Rinne no Lagrange Discussion Thread [Archive]

TheGreenMan

01-02-2012, 09:09 AM

Madoka, always prepared to help girls in NEED.
Someone stole your uniform, Madoka...a girl?
OP is nice. I like the song.
Jersey club? Sweats club? Wha?
Madoka = girl magnet.
Did she just pull a ball out of her pantsu?
LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT!
Oh, so she had your uniform, Madoka. She was probably sniffing it and trying it on--why did she have it anyway? It isn't explained.
Madoka's onee-chan loves to strip her sister.
Whoa, whoa, whoa Madoka's onee-chan Yoko. You have the wrong anime. Puella Magica Shoujo Madoka was last winter.
Woof!
Holding hands? YES.
Comrade? Is that the new yuri slang?
Pilot a robot?
Evil boys! Oh, I get it. It's boys vs. girls! BL vs. GL! Silly boys, don't you know that yuri is the most powerful force in the universe?
"I won't let Madoka become a magical girl...I mean pilot a robot!" Keep saying that...HomuYoko.
And after I pilot this robot, Len, we're going on a DATEO!
German SUPLEX! Hhahahaha...this show is so awesome. Madoka is awesome. OP is awesome. ED is awesome.
Loving wife bento? Madoka and Len got married after the show? Girls move fast nowadays. Dateo...then married.

EmperorBrandon

01-09-2012, 04:43 PM

I'm not sure if this will be a show that appeals to me in the long run, but the first episode was pretty entertaining. I like Madoka's cute, fun, energetic personality, and it's nice to have a "forced into a robot" situation without the extreme angst. Hopefully her interactions with Lan will be nice too.

Alphanega

01-09-2012, 05:50 PM

Pretty decent start. Madoka comes off as a likeable lead and while it would have been nice for her to slightly question being asked to pilot a robot, I am getting a bit tired of that cliche so it doesn;t bother me too much, and it fit in with her personality.

At the moment though it;s hard to say whether this will be a serious mecha series or a fanservice fest with a slight attempt on plot. The writer and the fact that I.G. came up with the concept makes me hopeful of the former but with XEBEC doing the animation I do expect them to throw in fanservice whenever they can...

Fencedude

01-10-2012, 09:28 PM

Maru!

Wow, Madoka is something else. She's so...so...CONFIDENT.

Lan is pretty entertaining, she's definitely a bit odd though. Can't wait to meet the busty one.

Oh, and Madoka? YOU ARE TOTALLY LAN'S WIFE

HitokiriShadow

01-11-2012, 12:47 AM

Mecha show with an all female main cast? Yes please!

And its off to fantastic start. Madoka is a ton of fun, and she ends the episode by pulling off a freaking giant robot suplex. Maru!

And Lan is a decently amusing deadpan girl.

Both of them are being voiced by newbies too, each with only one or two notable roles prior to this season. Kayano Ai voices the third main girl, but she didn't appear in this episode. She was the one seiyuu I knew was in this show for some reason, and I kept waiting for her character to show up. On the other hand, I was pleasantly surprised by Noto Mamiko appearing as Madoka's sister.

Oh, and this is the one fanservicey show this season that's actually doing it right.

HitokiriShadow

01-11-2012, 12:51 AM

Oh, so she had your uniform, Madoka. She was probably sniffing it and trying it on--why did she have it anyway? It isn't explained.

It was explained, actually. Madoka dropped her clothes, so Lan was returning them to Madoka. And clothes are meant to be worn, so... what else was Lan supposed to do with them in the meantime? Just fold them up and put them in a bag or something?

strangefour

01-11-2012, 03:00 AM

-Bird. Skirt. Ocean. Clap. Let the action begin. Strip!
-I don't think sweat pants would huge her ass that much guys. Even if she's still half wet.
-TAPES!? Who has a camera that still needs TAPES?
-I just saw a girl playing tennis pull a spare ball out from under her skirt... I don't think panties work that way anime.
-Madoka is attracted to girls who steal her clothes?
-Wtf? Was her sister just checking her for a tail or something?
-The skirt bandit is back! And ready for a deep swim. *wink*
-Madoka excels at all sports, but isn't that bright.

-Ooh. I really like the CG lunar surface effect. Not so much the DVD announcement crawling along with the space ship.
-Extraterrestrial brooding boy band?
-*robot stuff* Squee.
-SUPLEX!
-Maru~

Jersey Girls in Space with Robots: the animated series. Maru~

Suwako Moriya

01-11-2012, 02:06 PM

Given the other things Madoka was doing in the episode, my main thought was "Well, piloting a giant robot is just one more thing to do" In any case, Madoka is awesome. That's the clear message this episode gave.

Fencedude

01-15-2012, 07:08 PM

Maru!

Wow, where did Mamiko find that voice? Damn, that was awesome. MORE OF THAT FROM HER!

Madoka continues to be awesome, and our brief meeting with Muginami was pretty amusing. Now Lan, go out there and save your wife!

FUNiOP

01-15-2012, 08:48 PM

bear

01-15-2012, 08:54 PM

For some reason I couldn't bring myself to care about this too much. It's not bad, and it's plenty fun, but I don't see it offering anything new. I'm sure I'll continue to watch it, though. It's certainly at least a little enjoyable most of the time.

Sort of silly and I'm not too fond of mecha, but Madoka is a lot of fun and the mix of the three girls could be interesting.

HitokiriShadow

01-15-2012, 09:53 PM

Madoka continues to be a really fun and highly likable lead.

Lan continues to be very serious and sullen with the occasional amusing moments. Wan! And she has some sort of issues with the machines that seems to render her incapable of piloting them for the time being.

Muginami appears. Muginami escapes. But the ~3 lines she had were absolutely hilarious.

Noto Mamiko screaming was highly amusing too.

TheGreenMan

01-16-2012, 07:47 PM

Look out, everyone,,,Mamiko Noto is FUCKING PISSED OFF. I'm scared guys.
The way Muginami's hand fell to her side is just plain weird (and her hands moving back and forth when she has them at her sides). She be made up of rubber. And for some reason, she was barefoot.

Suwako Moriya

01-19-2012, 06:53 PM

I shall approve of the outfit that Madoka ends up wearing. I also like what we see of Muginami. I want to more of her and her talents.

Well, that's one way to end the episode. Let's root for Madoka.

The talk about the enemy needing "Madoka" in order to use the robot begs the question.

Will she be brainwashed? Will she willingly switch sides? Will the enemy find a way to use the robot without her? Will they just never get control of it?

strangefour

01-19-2012, 09:41 PM

-Maru~
-Wan~
-Ox-san? Okkusenman (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twlHumn0yig)?
-Heh. First screaming and flailing then cutely waddling to get her phone. Madoka is so full of energy in eveything she does.
-One bar. Oooh!
-Poor suplexed skinny Invid robo.
-O-Parts (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/O-Parts)! The new old mystical catch-all macguffin.
-Pilot #3 is just as lost as Madoka. But much much bustier.
-Lan's got a big as for a skinny girl.
-The fate of the world is in you and your new fetishy outfit Madoka. No pressure.

-Inside a robot is the optimal spot for cellphone service.
-"Who the hell do you think you are!?" Cousin Yoko gives the best angry pep talks.
-Madoka uses Kiai. Fighting spirit raises 20 points.
-Curious is here.

Madoka might be the best robot pilot since Takaya Noriko.

something

01-21-2012, 11:05 PM

Episode 1:

- Hah. Now that's a character introduction.
- Interesting OP.
- Ahahaha I knew she was going to be uniform-less.

- Maru time. I had to try this show at least to see that, since Maru Madoka seems to have succeeded Moppy as livedoor anime sales thread ascii art mascot. Had to see what that was all about!
- Man who is voicing Madoka, I love her... ah Ishihara Kaori, the less famous of the (Ogura)Yui/Kaori pair. Very few roles. Promising voice, there's a touch of another Kaori in there, Mizuhashi Kaori.
- Kendo. Reminds me I need to continue rewatching Bamboo Blade, argh I have no time for anything.
- Why hello there mysterious girl who wears other girls' clothes! Madoka seemed quite taken by her...

- Cousin girl is Noto Mamiko!
- "Take off your panties." o_O
- Well that was suspicious.

- Homerun-maru!
- Oh wow, that is a nice shower scene. Like, really really nice. The water effect used works well. (Also, totally nipple behind there)
- Ahahaha, Lan was just staring at naked Madoka. I can certainly understand.
- Hmm, Seto Asami. Yoshino in Hourou, Chihaya in Chihayafuru. Also promising.
- Yeah, Lan. Let's go with that. Heck of a lot easier than Fin E Ld Si Laffinty.
- Oh and by the way, pilot some robots for me. Thx.

- Errrrrrrrrrrgh, that CG. The shinyness just makes it worse, guys. Especially against the somewhat muted colors of the 2D art. Siiiiiigh.
- Haha this is something of a surreal moment. Madoka just stands there with a weird look on her face and one hand in a pocket. Lan is emotionless. And missiles are going everywhere. :sd:
- Ahahaha suplex! "One... two... three! Maru!" XD

Well I didn't expect this for an ED. Huh.

"Aisai bentou?" Hahahha! Oh god yes, Lan.

Normally the fact that there are three female protagonist pilots and three male antagonist pilots (who are clearly not actually evil and will be redeemed and blahblahblah), would set off big flashing warning lights saying "shitty forced romance incoming!". But Satou has already gone on record as saying he intends there to be no focus on romance in Rinne. As long as I can keep shipping Madoka and Lan in my head, I think I'm going to like this show very much.

Fencedude

01-21-2012, 11:16 PM

Promising voice, there's a touch of another Kaori in there, Mizuhashi Kaori.

Hah! Another person I speak to regularly said the same thing.

You expect Mizuhashi Kaori, but its not quite Mizuhashi Kaori.

MARU!

something

01-21-2012, 11:43 PM

Episode 2:

- Awww... Lan was the previous pilot of the Vox Aura and fro the hints that have been dropped, was pretty terrible at t.
- Yes, Madoka. You got suckered in. You have about 23 episodes to go!
- Really though, what kind of super advanced alien mech gets taken out by a single suplex?

- Hahahah Muginami's voice... Kayano Ai seems like she's on her way to being as versatile as Kotobuki Minako.
- Madoka, you're awesome, but kind of dumb. Muginami just played her so har, haha.
- Lan has such a nice butt.
- And I really, really appreciate that Lan's first reaction is not utterly baseless animosity towards Madoka, but rather regret that she has to force Madoka into this role in the first place. This is a far better character dynamic.

- Oh hell yes, very nice that parts of the pilot suit go transparent. =D And in some very nice places... yay partial sideboob! And I love how the bottom is a skirt. This show is fucking masterful at fanservice so far.
- "The whole planet? I've never even been to Tokyo!" Hahahahahaha
- Ah, Lan's suit is similar to Madoka's in pilot mode.

- "Where are you right now?" "...Inside a robot." XD
- There is something surreal, and completely awesome, about Madoka having a relaxed chat on her cell phone from inside the robot, in the middle of a battle.
- HAHAH Holy shit, Mamiko! XD
- Well it worked. =D

Heh, end card: Maru+Wan! Next time, go go Lan!

something

01-21-2012, 11:45 PM

The way Muginami's hand fell to her side is just plain weird (and her hands moving back and forth when she has them at her sides). She be made up of rubber.
Okay, so it wasn't just me who took specific notice of that while watching. That was a really weird character trait, assuming it's intentional and not just odd animation.

Fencedude

01-22-2012, 05:45 PM

Why do I have a feeling that that legend will end up being not quite entirely accurate?

Anyway, Madoka's methods to prevent damage to Kamogawa were pretty entertaining, as was her hitting the flying vending machine, followed up by MARU!

Nice to see that Lan's got herself together, finally. Only a brief glimpse of Muginami, but it looks like she'll be properly introduced next time.

something

01-22-2012, 09:19 PM

Episode 3:

- I was wondering when the heck the townspeople would notice (or we'd be showing them noticing) the flying robots. As if the island-sized ship in their harbor wasn't noticeable enough.
- HAHHAHA! She didn't stop it at all. It's just that it didn't hurt her. XD
- Madoka is hilarious. She just starts telling this alien invader off. XD
- Heh, she's so careful not to destroy the town. You're a good girl, Madoka.

- C'mon Lan, get in the Vox!
- There you go. Good girl.

- Hahah, meanwhile Madoka continues to selectively choose where she's going to crash. The store may be out of business, Madoka, but the real estate owners might not be too happy. :sd:
- Bwahaha she tried to catch it again. Madoka you are adorable.
- Oh god, Kirius is taking her seriously. XD
- HAHAHAHA vending machine, home run!
- "Did that robot just Maru us?" Rinne is one of the best comedies of the season. Wait a second...
- Singing her club song while fighting. Madoka you're awesome.

- Yessssss, Madoka and Lan share a moment in the middle of the battle. =D
- GO GO LAN!
- Bwhha, Madoka's robot is, essentially, suffering brain damage.
- LAN CAUGHT IT! XD

<3 <3 Madoka and Lan at the end. Oh they're so perfect together.

Ashyukun

01-22-2012, 09:43 PM

OK, this show is a whole lot more fun than it probably should be. It's solidly inferior in most respects to some of the others that I'm watching, but it's also just a heck of a lot of fun. It doesn't hurt that it comes out on Sundays where I don't have much else to watch. :P

Madoka is great... I loved the look on her classmates' faces when she Maru'd with the robot. Her opponent trying to find a logical reason for all of her actions was also a riot.

Needs more Mugi though, but it looks like that will be rectified next time.

And... Orca??? Midori made sense, but Lan's naming scheme is more questionable than even mine at times...

FUNiOP

01-22-2012, 10:39 PM

Alright, I guess I'm in this one for the long haul. It's not great by any means, but it's still loads of fun. Madoka is just a really fun character. Some of her overly spunky behavior got a little annoying to me at times, but for the most part I could appreciate it. The best part was definitely the last-second vending machine home run complete with a Maru to her classmates, all inside the robot.

strangefour

01-22-2012, 10:57 PM

-"Madoka you're out numbered. You have to get out of there." "Screw that! I'm kicking both their asses!" I love Madoka.
-Phallic sword much?
-Aha. AHAHAHHAHAHA! Oh Madoka. You are adorably energetic to think that old samurai movie sword catching trick would work.
-Holy shit she knows everything about this town and everyone who lives in it.

-Madoka will fall for the same trick twice. But that doesn't mean it can ever stop her.
-Madoka is the perfect super hero. Maru~
-She sings in the middle of combat. *sniffle* I love her so much.
-Reach out and touch someone... did they just get magical robot married?
-Nice catch Lan. Wan~
-Thanks Midori. Thanks Orca.
-Silly misinterpreted legend.

I think I have a new favorite female mecha pilot. Sorry Norika & Ibis.

HitokiriShadow

01-23-2012, 08:01 PM

Bwahaha, now Madoka tries to use a powerline to choke an enemy, uses a light pole as a baseball bat to stop a vending machine from hitting her friends, and starts singing her club's theme song during battle. And she reveals herself to her friends with a giant robot "Maru!".

Lan gets over her issues and activates her Vox, so she doesn't have to just sit on the sidelines any more. Her effectively using the technique Madoka had been attempting was a pretty cool way to do the rescue. And "Wan!" returns, much to my pleasure.

I wonder if Muginami will have her own quirky catchphrase.

I hope Lan tells Madoka about the legend that was causing her so much angst ASAP next time. I can understand why she didn't bring that up during battle and why after finishing a life and death battle, it may no longer have been at the top of her mind or have seemed like a good idea to bring up right away. But if she feels as bad about it as she seems to and would get in the Vox to apologize to her, it would be odd for her to not tell Madoka about it pretty soon.

Suwako Moriya

01-29-2012, 04:05 PM

So Lan is a princess?

Muginami is awesome in a devious "I'm playing around, but know what I'm doing, maybe" kind of way.

Yeah, let's not kid ourselves. This has essentially become a love triangle. Lan's actions in response to the ones of Muginami says everything.

Only solution, three-way!

Fencedude

01-29-2012, 07:33 PM

Man, Muginami's hard to get a grasp on, she's really good at putting on the front of airheadedness.

Anyway, Lan's jealousy is ADORABLE, and Muginami couldn't have done a better job of bringing it out if she tried...or did she try?

Anyway, Madoka love-triangle GETTO!

FUNiOP

01-29-2012, 08:07 PM

Man, it feels so weird so see all these harem cliches play out without a bland male lead at the center. Madoka feels like she should have been another piece of the harem, but someone forgot to call up our bland male lead, so she ends up having the mysterious transfer students sit next to her and live with her.

HitokiriShadow

01-30-2012, 12:37 AM

Genjuurou, what are you doing here? Symphogear is over that way.

Muginami desu! Muginami desu! Muginami desu! Muginami desu!

Apparently entered the Vox hanger completely naked. This warrants further investigation.

"Our school regulation doesn't say our students are allowed to fight inside a giant robot!" "It doesn't say they can't either." LOL

So Lan is the princess of Le Gerite. Not exactly a huge shock with whatshisname calling her Ojou-sama repeatedly.

Muginmai's first reaction to seeing the princess of her (I assume) planet is to go pull a prank on her by flipping her boat.

Lan is not having a good day. First she almost drowns, and then the girl that did it to her is running off with her girlfriend.

"Join my club! If you do, I'll tell you what the club does!"

Lan's day gets worse. Now she has to overhear her girlfriend confess to the girl that tried to drown her.

Muginami is good for business. Random guy's girlfriend angrily staring at him while he ogles Muginami was an amusing touch.

Lan.... is not good for business. But she's a lot funnier to watch. Especially Madoka's reaction to it. Okay, I guess she has her own ways of attracting customers.

Oh god, Lan's despair face when she hears Madoka ask Muginami to live with her is hilarious.

Two transfer students in one episode! Lan's self introduction is hilarious. "Wan. I'm Lan. I'm joining your club. (And by the way, I'm living with you too.) Wan." All in her standard monotone way of talking.

So yeah, Rinne no Lagrange is now officially an all-girl harem show.

bear

01-30-2012, 09:23 AM

Lan and Muginami turn out to be the opposite of what I expected. Lan is klutzy and Muginami is the competent one.

Shouldn't Muginami have been disqualified from the race for using flotation devices? :)

Is a threesome considered a harem? Thought there had to be four: a lead(male or female) and three girls/guys.

HitokiriShadow

01-30-2012, 09:50 AM

Is a threesome considered a harem? Thought there had to be four: a lead(male or female) and three girls/guys.

Usually its three or four (though it has to hit two first, usually), but I think three (the lead plus two) is enough when they're living together. There is no definition for harem. Trying to make one will give you a headache and likely result in lots of arguing.

strangefour

01-30-2012, 09:50 PM

-The place: the moon. The year: 1999 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WZW4groJro).
-Did I miss an episode? Who messed up the boyband's space ship?
-WTF!? Commander sideburns from Symphogear wrecked their space ship? I wish animes would crossover sometimes. But that's not what I had in mind. It's more awesome!
-Muginami dess~
-Madoka didn't think of that. Madoka didn't think.
-Space debut?
-Moving palm fronds! Nice to see a static background not be static.

-Zoom in those toys at the blond guy's terminal damn it! I think one might be Jetstorm (http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Jetstorm_%28BM%29).
-Domo! Aww it's not.
-Lan is a stalker.
-Wan hime can't swim.
-Muginami just stole Lan's first kiss.
-Muginami does chest compressions correctly. Lan has broken ribs.
-Muginami's glow in the dark tattoo is in a naughty place.
-Muginami's on your beach, stealing your waifu.
-I want a burger now. :(
-Muginami will increase your business 1000%!
-Lan might increase nerd business an unnecessary amount.
-"Muginami is mai waifu. She can live here now." Lan has a sad.
-Watch Lan wan. Wan Lan. Wan.

Muginami. Muginami, Muginami. Muginami? Muginami!

Only solution, three-way!

Lesbains don't work that way! Well tribadism sure won't :\

Fencedude

01-30-2012, 09:53 PM

-"Muginami is mai waifu. She can live here now." Lan has a sad.

Lan's jelly levels reached critical mass.

Gone on much longer and she would have Honta Baka'd

strangefour

01-30-2012, 09:53 PM

Genjuurou, what are you doing here? Symphogear is over that way.

Oh good. I'm not the only one who thought that.

Muginami desu! Muginami desu! Muginami desu! Muginami desu!

This bears repeating. She is Muginami.

something

02-05-2012, 02:02 AM

Episode 4:

- "Muginami desu!" Kayano Ai is amazing and I love her but part of me really, really wishes she were voiced by Kotobuki Minako...
- ...God I love her already.

- "Nowhere in our school regulations does it state that a student is allowed to fight inside a robot." Well... it doesn't say they can't either, does it?
- ...Okay so he was thinking the same thing. I bet the teacher pulls "no part time jobs" out as a counter.
- This conversation is pretty hilarious.

- Swimming competition time.
- Lan will protect her wife at all costs!
- Or maybe Lan needs to be protected. Wow, that was cold, Muginami.
- Ahhh, she didn't know Lan couldn't swim. So it wasn't a premeditated attempt to hurt her or anything.
- Oh noooooo! Madoka, you let another woman put her lips to Lan's before you! Now you have to have a threesome because... ...well fuck do I need a reason?

- So Muginami's vox mark appears to be in an unusual place...
- Befriending process, start!
- Man, Lan is so jealous.
- BWH? I think Muginami just defined what those letters stand for for this establishment.
- HAHAHA oh my god Lan your competitive stream is soooooooo cute. :sd:
- Lan, you're not terribly at everything. Just... everything except being adorable!

- Ohhh no, now Muginami is moving in with Madoka! Lan, Muginami is soooooooo encroaching on your territory! Oh shit, Lan, what are you going to do if Madoka is really into big boobs? ;_;
- Bwhahah so she eimmediately transfers into the school and declares she'll be living with Madoka. Amazing.

- Oh shit you better pick that up, it's URGENCY TRAFFIC.

Amazing episode. Lan is sooooooooooooooooo infinitely gay for Madoka. Fuck yes.

Woooooooow, that Utsura Uraraka/Eretto end card, holy shit. Lan you look amazing.

something

02-05-2012, 02:09 AM

-Did I miss an episode? Who messed up the boyband's space ship?
I spent precisely 2.3 seconds trying to figure out what the fuck was going on and then realized I didn't care at all. =D

Only solution, three-way!
Lesbains don't work that way! Well tribadism sure won't :\
Well, unless you know a lot of guys with two dicks, it's not like mixed gender threesomes have anything inherent on lesbian threesomes.

Fencedude

02-05-2012, 06:19 PM

You know what, Muginami? You thoroughly deserved that.

You may be cute, you may be Kayano Ai speaking with a sexy, sexy drawl, but you are also not a very nice person. Maybe now you will reconsider your actions.

At any rate, looks like we're going to get more battle action soon.

FUNiOP

02-05-2012, 06:43 PM

Lots of people getting antagonistic without actually fighting it out in giant robots. It leads up to Muginami getting her pride knocked down a few notches by her brother showing just how far sibling love will get them. Well, on to more of that mecha fighting next time.

TheGreenMan

02-05-2012, 06:45 PM

Lan is jealous of your new woman Madoka! VERY jealous. She'll shack up with you too.

TheGreenMan

02-05-2012, 07:23 PM

Muginami gets slapped down in this episode. Really slapped down. There's only one thing you can do...join Madoka harem--I mean side for reals.

bear

02-05-2012, 09:08 PM

You may be cute, you may be Kayano Ai speaking with a sexy, sexy drawl, but you are also not a very nice person. Maybe now you will reconsider your actions.
I'm giving her a break on this. Sounds like she lead a rough life till she met Lord whatisname and she's got a serious case of hero-worship. Her attitude towards the girls is one of "everything has to turn to shit eventually so let's enjoy what little time we have together even if we have to be enemies eventually." If her life was like I'm thinking it was and with her personality, that would explain how she came to that philosophy. Really sad if that's all that she can look forward to.

I still can't figure out who's the good/bad/ugly sides in this.
Was that real or was "Onniichan" using that to infiltrate them? Or did he just want to get her out of his "gang" for her own good? I'm leaning toward the latter. That sudden change of attitude seemed too calculated to me. And why would he leave them with another possible Vox pilot?

strangefour

02-05-2012, 09:54 PM

-Muginami's cooking is worthy of a four Maru rating.
-Muginami has a crush on Lan?
-Muginami does not conform to your dress code.
-Lan will never make Kisaragi School for Girls baseball team.
-Meanwhile, old men with goatee's fight over an unfashionable coat. Meowth, that's right.
-Jersey club finally has a club room... well a dirty closet.
-Elsewhere old men get plastered.
-Madoka has alteady defeated her new enemy. While he was drunk and looking at her panties. Hooray?

-Muginami show's Lan her vaginal cutey mark. Does that count as first or second base?
-The Muginami-Lan war is inevitable. Enjoy~
-All wars become Madoka's war.
-Muginami's big brother is a member of KISS.
-Muginami is no longer a member of the KISS Army.
-MADOKA PAAAAUUUU-- hey why'd you stop her? She was about to end a war.

I guess it's war then. Boys vs girls. Shirts vs skinship.

something

02-05-2012, 11:59 PM

Episode 5:

- Lan flashback! She was so cute... And talkative. So guy in her flashback is now the big bad guy now?

- Mugi's chair is knocked over...
- Muginami(desu!)'s cookign gets a quintuple maru!
- Hahah, wooooooow she is guilt tripping the hell out of Lan.
- This is the best lover triangle ever.

- Lan is bad at baseball.
- Lan, even if you're right about Muginami, there's no way you'll convince Madoka like this.
- She's still going to try to keep Muginami(desu!) and Madoka apart though.

- Madoka's uncle is getting friendly with the bad guy. >_>
- Bad guy seems pretty fun.
- Lan challenges Muginami, and Muginami reveals that she had sex with a Vox. Naughty.
- Hm. Muginami seems pretty firmly on the side of the bad guy (her onii-chan no doubt) right now. Wonder what will change that.

- Oh. Well that would do it. Muginami~~ ;_;

Now the question is, did he do that to protect her and let her get herself away from the war? Normally I wouldn't think so at all, but he gave her a look as he left that didn't look like true contempt to me. Hmmmmm.

something

02-06-2012, 12:02 AM

I'm giving her a break on this. Sounds like she lead a rough life till she met Lord whatisname and she's got a serious case of hero-worship. Her attitude towards the girls is one of "everything has to turn to shit eventually so let's enjoy what little time we have together even if we have to be enemies eventually." If her life was like I'm thinking it was and with her personality, that would explain how she came to that philosophy. Really sad if that's all that she can look forward to.
That's exactly how I'm expecting it to play out. There's got to be something more fundamentally wrong with Muginami than we seen so far. I don't think it's just a case of her being a bitch... she's just got a twisted concept of friendship, and there has to be a reason.

HitokiriShadow

02-06-2012, 01:00 AM

Ahahaha, oh wow. Muginami spent several minutes being the amusingly, happily villainous... and then Villagiulio verbally and emotionally mauls her with no warning, abandoning her and leaving her in tears. Oh, and with the people she was being a total bitch to just two minutes earlier.

Looks like Villagiulio had some other motive for doing that to Muginami though. That glance he made while he left made it pretty clear he didn't enjoy what he had just done to her. So why did he do it?

The pre-OP flashback scene of Lan and Villagiulio was very weird and made little sense. Why were they both called each other "-sama"? Why does Lan have to ask him about her own brother? Why wouldn't she know? And if her brother is supposed to be the next king of La Gerite, why is he fighting for De Metrio?

bear

02-06-2012, 09:12 AM

HitokiriShadow

02-06-2012, 10:10 AM

nakimushi

02-06-2012, 11:14 PM

Oh, and with the people she was being a total bitch to just two minutes earlier.

I've come to the conclusion that she is so innocent and naive that she had no clue that her remarks would be taken negatively. Even if her intent wasn't honest, I think her feelings are. There's not a drop of real evil in her.

Oh, I know. I struggled to find good words to describe the way she was behaving. I specifically avoided "evil". "bitch" and "villainous" weren't much better, but its the best I could come up with. And it was more about effect than intent. Regardless of what she intended (but I do think there was at least some intent to be hurtful to some degree, she just may not have understood how deep her words were cutting), the effect of what she was saying was cruel.

I think the situation revolves around Vox being a danger. It looks like Villagiulio may have turned against Lan's side because of that.
For the general war against Lan's group, sure. But I don't think he would have gone that far with Muginami, and then made that pained expression, just for that. Especially when he could have just said that that was the reason. "Sorry, you're contracted with the Vox now, so that makes you our enemy." But he didn't. He ripped into her, aiming for maximum emotional trauma, citing all sorts of personal flaws as his reasons for abandoning her. He mentioned the Vox, but only in a way that made it sound like he was upset that he couldn't use it himself because she Memoria'd it.

My thought was something along the lines of what maehara said on the other forums, that its related to her twisted concept of friendship and that he recognizes that she's rather broken. The main problem with that is that he's not only leaving her with their enemies, but she would obviously become another enemy for him to fight as well. But I guess if he thinks A) they can still defeat them and B) do it without killing them, then it makes some sense. Still seems like a questionable way to fix her friendship issues since it significantly hurts their own odds in the war, so I think there must be something more to id.

I saw it as Villagiulio, after listening to Muginami's rationalization for her actions, realized that she did not compare well at all with either Lan or Madoka. The former he had known as a child and the latter with whom he was obviously impressed, even though he had only known her for a short time.

Muginami's speach seemed very shallow, insincere and devoid of conviction, which was very much the opposite of Madoka and Lan's core personalities. Even though Madoka and Lan outwardly obviously have very different personalities, they are both very sincere and principled (although Lan really should tell Madoka about the Vox legend soon. :sweat: ).

In the flashback Villagiulio, definitely seemed like a person who admired people with strong principles, and I think he felt responsible for Muginami being woefully inadequate in that area. Probably because of the environment she's been around since she's been living with him.

His snapping at Muginami was clearly staged on his part IMO, to give her a chance to learn from Madoka and Lan how to be a better person. He had to appear vicious, in order to ensure that Muginami would not think returning with him was even a remote possibility.

The purpose of his act was not only to convince Muginami, but also to convince Madoka as well. He knew that Madoka would not stand for what she would perceive as his gross mistreatment of Muginami and she would take her in, even with everything that Muginami had said previously.

Putting his altruistic motives aside though, as everyone else has mentioned, now he will have to fight against 3 voxes instead of two. Athough, if he were actually even partially upset about Muginami pairing with the vox, I personally think it was more out of concern for her than anger of her depriving him of it. So does he really care that much about Muginami that he will risk losing, or as you said, does he feel he can still win without killing the girls? Perhaps, his former principles were bothering him, and he thought that he could not continue to fight in a way that would also result in Muginami permanently remaining what she revealed herself to be by her speech - a seemingly shallow person who lacks the capacity to care.

Considering the general tone of the show so far, unless it takes an unexpected dark turn, I'm sure Madoka will figure out something in the end. :)

Fencedude

02-12-2012, 05:46 PM

Oh man Muginami, you pissed off Madoka. That wasn't smart.

Anyway, Madoka getting pissed off activated...something, and it seem the "Rin-ne", whatever that is, bloomed.

Also, Moid, try to be a bit less obviously evil, ok?

FUNiOP

02-12-2012, 05:52 PM

Oh hey, that part of the title finally means something. I'm just not sure exactly what. Pretty eventful, though. I'm curious to learn more about Rin-ne.

something

02-12-2012, 08:30 PM

Episode 6:

- Aw yeah. Madoka is gonna MARU Giuvigoovegoo's ass.

- Haha, she's all rarin' to go, and basically gets asked just what the hell she thinks she's doing.
- Yaay! All-out war! MARU!

- Muginami(desu) is in the hands of Moid now. And since his eyes are closed, you know he's bad news. I wonder if he's going to force Muginami(desu) to fight or use her as a hostage, knowing that Guividoobydoo doesn't actually hate her.
- Death by energy drink. Poor Lan.

- The battle starts. So does Moid's attempts to manipulate Muginami.
- Oh hey, weapons. MARU SWORD!
- Ahhhh, yes, Moid gets Muginami into the Vox. Well, I can approve of that.
- HAREM NIGHT! ...I don't think so. Gobbledygook.
- Goddamnit Muginami, don't protect onii-chan.

Madoka gets very mad. Things happen. Chairs fall down.

something

02-12-2012, 08:36 PM

Oh hey, that part of the title finally means something. I'm just not sure exactly what. Pretty eventful, though. I'm curious to learn more about Rin-ne.
Well, the Rinne in the title is written 輪廻, which refers to Samsara (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sa%E1%B9%83s%C4%81ra_%28Buddhism%29), the endless cycle (MARU!) of life and death in Buddhism. The Lagrange has to refer to Lagrangian points (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagrangian_point).

Put them together, and the concept may revolve around attaining a point of (emotional, gravitational, mental) equilibrium in that endless cycle. That point being, essentially, Nirvana (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana).

There will no doubt be ample philsophibabble in the second cour about this.

strangefour

02-13-2012, 12:26 AM

-Muginami sobs.
-Madoka will kick ass.
-KISS isn't space trash. They have atleast one good song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybmEK64OkjA&t=36s).
-It's time for war. Maru~
-The boy band from space can be defeated by a energy drink.
-Madoka is filled with energy drinks!
-Lan's breasts become inflated when she lays on her back... aliens are weird.

-In the upper atmosphere Madoka can cut lose.
-Lan's weird butler weirdly sends Mugunami off to fight.
-HAREM NIGHT!
-Maybe Muginami's big brother didn't just smack her around to keep her out of the way. She's the first target of his Really Phallic Big Gun.
-Muginami block. :(
-Madoka punches her anyway. Good girl.
-The cockpit of mine is glowing green?
-Madoka makes a green cherry blossom festival then everyone faints. Oookay.
-Muginami ending illustration!

Moid. You could have hid being the real bad guy a little bit better. Couldn't you? Bad butler.

something

02-13-2012, 08:28 AM

Moid. You could have hid being the real bad guy a little bit better. Couldn't you? Bad butler.
Yeah, he's probably the main failing of the show so far. He's not necessarily that bad a character, but he's way too obvious a villain. Obviously someone had to be because it was obvious the boys weren't truly evil, but Moid isn't even trying to hide it.

Not that I expected much else from a closed-eyes smug-faced knows-it-all-but-unconvincingly-plays-dumb character type. About the only way they could have made it more obvious was to have him be voiced by Ishida Akira.

Suwako Moriya

02-13-2012, 09:10 AM

Oh man Muginami, you pissed off Madoka. That wasn't smart.

True, but to be fair I'm not sure Madoka's actions were based off intelligence either. Really we need someone to grab both of them (and maybe Lan too for good measure) and give them a harsh talking too.

HitokiriShadow

02-14-2012, 12:11 AM

Oh fuck you Muginami.

So now we see what Villagiulio's game was: pissing off Madoka to get her to activate.... whatever the hell that vine/flower thing was. The "Rinne", apparently. And he sure seemed serious about killing Muginami there.

And Moid is now very obviously a villain, though he was always giving off strong villain vibes so this shouldn't be a big shock to anyone.

HitokiriShadow

02-14-2012, 12:14 AM

There will no doubt be ample philsophibabble in the second cour about this.

Oh, is it a two cour show after all? It had felt like one, but when I checked the BD solicitations a few weeks ago, it was a 6 volume/2 eps-per-disc release. Split cour?

Fencedude

02-14-2012, 12:15 AM

something

02-14-2012, 01:12 PM

Oh, is it a two cour show after all? It had felt like one, but when I checked the BD solicitations a few weeks ago, it was a 6 volume/2 eps-per-disc release. Split cour?
Yeah, split.
Oh god Lagrange and Horizon in the same season!
Gotta love pre-planned 2-ep-a-disc split cour shows. The latest way to abuse otaku wallets. Because Lagrange is therefore a 12 disc show, and you know there's very very little chance they would have solicited it as 12 volumes if it aired two consecutive cour. But split it with one season in between and voila, you can tack on 3-4 extra discs! It's definitely one way for them to make as much ¥/ep on a two cour show as they regularly do for one cour.

Meanwhile, Mouretsu Pirates is only 7 discs for 26 episodes, at only ¥6615/disc (¥7665 for v4 and v7) for the LE BD. Or ¥48,400 total vs ¥75,600 for Lagrange, which will probably have 1-2 less eps. I bet Lagrange would have been about ¥7140*9 max if both cour aired consecutively.

Moe Moe Taiga

02-16-2012, 02:18 AM

MARU!

So, the "Rin-ne" has finally appeared, wonder what it its?

For a minute there I thought they were going to make a Megazord.....yeaaaah, the things that go through my head...

bear

02-19-2012, 05:30 PM

swore I'd wait till someone wrote a post but this was too great an episode.

We get Mugi's back story and it is an emotional one. Little Mugi is totally kawaii. I'm surprised she wasn't called Ringo (oh, wait that's been used). After that I couldn't hate her if I wanted to. We now know why she is so loyal to Villagiulio (but why was he deposed?).

Girls and eels. Could this get more Freudian?

This was the key episode. The ice is broken and the girls have bonded. They've shared a bath and Mugi has molested Lan. All is well.:beatingheart:

FUNiOP

02-19-2012, 06:40 PM

Eel rape, group bath, naked hugging, stripping outside, group skinny-dipping, naked water fight. +6 to fanservice this episode. Lots of bonding, the best way this show knows how. Surprisingly, they managed to fit in some dark backstory content as well, as another element in their attempt to make you go from possibly hating Muginami to accepting her as the proper third point in this yuri triangle. I'd say they did a decent job, although that of course doesn't erase the shitty things she did before.

Fencedude

02-19-2012, 08:03 PM

Haha, oh wow. Lan was seriously jelly this episode. Looks like Madoka's got herself two girlfriends now.

Muginami's past was ;_;, but its good she's made up with Madoka and Lan.

Suwako Moriya

02-19-2012, 09:53 PM

I'm declaring that "bath" to be the marriage ceremony because I'm delusional. Hopefully with these issues dealt with, the girls can spend more time bonding.

Moe Moe Taiga

02-20-2012, 04:13 PM

Very sad back story for Mugi, shows why she's so loyal to him. But why was he deposed? Hmmm....

Lol, Lan keeps slipping even though she told Madoka to be careful. Eeeels :nosebleed:.

Can I be a part of their family? >_>

strangefour

02-20-2012, 09:09 PM

-On a beach during a nuclear winter, Muginami is.
-Apple. *sniffle*
-You really should be wearing a bra Muginami.
-Organball human rights? Organ balls?
-Hah! Sold out of awesome coat.
-Chibi Muginami needs a hug. :(

-The cooking club are morons. Jersey club to the rescue!
-Eel service was unasked for Lan.
-Communal bathing solves everything. Everything!
-Lan, you'll just have to accept life in a polyamorous relationship.
-Jersey club loves long walks on the beach at night, apples and lesbian bathing.
-Lan: "TAKE ME NOW! Wan~"
-Skinny dipping girls in moonlight. The forbidden fruit floats off into the surf. Fade to black. The end.

-What there's more? Matching waitress uniforms are cute I guess.

We get Mugi's back story and it is an emotional one. Little Mugi is totally kawaii. I'm surprised she wasn't called Ringo (oh, wait that's been used).

Muginami's past so reminded me of Ringo (Cashhern SINS). Same small girl with same hair color and sad little soulful eyes wandering around a futuristic wasteland. Both saved by a strange man out of no where who protects them and shows them there is a world worth living for. Lil Muginami had me on the verge of tears. Okay Ringo was cheerful and optimistic to begin with, but everything else is so close.

something

02-20-2012, 09:45 PM

Episode 7:

- This seems to confirm the expected about Muginami having a pretty awful past.
- Apple core. Delicious. >_>
- Haha, nice note, Madoka.

- Madoka is mad! She's so cute when she's mad. And Lan reads about orcas, heh.
- Moid does disturbing things to his ice cream.

- Don't you punch cute little loli Muginami. ;_;
- Medium Muginami - twintails!

- ...Eels? :sd:
- Hahaha, Lan can't stop herself from monitoring how close Madoka gets on onii-chan's name.
- I think it's stupid for Madoka to have to apologize, but so what? Because yaaaay, bath time!
- Naked hugging and apologizes and befriending!

- And then a kiss goodbye. ;_;
- Orca pajamas!
- And yaaaaay they all make up for good. But Lan isn't satisfied yet. They've not truly made up until they get naked together! That's just how it works.
- YES! Lan totally strips on the beach!
- Even better, Madoka is all like "That sounds like a GREAT idea!"
- And Muginami(desu) is all for it too. Perfect. Naked water splashing yuri fun time yaaaaaaay~
- (Let's ignore that the ocean is a terrible way to bathe. Icky salt water.)
- And the chairs are upright again.

Cute waitress outfits! God job, BWH dude!

Madoka's got quite a nice rear end on her, doesn't she? More like this, Rinne! More naked nakedness!

HitokiriShadow

02-20-2012, 11:17 PM

Bwhahaha! Lan reeeeeeally wanted that bath with Madoka. To the point that she shamelessly tells a baldfaced lie, declares bathing together to be a requirement upon becoming family, and immediately starts strips down to the nude (and she doesn't seem to have been wearing any underwear). And the other girls happily join her. Thank you, Lan.

A shame we didn't get a "Wan" in there somewhre, but this was still probably the best Lan episode yet.

And if we can't get make-up sex, I guess group skinnydipping is an acceptable substitute.

Anyway, so Madoka and Mugi make up and it turns out Mugi's childhood was pretty crappy, as she was a starving, orphaned street urchin on a penal colony planet before Vulvaguio took her away.

TheGreenMan

02-21-2012, 10:03 AM

A little forceful about taking baths, Lan? God god, Lan wants to jump Madoka's bones. She even rips off her clothes in front of Madoka.

Fencedude

02-26-2012, 04:47 PM

Loli Week continues in Rinne no Lagrange, as the governing council of Novumundus, in the form of Asteria, arrives in Kamogawa.

And she blows through like a storm, grounds Madoka and the Aura, and generally gives everyone (except Youko) grief. Oh and gropes Madoka.

Madoka also finally learns the Vox Legend, which directly leads to her sleeping with Lan and Muginami.

I loled when they did the Top Gun reference when the girls buzzed the tower.

something

02-26-2012, 07:07 PM

Episode 8:

- Threesome in the sky.
- Asteria is Kanemoto Hisako~ Sounding a lot more subdued than usual too. She sounds good.
- HAHAHA, oh wow. "Wan" explained. Poor Lan. XD There's something about her that makes people want to tease her.
- Boobs!

- The Vox legend intrigues penguins.
- Asteria makes heads of state her bitch.
- Explaining serious things to Madoka seems like it would be frustrating. :sd: Poor Lan.
- So ancient civilizations, disaster, fleeing into space, the usual.
- More orcas for Lan!

- Awwwwwwww Lan is so adorable. She wants to sleep with Madoka. <3 She also has her hair down which is unusual.
- And of course Muginami is there to tease her. I love this show.

- Madoka is grounded. Silly Asteria, that'll never last.
- Ahaha, Muginami and Lan are on strike.
- Heh this explains the eyecatch. And Asteria goes for the butt next. I was hoping she'd compliment it. It's a nice butt.
- Awww, group hug. And a sheepish unvoiced Maru.

- Green chair on the ground. ;_;

- ...Oh. That maid... hahahaha, it's the pilot I'd totally forgotten about, wtf.

Ashyukun

02-26-2012, 08:46 PM

"Tower, requesting permission for a fly-by."
"Negative Jersey Club, the pattern is full."

Asteria is quite amusing. Poor Wan-chan.... we hardly knew you.

Um... did the Jersey Club get accidentally teleported into Mawaru Penguindrum?

Asteria gets along well with Onee-chan, likes throwing the Commander off-balance... and hardly says a word to Moid. Works for me. Except for grounding Midori... that wasn't nice. The protest against it was however- but something is of course right, that won't even begin to last... but it remains to be seen whether it will be against Bonjoivi or another threat- like Darth Moid and Emperor Hologram.

HAAHAHAHAA Wow, they really pulled off a 'hiding in plain sight' with the escaped enemy pilot perfectly- NOBODY would have thought he was the maid following Asteria around. I guess that answers exactly how he was released... but I'm surprised that he didn't fly back to his comrades. I wonder if his mech was pre-programmed to fly to Asteria...

So, we have an ancient legend where the advanced civilization that Mugi and Lan are from that was originally on Earth was destroyed by the Vox. Madoka is disappointed that she HASN'T actually been getting it on with real aliens after all. Villanova seems to be trying to actually activate the Rin-Ne. So are Darth Moid and the Emperor. Asteria & her crew are doing their best to keep that from happening... but you know they aren't going to succeed...

strangefour

02-26-2012, 08:51 PM

-Muginami is dangerous.
-Teh fuq? Even the boss of this place is a little girl? *sigh*
-The secret origin of Wan.
-Scissors... The hell is going on with my cute skinny dipping high school girls with magical robots show?
-The cake is a Wan...
-Tadoroko's gonna get fired.
-Lan is the penguin whipserer.
-Bitchy loli made the president of the united states cry...

-Muginami is an ancient alien. Kind of...
-Muginami's trip to seaworld is adorable. Shut up Lan, Muginami is having fun!
-"We must never return to Earth and risk unleashing the Vox." "Then why did you come back?" "Because." :\
-And so the polygamous yuri union is consumated.
-Girls on strike!
-Why does the logo on Tadoroko's badge change in every scene?
-THE MAID IS A MAN!
-Heh. It's the boyband prisoner. I'd forgotten about him.

I don't like this bitchy blonde loli.

HitokiriShadow

02-27-2012, 05:31 PM

Nooooooo, the Wan is a lie. ;_;

It looks like Moid is doing things under the orders of Lan's brother.

Asteria's a lot of fun. Too bad she's not likely to appear very often. Kanemoto Hisako is really starting to get around. This is the 4th show she's appeared in this season.

Ashyukun

02-27-2012, 05:44 PM

It looks like Moid is doing things under the orders of Lan's brother.

Yup... which means when you step back and look at it, you have all three Vox marginally under the control of the different factions: Moid & Lan's brother (presumably still crown prince, or perhaps king/emperor) and Lan's Orca, Villpowa & Co. and Mugi's as yet unnamed (apparently) Vox, and the 'true' Earthling faction with Madoka's Midori. At a bet, the 'Rin-Ne' activate when the Vox are fighting amongst themselves, so you've got the setup for that now- though at the same time, the three pilots won't WANT to be fighting against their wives...

EmperorBrandon

02-28-2012, 12:25 AM

- Asteria is Kanemoto Hisako~ Sounding a lot more subdued than usual too. She sounds good.
Yeah, I thought it was interesting hearing her in a role that's not as hyper as her usual roles. Being a haughty loli it made me think a bit of Hidaka Rina's Ririchiyo (which is also unusual for her).

Suwako Moriya

02-29-2012, 02:00 AM

Well, I'm convinced, we should all obey Asteria as our new lord and master.

What I find interesting here is the reveal that the Aliens are Earthlings. Although given the legend and stuff, it should have been obvious.

Oh, and I also love the way Madoka motions for Lan. Mostly because it fuels my fantasies.

TheGreenMan

03-04-2012, 08:16 PM

So, this episode is going to concentrate on the BL trio?
"Oh curtains here, some new paint...this place will look fab--"
School festival.
Evil Madoka grin! Time for rape!
Oh know...redhead dude is going to sacrifice Madoka to revitalize the world---whoops, wrong anime.
Is this foreshadowing at the hammering scene. "It's like being pulled away from a close friend." Talking about the robots...or each other?
Pretty boy working at cafe...didn't I see this somewhere else before?
Madoka radar? MADOKA RADAR! Holy shit. Just how big is Madoka's harem? All the girls are head over heels smitten with her, aren't they?
Exposition!
Capture the Voxes...destory the Voxes? Everyone wants these things?

Next week...seriousness! And do I see Muginami running up and putting her arm around Lan's?!

FUNiOP

03-04-2012, 09:00 PM

Wow. That is way more time than I expected them to spend on the maid guy. Uh, cool. Not many thoughts on this one.

Ashyukun

03-05-2012, 10:14 AM

Lan, never stop being an adorable dojiko... they all seem to be getting along well, though Midori being grounded is definitely not sitting well with any of them.

The kamen-less maid guy was definitely the most amusing of the Three Idiots- especially his reaction to the, "It doesn't matter if you're a guy or a girl." I agree that Villabonga probably just made up that whole 'Be With Kiss' thing on the fly- and it was hilarious. The whole running joke with the samurai movie was fun too. It was nice for all of them to get a feel though for what kind of person Madoka is, though it will likely make it harder for them to fight her down the line (though ultimately I imagine they'll end up on the same side...)

Ok, so I'm having a hard time keeping track of everyone, and my HORRID connection causing the stream to drop to near-unwatchable didn't help- was that Vigilanto at the beginning with what's-her-name (whoever it was's sister....), or one of the three idiots? They've danced around it, but it sounds like something near-catastrophic happened involving her and the Vox in the past- presumably that's why KISS are so intent on destroying them, and why the crew on earth now have such a burning desire to destroy them...

Fencedude

03-06-2012, 06:49 PM

Haha. That was actually pretty funny.

Nice to get some backstory on Madoka, and damn that Yurikano girl sure looks a lot like her...

Definitely think that Youko and the teacher have something goin' on...

strangefour

03-07-2012, 08:10 PM

-Madoka has a clone ancestor?
-Be with KISS... You guys bring shame to the KISS Army.
-The other boy band members need pretty fetish outfits to match maidboy.
-You boys are no where near as much fun as the three goons from GEAR Fighter Dendoh.
-Jersey club is the manual labor for all other clubs. Think posative Lan. It will help increase your bust size to build muscle.
-Wan hammer~
-The planet De Metrio smells like piss.

-You don't have a credit card reader. What the hell kind of backwoods redneck surfer bar is this?
-Maru~
-Tall stoic boy is a moron.
-Maid molestation! A boy is fine too.
-Madoka radar? Hehehe.
-Sad Madoka. :(
-Yoko was Madoka Mk I.
-Madoka shrugs off falling off a roof. Truely she is a fearsome foe.
-Villajuliette bought a Kinect?

All out three way war is coming. What side will the pretty boys choose? I'm guessing Madoka's harem. No one can resist the maru~

HitokiriShadow

03-10-2012, 11:37 PM

Oh yeah, I still need to watch this episode.

Is it just me, or does Yurikano have Madoka's face? Something about her looked familiar.

The episode focused mostly on the three De Metrio/Kiss guys with minimal Madoka, Lan and Muginami.... and was still a damn good episode.

Madoka's friends interviewing the red-head guy was particularly amusing.

Fencedude

03-10-2012, 11:38 PM

Is it just me, or does Yurikano have Madoka's face? Something about her looked familiar.

Yurikano is definitely Madoka with long hair.

Which raises all sorts of interesting questions.

Fencedude

03-11-2012, 07:11 PM

You know, it almost seems like Asteria pushed Madoka into that, didn't it?

Also, that poster...it sure made Madoka look like Eclair.

Actual robot fighting next time! Shocking.

something

03-11-2012, 07:54 PM

Episode 9:

- Ahahah, maid boy should just stay in a maid outfit.
- Odd jobs for the Jersey Club. Madoka carries a lot of chairs.
- I love how this show is utterly determined not to allow anyone to take the boys seriously.
- Haha, deadpan "ita" as Lan smashes her fingers.
- The ocean breeze on De Metrio smells like little boys peeing. Ew.
- Hahaha Kirius you're useless. But he found Madoka!
- XD!! Hiroshi nabs himself a maid boy.
- Oh right. Kirius hasn't seen Madoka.
- Kirius you failure. :sd:
- MADOKA RADAR! lolol
- Ohhhhh god, the girls are having way too much fun with Izo. XD
- Awwww. The history of the Jersey club. Loli Madoka <3

Quite good for an episode focused on the boys. I'm fine with them so long as I don't have to take them seriously.

FUNiOP

03-11-2012, 09:11 PM

I've stopped caring about this series for the most part. Some robot fighting could be nice again. So hopefully I'll like the next episode.

something

03-11-2012, 10:12 PM

Episode 10:

- It's a new day at Bust Waist Hips!

- "There's no point in trying to reason with Madoka-chan." Haha, oh Muginami. "Smile and nod", the best way to deal with Madoka.
- I have no idea where Lan was going with that joke. Neither did Muginami though so I don't feel bad.
- Muginami on Lan's arm. <3 <3
- Oh god, between the failed joke blush and Lan crying after the haunted house, the cuteness she's exuding in this episode is thick enough to drown in.
- Muginami is never letting her live that one down.
- ...I like film club girl. She appreciates cute girls.

- Asteria! =D Shooting game champ.
- Awww... Madoka's girls are going off on their own.
- Madoka alone with Asteria. Awkward.
- Looks like the astronomy club cafe didn't need to worry about whether they'd get visitors.
- Awww. Madoka is feeling abandoned.

- All the more when she finds out they're going to fight without her. Run Madoka, run!
- ...A single green chair, all by itself.

Ooh, onto the big battle to conclude the first cour/season. Then we wait until July.

bear

03-12-2012, 07:44 AM

Episode 10:
- Awww. Madoka is feeling abandoned.

It gave me a warm feeling to see the girls have made other friends, but I felt bad for Madoka. She always seems to be with people but not part the group (she was the only member of the Jersey club).

William K

03-12-2012, 11:22 AM

Heh, their school has a Keion Club and a Karuta Club

strangefour

03-13-2012, 02:39 AM

-Wife is good.
-Lan, don't reason with Madoka. It's an unwinnable fight.
-"When jersey is master, skirt is servant." That's almost a zen koan.
-So many profile shots. makes me realize how flat their faces are. Small nose bump is disconcerting.
-Hahahaha. Aww poor crying Lan.
-Muginami is... mean.
-"If you suck six sausages you'll feel better." You are sending the wrong message to your harem Madoka.
-I like this lesbian film maker. Where has she been until now?
-Lemon flavor gothic loli is back. And cheating at video games. :(

-You shut you dirty mouth loli! Eels are one the god's most delicious animals.
-Aliens can't join the astronomy club. That's a weird club charter rule.
-Loli is a molester.
-Naked Lan and Muginami maid heed the call to action!
-Muginami's Vox has a name, finally. Hupo~
-Huh Grania looks familiar (http://strangefour.deviantart.com/art/Venusian-Villainess-200267989)...
-Welcome to Madoka's harem boys.

Actual robot fighting next time! Shocking.

This show has robots?

TheGreenMan

03-13-2012, 08:43 AM

-"If you suck six sausages you'll feel better." You are sending the wrong message to your harem Madoka.

I think that Lan choosing to suck on a cherry lollipop that eat those is rather...tellling, no?

HitokiriShadow

03-14-2012, 12:40 AM

Asteria returns!

Muginami and Lan have made some new friends. And Lan is totally cool with stripping in the middle of a hall full of people.

FUNiOP

03-18-2012, 07:34 PM

Oh hey, lots of story progression to make up for all that lack thereof lately (not that there weren't some nice character moments, but they weren't good enough to carry the show for me during those times)! I'm happy with this. Somehow I still don't find it terribly gripping, but the end of the episode sets things up for a pretty serious finale to the first season. I can see that episode saving the series from a lot of my problems with it before now.

Fencedude

03-18-2012, 08:28 PM

Well, Madoka did not take that well.

But seriously, Youko ;_;

Not surprising to see the three stooges switched sides, and good thing too, because whatshername tried to nuke Kamogawa.

strangefour

03-19-2012, 09:57 PM

-The Invid invasion has begun. Err Ovid.
-Now Madoka can transmit her thoughts to her harem. Thanks Midori.
-Grania is a good strategist. Ignoring her enemy's attempts to split her forced and instead pounding on Lan hard.
-Triple bro-fist. Boy band to action!

-Just slug the little yellow loli already would you Yoko?
-:eek:
-TRIPLE BRO-FIST!
-Madoka has become a Newtype?
-Yoko. :cry:

You shouldn't have made Madoka cry. Nothing can stop her now.

strangefour

03-19-2012, 10:03 PM

Not surprising to see the three stooges switched sides, and good thing too, because whatshername tried to nuke Kamogawa.

Her name is Grania (http://lag-rin.com/chara_25.html). She is the hottest woman in this show and good at her job. Her job is just unfortunately trying to destroy the main characters and everything they love.

HitokiriShadow

03-19-2012, 11:45 PM

The student's message to Madoka brought tears to my eyes.

And then the shit hits the fan when Youko gets injured. Oh, and Villagulio kind of tried to wipe Kamogawa off the face of the planet.

The three De Metrio guys left Villagulio which was expected before the episode started and especially after their little All for One, One for All scene in this episode.

ookamigirl

03-20-2012, 02:55 AM

Pretty action filled episode.
It was intense watching all those enemy attacks.
Guess as it's coming to an end it becoming more interesting.
Wonder if Madoka went berserk...

something

03-25-2012, 12:25 PM

http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-8364.html

Oh boy, so instead of 12 discs for two cour I get to buy 13. :sd: Oh well, more Madoka, Lan and Muginami can't be a bad thing.

Ashyukun

03-25-2012, 04:48 PM

Well, that about wraps it up for the first cour, with Madoka's chair alone by the beachside. It looks like I was pretty much on the mark in that each of the three girls (and presumably their Vox units) ended up with their respective original factions: Muginami flying off with Villlajuicebar after Lan's brother's flagship raped his Ovid, and then Lan leaving with her brother (and presumably Moid... who REALLY needs to die in the second cour...) after promising Madoka that they'd meet again. Lan and Madoka's goodbye was really sweet... and Madoka was so distraught she couldn't finish a 'Maru' and broke down crying.

As for the Rin-ne... they explained pretty much nothing, which frankly doesn't surprise me with a whole other cour coming up in which to (presumably) do so. Madoka though ended up on a beach along with her longer-haired counterpart that the Baka Trio were fighting for (I forgot her name), before snapping back to reality, flying circles around the energy vortex with the other Vox in tow, and forming a giant flower bud in the sky, which symbolizes her desire to get in both Lan and Muginami's pants... or it may as well for as much sense as anything made. Midori however stopped moving once Madoka learned Youko was alive and the Rin-ne aura stopped.

Youko got a nasty scar out of the whole ordeal (which they apparently forgot to draw in one shot :sweat: ), but in return found out that Asteria is in fact Beatrice the Golden Witch or something of the likes and is responsible for everything that's happened and will happen. And Youko's assistant apparently found a Rin-ne flower under a bench, and Madoka got a letter from Muginami (OK, how the heck to you send a letter like that from who knows where the hell across the universe?!?).

If none of that seemed to make sense- don't worry, it didn't to me either so I didn't see any reason to try and make sense of it for anyone else. :P We know there's a second season coming in Summer (%&#ing split cours...), so they weren't going to really resolve anything. Frankly I'm surprised that they didn't leave it on an even bigger cliffhanger than they did. But, it was fun, Lan and Madoka are a cute couple, and I'll doubtless watch the second cour when it airs. I won't have any expectations for it to be anything besides a) confusing and b) totally gay (in a good way).

EDIT: Oh, and I almost forgot: Madoka and Lan are so hot for each other that even their classmates can tell and make a movie where they're lovers. And Madoka's Uncle's cafe gets two new butlers and a (male) maid. :P

FUNiOP

03-25-2012, 05:37 PM

Cool. Didn't make much sense, but it was fun, and we already know there will be another season in three months. I'll keep watching. It was all fun enough, and I'll be interested to see if they explain anything, although I wouldn't be surprised if they still don't at the end of that. Starting the episode off with everyone over then flashing back to what happened seem like a strange move. I guess it's not surprising what happened. I figured their love confession was some dream or something, so being a movie made sense.

Series Grade: C-

Fencedude

03-25-2012, 07:31 PM

Haha...its like a competition to see what show can be gayer in its ending. I can't wait to see how Sapphogear tops both Rinne and BRS.

Anyway, Lan and Madoka are clearly in love, and not just speaking as someone who's goggles are on too tight, you'd have to be willfully blind to to see it. The movie was basically a giant neon sign saying "LOOK AT THIS! THIS IS A PREVIEW FOR THE END OF NEXT SEASON"

Madoka's talk with Yurikano is interesting, but Madoka definitely has a way to go to...uhhh...match her assets.

And Asteria is Beatrice. Not expecting that.

Ashyukun

03-25-2012, 08:41 PM

Madoka's talk with Yurikano is interesting, but Madoka definitely has a way to go to...uhhh...match her assets.

She doesn't have to... they have Muginami Desu! to cover that...

And Asteria is Beatrice. Not expecting that.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who immediately thought that after her little speech. :P

something

03-25-2012, 08:44 PM

Episode 11:

- Only Muginami and Lan can hear Madoka because they've on the yuri wavelength!
- Noo, everyone is picking on poor Lan-chan. ;_;
- Muginami, kick onii-chan's ass!
- Hahaha, Asteria steals Tadokoro's moment to shine.
- MARU!
- Wait, who will Madoka help first?
- Well I guess that was more of an assist for Lan, but neither directly.
- Awww, everyone sends them their own form of encouragement.
- UHhhhhh and then things happen!

Glad I have 12 ready.

something

03-25-2012, 09:23 PM

Episode 12:

- Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat. Don't tease me like this, LagRin. That's so mean. Because there's no way this is happening exactly as it's being depicted. ;_;
- Yeah. Bastards. But I still know, deep down, that it's not an act! Oh, and the director has awesome taste, haha.
- They won't stop holding hands. =D
- And we start with the ED.

- Haha ok did I miss an episode? I wonder how much of this is just happening in their heads, Eva-style.
- LIES. Lan cannot go home! Of course we have an OVA and a whole second season so we're still good. =D
- Heh. I think Lan is forming her own harem.
- HOLDING HAAAAAAAAANDS!

- Oh. Back to the battle. Let's see what happened to Muginami...
- So Yurikano is Madoka with longer hair and bigger boobs.
- Madoka snaps out of it. But the pretty flower she makes turns into LCL.

Tears. Definitely tears. That was the most beautifully gay first-season yuri parting since Nanoha 1st. ;_; Oh my god that was amazing. Just... absolutely amazing. Their hands expresed so much emotion, and then there was Madoka and Lan saying goodbye over and over, and then Madoka cries, and and and... ;_________; SO GOOD.

- Baseball. Karuta. (heh) Band. And a letter?
- Heh, Asteria and Youko are good friends. And there's your Rinne talk. Asteria is the embodiment of the eternal cycle, eh?
- HAHAHAH Array is still a maid. Awesome.

There is only one chair. But not for long!

Absolutely spectacular ending. I could not possibly have hoped for anything better. And god damn, I need that remix version of Try Unite. That was amazing.

TheGreenMan

03-25-2012, 09:26 PM

Wait? What's happening? Madoka and Lan confessing their love? Oh my...
Oh CRAP. I knew it had to be that lesbian director's film.
A going away party of Lan? Noooo! Madoka is taking very well.
Where's Muginami?
Oh, now we're going back to what happened.
Madoka has a sad.
So Lan's brother comes in the nick of time.
Bye, bye! Bye, bye! Oh man, this scene made me almost cry.
So, Asteria is a witch who Madoka must kill?
Oh good, Muginami is still alive...and she sends snail mail to Madoka. What, no intergalatic email?
Three months of waiting to see the girls again. OVA...I hope it's the lesbian director girl's movie!

Fencedude

03-25-2012, 09:29 PM

And god damn, I need that remix version of Try Unite. That was amazing.

TRY UNITE! -Rasmeg Duo- is on the TRY UNITE!/Hello! single. I was wondering if it was ever going to be used in the show.

strangefour

03-26-2012, 12:24 AM

-Madoka is in lesbians with Lan!
-:D
-FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu uuuuuuqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq!
-Goodbye Lan. ... You girls can stop hugging now. You are crushing Madoka's waifu.
-Muginami is... where?
-The hill of engagement vows has a nice view.
-When lesbians hold hands it rains flowers.
-Lesbian flower shower makes yellow loli frown.

-Is Madoka's flower power going to blow up the mass relay?
-Moid just went all Kefka on us.
-GAH! Do not do longs scenes of profile views. Faces should not be that flat and inhuman looking.
-Ancient Madoka is part Muginami...
-Madoka should really be in her jersey for this beach dreamscape.
-That is one big lily.
-Nice love theme version of the theme.
-Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Bye-bye. Wan-wan. :cry:
-While the girls are away Madoka makes cameos in other anime.
-A surf shack restaurant staffed by butlers and a maidman. Huh.

Maru! Things have come full circle as we wait for the next season. I don't mind that this show forgets it has robots in it when that lost time is spent on girls holding hands. So much lesbianistic under- & over-tones. :D