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Chifuyu used to be a great pilot, but we never see her getting in an IS, and Ichika has taken hers. Is it because she's an [[TheObiWan instructor]]? Does she have some [[ShellShockedVeteran mental block]] to prevent her from piloting? I think she made the choice to pass on her power to her brother, because he was her biggest weakness. What better way to protect her brother than to [[GiveAManAFish give him the power to protect himself]]?

* Ichika really doesn't want his harem. He likes all of the girls, but he will never be able to pick just one, lest the others attack him for it. If this was any other harem anime, this would be fine, but no, all the girls are armed to the teeth with their IS Suits, so Ichika will continue to act completely clueless so he doesn't get his ass beat down by the girls he ''didn't'' choose. Rin has already proven she's a bit {{Yandere}} for Ichika. People have said that only [[MahouSenseiNegima Negi]] and [[{{LightNovel/Kampfer}} Natsuru]] are this dense, but is he really? Or does he simply have a well-developed sense of self-preservation?

* The 10th volume was released a few months back. Unfortunately, no one seems to have fully translated the contents of this volume. There is one particular illustration in that volume, Ichika crying in Honne's arms, that has led to SpeculationFuel. The question is, what has upset him to that point?

* This would explain a lot about being a CluelessChickMagnet.

[[WMG: Tabane is [[spoiler: The leader of Phantom Task, just like the leader of Celestial Being in ''{{Gundam 00}}'' is Aeolia Schenberg.]]]]

** Isn't it extremely likely that M/Madoka is a clone of Chifuyu created as her foil/antithesis for malicious purposes? This could also explain why she wants to kill Chifuyu so badly. Perhaps she was created with a gene modification that greatly accelerates the aging process at the expense of drastically reduced overall lifespan too, a la [[MetalGear Solid Snake]]? Her existance is a major sign of some sort of cloning muckery.
** Just because Orimuras have parents doesn't exclude some sort of muckery, for all we know they might have masterminded the tweaking of their kids, GundamSEED style, [[spoiler: since Kira's father used him to make the ultimate cordinator]]

Going with the theory above, the fact that the IS has a physically impossible HyperspaceArsenal at it's disposal and that it's quite rare makes my theory plausible. As for the reason why only women can use it, the aliens who created the IS have a X and Z chromosome based génome, which male humans don't possess. However, a scarce quantity of humans are HalfHumanHybrids who descend from the hybridation of aliens and humans. Ichika's ability to pilot the IS therefore comes from a recessive gene which he inherited from a distant ancestor.

** For being friendly with Tabane, Chifuyu seems more wary of her friend than anything else. She also seems resigned to the fact that she will eventually fight against someone powerful enough to defeat her and to date, no other IS pilot can come close to her...

** Isn't it extremely likely that M/Madoka is a clone of Chifuyu created as her foil/antithesis for malicious purposes? This could also explain why she wants to kill Chifuyu so badly. Perhaps she was created with a gene modification that greatly accelerates the aging process at the expense of drastically reduced overall lifespan too, a la [[MetalGear Solid Snake]]?
[[WMG: Episodes 11 & 12 of Season 2 will be covered in Volume 9.]]

* All right so I'm largely parroting the fellow on [=MyAnimeList=] who did that "novel vs. anime" summary, but it does make sense. The novels left off with [[spoiler: Tabane asking Madoka what kind of suit she wanted, and the season finale showed us that ''Kurokishi'' is insanely overpowered,]] so there's a very good chance we will see [[spoiler: ''Kurokishi'']] debut in the next volume.

[[WMG: 8-bit is trolling us all softly]]
Maybe the director was beating us with the Obvious Stick all along. Maybe Ichi-man is TRYING to act all oblivious and clueless. Why? He means too much to all the girls, and they mean too much to him. And he knows that as clear as day. Therefore, it would absolutely shatter their hearts if one of them ended up (eventually) with Ichika. And he would feel terrible because all the people he loves are now heartbroken and in strife. And that day WILL come. WHAT A TWIST.
* Except this wasn't made by StudioDeen, but 8-bit.
** [[OhCrap Duly Noted.]]

** Everything revealed about [[MysteriousWaif Chloe Chronicle]] pours more fuel on the fire for this theory.

*** The Shinonono sisters do have parents. The anime didn't really touch on it, but the novels and the 2nd manga do. Their father's name is Ryuuin, and he was the one who trained Houki in kendo. Ichika remembers him well. Don't remember if anything was mentioned about the mother, though. The comments about the Orimuras and Laura still hold water though, especially because Ichika stated in the manga reboot that he doesn't even remember what his parents look like.

** This just might be plausible. Of all the main characters, it's the Orimuras, the Shinononos, & Laura who do not have parents. Sure, Chifuyu said that her parents abandoned her & Ichika, but [[UnreliableNarrator can we really trust her word on this]] [[spoiler: ''especially'' after she told Ichika that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial they don't have any other siblings]] even though he had a near-death experience with Madoka]]. We've at least seen flashbacks of Cecilia, Charlotte, and Rin's parents.

* In the anime, Charlotte notes that it's extremely strange for him to have the same special move as his sister. The main problem with this is timing; there is no evidence cloning is widespread, so it's unlikely Chifuyu would get a clone just because she wanted a younger brother. The most obvious motive, of course, is copying Chifuyu's ability with the IS (possibly as a test of ''exactly'' why males are incompatible). However, Houki remembers him from prior to the IS being unveiled. There are two main ways to reconcile this: 1. Tanabane spent several years designing the IS and cloned him during that period, or 2. Mind-imprinting technology exists and was used on both of them to fabricate a conveniently unverifiable backstory

[[WMG:Silverio Gospel was not unmanned]]

** [[spoiler: [[BrotherSisterIncest not to mention a little...awkward...]]]]

* Tabanes comment about being over-spec has me thinking. What if Japan committed a small program to create super scientists/soldiers. Tabane fits both archtypes (having invented the IS and handling the 3 PT members without any arms and not breaking a sweat). Houki might be a pure soldier type, the same goes for all Orimura siblings. And later Laura was created from the very same technology. All of them being able to pilot an IS is just an unintended side effect.

* Fan opinion polls have consistently shown that of the original 5 girls, Cecilia is the least popular. She is [[MediumAwareness aware]] of this. Hence in Season 2 Episode 10, she decided to make the most of [[ADayInTheLimelight her day in the limelight]] and eliminate as much of the competition as she could, and [[CrazyEnoughToWork it worked]], with only Lingyin and Kanzashi escaping her wrath, the former because she was GenreSavvy and the latter probably because Cecilia doesn't know enough about her to make a plan of attack. End result: she managed to hospitalize 3/5 of her competition and got to spend most of the night getting Ichika to feel her up under the guise of "cooking", AllAccordingToPlan. [[NoblewomansLaugh Ohohohohoho!]]

* Fan opinion polls have consistently shown that of the original 5 girls, Cecilia is the least popular. She is [[MediumAwareness aware]] of this. Hence in Season 2 Episode 10, she decided to make the most of [[ADayInTheLimelight her day in the limelight]] and eliminate as much of the competition as she could, and [[CrazyEnoughToWork it worked]], with only Lingyin and Kanzashi escaping her wrath, the latter probably because she doesn't know enough about her to make a plan of attack. End result: she managed to hospitalize 3/5 of her competition and got to spend most of the night getting Ichika to feel her up under the guise of "cooking", AllAccordingToPlan. [[NoblewomansLaugh Ohohohohoho!]]

* Ichika really doesn't want his harem. He likes all of the girls, but he will never be able to pick just one, lest the others attack him for it. If this was any other harem anime, this would be fine, but no, all the girls are armed to the teeth with their IS Suits, so Ichika will continue to act completely clueless so he doesn't get his ass beat down by the girls he ''didn't'' choose. Rin has already proven she's a bit {{Yandere}} for Ichika. People have said that only [[MahouSenseiNegima Negi]] and [[{{LightNovel/Kampfer}} Natsuru]] are this dense, but is he really? Or does he simply have a well-developed sense of self-preservation?

* Ichika really doesn't want his harem. He likes all of the girls, but he will never be able to pick just one, lest the others attack him for it. If this was any other harem anime, this would be fine, but no, all the girls are armed to the teeth with their IS Suits, so Ichika will continue to act completely clueless so he doesn't get his ass beat down by the girls he ''didn't'' choose. Rin has already proven she's a bit {{Yandere}} for Ichika. People have said that only [[MahouSenseiNegima Negi]] and [[LightNovel/Kampfer Natsuru]] are this dense, but is he really? Or does he simply have a well-developed sense of self-preservation?

* The basis: the purpose of ''Akatsubaki'''s one-off ability. It actually goes hand-in-hand with Byakkushiki and its one-off ability, which drains its own shield energy in favor of a shield-nullifying attack. Now, to whom did Tabane give that IS in the first place?

* The basis: the purpose of ''Akatsubaki'''s one-off ability. It actually goes hand-in-hand with ''Byakkushiki'''s one-off ability, which drains its own shield energy in favor of a shield-nullifying attack. Now, to whom did Tabane give ''Akatsubaki'' in the first place?

** [[spoiler: [[BrotherSisterIncest not to mention a little...awkward...]]]]

It's inevitable, though anybody can guess it [[MindGameShip wouldn't be very healthy relationship]]...

[[WMG:Charlotte Dunois and Charlotte from ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' are [[spoiler:the same character]]]]