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**CthuluIsSpy**

TheDraconicLord wrote:
Ok, let me explain my problem with Shinji. First, in the anime, I understand as a younger person, I didn't think about the enormous pressure on his shoulders, but good Gods, he doesn't make any easier, specially in the movies. Everyone is getting murdered and he's "NO, I will not use the Eva to protect everyone, I will just stay here and die!"

But that's ok, that was the old Eva. Now we have the new movies where Shinji is actually a likable human being. Right? Right?!

Yes, until movie 3.

/Begin rant

Heavy Spoilers about movie and mirai nikki. Be warned.

You see, Shinji fethed up. He fethed up badly and caused the apocalypse by the end of movie 2 but of course he had no idea he was gonna do it.
Long story short, in movie 3 when they get him from stasis, EVERYONE he ever knew was telling him "Never get into an Eva again." But ok, he was confused, he woke up from statis, everyone he ever knew was cold and angry with him, he didn't trust them now, I understand
Then he meets the Angel, the same as in the original Evangelion, and like in the original Evangelion, they become BFFs. They become REALLY close, he's like, the best BFF anyone ever had.
Shinji is given a mission by his father (Yes, the fether is still alive ofc) and Shinji now pilots a special Eva that requires 2 pilots, him and the Angel and he has to retrieve something.
EVERYONE he ever knew he's shouting for him not to do it.
THE ANGEL, the one guy he really should trust and who GIVES HIS LIFE FOR HIM, BEGS SHINJI not do it.
What does Shinji do? He does it anyway.
Angel dude dies thanks to Shinji.
Shinji releases the Apocalypse. AGAIN. THIS TIME WITH THE ENTIRE CAST BEGGING HIM NOT TO DO IT. INCLUDING HIS BFF. WHO DIES.

fething SHINJI IS THE MOST IDIOTIC AND PISSY CHARACTER. EVER. Sorry, this had to be in caps.

And Yuki? He's almost Shinji level. Why? Because of the SAME, GOD, DAMN, REASON.
There's this guy, who's almost like the Angel to Shinji. He's a great friend. Hell, he has many great friends who did all they could to help him, even sacrificed their lives from him.
Who does he trust and gets them all killed? His fething psychopatic girlfriend that already KIDNAPPED HIM BEFORE.

GODS. Some characters are made to be hated, some for reasons like the Mage in Fate Zero, others, well, because they are Shinji.

/end rant.

In other news, in GATE, RORY WAS FREAKING AWESOME. <3 A God has descended!

I think Rory channelled Asuka for a moment there.

ANTA BAKAAA!?

**Elemental**

So, I've just finished Gundam ZZ, and to sum it up....

Speaking just of the second half (post episode 21), I'd actually say I liked it better than Zeta. It's hard to pin down why, but I think it comes down to finding the characters a lot more interesting, and more coherent.

Spoiler:

Plus, there was finally the all-out Psyco Gundam boss battle that Zeta kept teasing us with.

**TheDraconicLord**

Well, Shimoneta had some... interesting developments.

Anna has been wacky so far, but this latest ep. shows the honestly could give Mirai Nikki's Yuno a run for her money... that was some grade A Yandere moment.

And Kosuri... *whistle* Grade A bitch. She's even worst than what I expected.

I honestly have no idea what the "main plot" is that will end the show. Maybe the defeat of the "bad" terrorism organization?

**Goremaul**

Hmm, that's an interesting point. Each episode keeps reinforcing how damaging the whole zero sex ed is. I'd like to think it'll end with that becoming apparent to everyone, but I doubt that's within the scope of 12/13 episodes.

I'd have to agree that, for now, the goal will be defeating Gathered Fabric. :/

**Alfndrate**

So, as someone who has as admitted to not liking Rory, I just watched the latest episode of Gate, and you win this round Rory fans, she was very effective in the Diet. I enjoyed the interrogation parts of the episode, because we all know any government group like the Diet would have acted as they did, so it was nice to see people who were there to tell the stuffy politicians to stfu.

Gate continues to do just enough to get me to watch next week lol.

**TheDraconicLord**

I very, very, very rarely lose track of time when I watch anime, but when I do, it's because IT'S UNBELIVABLY good. Like Overlord.

Damn, this episode felt like 5mns, I couldn't believe I was seeing the ED, I mean, DAMN. That final sentence that ended the episode, that's swag. Massive, massive swag badassery. Momon for best character 2015. Hell, for President!

**CthuluIsSpy**

TheDraconicLord wrote:
I very, very, very rarely lose track of time when I watch anime, but when I do, it's because IT'S UNBELIVABLY good. Like Overlord.

Damn, this episode felt like 5mns, I couldn't believe I was seeing the ED, I mean, DAMN. That final sentence that ended the episode, that's swag. Massive, massive swag badassery. Momon for best character 2015. Hell, for President!

That was a good episode.
Still can't believe how quickly they killed off those adventurers .
I love how Momon was flustered when Nabe came up with a better tactic than him. You can tell he was thinking "gak, why didn't I think of that?!"

**TheDraconicLord**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
TheDraconicLord wrote:
I very, very, very rarely lose track of time when I watch anime, but when I do, it's because IT'S UNBELIVABLY good. Like Overlord.

Damn, this episode felt like 5mns, I couldn't believe I was seeing the ED, I mean, DAMN. That final sentence that ended the episode, that's swag. Massive, massive swag badassery. Momon for best character 2015. Hell, for President!

That was a good episode.
Still can't believe how quickly they killed off those adventurers .
I love how Momon was flustered when Nabe came up with a better tactic than him. You can tell he was thinking "gak, why didn't I think of that?!"

Thankfully he's the Supreme One, so he managed to get away with it just fine

Spoiler:

**Desubot**

Just marathoned "Another"

What in da feth.

**Soladrin**

Could you guys have at least put spoiler tags on something that literally came out in the last 20 hours....

Update: That all aside, you were right about the episode.

I can't wait for the level of humiliating beat down she's going to be receiving.

Oh, and for extra funnies, keep in mind that as long as he's pretending to be a warrior he's nowhere near being serious to begin with.

**CthuluIsSpy**

There's one thing I don't get though - if he's a warrior class, how can he cast magic?

Spoiler:

**Soladrin**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
There's one thing I don't get though - if he's a warrior class, how can he cast magic?

Spoiler:

He cast that despair spell on that giant hamster, and then he summoned a pair of monsters to fight that undead army. Is this a JRPG thing, where warrior types can use some spells?

He's not, he's a wizard using warrior gear to go undercover, he's just so over-leveled that any gear penalties don't matter. This was established pretty much from the start.

**AduroT**

He's not a Warrior Class, he's a level capped Caster Class. He just apparently has some exploit where he can use weapons/armor that he creates with his magic and that fact everyone is significantly lower "level" than he is makes him seem like a warrior in comparison. Although I think I recall something about the armor was supposed to keep him from casting magic or something but he did still use that magic didn't he?

**Grey Templar**

There are many rpgs which have crossover between a fighter and a magic type class. Maybe he's an anti-paladin!

**Goremaul**

I believe the armour stops him from casting really high-tier spells. So far he really hasn't had to delve into high-tier magic, so it's all good.

That episode went by way too fast. Next week should be epic!

**CthuluIsSpy**

Soladrin wrote:
CthuluIsSpy wrote:
There's one thing I don't get though - if he's a warrior class, how can he cast magic?

Spoiler:

He cast that despair spell on that giant hamster, and then he summoned a pair of monsters to fight that undead army. Is this a JRPG thing, where warrior types can use some spells?

He's not, he's a wizard using warrior gear to go undercover, he's just so over-leveled that any gear penalties don't matter. This was established pretty much from the start.

And yet he needed Nabe to cast some spells, and couldn't wield a sword in mage form.

Automatically Appended Next Post:

Goremaul wrote:
I believe the armour stops him from casting really high-tier spells. So far he really hasn't had to delve into high-tier magic, so it's all good.

That episode went by way too fast. Next week should be epic!

Hmm, you do have a point. He hasn't summoned any black holes lately, so I suppose that must be the case.

**Soladrin**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
Soladrin wrote:
CthuluIsSpy wrote:
There's one thing I don't get though - if he's a warrior class, how can he cast magic?

Spoiler:

He cast that despair spell on that giant hamster, and then he summoned a pair of monsters to fight that undead army. Is this a JRPG thing, where warrior types can use some spells?

He's not, he's a wizard using warrior gear to go undercover, he's just so over-leveled that any gear penalties don't matter. This was established pretty much from the start.

And yet he needed Nabe to cast some spells, and couldn't wield a sword in mage form.

Automatically Appended Next Post:

Goremaul wrote:
I believe the armour stops him from casting really high-tier spells. So far he really hasn't had to delve into high-tier magic, so it's all good.

That episode went by way too fast. Next week should be epic!

Hmm, you do have a point. He hasn't summoned any black holes lately, so I suppose that must be the case.

Yes, all explained before. Armor and weapons are magic items as such he can use them. When he put the armor on he said he can't cast in armor, though it appears it's more a case of only low spells.

**TheDraconicLord**

IIRC, that armor and weapons were created by him thanks to a spell, a bit like the summon weapon from The Elder Scrolls. D&D has some spells like this but obviously not nearly permanent like his.

And for the REALLY fluffy bunnies, one of the names she mentioned that could fight her on equal terms was the manly as hell captain from ep 3-4, but, well, we know what his strenght is compared to Mr. Momon

@Desubot - Oh, besides the "WTF" feel what did you think? I honestly felt the end was way too rushed, those final episodes, damn.

EDIT:

Welp, here's my help to to feed the Overlord factory. Good Gods, the anime industry is wack, almost 10€ for a CD with 4 songs (and none of them the OP! That was another CD! with the same price), but so be it, I need more Overlord and Momon's face in the cover pretty much forced my wallet.

Spoiler:

**Desubot**

TheDraconicLord wrote:

@Desubot - Oh, besides the "WTF" feel what did you think? I honestly felt the end was way too rushed, those final episodes, damn./quote]

Spoiler:

**Goremaul**

Hmm... Prison School was really tough to watch today. So many things could have been done differently!

Also, Gate made me laugh. They were really pushing the "Japan is great" this episode.

**AduroT**

Yeah, they were very unsubtle with the pro-JSDF and anti-'Murica in this episode of Gate.

**CthuluIsSpy**

Yeah, it was pretty obvious.
I still don't understand the logic in sending a team to capture them first, when they already had intel to blackmail the Prime Minister with.
Doesn't make much sense :/

Watching Assassination Classroom.
Its fun so far, but I don't see why they just coat everything with that anti-korosensei stuff. Like, grind it into a powder and sprinkle it everywhere.

**Goremaul**

I also don't fully understand why other countries are sending these teams in to kidnap the "guests". Best I can come up with is that they're trying to create and incident, so as to prove Japan isn't capable of handling the Special Zone on their own. Seems kinda random and/or unrealistic though.

**Soladrin**

So, I'm the only one who is enjoying the whole America is evil part? Because I'm enjoying it. For once America isn't shoved in as the good guy in something.

**Grey Templar**

Finally started Overlord. Loving it.

**AduroT**

Soladrin wrote:
So, I'm the only one who is enjoying the whole America is evil part? Because I'm enjoying it. For once America isn't shoved in as the good guy in something.

I don't mind America is evil, they just heavy handed the pro JSDF a bit much, especially the "I'm Force Recon and I thought I was super bad assed but I just can't even come close to these guys" line. And it just seemed to lack reason. If you're working that back alley black mail angle, wait till it's finished before you send in your troops.

**CthuluIsSpy**

AduroT wrote:
Soladrin wrote:
So, I'm the only one who is enjoying the whole America is evil part? Because I'm enjoying it. For once America isn't shoved in as the good guy in something.

I don't mind America is evil, they just heavy handed the pro JSDF a bit much, especially the "I'm Force Recon and I thought I was super bad assed but I just can't even come close to these guys" line. And it just seemed to lack reason. If you're working that back alley black mail angle, wait till it's finished before you send in your troops.

Yeah, I thought it was a bit forced at well.
Like, I get the guards had a bit of a tactical advantage, as they were in familiar territory and concealed, but even then it felt wrong.
I hope they just don't have Rory kill off those agents. That would be lame.
I am curious as to how they will handle a visit to the US. I have a sneaking suspicion that it would be done badly.

**AduroT**

CthuluIsSpy wrote:
AduroT wrote:
Soladrin wrote:
So, I'm the only one who is enjoying the whole America is evil part? Because I'm enjoying it. For once America isn't shoved in as the good guy in something.

I don't mind America is evil, they just heavy handed the pro JSDF a bit much, especially the "I'm Force Recon and I thought I was super bad assed but I just can't even come close to these guys" line. And it just seemed to lack reason. If you're working that back alley black mail angle, wait till it's finished before you send in your troops.

Yeah, I thought it was a bit forced at well.
Like, I get the guards had a bit of a tactical advantage, as they were in familiar territory and concealed, but even then it felt wrong.
I hope they just don't have Rory kill off those agents. That would be lame.
I am curious as to how they will handle a visit to the US. I have a sneaking suspicion that it would be done badly.

I highly doubt they'll get caught. It would make the JSDF look bad if they were to allow that to happen. Plus as you said, Rory is there and there's little way she couldn't handle those guys by herself, much less with some wizardly backup.

**Alfndrate**

I found it strange that they didn't have any sort of tech for night fighting, just some schmucks in camo and ski masks, like come prepared... That's what bugged me the most about the America is evil aspect... It's more like America is incompetent at being evil...

**Goremaul**

Heh, I agree with the above points. I don't mind the "America is evil" (or China and/or Russia), but it probably could have done without the American's comment of "Ermagerd, these Japanese are sooooo much better at everything than we are!" That part was silly.