hontou ni Stripey Insists Sisters Cry Oniichan Now

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   Stripey
   November 28th, 2008 - 12:20

   You may have a better chance of enjoying Sky girls instead. SG is typical JCStaff. Endearing characters with coherent plot that builds itself up unhurriedly but steadily. Nothing very spectacular but you come away satisfied with this lingering warm, fuzzy feeling.

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   Zyl
   November 28th, 2008 - 12:21

   GOT YURI??

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   Stripey
   November 28th, 2008 - 12:30

   LOL! No, they all have heterosexual love interests. Got bro-con though. A serious case.

   Come to think of it, Sky Girls is JCStaff’s Evangelion, only fluffier XD

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   Zyl
   November 28th, 2008 - 12:32

   KNOTKSBAI

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5. 

   Haesslich
   November 28th, 2008 - 13:43

   Yo, Stripey, Hinagiku’s seiyuu got married to Yukiji’s…

   Via Sankaku complex

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   Zyl
   November 28th, 2008 - 16:55

   Nice one, Haess.

   But I think j1m0ne’s comment in response to the Sankaku post is spot-on: It’s just fanservice. Kinda like Nakahara Mai x Shimizu Ai PV for Himitsu Dolls.

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   Watchman
   November 28th, 2008 - 17:26

   IIRC I was able to tolerate Strike Witches until around halfway into the first ep before going “Oh sod this”…
   And just to put things in perpective, I was able to tolerate the hentai-ripoff char designs in Divergence Eve and the Amazing Disintegrating Textiles of Ikkitousen without much trouble.

   Sky Girls is at least a lot more tolerable in the fanservice departement. (As in doesn’t poke your eyes out with it.)

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   Stripey
   November 29th, 2008 - 00:39

   Haesslich: heh you sure you got the news to the right hontouni brother?

   Watchman: Actually I don’t consider Sky girls fanservicey. Maybe I have been too fixated on Karen. XD

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   Watchman
   November 29th, 2008 - 03:48

   O_o
   Two Words(tm): flight suits.

   At least they wear sane uniforms the *rest* of the time.

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10. 

    TheBigN
    November 29th, 2008 - 04:44

    So far I

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    Watchman
    November 29th, 2008 - 05:15

    Yeah, well. The stupendously hackneyed premise wasn’t really helping any; it wasn’t the *good* kind of “wtflol” dumb, IMHO.

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    Haesslich
    November 29th, 2008 - 07:33

    Stripey: Hina’s the imoutu… so I figured it was a two-fer.

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13. 

    Steven Den Beste
    November 29th, 2008 - 10:03

    Episodes 5 and 7 are utter crap. If you want to be dissuaded from watching the rest of the series, watch them, and then you’ll give up. If you want to give yourself a chance to see the whole rest of the series, skip 5 and 7. Come back and watch them later.

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    Dav
    November 29th, 2008 - 19:14

    Yeah, I’ve put up with Strike Witches because of Minna and Mio too. Was focusing more on the face than the pantsu.

    Hmm… Does the Shizu-sama Doctrine apply for you in Sky Girls?

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    Zyl
    November 30th, 2008 - 06:56

    Watchman, it does seem that Japanese fan dumb loves Strikes Witches though… Cover of Megami 103.

    SDB, thanks for the advice. I have read the ep summaries though and found that the ending was quite the WTF though…

    Dav, gah! Shizu-sama Doctrine has been invoked. I must investigate this further…

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    Watchman
    November 30th, 2008 - 15:27

    The Japanese fandumb is notorious for having a kind of creepy fetish for pantsu and worrisomely young girls. That’s the whole raison d’

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17. 

    Dav
    November 30th, 2008 - 22:25

    @ Zyl
    Be sure to catch the Sky Girls DVD specials if you decide to delve into the series.

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18. 

    Steven Den Beste
    December 1st, 2008 - 08:08

    I came up with a retcon for the ending that I think makes sense of it, but I doubt it’s what the director had in mind. But for later, once you’ve seen the ending for yourself, here it is:

    http://denbeste.nu/Chizumatic/tmw/StrikeWitches.shtml

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    Zyl
    December 2nd, 2008 - 22:48

    Watchman, it’s not just the Japanese fan dumb.

    Dav, argh, now you’ve got me even more curious. Stripey didn’t mention anything about this even though he’s been trying to tempt me to watch Sky Girls…

    SDB, thanks. I’ll check it out as and when I managed to get enough bandwidth to getto the rest of the series.

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    Watchman
    December 3rd, 2008 - 08:00

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    Watchman, it

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