I like Mikazuki personality but i can't avoid to think. What could have been to have a Mika with an actual personality. Would he be more liked or hated?
Did Gjallarhorn invent alaya vijnana sex? Was it forbidden after the war too?
>>149486632
Yes they invented it (And built the gundams around it), but no it wasn't outright banned, just heavily discouraged and something you only really see being done out in the outer regions like Mars and Jupiter after the war.
>>149486280
He already has an actual personality,retard.
It's like no one knows what a personality is anymore, for god's sake. Even mobage characters have personalities, something like "courteous, ambitious and takes risks" is a personality. You're thinking of character development or depth.
>>149486700
Wait, really? Are you bullshitting me?
>>149486280
>On that topic, Orga and Mikazuki are core of this story, but there are many surprising/shocking things about them.
>Okada: I guess so. You could say that they have a strong relationship that goes beyond the notion of depending on each other… Right from the start, we already had “A genius mobile suit pilot named Mikazuki and a group leader by the name of Orga.” But what their characters were like, or what their relationship was like — we didn’t really understand a lot of it until we wrote it out. Especially Mikazuki — the director and I had lots of discussions about “Just what would a bona fide genius be like?” If we turned him into someone who simply loves combat, then he’d just be one of many, so I tried to be careful about the balance there.
>Mikazuki is a character that seems pretty hard to grasp at first glance.
>Okada: He prioritises protecting his comrades, his Tekkadan family, and he really stands apart from the norm when it comes to sniffing out when he needs to do that, so his actions in that regard are pretty straightforward. But he’s rather dense in other areas. As a person, he’s missing something. In terms of working out his dialogue, I try to give him words that are rather flat, but which also give a sense of this really deep darkness… I wanted to make it very clear that there’s a hole in him somewhere, so that’s something I paid a lot of attention to.
https://karice.wordpress.com/2016/05/15/p507/
I wonder how they're going to transport there MS down to earth. They don't have Montag to help them this time.
My girl Atra is nowhere to be found, at least she is out of danger right now
>>149487368
They have much higher funds than s1 and the Teiwaz boss clarly likes them.
>>149488086
I meant that they can't go through oficial routes because traffic to the country is being blocked and Teiwaz couldn't help them with it back in Season 1.
I wonder if they're going to improvise a MS drop. We saw that they can back in the first season with barbatos using a graze as a sled and Carta's forces had those actual shields/sleds for drops.
>>149486280
Is S2 worth picking up? S1 was dog shit but the S2 designs look tempting
>>149486280
>Mikazuki visibly showing emotions on his face
No lie, but all those images are genuinely scaring the hell out of me.
>>149487368
Don't know about the others, but I'm almost certain Mikazuki is just going to orbital drop in his Gundam.
>>149488265
So far it has been better. There's been more action and a plot developing beyond "Take this girl to Earth".
>>149488332
He only managed that back in S1 because he had a corpse to ride down on and absorb the friction heat for him.
>This is the most useful a member of Carta's team ever was on screen.
>>149488374
Yeah is slow so far, but at least we are in the middle of an actual war instead of simply seeing a bunch of workers suffering, Tekkadan is a family (currently backfiring) and Kudelia discovering her purpose
All this AstonTaka on twitter.Too bad I saved none of it. AstonTaka a shit.
Buildo Faitas had better semen demons
>>149488839
Takaki is in general quite popular in twitter right now, if they actually kill him there will be a little meltdown?
Do not fear! Fuka is here she will fix everything!
>>149489012
I disagree.
>>149489457
>>149489050
If I know anything about fujos, or if Ein's example shows anything, not really. Sure they'll cry but eventually they'll just proceed as normal.
>>149489582
>>149489622
>>149489457
IBO lacks thicc
>>149489610
>they'll cry
Good. That's what they get for taking the bait.
>>149489705
Build Fighters lacks Muppets
>>149489705
Have you SEEN Cucubita?
>>149488522
Why do you think he's training Hush?
>>149490003
Because he asked nicely? Mika is not a complex individual so far
Those OP visuals are getting pretty outdated really fast. Why did they chose to make them like that?
Hush's ice is quickly melting. By the end I'm sure he will have a lot of devoted fans.
>>149490531
Considering he already have some, unless he fuckup something badly yeah he will have his fans
Takaki is getting played like a damn fiddle. He's going to die next week isn't he?
>2 characters with younger sisters die
Reminder that anything in Tekkdan that is no Mika and maybe Akihiro is dead if they try to fight choco, who will our good old friend McGillis obliterate next episode?
>>149491006
and he deserves it at this point
>Hurr Raditz-san said I can't talk to the boss because it's his job that makes so much sense even though Chad would have told him to go fuck himself if he tried that with him.
>>149491121
Better yet
>I'm second in command of the Earth base, but I'm letting an underling tell me what I can or can't do!
Hope he gets crushed to death. What a fucking faggot.
>>149491098
Really? His mobile suit looks lame as fuck. Vidar could kill him without problem
>>149491006
I want to believe until the end that he's gonna man up and call out all that bullshit.
>>149491213
I thought he would at the end of this episode, but he didn't. Now I just want him to die. Tekkadan doesn't need idiots like that in charge.
>>149491213
After this, not really sure they will Kill Tadaki, maybe Aston but it feels like they don’t want to kill any of their pretty boys
>>149491006
Biscuit and Takaki had families so they are not genuine Orphans Namida, they need to die.
Thankfully Akihiro killed his brother before the Orphans Namida curse.
>>149491196
>Graze Ritter
>lame
Carta-sama is laughing at you from a better place.
>>149491525
Carta Graze is cute! Also was it true that it really is the same Graze Carta used?
>>149491463
Shino, Lafter and Azee didn't get any build-up hinting to their death, Ein just appeared out of nowhere and trashed their Mobile Suits.
InIBOif you are to die you needto have at least one and a half episode dedicated to your backstory, family and how everyone will be sad when you bite it. And if it's not possible, you can have an episode title like Fumitan so that everyone is still warned.
>>149491463
Their "deaths" weren't foreshadowed. Takaki is getting the Biscuit treatment. He will definitely die.
>McGillis makes a formal alliance with Tekkadan, invting Orga to his GJ ship
>The alliance is broken two episodes later
I knew that Tekkadan would be facing Choco some time or another but I didn't expect it to happen so soon.
>>149491761
Meat Man is a Master Ruseman.
Vidya probably told him that McGillis likes using Tekkadan as an asset.
So him and Mossa cooked this situation up not only to undermine McGillis, but to pin them against each other.
Meat >>>>>>>> Chocolate
>>149486280
Smug Mika is definitely something that needs to happen before the Show ends.
Will it get a 3 season?
>>149492205
No. It was planned and written as two seasons from the start.
>>149491761
I doubt it given that the crew from Mars will rock up and sort out the misunderstandings and manipulation.
>>149492781
The crew from Mars isn't even aware of what's happening outside of what gets reported on the news.
>>149492904
Yeah but you just know they are going to tell space traffic comptroller lady to fuck herself and go down there anyway. Then they'll see McGillis and piece together what is happening from what they do know.
>>149486280
That's actually a "don't use expressions like this" sheet.
Saw that on /m/ before but forgot to point it out.
Kill Orga.
>>149493164
Why would you need a "don't use expressions like this" sheet for an impassive character? Surely a post it note of "don't use any expressions" would suffice.
>>149493164
That's too bad. I really wanted to see top right at some point, but I guess Mika is too deadpan to wear such a snarky expression
>>149493075
Yeah but now they illegally enter earth again, could end up attacking or killing important people in the ongoing battle, McGillis is already in the eye of the storm he will have a lot of explanation to do, not mentioning that card of McGillis Graze with a dead Shiden, also if he gets attacked next episode he will react and he is quite deathly
>>149493285
Actually, we've seen Mika display a few emotions. There's the occasional smile for instance.
He's just nor super expressive or animated, which makes him seem completely impassive by anime standards.
>>149493386
>not mentioning that card of McGillis Graze with a dead Shiden,
It should be pointed out that game cards are not always the best source of spoilers and are occasionally inaccurate.
Gusion next week!
you better live Takaki!
>>149493164
Yes, that's what it said on the top right
>please do not draw/animate Mikazuki making these expressions
>>149491636
>>149491669
Don't bother, there'll always be idiots like this, completely disconnected from what they're watching. And Takaki is a even less prominent character from Shino.
there is a 999% probability that aston dies next episode
>>149494010
takaki had his deathflags in s1 as well got to see his family, got to see his reason for living, got smashed in a space tank and survived his death flags.
he may be able to do it again. But next episode Aston or Takaki is going to die. they can't throw these death flags like they're doing and not kill someone.
>>149492104
Rustal is a legitimate threat to the Earth Sphere and the Solar System. In the light of recent and not so recent events, McGillis is akin to a saviour of mankind next to that mass murdering psychopath
The more I think about it, the more Ilikedthis episode. This sort of grunt vs grunt battle is something the series needed to show, it reminds me a bit of old Votoms especially with the Landman Rodi which somehow looks like a Scopedog.
It also showed how a literal who such as Galan could become the de facto leader of Tekkadan by playing the right cards ; praising the kids, honor their deaths, saving the acting leader's ass to win his heart. Takaki goes from "Since when he's the Captain ?!" to "We need to follow him". The storyboard cuts to black when he's thinking about the current situation, because he's literally unable to figure out himself the possible outcome of the events. He is not cut to be a leader, and it will lead him to his eventual fall.
Also Akihiro is still the most hilarious character of the show.
>>149494670
>He is not cut to be a leader, and it will lead him to his eventual fall.
well I think he did very well. as we know he isn't a leader type but he keep his troops in line for 2-3 weeks. thats pretty good considering all he wants to do is go home and play house with his sis.
I'm really hoping Mika/Guts saves him next episode so he doesn't have to die. its really annoying in these kinds of series where soon as we get to really know a character they kill them off for some forced drama.
>>149494670
I need a loop of him doing lifts.
>>149494803
They live in a kill or be killed universe and have killed a god number of people, yet if they never die where is the tension? They are invincible
>>149494968
* Good not god, sorry for that
>>149494215
I was more drawing comparison between the way Biscuit's death and its aftermath were portrayed and how there were still idiots who thought they'd actually kill either of the three, Shino in particular, in the second to last ep. With no room left for any kind of payoff. And now they are apparently still unable to tell the difference between that situation and Takaki's situation today. I just don't even bother.
>>149494968
>if they never die where is the tension?
imo there is a lot of tension right now. there is the possibility that takaki will die, but there is possibility that aston may take the bullet. However Mika/Guts are extremely close to earth so they may make it in time and save them. then there is McGillis as well. he has a partnership with Takkadan so he may save takaki and friends as well.
so there isn't an impossibility for their survival.
>>149495018
>Biscuit's death and its aftermath were portrayed and how there were still idiots who thought they'd actually kill either of the three
ah makes sense then.
>Vidar/Gaelio and Julietta are voiced by MegaBlue and GokaiYellow respectively
For real?
Meat sentai fanart when?
>>149493976
I wonder if Yamagi has a body like this. Probably not.
>>149494803
If Takaki doesn't next episode, it will be very strange as well as disappointing. A good story needs to have high stakes, and in a war dramathe stakes are people's lives. If the main characters always gets out of evry situation by he sole virtue of being the main characters, it's not interesting because it's cheating.
It wouldn't matter as much if this was a lighthearted show such as Mobile Fighter G or Reconguista, but IBO plays itself very seriously so it needs to raise the stakes so we keep being interested.
A fine example of this would be Dougram, it's a 75 episode show where only two secondary characters die on the MC's side, but both deaths are very tragic and unexpected so it works wonder.
>>149494968
Again, people forget that death in the show implies several, at least two, episodes of SOLEMN SADNESS and ORUFENS NAMIDA. You want to see characters die? Okay fine, but you better save your complaints when the plot doesn't move for several episodes and cool robot fights don't happen because orphans are not done with their mourning yet.
>>149495302
Wasn't one of the deaths similar to Lockon situation?It's been a while, but some guy bit it and his replacement was basically his doppelgänger or something
>>149495302
Personally I'm iffy on the idea of Takaki dying.
The thing is that he already had a near-death call in S1, so putting him on the chopping block again seems a tad repetitious. Though yes, it would serve to up the drama and keep things tense by helping to restore the "Anyone can die" vibe, as opposed to just offing literally whos as they did plenty of times this episode.
But still, I think that it would work better to keep Takaki alive to avoid repetition, and kill off Aston to restore drama. Aston would work especially well given the obvious dependency he has on Takaki, and it would hit Takaki especially hard after he realizes how the entire thing was his fault for the blind faith he put in Radice and Galon.
>>149495302
>it will be very strange as well as disappointing.
I really don't want to see Takaki die but I do see your point. I'm not a fan of "take small side character give him 2 episodes to build him up then kill him" I find that more disappointing. how they handled biscuit was better. he was a major guy since the beginning and killed him. which resulted in a major blow to the tekkadan family shaking Orga a great deal. imo I don't think takaki would hurt the tekkadan as much as biscuits death. since he was just the small side character that showed up once in a while.
>>149495302
>If Takaki doesn't next episode, it will be very strange as well as disappointing. A good story needs to have high stakes, and in a war dramathe stakes are people's lives. If the main characters always gets out of evry situation by he sole virtue of being the main characters, it's not interesting because it's cheating.
We already have that situation regardless of Takaki dying or not, because there is just no way Mika is going to bite it before the very end of the show. So it doesn't really matter. And Takaki is just a minor character so the stakes are low anyway. I don't think they need to kill more than one or two characters to make the viewers fear others might die as well.
>>149495464
didn't think of it that way, I hope your right man. Aston is growing on me so I'll be sad if he dies. especially with the takaki's response to his friend's death.
>>149495628
>I don't think they need to kill more than one or two characters to make the viewers fear others might die as well.
I'm actually really invested in IBO right now because of these 2 side characters. I'm really hoping takaki survives but still want aston to survive. feels way to early in the s2 to kill off some tekkadan guys
>>149487140
You know i give okada shit, but she actually did nail this down really well.
>>149495380
If life won’t let then mourn they will have to go on, they had to go on when Biscuit got killed and they will do it again especially now that they are more mature, that’s all I’m waiting for, but if no one ever died in this arc is there really tension? The enemy is extremely dangerous? Its ok only unimportant Tekkadan characters die, o wait they fall in a trap! Once again only unimportant Tekkadan characters die, those guys are created out of the vacuum they can have an unlimited amount of them no one care about them they are background characters.
In most Gundam shows or war dramas in general secondary characters die here and there to remind the viewers that they can and will get killed if the situation gets out of hand, it’s not like they are going to kill a main character it’s just someone from the support cast.
>>149495803
You're obviously a fujo then. Can I just ask what makes you invested in that literally post haste pairing that feels like they threw some characters against a wall, saw who sticked and then threw in a bunch of baity dialogue?
>>149493164
I was kind of hoping mika would eventually use the screaming expression in the final bits of the show.
>>149495302
Nigga what are you on, dougrama has hands down one of the worst deaths in anime. The retard literally dies cause some random fucking grenade explodes in his motorcycle cause it got hinged on a nail then they replace him with an identical clone a few episodes later and never mention him again.
are you ready /a/?
>>149491098
Choco is not going to kill anybody, he'll just disarm. He's good at it, Gaelio vouches for that.
>>149496040
I like how takaki is a nice guy caught in an impossible situation yet still tries his best to stay himself. He still wants to be a good natured boy and be a good brother his sister can look up too and stay in school. He tries his best to keep his friends alive. Aston thinks himself less than human so he tries to be a good friend and tell him he's a human just like himself. aston I find his social awkwardness entertaining, but I don't like him nowhere near takaki.
yeah takaki isn't some ground breaking character, but I still like the character and don't want to see him die.
>>149492904
I was surprised to see Orga being so composed about it. Why isn't he flipping his shit? Every boss would be flipping their shit at this shit.
>>149495449
Apart from his replacement part, what happen to Lockon was interesting, he got a lot of death flags and almost got himself killed losing an eye in the process, many though he was safe but a few episodes latter boom
>>149495628
The quality of a show doesn't relate to the number of characters dying, but in IBO's case they keep insisting on the fact that anyone can die at any moment, the kids are disposable etc. If they don't follow by killing characters we actually care about, all that building amounts to nothing and it weakens the overall strength of the series.
Remember Gundam Wing ? Heero Yuy keeps saying "I will kill you" to everyone, in the end he never killed anyone important and everybody finish the series alive and well. That's why Heero is now considered a stupid character and Wing a stupid series. It tells something and shows something different.
>>149493164
That's depressing.
>>149495464
>The thing is that he already had a near-death call in S1, so putting him on the chopping block again seems a tad repetitious.
Shino and his plethora of death flags say hi.
>>149496523
shino has had zero death flags in s2.
>>149496523
And it is precisely for that same reason that I do not expect Shino, Azee or Lafter to be in any danger either.
>>149496559
Shino has an enormous death flag over his head, since he will probably pilot the Gundam Flauros (the one they found by digging Mars ground). We even have a shot of Yamagi looking worried when Shino expresses his interest towards the new Frame.
>>149496595
Well they really didn’t get that many death flags in the first season especially the girls, that’s why some anons said that they surviving Ein attack was expected there wasn’t much build in for them
>>149496728
getting a gundam upgrade is a death flag now? come on dude. we've only lost one gundam this entire series, Kimaris and its possible its just rearmored to be the Vidar.
>>149496783
they also didn't have much character development meaning they were perfect characters for Ein to kill to make him seem like a threat.
also we see the cockpits of the girls with them covered in blood. usually in gundam if we see the cockpit shot of the pilot=blood means death. (of course there is a small handful of exceptions)
>>149496801
Even if Shino doesn't die, we know from S1 ending that piloting a Gundam with AV can hurt the pilot to the point of making him unable to use his limbs or eyes outside of his Mobile Suit, and I guess the show will use that card from now on.
>>149496801
Shino as the "cool older brother" type gets people pretty paranoid, anything he ever says or does can be interpreted as a death flag. It's usually vague enough to miss it, but obviously there if you look for it. Example: Eugene making grand plans for Tekkadan's future and telling Shino he's gonna participate in them too.
>>149496875
Shino got more character development/lines/screentime than Guts bruh.
>>149496949
good point forgot about over using the gundam can cause injury.
>>149496875
Yeah if they had no intention of killing them, they could have at least be a little subtler in their defeat scenes especially with Lafter, that was a lot of blood and it doesn’t seem like she actually got any mayor injury in the end
>>149496949
>>149496987
That situation ocurs only if the pilot deliberately sets their system into overdrive, it doesn't just happen out of nowhere. Another example of this is Eugene and his habit of taking control of more than one ship simultaneously. WoG says he really does put himself at a risk of a serious brain damage every time he's doing that shit. I bet he's gonna have dementia before fifty.
>>149496347
He's flipping his shit internally. He's not the kind of boss that stomps around shouting profanities when he's pissed.
So is he worried? Worried about McGillis?
>>149497412
sounds like he wanted to keep this stalemate around for years not just a month. but McGillis changed his plans.
>>149496783
>considering the girls as "characters"
They're just props anon.
>>149496875
>also we see the cockpits of the girls with them covered in blood. usually in gundam if we see the cockpit shot of the pilot=blood means death
Only if you haven't watched rest of the show and how it depicts cockpith death.
>>149497624
you mean cockpit deaths where the pilots get stabbed/crushed showing blood and the "head falls and dies" shtick. yeah all 3 characters Ein stabbed/crushed did the same thing.
>>149497412
His job was to keep the stalemate going to make McGillis look incompetent, the idea being that if it's a relatively even conflict then McGillis won't be able to do anything about it since it's just a bunch of short border skirmishes that end before they get big enough for McGillis to intervene.
McGillis actually making a move like this potentially fucks things up because he doesn't know what McGillis's intentions will be so he's worried.
>>149493285
Seeing is better for the crew that's handling him. If they made a draft, they probably take a couple of glances as a cheat sheet and project how it will animate to see if it fits. Sorta like a healthy reminder so to speak.
>>149488079
I bet she'll die around episode 20
>>149497694
Not even close. All of the cockpit deaths are pretty grapfic, showing the pilot spouting gallons of blood from the mouth as their surroundings crush in on them and you hear their last screams of agony. What you see in Lafter and Azee's cases was deliberately vague and barely showing anything, barely any cockpit damage. You filled in the blanks with your imagination. In fact you didn't even see Lafter at all, you just projected what you wanted to be there.
>>149498020
>deliberately vague and barely showing anything
then you're an idiot if you think that.
>>149498115
No, you are an idiot if you think those "deaths" weren't vague as fuck.
>>149498208
>weren't vague as fuck.
blood everywhere and the machine was destroyed/crushed a great deal. just as much as any other character that actually died.
>>149498299
sadly I dont have a webm of the girls but yeah Ein hit them hard
>>149498299
I wasn't even talking about Shino because in his case they even went out of their way to show him opening his eyes = not deat! And the cockpit damage is nowhere near as bad compared to Masahiro's, Carta's goons, Eins, random Brewers' kid, hell, even Takaki's cockpit got caved in on him and he still survived.
>>149498020
Someone post the broken coffee can and giant bump on head.
>>149498535
>>149498600
It’s really funny that image ended up been true
>>149497412
Yep, because he's realized that McGillis has seen through his ploy and is trying to force a decisive battle, which is the last thing he wants.
RAISE YOUR DEATH FLAG. This is Biscuit all over again.
>>149500356
he might survive, he survived the first one.
>>149501146
But Biscuit didn’t and we run out of Biscuits
So, sorry if I am a bit lost.
So, McGillis is here to arbitrate, but why is he unable to accomplish anything? Is he forced to wait until one side is going to achieve victory before acting, or what?
I just don't quite understand what he is even "supposed" to be doing as an arbitrator.
>>149503158
An arbitrator is supposed to function somewhat like a judge between parties who agree on the arbitrator, but obviously nobody's coming to the table, so he's going to go shoot them.
>>149503158
I think the problem is that the old Arbrau leader is in a coma and the bearded dude is calling the shots. He can't get in contact with Tekkadan cause that asshole is sabotaging all communications. His only choice now is to break through to try and end the conflict, but he's also trying to not cause anything larger by killing Tekkadan, who are being used a frontline troops.
I'm just curious why he isnt calling Orga to try and settle this shit.
>>149503257
It would probably damage his mystique if he had to go around asking what was up.
>>149493976
>survives the war
>dies of pneumonia for being out in the rain shirtless for hours
>>149486280
>I like Mikazuki personality
>>149498020
I was sure Shino and Azee were fine since they were shown bloody but not mangled, however since Lafter wasn't shown at all after she was hit I was sure she'd bit it.
Although thinking about it, where it shows the blood splash for her would have been torn apart if Ein actually penetrated her cockpit. Also the amount of blood while alarming doesn't really seem fatal, just a harmless anime internal injury.
>>149487140
Huh, well what d'you know. Thats actually consistent with what we've seen so far.
>>149493164
>That's actually a "don't use expressions like this" sheet.
Thought you were just pullin' my leg, then I pulled out my moonrune glasses and what'dya know. It actually says "don't use these expressions for Mikazuki".
>>149486280
Takagi a shit.
Next week can't come soon enough.
>>149506200
Finally an IBO episode that made me feel like this.
I hope they stayed this good to the end.
>>149486280
You know, that supper scene with Orga, Mikazuki and Atra was cute as fuck.
You could really feel that they are "childhood" friends.
If we only had more of these scenes earlier... You could even have Orga supporting Atra in getting Mikazuki, being this older brother of sorts.
>>149488374
>plot developing beyond "Take this girl to Earth".
The are taking her to Earth right now.
Guts has finally stopped wearing red stripe. Did he get over rape trauma.
>>149506922
That's not the point of this plot line though. She's just along for the ride.
Bring on the fujobucks.
I know it's far too early to make such statements, but might IBO end up as the first Sunrise anime to be better in its second season?
After the putrid garbage S1 turned out to be, S2 is being remarkably decent, almost as if they remembered what the show was supposed to be like.
>>149507224
More like there's no way they can make something even more shit than S1 if not actively aiming for it.
>>149507369
Still better than AGE (especially first part) or G-reco desu
>>149507198
So cute!
>>149507224
>as if they remembered what the show was supposed to be like.
How conceited of you to say that, unremarkable anon with overstated opinions.
>>149507408
Yes, yes, whatever you say.
Boy this whole episode was a giant death flag for Takaki.
I hope we get some Atra next week.
>>149507747
And Aston
and Fuka.
>>149508109
>and Fuka
Nah. Her appearance just reinforces the death flags raised for Takaki and Aston.
The fighting seems well away from Edmonton (its established to be border skirmishes, and since the Arbrau and SAU border is seemingly the same as the Canada/US Border, that puts them about 10 hours away at a minimum assuming they are due south) so the only way that she would be put in harms way is if Radice were to become even more of a douche and plan to assassinate Chad while he's in the hospital.
Which would, admittedly, not be an unexpected development at this point.
>>149501146
I don't think there is a pattern like this. If drama calls for it they might do it anyway.
>>149494803
>its really annoying in these kinds of series where soon as we get to really know a character they kill them off for some forced drama.
Now the existence of this kind of pattern I do agree on, and I really hate it. Almost wish they'd just leave the kids alive. I mean they sttill could do it, it's not like they already mangled them, they just whipped out some ominous imagery.
Astaroth is one sweet looking Gundam, it'd be cool if we appeared in the anime.
>>149508512
Fucking ugly.
>>149507224
>the first Sunrise anime to be better in its second season
Destiny was better than SEED.
They can't just kill Aston here, before I figure out what his character arc is.
>>149507198
Soooo anyone knows what the contents are about?
>>149508512
Can't tell if that thing on its hip is a melee or ranged weapon.
>>149496028
Okada is actually a decent writer when she have much time and not overwork herself
>>149509000
>http://www.onsen.ag/program/tetsuradi/
>DISC ONE: New recording: Murata-san and Saito-san who play the brilliant buddies in the story of the anime vs the duo who has been working hard for a year as radio personalities, Kawanishi-san and Terasaki-san, buddy showdown! Which buddy combination is the best one?
> DISC TWO: Director's cut edition of the IBO radio archive of the eps from 34th to 41st.
Hloekk Graze
Gilda
Geirail Scharfrichter
>>149509248
Can it transform into a cube?
What nuanced and interesting writing the show has. When Takaki or his homosexual lover die next week, I'm going to be very shocked.
Really, an all around interesting conflict and engaging characters.
>>149506730
Brothel whores don't deserve the Mika. He's Orga's and that's galactic law.
>>149508843
>Takaki dies
>Aston goes through a character arc
>And then dies immediately afterwards
>>149507747
>Aston has to bring Takaki back to Fuka in a tiny box
>>149509041
The gun and the sword/sheathmace are just clipped to the same point.
>>149509160
Thanks
>>149509160
Thank you.
Checking Nip twitter and fujos are losing their shit over this.
>>149489050
Getting a character involved in shipping always reinvigorates their popularity. Though poor Takaki, they had to pair him up with a almost literal who because none of his old ships were available to him anymore.
>>149509160
In another radio ep they said they "get to be all flirty" as much as they want. Interesting.
>>149509587
Is that S-cry-ed, Majestic Prince or Heroic age?
>>149510124
I think that literal who is paired with Fuka.
>>149507198
Bigger res.
>>149510180
Fafner in the HiraiInterestingly enough, all were good. Hirai can't draw for shit but the shows he draws for tend to be surprisingly good
>>149510204
>see that anon, Aston? What a funny guy!
>Takaki dies
>Aston marries Fuka
>he fantasises she's Takaki every time they fuck
>he ends up calling his name one time they do it
>Fuka is shocked but agrees to play along
>she takes on Takaki's personality and lives on as her brother with Aston
>>149510213
How is it that he still gets work of an artistic nature? Gave up on seed due to his art
>>149509248
>>149509279
>>149509296
All P-Bandai.
When Takaki lost his shit about "Captain" Galan, I thought he was finally going to ignore orders and do things his own way. Now we get this instead.
They should have forgone the Tekkadan creed of family and forced Radice to let them speak directly to Orga instead of mulling about for weeks without Chad.
>>149510124
> In another radio ep they said they "get to be all flirty" as much as they want.
I hope someone uploads these.
>>149509248
For once I'm happy that it's a Graze.
>>149509279
>no chicken legs
Boo.
Nice colors though.
>>149509296
>>149509279
>>149509248
i wonder if they'll have some named characters pilot these, to have their face on the kit's boxing (and their background in the leaflet inside).
in season 1 even the most basic of grazes had some 1 episode named guy's face on it, i think.
>>149509936
>fujos are losing their shit over this.
And making it trend.
>>149510372
DRAW THIS
Is it just me or is twitter & pixiv not drawing as much for S2. I seem to remember at least getting half a page on Pixiv a day. Now we're lucky to get 5+ new submissions? Do I blame YOI for this or am I using the new Pixiv layout wrong?
>>149488504
I wanna suck on her toes until that polish comes off.
I like how Mika just doesn't give a damn most of the time. Although on that fifth one he's legitimately blind to the scene playing out before him.
>>149512039
Typical S2 fatigue combined with other fujo shows taking over. Through their twitter fellowship almost doubled.
>>149512092
McGillis doesn't look too pleased with this either.
>>149511831
Their reactions are pretty funny. It's the first time we see Shino/Yamagi in an official art like this so they went a little crazy.
>>149512039
Second seasons generally produce less fanart. And yes, new series that are hyped will attract the audience and make them draw for the new toy instead of the old one.
>>149493976
remember back in S1 when people insisted Takaki was a reverse trap? because had had not been shown shirtless?
>>149512378
There's Mikazuki skipping out on training.
>>149512505
It wasn't Takaki, it was Yamagi.
Is it confirmed that Yamagi has a crush on Shino or is all speculation?
>>149512505
>>149512638
I think they just got new ammo.
>>149512651
Don't ask, don't tell.
>>149512638
No, I'm pretty sure it was Takaki.
I don't think anyone has doubted Yamagi being a (fuc)boy
>>149512092
What was vol.4 about?
>>149512776
Takaki was shown shirtless in the rejuvenating chamber early on. Even nips had prolonged disputes about Yamagi's gender long after S1 ended.
>>149512638
It's Takaki.
>>149512378
when will he park his gundam gusion rebake inside her space hangar?
>>149512868
It's Yamagi, faggot. We saw Takaki's chest literally the first ep. Yamagi is the one who's always fully clothed on top of acting suspiciously.
>>149512861
Not talking about the jp fanbase or the fanbase in general, just /a/. Pretty sure there was some faggot here in denial early on and all the way up to that rejuvenating chamber episode.
Biscuito already died, how likely is it that cooki and cracka will bite it as well
>>149513299
Then you must be talking about some singular example that didn't register in people's memory. Yamagi had way more of these.
>>149512092
It's funny how in the first Season Gali was a lovable idiot and funny. Now he is more serious but hasn't gone full edge like some other characters do after getting fucked so much
>>149513209
suspiciously homosexual
>>149510372
More like they both call out Takaki's name and both agrees to pretend to be him for each other.
>>149513860
Incestfag get out.
>>149513888
But Aston and Fuka aren't even related, baka anon.
>>149514006
Unless a secret boom kill her Fuka is the one with less trouble, even if both fucboys get killed Tekkadan will take care of her like Biscuit sisters
Reminder to everyone that Tekkadan literally saved Aston from being abused to death. Compare how he looks in this last episode with how he looked when we first met him in Brewers last season. Clearly he's malnourished, starving, and more likely than not a constant victim of mental and sexual degradation. If he does die next episode, then at least he died having known freedom from that Hell.
>>149514978
This kid will die knowing what a good dicking is, meanwhile you guys will die a virgin.
>>149514978
Jp twitter also pointed out he's first credited as "nameless child soldier" so back then he didn't even have a name. He came a long way. Maybe he should live on, killing him off is too much of a downer.
>>149513731
Hogwash, does this look like a homosexual to you? >>149512677
>>149515613
That looks like a homosexual embarrassed that his boyfriend is being too exuberant in public.
Which one of them will win the Guts bowl?
>>149516084
What I want to know is which one of them should win the QUALITY bowl.
>>149512092
Why does Japan do radio shows?
>>149516819
More things to sell
>>149516819
Because seiyuushit sells,
>>149516084
Well those two interact a lot with the muscle boy, but I really don’t think they will do anything other than tease
>>149516084
Far as I can tell, the Turbines are all winners.
What the hell is Zack up to?
>>149518412
Him? No idea he seems to be the less important of the new guys
>>149519113
Less important than Dane?
>>149518412
>>149519113
He's the Dante of S2.
>>149512677
Wait a second, I thought that was his other arm but that's actually his jacket. Do they want me to assume Yamagi's other hand in on Shino's ass?
>>149521898
Currently in vacations it seems, really weird we had an entire episode without her, first time in the show
>>149522053
And it was a great episode. She's a waste of space, like Kudelia, and always has been. Literally useless.
>>149516084
>>149517541
>>149517937
So much for Amida's meat speech.
>>149522442
Amida probably has ongoing projects of her own.
Remember that there's an ongoing theory that Azee is her side bitch not Naze's.
>>149521898
I girl who never won.
>>149522442
Why share the delicious meat when you can have one of your own!
>>149523046
This pairing completely lacks any romantic or sexual tension. Why do you even bother? There's no longing on either part.
>>149515525
>killing him off is too much of a downer.
both him and takaki shouldn't die next episode.
>>149521892
Yamagi's arm is too short for that, probably just warming Shino's dick
>>149523181
Hey sex friends are a thing and there's nothing wrong with some NSA steak on the side.
>>149523181
cause there is hardly any other straight pairings in this show.
>>149523767
The kid falls into "WHY NOT", it's basically deployment goggles
>>149523589
If you look close Shino isn't really sitting. So Yamagi's hand is well within reach of copping a feel.
So we can expect both to them to survive? They get way more focus as a couple than most other characters, well minus Orga and Mika of course
>>149525028
I am expecting one of them to die after all these death flags. I don't like it because their relationship is really cute but all the hints so far point to the death of one of them. I will be surprised if they both survive.
Also, is that official art?
>>149525028
But they don't get any focus, do they? Aston and Takaki in two episodes got more than Shino and Yamagi in all of seasons one and two (so far). But seeing how they give characters focus only to death flag them into oblivion I'd rather they leave them alone.
>>149525028
>that dick grabbing hand position
Flauros, I mean, Ryusei-go 3 fucking when
>>149525276
It's a bonus for the manga vol. 2. Funny story about that, the mangaka hacked literally everything about those two from his adaptation out yet they still got their fujos to buy the volume. Twice! You can only put the pieces together and get that illustration if you buy two separate copies of the same volume at two different outlets.
The artstyle is complete shit, so no loss there.
>>149525633
They just need to bait the fujos and it works, huh? And by hacked you mean he even removed the little scenes they have in the anime from S1?
>>149525378
Would Shino be ok with this?
>>149525763
Everything as in everything. Not even the little scenes but the big ones as well. He removed the entire funeral sequence and every subsequent establishing shino/yamagi scene resulting from that. The only thing that was left was the small convo from ep 5 "you like girls Shino?" and he drew it so Shino was facing away and not really paying attention.
>>149526110
Christ, this is really baiting. At least leave the funeral plot as it is. And Nip fujos are autistic enough to buy both volumes for this bonus art.
>>149525276
Yeah its official art, but typical of it, it may or not be a real event like most of Gundam Wing weird official art
>>149526225
Yes they are, I've seen many of them posting pics of the combined pieces. Although they're aware they're being used they feel like they cannot bail out because their ship won't get anything if they won't show support.
>>149526412
I understand why. As long as they are aware but do this because they want to show support, no real harm here. Shino/Yamagi doesn't get much attention in official stuff anyways so I understand why they are so thirsty about this. Hope it pays off in the anime, one way or another.
>>149486280
Maybe make him abit of a wise cracker with a major temper.
Know that one asshole in every organization the short runt who no one outside of the organization takes seriously but is a major bad ass in reality.
You know the "right boss, be right back going to split these mugs wigs" kinda thing?
That guy.
Him getting into the gundam is kind of like him being let loose and becoming the monster that both he and orga knows he is and orga and attra to a lesser extent are able to keep in line.
If they are going to go with this whole space mafia + african child soldiers route then do it right.
Enough foreplay. Stop tweaking her nipples and licking the clit and go balls deep.
>>149488174
Quick question.
The mafia clearly has connections everywhere, why couldn't orga and posse ask for a favor from the mob or someone in the mob and ask them to get in contact with the earth posse?
Why in the fancy FUCK would they fucking trust the fucking earth governments and gjarlhorn and not the mob and themselves?
>>149525688
>>149525633
Holy moly, this is evil and JEW as fuck.
>>149526920
But anon, jews are good now.
>>149526920
I get a feel it wasn't really planned ahead, the guy just seems like a rabbid Guts/Lafter shipper so homo doesn't appeal to him. Pic related is him trying to inject his OTP in the rough sketch (which looks way better than the final product in my opinion). The manga is just a fast forward of the show anyway, maybe it slipped their minds they should include something for that part of the fanbase. It was probably already too late to change things up so they just barfed out any kind of incentive they could come up with.
>>149486280
Was it ever confirmed that the story for the anime was total shit from the get go, or if Japanese mothers really pitched a big enough of a fit after Episode 3 to make it radically change its direction like it did?
>>149526920
A lot of fujos skip the manga adaption.. At least I do. It's too abridged, I'd rather spend on dojin than the official manga.
>>149527451
Yeah this looks better. Too bad it would have let shinoyama shippers just buy one volume so it's probably shot down
>>149526654
Mob is mostly colonial/outer orbit.
>>149525633
Yeah that adaptation was really shitty, Yamagi/ Shino cut, most of Atra was cut as well including the kidnaping thing, so not sure how they manage the entire Biscuit brother thing or at least read that once in twitter, no idea how much of Akihiro, Carta and Gjallarhorn they cut
>>149527666
The PTA backlash on episode 3 had basically no effect whatsoever. Parents whined, it made web news, nothing else happened.
>>149527666
Do you really think they could have changed the script while the show is being aired ? At best they can cut scenes or postpone broadcast, which didn't happen as far as I know.
Also of the complaints after ep 3 were so bad they wouldn't have done it again this season when Mika shot an unarmed civilian in his office. If anything it makes some advertising for the show.
>>149526867
I miss Fumi-tan
>>149528891
It’s a mass production model with many variations, ask Nobliss he may sell you one
>>149525360
> Aston and Takaki in two episodes got more than Shino and Yamagi in all of seasons one and two (so far).
I wonder how's Okada gonna weasel her way out of this one, she can't push the blame on Nagai anymore. She's got to be the one who wrote those bits in because of how integrated in the plot they are.
YamaShino is a slow burn like GaeEin was. Whereas Aston and Takaki are like bomb dropped on Earth. We know all of these will fizzle out at some point, like how spectacularly horrible GaeEin ended. Still, gotta keep the ships floating...
>>149529738
Slow burn is something that burns slowly, Yamagi/Shino has been dead stagnant since ep 21 where they had their last real interaction.
>>149530739
Anon, ships dont have to be two way streets. End of s1 still counts as YamaShino fodder. Same way all these Lafter/Akihiro moments still count as fodder.
>>149512801
Disc 1 had a new track by Sakurai and Matsukaze in their respective roles as the "Gallarhorn Broadcasting Station". Disc 2 had director's cut of the radio show from 26th to the 33rd episode.
>>149509248
>>149509279
>>149509296
They all have the shitty Shiden legs, doesn't compare to the classic Graze and its elegant form.
>>149512378
He's getting a threesome sooner or later. All the ladies want the Guts.
>>149531163
Fair enough but with shinoyama I think it just got too popularand too gayfor it's own good. Now there's an elephant in the room and I can bet they're already cooking up a kill 'em scenario to get rid of the elephant. In general when I glance at what kind of progress other ships have made I really see none. Atra is pinning as usual, Lafter is making vague statements as usual but it's just more of the same. So I don't expect or judge this ship on not making progress.
>>149525929
Of course, is what I get from the look on his face.
>>149532177
You're saying the couple got too popular, and now the writers, dissatisfied with this, are trying to find a way to literally kill it this late in production? I don't think I follow your logic, because such a thing sounds impossible.
>>149532727
>You're saying the couple got too popular, and now the writers, dissatisfied with this, are trying to find a way to literally kill it
Yeah that's exactly what I'm saying, it's not the writers though, it's the producers from bamco. Were you aware that they (Okada + Nagai) admitted they write IBO as they go along? That basically anything can change and nothing is set in stone? All I'm wondering is if anything can change at the request of some chairman who doesn't want this gay shit in his toy commercial because it may tarnish the brand name and gunpla sales. Just look at the rift that's between bigger publicity (big magazines, expos, promotional materials for the general public) and small publicity for the specific female market (small merchandise, seiyuu benefits ect). The first is dominated by Shino being paired with Eugene, the latter is all shinoyama. Those two will never intermingle, Yamagi will never be accepted by bamco as Shino's designated partner in the PR department. Let alone be allowed to seal the deal with him in the show itself. Whenever anybody mentions them in front of the producer guy he goes dead silent, he's so scared of it!But hey that only proves the homo is real.