellen to capture him.
– Likewise, Eliza burned down Ellen’s birth village to control a plague from spreading.
– Eliza wants to test her new strength against Ellen, which Ellen notes has increased unnaturally since their last encounter. Show ▼
POWUH: Meta Resident and LN Informant with 1529 comments
Vanadis costume designs were clearly made to appeal to specific types of readers. :p
POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
*koff*koff*ero*koff*perverts*koff*koff*
Damn this cough. >_>
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Is that a guilty conscience I’m sensing? 😉 I don’t think I’m wrong.
POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
Too much oppai in Vanadis. Insufficient Pettanko(r).
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
And that’s exactly what makes it perfect!! Yay!! Oppai wa seigi da! 😀
POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
*Makes BB watch all the episodes of Kojika*
😀
POWUH: 900-999 with 915 comments
Grisaia – The thing that struck me as the weirdest this episode was the two of them sleeping in underwears… Was that really needed? .-.
I did expect more, I was expecting them exposing Yuuji’s personality and emotions better, but he was as cold as ever… Let’s see what happens with the next arc. If it’s the last, it will last quite a lot.
POWUH: 600-699 and LN Enthusiast with 623 comments
Grisaia: I never got to continue playing Makina route so there’s not much comment from me. I was planning to play it but the Yumiko episode sapped all my motivation. So I watched this route as an anime only viewer. It’s a weird thing really.
Heard this was a mix of the good and bad end of the route. Bad end with Yuuji killing the mother and good end with him surviving. Which kind of contradicts what he said that he doesn’t kill anymore. If they followed the good end then he really doesn’t kill. Though you could argue that when it’s for a loved one, he can break his rules and do anything. At least Yuuji came out of this 70 million yen richer than before.
Amane route is the last one. I’m actually in the minority that didn’t like the route that much, meaning majority of VN readers liked it. I like Amane as a character but her route wasn’t that good for me. The buildup wasn’t worth the climax of the story.
POWUH: 900-999 with 915 comments
70 million yen richer… That’s a nice character development, huh…
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Ore, Twintails ni Narimasu – 08: I’m glad there are characters that actually take time and notice something is amiss as they look at an image. Kudos to Souji and Isuna figuring out their respective focused target isn’t who they appear to be. Even though it’s ridiculously overdue.
Unless there are parental restrictions on her computer, I don’t see how Erina couldn’t find any porn on the internet. 😛
POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
She would find that there are a lot of Twintail H-doujinshis. Especially TailRed x TailBlue.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
With their world in a twintail craze, that would be likely.
POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
*koff*koff*winterkomiket*koff*koff*
POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
Oh god… skylion will go literally bananas in this weeks episode because it has…
*drumroll*
Naked LOLi… (akemi Homura)
POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10998 comments
Eh?
POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments
Go watch your twintails…
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Should I have some medication and a straight jacket ready?
POWUH: 600-699 with 691 comments
I dropped Grisaia a long time ago so…no idea what happens in there and i still haven’t watched twintails so…i’ll just talk about vanadis…They’re doing such a poor job with it, the LN is 10 times better, but it’s probably because the show only has 13 episodes, still i wish they had shown a bit more of love to the LN than what they are doing, they ambushes and the arc they’re illustrating would actually take more time to make it good though 2 or 3 episodes at least, but, with how much they have to cover in only 13 episodes it gets rushed and frankly…it’s bad…Ludmilla is still the best girl…yes i ship TigreXLudmilla
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Grisaia no Kajitsu – 09: Agreed that this arc was solid yet rushed. It would have done the arc justice if there was at least one more episode allowed but since the series as a whole a limited total of episodes, it couldn’t be helped. Kind of a shame, though. Some parts were interesting enough in its own right.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Madan no Ou to Vanadis – 09:
I have a solid enough reason which defends why they dress the way they do. The war maidens wear enough clothes to cover the important parts of the their bodies but don’t go overboard in wearing so much that it weighs them down and restrict their movements. Thus making it easier for them to fight in battle. Gladly putting up with exposing some skin in exchange for gaining mobility. A fair trade-off if you ask me. And because their outfits are skin tight to a degree, it wouldn’t feel like anything is holding them back. Like, say, when they’re swinging their swords and such. Elizavetta makes a good example to back that option. The dress she wears is so long, flowing and a bit baggy she’d easily be swayed and distracted if a strong wind ever blew her way. Ludmila gets away because though she’s wearing sleeves, they’re closed up enough that wind can’t get in.
This is war. It comes with the territory and there’s no such thing as a war without casualties. As long as there are people who can’t see eye to eye, conflict and subsequent deaths are unavoidable. Plus, the soldiers are willingly backing their leaders so they have no problem dying for what they believe in.
The highlights were Tigre discussing strategies with Ludmila. That was a lot more interesting than Eleonora fight with the other war maiden. Seriously, each faction is getting some kind of support. Gotta wonder how high the body count will go.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Oh, Spammy, give it a rest already!!