Robotics;Notes Discussion Thread

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Originally Posted by superdry

FRAUKOUJIRO moving to the island (same girl as we saw at the end of episode 1?)

No, the girl at the end of episode 1 is the purple haired one in the ED.

Anyway

That was pretty awesome! Kai's finally pulled the stick out of his butt, so he's actually getting interesting. I figured out who FRAUKOUJIRO was, but nice to see it confirmed.

I was not expecting Subaru to show up and do his best GINGA BISHONEN impression, however. He's got a serious unresolved case of Chuu2.

[ookamigirl]

I like their pad things, something like mini iPads.
They're pretty cool and useful too ^^
Guess we are not too far from that future world.
The tournament has finally begun.
Tanegashimachine-3 vs Devilstronger!
That was a really nice battle. That control system rules!
They swept the competition with ease until finale, but Kai seemed off.
Hidaka got tricked into saving their club, how nice LOL

[FUNiOP]

We cover a lot of ground in this one, and along with introducing a few more minor concepts of potential mystery and intrigue for the future, the club ends up with a new member. The series keeps subtly adding new elements that will hopefully be implemented well in the end, but I’m not sure how long it will take. For now, a reluctant addition to the club should add some more fun for the regular activities, if that’s what we’ll be focusing on for another few episodes after all.

[HitokiriShadow]

So, it turns out Hidaka is hilariously Chuu2 and gets blackmailed into joining the Robotics Club.

We get the beginnings of a bigger plot outside the robot competition, with Akiho's sister working for some guy that's involved with "The Committee" and they seem to have an interest in Kai. It seems he also suffers from some sort of mysterious ailment and it looks like its the opposite of Akiho's. He experiences time in slow motion, though his body seems to be able to move at normal speed. It looks like it puts a strain on his body though. I suspect the incident Akiho and Kai got their ailments from involved time travel.

And then Frau appears, exactly the person I expected her to be.

Still really wish Akiho was the one actually controlling the damn thing. She really should have been the one to kick the harassing asshole's ass.

[Buckeye]

Time for the robot fighting tournament. Even without much sleep, Kai still wiped out the competition. And then came the defending champion Mr. Pleiades, and thanks to having his left leg jammed, Kai met his match. As it turns out, Pleiades is none other than his fellow classmate Subaru, so the school did win and the club stays. Next up, JAXA.

Great episode there as there was the robot wars, and then there was the big moment where the club gains a new member even though Subaru isn't exactly thrilled to be a part of it. Then there is Frau moving to the island, and it sets the stage for more robots being built.

[HitokiriShadow]

Well, Frau, or rather Kona, is quite different than I was expecting. She seems to be a recluse that prefers communicating in net/2ch speak.

And now our cute time traveler has finally made contact. But she can only be seen and heard through that device?

Also, really getting tired of Kai's shit and that homo comment certainly did not help.

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Thank god someone finally called Kai on his shit. Jesus.

Frau was quite amusing, as was her use of 2ch slang.

And it seems the mysterious girl is finally going to enter the plot.

[ookamigirl]

Getting funds was hard work...
Kona joins the merry bunch of Robotics club.
She's a weird one too.
Aki was looking for sponsors in unusual place.
Getting pretty desperate..
Kai vs Subaru was interesting to see.

[FUNiOP]

This episode continues to introduce characters, or at least show us what they’re really like, in the case of characters we’ve only seen little snippets of. Kona is main addition to the cast, and surprised me in that she’s actually a major internet nerd who can’t help but use internet slang in her normal sentences. I’m curious to see what develops with the mysterious girl that has only been seen in small amounts up to now, as well as how the ailments/abilities affecting Aki and Kai connect to everything else that’s going on. There’s a lot of good potential in all this, but I’m still kind of holding my breath waiting to see how it’s all executed.

[superdry]

Feels likes we're in chapter 2 of the game now.

Its like things went back to square-one, though. I thought Kai would continue helping out Aki like in the last two episodes prepping for the tournament. It's like he cared for a moment, but now doesn't care. Thankfully Subaru was able to get him on his terms.

Frau Koujiro was a riot speaking in netslang and being a recluse though. Interesting that hhe mysterious girl that can only be seen and heard on the little tablet Kai carries with him.

Rocket launch event tied with the northern lights, mass fainting and Aki and Kai strange syndrome. How does that ties into everything else?