So Knight's & Magic anime is coming out sunday. Anyone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNUERaSVK4U

pv, looks pretty cool

>>15657897
I'll watch it

>>15657897
>isekai starring overpowered self-insert wish fulfilment reincarnation harem protagonist
I'll pass.

yeah, I read the first two LNs. I didn't hate it which is usually a low enough bar for me to give the anime a chance.

>>15657897
I read the manga, it's pretty much this >>15657979
but the mechs are nice so it'll be worth watching still.

>>15657897
I'm mecha starved, so I'll give it a shot

>>15657897
the porn yeah

>>15657897
What I've read of the webnovel and the manga is a guilty pleasure, and more importantly I'm a slut for fantasy /m/, so I'll probably watch it.

>>15657897
I'm just hoping it will be better than IBO or Active Raid

>>15657897
I will just watch the webms of the mech scenes.

Are magitech super robots going to be his harem? I'm going in with low expectations as usual but sometimes shows like this have been able to deliver a dumb but fun experience.

Finally an isekai that satisfies my power fantasies.

>>15657897
Looking forward to the shitposting, yeah.

The trailer makes it look like they'll condense the story in favour of more robot action... so yeah, can't pass up on this one.

>>15658643
>Are magitech super robots going to be his harem?

The author allegedly quickly disregarded the harem for more robots, yes.

>>15659180
That doesn't stop a harem from forming, or will there actually be no harem?

>>15659185
There was a triangle, but the novels apparently drop one side of it, leaving the MC with just the godlfish turd team he started out with.

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>>15657897
MC is voiced by Megumins Seiyu, the mechs looked pretty descent aswell. CG did blend in fairly well with the art, only the monsters looked out of place at times. This definitely has potential, even if its just for ernesti talking and mechs fighting.

It's sad that this is what the mecha genre is mostly composed of nowadays, shit fucking LN adaptations that happen to have some mecha in them.

>>15657979
But the mc is a trap, I can't self insert into that!!

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>>15659378
>not liking cute shotas

>>15659345
because you've read it right

>>15659378
I'd self insert myself into that.

I'm watching ep right now. MC is trap. Ok.

That pacing.
It's like the blew past through 10 or so manga chapters in this episode alone.

>>15659544
Of course. They had to blow past the intro to make room for more robots.

I like it. Robots look cool. None of the character are annoying so far. Somewhat interesting story. Needs more mech action.

>>15659345
You say that as if though it was any better before.

>>15659345

>happen to have some mecha

The entire POINT of the novels is mecha.

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It's off to an enjoyable start.

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Shit subs aside, this anime is really quick to get to the point, swiftly covering all of the cliches one would look forward to.

>>15659706
These are the only subs we're getting, they're CR rips and I doubt a fansubbing group is picking it up

Aren't they funi? Either way, they were readable, and without any egregious mistakes that change the meaning, so it's ok.

>>15659734
They might be translated by funi, true, because afaik CR and funi still have a partnership deal meaning funi stuff also get released on CR.

So what is the MC's name? Also I want to call him a her but I know he's not a she.

>>15659755

Ernesti.

>>15659755
He's an otokonoko, don't be rude.

IIRC, this series is heavy on Swedish words correct?

Is it true this show has no harem bullshit? I might actually watch it then.

>>15657897
>So Knight's & Magic anime is coming out sunday. Anyone looking forward to it?
just hope they dont fuck it up

>>15659760
I wasn't rude anon. I was merely curious and confused.

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>>15659810
It's ok. Mechs are superior to traps anyway.

>>15657979
>>15659766
>haarem
They send that away after the first book or two, in favor of only one gal. It makes me question whether the author even wanted it in at all.

We can be pretty certain that whoever's in charge of producing this show KNOES.

HOLY FUCK, WHAT IS THIS PACING?
Like, I get that they just want to get to the cool part but I wouldn't have minded spreading everything until the huge demon beast across 2 episodes rather than 1. That being said, since they skipped a lot of the fluff I don't know what really happens next since I only checked out the manga so anything could happen.

>>15660024
Scanlations are just past that battle.

>Laihiala
>Kankkunen

Did they think these finn names would sound fantasy like? Because I assure that these are the least fantasy finnish names available.

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>>15660133
>Ville Laihiala
>Pasi Kankkunen
Maybe the guy's really into metal music.

>>15660024
It's a jump start to get people interested I guess.
I doubt the reaction would be nearly as relatively positive that it's been if the entire first episode only had that bit of mecha action and ended halfway into the school scenes setting up his and his future friends' characters.
Start with a mecha scene in the beginning, then end with one and a to be continued hook. In the ideal world where people don't have short attention spans and the show doesn't need to hook as many people as it can within its target audience in order to sell future BDs, the pacing would probably be perfect and stuff. Unfortunately, people aren't as patient and they do need to sell BDs and promote the actual LN.

>>15660024
Honestly as ridiculous as the pacing is, I'm fine with it. I've been following the manga and with how slow the translations are I just want to see some new stuff.

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>>15660133
>anything funland
>not fantasy

>>15657897
>cgi animation
>trap
>harem
>moe
>isekai
>fantasy dungeon shit
>light novel
listen i get that this needs to make money OK? Ok i fucking get it you don't need to spam me ten replies going "bruh they make what sells bruh" ok because ive heard in the last twenty K&M threads and I FUCKING GET IT

but god DAMN when the hell are we just going to get a normal series. These new tropes are so shitty i hate them so much. As if SAO, Fate, konosuba, blue ribbon titloli and whatever the hell else didnt beat it into the ground, now we're seeing it in what's basically the only good mech show this season.

That was fucking awesome.

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>>15660324
>>15657979
sometimes I wonder what's more redundant, ln's or the posts that complain about them.

>>15660133
Finnish words in general sound fantasy as hell to non-native speakers.

>>15660024
They probably only have 12 eps, so they're rushing towards the parts they know the audience wants to see.

>>15660024
I get a laugh out of that considering the manga cut his dwarf buddy. Let's face it director wanted to get out of the first volume fast.

>>15660324
>cgi animation
good cgi animation
>trap
traps can like mecha too, don't discriminate
>harem
a love triangle doesn't count as a harem, much less when surrounded by mostly males
>moe
yeah, the mechas are really moe, did you see all the signs of wear? cute as fuck!
>fantasy dungeon shit
what dungeons?

>>15660324
Then whatever you do, ignore the HD news for .hack//GU.

>>15660133
Ernesti is very cute finnish name

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Fantasy mecha is pretty cool. So I'll definitely watch more of it.

>>15660345
yeah the CG was really good. I'm caring less and less about CG as it gets better and better. I would even say the passing grass effects in katsugeki were superior to traditional drawn animation.

>>15660351

CG was surprisingly decent.

>>15659706
Yes, but on the good side at least things happened, that's a plus.

I mean, it has magical robot wizards fighting giant insects, and it actually puts the magical robot wizards fighting giant insects instead of just sitting and talking, that alone puts it above lot of LN shows.

I liked the manga, but the anime skipped way, way too much shit in the first episode.

Should I read manga? Is it fun?

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>>15660396
It kind of felt like they were going through a list of oyakusoku (gunsword, check, that one sword stance, check, otoko no roman, check, and etc...), but I didn't mind it even for a second. Was pure fun.

So is this fantasy world Finland this time?

>>15660345
>much less when surrounded by mostly males
So do the other guys get girls, or is it every girl holding unrequited love towards the dense MC?

Y'all do realize the only thing they skipped was the dumb plot about Addy and Archid's asshole brother right? Other than that they've just cut out a bunch of pointless exposition which would have made the episode a snoozefest.

Also there is no harem just a love triangle with Addy->Eru->robots.

>>15660622
Team robot

>>15660622
They skipped the brother, establishing any of the characters, including the siblings, him teaching the siblings magic, or any of the time he spent learning about the robots, and the fact that he always acted listless and uninterested in the world before he found out robots existed in that world. Etc.

Where can I read the LN? Also seeing talks of a manga? Is that also available to me?

>>15660686
Google is your friend, just look up the show

Anybody else get a Panzer world galient vibe from the mechs? Sure their both fantasy but some of the suits felt HEAVILY inspired by Panzer.

Also, God damn do I expect a lot of doujins.

>>15660343
Truly one of us

>>15660324
>blue ribbon titloli
Oh, that reminds me, during the time when that was the fanart joke du jour, did anyone ever draw a certain bluish gray F-22 wearing that dress?

>>15660601
The boy twin ends up with a princess, apparently.

>>15660454
The manga will catch up to the anime in like one or two episodes.
If you wanna read ahead, go with the Light Novel, which is also pretty fun.

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THE GOOD
>fantasy mecha
>WORLD-BUILDING
>author is clearly a mechafag himself
>unashamed self-insert fantasy
>hardly any heroines
>cool designs by the by
>jetpack swords, and the cool sheaths
>skipping the academy shit
>Orange continuing to be fucking based

THE BAD
>the way the academy shit was rushed was fucking shit, should have structured it like a recap episode instead
>character design is kinda fucking lame
>subs are ass
>everyone but El is fucking lame

THE UGLY
>everyone but the MC is retarded
>the MC is supposed to be a cute trap, but instead is shotacon bait
>LN isn't finished, looking forward to either anime original or "better read the novels lol"
>every thread will be filled with people complaining about it being isekai, "trap", and CG mechs

All in all, a promising start.

>>15660679
>the fact that he always acted listless and uninterested in the world before he found out robots existed in that world.
I thought the beginning in the carriage showed that well enough

>>15660963
>>subs are ass
I keep seeing this but they were honestly perfectly fine. Which lines bothered you?

>>15660985
It didn't. It looked like he was just sleeping during a road trip.

It kind of bugs me that the subs are calling him Eddie, while the characters are clearly calling him El.

>>15660999
I'm not familiar with the manga, but in the novel discovering that robots exist is one of his first memories as a 3 year old.

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>>15661010
1/4

>>15660999
The equivalent nickname for him in English would be Ernie because his name is Ernesti, so it makes perfect sense to translate it like that. Subtitles aren't going to just copy what's being said, they need to adjust it for the audience, localise it. They're calling him [nickname] so we get [nickname].
The Japanese audience aren't going to be able to tell the El is not a proper nickname for Ernesti, because Japs don't know fucking shit about any other languages, but for English speakers there'll be a gap between Ernesti and El. But let me guess, you're one of those weebs who get upset when they don't have -chan or -san in the subtitles...

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2/4

>>15661018
You should never adjust proper nouns.

>>15659544
Yea but this is a good thing. It took a while in the manga to get to the mechas. Now the turtle fight will be in episode 2.

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3/4

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4/4

>>15660985
>I keep seeing this but they were honestly perfectly fine. Which lines bothered you?

I don't agree with HS's tendency to simplify dialogue to make it more "natural". In general. Also I expect better styling, but that's never happening unless fansubs are suddenly revived in a big way.

>>15660345
>>15660355
>>15660373
>good cgi animation
>yeah the CG was really good
>CG was surprisingly decent.
People are defending the 20fps shit show that is the CG?
PROTIP: IF THE CGI MECHA CAN'T WALK ACROSS THE SCREEN WITHOUT LOOKING LIKE A COKE WHORE LOOKING FOR A DICK TO SUCK FOR HER NEXT HIT THEN YOUR CGI IS SHIT.

>>15661018
Even if the name is non-nip, they still use nip language to make nicknames for them. エルネスティ (erunesuti) = エル (eru or el).

>>15661058
>gets the "big and heavy" meme right
>good modeling
>no jittering
>doesn't clash with the rest of the elements on screen

It's good CG Brent.

So is erai subs still CR subs? Meaning there's no difference between HS and erai?

It reminded me of Zetman as far as how many fucking chapters they condensed into a single episode.

That being said, I love the mecha designs. And Eru is really cute. That and I'm a serious sucker for mecha that have a serious fantasy aesthetic.

I-I'm not even into shotacon except when I'm super drunk, but I seriously think Eru is the cutest thing in a good, long while.

I just hope they dont focus on the "story" and skip all of the detail. which was what made the LN fun.

The mechs look great but the cockpit looks kind of unimpressive. Including the stupid hatch that opens downwards and will hit the pilot's face if he's inside. What's up with that?

>>15661359
I doubt there's a real reason for the way the hatch opens, but one somewhat logical reason COULD be due to pressure. If your mech gets trapped under water, or some other similar situation, you don't want your hatch to open outwards, because then you're trapped inside.

>>15661375
At least make it slide backwards or something. You can see when they open the hatch, it touches the headrest. El would be fine but anyone else would get their head smacked.

>>15660462
deebly goncerned xdddd

>>15661359
>>15661375
That's because the average mech in this series is weaker than a Zaku I.

Escaflowne had amazing fantasy mecha cockpit design. I wish the artist put more effort into the cockpit designs in this series. The outward appearance is great but the inside leaves alot to be desired.

>>15661058
I wasn't distracted by the fact that it was CG at all meaning it was definitely good CG.

>>15660963
>hardly any heroines
>GOOD

>>15661612
Hey buddy, I am all for cute girls but if a series goes above 3 heroines they start blending together. Better to have 1-2 really good heroines than 5-6 mediocre ones.

>>15659766
Robots are the only thing that matters, fucker is a /m/an through and through.

>>15660963
Ady is literally the only heroine at this point and I don't think she'll manage to get the dick unless she rapes the guy.

>>15661694
She could become a giant robot...

Fuck that mary sue crap.

I actually read the LN till the point where he gets the King to give him the plans for a Core of a Silhoette Knight, really enjoyed it actually. The first episode really rushed it imo which is a bummer. Especially the part with the gunblade thingies was way too downplayed. This is a motherfucking advancement and only three kids have them? Yeah right, But thats also more of a source problem. At least wished the anime didnt rush things, though I kinda look forward to the fight in the next episode.

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this episode got my interest, I'm going to enjoy it.

>>15662088
I don't blame them for rushing it. They really wanted to get to the mech fight as soon as possible cause otherwise it would've taken a while.

>>15660024
They skipped a lot of the annoying isekai cliches that the first volume is riddled with and got to the point where we see the mechs in action next episode.

Personally I'm 100% okay with it.

>>15660963
>unashamed self-insert fantasy
That sounds like the Ugly to me.

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>>15661877
Well there is the Silhouette Gear...

>>15662133
Overlord is the same thing and everyone admits its fine. As long as you own up to it and commit to a spectacle of constant cool shit, an author's power fantasy can be fun to read.

>>15662234
>and everyone admits its fine.
But Overlord sucks. The characters are dull and unlikable, the world is bland and uninteresting, and the plot is mostly just watching a boring power fantasy with spectacle that isn't entertaining to watch.

>>15662242
Okay senpai.

>>15662245
Okay.

>>15662088
>This is a motherfucking advancement and only three kids have them?
Only three kids are using them, how does anybody else know they are an advancement? In real life it took quite a while for such things to get popular.

Is the iseikai aspect of this anime necessary? It feels kinda tacked on.

>>15660324

What is a 'normal' series?

Mecha has run the gamut, you know.

>>15662316
Yes, otherwise including ALL the cliches would feel forced.

What isn't necessary is to explain the isekai aspect. Writing it with isekai in mind while explaining nothing to the reader would have been so much better.

>>15659702
I want to hug him.

No, seriously I want to.

>>15662442
Addy go home

Oh shit guys, better not left too much backlog gunpla.

>>15662323
It already is super forced regardless. And the isekai aspect is so light that it feels completely unnecessary.

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>draw a girl
>call it a boy

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>>15662536
Yes and ?

>>15660985
>the fact that he always acted listless and uninterested in the world before he found out robots existed in that world.
>I thought the beginning in the carriage showed that well enough

At first I wasn't sure who this kid was, then when he gets all excited about the mechs I figured it out. Granted, his family runs the damn training school so he should have noticed the robots beforehand. So that part kind of confused me - why did it take him so long to find out about robots?

>>15661018
>Subtitles aren't going to just copy what's being said, they need to adjust it for the audience

1 out of 10. Not even mad.

>>15662579
His mother is probably an uneducated peasant who thinks babies shouldn't be around robots.

>>15662579
In the manga/LN he first sees it when his mom takes him to see his dad at work.

So where's the trap porn

>>15662582
Why would you be? He's not saying anything wrong.

>>15662579
I was honestly trying to figure out if he'd been reborn from the kid's birth, or actually just took over the kid right there and then

>>15662610
me too

>>15662579
He was three when he first saw robots in the novels, and it was the first time he went to go see his dad at work during a training exercise.
Anime just changed it to make the scene more exciting, but for some reason they made him look older than 3.

As for why he went 3 years without seeing robots, I forget.
But it's implies he has had his past memories since birth, so he probably just didn't leave the house much.

>>15662596
It's one thing to change the words, but don't change the meaning or tone. A lot of times localizers will completely change everything unnecessarily.

>>15662623
>>15662610
Ditto.

>>15662610
Without any knowledge at all of the series beforehand, I was actually expecting him to pop up right in that scene from the sky or something, and the kid would be amazed or whatevs, but it turned out to be that he was the kid.

Yeah, maybe it could have been a better scene had we had more exposition before this. In actuality, more exposition rather than this super fast first episode would have been good.

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>>15662536
doesn't it make it better?

>>15661058
So you'd rather have an out of place 60FPS mecha, because that blends so well with 24 frame or even less then 6 frame Animations.

oh yeah. it certainly wont look out of place or have shitty momentum shots.

shows how much shit you know bout animation

>>15661058
I actually have a program that increases the framerate of any video to 60. The show is pretty cool when it is running smoothly.

>muh 60 fps no matter what the situation
Are we on /v/?

>>15662816
No it makes it gay.

>>15662610
LN and manga says he was reincarnated

He was reborn as Ernesti, with his memories and knowledge awakening when Ernesti became old enough to become self-aware

>>15662915
There's no way it doesn't look like ass. You can't just generate a natural, detailed frame in between the existing ones. The best you can do is make an attempt at automatically tweening them. That attempts to generate an image by comparing each pixel from one frame to the next, and generating a color halfway between them for the tweened frame. The technology's been around for years and is baked into most TVs. The result looks jerky and unnatural in slow paced scenes, and it's always the first thing I turn off when I get a new TV.

What's the point of including in the shitty otaku reincarnation scenario? cut that part off and maybe we'll get a modern day Dunbine.

>>15663542
Because Isekai is all the buzz these days.
Seriously though, I've read the LN, and the only real way the isekai elements matter are where Ernesti subverts the native's ideas of common sense.

Mostly because, the people of this world have been building mechs with the idea of them being for humans. Two arms, two legs, and a sword or staff. Basically, a giant human.
El goes, "Why not attach the weapons to the Knight itself? Use knotting techniques to make the artificial muscles stronger and more durable. Abandon the attachment to the human form entirely."

It's honestly semi-obvious things that come to mind, because we've seen that kind of shit in mecha anime and have mixed cultures with various ideas. But this society has been really conservative with how they build their mechs, and usually only make changes to the design when they discover a glaring problem. But then, abandoning the human form implies that it's a glaring problem.

Of course, the author could have worked this in without isekai, like you say. But then consider the fact that before gunpowder (and even for much of the gunpowder age) the advancement of weapons and engineering moved at a snail's pace.

>>15663542
Because isekai sells.

>>15663542
Wish fulfillment reincarnation appeals to otaku.

>>15663542
>What's the point of including in the shitty otaku reincarnation scenario?

It barely affects the story anyway besides
>programming is like magic

I went into it fully expecting it to suck, but I actually enjoyed it. I haven't enjoyed anything in a while. What is this magic?

>>15664015
>What is this magic?
It's Knight's & Magic.

>>15663448
You're actually wrong. Modern codecs are able to compress motion, so he's probably speaking about the program that attempts to generate an image, based on this motion being taken half-way. It still looks like ass when taken as a separate frame, as practically all detail is lost, but it's okay when viewed in the video. It does make the motions seem smoother, especially if done properly while reencoding the video, not as part of a basic filterchain while you view the video.

>>15664015
Next episode should be awesome as fuck. I hope they do it justice.

>>15664015
You like traps or somethin'??

>>15657979
>>isekai starring overpowered self-insert wish fulfilment reincarnation harem protagonist

LOL if you think this is an OP isekai character. If you want OP go read overlord

>dies
>reincarnated
>gets triggered from being saved by a robot when he's like 4
>starts training nonstop to be able to pilot one for the next 8 years

literally the only advantage he got from his other life is
>programming is like magic!
and knowing what a gun is

>>15663542
But Dunbine was pretty much reincarnation isekai. We could still very much get one - and I sure hope we get at least some references - although since it is a mary sue otaku in a light novel I do of course have serious doubts about the plot being any good.

Enjoying it so far, though. If only the show toned down the marysueishness a bit.

>>15664015
Because they cut all the pointless shit to get us to the giant robot fights asap.

>>15663542
Because it is fun, and it is an easy way to explain why the kid is basically a genius when it comes to robots and why he can directly control them.

>>15663542
Why would you want trash?

>>15660396
>giant insects
Not only.

So when do we get porn of this?

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>>15657897
>you will never be qt girl and pilot a giant robot

why are people freaking out over harem when it`s just a love triangle anyway
fucking gundam IBO had 2 girls interested in the mc and no one said that was harem.

>>15665417
Memes people hate LNs on principle and parrot the same shit when ever an ln anime is made. Thanks to this anything adapted from an LN is guilty of all those sins until proven innocent.

>>15665417
Yeah the love triangle in this is Ady>Eru>Mecha, it's more of a single line though now that I think of it.

>>15665417
>>15665432
At least the one about protecting little leprechaun girls was spared from this.

>>15660963
>the MC is supposed to be a cute trap, but instead is shotacon bait
what the fuck do you mean by this? MC is clearly feminine enough to be considered a trap

>>15660601
Arch/Arc/whatever the twin brother's name is, ends up earning the trust and heart of the Princess of an allied Kingdom.

Helvi has feelings for the White Knight Pilot dude, who is slightly oblivious to her feelings (insofar as he feels he's not yet worthy because he isn't knightly enough).

The second future musclehead Prince has a cousin who has distinctly incestuous feelings for him.

But that's about it, besides Adel's feelings for Eru.

Unfortunately, the series seems to only be going up to Eru creating his own robot, so you won't be seeing the Princess or the second prince's cousin.

>>15662520
The Isekai aspect was mainly to explain why Eru was able to come up with a number of revolutionary shit that advanced stagnant development by 50-100 years.

Granted, he apparently isn't the only oddball in the world, but the second oddball doesn't appear until much later.

>>15665841
Fantasy drama mixed with mecha.

I like Fantasy for its story and mecha only for their designs.

The two is a perfect marriage.

>>15660343
I think this shows excels in relating with mecha fans.

This may be a toned down version of Muv Luv.

>>15657897
The first episode reminds me of Little Witch Academia.

If the Robot Damashii figures sell, they should release more.

This is much better than Code Geass' modern medieval motif Knightmare designs.

>>15666098
KnM is pretty mecha and drama in a fantasy setting; the romance is simply on the side.

It's actually pretty enjoyable reading. Moreso now that Sky's translator kind-of picked up V5 to translate (the main issue they had was a lack of Chinese raws to work with, since they do not have a Japanese translator).

I'm hoping the anime does justice to Tzendorg's debut, as well as the overall "WTF" reactions it elicited. Though I'd really love it if the anime got to go into V4 territory with the battles between the group and the Black Knights. But mainly for some Ikaruga rapefest.

Blast Howling would also be fun to see in animation, since it's at least going as far as the Forest Disaster arc and Eru's dream becoming a reality.

The more weathered look in the anime looks a lot better than the super clean mecha in the manga and LN.

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>>15665736
Holy shit bros, its almost like a prepubescent boy is almost identical in sexual signifiers to a prepubescent girl!
Calling a boy a trap only makes sense under two circumstances. 1) He is a post-pubescent male with a slim and prepubescent/androgynous body and 2) does not have a masculine bearing. Eru acts masculine and is currently a prepubescent, ergo he is shotacon bait. His target audience is women and open homosexual pedophiles, not women and closeted homosexuals. I also site his volume 7 appearance as being highly bishounen archetype.

Fetishes are serious business, please tag things correctly.

So are the twins just step siblings to the blonde girl?

I am pretty sure they have no blood relations at all, not half siblings, only step siblings from the second marriage.

Therefore, the twins are noble through associations with the step father.

>>15666372
No they are illegitimate children of the class president's father. The scene where they meet Eru is them trying to run away because they don't want to acknowledge him as their father.

>>15665736
>>15666347
He's not a trap if he doesn't crossdress. It's not about how feminine he looks, only if he crossdresses can he be a trap. That's why it's called a trap.

>>15666126
>cut all the useless bs to get to the mechs asap
>make the mechs look gritty and worn and the animations make them look weighty like they should
They sure know what they're doing with the anime. Looking forward to more.

>>15666423
I'd argue crossdressing only ADDS to the illusion, rather than defines it.
That said, his close is pretty sexually ambiguous, especially with him wearing rather short shorts, where everyone else has pants, and he doesn't do much to dispel the already present illusion anyways.

In either case, he might not be a full on trap, but he's still androgynous enough to confuse people.

How many chapters are out for the manga? I read up to them building mini-suits and playing with attaching secondary arms, but I can't seem to find anything beyond that.

>>15666404
Okay, so a mistress family who lives separately and still receives family support.

>>15666458
That's last months chapter, so you're all caught up. LN goes way beyond that though.

>>15666466

Cool, then I'll get started on the LN translations.

>>15666465
It seems like he was coming to bring them into his house when the twins tried to run away. In the manga and LN there's a really forced subplot with the class pres's brother (the twin's half brother) who's pissed they were allowed in the academy/better at magic than him.

>>15666458
That's as far as the manga goes. The anime is based on a Light Novel, which is translated to 4, but there are 7 volumes total in Japan.

Supposedly the anime will cover up to 4-5 volumes, but it could go further.

>>15657897
The trap MC is what's keeping me from watching this. I mean, looking a bit feminine is fine and all but those clothes, man.
What kind of boy dresses like that. There's no way he's not cross dressing.

>>15666451
Stop trying to redefine terms. A trap is refering to a male crossdressing that actually passes off for a female.

>>15662647
He would have been 6 in the carriage, 9 at school, 12 at the camp scene.

>>15666549
>He would have been 6 in the carriage
In the LN, he was 3 when he first saw the robots.
Not sure why the anime changed it.

>>15665841

Hmm, I don't know, I think they'll get to the war. They're going through it pretty quickly. They can do the first like 6 eps on the whole R&D but, then the last six eps on fighting the war in the other kingdom.

It's a mecha show, you gotta have some actual mech and mech fighting, and not just training.

>>15666119
Honestly, the fact they're Japanese -> Chinese -> English translations partially explains why the TLs are as clunky as they are. I kinda hope the anime gets popular enough to make a publisher pick up the rights in the west.

I am considering this as a more lighthearted version of Muv Luv Alternative, including Total Eclipse for the mecha development aspect.

Will there be any human vs human conflict in the future?

I am pretty sure other kingdoms have other Silhouette Knights.

The CG did a good job at making a CGI similar equivalent of the Golems in Break Blade.

>>15666595
>Japanese -> Chinese -> English
So these are basically modern crabsticks?

>>15666626
I wouldn't say they're that bad, but I can't really say for certain. They're comprehensible and seem to be decently accurate, but they're kinda clunky to read. The translators have redone a chunk of chapters since I read them, but I can't say to quality of those.

So Eru is Dunbine's Shot Weapon in this universe and the other Oddball will also speed up the tech level of another kingdom?

http://bakadogeza.blogspot.com.au/p/silhouette-knight.html

Mecha profiles here.

Most names are unpronounceable.

Looks like there will be an antagonistic kingdom.

>>15666663
You should read the web novel to get a sense of where this is going.

>>15666632
After Skythewood stopped translating because of lack of raws some faggots decided to pick it up and machine translate. It was really bad. With Sky it's just a matter of waiting for better quality translation.
If you can wait for Berserk you can wait for anything.
If anyone wants the translations here's a google drive with japanese shit. ctrl+f Knights to find it.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B13nhfwsSdwYcW1sWlYtSDU4c2c

http://ncode.syosetu.com/n3556o/

Official selected excerpts in Japanese from each chapter.

Looks like Eru's parents are about 12 years apart.

>>15666491
>a cute boy's clothes makes you question your sexuality

That's so so gay anon, gayer than fapping to porn of him actually, since there's nothing masculine about "him"
Just

>>15666678
God, don't remind me of those piss-awful machine translations. Why anyone would expect google translate to handle a completely different language family other from English, when it can barely handle translating other Germanic languages well is beyond me.

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Came back to /m/ to see if anyone else had noticed this.
Son I'm dissappoint

>>15666584
There's plenty of action, and of Eru being insane with his R&D. Moreso if they're going to gloss over some of the character development as well as R&D bits in favor of extending the action.

>Karrdetolle Arc (Development ~ Loss)
>Tzendorg Arc (Development ~ Graduation)
>Forest Arc (Post-Gradation ~ Secret Development Researched)
>End at Ikaruga being built.

Granted, I'm not sure how many episodes this is; but I'm guessing 13~14; so rushing up to the end of V3 is possible. Now if the series was a wonderful 24 episodes; that would allow for up to the end of V4 or even V5, with some balance between action and proper development.

>>15666620
>Will there be any human vs human conflict in the future?
A foreshadowing of some during the theft arc, a bit of some in the VS battle, but no real vs Enemy Nation until Vol 4.

>>15666699
Temjin illustrated them.

Is there enough content to keep up with the pace of the first episode?

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>>15666706
Yeah, saw his name on the box of the MEPHISTO MK. II
What a wonderful and handsome individual he is

>>15666707
Depends. If the 2nd episode is just the turtle fight to its conclusion, 3rd and 4th episodes would probably be his agreement with the King and development of the Kardetolle and associated tech.

5th would probably be presentation and some character or plot development, 6th theft and aftermath, 7th continued development w/ Centaur, 8th side developments, 9th VS NTR, 10th Graduation, 11th and 12th Forest Disaster, and end on Ikaruga awakening.

If there's a 13th or 14th episode, then they would probably drag out the Forest Disaster one more episode for even more Knight combat, and expand some character and plot development somewhere in the earlier episodes.

>>15657897

So I wonder if they are ever going to talk about this guy and his real life, or if the idea is that a mecha and anime otaku would instantly embrace being transported to a fantasy world like this and being a mecha pilot. He really just rolls with it. I guess for something like this we don't need a lot of backstory.

>>15666717
Oh man how expensive are these kits?
I really do like the knight aesthetic.

>>15666717
Will get these two guys now. I might wait till they go down to 2500 yen or less.

This story is pretty clever. I guess it is relatable as an adult as his 28 year old self memory is retained, but acts with childish curiosity with otaku things, much like most of us mecha otakus. He is like Shot Weapon but actually enjoying and having fun while being useful as well.

It shows a good balance of application of ideas, curiosity and passion.

>>15666738
4000 yen default price, but it would be sold as 3000 or less yen at most places.

Not sure how simple yet adequate these guys will be.

>>15666738
http://tamashii.jp/special/knights_magic/

Due in October.

Maybe we will get the girl's unit as a web exclusive and then Ikaruga to close the line.

>>15666721
They may condense it and conclude with some Ikaruga action at least.

>>15666695
>Why anyone would expect google translate to handle a completely different language family other from English
Baka dogeza translators thought it would work out.
It didn't.

>>15666595
Skythewood is generally among the better translators even if they translate JP->CH->ENG.

I hear this series got dropped in China so we wont be getting any more updates from them.

>>15666748
Yeah, they probably wont get to LN4 so I'm hoping for some anime original so we can get Ikaruga.

>>15666805
>I'm hoping for some anime original

I doubt that. Given how LN adaptations work nowadays, they'll purposefully end the series somewhere in the middle of the books.
These adaptations are meant to be cross-promotions as well, getting people to buy and read the original material.

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>>15666805
>they probably wont get to LN4
Depends. I've only read up to LN 3, but this was one of the promo visuals, and that mech has certainly not shown up before Volume 4.
They might intend to go up to maybe 4-5 volumes, and rush through certain parts.

I think they could get through Vol.1-3 of the manga in 4 or less episodes.

Not sure how this translates to the LN pace.

>>15666831
Yeah, but wouldn't they want to tease us with some Ikaruga action.
If they plan on selling figures it'll be better to show of some action.

>>15666844
Yeah, that's Ikaruga.

>>15666871
Yeah, there's a lot of chaff they could cut if they wanted.

>>15666871
In the LN he spends the more than half of both LN 2 and 3 on making different prototypes, with his personal machine not being finished until the end of 3.

This all takes place of a couple of years.

>>15660963
>hardly any heroines
hahahahahaha

>>15665409
>>you will never be qt girl and pilot a giant robot
>>qt girl

Problem is, protagonist is a guy. And straight one.

>>15657897
Finally caught this today (I shoulda seen it on Sunday but it kept slipping my mind) and I thought it was alright. I've been hankering for a new fantasy mecha show, and this one more or less scratches that itch.

I don't think it'll be as memorable as Dunbine or Escaflowne. I loved the music in Dunbine (not just the OP and ED but the background music too, the battle theme was really nice) and this show's OST so far seems just alright. And the knight mecha are pretty cool, but not quite as AESTHETIC as Escaflowne's mechs. But on the plus side, the action parts seem pretty cool. The mecha action is OK, it's always fun seeing mecha knights slice up giant bugs and has been since Dunbine, but I actually rather like those rifle-sword things Ernesti invented. I've seen worse starts, I think I'll keep watching this.

ALL THE LOVE INTERESTS ARE MEEEEEECHS

>>15666976
Yeah, if you're not a giant robot you ain't winning this.

>>15666980
>addy on suicide watch

>>15666933
There is only one that matters.

>>15667206
Ikaruga best girl.

>the mechasexual puts a routine into the maintainance scedule that's just the mech doing body-builder poses

gotta get ma shades.

>>15667632
I won't lie; I'd be a little pissed if that's entirely skipped over, considering it is a valid, if ridiculous, means of testing the strand crystal and attachments.

>>15668265
Yeah, that sounds funny anyways, I'd like to see a scene like that. I enjoy humorous touches like that in my mecha shows.

>>15668288
Same goes for the boss's flashback at being scolded by the seamstresses in learning how to actually braid strands. This macho dwarf painfully learning how to sew/knit.

There's also the testing of the Silver Sword Keys, which shouldn't be skipped either.

It's the little things like those that really give a nice mix of humor but also development.

>>15666965
>straight

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>>15665873
Would the story change at all if it wasn't isekai? What would people shitpost about if it wasn't? Is there anything that benefits from him being from another world? Did the author only do it because he wanted a magic=computers gimmick and didn't know how to write a believable genius inventing a new paradigm from scratch? Is this because the author himself doesn't know much about computers, and couldn't explain how Eru comes up with something like categorizing spells as processes, programs, daemons, etc? When Eru jacks Guer, he is effectively running the mech from the "command line" instead of using the standard UI, which results in him doing things that normally wouldn't be allowed by the machine, causing things to break when he inputs some arguments. Why not explain it like this if it is how you wanted to tell it? Why not have issues with the magic like stack overflow exist somehow and have him solve these "bugs" that result from functional but bad "magic programming"? Buglike monsters exist, why not let him fight some of those and be inspired to use their forms as basis for less conventional mechs (many arms, mounted projectiles, multiple camera/panoramic cockpit)?

Captcha: majestic internet

>>15669244
It would only make the MC a savant genius with an insane mind, and be more of a blatant Gary Stu (not that there would be much difference).

For example; the story world's common sense is that a Knight needs to be modeled as 1:1 as possible with the human body. The problem is, is that that ideology has governed the entire world's approach to Knight development, which resulted in stagnation, and only one major enough breakthrough happening once every 100 years or so.

Even their custom units only add more muscle here or there for extra strength, but do not deviate much from the human form.

Eru here, coming from a world where it's okay to think outside of the box to novel approaches, results in adding sub-arms, a speed-based non-human Knight, rudimentary flight capability, and a bunch of unorthodox equipment no one would normally think up because they're so bound to the idea that Knights should be humanoid avatars.

The story could still have progressed perfectly fine if he just happened to be a magic savant, but it wouldn't explain his out-of-the-box ideas that were partially instrumental to his early growth (the gunblades and gun-style combat early on, and his sudden know-how of robotic fundamentals). Sure, the anime skips over most of that to get to the fights, and the isekai part is practically forgotten, but the original LN and manga adaptation still emphasize that while his brilliant magic coding is great; the robot stuff all came from his hobbies.

SRW debut when?

inb4 X-omega

>>15669286
Does the story actually give a decent reason why nobody ever thought to deviate from a human form? That explanation actually makes the writing seem dumber to me. People innovate in vehicle design in the real world.

>>15670351
That's just how they've built them up until now, and their controls and everything are based under the idea that all of the knight's limbs are controlled by the pilot, so deviating from the human form would cause undo burden.

It's honestly not all that weird. Nowadays we have a lot of ideas and innovation cause we had a sudden industrial revolution that accelerated our development. These people don't quite seem to have had a revolution, and my impression was always that they were sort of "given" the original designs, and just stuck with them.

If I recall right,Silhouette Knights are also owned by the kingdom, and because they're all giant hunks of metal that no doubt cost a ton, the incentive to experiment would be lower, as just a few extra knights would be a huge investment, and they're mostly used to fight monsters and there don't seem to be so many wars (due to the threat of monsters), so I don't imagine they have much in the way of an arms race going on either.
Prolonged stagnation in a certain field isn't exactly unheard of, anyways.

>>15670378
>the idea that all of the knight's limbs are controlled by the pilot
Are they controlled via motion capture? That would explain a reliance on the human form. If not how could you configure the controls for a non-human form without complicated macros. 4 arms would be difficult to work even with joysticks.

I will admit that the conceit makes more sense if the tech was given to them by a more advanced civilization. That would explain why they don't feel comfortable fucking around with it. The lack of an arms race with other civilizations would also make it a little more buyable.

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About aesthetics: a lot of people have pointed out that this nearly isn't as aesthetically pleasing as some other fantasy mech shows. Its not high fantasy like Rayearth; its not gearpunk knights like Escaflowne; it doesn't even have interesting insect designs like Dunbine. What it is, and what it excels at, is magical technology. Its not magitek, and doesn't have the same attractiveness that a completely alien punk has, but its basically using magic to get around limiting real-life problems (square cube law for instance). And the rules that govern it does make sense all things considered.
Which is why I'm disappointed that they skipped the early parts that establish this magical technology rule set.

>>15670674
Hmm, that's a interesting way of thinking about it, I hadn't considered it like that before. The mech designs certainly do fulfill what they were intended and the role they needed to play in the plot.

>>15670351
A bit. Spoilers ahead.

For one, Knights are purely a military weapon. Civilians get by on horses and carriages. As a military weapon, research and advancement of tech is entirely dependent on the NTR (National Technology Research) lab.

Another issue is that they have focused on refining the form to its limit, both in power and performance. The current Knights are practically are a dead end conventionally, with custom variants either trading more armor for more musculature for mobility, or training mobility for more armor.

A third problem is that basic training is translating elements of standard warrior training into mechanized combat, so pilots are used to the idea that the mech can only do what armored knights can; just scaled up.

The biggest factor, is actually in the key component that provides power. The Ether Drive is a national secret. But the Ether Drive's output is limited due to the construction behind them. The truth is Ether Drives require both expensive Mithril, a Demon Beast core, and Innate magic capability to engrave the power functions on the Mithril, then shape the Mithril to draw power from the Demon Core. Because humans have no innate magic, they cannot infuse the power code with magic nor mold the Mithril. And because the Demon Cores used are taken from the commonly hunted Demon Beasts; a standard was set that results in a fixed amount of power being available at any time.

Because the Demon Beasts rarely come in sizes large enough to contain a larger and more powerful core, it simply wasn't worth the cost of trying to create powerful one-off Ether Drives. Thus, the power-to-build ratio is fixed. Which again locks the design.

Eru attempts to get over the power limitations with improved mana battery systems and the physical limitations with braided crystal tissue. And it does work, but it requires knowledge that isn't normally associated with the military.

>>15670869
>and Innate magic capability to engrave the power functions on the Mithril
>Because humans have no innate magic

THEN WHO DOES?

>>15670976
Come on sempai; the answer is obvious!
Elves. Though there are no elven love interests, nor are the elves assholes or stuck up. They do the heavy work of mass-producing the Kingdom's Ether Drives, but the few attempts made to describe the process failed as no human could replicate it. Until Eru came along and figured out how to replicate both the Elves high mental processing capabilities (his mind; but even he has to take it slow because he's reached 100% processing power) and magically infuse the scripts into the Mithril (by using a Motorad and its mana-infused movement to simulate the magic infusion while script-writing).

>>15671019
Well I fucked that up somehow; but eh.

>>15671019
So are their any political problems between elves and humans, or are elves just like everyone else, except with pointy ears?

>>15671102
Elves prefer to live in secrecy and peace. They honestly just want to be left alone.
That's why Elves and their location are a secret to most humans.

Humans provide security and other things so elves so they can just spend their time meditating all day long. In return they give ether reactors to humans.



There are some other younger elves that secretly live among humans, like the head of the national robotics laboratory. But there aren't many.

>>15671178
Ah, I see. That seems pretty chill.

>>15671019
The horrifying part is that he's been sitting on the tech to mechanize mass production of ether reactors ever since he completed Ikaragura.

The world will be on fire once somebody actually realizes that motor gears could porentially endlessly copy standard reactors.

It's Re:Zero but for us.

>>15671195
>mass production of ether reactors
it took him months and a lot of effort to create just 2 reactors.

Perhaps he can optimize the script

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No way this is a boy.

>>15670869
Thanks.

That's good. Good to know that this is a real robot show where technology has limitations.

>>15671209
Rezero is shit though. This one is actually nice.

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>>15671223
>it took him months and a lot of effort to create just 2 reactors.

It's mainly because that was part of his pet project, because he most likely had to make adjustments to account for the fact that it's a non-fossilized core and because he doesn't care too much about the R&D required to turn those into MP units. It basically comes down to

>write down the Life Song
>link motor gear to a working ether reactor and tell it to read it and write the Life Song onto a prepped medium.

They have all the tech required, so as long as they got the materials, they can now mass produced reactors without any elvish inputs. And increase the density of the script as well , simply by programming the machine to write at a smaller scale. Kid started Moore's Law for free energy engines.

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A boy and his waifu.

>>15671432
>addy on suicide watch

>>15671432
>drill arms

Truly /ourguy

>>15671252
>Good to know that this is a real robot show where technology has limitations
Why is that good?

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>>15671495
And their magic-rocket propelled too, with a cable to reel in what they impale. Great for killing pilots and claiming intact pieces of machinery for his future fap material.

They also have a built-in gun as well.

Ultimately the entire design is considered flawed, due to the reliance on one-off reactors and magic strengthening needed to prevent it from tearing itself apart. However, it's very much like a Gundam; powerful one-off prototype.

>>15671624
Well his whole PLAN was to build something dumb only he could use.

But frankly, after he created jet engines, all it takes is for somebody to sit down and figure heavier than air flight for them to enter the scifi jet age.

They already got a couple of hundreds of years of experience with fly-by-wire tech and they came up with ultralight, shape-changing materials, so they can basically build aircrafts that can go from supersonic flight to CAS duty at the drop of a hat...

>>15671288
They are still limited by the quality of Demon Cores though, which are tied to the size of Demon Beasts. Only two national disaster level beasts have actually been fought in recent years, and it still takes both mega cores just to fully power something on Ikaruga's level.

Granted, Ikaruga can operate exclusively on the Queen's Core if he wasn't using thrusters for continuous flight, so we have a rough idea of how strong an ether reactor needs to be to power something of Ikaruga's size and capabilities.

The other issue is improving the Magius Engine scripts, and the engine itself practically acts like a magic computer. Eru bypasses much of it by direct control and coding in real-time, but it's been noted that the Magius Engines are roughly 80%~90% full of the magic scripts necessary to move the Silhouette knights. The Sub Arm scripts were written to the spare areas of the Magius Engines, and in Tzendorg's case, had to be scripted from the ground-up to accommodate a non-human movement pattern and the unique capabilities of said unit.

>>15671666
Funny that you mention that, considering V4...

At any rate, all means of flight capability are still restricted. The Fremmviera kingdom's thruster tech by the fragility of the engines and the severe mana consumption, and the other by the exotic element needed to sustain lift.

But it did spark new innovation; Eru created rudimentary TOW javelins as AA and artillery equipment to be used by Tzendribles. Cabled rods with a simple rocket script, and optically guided by the pilot until it reaches the maximum cable range.

So assuming the arms race between the two mad geniuses, it's possible we could see some flight-based Silhouette Knights in the future, even if all it can do is fly and serve as a scout.

>>15671695
>At any rate, all means of flight capability are still restricted.

Yes, mainly because nobody's using actual aerodynamic flight. Eru because he's a mecha-otaku and the other dude because his research field is exotic particle physics.
But as they do have flying creatures, lifting bodies should be able to create lift without any issues and the movable armour pieces mean that they can build insane aircrafts right out of the gate. Also there shouldn't be any issues with using smaller demon cores exclusively for computation. They just need to generate enough energy to perform the necessary scripts, after all.

>>15666965
>straight
Nah, his bots are his waifus.

Wait that's a guy?

No....no NOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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>>15671818
Have a female version of Eru from a different novel series as compensation.

>>15671818
It's okay if it's cute.

>>15671818
Don't worry, liking traps isn't gay

>>15657897
I'm thinking about watching, but I have a question.

Does this show do the
>reincarnated with RPG leveling system powers
that all the recent reincarnation isekai stories do?

>>15671968
>reincarnated with RPG leveling system power

No.

NOOO.

It does not do that.

No fucking stats.

>>15672012
Sweet, downloading now.

>>15659702
Believe me, all /m/en would be sitting there with sparkles around them if they could learn how to build a giant robot

Well I would, at least.

>>15660468
Oh yeah... the mc introduces them to the concept of power armors

Can't wait to see that animated

>>15672126
>PA ends up being adapted nationwide and used in specops functions as well

Be still, my penis.

>>15672143
>Originally conceived as trainers for Silhouette Knights, with Eru really doing so to further speed up Knight Training.
>Eru expanded them to be usable with anyone even with zero magic potential.
>Eru further developed prototype tech for use with Motor Rad before scaling it up to Silhouette Knights, and debuted their capabilities during the theft arc.
>Motor Rad proved far more successful beyond a trainer, and was adopted and adapted for use by the engineering teams.
>Fremmviera's Black Ops saw Motor Rad's potential and discreetly adopted a variant called Shadow Lad.

I won't lie; it's pretty funny how they just started out as Eru's attempt to increase training time in the cockpit, instead of being forced to take turns using Silhouette Knights for practice. Then it just spun off from there when he decided it was a good idea to turn them into full-fledged powered infantry, while the maintenance teams took the base design and adapted them into industrial exoskeletons; trimming off the armor and combat functions.

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>>15671831
Xestmarg of the Silver Snow needs to be translated. Same mecha designer and artist even.

>>15672183
We could use more translated /m/ novels in general.

>>15672185
>We could use more translated /m/ stuff in general
FTFY

>>15671624
Ikaruga animated when

>>15671685
Lol, this is like Zoids.

>>15671695
Tech rivalry was in Code Geass.

So we expect to have multiple Dunbine's Shot Weapons in Knights and Magic.

>>15672450
Never seen Zoids, how so?

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>>15672450
Well there's horse and flying fish knights as far as i know.

>tfw your main character is so uninterested in romance you have make side characters have their own romances

>>15672432
Very true, but /m/ novels suffer more on average than shows, since older ones tend not to be done at all, never mind modern ones. For instance, most Haruka Takachiho and Tomino novels.

>>15672577
Very true. But there are also plenty of mangos and video games that will never be translated either.

I really need to find something similar to Vanguard Bandits that I haven't played now.

>>15672183
is this good? ready to order.

>>15672527
worked for Gundam 00

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>>15673043
Yeah, Eru is a Setsuna grade mecha autist.

>>15673059

>>mfw Bandai is never going to make figures of all these cool robots that aren't the main 2-3

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>>15670869
>advancement of tech is entirely dependent on the NTR
hee

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>>15671019
>no elven love interests
not even a cool elven mech?

I feel like this is kind of a plain show, so far, but I'm willing to give it more of a chance.

Overall, my biggest problem with it is that I'm spoiled from Youjo Senki.

The transition from Real World -> Other World was better planned and thought out in that one, and I like how it gave the main character a goal and purpose in the new world.

I realize that a lot of isekai stuff is just wish fulfillment and escapism, but taking it a bit slower and giving the main guy a purpose beyond "let me become the best roboter dude ever"

>>15672984
War of Eustrath/Eusrath?

Remake on IOS with more innuendo, but not sure if it's still in the shop.

>>15673126
As far as we know; none currently. They just want their peace and meditation time, and in exchange, will willingly build ether reactors for the Kingdom. The Kingdom just has to provide the cores and protection of their forest.

>>15673122
Well it ended up sort of true; after all, the stolen machine resulted in escalation of R&D on both sides. And the Lab itself turn the rough girls handed over to them into refined beauties.

Except for Tzendorg and Tzendrible. That ended up being perfected from the start (just like the sub-arms), so the labs couldn't do anything to refine them further.

>>15672467
>horse mecha's hind legs have forward facing knees instead of rear facing chicken walker like knees
This triggers me so much. Couldn't he have looked at a horse's anatomy before he designed this?

>>15672467
Where are the arms

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>>15673559
On the human torso.

But it has flexible cable systems built-in to allow towing of other silhouette knight carriers, as well as dragging along victims, and clamps to allow it to store a lance or two for charging assaults. It also has moveable armor plating to help with direction changes.

>>15672467
Well, they are like Zoids in that they need to harvest a core from natural beasts.

Dunbine harvested muscles from bugs.

>>15666802
Is that before or after Sky made a point that the newest Chinese volume was released?

>>15669244
You realize part of what makes Eru Eru is him being an Isekai /m/ fag right? He literally doesn't mind it when the enemy steals his technology and chalks it up the 'cliche' scenario, and instead looks forward to shitting on them in battle.

Said stolen technology was what allowed the enemy to steam roll a few countries before they were stopped by Eru.

In fact all the politics in this series that involves Eru revolves around him being an isekai protagonist. Without it there's 99.999999% chance he would never take the same actions and the story would change drastically. I don't get why you dumb niggers always harp on about not needing isekai when it's clear the only shit you've ever read are trash fan fiction and then you got so mad you vowed to hate isekai for the rest of your life. Why do you need to be so bi-polar? Are you retarded?

>>15660601
Ady sleeps with the guy every day she can later and still hasn't gotten the dick.

>>15673911
Ady's life is suffering, tempered by the fact that she gets to monopolize and dominate a trap childhood friend in bed every night.

>>15673911
>>15673954
Why doesn't she just rape him?

>>15673963
It's only a matter of time.

>>15673963
That could damage the product's healing qualities.

Plus he's directing almost 100% of his love towards robots- and robot-related products, so hugging the shit outta him is basically all that she's got left.

>>15673963
She's playing the long game. Without Chid and Ady, Eru would have had a much more difficult time realizing his plans. The two of them are the only ones besides Eru with enough stamina and magic potential to operate most of his experimental gear, and are the only two flexible enough to readily adapt to different piloting concepts and experimental equipment.

And with Chid/Sid eventually becoming the Princess' Knight and bodyguard, that leaves Ady as the only one readily able to assist Eru with his projects, as well as take care of him (reminding him to eat, visit family, etc). With the way things are going, Eru is eventually going to need to acknowledge Ady more.

>>15674238
He builds her a custom robot, that's as much acknowledgement as she's going to get.

>>15674254
Oh and while I'm at it, Chid/Sid's tastes in women being influenced by his BFF's looks is never not going to be funny to me.

>>15674238
>>15674254
Given all this, it almost feels like the author uses Eru to pretty much say to otaku "you want to be a self-insert? now enjoy watching him ignore the waifus you'll never get, while his friends and family get most of them!".

>>15674864
Are you forgetting this is a mecha LN? Eru being mechasexual is the perfect self insert for mecha otaku.

>>15674864
Eh, for once I can do with a clear winner from the word go even if that winner will take forever to cross the finishing line, not everything needs to be a harem clusterfuck.

>>15674878
>>15674879
Just making an observation, is all, although it is a ne positive overall. Only question that remains is how long could this series go for if the romance aspect will be left on the wayside for now. If this also means no SAO-style sex scenes, it's an added perk.

>>15673906
My question was genuine fag, I haven't read it and want to know if it would be different if it wasn't isekai. I also genuinely think that the "magic is like programming" is a poorly underdeveloped meme since to most people it's the inverse. It would be nice if someone took it further than "uhhh, there is math and rules for it I guess".

No need to fly into a rage, the internet is not serious business.

>>15674917
Even if the main romance is stalled; the side romance gets a bit of tasteful representation.

Helvi and Edgar - Kind of obvious to everyone around, but Edgar still believes he needs to be a better man first.

Princess and Chid - Princess is entirely reliant on Chid to be her source of strength, and Chid himself is trying to become man enough and independent enough to be someone's strength.

The Royal Cousins - Mainly musclehead prince's cousin; who has distinct feelings for him, in a borderline annoying Mahouka "Onii-sama" sort of way. Though he himself isn't quite oblivious to romance; having also wanted to check up on the Princess and Chid in V4.

Granted, one could say that Ady and Eru are close enough to be comfortable sharing the same bed, sharing intimate hugging contact, and the like, even if Eru's libido is still focused on robots. Heck, even their mothers support the pairing wholeheartedly. Politically, there's also the advantage of the Headmaster's grandson marrying one of the daughters of the Marquis (or was it Duke?), since he chose to claim the twins as his.

Granted, that political advantage currently pales to what the Kingdom itself granted Eru in order to keep him loyal. Namely full authority equal to the King, during Demon Beast disasters, independent R&D of Silhouette Knights, rank, title, and his own special forces.

>>15674961
So you're someone that's too retarded to read first and instead makes assumptions because of your own shitty ignorance and bias? Wonderful. No wonder you shitters always complain, you won't even read something new unless someone spoon feeds you while sucking your micro penis.

>>15674254
They kissed in volume 6.

>>15676172
Post the page or picture, there has to be one.

>>15676218
Good luck finding the volumes on the net.

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>>15676218

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A real /m/an

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>>15676888
From the 4 volumes I've red on sky's site yeah, you won't find someone more /m/ unless you go call up a army of Ryuuseis.

Oh shit; is this 24 episodes or something? The OP cameos the Princess and more Ikaruga than there should be.

There's no way to reasonably squeeze in 4 volumes into 12-13 episodes without fucking over a good half of the story.

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>>15676909
Vol 3 is basically centaur R&D with some bug extermination at the end, vol 2 is muscle tissue and back arms R&D along with what's basically a gundamjack.

>>15676925
It's the SoL parts of the story that help make it great though. The interaction between the cast as they slowly overturn centuries of fixed ideology to construct and realize Eru's "hobby".

>>15676940
I'll be sad if there's no mecha muscle flexing or grandpa versus grandson dueling.

So is the pacing still shit like episode 1? I'm enjoying it.

>>15676963
We basically went through vol 1 in 2 episodes.

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Looks like, from front to back:
Guyale - Dietrich's Custom Trainer Model
Earlecumber - Edgar's Custom Trainer Model
Trandorches - Stock Student Trainer Model (used by Helvi and the other students)
Karrdator - Current Mainline Model
Tellestarle - Experimental Model
"Toybox" - Heavily Modified Karrdator Dash Model (Eru's personal use)
Ikaruga - Appears last after this shot, but credits and lighting interfere with a good screencap.

I'm concerned they might skip out entirely on Tzendorg's development, which will really piss me off. I'm holding out hope that it's just a secret unit that will appear in credits after it's birth. That, along with the later upgraded Adelecumber and Guylanda customs.

They also skipped the Karrdator Dash, Karrdetolle, Gordesleo, and Silver Tiger, but I'm also hoping that they will appear in the anime proper.

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>>15677007

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>>15676909
They just rushed through one novel and going by the PV they completed the first half of LN2.

We'll probably get to LN4 and maybe even LN5

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I have to admit; this scene would be even better with Tzendorg and the upgraded Adelecumber, Guyalinda, Karrdatolle, Gordesleo, and Silver Tiger customs. Maybe throw in the Silhouette Gears and Tyrantor just for spice, if this heads into V4.

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It's kind of humorous that the experimental sub-arms are colored red on the animated prototype; they were in stock silver/grey in the LN. Not a big deal really; just emphasizes the prototypical nature of the unit and its equipment.

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Not a great shot, but once we get a higher res creditless ED; I'd love a better image of all the units in the end.

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Reminds me of ML's Takemikazuchi Type 00R; but then again, both units share a common head design theme in samurai armor.

We really need a new thread, huh.