Strike the Blood

They mentioned that they were using special bullets, which then turned out to backfire horribly.

Episode 21:

• Asagi's alive and kicking. Side effects include a (temporary)split personality with an awesome way of speaking. Please stay a part of the team, Nina.
• The Klounes were taken out easily. Got a laugh out of that.
• There's more to Mogwai than meets the eye. Does Tank Girl have the same mysterious aura?
• Hmm... Asagi seems to be disappointed.
• Yukina, take Kojou's advice and not worry about him. Worry about this precious class trip being ruined by Wiseman. Ah, right. Nina knows Kanon somehow, huh?

x2 Still a bad idea since I'm pretty sure they knew what they were dealing with: Wiseman's Blood (a product of alchemy) and the student of the great alchemist Nina Adelard. You'd have to be beyond stupid to feed them a large amount of an excellent catalyst used in alchemy.

edited 9th Mar '14 12:51:34 AM by HanabiraKage

Episode 21: This Nina Adelard person is pretty cool.

Maybe. I get the feeling she might be the person Kou was chatting with in thus episode.

Right now, she seems suspiciously cool.

Welp. I was wrong about the above.

In other news, who was that who kissed Kojou in today's episode? It didn't look like Nina...

I thought it was Nagisa. It's been implied she's actually a familiar a few times before.

Episode 22. In which there's ice.

Of course she had to get that part right...

They kinda just forget about the one lying on the ground.

Okay, those stupid accidental moments should've already ended.

Talking him down was pretty effective. But not effective enough.

She's moving her head quite a bit for having someone biting her neck.

That ended quicker than I expected. Where's the twist?

I hope Nina is treated better than Achakura.

If you want to know, the answer's been in the voice acting and visual cues all along.It's Nagisa, possessed by Avrora

Well, the preview for the next episode seems.... interesting.

Nina doesn't have enough blood for full reconstruction, so she puts it where it counts.

For all her snarking Natsuki-chan is a reliable ally. She prepped transport and even took them to it immediately.

Oh La Foila, nice to see you. And you too Sayuki! Nice dress.

So taking the spear from Yukina was ultimetly kind of pointless.

Got to admit, Kojou arrived in style. I guess you need to be immortal to survive a fly in this thing.

What a twist! Okay, kind of seen that coming, but still.

It's cool that he can use more than one Familiar at once.

Almost forgot about Avrora still being around.

That was some epic smooching! Good going you two!

I think they are contractually obligated to deliver their catchphrases once per arc.

Nothing like Kirk Summation, courtesy if Kojou and Yukina.

More than one? Try all Familiars at once!

Yep, more hax powers. Harmful Healing much?

OMG! Mini-Nina is so damn cool!

I wonder how he'll explain all of that to Nagisa!

Himmeragi learned her lesson... you are in for some through "observing" Kojou, you lucky bastard!

Wait, didn't we forget something? Eh. probably not important.

Good episode, I liked the fast action. It's nice that Nina survived.

Next arc: "Akatsuki's Kingdom"? Well, that sounds interesting.

edited 14th Mar '14 5:26:17 PM by Shlugo_the_great

I wonder how he'll explain all of that to Nagisa!

More importantly, how are they going to explain mini-Asagi-with-a-boob-job to the original? :p

She turned out to be popular enough for an action figure? (or whatever they call them now? )

Well, the mini-one doesn't look like Asagi anymore. I would assume it's Nina's original appearance?

Honestly, I wonder how Yukina is gonna explain stalking her brother to Nagisa?

I think Nagisa noticed long ago. Actually I'm pretty sure everyone in the school knows.

This was a fun episode, even if it was kinda rushed. It had everything you need, La Folia, Koujo Cruise Missile, Yukina romance progression, Perfect Beings that never read the dictionary definition of the word; all the good stuff.

If you think that was rushed, just wait until the next arc.

It's two episodes long.

(Seriously.)

Looks like the important female character who died last episode is dead for good. D: Goodnight, sweet Shikigami. And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest.

...Y'know, a lot of this could have been averted if the soldiers from episode 21 had shot Amatsuka when he was casually walking in front of them. Did they not understand what bullets are for? Anyways, they're dead, so I guess the island is, on average, far more competent now. And in the end, isn't that what really matters?

I'm still not sure who Wiseman was.

Well, he's made out of liquid metal so bullets wouldn't really help. Yukina killed him because she's awesome like that.

It looks like the next arc is going to animate one of the side-stories rather than try and cover the seventh volume, which is a good thing in my book.

Also, Sayaka's doing a very lousy job of concealing her tsundere nature.

edited 15th Mar '14 7:30:42 PM by HighVelocityPointyThings

Episode 22:

• Nina has a tan. Or is she Ambiguously Brown? Whatever, nice. Also, priorities.
• Kanon gave Kou quite a stern speech.
• Natsuki's awesome at setting things up. And it's good to see you too, La Folia.
• Oh hey, that Sayaka shikigami's back. That means Sayaka appeared once more in spirit. Wait, it's actually her? That maid outfit really does look good on you!
• All aboard the Hrotti Xpress! Arriving in style never looked so epic.
• Well, that's that. Kojou's gonna be forever metal. Good thing Nagirova saved his hide, eh? Cue Familiar Time!
• Kukakaha, or whatever his laugh was. That's enough of your stock back-talk.
• Hmph, Kou wasn't that bad, I guess. Also, Kou and Kojou's full names are almost similar. Very close.
• So... About Asagi. They just kinda...left her there...
• Akatsuki's Kingdom sounds like a wonderful kingdom to be in...

edited 16th Mar '14 12:17:20 AM by Diamite

Well, knowing her, Natsuki-chan probably did something about Asagi.

edited 16th Mar '14 2:09:45 AM by HanabiraKage

And the time-travelling future offspring appears!

Episode 23. In which there's double.

Whee. Another leaving plot. Can't anyone think of an original way to end a season?

She wears that normally?

Yes, it could've been better phrased, but grumbling and complaining about it isn't any better.

Terminator. Will the last we see of her be a thumbs-up?

You know, people should really be a little quicker to realise a little more specifically what's wrong, or at least a few options, especially once they've determined something actually is wrong.

Yes, Natsu-chan is adorable. We know.

Well that's not good... Just like in the dream.

Double thwap.

edited 14th Jan '17 7:07:59 PM by AnotherDuck

And thus began the start of the Moe Terminator arc.

Bit disappointing.

edited 21st Mar '14 7:42:11 PM by Ironypus

So… just to be certain… we've all figured out that the 'double' is Kojou and Yukina's time travelling daughter, right?

No, just like Koujo I can't tell that the mysterious person isn't the one I see every single day and can't make heads or tails of why she'd be talking about future events like that nor make the connection that she's maybe my future vampire daughter.

Mikumo (The novelist) is apparently a huge fan of mid-eighties American time travel films.

(And yes, it is exactly as epic as it sounds.)

Poor Doc. If only you knew the future...

edited 21st Mar '14 9:27:31 PM by Rem