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Combo entry, more on episode 4.
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Subaru conveniently recites the letter to her family. It’s been 2 weeks since she’s been trolling at the6th Mobile Division.
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This rant has one and only one purpose: to explain why I dislike StrikerS for reasons that aren’t “26 eps series VS 13 eps series pacing”. It’s easier than to reply in comments again. It’s written quickly as soon as I woke up and saw the comment for the ep 3 post, so I might add to it later on.
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“It took quite awhile for my dream to be realized” is a funny line to use when you show the now adult Nanoha/Fate/Hayate “half naked in bed” threesome. Too bad the rest of script doesn’t keep up.
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Clare gets saddled with another annoying task: infiltrate the Vatican! help lousy humans who don’t want her help (seriously though, The holy city of Rabona = Roma, see if you can tell me otherwise). So she goes undercover. Of course, when you are known as a silver-eyed witch you can’t exactly use a wig and call it a day. As contacts were not invented in this medieval-like world, Clare gets to take pills that supress her Claymore-ness.
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Their oh-so-fortunate travelling south ends with them stranded in the desert. The beginning of the episode is all about Ellis = Aspergers R Us, but she is so darn cute…
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Another dissapointing episode.
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We find out several interesting things in the beginning of this episode.
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And here it is, the 3rd series I’ve been expecting this season. The fact that this is a “two girls find each other” Bee Train anime, directed by Koichi Mashimo (who else? lol) with music by Yuki Kajiura and chara design by Yoko Kikuchi (Noir) made it an instant favorite. Main chara seiyuu are Ai Shimizu (Mikoto ^^) and Shizuka Itou (Rei, MariMite; Shouko, Asatte). The only point against this series is that Koichi Mashimo also did Madlax, which was… well, let’s just say I didn’t watch more than one episode, yuri or not. I plan to watch more some day though. (I did mention the yuri, no?)

My first impression of this anime, just 2 minutes in, was that I’ve seen ALL of it before and I was just waiting to see it again. Maybe I am biased though. *pauses* Heck, who cares? It’s been too long since I was this enthusiastic when watching anime.
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Finally, the second show I’ve been waiting for this season! Nanoha was no 1 only because I know for sure, or thought I knew, that it’d make an enjoyable series, while Claymore, awesome as it is as manga, had a not very promising trailer, screaming low budget. I wouldn’t have minded less than perfect animation, really, but what the trailer showed was cheesy shortcuts taken in the action scenes. Those get really old, really fast, and are a mood-breaker. Well… the first episode is not quite trailer bad.

The beginning is very gory and shot all in red and black, but the music is a classical piece, on the serene side, which offsets the visuals quite nicely.
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