Full Metal Panic! 01 – 05

Due to my relative lateness to the anime party compared to many of my fellow fans, there are some critically acclaimed series that I haven’t seen at all. This means that I probably won’t be focusing on newer stuff for the time being (until October, to be precise). This also gives me the perfect excuse to drop Strike Witches, because  I don’t feel that it’s going to be as deep as I hoped it would be. I’m pretty sure I’m going to run out of things to say about pantsu, so I’m not going to try.

I may keep watching it though, y’know… just to see if it gets any better. Yeah… That’s my reason and I’m sticking to it. >_>

Moving on, Full Metal Panic! was pretty high up the list of anime to watch, so I’ve decided to do a bit of blogging on it, and on my first impressions of the series so far.

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Strike Witches 03 – “Lonely No More”

Well, here we are. Our brave young heroine Yoshika is now a member of the 501st, and here’s her first proper taste of battle on the frontline of the English Channel.

Most of the episode focuses on the new relationship between Lynette and Yoshika. There isn’t really anything new to report on the character side of Yoshika. She’s still one of those “I’ve got to do my best” types with no real deviation from that path yet.

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Strike Witches 02 – “To Do What I Can”

The majority of this episode is concerned with the Neuroi attack on the fleet, which mainly consisted of a huge airship blowing up lots of ships resulting undoubtedly in lots of casualties. It never really felt like that during the battle though – more like a test of will for Yoshika. We know from the first episode that she’s a bit stubborn and headstrong, as many stereotypical anime protagonists are, so now we get to see which she values more – pacifism or protection.

For an episode of Strike Witches from what little we know or can assume about it so far, it seems like a fairly serious episode.

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