Kore wa Zombie Desuka? Discussion Thread [Archive]

Suwako Moriya

01-05-2011, 08:42 AM

Ask not "Is this a zombie?", ask "is Haruna hot?" and then ask "Am I worthy?". You know, I'm going to feel silly for wording it that way if this shows turns out to not be for me.

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TheGreenMan

01-05-2011, 09:05 AM

Stoic loli? Check.
Girl with long black hair, wearing a tight tank top and wearing a cape? Awesome.
A magical girl wielding a chainsaw? I"M THERE!

Fudce

01-10-2011, 01:24 PM

Ask not "Is this a zombie?", ask "is Haruna hot?" and then ask "Am I worthy?".

I'd prefer to ask "What the fuck?"

But to answer the questions, yes, yes yes, possibly not.

Here we have the everyday tale of your everyday schoolboy going about his everyday life. Plus he's a zombie.

Episode one had me in stitches at times, and it also had the lead guy in stitches too in places - literally - and I'm not mentioning which places.

We had a naked magical girl, a silent cute necromancer, and the most disturbing magical girl transformation scene I have ever had the displeasure to witness.

Yup, this one's a keeper - just not that scene.

EmperorBrandon

01-10-2011, 01:54 PM

Yup, this one's a keeper - just not that scene.

I'm really hoping we don't go the whole series with Haruna without her magical powers (though I'm guessing we probably will). The Ayumu crossdressing gag is going to wear thin, maybe...

Some funny stuff here, though, and I look forward to seeing some more of these characters. I want to see Yuu in action.

Suwako Moriya

01-10-2011, 02:01 PM

We had a naked magical girl, a silent cute necromancer, and the most disturbing magical girl transformation scene I have ever had the displeasure to witness.

I'm going to take a wild guess that one of these three aspects is not worthy of being made into avatars.:P

Although the other two aspects are. By other two I mean Haruna and Yuu. In case anyone gets smart.

(Off to see what Dragon Crisis is like)

Suwako Moriya

01-10-2011, 02:03 PM

I'm really hoping we don't go the whole series with Haruna without her magical powers (though I'm guessing we probably will).

It would be rather frustrating if that were the case. As it would be the waste of a perfectly good character if they kept her essentially sidelined.

ilmaestro

01-10-2011, 06:00 PM

Yes, yes, YES. I was really looking forward to this, and it proved hilarious and awesome. Definitely need to see more of You, but that will obviously come. Notebook moe :~~

TheGreenMan

01-10-2011, 06:52 PM

This show is fucking hilarious. I love the twist of a male magical girl.
I feel bad for Ayumu--he gets by a truck, chopped in half...and the worst of all, turned into a magical girl in front of his classmates.
A Dyson fan!

Nosredna

01-10-2011, 07:05 PM

Okay that definitely was one of the most awkward transformation scenes ever. I wonder if he'll ever set foot in class again after what he went through at the end. At least the girls around him are cute. At least he can't die, otherwise the girls around him, would be the death of him.

The Great Bear

01-10-2011, 07:33 PM

I'd prefer to ask "What the fuck?"

That was basically my take on what I just saw. I'm not sure what, exactly, they're going for with this thing. It's not horror or drama, there's too many gags for that, but the humor is more on the painful side than funny side.

Poor Ayumu.

Ashyukun

01-10-2011, 07:36 PM

Hopefully he inherited Haruna's ability (in theory) to erase memories so he can regain a semblance of dignity... and spend a lot of time erasing keitai photos.

I think this episode had the most laugh-out-loud moments of anything new this season for me (Mitsudomoe doesn't count as 'new'). A note-book communicating necromancer loli (who the protagonist assigns a very girly/dere personality to in his own imagination), and a magical girl who wields a chainsaw as her primary weapon... it's definitely off to an amusing start, that's for sure.

Fencedude

01-11-2011, 12:41 AM

Bahahahahahaha...that was awesome. Just don't let Haruna go the entire series without her powers. That would be lame.

Anyway, very, very funny. The imaginary version of Yuu was hilarious (Kotono Mitsuishi!), and of course she has notebook moe~

And Haruna is Nymph!

Westlo

01-11-2011, 02:23 AM

That's not a kick!!!!!

That was quite fun and random though I hope the later transformation sequence is only an episode 1 thing... need that other girl to show up asap...

The Great Bear

01-11-2011, 08:25 AM

The imaginary version of Yuu was hilarious (Kotono Mitsuishi!), and of course she has notebook moe~

That was definitely the funniest part of the episode.

HitokiriShadow

01-11-2011, 10:49 AM

A magical girl that uses a chainsaw? And cares nothing for little details like innocent bystanders being killed? Awesome.

The main character turning into a magical girl/guy in drag at the end was pretty funny. But I hope Haruna gets her powers back soon. Like, next episode soon. While this was amusing, I want to see *her* slicing up monsters with a chainsaw, not the guy, and not her being a helpless onlooker.

And Euclid Hellscythe is adorable, even if you ignore Aikawa's imagined aspects of her.

This is definitely a keeper.

Nork22

01-11-2011, 02:48 PM

I can handle the Masou Shoujo transformation (thank you Ginga Bishounen and MM), but I don't want to see that panty shot thank you very much.

FUNiOP

01-11-2011, 09:02 PM

Well that was insane. Good thing I'm generally a fan of this kind of insanity. The style reminds me a bit of a less over-the-top version of Dokuro-chan so far, so that's what will keep me watching if it can stay fresh with each episode. I had no idea what to expect, so it was a nice surprise, but it could get old quickly. We'll see.

TheGreenMan

01-17-2011, 05:12 PM

Did Dyson make a deal with the creators of this show to push their fan?
Haruna's eggs are the stuff of the GODS.
So, we get a vampire ninja...who wears a tight half shirt that barely contain her tits...and a CAPE. Sorry, but Merry's outfit beats yours...by a long shot.
Ayumu's "breakdancing" EPIC FAILURE, but massive LULZ. Animated gif...STAT.
Backstory!
And Sera-san has another shirt...that's exactly the same as her first one, except red.
Yuu slaps some sense into Haruna...but doesn't do anything to Sera-san when she calls him a piece of shit? I guess it's the "die" part.

EmperorBrandon

01-17-2011, 05:25 PM

Yuu slaps some sense into Haruna...but doesn't do anything to Sera-san when she calls him a piece of shit?

It was Haruna telling him to die that seemed to really upset her. Forgot if Sera had told him that as well, but it was that specifically, not the other insults. This episode has certainly raised my interest in Yuu quite a bit. I'm very curious to learn more about her. Ayumu's killer doesn't seem like it was a "normal" serial killer either, given that he seemingly couldn't move before he got killed.

There were some more hilarious bits in this episode as well. I loved everyone at school wanting some of Haruna's eggs from Ayumu :bigsmile: Sera seems to be 100% tsun and may stay that way, but Hikasa's voice is cool and she's hot. She's another midriff girl for this season. Ayumu has some nice delusions about her too. Speaking of that, I wonder if we will get a new VA every episode for his delusions about Yuu? It was Mitsuishi Kotono the first episode and now Kanai Mika this episode, so it seems like something they might make a joke out of. I'll be curious, as well as when we'll actually hear some dialogue from Yuu's real voice (though notebook-writing is cute).

The OP has me real curious about side-ponytail girl. "She is... XXX" When they say "XXX" it has me expecting something crazy will be filling in those blanks. :sweat:

TheGreenMan

01-17-2011, 05:37 PM

It was Haruna telling him to die that seemed to really upset her. Forgot if Sera had told him that as well, but it was that specifically, not the other insults. This episode has certainly raised my interest in Yuu quite a bit. I'm very curious to learn more about her. Ayumu's killer doesn't seem like it was a "normal" serial killer either, given that he seemingly couldn't move before he got killed.

Vampire? With a sword...wait...nah.

The OP has me real curious about side-ponytail girl. "She is... XXX" When they say "XXX" it has me expecting something crazy will be filling in those blanks. :sweat:

She's the killer! Or a nymphomatic demon. Given the rest of the characters in this show, I wouldn't be surprised if it was the latter.

Nosredna

01-17-2011, 07:29 PM

I always wondered what a Vampire Ninja would be like, now that's one less character I'll need to know about :P. I liked the story as to how he met Yuu and it will be interesting to see what she really thinks their relationship is, or if he's just her servant.

Fencedude

01-18-2011, 12:11 AM

Of course Sera is Hikasa Youko. She has long black hair and a cool personality. Also very nice tits. <3

Anyway, Yuu really stole the episode, I'm amused that they changed Seiyuu for "Delusion Yuu" (lol Kanai Mika), and her reaction to Haruna telling Ayumu to die was interesting. A Necromancer that hates death? How curious.

I'm glad that Ayumu didn't actually become a Vampire Ninja, but he still needs to give Haruna her powers back, dammit.

strangefour

01-18-2011, 12:57 AM

-A tea sipping knight. No delayed shock reaction from the shuffling (probably) main character.
-Kitty nooo!
-Suddenly Yu Yu Hakusho. Or a zombie, kay.
-NANACA CRASH! Chooooo! Zubaaan! Yaaaaa! Dochikaaan! Support Zaaan! Ngaaaa!

-Okay back from playing Nanaca Crash (http://megami.starcreator.com/nanaca-crash/) for old time sake. Where was I? Right zombie kid.
-Oh shoot. Short of girls smacking him back in teh air and a girl on a bike. They are doing a Nanaca crash reference. Awesome. This show can only go downhill from here though. Kinda like zombie boy's rolling. He better get hit by a car every episode or this whole premise is a let down.
-Mute tsuntsun. Deredere exists only in the minds of the feeble.
-"Do not touch my person undead slave labor."
-Mahou shoujo chainsaw massacre?
-Striped.
-Pedo bear? Is that you? When did you get into high school?

-Why is the necromancer playing with Yusuke Yurameshi's soul?
-Kaizo ningen crayfish anal rapist!
-ROCKETO CLAAAAAAAAAAAAW!!!
-Zombie Jump! Zombie Kick! Mahou Zombi! Mahou Zombi! Zombi! Zombi! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNIo6mS1rw8&t=33s)
-Ending feels like a parody of something. But not sure what.

I can't see how follow up episodes can be as lovingly looney as this.

Fencedude

01-18-2011, 01:06 AM

So, anyone have a decent translation for "Masou"?

The kanji is "魔装", which according to Rikai-chan (Excite translation went "lol I dunno?") is something like..."Demon Binding"?

William K

01-18-2011, 01:28 AM

So, anyone have a decent translation for "Masou"?

The kanji is "魔装", which according to Rikai-chan (Excite translation went "lol I dunno?") is something like..."Demon Binding"?

Magic Clothing/Uniform/Costume/Fashion. I prefer costume. If the 2nd char is used as a verb, it can also mean Magic Equipped Shoujo

Fencedude

01-18-2011, 01:32 AM

strangefour

01-18-2011, 02:05 AM

-So he could whip their memories. But what about all the photographic evidence?
-Who is that busty blond with the pea soup green dead eyes that keeps showing up? I don't like her already.
-Now I want an omelette.
-Puu (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEn_ZA5HMyU) and Yuu make a good pair.
-More Deredere lies!
-Good evening miso soup-san.

-Why is it that token sword chicks are always tall busty and have a long ponytail? Not that I'm complaining. Just wondering.
-ZOOOOOOOOOMBIIIIIIIIIIE PAAAAAAAAAAAAAUNCH!!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vuhegyYeZEU&t=1m26s)
-Vampire ninja maid: I APPROVE! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZRSvbcePtU)
-Ceiling ninja is watching you masterbate.
-"Don't fuck with my zombie!"

Okay that was almost as fun as the first episode. Sadly he was not hit by another car this episode. But over all good fun. Can't wait for the sailor scouts (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/strangefour/Random/Mahou_Zombi.jpg) from the OP to show up.

Shiroi Hane

01-18-2011, 09:58 AM

Magic Clothing/Uniform/Costume/Fashion. I prefer costume. If the 2nd char is used as a verb, it can also mean Magic Equipped Shoujo
Remember when he transformed? "All I get is the outfit?"
..yeah.

bear

01-18-2011, 09:17 PM

Let's see:

Zombie - check
Magical girl - check
Ninja girl - check
Vampire girl - check
Necromancer girl- check
Armor wearing girl - check
Busty girl - check
Loli girl- check
Moe check check
Chain saw wielding girl -check
Katana wielding girl - check
Weird pet - check
Monsters - check

Who's missing? Mecha girl? Fox girl?

Oh yeah, neighborhood/classmate girl

HitokiriShadow

01-18-2011, 10:32 PM

I like Haruna's choice of casual clothes: shirt and panties, nothing else.

We meet a vampire ninja and she... does not have the highest of opinions about Ayumu.

Ayumu's idiocy aside, his first meeting with Yuu was pretty cute.

Senku

01-19-2011, 11:44 AM

I don't know what's up with me and comedies this season (Zombie, Onii-chan, Beelzebub); but none of them are clicking for me for some reason.

But we got cool ninja girl with righteous knockers :nosebleed: this episode. And cute necromancer girl who doesn't like the word "Die". Things are afoot.

I guess I'm good for one more episode.

something

01-22-2011, 04:32 PM

Episode 1:

- Wait, so I go from Kugimiya yelling "Ryuuji! Ryuuji!" to a Majima Junji-voiced character with fierce looking eyes? Hah.
- And he has an academically irresponsible friend voiced by Yoshino Hiroyuki.
- ...o_O Then things got silly all of a sudden.

- The OP is like every 13 year old fanfic writer's wet dream. Zombie! Magical girl ! Necromancer! Vampire ninja! XXX!
- ...Wait, masou shoujo? Heh. :sd:
- Speaking of the OP... Hey, who let Shaft direct that?

- Gah Yuu is the cutest necromancer ever. Also... haha wtf? So apparently each episode, fantasy-world Eucliwood will be voiced by a different seiyuu, but her "default" seiyuu (who just seems to breathe) is Tsukimiya Midori, someone who has don't nothing else. That's a pretty awesome gimmick. I like.
- Also, it means.... notepad communication moe! YES!

- Ooooooh! The chainsaw-wielding M-ahou shoujo is Nomizu Iori. Nymph's seiyuu!
- I'm curious about the mechanics of his regeneration.
- Naked masou shoujo!
- The way Majima says "Omae na..." is so distinctive.
- Would have been nice to translate Haruna's phone conversation, guys.

- Zombies can't walk in the sunlight? Is that a normal part of zombie lore?
- Mmmm, I love translucent clothes like that. <3 Haruna.
- Uhhhh, where's Ika-chan when you need her?
- Lovely henshin time!
- Rocket claw?
- Become a masou shoujo? Oh god, is he going to do a transformation too?
- Ahahaha yes he is.

Well that was awesome.

I'm hoping Haruna spends at least 60% of the show naked. If Ayumu needs to crossdress for that to happen, it's a tradeoff I'm willing to make.

Fencedude

01-22-2011, 04:34 PM

- The way Majima says "Omae na..." is so distinctive.

Oh man, you're right. Just in my head I can hear it right now.

something

01-22-2011, 04:36 PM

A Dyson fan!
Oh... Ohhhhhhh! That thing!

I spent the whole episode assuming it was a magical portal to another world. But it's just one of those weird bladeless fans. :sd:

something

01-22-2011, 05:42 PM

Episode 2:

- Ah so he did wipe their memories. Probably for the best. :sd:
- Oh hey she's actually a good cook. But only fried eggs. Man I could totally go for some fried eggs right now. But I don't do that "cooking" thing.

- This weeks fantasy Yuu, Kanai Mika!
- YES! Hikasa Youko! I think she's pretty much required to voice girls with long black hair now. This is at least her sixth (Mio, Maya, Shino, Izumi, Houki, Seraphim).
- I dunno Sera, he didn't call himself Yuu's servant, she called him that. He wanted "onii-chan". =D
- Kusomushi!

- He throws his severed arm at her. :sd:
- Haha, honestly, I don't much mid if Haruna doesn't get her powers back. Because I find her sitting off to the side lobbing insults and chowing down to be hilarious.
- Hahahaha, he gets all full of himself but she's having none of it. KUSOMUSHI!

- Yuu is sooooo damn cute! "That was interesting. So never do that again."
- FFFFFF, her little 気を付けて as he's walking away totally killed me. ;_;
- Note to self: always be nice to cute armor-clad girls outside convenience stores, as you never know what you'll be murdered by a serial killer and need their help.
- Another note to self: Yuu really really hates the word "shine". Kind of funny that a necromancer is so opposed to death.
- Haruna has already gotten a good collection of game systems together.

You know what the most surprising thing about this is? No, not the seafood monster. Or the vampire ninja. Or the breakdancing. Or the chainsaw-wielding magical girl. Or the crossdressing transformation. Or the severed arm projectile.

It's that there's no "normal" human osananajimi character! Man, what Ayumu wouldn't give for his own Manami...

Anyway this show is awesome so far, totally a keeper.

something

01-22-2011, 05:46 PM

Magic Clothing/Uniform/Costume/Fashion. I prefer costume. If the 2nd char is used as a verb, it can also mean Magic Equipped ShoujoRemember when he transformed? "All I get is the outfit?"
..yeah.
I was sort of assuming there was a "masochist" pun lurking in there too, with the way she was introduced. That aspect has sort of fallen away though. Now she's becoming more of a hikikomori.

EmperorBrandon

01-24-2011, 03:29 PM

Haruna's dreams are pretty amusing, fighting a pudding monster with a chainsaw and hoping to eat it. :)

And that really seems like an unusual place for Orito to find out about Ayumu's harem, bumping into them at a bowling alley. It was great see his delusions of all the girls (including this episode's version of Yuu being Kaneda Tomoko. Hah.). Seems like there was a good bit of fanservice throughout this episode, and it's nice. I liked the Twister scene.

Ayumu talking to Kyouko in the hospital about her killer was rather intriguing. A Yuu connection seems to be brought up, but even if she is connected somehow (and the girl is not just describing someone else who happens to look like her), I'm willing to bet there's a lot more to the story obviously.

Fudce

01-24-2011, 04:51 PM

Ayumu talking to Kyouko in the hospital about her killer was rather intriguing. A Yuu connection seems to be brought up, but even if she is connected somehow (and the girl is not just describing someone else who happens to look like her), I'm willing to bet there's a lot more to the story obviously.

I'm not sure we can take what Kyouko said at face value. I mean, the one thing we know about the killer is that it's quite short (check the shadow in ep2) and Eucliwood does fit the bill, but surely if she was attacked by Yuu, Yuu wouldn't have failed. Plus we know how she feels about death.

I submit that Kyouko is the serial killer.

Ashyukun

01-24-2011, 05:19 PM

I'm not sure we can take what Kyouko said at face value. I mean, the one thing we know about the killer is that it's quite short (check the shadow in ep2) and Eucliwood does fit the bill, but surely if she was attacked by Yuu, Yuu wouldn't have failed. Plus we know how she feels about death.

I submit that Kyouko is the serial killer.
That's pretty much what I was thinking as well... or at least that she's got something to do with it and is trying to get to Yuu for some reason. I certainly don't believe her outright- for starters, why was she so hellbent on seeing Ayumu- someone she apparently only passingly knew in middle school? She never said that she liked him- we just know that Orito said she'd been constantly bugging him to bring Ayumu to see her...

On a lighter note, the girls' variant of Mahjong was absolutely hilarious- especially Yuu's winning hand. :D

Shiroi Hane

01-24-2011, 05:38 PM

That Jenga game also looked like something out of a SHAFT anime.

Shiroi Hane

01-24-2011, 06:09 PM

Now here's a thing: is Kyouko a Zombie? If you take the episode title as an answer to the question in the series title...

Mitsuki

01-24-2011, 06:14 PM

This show is hilarious. I loved the girls' contests, especially Chainsaw Jenga. I also agree that there's more to Kyouko than meets the eye. I'm also intrigued by the part of the OP that just says "She is XXXX."

Fencedude

01-24-2011, 07:54 PM

Oh god. Kaneda Tomoko. Thats fucking hilarious.

Also seriously, Seraphim is way, way, way too hot. Just, unacceptably hot. Kyouko puts up a good fight, but...sorry.

And Yuu likes watching girls play twister! <3 Yuu.

I was kinda suspecting Yuu from the beginning, though I doubt its that simple...

TheGreenMan

01-24-2011, 08:29 PM

Great, now I have that stupid pudding song stuck in my head. *Tries to stab himself with plastic spoon*
Chainsaw Jenga. Now, that's the way to play.
Yuu likes to watch.
Sera loves wearing skimpy outfits. Oh, look, now she's not and Haruna's wearing a short top.
Kyouko is a zombie. I guess Yuu resurrected her as well.

Nosredna

01-24-2011, 08:53 PM

That was the most interesting game of Jenga ever in an anime I can remember and possibly twister too. His friend is way too over the top. It will be interesting to see Kyouko's true goal.

strangefour

01-25-2011, 12:31 AM

-MEGA PUDDING!
-Don't eat the necromancer's pudding. It will make you fat.
-This is one physics bending game of Jenga.
-Puu's Mahjong parlor of- Shogi? AHAHAH! Nice one Yuu.
-Uncomfortably chest exposing game of Twister (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJI878oiBfw&t=5s).
-MASK DONALDS! A lucha themed burger joint. Truly this is the best idea of 2011.
-White panty~~

-Orito is a weird dude. That's saying alot compaired to a magical girl zombie man.
-GAH! This week's Yuu voice is horrifying.
-Lego~

Yuu, a serial killer? Maybe but I don't think she killed Ayumu. Someone is framing Yuu or twintails is evil .

Suwako Moriya

01-25-2011, 01:19 PM

Sera gets points for being a Vampire Ninja with a nice chest. Also, nice to see the vampire and ninja aspects shown.

That being said, there is a danger of Sera running herself into the ground.

Watching the ending, there are five girls including the three we've met so far. I have to wonder what the other two are like.

Yuu's dislike of using words like "die" casually is curious.

HitokiriShadow

01-29-2011, 09:04 AM

Well, obviously Eucliwood isn't the serial killer. Some shows could pull a twist where a seemingly good main character is the killer, but... I just don't see that happening here. At the moment, the most likely culprit is Kyouko. She encounters the killer but survives.... and we just so happen to get an obvious look at a sword. It's a wooden one, but at the very least it indicates that she can use them. And with what happened to Ayumu, its unlikely she could have just defended herself with a wooden sword if she's a normal human and innocent victim. And then she conveniently describes someone exactly like Eucliwood... yeah, more than a little suspicious.

Westlo

01-30-2011, 09:33 AM

At the moment, the most likely culprit is Kyouko. She encounters the killer but survives.... And then she conveniently describes someone exactly like Eucliwood... yeah, more than a little suspicious.

Didn't she say "them" though? Implying more than one? If that is the case than there could be a whole bunch of Necromancers that look similar to Eucliwood...

If she didn't say them I would actually think it's Kyouko and as for her sudden and strange "attachment" to Ayumu that a lot of other people are bringing up... it's not exactly much worse than a lot of reasons people fall in love with so and so in romance shows..

Anyway a good third ep which was better than the second one, Orito's okay in my book as main character foil as long as he keeps having those fantasies.

And most important....

Yuu > Seraphim > Haruna.

something

01-30-2011, 04:15 PM

Episode 3:

- Nice dream, Haruna. And that is quite some alarm clock. I almost expected it to be a Megalo >_>
- This is the most impressive game of jenga I've ever seen. She can even play with a chainsaw.
- Ahaha, I didn't know Jenga could be brought to a draw. :sd:
- And I don't remember any of those mahjong hands from Saki...
- Now we go to sexy twister!
- Next, bowling! Where do Sera and Haruna get their clothes from?
- Yes, Haruna should definitely wear shimapan.
- He is not Ayumu! He is Masked Ayumu! The perfect disguise!
- This week's fantasy Yuu: Hahah WTF? Kaneda Tomoko, of all people!?
- Hot as Sera is, they've really got to work on how they draw her boobs from the side. It's... weird.

- Well, this suddenly got serious again. A victim who survived the serial killer...
- Yes, twintails are lovely! Kinda sucks for her though, she's in love with Ayumu and he doesn't remember her at all.
- So the profile of the killer sounds just like Yuu... which means it's not. Well, obviously.

- Sword and chainsaw badminton o_O Even without her powers, Haruna is pretty impressive.

Awesome episode again.

something

01-30-2011, 04:22 PM

Didn't she say "them" though? Implying more than one? If that is the case than there could be a whole bunch of Necromancers that look similar to Eucliwood...
If she didn't say them I would actually think it's Kyouko and as for her sudden and strange "attachment" to Ayumu that a lot of other people are bringing up... it's not exactly much worse than a lot of reasons people fall in love with so and so in romance shows..
Do you have an exact line from the episode we can check? It's tough to put much weight behind pronouns since they're handled so differently in English and Japanese. "Them" in English can just as easily be singular as plural, and it's frequently used as a gender-neutral translation choice when the original Japanese is being, as it often is, ambiguous. The conversation seemed to definitely imply a single person otherwise.

Are you talking to the line "It's probably them." at about 21:26? She says "sono hito" which I don't think has to be singular but it generally is. There are other ways to imply plural.

Anyway I haven't watched the OP closely since ep 1 so I didn't even remember Kyouko was in the OP. Since she's "XXX" I'd say suspecting her is a pretty safe bet for now.

EmperorBrandon

01-30-2011, 04:35 PM

something

01-30-2011, 04:59 PM

Anyway I haven't watched the OP closely since ep 1 so I didn't even remember Kyouko was in the OP. Since she's "XXX" I'd say suspecting her is a pretty safe bet for now.I'm pretty sure XXX is someone else. I think the character that's her is the fourth girl (http://newtype.kadocomic.jp/zombie/chara/) listed on the official site, and she has a different seiyuu from Kyouko.
Okay, watching the OP now: yeah that's the girl you point out.

The only appearance Kyouko has in the OP is as the first shot of the very fast-paced sequence of shots after the big explosion. They go as follows:

1) Kyouko smiling
2) Five very evil looking characters, presumably masou shoujo
3) The three classmates
4) A giant monster about to make Tokyo Tower its bitch
5) Blond haired girl with huge boobs smiling
6) The chainsaw in the ground that ends the OP

EmperorBrandon

01-30-2011, 05:04 PM

4) A giant monster about to make Tokyo Tower its bitch

Haha, poor Tokyo Tower - always the center of chaos. :)

Fencedude

01-30-2011, 05:10 PM

strangefour

01-30-2011, 07:15 PM

2) Five very evil looking characters, presumably masou shoujo

Knighto Sabers sanjo! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/strangefour/Random/Mahou_Zombi.jpg)

Fencedude

01-30-2011, 07:43 PM

2) Five very evil looking characters, presumably masou shoujo

Knighto Sabers sanjo! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/strangefour/Random/Mahou_Zombi.jpg)

Blargh, crappy cap is crappy.

Alright, the final scenes in the OP:

Glasses (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp1.jpg)
Kyouko (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp2.jpg)
Masou Shoujo Sentai (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp3.jpg)
School Friends (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp4.jpg) (isn't that Ayuzawa Suzuna on the left?)
Tokyo Tower and Cand....no, not saying it! (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp5.jpg)
Boobies (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp6.jpg)
Chainsaw (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp7.jpg)

Candlejack!

See! Nothing happ

strangefour

01-30-2011, 07:53 PM

2) Five very evil looking characters, presumably masou shoujo

Knighto Sabers sanjo! (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v621/strangefour/Random/Mahou_Zombi.jpg)

Blargh, crappy cap is crappy.

Alright, the final scenes in the OP:

Glasses (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp1.jpg)
Kyouko (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp2.jpg)
Masou Shoujo Sentai (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp3.jpg)
School Friends (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp4.jpg) (isn't that Ayuzawa Suzuna on the left?)
Tokyo Tower and Cand....no, not saying it! (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp5.jpg)

Sorry that was the best I could cap when I noticed that image in episode two. Holy crap! That totally is Candleja

Shiroi Hane

01-30-2011, 08:20 PM

Wow, I've not hear people taking about Candlejack for a

TAS

01-30-2011, 10:28 PM

Wow, I've not hear people taking about Candlejack for aScream

EmperorBrandon

01-31-2011, 12:39 PM

Haruna is sure energetic with her cooking :), though she should probably not be getting Sera to help out. That pot Sera cooked was way beyond dangerous, but of course Ayumu can't die. I like that the disclaimer came up as she was making Ayumu eat it. :P

Seems a good bit of this episode was rather serious, particularly since we find out more about Yuu. Poor girl seems to have things really tough, not being able to express her emotions and use words to keep her powers in check. She was really worried what Yuu was going to think about it too (makes her cry :cry: ) Of course, Ayumu is a nice guy - I love that he expresses part of his message by writing it on a notebook like she does. Definitely will be interesting to see what happens with her...

It seems like Kyouko is dead at the end (or is she?) I'll be curious to see what happened there too.

bear

01-31-2011, 01:14 PM

Seems a good bit of this episode was rather serious, particularly since we find out more about Yuu. Poor girl seems to have things really tough, not being able to express her emotions and use words to keep her powers in check. She was really worried what Yuu was going to think about it too (makes her cry :cry: ) Of course, Ayumu is a nice guy - I love that he expresses part of his message by writing it on a notebook like she does. Definitely will be interesting to see what happens with her...

Did not expect this. Boy that changes my view of her. She's not this all powerful being, she's a girl trapped by her own power. Actions cause pain, emotions are dangerous, words cause pain. She's afraid he'll hate her and ask her to leave. :depressed: Keep her close she needs you as much as you needed her.

Fudce

01-31-2011, 06:18 PM

I'm getting more surprised by Zombie with every episode. I went in to episode one seeing promises of chainsaw magical girls and vampire ninjas and was expecting fluff and fanservice. What I'm actually getting is four very deep and complex characters each with their own agenda and powers. Sure they're funny to watch, but you can really believe what they're doing.

I really want to hug Yuu though, poor girl. She cares so deeply but can't care at all.

TheGreenMan

01-31-2011, 06:32 PM

Haruna pretty hot in that tank top.
Yuu is awesome. I wonder if she mistakenly created the serial killer with her words or emotions.
Yōko Hikasa can insult me all day long.
Giant sky whale!
Kyouko is killed!

Fencedude

01-31-2011, 06:58 PM

Oh god Yuu. ;_; I just want to hug her and tell her its going to be ok, that she'll always have someone there for her. SUPER ULTRA MOE TO THE MAX

That entire scene was fantastic. Really, really sealed Ayumu's spot as the best male lead of the season.

The battle at the end was pretty good, nice to see Ayumu and Sera work together smoothly...even if she does have to insult him. Though its gotten to the point where it doesn't really feel like she means it, just that...it would be wrong if she didn't insult him! And damn she's sexy. Especially with those wings.

And WTF? Kyouko's dead? Yeah, right.

EmperorBrandon

01-31-2011, 07:08 PM

The battle at the end was pretty good, nice to see Ayumu and Sera work together smoothly...even if she does have to insult him.

I really liked she made a positive comment to Ayumu, but then made sure to go back and correct it by adding her usual insults in before it when she realized. :)

strangefour

01-31-2011, 08:15 PM

-Wow. SOmeone makes drinks worse than Kusuha.
-Zombie's don't have pulses to begin with.
-Haruna is after tofu?
-Doggie Kruger? WHat are you doing here? Is... is there an emergency?
-Doggie!!

-Yuu is so cute. :cry:
-That's one megas big defeated and weak whale.
-1000% CUTE MAGICAL MASOCHIST ZOMBIE KIIIICK!!!!
-Oh... twintails is dead. Huh. I guess she wasn't the evil one after all.
-"It's not like I came to get your order." Heh.

Ayumu, best male lead of the season? Kinda feels like it. Unless you count SRW. In which case half the cast is best male character of the season.

strangefour

01-31-2011, 08:20 PM

Oh god Yuu. ;_; I just want to hug her and tell her its going to be ok, that she'll always have someone there for her. SUPER ULTRA MOE TO THE MAX

Group hug! Don't worry Yuu. You'll never be alone again.

Nosredna

01-31-2011, 08:42 PM

Don't let Sera cook! And she may be coming around to Ayumu, or maybe not. At least he had a nice scene with Yuu, but damn he's got to stop transforming like that.

Ashyukun

01-31-2011, 09:57 PM

Don't let Sera cook! And she may be coming around to Ayumu, or maybe not. At least he had a nice scene with Yuu, but damn he's got to stop transforming like that.
At least they could cut the panty flash out of the transformation... :sweat:

I'm not convinced Kyouko is DEAD dead... but I could be wrong.

I agree though- this show has ended up being better and deeper than expected, and Ayumu is a surprisingly good (if not weak willed, as the ever-changing-Yuu-voice segments remind us :P) male lead. There's several others that I think give him a run for his money though... overall it's another season with decent male leads (and some totally generic ones too, no doubt...).

ilmaestro

02-01-2011, 02:15 AM

Youuuuuuuuuuuu. ;_;

This episode just killed me. Fantastic move from poignant emotion to absurd and hilarious comedy, to BOOM shock ending, but without it feeling at all disjointed.

How can I be thinking about trying to import a fifth show from this season?

(romanization note: is it not "You" rather than "Yuu"? http://twitter.com/zombie_you)

Fencedude

02-01-2011, 02:20 AM

(romanization note: is it not "You" rather than "Yuu"? http://twitter.com/zombie_you)

Actually its "Eu", but we're going to use "Yuu" because "You" looks silly.

edit: "ユー" is "Yuu", no matter what the Japanese say.

ilmaestro

02-01-2011, 02:21 AM

(romanization note: is it not "You" rather than "Yuu"? http://twitter.com/zombie_you)

Actually its "Eu", but we're going to use "Yuu" because "You" looks silly.
Eh, where have you seen that? I've seen "You" on an obi of one of the LNs, too.

edit to reply to your edit: Eh, what if they came up with the name in roman lettering and reverse-engineered the kana?

Fencedude

02-01-2011, 02:24 AM

ilmaestro

02-01-2011, 02:33 AM

edit to reply to your edit: Eh, what if they came up with the name in roman lettering and reverse-engineered the kana?

Her name is "Eucliwood", so "Yuu" is no more correct than "You", but at has the benefit of A) Not looking stupid, and B) Following proper romanization rules.

Seriously, the Japanese are the last people you should ask to romanize Japanese.
That's what I'm saying, her name isn't Japanese at all.

I'm only wondering where you've seen a more official romanization, I had a quick look on a couple of websites and couldn't see anything. If her full name is supposed to be "Eucliwood" then I guess it has to be "Eu".

Romanization "rules", heh.

EmperorBrandon

02-01-2011, 03:24 AM

It's also worth noting that the title of the series itself is officially romanized "Koreha Zombie Desuka?", which is odd (thankfully it seems Crunchyroll is allowed to use the sensible romanization).

bear

02-01-2011, 08:55 AM

HitokiriShadow

02-01-2011, 10:05 AM

Well, the episode further pushes that Kyouko is the killer (they reinforce thatt the murderer stops people from moving, so she shouldn't have been able to defend herself no matter how good she is with a sword, and you can see some twintails on the silhouette)..... and then she apparently stabs *herself* at the end. My guess is that she was corrupted by something and was not previously conscious of her murderous actions, and then stabbed herself upon realizing it. Perhaps she actually did think she saw Yuu but it was because of whatever is causing her to act this way.... and maybe its actually an accidental discharge of Yuu's magic that somehow corrupted Kyouko.

Yuu reveals a lot about herself in this episode and explains why she never talks, and we get a surprisingly good Ayumu/Yuu scene out of it. Ayumu is actually a pretty good male lead.

The fight against the giant whale was pretty fun too.

HitokiriShadow

02-01-2011, 10:22 AM

It's also worth noting that the title of the series itself is officially romanized "Koreha Zombie Desuka?", which is odd (thankfully it seems Crunchyroll is allowed to use the sensible romanization).
From what I've been reading Koreha is the literal translation of これは but for some reason Japanese use は for the sentence particle wa. So これは would be pronounced Korewa in a sentence. Assuming I understood the rule and didn't hit another exception or ambiguity. So the Crunchyroll translation would be the correct pronunciation but does romanization just follow the literal character translation?

Yeah, that's pretty much it. While はis pronounced "wa" when used as a particle, it is sometimes (often? usuall? this isn't the first time I've seen this done, but I'm not sure how common it is) still romanized as "ha". Which makes sense to the extent that the Japanese are dealing with the same visual/aural disconnect when reading は, so reading "Koreha" and これは is the same thing to them. But it makes for awkward romanization for us foreigners.

I'm still not sure how this is really supposed to be translated into English:
Is this a Zombie?
This is a Zombie?

As far as I can tell with my limited Japanese knowledge, either one would be a correct way to translate it. While there are different connotations to the way the question reads in English, I'm not sure they exist in Japanese in way that can be indicated purely in text. I think the only way you'd be able to tell in Japanese is how they said "kore" (i.e. if they really emphasize it, it would be the second one). If there is a way to distinguish it purely in text, "Is this a Zombie?" would probably be the more proper translation the title while "THIS is a Zombie?" would require some word added in to indicate the connotation.

bear

02-01-2011, 03:31 PM

As far as I can tell with my limited Japanese knowledge, either one would be a correct way to translate it. While there are different connotations to the way the question reads in English, I'm not sure they exist in Japanese in way that can be indicated purely in text. I think the only way you'd be able to tell in Japanese is how they said "kore" (i.e. if they really emphasize it, it would be the second one). If there is a way to distinguish it purely in text, "Is this a Zombie?" would probably be the more proper translation the title while "THIS is a Zombie?" would require some word added in to indicate the connotation.
Seems to be a recurring issue with translating titles since the context is not explicit. It could even be "Are these Zombies?".

Having watched the story I would probably say that the intent would be "THIS is a Zombie?!" implying incredulity that what was being identified as a zombie could really be such. But that's just my interpretation. Since there are other verb endings and particles that I haven't read up on there might be another sentence structure that actually would be closer to that translation though.

Shiroi Hane

02-01-2011, 04:08 PM

The episode titles initially seemed designed to dovetail with the series title (I'm not sure how episode 4 works), e.g.

Kore wa Zombie desu ka? Ie, Kyuuketsu-Ninja desu

Shiroi Hane

02-01-2011, 04:10 PM

I'm still not sure how this is really supposed to be translated into English:
Is this a Zombie?
This is a Zombie?

As far as I can tell with my limited Japanese knowledge, either one would be a correct way to translate it. While there are different connotations to the way the question reads in English, I'm not sure they exist in Japanese in way that can be indicated purely in text. I think the only way you'd be able to tell in Japanese is how they said "kore" (i.e. if they really emphasize it, it would be the second one). If there is a way to distinguish it purely in text, "Is this a Zombie?" would probably be the more proper translation the title while "THIS is a Zombie?" would require some word added in to indicate the connotation.
I believe they could have made it more forceful by using "kore ga" instead of "kore wa".

bear

02-01-2011, 05:37 PM

I believe they could have made it more forceful by using "kore ga" instead of "kore wa".
If it's considered a topic then shouldn't wa be the right particle? You're comment on the titles would seem to make "Is this a Zombie?" the right translation. Then the show titles would follow from that. The wikipedia translations don't seem right to me though. "Hai, Masō Shōjo desu" is translated as "Yes, I'm a Magical Girl" but I thought that it would be more like "Yes, it's a Magical Girl" following as an answer to the show title where Kore is the topic. I would think that "Zombie desu ka?" would be what you would say to ask "are you a zombie?" (although that might also be "Is this a zombie?" depending on context).

This isn't the only title I've been struggling over so I may be totally out to sea. Japanese is the most "foreign" language I've run across.

TAS

02-01-2011, 06:29 PM

"Hai, Masō Shōjo desu" is translated as "Yes, I'm a Magical Girl" but I thought that it would be more like "Yes, it's a Magical Girl"
It's ambiguous on it's own, but would be clear in speech. It's the answer to a question, if you knew the question it would be clear. If it was "are you a magical girl?" the first translation would be correct, if it was "is she a magical girl?" then the second would be correct. It could even be "am I a magical girl?" "Yes you are a magical girl."
Where the object is obvious in speech it of often omitted. I have run into a few times where the object was omitted from a simple statement but the default seems to be "I" for the examples I've noticed, so I would use "Yes, I'm a Magical Girl" if there was no other context to indicate a different object.

bear

02-01-2011, 07:11 PM

Fencedude

02-01-2011, 07:25 PM

Shiroi Hane

02-01-2011, 07:53 PM

Episode 3: "This is a Zombie?", "Yes, I have twintails" (Spoken by Kyouko. Who has twintails. But also implies that she's a Zombie. Otherwise it would be "No, I have twintails")

Deja vu.

Now here's a thing: is Kyouko a Zombie? If you take the episode title as an answer to the question in the series title...

bear

02-01-2011, 09:54 PM

TAS

02-02-2011, 12:41 AM

Mitsuki

02-02-2011, 03:36 PM

Which makes me really wonder about the next episode's title: "Ee, Kyōtōfu Dosue".
If I got the translation right it's something like "Yes, it's Kyoto tofu scrolls, for example".

CR has it as...
Yes, it's Miyako Tofu

Miyako is a capital or previous capital (like Kyoto). Also a group of islands, a few other place names (and when googling a LOT of Japanese restaurants)

Is it a type of Tofu dish maybe? Or the name or a restaurant that appears in the "next episode" image? and IS IT A ZOMBIE?

I'm guessing if it is, Miyako Tofu isn't the most correct translation (京都 can be read as 'kyouto' and 'miyako'). Miyako Tofu gets this post as the first Google result, as well as a review of a restaurant called Miyako that serves tofu. But Kyoto the city is well known for its tofu, so I think it should have been Kyoto tofu.

Still not sure if it's a zombie.

tadakichi

02-04-2011, 03:48 AM

Right, if there is no other context to work with, but the titles of the episodes could be considered an answer to the title of the show: Kore wa Zombie ka. So the context should be relating back to the topic Kore (this). Otherwise, as you say, you can't tell.

If the titles (for at least the first three episodes) are supposed to be read as answers to the series title, it leads to a very interesting conclusion.

Episode 1: "This is a Zombie?", "Yes, I am a Masou Shoujo" (spoken by Ayumu, who after this episode is both a Zombie and a Masou Shoujo

Episode 2: "This is a Zombie?", "No, I'm a Kyketsu Ninja" (Spoken by Sera, who is not a zombie, but is a Kyuketsu Ninja)

Episode 3: "This is a Zombie?", "Yes, I have twintails" (Spoken by Kyouko. Who has twintails. But also implies that she's a Zombie. Otherwise it would be "No, I have twintails")
So she's still around. I was going to say she wasn't really dead but that's not right either. ;)

Which makes me really wonder about the next episode's title: "Ee, Kyōtōfu Dosue".
If I got the translation right it's something like "Yes, it's Kyoto tofu scrolls, for example".

Somethings not quite right though.　The katakana was どすえ for dosue but google (not great with Japanese I think) translated it as scrolls for example and I can't find it in my dictionary (not a very good one it seems). However there is such a dish called tofu scrolls so maybe it's correct after all.

As best I can tell 京豆腐 (Kyoutoufu) is a pun of sorts. "Kyoto Prefecture" in Japanese is 京都府 (Kyoutofu), using the -fu suffix instead of -ken like most other prefectures*. Switch the last two characters with 豆腐 (toufu, or tofu as you're probably used to seeing it spelled) and you've got an imperfect (Kyoutofu vs. Kyoutoufu) pun. There's a chain of real-life tofu shops in Kyoto called Kyoutoufu (http://www.kyotofu.co.jp/), just with a different spelling (京とうふ) than what the show uses.

"Dosue" on the other hand is just a Kyoto-accented variant of "desu".

*Osaka(-fu), Tokyo(-to), and Hokkaido (no suffix) are the other exceptions.

bear

02-04-2011, 10:13 AM

As best I can tell 京豆腐 (Kyoutoufu) is a pun of sorts. "Kyoto Prefecture" in Japanese is 京都府 (Kyoutofu), using the -fu suffix instead of -ken like most other prefectures*. Switch the last two characters with 豆腐 (toufu, or tofu as you're probably used to seeing it spelled) and you've got an imperfect (Kyoutofu vs. Kyoutoufu) pun. There's a chain of real-life tofu shops in Kyoto called Kyoutoufu (http://www.kyotofu.co.jp/), just with a different spelling (京とうふ) than what the show uses.

"Dosue" on the other hand is just a Kyoto-accented variant of "desu".

Thanks for the answer. Dialect and local references will always defeat someone trying to use brute force to figure out what's going on in a language. Should have guessed though after reading about "Lovely Complex" and it's use of Kansai-ben dialect, that that might happen. Even though I enjoy the stories I know I'll never get all the jokes and references.

Kanji puns seem to crop up quite a bit in anime. The new transfer student often identifies which characters make up their name while someone else tries to turn the name into a joke, for example.

EmperorBrandon

02-07-2011, 04:36 PM

Well, Sera being a "vampire ninja" and all, she does need to suck blood, and I'm quite happy seeing the manner in which she does it. :bigsmile: Yay for Koorogi Satomi being this week's delusion of Yuu. So awesome... Also neat having Ayumu get to talk to Dai-sensei and getting a bit more background on Haruna.

"Kyouko" seems to be the name of choice for mean magical girls this season. She's pretty powerful and has some nice cleavage... I loved Ayumu's "How does it feel to be beaten by a pervert?" line - that really cracked me up for some reason. She's not going down easily, though. Looks like we may finally see some of Yuu in action.

Nosredna

02-07-2011, 08:46 PM

Good way to start the episode. Interesting Haruna remembers Ayumu's name. I have to pay attention to what she calls Yuu and Sera. Kyouko has way too many lives, but I'm looking forward to seeing her take on Yuu.

bear

02-07-2011, 09:27 PM

Ok, now we at least know what the Kyoto tofu was about and what Kyouko is. Anybody guess Masou Shoujo? Or is that not what she really is? Yuu being involved has some bad drawbacks given what we know about her powers. I wonder if this is going to wrap up or will Kyouko get away somehow. She says she has ten more lives so they may have to kill her multiple times. Is Sera going to wind up a vampire ninja zombie?

Fencedude

02-08-2011, 02:37 AM

All episodes from now on must have Sera feeding. ABSOLUTELY REQUIRED NO EXCEPTIONS

Anyway, Kyouko seems to be the same as this group (http://fencedude.com/Images4/ZombieOp3.jpg), so most likely they will come to avenge her later.

Really, after this arc, Haruna needs her powers back. The joke has just about run its course.

Anyone else note that Kyouko walked by Side-ponytail girl at the beginning? I wonder if she'll show up...

strangefour

02-08-2011, 04:38 AM

-WOOHOO! Free show for Yuu & Puu!
-Dude you're a step above a rotting corpse. Why would she even consider drinking your blood.
-Yuu will not rust. Puu will not sink.
-CUP ONNA STRING!
-Dang it. Mad scientist in a lab coat magical manager needs more screen time.
-Phonecall of the dead!
-That's a lot of broken TARDISs... TARDISI... phonebooths.

-Well that Yuu voice was better than some of the others. Well cute anyway. But does not fit Yuu at all.
-"Yeees~ That's a lie~" cute = evil
-Mahou henshin breast lift! What is it with evil magical girls this season?
-She killed Doggie Kruger! Murder her Magical Masochist Ayumu!

This show is more amusing than it has a right to be. Very basic harem with extreme stereotype girls brimming with fanservice flavors mixed in with magic and monsters, yet somehow this show is more than the sum of it's parts. The comedy works in a way because it's stupid.

TheGreenMan

02-08-2011, 09:56 AM

Yuri! Vampire style.
Heh...I knew Kyouko was evil...
Her tits are magnificent! They even jiggle when she laughs. Goddamn.
There was more to the episode but Kyouko's chest is just too hypnotic...

HitokiriShadow

02-08-2011, 10:35 AM

So rather than being corrupted, Kyouko is just evil from the beginning. I like it that way more, actually. It was also my original assumption, but it doesn't explain why she stabbed herself at the end of the previous episode.

Anyway, Evil Magical Girl/??? Kyouko is a lot of fun and the fight was against her was pretty cool. And next time, we should (hopefully) get to see Yuu be awesome and help beat her down.

Seraphim needs to suck Haruna's blood more often. I <3 girl/girl bloodsucking so very much.

Oh, and we got to meet Dai-sensei, who is pretty amusing.

HitokiriShadow

02-08-2011, 10:40 AM

Really, after this arc, Haruna needs her powers back. The joke has just about run its course.

The joke is in danger of getting stale going on the path to becoming horse paste, but I want Haruna to get her powers back soon just so she can be actively involved in the fights.

Anyone else note that Kyouko walked by Side-ponytail girl at the beginning? I wonder if she'll show up...

Yep. She didn't seem like a random generic character that we'll never see again and she was pretty cute, so I'm hoping she'll show up again and figure there's a decent chance she will.

bear

02-08-2011, 12:04 PM

Really, after this arc, Haruna needs her powers back. The joke has just about run its course.

The joke is in danger of getting stale going on the path to becoming horse paste, but I want Haruna to get her powers back soon just so she can be actively involved in the fights.

The problem is that if she gets her powers back she has no excuse to stay. She obviously is attracted to Ayumu which Dai-sensei (loved her phone btw) even seemed to know about. Besides that, who would provide Sera with blood? I found it interesting at even though she can't transform she still has a number of abilities such as super strength, barrier removal and a force field.

Shiroi Hane

02-08-2011, 02:40 PM

The problem is that if she gets her powers back she has no excuse to stay.
..and she wouldn't be naked as often.

....did I say that out loud?

Shiroi Hane

02-08-2011, 02:41 PM

CUP ONNA
My head flipped that when I read it and came out with a completely different meaning.

Mitsuki

02-08-2011, 03:42 PM

Anyone else note that Kyouko walked by Side-ponytail girl at the beginning? I wonder if she'll show up...

I'm very curious about here. She is "xx," isn't she?

I knew Kyouko would turn out to be evil but I was surprised she was a Masou Shoujo. Makes me wonder what kind of organization they're running.

And yes, Haruna needs her powers back.

Fencedude

02-08-2011, 03:47 PM

Fudce

02-08-2011, 07:17 PM

I'm very curious about here. She is "xx," isn't she?

She's "XXX", which coudl mean...any number of things, really.

Haruna seemed surprisingly unsurprised at running into an evil Masou Shoujo though.

Well personally I think that Haruna & Sera were XXX in this episode.

Mitsuki

02-08-2011, 08:27 PM

ndm

02-09-2011, 11:50 PM

The problem is that if she gets her powers back she has no excuse to stay. She obviously is attracted to Ayumu which Dai-sensei (loved her phone btw) even seemed to know about. Besides that, who would provide Sera with blood?

Maybe now that an evil Masou Shoujo has appeared Haruna can be officially stationed at Ayumu's house for a while to track her down, which would make it okay for her to get her powers back and still have a reason to stick around.

I found it interesting at even though she can't transform she still has a number of abilities such as super strength, barrier removal and a force field.
I think Haruna can still use her magic to some extent but just can't sustain it for long, since she can summon her MS outfit but it quickly disappears. So she can still do things like force fields and so on.

Ashyukun

02-10-2011, 11:51 AM

[quote]I found it interesting at even though she can't transform she still has a number of abilities such as super strength, barrier removal and a force field.
I think Haruna can still use her magic to some extent but just can't sustain it for long, since she can summon her MS outfit but it quickly disappears. So she can still do things like force fields and so on.
From what we've seen of Ayumu using it, the outfit itself seems to be what confers much of the capabilities (additional strength, flight, use of the weapon), but there are some things she's apparently learned to do independent of it- potentially due to her being a genius (even Kyoko was surprised that she could so easily break the force field).

Westlo

02-12-2011, 10:32 AM

Good god Kyoko had some awesome tits, and just loved the way she said "yes i lied", so hot and so cute at the same time.

The problem is that if she gets her powers back she has no excuse to stay. She obviously is attracted to Ayumu which Dai-sensei (loved her phone btw) even seemed to know about. Besides that, who would provide Sera with blood? I found it interesting at even though she can't transform she still has a number of abilities such as super strength, barrier removal and a force field.

That's really no problem at all, she'll more than likely go back with her powers and to drop off the tofu or whatever and Ayumu will wake up the next morning and walk past her and do a double take and it will go into why are you still here blah blah blah, dai sensei said i should blah blah blahl. It will be some variation on that, seen so many over the years in manga/anime.

something

02-13-2011, 12:42 AM

Episode 4:

- Minaguchi Yuuko doing fantasy Yuu is so weird for me because all I can hear is Ibuki Kouko.
- Wow, that is some impressive... food. I find it hilarious how Seraphim barely reacts to the ladle melting.
- He's such a polite hell-guarding dog once he understands the situation.
- Ahahaha, oh goddamnit, the tea scene should not have been anywhere near that funny. :sd:

- Well, not that I really thought Yuu was the culprit but they seem to be giving her an unbreakable alibi already - the killer is here while all three girls are still back at home. And the killing went on when she was right with Ayumu.
- And bye bye doberman. Whoever it is has a similar gauntlet to what Yuu has, just as Kyouko said.

- Explanation for Yuu's personality: she's so powerful that just speaking or showing emotions could destroy the world. Well then!
- !!!!!! Crying Yuu! Man, way to blindside me with that, KoreZom. Poor poor Yuu, don't cry. ;_;
- But Ayumu continues to be awesome in his support of her.

- And crying brings on a gigantic flying whale megalo...
- Hahaha oh god he transformed again. Yuu just stares. :sd:
- Seraphim is disgusted. Like, more than usual.
- Woah hey, Haruna clearly has some significant powers left. She can create a shield big enough to cover an entire city against a AAA-class Megalo?
- ...Oh man that was awesome. I love this show.

...Someone just killed Kyouko. o_O (At least, so it seems). Damn.

something

02-13-2011, 01:17 AM

That's what I'm saying, her name isn't Japanese at all.
Certainly not, but my take is that as a nickname it's a Japanese-ified shortening of her full name. So I can see people calling her Eu (if they want to keep strict to the non-Japanese spelling) or Yuu (Japanese equivalent of the ユー nickname). "You" just looks like a creation of the notoriously scattershot usage of latin characters on various official Japanese sites. You know, same thing that gets us "Kyubee" in an official website sound clip filename and "Kyubey" in a brief CM for the critter in Madoka. I doubt the person naming the twitter page put even 2 seconds of thought into what we're debating.

Basically my thought process is:

Eu　　cli　　wood
ユー　クリ　ウッド
Yuu　kuri　uddo

Eu
ユー
Yuu

(Obviously I'd never type her full name as Yuukuriuddo but we're talking nicknames here.)

something

02-13-2011, 01:53 AM

Episode 5:

- God yes this episode started wonderfully. I kenw immediately that she was just gettign some blood, but tgar doesn't explain kissing her full on the mouth beforehand!
- "Anesthetic". I DONT BUY IT.
- Oh and Kyouko walked by looking less than dead. Also the last girl was there, but didnt seem to recognize Haruna so she doesn't seem to be behind it.

- ...I'm just going to pretend the ridiculously light covering Haruna was an aftereffect of her failed transformation rather than completely ridiculous censorship.
- Yuu even has to bathe with some of her armor. :sd:
- !!!!TY@%^!@@^%!@%#%@ YUU IN THE BATH SO CUTE AERGEHGRHGRHRHRHRGH! Her hair is so pretty~
- I think Haruna is dyslexic...
- But she's poking Sera's boobs so that's fine!
- Awww, Yuu wants to play boobie poke too but her armor stops her from joining in. ;_; THAT IS ABSOLUTELY TRAGIC.
- And I was assuming Dai-sensei was a man... but it's a girl voiced by Shimizu Ai!

- Kyouko calls. Ayumu poses. Yuu and Sera see.
- Also I assume the "obvious" answer at the moment is that another necromancer is behind Kyouko. She's tried to kill herself for what she's being forced to do, but she's already been made a zombie so it's not going to work.
- HAHAHA WHAT. Koroogi Satomi. It's... it's Ushio!!

- Wow, Kyouko is straightforward.
- Well, I meant about confessing but admitting to being the killer would apply too. >_>
- Errrrrr, okay! She's a masou shoujo. So what was with the deadness at the end of ep 4? Well maybe she's a zombie and a masou shoujo. I mean, there is precedent. :sd:
- Kyouko's boobs are surely a sight to behold.

- Hahah, he transforms against his will and is called a pervert by friend and foe alike. Poor Ayumu.
- Ah, not a zombie. But each soul she steals gives her another life.
- YUU ARRIVES!

something

02-13-2011, 01:57 AM

..and she wouldn't be naked as often.
And really, isn't that all that matters?

ZenErik

02-13-2011, 05:22 AM

Can't wait to cosplay Masou Shoujo Ayumu. ^_^';;

Despite usually disliking series such as this, I have been enjoying it.Yuu-chan is the perfect woman. Real life women should take note and shut their mouths. :P

Suwako Moriya

02-14-2011, 02:09 AM

I never realized that Twister could provide so much value. Especially when girls in the right outfits are playing. Plus, I love the fact Yuu enjoys watching it.

In regards to Kyouko, putting aside whether or not she's telling the truth. The conversation between her and Ayumu reminds me of one thing I vaguely remembering hearing awhile ago.

Which is that when you ask a person for information, don't do it in such a way that you are in fact the one providing the information. Seriously, think about how most of the conversation went.

Suwako Moriya

02-14-2011, 02:29 AM

Poor Yuu, so much she has to deal with. It's like some force out there hates her. Seriously, I need someone to blame for this.

bear

02-14-2011, 07:50 AM

Poor Yuu, so much she has to deal with. It's like some force out there hates her. Seriously, I need someone to blame for this.

Somehow they made her explanation extraordinarily moving without her saying a word. Caught me totally off guard.

EmperorBrandon

02-14-2011, 04:08 PM

Eucliwood was certainly looking overpowered there for a bit, and she was quite awesome as magical girl necromancer. Wasn't able to beat Kyouko on her own, as Kyouko utilizes the "destroy hearing" technique to avoid Eucliwood's death by words. Then when it's back to other people fighting her, she kills herself to get another life and her hearing back. How convenient...

For a little while there, I thought they were going to try to redeem her in the middle of battle with Ayumu talking to her, but thankfully they didn't (that would have seemed odd). She got spared, but was pretty thoroughly beaten (and looking hot in a naked cape...) I'm wondering how much the "Lord of the Night" guy had control over Kyouko. Was he completely in control and she's just been innocent the whole time, or did he just kind of manipulated her into being evil?

I was thinking a few episodes ago that Tange Sakura would probably be a good choice to voice one of the episodic fantasy Yuu's, and what do you know? She actually did, this episode, and that was pretty sweet. :)

Nosredna

02-14-2011, 08:55 PM

Masou Shoujo Yuu! I do love it when you lose the power of being a Masou Shoujo you lose your clothes as well, although that could come back to haunt us all. Dai-sensei is pretty lovely.

Ashyukun

02-14-2011, 09:44 PM

Masou Shoujo Yuu! I do love it when you lose the power of being a Masou Shoujo you lose your clothes as well, although that could come back to haunt us all. Dai-sensei is pretty lovely.
I'm going to think that won't happen to Ayumu... he's generally started off wearing clothes, and Yuu still had her armor (her normal clothes would likely have been vaporized in that attack).

It was interesting to get confirmation that the Masou Shoujo's weapon is to a large extent the key to their powers- Ayumu's breaking Kyouko's sword took away her Masou Shoujo abilities. I'm thankful they spared us the gory details of his knocking off the extra lives with the chainsaw...

So, we've got a Final Boss, an Haruna is tacitly assigned to stay with Ayumu and Yuu. Sera, of course, isn't going anywhere until she gets Yuu to help her- but she's also (like Haruna- her essentially saying, "Fuck it, I'm going to kick her ass even if I DON'T have my powers..." was a really cool moment...) getting attached to the others. This show definitely has ended up being far better than I was expecting it to be, and it's still only half over...

Nork22

02-14-2011, 10:37 PM

HitokiriShadow

02-14-2011, 11:52 PM

Mmmmm, naked Kyouko. Evil, psychotic Kyouko amuses me a lot (and she's hot), so I'm glad she'll show up again at some point. The fight against her was pretty awesome though, and pretty brutal. Ayumu knocking out her lives was pretty brutal. And Yuu got to be pretty awesome. Though even when she actually talks, we don't get to actually hear her voice. Her killing Kyouko repeatedly was pretty cool though.

Haruna got to actively participate for once too, even though she didn't have her powers.

strangefour

02-15-2011, 02:06 AM

-MASOU SHOUJO EUCLIWOOD HELLSCYTHE!? You are so fucked Kyouko.
-Kyouko is a moron. Trying to fight a necromancer who's very blood is pure magic after she turns into a magical girl while in a graveyard. For you next trick you will fill an icecube tray on the sun Kyouko?
-Kyouko is stubborn and strong enough to suck the color out of the world. But all she accomplishes is making Yuu nearly naked.

-Woohoo! Punch of Kill Everything (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcMOsF38zHw&t=8s)!
-Damn it. You're not supposed to let homocidal maniacs live.
-Masou Mad Scientist Dai-sensei!
-Mapo tofu. *nods* She can't be all bad.
-Nekomimi Yuu ~<3
-Evil secret organization creating monsters while wearing masks? Gi!

Huh, I guess Madoka can't become the strongest magical girl this season. You win this round Yuu. Not a bad life. :keroro:

bear

02-15-2011, 05:54 AM

I'm wondering how much the "Lord of the Night" guy had control over Kyouko. Was he completely in control and she's just been innocent the whole time, or did he just kind of manipulated her into being evil?

Is she even alive? LN may have just taken over the body after killing her. Conversely, she may be a harem candidate after they defeat LN and reclaim her body. ;)

Oh and Dai-sensi has tens of millions of students?!!!

Fencedude

02-15-2011, 06:39 PM

Damn, Masou Shoujo Yuu. Wasn't expecting that.

And Kyouko gets killed a bunch of times. And looked hot wearing nothing but a cape.

I don't trust Dai-sensei as far as I can throw her. And I think we just met the real villain.

I'm shocked they actually got Tange Sakura to do a Delusion Yuu, I thought she retired.

Gatts

02-15-2011, 06:44 PM

EmperorBrandon

02-15-2011, 06:44 PM

I'm shocked they actually got Tange Sakura to do a Delusion Yuu, I thought she retired.

She returned to voice acting in 2009, but still don't think she's been too active. For anime, she was in Anyamal Tantei Kiruminzoo, and in video games with Love Plus and Fate/Extra, and maybe a few other things. Looks like she's actually going to be in the upcoming Dog Days anime, which surprises me (I think I'll be trying that series out, so I guess I'll hear her there).

Fencedude

02-15-2011, 06:47 PM

You know what would be epic?

A Madoka Magica/Kore wa Zombie crossover.

EmperorBrandon

02-15-2011, 06:48 PM

I was thinking a few episodes ago that Tange Sakura would probably be a good choice to voice one of the episodic fantasy Yuu's, and what do you know? She actually did, this episode, and that was pretty sweet. :)

I've been thinking Hayashibara doing Pai to Ayumu's Yakumo since it's pretty much the same relationship.

I think they should get Kugimiya Rie at some point for the obvious seiyuu joke, Nakahara Mai just because I want it (getting some of my highest favorite girls' seiyuu covered, with Ushio and Sakura in the last few episodes, so might as well :) ), and Hayami Saori, to complete the Love Plus girls and as a joke to that official KoreZom/SoraOto crossover image they made.

I've noticed most of the seiyuu they have got originated in the late 80's or early 90's though, so Hayashibara would more fit in that regard. I think Kaneda Tomoko is the only exception to that so far.

Fudce

02-15-2011, 07:06 PM

DI don't trust Dai-sensei as far as I can throw her.

To be fair she's not very big, and can't be that heavy - you could throw her a lot further than most of the other characters.

strangefour

02-15-2011, 07:11 PM

You know what would be epic?

A Madoka Magica/Kore wa Zombie crossover.

Masou Shoujo Yuu vs Kyubey: Heaven or Hell! FIGHT!

Ashyukun

02-16-2011, 08:47 AM

I think they should get Kugimiya Rie at some point for the obvious seiyuu joke, Nakahara Mai just because I want it (getting some of my highest favorite girls' seiyuu covered, with Ushio and Sakura in the last few episodes, so might as well :) ), and Hayami Saori, to complete the Love Plus girls and as a joke to that official KoreZom/SoraOto crossover image they made.

I've noticed most of the seiyuu they have got originated in the late 80's or early 90's though, so Hayashibara would more fit in that regard. I think Kaneda Tomoko is the only exception to that so far.
Them getting Hayashibara to do it would be awesome for how appropriate it would be, and I'd of course not complain about Kugimiya. If we're just going to favorites though- get Noto to voice her one episode and have Ayumu's internal fantasy of her speaking get interrupted. :P

Ashyukun

02-16-2011, 08:52 AM

You know what would be epic?

A Madoka Magica/Kore wa Zombie crossover.

Masou Shoujo Yuu vs Kyubey: Heaven or Hell! FIGHT!
That would be worth it just to have Yuu say two words (yeah, it likely takes a few more in Japanese...): "Stop smiling."

Fencedude

02-17-2011, 09:06 AM

So, anyone else notice that the music in the part before the OP was very, very "Ar tonelico"?

I'm half surprised Yuu's "chant" wasn't in Hymmnos.

HitokiriShadow

02-17-2011, 10:55 AM

So, anyone else notice that the music in the part before the OP was very, very "Ar tonelico"?

I'm half surprised Yuu's "chant" wasn't in Hymmnos.

Oh yeah, definitely got some major Ar Tonelico vibes from the music in that scene.

strangefour

02-22-2011, 01:16 AM

-XXX has some soup.
-Huh Haruna is a genius.
-However Yuu is a much better teacher. Err cheater.
-There is a... LOLI on the WING... of this BUILDING. </Shatner>
-100 meters in the sun. Why not just jump in the little creek.
-Oh he did. After making it all of 20 feet.
-Stallion has a pant fetish.
-The martians from Metal Slug games?
-Ramen has so many uses.
-Zombie's first kiss.

-Wait a kiss is a sign of marriage to vampire ninjas. So... Omg Sera & Haruna are married~<3
-Happy Tanabata~
-I... I love Tanabata Santa! *throws up devil horns*
-But the Earth IS like a hard boiled egg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evgMrXTVAiw&t=3m25s).
-Marti Gra, Oni, Halloween, what?
-X-ray specs are real. Uh sure why not. Zombie jerky is real.

I am totally celebrating Tanabata this year.

Westlo

02-22-2011, 05:36 AM

Take the risk Ayumu and try to kiss Sera... Yuki is a fun addition and BEST SANTA CLAUS EVER.

William K

02-22-2011, 06:39 AM

Hmmm.... so Tomonori is a vampire-ramen-ninja? Since he is a zombie, Ayumu shouldn't worry about what Sera would do to him if he attempted to kiss her.

The Tanabata Claus totally rocks.

The cameos of Matsuoka Yuki as imaginary Yuu and Arai Satomi as the jellyfish megalo were highly amusing.

Dai-sensei is very suspicious...

Oh yeah, totally forgot that Mael is Ika-chan!

EmperorBrandon

02-22-2011, 10:24 AM

The Tanabata Claus totally rocks.

Indeed, love her holiday fusion... There seemed to be so much wonderful Haruna quirkiness this episode, which I really liked.

The cameos of Matsuoka Yuki as imaginary Yuu and Arai Satomi as the jellyfish megalo were highly amusing.

These megalo just seem to keep getting freakier and freakier. I was so weirded out that I didn't even notice Arai there (looks like Cho voiced the horse - they were both pretty hilarious).

I'm looking forward to more of Maelstrom/Yuki/Tomonori. She's pretty cute so far, particularly being voiced by Kanata/Ika-chan. She makes a nice wife. :)

I will be curious to find out more about the girl who delivered the glasses to Ayumu too.

Nosredna

02-22-2011, 06:58 PM

Fencedude

02-22-2011, 07:00 PM

Matsuoka Yuki!

Anyway, very amusing episode. It seems Ayumu just got married to a Vampire Ninja.

Fudce

02-22-2011, 07:02 PM

So Ayumu found a wife! I bet Haruna won't be too pleased, Yuu may not be happy either. Glad we finally found our more about the girl of many names, I'm interested in seeing more of her. Best present ever from Dai-sensei?
I'm glad we now know more about "shuriken hair" girl (as I'd dubbed her)

Now to go back and rename that avatar. :P

TAS

02-22-2011, 07:06 PM

-X-ray specs are real. Uh sure why not. Zombie jerky is real.
I wonder if they were ordered from the back of a comic book... are Sea Monkeys next?

Nosredna

02-22-2011, 07:36 PM

Shiroi Hane

02-22-2011, 07:50 PM

BEST SANTA CLAUS EVER.
The Hogfather more like.

Fencedude

02-22-2011, 07:52 PM

Also, Dai-sensei's trolling knows no bounds. She should team up with Laura from Index for the ultimate in sweet voiced trolling.

HitokiriShadow

02-24-2011, 10:54 AM

Another cute (emphasis on cute) girl gets added to the mix, and she's another vampire ninja. Though she's much less ninja-like than Sera. And she attacks with..... Ramen noodles. Oh, and she gets married to Ayumu.

Haruna has to explain the origins of the universe and string theory in order to teach Ayumu how to do fairly simple math problems was pretty funny. And Dai-sensei is quite the mischievous cute little teacher, keeping things vague just for shits and giggles on something she sent to Ayumu also just for shits and giggles. "How are you supposed to know what to do if I just tell you what it is?"

And that was an.... interesting re-imagining of Santa.

something

02-27-2011, 12:25 AM

Episode 6:

- MASOU SHOUJO YUU!!! THAT IS THE BEST THING!
- Now we just need Sera to become a masou shoujo. The whole primary cast needs to transform!

- And Yuu springs into action! ...actually, that's perhaps not the best way to put it. Yuu stands still into action!
- Wooow. This show is goddamned impressive. The "die" scene was amazing, as Yuu was forced to do it over and over and expend all of Kyouko's lives. The skin on Kyouko's arms coming completely off was pretty fucked up, but in an effective way. And rupturing her own eardrums... damn.
- Yuu go boom. ;_; All her clothes gone except the armor...

- Triple attack! ...doesn't go very well.
- Hmm I guess we'll find out why she was killing herself before.
- ZAWA ZAWA ZAWA
- Ahh, killing herself regenerates.
- And holy crap Yuu goes all out on her. Hearing the sound of chainsaws and screaming for a good 20 seconds or so was all sorts of unsettling.
- But one life is left...

- Armor-only is strangely hot on Yuu.
- Dai-sensei! I think you need to give Kyouko some remedial lessons. >_>
- Ah. Kyouko is being controlled. Guess it's a good thing Ayumu didn't kill her (too many times).
- And it's a zombie Yuu killed?

- Tange Sakura heh.
- She smiled~~

Post-ED:
- Errrr.

Damnit this show is good. Way way better than could have been expected, not just in what it does but more importantly in how it does it. You could leave the plot exactly as is and get a shit show out of it, but the execution is amazing - from comedy to death and everywhere in between (well, sometimes the same thing).

something

02-27-2011, 12:31 AM

If we're just going to favorites though- get Noto to voice her one episode and have Ayumu's internal fantasy of her speaking get interrupted. :P
Noto's specialty (breathing, slight moans, barely audible grunts) is already being handled quite admirably by Tsukimiya Midori though.

For some reason I want Fukuen Misato to get one of the voices.

something

02-27-2011, 01:00 AM

Episode 7:

- Hah! Haruna is indeed a genius. So much so that she's no help to Ayumu. Go go superstrings!
- Have I mentioned how much I love Haruna's adherence to the Strike Witches school of fashion?
- Ahaha, Haruna on the window <3

- I guess Haruna can still at least hold her own without her powers, but it's clearly not enough. And holy crap that horse is creepy.
- SHE IS... the ramen warrior?
- Or another vampire ninja.
- And she's cute. Very cute. Maelstorm!
- She's also now Ayumu's wife. :sd:

- HOLY SHIT BEST TANABATA.
- Ponytail time!! Nothing new for Sera, but it looks amazing on Yuu. Cute on Haruna too. I'll ignore the other. ...Okay, in truth that could totally be his normal hairstyle and it would work. In theory. It gives off a totally different personality though.
- Matsuoka Yuki Yuu is killing me. <3

- Ayumu opens a door. Is this heaven, or hell?
- Tanabata fun <3

- Masou shoujo are scary...
- Mael cuuteness!
- Hah, she openly declares him her husband. The rest of the class just o_os.
- ...x-ray glasses!

EmperorBrandon

02-28-2011, 08:33 PM

This was a pretty amusing episode overall. It's interesting seeing how things have gone with Tomonori now in the mix, and it seems Haruna has gotten to be very jealous. Haruna is still so adorably eccentric. Really a good bit of nice moments with all of the main girls this episode, and even some of the school friends.

It looks like the King of the Night meets up with Yuu. Very curious to see what's going to happen there.

bear

02-28-2011, 08:48 PM

This was a pretty amusing episode overall. It's interesting seeing how things have gone with Tomonori now in the mix, and it seems Haruna has gotten to be very jealous.

It's a riot how Ayumu manages to get beaten up by Haruna even though he hasn't done anything. He gets pounded because she had a dream about him and then pounded because he accidentally kissed Tomonori and not her. Then he winds up paying for all their clothes shopping. He's got to stop antagonizing Sera, even if he can't die it's not going to be fun chopped into little pieces.

I felt bad for Yuu as she looked at the sexy bra. Poor girl stuck in her armor. Got to agree with Ayumu, if I'm going to fantasize it's going to be about Yuu.

Nosredna

02-28-2011, 09:17 PM

Nekomimi Sera! Haruna having dreams about Ayumu and being jealous was fun. Looks like he's got another potential love interest as well. I liked "shuriken hair" girl trying to get closer to Ayumu.

Fudce

02-28-2011, 09:19 PM

Taeko is adorable - but I can't help thinking she's linked the the bad guy somehow. Plus we got to see Sera in cat-ears, so it's all good.

HitokiriShadow

03-01-2011, 11:03 AM

"Kisses between girls don't count" Liiiiiiiiieeeees! You are totally Haruna's wife.

The cute shoulder-twin-tails girl finally gets a little bit of attention. I'm pretty sure she's a member of the coupon club and has an older sister that is/was student council president at a school that recently made the transition from all-girls to co-ed. Anyway, definitely want more of her.

Haruna had some nice focus and development in this episode. And I'm amused that she's more fully clothed in her pajamas than in her casual, around-the-house attire.

Ashyukun

03-01-2011, 11:49 AM

"Kisses between girls don't count" Liiiiiiiiieeeees! You are totally Haruna's wife.
Actually, given their respective natures, I think it would be more accurate to say that Haruna is wife. Semantics, but still... :P

The cute shoulder-twin-tails girl finally gets a little bit of attention. I'm pretty sure she's a member of the coupon club and has an older sister that is/was student council president at a school that recently made the transition from all-girls to co-ed. Anyway, definitely want more of her.
I also get the impression that she has a crush on Orito, given the lunch she was hiding. You'd think if she had a crush on Aikawa that she would have reacted a lot worse at Mael's claim to being his wife...

Haruna had some nice focus and development in this episode. And I'm amused that she's more fully clothed in her pajamas than in her casual, around-the-house attire.
This begs the question- what the heck did she wear for 'casual wear' before losing her Masou Shoujo powers? Did she just run around naked all the time? Is the Masou Shoujo school girls-only, so that kind of thing is accepted? She seems to have a definite issue with (or lack of concern about) clothing...

Mitsuki

03-01-2011, 04:09 PM

This was a nice episode. The development of Tomonori and her interaction with Ayumu was cute, but I find myself rooting for Haruna. Loved seeing the girls go shopping (especially Sera trying on the cat ears).

Gap moe ...kyun?

Ashyukun

03-01-2011, 06:12 PM

Loved seeing the girls go shopping (especially Sera trying on the cat ears).

Gap moe ...kyun?
I find myself very disappointed that I've not seen any Sera/Mio(/Maya) crossover artwork yet. One downside, I suppose, to so many people being focused on Madoka Magica...

Nork22

03-01-2011, 06:22 PM

Sera trying to impersonate Azu-nyan APPROVE!!!

And this weeks Yuu is HIDAKA "ERICA FONTAINE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B6LQyy3TgyY)" NORIKO!!!! Oh hell yeah!!! Old school!!!

Suwako Moriya

03-02-2011, 05:59 AM

Sera, suck Haruna's blood as often as you reasonably can.

If not for the fact this is only episode 5, I'd yell "Final Battle, start!"

Suwako Moriya

03-02-2011, 06:47 AM

Amazing, I'm in complete awe. All right, enough about Kyouko's breasts.

Yuu was impressive in a sense, but too bad for her Kyouko is a cheater.

I wonder if this "real villain" stuff gives any chance of redemption for Kyouko.

Untitled Technique!

Suwako Moriya

03-02-2011, 06:48 AM

You know what would be epic?

A Madoka Magica/Kore wa Zombie crossover.

That would definitely be an interesting experience. Make it happen, Japan!

Suwako Moriya

03-02-2011, 07:01 AM

DI don't trust Dai-sensei as far as I can throw her.

To be fair she's not very big, and can't be that heavy - you could throw her a lot further than most of the other characters.

Speaking of which, if we take that saying seriously, what type of scale are we supposed to be using of trust vs distance thrown. I can see it now.

Judge: James! Throw the defendant!

*moments later*

James: I was only able throw the defendant about two feet.

Judge: Just two feet? This proves the defendant is guilty. Prepare the noose!

Suwako Moriya

03-02-2011, 07:31 AM

Haruna is a genius, but I'm not sure about her teaching method.

I want to be Yuki's wife!

Finally, a version of Tanabata worth celebrating.

Fencedude

03-04-2011, 02:19 AM

You know, I should totally know the name of Misaki's little sister, but I don't. Oh well. Kanami is very amusing though.

Yuki's determination is pretty cute though, and its spurring Haruna to actually deal with her feelings.

On the other hand, Sera's position on Ayumu remains abundantly clear.

Hikasa Youko's knocking out of the park with this role. I would be interested in hearing her take on Senjougahara Hitagi. She's got the attitude down perfect.

And Yuu...didn't call for help?

Shiroi Hane

03-04-2011, 08:10 AM

And Yuu...didn't call for help?
Maybe she didn't have time to write it down and fold a paper aeroplane to deliver it.

something

03-06-2011, 06:31 PM

Shows that release on a Sunday or Monday are so damn hard for me to keep up with, given how I'm only really able to watch anime Friday through Sunday. Ep 9 comes out in 18 hours, pretty much the worst possible timing.

Episode 8:

- He loses the sacred glasses! ;_; And gets more brutal verbal abuse.
- He's such a dirty pervert he even invades dreams!

- Girl who looks a whole lot like Kaho from Yoku Wakaru Gendai Mahou sure has not done... ...anything, has she?
- Grrr getting really jerky movement in pans with the CR player now. ::switches to something else::
- Much better. Also, wtf, a serious discussion of gap moe? Kyun!!

- Awww, Yuki is damned cute. But poor... ... ...not-Kaho. Oh, right, Taeko.
- Bwahaha, so that's what the glasses were for.
- Haruna in normal clothes? Well, she still avoids wearing pants this way, so I'll accept it. The day she wears pants is the day I lose faith in anime. Well, I guess she has shorts on earlier...

- Fashion show! Jeeze, that's some outfit, Haruna... Honestly, I prefer the plain old "tshirt and panties" for Haruna.
- Hahah, Yuu, that dress clashes with your armor a bit.
- SERA-NYAAAAAAAAN!!!

- KISSING BETWEEN GIRLS MOST CERTAINLY COUNTS!
- So yeah, I guess I'll accept shorts on Haruna, but that's it. Anything more pants-like is blasphemy.
- Oh right there's also some evil dude.

Necromancer of Tennis!

HitokiriShadow

03-07-2011, 01:10 PM

Suwako Moriya

03-07-2011, 01:17 PM

Tomonori is quite visually appealing.

Wow. The jealousy is strong in Haruna.

Thanks a lot for crushing our dreams with that "doesn't count" comment, Sera!

bear

03-07-2011, 01:50 PM

Yuu turns out not to be in that much danger herself, but we get a surprise crisis with Yuki. Apparently she had a masou shoujo superweapon hidden inside of her and it activated and went out of control when she got hurt.

And then Yuu pulls the "Trouble follows me, making me a danger to my friends, so I'm going to leave them" routine.
Dai-sensei is powerful, but I think she's a little crackers.

It may be cliched but this show jerks my emotions around. One minute it's slapstick and the next they're breaking my heart. Can't stand to see cute girls cry I guess. Losing Yuu... You knew it was going to happen but still major sadness.

Is the show going for more than one cour? Don't see how they're going to wrap it up with 3 eps left.

Mitsuki

03-07-2011, 04:06 PM

I love this show so much. It made me tear up, when Ayumu was reading his wish. This was such a great episode. Dai-sensei is awesome and nuts. Haruna is just plain awesome. And Yuu! ;_;

EmperorBrandon

03-07-2011, 05:00 PM

Apparently she had a masou shoujo superweapon hidden inside of her and it activated and went out of control when she got hurt.

So that's what the "XXX is, I guess. I had a feeling she was going to be more than another vampire ninja.

Yuu... :cry: Really want to see her happy and reunited with everyone. Ayumu cares about her and everybody else a lot and it's rather sweet.

EmperorBrandon

03-07-2011, 05:04 PM

Is the show going for more than one cour? Don't see how they're going to wrap it up with 3 eps left.

It's going to be one cour. They have enough time to find a good stopping point, I suppose.

Nosredna

03-07-2011, 09:36 PM

The power of love conquers all! Or maybe it's just friendship, either way Dai-sensei trusts Ayumu. That guy with Yuu definitely is bad news, such bad news she left, time to go looking for her!

Fencedude

03-08-2011, 07:48 AM

Goddamn Yuu. Just...damn. ;_; I think she may be the most moe inducing character of the season.

Fudce

03-08-2011, 09:47 AM

Goddamn Yuu. Just...damn. ;_; I think she may be the most moe inducing character of the season.

I dunno, Kyubey gives her a good run for her money. (I feel more moe for Taeko than Yuu in Zombie)

Ashyukun

03-08-2011, 09:51 AM

I dunno, Kyubey gives her a good run for her money. (I feel more moe for Taeko than Yuu in Zombie)
Um... I fail to see how the words 'moe' and 'Kyubey' belong in the same sentence except with relation to the latter's actions inducing the former in other characters...:sweat:

EmperorBrandon

03-08-2011, 02:52 PM

except with relation to the latter's actions inducing the former in other characters

Actually, I don't know if that's what Fudce intended, but that's exactly what I thought about when I read that. :)

TheGreenMan

03-08-2011, 05:24 PM

Sera is out to kill Yuu? Nooo! That's a crime against nature!
So, creepy dude wants a wish from Yuu. He already has immortality...so I guess he wants to die?
So, Yuki is actually a masou shoujo walking weapon?
Hugging always defeats the enemy...I mean friend.
Ha! Fashion DEEN.
Yuu has gone away! Oh noes!

strangefour

03-08-2011, 05:34 PM

--Magic glasses noooo!
Time for Nanaca Crash (http://megami.starcreator.com/nanaca-crash/): The Revenge! 3520 Meters~
-Haruna has naughty dreams.
-I love Mask Donalds.
-Yuki has skilled hands...
-"Shut up." hehehehe
-Haruna owns clothes?

-Ayumu is prepared for nekomimi moments. he is a wise man.
-Yuu is awesome at claw machines. A rare talent in anime and reality.
-KISSES BETWEEN GIRLS DO FREAKING COUNT!

This show is ten times better than it has any right to be. Which is good. It makes a nice comedic counter point to Madoka. Two ends of the same crazy magical girl teeter totter.

strangefour

03-08-2011, 06:15 PM

-Mega Puu!
-Godzilla style poster eyecatch. <3
-No, Yuu :cry:

Fightin' 'n' stuff. Poor sad Yuu.

EmperorBrandon

03-21-2011, 05:42 PM

I think I'm about as pissed off at those conservative ninjas as I am at Yoru no Ou. Poor Sera :(

I must say I was a bit amused at Yoru no Ou casually talking with a old lady in front of the convenience store, and cooking a meal for everyone when they came to visit (Haruna doesn't mind one bit how evil the server is if it's her favorite food...). I guess we may find out more about him and Yuu coming up.

strangefour

03-21-2011, 07:50 PM

-Winter. Yuu is still gone. But Puu remains.
-Haruna likes to shoke on big hot things shoved in her throat. :sd:
-Vampire. Ninja. Orchestra.
-Guinea pig of the damned.
-"Ayumu are you okay?" The other zombie's shadow bit his legs off. Of course he's not okay!

-Guinea pig is not impressed with the new arrivals.
-They are going to glue his legs on backwards aren't they.
-Hellscythe! :sdsmiley:
-Sera!! :cry:
-ZOMBIE!!! :angry:
-Antonio spaghetti looks good.
-Ayumu, the zombie who lept in time.

Hey! Get your plot out of my silly magical zombie comedy.

Ashyukun

03-21-2011, 09:27 PM

Hey! Get your plot out of my silly magical zombie comedy.
I dunno... somehow the plot in this is annoying me a lot less than shows in the past. Perhaps it's the fact that it's actually been around and slowly coming more to the forefront from the very beginning and doesn't feel like an complete afterthought (*cough*Asobi ni Iku Yo*cough*).

I've gotta admit, I want to see a Vampire Ninja Orchestra...

I guess next episode we find out just exactly HOW immortal Ayumu is... with most zombies, destroying their brains takes them out... but then, I get the impression that if it were that easy, our antagonist zombie who is tired of living would have blown himself up long ago...

Got a BIG laugh out of the ending screen, too... though it was annoying that the titles overlapped and made it hard to see the 'Large' in the middle...

Nosredna

03-21-2011, 09:45 PM

Ayumu blowing himself up was not unexpected, but still a noble gesture. The other zombie is quite tough and has Yuu coming with him now. It will be interesting to see their back story and why he wants to die.

bear

03-22-2011, 04:30 AM

I guess Sera wasn't dead when Yuu gave her a drop of blood or is she a Vampire Ninja Zombie now? Maybe zombies are made with a different method.

Com'on, they should know by now that he doesn't need glue to put himself back together! Cheap joke.

Ayumu, that is going to leave a mark.

I wonder how long Yoru no Ou has been around for him to be so bored. Also seems to have a lot of abilities that Ayumu doesn't or isn't aware of.

Shiroi Hane

03-22-2011, 11:12 AM

Yuu gave her a drop of blood because she's a vampire.
They don't normally glue him back together because they have Yuu to fix him.

Gildor

03-24-2011, 12:36 AM

So I guess the normal vampire "rules" are not in effect for this universe? I mean if Sera is a vampire, she is already undead, right? If she is now a zombie, does that make her doubly undead, whatever that means (never mind that, as a vampire, Yoru no Ou did not use a wooden stake or decapitation in his attack)?

Oh well, I am sure I am over analyzing this. Just sit back and the enjoy the show... :sweat:

Fudce

03-24-2011, 07:59 AM

If she is now a zombie

She is not a zombie.

She's a vampire, who was fed blood to be able to regenerate her wounds.

Gildor

03-24-2011, 08:41 AM

If she is now a zombie

She is not a zombie.

She's a vampire, who was fed blood to be able to regenerate her wounds.
Sounds good to me!

something

03-26-2011, 03:22 PM

Whoops, I haven't zombied in like three weeks.

Episode 9:

- Oh Sera, you could never assassinate adorable Yuu.
- Mmmm... this dude is just the kind of villain I find super annoying. I'll be even more annoyed if his psychological warfare renders Yuu helpless for the rest of the show.

- Yay Dai-sensei!
- Haha, man, all four of them can't do anything to the doll an Dai-sensei moves it effortlessly.
- Oh. Right. Tomonori was behind it. Oops.
- Wow, this is some of the worst CG I've seen in a very long time.
- So, uh, this sequence of events is a bit confusing. How much of this did Dai-sensei do on purpose? I also feel like a lot of setup with Tomonori was skipped. Or maybe I just forgot stuff since it's been so long.
- Bah, an Yuu does the "I will run away to save you all even though it never works" thing.

Ehh... I wasn't feeling this episode. Part of that is the big gap between watching, part is just not feeling that it flowed very well.

Fencedude

03-26-2011, 04:49 PM

Well, damn.

Not much to say really, pretty good episode, though it would have been nice to have had Sera do something other than get her ass kicked.

something

03-26-2011, 07:28 PM

Episode 10:

So he wants to die - well, yeah, kinda what I expected. And Yuu must have the power to do it. But she doesn't. For some reason that will probably prove very frustrating. And they eat dinner together wtf.

The bomb scene was easily the best part, especially with the faces Haruna made.

But man, I just so utterly don't care about the villain. He's dragging the show (and Yuu) down enormously for me, even though it was incredibly good through episode 8. Ehhhhhh.

HitokiriShadow

03-27-2011, 01:16 PM

Nice job Yuu, your plan to protect everyone by not being there worked brilliantly. Seras and Haruna still nearly got killed, and Ayumu got chopped up as usual.

HitokiriShadow

03-27-2011, 01:21 PM

Episode 10:
So he wants to die - well, yeah, kinda what I expected. And Yuu must have the power to do it. But she doesn't. For some reason that will probably prove very frustrating.

Yuu hates killing. So we have a villain that actually *wants* to die, she can probably do it, but she won't because of her values. Though it may be more than that, because she looked like she would have killed Kyouko if she hadn't destroyed her own eardrums. But since we didn't get to that point, we don't know to what extent Yuu refuses to kill. But her history with the guy may be more of an issue than killing. But now that I think about it, I don't know that she actually has a philosophical opposition to killing, she got angry at Haruna for using "I'll kill you" lightly, which isn't the same as actually being against killing.

bear

03-27-2011, 01:36 PM

something

03-28-2011, 10:13 AM

Wasn't there a comment that she experiences the actions that she inflicts on others? In other words, each time she killed Kyouko she also experienced her death? Since she created him there may be some blowback if she kills him. Possibly causing harm to others.
Hm, is that what it was? I think I remember 1) she feels the pain she heals from Ayumu (actively healing him that is, not his normal zombie healing) and 2) her emotional state can manifest problems in the real world, but not that what she does to others is returned. If anything, 1) would imply she feels healing if that were the case...

But it's been a while since they were explaining that so maybe I forgot something important.

EmperorBrandon

03-28-2011, 01:48 PM

Yesss... plot time is done. Glad we have a silly episode left over, so hopefully it's a fun one.

Anyway, Haruna was decently awesome throughout most of the episode, snapping Ayumu out of his depression, and we also get to see her as a magical girl again finally, and a double transformation with Ayumu at that. On the other hand, vampire ninjas form a maid orchestra and fight with music... Kind of a shame the magical girl stuff didn't last long - Yoru no Ou mainly got beat in by Ayumu by brute force but at least he got it anyway like he should.

Yuu finally speaking was so sweet. I think she does a rather nice, fitting voice.

TheGreenMan

03-28-2011, 02:44 PM

Ashyukun

03-28-2011, 06:13 PM

Yuu finally speaks! Fuck the rest of the episode and it's having Sera and the rest of the ninja wearing maid outfits for no reason. Yuu speaks and she sounds adorable.

Wait...I thought her speaking would bring destruction? Yay for inconsistency!
Her speaking could bring destruction/doom, which is why she usually doesn't speak- she said earlier that she never knew which of her words would become 'real'- though presumably she can actively use that power when she wants to by giving imperative commands ("Die.").

And you may not have appreciated it, but I was certainly not going to complain about a Vampire Ninja Maid Orchestra playing through most of the episode. :catgirl:

Glad there's more fun to come, though- and the ending animation was adorable.

bear

03-28-2011, 06:31 PM

At first I expected the reason Ayumu couldn't regain conciousness was because they were missing a key piece of his body. Thankfully they didn't go that route.;)

Worth the whole episode to hear Yuu at the end. Sweet.

Nosredna

03-28-2011, 08:31 PM

I thought Yuu's voice would kill people too, guess I misunderstood that. Funny that a vampire ninja symphony helped save the world!

pathos

03-28-2011, 09:14 PM

You know, it's kind of been refreshing, the reactions to nudity in this show

examples would be

Ayumu gets out of bed and wanders around naked, and noone punches him.

Yuu wakes up in the middle of the field a few episodes ago wearing nothing but her armor (i.e. no pants) and she doesn't throw a fit.

I expect the trend will end next week, since it seems to be a fanservicey comedy episode. :sweat: Would be nice if I'm wrong though

Shiroi Hane

03-28-2011, 09:52 PM

I've gotta admit, I want to see a Vampire Ninja Orchestra...
Wish granted.

Ashyukun

03-28-2011, 10:04 PM

I've gotta admit, I want to see a Vampire Ninja Orchestra...
Wish granted.
Yup! :catgirl: I was quite pleased. And laughed my ass off that Tonomori was apparently only capable of playing the triangle... :sweat:

untoldsorrow

03-29-2011, 09:50 AM

Mitsuki

03-29-2011, 11:30 AM

I love this episode. The orchestra (including Tomonori's triangle) was awesome, Haruna transforming and then apparently flying around the world from the force of her attack was awesome, and Yuu talking was awesome. I would really like to see this show get a second season. I've come to like the cast a lot, and the family-like relationship that the four living together have formed. I'm glad there's going to be an extra fluff episode.

strangefour

03-30-2011, 09:48 PM

-This is the craziest easter egg hunt ever.
-"THIS GROIN OF MINE IS GLOWING HOT! IT'S FERAL ROAR TELLS ME TO KISS YOU!"
-Is Ayumu going to spend this entire episode naked? I almost hope so just so we can see Yuu blush.

-Aww he got dressed :\
-Tokyo Tower, the site of so many emotional confrontations, epic battles, magical transportation accidents, and giant egg layings.
-Vampire ninja maid violinist of Tokyo.
-Chainsaw angry! Chainsaw can not shut up. Chainsaw wants to help fight too.
-Mahou Shoujo Double! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUIyMYgHLus)
-VAMPIRE NINJA MAID ORCHESTRA!
-DOUBLE MAHOU KICK!! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qPXAgx5gR44)
-"That's not a kick!" Hehehe. It's still funny.
-Prinnies are awesome dood.
-Yuu spoke... :cry:
-Hehehehehe. Haruna enjoyed her parabolic arc around the globe.

Dyson product placement never ends. And this show hasn't ended yet either. Hooray~

something

04-03-2011, 12:06 AM

Episode 11:

- Scouring the city for body parts. >_> That was more graphic than I expected.
- Awww, Haruna resting her head on Sera's shoulder, and Sera hugging her. <3
- Man, after really disappointing eps 9-10, this one has started off very well. The Haruna scene in Ayumu's dreams was back at the level of awesome emotional stuff that this show was doing so well earlier on.
- But put some clothes on, dude.

- o_O Yes Sera, only you can defeat the megalo. By playing violin in a maid outfit. Wait what.
- I love Yuu and all, but this really is her fault. Villain guy is a dipshit, but all she has to do is kill him. Like he wants. And like she should want too. You can't have it both ways, Yuu! Stop pissing me off.
- Haruna transformed again! Dual henshin!
- Now we have a vampire ninja maid orchestra! This makes no sense! =D

- "That's not a kick!"
- And yes, yes you are cute, Haruna!
- Now she's gone already. Jeeze.
- Holy fuck he just PUNCHED THROUGH HIS HEAD. That was brain bits on the wall. o_O Wow.
- And despite the bed guy being really terrible and Yuu needlessly exacerbating the situation, that was a very awesome scene as he gives up and she sends him away.

THEN SHE SPEAKS! HOLY CRAP!

And I love the totally shameless lead in to an onsen episode for the ending. <3

Oh wow, that was fantastic. It had everything that I felt was missing in the past few episodes. Good fights, nice emotional scenes, Haruna transforms, and Yuuuuuuuu finally no longer being stupid! Yay!

Tempted to change my 4th import from Fractale to this now, but it's damn expensive. ¥9240 * 6 for 12 eps? Christ. I paid that for Strike Witches 2 but also liked that a lot more.

something

04-03-2011, 12:53 AM

Episode 12:

- Porori! Porori! Need to see what's under Yuu's armor!
- A school swimsuit. :sd: And huh, I thought she might end up being kinda busty under there, but she's definitely not. More than Haruna, though.

- Ohhh god she's too cute in the innertube with her U_U eyes. <3
- Man, Tomonori is seriously stacked too.
- Dai-senseiii!

- Vampire Ninja Idol! Lovely Kira!
- Hahaha, Sera is just mortified. I love her reaction when Saraswati confirms it's not a mission. Hikasa Youko <3
- Sera confronts her, but Saras will not back down unless Sera defeats her... as an idol! Cue duet!
- Oh god this is amazing. SEXY SEXY SERA! Sideboooooob!
- Is Haruna joining them?

- YES! Hahaha, with the Futami-style haircut.
- Dai-senseiii!
- o_O She makes babies cry! She causes normal people to run in terror! All fear, all love Haruna!
- Flamethrowers and chainsaws!

- Of course it can't end there. Yuu wants to sing too! But if she gets excited, bad things would happen, right?
- Enter Dai-senseiiiii! She has a device that, for an hour, will absorb extra energy from Yuu and put it in Ayumu, so he'll be bound to her restrictions and she can sing freely. Go go Yuu!
- I think the crowd gets bigger every shot. :sd:
- Yuu's boobs grew.
- And now she sings!
- Maaan it's cute. Her seiyuu has a sweet singing voice.
- Haha, Ayumu in her armor.

- But the machine runs out in the middle of her song! Oh no!
- Awwwwwwwww~! Haruna helps her out with magic and they sing a duet.
- HAHAHAH, Sera and Saras doing the backup dance behind them. XD

- Oh shiiiiit. Ayumu wishes all the girls in the world could wear outfits like this. But he spoke it out loud while using Yuu's powers. =D
- ....GREAT THINGS ENSUE.
- God Yuu looks amazing in this bikini. Well, they all look great. But her most of all I think.

Really nice epilogue type bit, as a Season Two indicator walks past Ayumu (though, sales are kinda... on the cusp I guess. Not great.)

Fantastic ending. So so so much better than trying to do another episode of plot. Hoping for a second season! I think I *will* switch Fractale out for this after all, since at least with this we know there's a chance of a second season, so the support means more.

Fencedude

04-03-2011, 07:06 PM

Oh god that was epic, awesome, insane and HHHHHHHNNNNNGGGGGGHHHHHH

Yuu finally spoke! And...it was adorable! I hand HHNNNGGGHHH-gasms with every line.

Oh and the Vampire Ninja Maid Orchestra was...amazing.

Damius

04-03-2011, 07:10 PM

Yuu finally spoke! And...it was adorable! I hand HHNNNGGGHHH-gasms with every line.

Indeed, I was as well. I wanted since the beginning for her to speak, but for some reasons when she spoke it surprised me and it could not have been done a better way.

Fencedude

04-03-2011, 07:41 PM

Good god. That yellow open sided outfit Sera had on was quite possibly the sexiest thing I've ever seen. I'm almost positive that no underwear was involved at all there.

And then Yuu's lovely song, and duet with Haruna.

Fantastic series, and it deserves far more love than its going to get.

TheGreenMan

04-04-2011, 12:22 PM

[QUOTE=something;1924948]Episode 12:

Really nice epilogue type bit, as a Season Two indicator walks past Ayumu (though, sales are kinda... on the cusp I guess. Not great.)

/QUOTE]

Ah, so she's a new character. I was wondering who that is.

EmperorBrandon

04-04-2011, 03:48 PM

Oh wow, that was quite amazing. I was expecting a fun episode, but this was even better than that. Nice place to end it, even though I'm hoping there will be more, of course...

Seraphim was looking sexy in pretty much every single outfit she wore this episode, and I really like Haruna's swimsuit (seen that before in some novel-based artwork). Also, some great heartwarming scenes with Yuu... (and Haruna with her) I like how Sera's Ayumu insults have gotten so affectionate at times.

something

04-04-2011, 04:00 PM

Ah, so she's a new character. I was wondering who that is.
So I assume anyway. At the least, I don't remember seeing her in the show before now.

EmperorBrandon

04-04-2011, 04:08 PM

So I assume anyway. At the least, I don't remember seeing her in the show before now.

I think she might have been one of the shadowy figures that appeared briefly in the OP. I'll have to dig back through that discussion again to check.

EDIT: Hrm... looking at the images Fencedude posted, I guess she's not one of the shadow Masou Shoujo team. The hairstyle doesn't really match any of them.

Ashyukun

04-04-2011, 06:22 PM

The only way this episode could have been better would have been for a full Vampire Ninja rock band to be playing for the Idols (With Seraphim playing bass, of course :catgirl: ). It just kept getting more and more awesome (though Sera and Sara need to learn some new dance moves....). I have to agree- that micro-bikini looked best on Yuu's figure... it just isn't that flattering on all the more top-heavy girls, and Haruna, well... :sweat: at least she fits in it well..

And Sera needs to stop watching the Nyarlko Cooking Hour for recipes...

This was definitely the best way to end the season. Like Okami-san, they know that going out on a fun and light note is better than the heavy plot-stuff, and it worked fantastically well in the end.

This show has consistently been one of the best this season all-around, especially given that I had exactly zero expectations of it being worthwhile from just its initial description. It sounds like the most generic setup for a show ever: "A Zombie, a necromancer, a magical girl, and a vampire ninja walk into a bar," but the strength of the characters and the way the bonds between them were so well developed drove to be something fantastic. I definitely hope that it will end up doing well enough, either in disc sales or bumping up novel sales, to merit us getting more.

strangefour

04-04-2011, 10:05 PM

Seriously? Does Yuu have to be in a school swimsuit? Ugh.
-"This is the tender loving gaze of a man." Ya damn right.
-Vampire ninja idol, and oddly cute CG crowd.
-AHAHAHAHA! The Idol war image is fantastic.
-Haruna, you too? Also did you just get taller and skinnier?

-Women and children flee in horror at the sound of Haruna's song.
-You are the third best mad scientist ever! Let teh suction begin!
-No Yuu! Put the helmet back on!
-The souls of the terrified women and children are soothed by Yuu's song.
-MYSTLETAINN-SENSEI!?
-Arousing indeed.
-Suddenly a new flatchested girl with a pink curl.
-Where was Yuu's little green penguin pet Puu all episode? Where was the Dyson fan!?

That was the best ending of the season. (Only because SRW was last season started and Madoka hasn't ended yet.) Definitely the surprise hit of the season for me. A much needed injection of funny into a winter of seriousness and giant robots. Hmm. This has been my favorite season of anime in a long time. Thank you Zombie. May you sell well and get a sequel.

njchobitsfan

04-04-2011, 10:17 PM

Oh wow, that was quite amazing. I was expecting a fun episode, but this was even better than that. Nice place to end it, even though I'm hoping there will be more, of course...

I totally agree. I figured they would have made a super generic pool/swimsuit episode after sooo many wonderful ones and for a short time I believed it was going that route. Gotta give it up for the vampire ninja's for saving the day and I'll never complain when it comes to micro mini's :nosebleed:. The last scene was the cherry on top :). More please....:bowsmiley:

bear

04-05-2011, 09:20 PM

And then Yuu's lovely song....

And her outfit, kawaii! Perfect counterpoint to the others' costumes and adorable on her.

HitokiriShadow

04-05-2011, 10:51 PM

Oh, right, Ayumu blew himself up last time. So now the girls get to go find all his body parts so they can try to patch him together. Ewwww.... But it body looks more like it was chopped up than blown up. After having a bomb on his head blow up, they should be picking up little bite-size chunks of him, not whole limbs and and his entire, mostly intact torso. His head especially should be just obliterated, not cleanly cut off at the neck.

Haruna finally transforms again in a team up with Ayumu and we get a vampire ninja in maid outfit symphony, led by Seras.

But most importantly, at the end.... Yuu speaks! She has an actual, verbal conversation with Ayumu, and its fantastic. And her voice is just adorable.

And ZOMG, the bad guy is defeated and the issues are resolved, and there's still one episode left!

EmperorBrandon

04-05-2011, 11:07 PM

HitokiriShadow

04-05-2011, 11:25 PM

Bwahahaha, Saraswati is an idol! Seras' absolute horror when she discovers it is hilarious. The world of idols is a horror that vampire ninjas and Megalo can't imagine!

ZOMG YUU SINGS!!!!!

Yeah, so they pulled a bait and switch, promising us a pool episode, then suddenly changing into a completely insane idol competition instead. And it was awesome. Too bad we didn't have a translation for the songs, particularly Yuu's. I could understand a few words here and there, but not nearly enough.

And right at the end, we get a character tease. Too bad there's pretty much no way we'll get a second season. :(

HitokiriShadow

04-05-2011, 11:32 PM

And ZOMG, the bad guy is defeated and the issues are resolved, and there's still one episode left!

Speaking of him being defeated, I was just thinking about Kyouko. Didn't she disappear while still under King of the Night's control last we saw her? But now he's beaten... I wonder what the heck happened to her?

We never saw any of that magical girl team from the OP either. I'm guessing it will turn out he had been working with someone else for a while while also hoping for his own death.... but are we certain that it was him that was connected with Kyouko and talking there? My memory of that scene is really vague and I don't recall what exactly happened and was said there.

EmperorBrandon

04-05-2011, 11:55 PM

but are we certain that it was him that was connected with Kyouko and talking there? My memory of that scene is really vague and I don't recall what exactly happened and was said there.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it was him. He's credited in that episode.

Suwako Moriya

04-24-2011, 03:10 AM

I'll ignore the Yuu's questionable decision part. Instead I'll focus on the fact that poor Yuki needs hug.

Speaking of Yuki. If Ayumu isn't going to accept her as a wife, I'll gladly take his place.

Suwako Moriya

04-24-2011, 03:36 AM

Vampire Ninjas!

So all of this is happening because Boring the villain wants to die? In that case, grant his wish already.

I think my problem with this whole arc is with Yuu. It feels like she's taking the worst possible route "just because".

Suwako Moriya

04-24-2011, 04:17 AM

Vampire Ninjas in Maid Outfits Playing Music? All is forgiven!

Darn it, Ayumu, you failed to mention Yuki!

At long last, Yuu speaks and it was worth the wait. Although it was kind of depressing to wait this long.

Haruna got to travel the world, works for me.

Suwako Moriya

04-24-2011, 04:56 AM

Swimsuits followed by Idols.

Haruna's idol outfit was just wow.

In terms of swimsuits, Yuki the winner. She's just amazing in more ways than one.

Nice to end with an episode like this.

something

04-27-2011, 09:30 AM

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-1690.html

I can't get a complete sense of what it's saying but from what I can make out it seems to be saying the KoreZom novels increased dramatically in sales after the anime aired.

The DVD/BD release is looking at fairly middling sales (4k for vol. 1, probably around 3k average in the end) but if it's driving novel sales to a big increase, we may get a second season after all.

EmperorBrandon

06-06-2011, 03:08 AM

Fencedude

06-06-2011, 03:10 AM

Nice to see a second season (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-06/kore-wa-zombie-desu-ka-gets-2nd-anime-season) announcement for this pop up so soon. :) Hopefully the continuation will keep up the first season's good points, and I particularly hope for more Yuu awesomeness.

Fuck yeah!

Glad to see this, was afraid the disc sales wouldn't justify it.

Suwako Moriya

06-06-2011, 03:53 AM

Good news given that over all the first season was decent even with trouble spots. Still I wonder.

Was this a case of the first season doing well enough or the second season having been locked in before the first even started airing? Not that it matters since it does mean one more cour at least.

something

06-06-2011, 06:35 AM

HitokiriShadow

06-06-2011, 08:39 AM

Nice to see a second season (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-06/kore-wa-zombie-desu-ka-gets-2nd-anime-season) announcement for this pop up so soon. :) Hopefully the continuation will keep up the first season's good points, and I particularly hope for more Yuu awesomeness.

*blinks* Wow, really? That's great to hear, I didn't think there was any realistic chance of a second season getting made with the sales it was getting.

something

06-06-2011, 09:23 AM

*blinks* Wow, really? That's great to hear, I didn't think there was any realistic chance of a second season getting made with the sales it was getting.
It's been having not great but very consistent first week sales across the first three volumes (bout 3k, v1 with extra reporting was about 4.3k) and that at ¥9240 lolkadokawa pricing. So not disastrous disc sales plus apparently great novel sales (http://www.mania.com/aodvb/showpost.php?p=1936082&postcount=232) seems to be enough. Yay.

FUNiOP

06-06-2011, 03:37 PM

Nice. I assume Crunchyroll will simulcast it again and FUNimation will license it, hopefully soon after it airs. I'll definitely be checking it out.

bear

06-07-2011, 08:09 PM

Nice to see a second season (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-06-06/kore-wa-zombie-desu-ka-gets-2nd-anime-season) announcement for this pop up so soon. :) Hopefully the continuation will keep up the first season's good points, and I particularly hope for more Yuu awesomeness.

The anouncement you referenced has an image of Yuu (along with Haruna) in what appears to be a school uniform (no armor only her helmet). That's got to be just a publicity shot, you don't think they'd go that direction would they?

Ashyukun

06-08-2011, 10:03 PM

The anouncement you referenced has an image of Yuu (along with Haruna) in what appears to be a school uniform (no armor only her helmet). That's got to be just a publicity shot, you don't think they'd go that direction would they?
Also has Haruna in the school uniform- and both of them are wearing it quite wrong (or right, depending on your point of view...). :nosebleed:

EmperorBrandon

07-12-2011, 08:41 PM

It looks like this episode is divided into three mini-episodes, and looks like this focuses on the hilarious and fun side of the series. I really enjoyed the second mini-episode which had some more delusion Yuu (Lum's voice this time) and notepad Yuu. Made me think of some of the earlier episodes again... I liked the Sera development too, though, particularly why she continues to cook. It's nice that it's not just a "her food is always terrible" gag again this time, though that continues to be funny anyway. It was pretty sweet. And the third mini-episode really seems to confirm that Ayumu's harem is quite large indeed... (it was interesting to see some Hiramatsu Taeko focus as the broadcast episodes seemed to largely ignore her)

Fencedude

07-12-2011, 11:23 PM

Well, that was decently amusing. Loved Sera's outfit during the festival. Also more of Haruna and Yuki sleeping together, please!

Yuu was really funny this episode as well. She seems to have gained a slightly snarky sense of humor.

EmperorBrandon

07-13-2011, 01:21 AM

Also more of Haruna and Yuki sleeping together, please!

More of Haruna unsuccessfully attempting to hide things between her breasts too :)

Yuu was really funny this episode as well. She seems to have gained a slightly snarky sense of humor.

I agree. Yuu really seemed particularly awesome this episode.

something

07-16-2011, 12:57 PM

Episode 13:

- Yukata girls~
- So anything Seraphim makes explodes.
- Okay, first bit wasn't really entertaining at all. Orito's character type is good at sucking the fun out of anything.

- Second segment... sneezing Yuu! Adorable!
- Good, more Haruna in her underwear <3
- Sure is a lot of Ayumu's ass in this episode. Oh well at least we got some Haruna boobs.
- This segment was okay. Better than the first at any rate.

- So they remembered Taeko exists?
- And more focus on Ayumu's ass.
- TAE BOOBS! TAE BOOBS!

Not the most amazing OVA episode ever, but it was okay. And yay for Tae boobs!