[Anime] Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova

NUUUUUUU TAKAO MAI WAIFUUUUUUUU WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY NUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

Dat new 401 though. Like a blade of blue steel on the water.

A helluva lot of twists in this ep, with Takao/401 fusion, and (my waifu D: ) Kongou getting shit on by the I400 twins.

ALL HAIL THE TSUNDERE CRUISER!!!

Also, Kongou created a Death Star. Hot damn.

This is a naval anime, and she shows up with a Fucking Death Star and hopefully a yandere disposition towards Iona. All the better for shooting it down with a submarine/heavy cruiser but there's a limit on over-the-top.

Chances are Kongou will first wipe out the Fog (U.S.) ships given her current obsessive state.

@400/402: Hmm...the battle seemed to play out a bit quick, though still entertaining given the tactical level these battles portray.

Also, whee!!

Death Star

What are the chances that the American Fog Warships are actually trying to combat Kongou instead of Ars Nova?

I'm actually hoping that the Americans somehow sided with the FOG. It'd be really interesting to see what happens. And when 400 died...man that was sad.They were reaching for each other then nothing. She was gone and 401 were died at the bottom of the sea.

Can anyone explain what the Fog is? You never really learn about what the Fog is and what goal they hope to achieve. Like how do they work and what is a Klein Field? I must know!

Its an unintentional harem because humans refer to ships with female pronouns ("she", "her", etc) hence all female mental models and Gunzou doesn't see them romantically. At best Iona would be a romantic interest but I doubt this is the right series for that.

I haven't read the manga but the whole anime was focused on the Fog answering 3 questions: "Who are we?", "Where did we come from?" and, "Where are we going?". I don't think any of the Fog cast could say what they are outside of "weapons".
The same applies to how they work. Iona could simply say "I work because that's how I am" or give you a detailed technical answer that human technology could never match. When the series ends we may figure out the origins of the Fog and what's written in the Admiralty Code.

Klein field = force field that absorbs energy except gravitons.

Great ending. Iona jumping on missiles and hand fighting Kongou was a bit much for a naval battle series but it was entertaining throughout. I think sinking the Death Star from underwater would be more impressive on Gunzou's resume though. Hopefully this gets enough DVD (and manga) sales to get a second season.

If Kill la Kill can't beat this ending then nothing will for this kind of action/adventure story.

All the boats in this are much much better than those KanColle whores. Can't wait for Iona, Haruna and Takao H-doujin.

Well, damn.

In for the naval battle, shounen fight right in the middle (wat), and a (gasp) decent conclusion, though it's open enough for a hopeful S2.

Called it on Kongo blasting the model-less US Fog ships, given her deranged obsession. Though I'm glad she managed to survive, rather than be taken out final-boss style, even if she ended up working on recovering/discovering herself rather than join the Blue Steel crew.

Lawl at Takao Tackle. (though you'd think they could recover Kirishima's original body as well...maybe she's too used to the kickass bear. xD )

Kongo had a really cool sword too.