Friday 11 December 2015

And so begins the Inspector. This anime used music that was directly from the games - which was actually kind of clever, because the music in the game was awesome.
This show is darker and more intense then Divine Wars, which makes enough sense, considering that it's about kyosuke and not ryusei.
Though arguably it's actually about excellen, or more specifically, her breasts.
They get more screen time then some characters.
This show really doubled down on the "Awesome".
The first scene with our heroes shows them smashing through some obvious cannon fodder, and Excellen's nipples bulging through her pilot outfit.
I understand that, as a human, she has nipples, but there's gotta be like, five layers of reasonably thick cloth between them and us, so there is no way we should should be able to see them.
Of course, it's entirely possible that she would have intentionally rigged something to cause this to happen, she's that kind of character. 
Excellen is…controversial. Flamboyantly and unrepentantly bisexual, she spends all her time sexually harassing and assaulting everyone around her, except her boyfriend Kyosuke. Ironically, Kyosuke's indifference to his girlfriend's antics simply render him all the more awesome.
Excellen is complicated, because she is comic relief, fan service, and actual character all at the same time. Her actual character is very intelligent, and tough as nails. She even gave Aya a serious verbal bitch-slapping in the first game when Aya was bing an idiot.
I love Excellen as a character. But I played through OG2 for GBA, when the worst thing that they could do was imply or inform that a woman was sexy or naked, so when they would do so, it was more lame then anything else. The level of fan service in this show, on the other hand is…not something I'm sure I am comfortable with.
That Excellen is in love with Kyosuke is not up for debate. But Excellen/Lamia is very shippable.
Kyosuke on the other hand, is just awesome. 
The show changes a hell of a lot from the game, unlike Divine Wars, which changed only minor or unimportant stuff. 
The show also has a lot of fan service in it. Excellen, Lamia, Aya, Kusuha, and many others are all topless on screen at least once, and in most cases, totally naked - though below the belt is censored.
The camera will also focus on a woman's bottom or breasts given the chance, especially if whatever it is the characters are talking about is not terribly interesting.
Keep in mind that the actual games are rated at worst 12+, which makes the level of fan service all the more insane.
Granted, all of the people who played the original game when it came out are going to be my age or older by now, but it's still weird.
Really, really weird actually.

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