you really think so?
While there has indeed been Ikuto x Suzu development, my interest in the series has been flagging of late. I think I’d prefer it if a credible rival was built up against Suzu (preferably Rin) but I just don’t see that coming, given that Suzu is clearly the promised girl. Another not so good sign is that the manga starts to suffer from cast stagflation with Mei Mei and then Shinobu joining the regular cast.
Following on from Sound Stage 01, there’s plenty of mild angst about what the future holds especially with respect to Nanoha. In any case, Nagumo has been busy translating the tracks in the Nanoha Music Discussion thread in the AnimeSuki forums so I’ve linked to his hard work where I’ve managed to find them.
I’d normally wait for the subs but am so excited with this episode that I just had to write something up based on the raws and reading jaalin’s post and mewmew’s comments. I really loved how the episode is taking full advantage of the transfer from 4koma format to anime - mostly by extending some of the scenes to their full potential e.g. the Initial D homage and Nanako-sensei doing the horlan.
How many times can one tell the same story? Or to re-use the same motifs, albeit in different iterations? The 1.5 locates this series after the original manga from which the first GITS movie drew on for the puppet master conspiracy and is a bridge to the Man-Machine Interface compilation which concentrates the post-merger Motoko.
In ‘Fat Cat’ (Issue 1-2), Section 9 investigate a rich businessman who might be dead but is walking. Togusa and Azuma investigate if he is indeed a remotely controlled zombie and what his puppeteers are up to. This is the first time I’ve had more than a superficial impression of Azuma and it was quite different to see Togusa in the role of mentor rather than rookie. Nonetheless, while I got a sense of why Azuma was recruited, the short story couldn’t convey the strength of partnership the way Innocence delivered on the Motoko-Batou relationship - even though the former is physically absent for most of the movie.
The Major does make an appearance in ‘Drive Slave’ (Issue 3-4) in her Chroma The Hunter remote body. In this story, Batou and Togusa are protecting a police witness he undergoes a surgical procedure to remove a nano-explosive device that has been infiltrated into his heart. The Major once again does battle with a tank-like enemy and is severely mauled but triumphs with through sheer endurance, cunning, the help of insect-like robots (which also feature in Fat Cat).
Of all four covers, I liked the Issue 4 one best (bottom left) which is her Motoko Aramaki corporate warrior incarnation; the suit jacket-like top, short skirt, lace trimmings on skirt and boots, fingerless gloves and the whole Sharon Stone Fatal Attraction type seating position. :D~~ Just wish that the four issues had more of this type of art as the were nowhere as sensuous or fanservicey as in Man-Machine Interface.
Despite my belly-yakking, it’s just a bridge [rejected offshoot - see comments] from GITS to MMI so no expectations of a grand over-arching narrative here. I’m still looking forward to the conclusion of these vignettes (4 arcs - 8 issues in total).
Yes way it’s just as, if not more, entertaining when two girls do it, Kona-chan. Especially if it’s you and Kagami. ;) Thankfully it seems that the change in director hasn’t changed the things which I enjoy about this series - which is the interaction between the characters and their little quirks. Quite a lot of MMO terminology in this episode and I’m the other half of the audience (as said by Akira-sama) who doesn’t understand this world but the terms are pretty ubiquitous online so still had a rough idea of what they meant. Gratitude to a.f.k. for the lightning release this week.
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