I’m struggling to write up a post about this episode. Nothing really much happens, yet again. I could summarise the story into three parts. Ichika plays around with girls Tabane gives Houki her new IS Mission briefing to deal with a rogue IS That’s it. Chifuyu approves. Remember previous episode’s beach time? Well now it’s [...]
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So, revelation off the bat. The reason why Shinonono Tabane has gone missing is because… She was hiding out in Star Driver! Anyways, it looks like she wasn’t really missing since Houki knew how to contact her. Tabane reveals Houki’s new personal IS, Akatsubaki! But that is another story for another episode. With the unnecessary [...]
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Ahh, Infinite Stratos. You got so much more interesting and entertaining after I stopped expecting anything intelligent from you. Like, I’m serious. Infinite Stratos is good for one thing, and one thing only. And that is moe fanservice. The best kind. Although I gotta admit, this show does get pretty stupid and annoying at times… [...]
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Ugh. The strongest impression I have of this episode is how much I hated the new character Tabane. Not only that her character is completely one-dimensional, but her hyperactive personality and annoying voice makes her scenes unbearable. God, if we need a sacrifice for some melodrama, please put this woman to sleep forever. Other than that, I guess I was wrong about the series after all, as the problems with the plot has finally got to me. I don't mind them spending two-thirds of the series building on the characters, but it seems like they have nothing planned from that onwards. It won't be so bad if they kept the characters interesting, but show moved on from selling the characters to selling the mediocre story. Which is a bad decision. And there just isn't enough Charlotte in the episode to tide me over this episode since Cecilia took most of the scenes in this episode. I dunno, Cecilia seems to be the least popular character out of the five, why did they chose to feature her in this episode anyway? Ichika's stupidity seems to have has upped a couple of notches this week. And there's the crappy animation we see outside of scenes with the IS(s). Did they dump all their budget into the CG?... Well, Houki's new suit looked pretty good, and everyone is amazed with her 4th Generation specs but I assure you, it will all become irrelevant soon enough.
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There was so little to write about in episode 9 that I decided to blog it together with episode 10. Okay, the real reason is because I was out of town till a couple days ago and lazy. The producers decided to make up for the lack of fanservice in earlier episodes by shoving it [...]
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Have been rather enjoying the “IS: Infinite Stratos” anime series, as you may have noticed from earlier musings about the show’s cute reverse trap Charlotte. Originally a light novel series written by Izuru Yumizuru, artist Okiura provided the illustrations for the “IS インフィニット・ストラトス“ novels. So who better than Okiura to draw a visual book featuring [...]
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Summary: For unknown reasons, the IS school has an onsen class trip. With all the girls vying for a spot next to Ichika, Charlotte and Cecilia end up winning. Realizing that sitting Japanese-style is too much for her legs to bear, Cecilia is unable to feed herself, thus requiring Ichika to do it for her [...]
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My thoughts go out to those who were affected by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami in Japan… I have a few friends out there at the moment who thankfully are all okay. Summary: The episode begins with Touki giving her older sis a call, and Tabane is ready for her by telling her little sister [...]
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Episode 10 – Thin Red Line – その境界線の上に立ち(シン・レッド・ライン) (Shin Reddo Rain) The first half to this episode, in all honestly, was just a bunch of fanservice. It was entertaining at times, although Houki getting more involved in the harem feels kind of sudden in a way. When I had lost all hope that this show [...]
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「その境界線の上に立ち���シン・レッド・ライン���」 (Sono Kyoukaisen no Ue ni Tachi (Shin Reddo Rain)) "Standing on Top of the Boundary Line (Thin Red Line)" It's Tamura Yukari overload this week as she brings a spirited childish energy to Tabane like only she can. I sometimes wonder what the starring cast of younger seiyuu think when they see Yukarin come into the studio and bust out that voice when she's a good 10-13 years older than them. Granted, she doesn't look it since she's a fellow "eternal 17-year-old" member, so perhaps reality's not as funny as I imagine it to be. But... but... Ni-paa! Note: In case you haven't heard, Japan was just struck by a massive 8.8 magnitude earthquake, the fifth largest they've ever experienced. The country is in a crisis right now, so my thoughts go out to all its people. The damage is absolutely unreal.
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Some ramblings about the tenth episode of the light novel/manga/anime series named Infinite Stratos with many wallpapers of the characters in the story.
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  What exactly is with people in this show and doing things to Ceci’s butt? Impressions: Meh. This was pretty clumsy execution and conflicting… well… everything all around. Houki suddenly jolts out of her tendency to sit off in the corner writing angsty poems to herself where she’s been in since about episode 4 to rejoin those wacky [...]
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There really is not much that can be said about IS. It is a bad show that you should not bother with. I read a few people who had some initial hope that this was going to be something new or at least entertaining, but in the end it took all the wrong directions and winded up by producing an anime [...]
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Slightly late post yah… umm Summary: The episode begins where the previous ended off as Ichika and Charles fight off against Laura and Houki. While Laura is completely unaware of the concept of teamwork, Ichika and Charles seem to have perfect teamwork together and manage to effectively fight Laura. Meanwhile Houki decides to attack on [...]
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A good amount of people who have consistently read my posts probably wonder why I anticipate every forthcoming episode of Infinite Stratos as well as why I write about it. Let me shine some light on the matter. First, I am not following IS because of its meaning or its depth: it’s actually the quintessential [...]
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So do I Char-chan, so do I. Orimura is quite possibly the dumbest character of the season.  Maybe even the year.  I could believe little moeblobs like Potemayo live in my fridge before I could honestly believe that a guy could be so unaware of romance.  He’s so fucking clueless that Houki can’t even beat [...]
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In my.. uh, preoccupation with saving the galaxy, I kinda forgot to post the second part of this post. So, well, here it is! HNNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH CHARLOTTE! I suddenly have an appetite for French bread. Britain kinda deserves better treatment. STUPID SEXY GERMANY! Twintails are cheating! MMMMmmmmmm Chifuyu-nee’s hotness should be regulated on the level of [...]
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With a beach-centric episode, there’s NO WAY that this week’s post will be devoid of pictures. Which also means I will never be able to finish a full post by this weekend. Hence I will leave you guys with a couple of images to drool over before diving head first into Chifuyu’s breasts the actual [...]
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