Angel Beats

[Havoc10K]

none of the episodes were actualy centric on tenshi yet, l've yet to see more about her, l'm counting on Otanashi from now on to make contact with her more often, she felt happy when she was asked for her name, it showed, she is too lonely, if it was me l would be there already by her side trying to make her feel better, what Yuri did (throwing her off the Student Council) was very mean, and l think she realized that at the concert, but they needed the food tickets, Otanashi made a valid point near the end, so l'll be counting on this path from here on out.

[acalewin]

I say Tenshi-centric because the episode only really served two purposes as I saw it. First, where it spent most of its time, it confirmed her human side in showing a range of emotions (concern, remorse, interest, happiness, surprise, and sadness) which also grounded the idea that we should feel sorry for her.  Second, it introduced the "second act" of the show in putting the characters it the worst position possible.

And I can see why Otonashi isn't by her side already. He doesn't know anything about this world, and if Yuri is not looking out for his best interests she has established an almost perfect trap.  He's been told by her not to get close to Tenshi because he'll be erased, but he's not 100% sure he can trust Yuri. I'd hedge my bets too and play along until I have evidence either way.  He hasn't seen the SSS really hurt anyone up until this point so he was safe, not doing real damage, and still able to gather intel about the situation.

And I agree with you, I think Otonashi and Tenshi will have more dealings.  I'm actually expecting her to help them out of detention.

[Stsin]

Be sure to watch after the ending credits of this episode (5).

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I never thought Tenshi was an angel from the start.  Remember that she said herself that she wasn't an angel.  But I didn't feel this episode was predictable either.  I really like where it's heading.

As for it being like Haruhi, get over it people.  Insult or praise.  They said they copied much from it.  But it's still KEY.

[Meomix]

All things aside where is the Hare Hare Yuri Dance!? It would be purrfecto.

[dbml]

The obvious Haruhi comparisons notwithstanding, I'm really enjoying the series... although I can't say it's actually a good one.

Is it wrong of me to want to have Tenshi win in the end, if the battles continue? They made her way too damn cute.

[Havoc10K]

both sides are not wrong with their doings, l'd say they are both mistaken to one point, tenshi is diligently doing her best as a council member (former) the moment she was very sad seing her ticket flying away, l wanted to stand behind her and hug her gently :]

l don't see any way of her being on the bad side, yuri is simply taking revenge and at the same time gather information critical for her only, the show is heading nicely forward, slowly revealing the truth, l want o see another ep right now ;]

[erious]

...and with episode 6 Tenshi helps out SSS.
Let me quote myself:

I think Tenshi's not going to be their enemy for too long. Just a hunch.

Anyway, 6 was... decent, but only because Tenshi got a tiny little bit of character development.
Other than that, pretty damn bad. New student council president(whose name by now I managed to forget) is suddenly dropped into plot, given retarded superpowers(no, seriously, that shit with hypnotizing people to allow them to pass was so stupid I don't know what to say), then defeated by the power of a hug and some screaming.
I kinda liked resolving most of the battle behind the scenes, but I know people will complain about it. But focusing the narrative on Tenshi and Otonashit worked quite well in my opinion.
All in all the episode was... Stupid. It brings a bunch of plot holes and logic fallacies into view, and either they'll get explained, or the show will suffer greatly.

[Havoc10K]

...and with episode 6 Tenshi helps out SSS.
Let me quote myself:

I think Tenshi's not going to be their enemy for too long. Just a hunch.

Anyway, 6 was... decent, but only because Tenshi got a tiny little bit of character development.
Other than that, pretty damn bad. New student council president(whose name by now I managed to forget) is suddenly dropped into plot, given retarded superpowers(no, seriously, that shit with hypnotizing people to allow them to pass was so stupid I don't know what to say), then defeated by the power of a hug and some screaming.
I kinda liked resolving most of the battle behind the scenes, but I know people will complain about it. But focusing the narrative on Tenshi and Otonashit worked quite well in my opinion.
All in all the episode was... Stupid. It brings a bunch of plot holes and logic fallacies into view, and either they'll get explained, or the show will suffer greatly.

l aggree with most of it being stupide except the parts with Tenshi and Yurippe being in a state seemingly AFTER RAPE, l mean her clothes lol the ywere all torn in many places, and she was pretty neat down, seriously, was that necessary ?
that was the worst possible fanservice l seen in a long time.

as for Tenshi, l really enjoyed all parts of the episode having her in it, starting from the classroom where she decided to

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accept the Super Spicy Toffu Offer

through the cell where she showed

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all versions of the Sonic Blade and explained what she was thinking while making them, her face on saying the v3 was unelegant was quite funny,

and the expression she had on v4 was really cute "I thought it would look cute like a flower" was really girly, she won another sympathy points from me,

also l will go back to the start of the scene where she said it herself that she never meant those weapons to be used as offensive, proving Yurippe's words tha tshe developed them to counter their attacks not to attack them with it from 2 eps earlier (after room) wich explains why those weapons are weak

Otonashi does have a point that the flower one is rather threatening and intimidating

if l had a 2h mace like that in WoW l would pwn :]

the episode on the SSS was rather boring, altough l had a bit of fear that Yuri would warp out, but l think the entire focus on Tenshi was very nice, more of info on Tenshi, or Tachibana more like, l think in this ep Yuri realized a lot of stuff about Tenshi, l'm sure their relations will improve a bit.

but damn she quickly accepted the offer :]

Otonashi learned quite a bit about her, l wonder if he will share it :]

[Enzedder]

Dammit Key! You make me laugh my pants off then crash it all down with sadness for poor Tenshi in a matter of 10mins.

[relic2279]

Dammit Key! You make me laugh my pants off then crash it all down with sadness for poor Tenshi in a matter of 10mins.

That's what they're good at.

[Havoc10K]

Dammit Key! You make me laugh my pants off then crash it all down with sadness for poor Tenshi in a matter of 10mins.

That's what they're good at.

yup thats Key for you, remember Clannad when he made fun of the star girl and soon afterwards some change ? or Kanon, or any of their works ? the yare masters of mood change ;]

[BrownMasterV]

Damn, the OP of this series is amazing. I find myself trying but failing to skip it >_<

[Jesta23]

which group are you guys following for this series? I just stumbled onto it and it looks really good.

[Lord of Fire]

Most will probably go with either Mazui (because they're fast) or Static Subs (because of the group's reputation). I myself take UTW's releases.

Anyway, episode 6 started good and ended in disaster.

The hypnotism bit felt a bit out of place, not to mention the guy's motive for doing all that.

Nice development on Tenshi's character, though.

[We_Major]

I'm really loving this series so far. I'm getting Mazui's each week but replacing them with Static's when they release them. SS isn't too far behind at the moment. SS also uses color specific subtitles for each character if you like that kind of thing 

[Spanks]

Anyway, episode 6 started good and ended in disaster.

The hypnotism bit felt a bit out of place, not to mention the guy's motive for doing all that.

Nice development on Tenshi's character, though.

Episode 6 just seemed rushed to me and it didn't seem to add much to the story. The whole storyline of the series seems to be going at a very fast pace. Though I did like the dramatic change in atmosphere when they got out the the cell but then it seemed they ran out of time and rapped it up.

[relic2279]

It did seem a little rushed. Almost like a 13 ep series. Though, Angel beats is going to have 23 eps. Likely they're just trying to flesh out the characters a bit before entrenching us in the actual plot/story...

[Havoc10K]

l want to see Tachibana and Yurippe negotiating peace treaty, tha twould be entertaining exchanging arguments l think :]

[SeventyX7]

What I DON'T want to see :

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Otonashi becoming friends with Tenshi, accepting that he's going to disappear.  The reason I don't want to see this...is it clearly is a possibility...and it sounds SOOOOOOOOO like key...

[Meomix]

What I DON'T want to see :

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Otonashi becoming friends with Tenshi, accepting that he's going to disappear.  The reason I don't want to see this...is it clearly is a possibility...and it sounds SOOOOOOOOO like key...

Following the iron claw of plotshields he is going to be the last one to disappear, or if multimedia project is literally that unpredictable he will disappear before Hinata!?