Are you enjoying heavy object, /a/?
I picked it up this weekend and it surprised me. It's certainly not the best thing ever but the lovable duo going around fucking up big warmachines is pretty fun to watch.
Also,Ohoho is best girl.
>>137503809
I hate that I'm only on episode 8 and missed all the threads with /a/. It's been fun, I just wish I had started sooner.Hime is the cutest.
>>137503809
Fucking lies nigger, give me back my innocence give me back my g cuppu.
Also I agree with you but I prefer Hime and her deadpan ya-hello,
>>137503809
No, it being a 25 episode series is a mystery we will never know.
>>137503809
dropped it after g cups were a lie
>>137503809
Dropped it 3 episodes in. Does it get better?
>>137504066
>dropping it because she didn't turn out to be yet another titty monster
>>137504171
I think the first three are the weakest, so yeah. Don't expect any serious plot though, it's episodic and it doesn't really take itself too seriously.
Dialogue is carrying the show pretty hard. But it's one of the few I actually look forward to this season.
Dropped after 12 episodes, wasn't really enjoying it.
>>137503809
I dropped it the episode right before the first cour ended because I found out it was 2 cour and I wasn't going to subjugate myself to that
the show is awful
![[Pure™ & Innocent™] Heavy Object - 18 [720p][02C0A48F].mkv_snapshot_08.52_[2016.02.15_21.43.44].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/wvvE0Bz.jpg "[Pure™ & Innocent™] Heavy Object - 18 [720p][02C0A48F].mkv_snapshot_08.52_[2016.02.15_21.43.44].jpg")
Holy fuck I just noticed that the way they shoot HO scenes makes it look like you're actually in a theater watching a movie. Notice the way the corners are darker/faded compared to the rest of the scene. That effect should only happen with projection screens and not any modern LCD monitor unless they shade the scene to have that effect.
I am fucking convinced that as the credits roll theres going to be a scene with Hamazura/Saiai announcing index 3 and heres how it'll go
>episode 24 of HO ends
>credits roll
>you hear some clapping but it's mostly grumbling and hear people leaving
>screen pans out
>its a movie theater
>finishes zooming out so the camera is behind the seats in the theater
>you see two people one teenaged male with somewhat spiky hair and a girl
>"What did I super miss Hamazura?"
>Index 3's logo appears as you hear shattering glass and screen fades to black
Screen cap this shit for march 24th.
>>137506966
>dubs
>>137506966
I believe it.
>>137507088
>>137506966
>double dubs
We're getting a 4 cour season of index
The last couple of episodes have been pretty nice. I enjoy when it leans more towards the serious side.
It's definitely bottom 3 for me this season though
>>137506966
what the hell is wrong with you
![[Pure™ & Innocent™] Heavy Object - 18 [720p][02C0A48F].mkv_snapshot_12.19_[2016.02.15_21.57.28].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/cUAae3S.jpg "[Pure™ & Innocent™] Heavy Object - 18 [720p][02C0A48F].mkv_snapshot_12.19_[2016.02.15_21.57.28].jpg")
>>137507284
You know it to be true. Notice how the center of the screen is way brighter than the edges. It has this halo effect.
I realized this because after watching the last couple of episodes I've felt an extremely "cinematic" feel from it but I couldn't put my finger on why I felt that way. I realize that the way HO is written is supposed to feel like you're watching a movie but this subtlety takes it to another level.
>>137506966
>watching 24 episodes of Heavy Object in a theater
>>137507442
correct, but this is quite common in anime these days
plus, what does this have to do with index
![[HorribleSubs] Heavy Object - 18 [1080p].mkv_snapshot_10.05_[2016.02.15_00.00.05].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/p9Ip6ew.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Heavy Object - 18 [1080p].mkv_snapshot_10.05_[2016.02.15_00.00.05].jpg")
Is Myongli a boy or a girl?
“Quenser! The same guy from last time appeared again! It’s an Object! That strange weapon really exists!! What do we do now, can anti-tank shells work against it!?”
“Isn’t that obvious, Heivia? We can only do that!!”
“Okay… oi oi!! How did you end up with that conclusion? Anyone can tell that it’s stupid!! The enemy’s a monster with a 50+ m main body and 100+ cannons of all sizes! Besides, that’s not a machine that can be stopped with one or two direct hits from a nuclear bomb! That thing will destroy everything just by walking whether we shoot at it or not!!”
“You know the main cannon? It’s that stupidly-huge lower-stability-type ion cannon. The inside of the cannon is completely hollow, and the heat it produces will blow it off if a magnetic field isn’t used to protect it… so you’re telling me there’s no way? A way to interfere with the inside of that main cannon!?”
“Oh? I suddenly thought of something good. I’m great! Wait, am I a genius!?”
“What now, Heivia?”
“Perfect. This is absolutely perfect!! If we do this, Quenser and I will definitely be saved!!”
“JUST HURRY UP AND SAY IT!!”
“Go into the battlefield and act dead.”
“GO GET STOMPED TO DEATH, YOU BASTARD!!!”[1]
“…”
Staring at the large screen, Hamazura’s hand that was holding a popcorn container inadvertently shuddered.
He had made the wrong choice.
This stupid movie wasn’t meant to be watched with a lover.
“Well, it’s just a Kinuhata-style movie that Kinuhata recommended.”
The one who said this was the "lover" beside him.
Her name was Takitsubo Rikou.
From the first chapter of NT01
>>137507731
Meant to quote >>137507577
>>137507726
She's a girl.
>introduce a bunch of new characters just so you can kill them off next episode
I hate this shit. It always feels like cheating.
>>137507464
Hamazura watching HO is canon but I assume it's one arc stuffed into a movie.
>>137507978
At least not-uiharu is still alive.
>>137507464
It'd only be about 8 hours. Saiai has dragged Hamazura through worse.
>>137503809
It is really fun. Might not be the best written animu ever, but it is one of the few anime that you can enjoy some bros being bros while doing cool shit and just for that it is worth watching.
So I just read volume 7 and I'd like to talk about this for a second.
>“Tell me your name.”
>“Why?”
>“I need something to write on your gravestone.” A short silence came from the radio. The young man may have been laughing.
>“You may call us the Company, Langley, or the Pentagon. When the former world police was lost, our true name lost its power and meaning.”
>“Do you mean…?”
>“We are the ghosts of a bygone era. But if you wish to refer to us, there is a name you can use. We are the strange shadows dressed in black who are whispered of in every corner of the world. We are MIB.”
Does kamachi just not give a fuck any more? There is no way he wrote this with a straight face.
>>137508270
I don't think Kamachi ever gave a fuck.
>>137507442
>>137506966
You've somehow convinced me to pick this up, I hope I won't regret it
>>137508270
I think only sounds as cringe worthy as it does is because of the translation. I'm not dismissing JS06's work because she does an excellent job in translating and editing but for some reason that line doesn't translate well into english.
Speaking of which how the hell does JS06 edit so well? The other LNs I read have extremely stiff dialogue and descriptions of things. The only others who can compare off the top of my head are Tap and Defan.
>>137508472
Its a fun read but I dislike the way they've directed some of the scenes of the anime. It really doesn't do the books justice.
They at least managed to get the object fights right in most cases. I'm surprised how well they are choreographed.I'm still pissed off how they butchered burning alphas scene
>>137508472
There are very practical suits
>>137508563
I wasn't shitting on it or anything, I found it pretty amusing.
>how the hell does JS06 edit so well?
js06 is a program.
Maybe I should have got around to actually watching railgun instead of spending 6 months watching this
>>137508270
Kamachi never gave a fuck.
I'm absolutely sure Kamachi writes HO with the biggest shit-eating grin on his face.
>“Wait, but, Heivia! This is a safe country! Even if they’re part of a local gang, they’re still technically civilia-…”
>“Are you completely braindead!? Do you see a single goodhearted civilian around here!?”
>He did not understand what his horrible friend was saying.
>And as the boy shouted, that friend let loose some more bursts of gunfire that accurately killed a few more people on the streets.
>“Listen, you bastard. For the most part, there are four organizations lurking in this city, but that’s just the official story.”
>Heivia swapped out the magazine.
>“They’re actually all hideouts for the intelligence division of the world powers: the Legitimacy Kingdom, the Information Alliance, the Capitalist Corporations, and the Faith Organization. They’re after the Faith Organization’s Object construction and maintenance facility. They steal or destroy classified information and do whatever else they can. We’re officially labelled civilians, we’re secretly part of the gang named Azul Hive, and we’re secretly secretly with the Legitimacy Kingdom military.”
>“Please tell me you’re kidding.”
>“Do you really think I’m lying? The place has gotten so dangerous that all the local people have left. This is both a safe country and the front line. It’s a mystery how the place even still functions as a city!”
>200,000 ton ball of steel
>can just take off and fly like it's no big deal
okay.
>>137508680
I know the term "80's buddy cop" was used in some threads to describe HO, but Lost Angels is the first time where I actually believed it.
I'm not too far into it but it's crazy.
>>137508779
It's jumping.
>>137508640
>js06 is a program
Not him but that's hot
>>137506966
>this again
Well, I hope you're right.
>>137508818
The Wing Balancer is fucking bullshit. I'm willing to suspend my disbelief for the majority of other objects but there's no fucking way that thing can repeatedly jump up and down without damaging the drive/suspension even if it were to dampen the fall with the air cushion. Plus if any strong gust were to hit it midjump it'd just topple over.
>>137508640
I thought she was a language pack to Kamachi.exe?
>>137508984
It's a possibility.
Friendly reminder
>object is called wing balancer
>kills not-uiharu's squad and bullies her hard
>kakine has dark matter wings
>bullies regular uiharu with extreme prejudice
kamachi is a madman
>>137508779
>>137508818
I thought it was hovering, not jumping or flying.
I liked it at first but then the HO of the week formula got old, I dropped it around ep. 8 or 9 I think.
Maybe I'll marathon the rest once it's over though.
>>137509156
How high does something have to hover before it is considered to be flying?
>>137509097
It's like poetry; it rhymes!
>>137509240
Well, I thought that Wing Balancer could be able to hover only for a short time. It would not be the case if he was able to fly, since if it was able it wouldn't need to be on the ground.
>>137509097
SO WHERE'S THE STRONGEST OBJECT THEN THAT KILLED ALL THE LITTLE ANTI-OBJECT RAILGUNS?
>>137509425
The Early States (also called the Son of a Bitch by the idiots) seems to be like a combination of accelerator and meltdowner, although the way it works is completely different.
Why did Havia point his gun to Queen Arthur?
>>137509425
Probably >>137509807. It even has a particle accelerator on it, so you can just call it Accelerator anyway.
>>137509955
Wait, is that little shit using the wind as plasma?
>>137509955
Definitely my favorite object, although deep optical is a close second.
>>137510031
Great taste. I love the Deep Optical.
>>137509940
friendly banter
>>137509940
He may or may not have fucked up and killed two of his friends
>>137510332
It was the token black guy and a fujoshi. He was mad for like 20 seconds.
>>137510388
Uiharu is still traumatized though.
I liked the quiet computer guy
Why do edgelords have to ruin everything good in life?
>>137510448
Charles had a normal name so he was marked for death.
It's a shame we'll never get a season 2 to see Alicia Sloppyjoes.
>>137510479
We'll see Prizewell City Slicker in the next week or two
>>137510479
>Alicia Sloppyjoes
>this is an actual name of a character
Jesus Christ, I'm dying of laughter
>>137510023
No its coilless particle accelerator that vaporizes anything that gets close and can "whip" the beam to attack its targets. Think of the LHC without the sheath. Its one of the more bullshit objects like the Wing Balancer.
>>137510785
I'm pretty sure there's a Beverly Seethrough in Railgun.
>>137510479
>>137510601
>>137510785
>>137510938
Vol. 11 introduces a character named First Prince Flag Eggnog.
>>137510992
Author really gives no fucks.
>>137510992
>Flag Eggnog
I want to get off kamachi's wild ride.
>>137510992
Least he's still going with the alcoholic drinks theme.
>>137510992
Goddamn it, Kamachi. I'm joining that one anon dying of laughter now.
>>137506966
please let this be the case
>>137508780
>“We’ll do this the Lost Angels way.”
>“Blow off the doorknob with a shotgun?”
I love this novel so much.
>>137506966
So movie-length edits when?
How's Heavy Object doing sale wise?
>>137514574
Shit. As much as I love it, Miki can damn well suck those sales and dogeza again.
>>137510992
MR FLAG
>>137510992
And here I thought nothing would top Sloppyjoes. Well fucking played Kamachi. What are your thoughts on volume 11 so far, if you don't mind me asking.
>>137508680
That entire Exchange sounds logical to me.
>>137503809
>Ohoho
>not Jailbreak NTR
>not the currynigger
>>137509097
He has Heivia call Uiharu "Virgin Girl" in a later volume.
Top gun a best
>>137509425
The strongest Object is probably the New Model.
>>137503809
It was so terrible compared to Index it made me doube Index was ever good too
>>137508680
>"Why don't we just go and steal the Object"
based Quenser
>>137503809
I can't say I enjoyed how they introduced new characters just to kill them.
I mean, sure, they didn't flesh them out at all. They were basically just props with laughably stupid names, but still.
>>137516214
What could possibly go wrong?
>>137503809
Heavy Objectively bad. Im glad it flopped hard and buried the chance of more kamachishit being animated again.
I thought it was crap for about two arcs, but I warmed up to it. And stopped being an autist about the absurdity of objects.
>>137510479
>Alicia Sloppyjoes
That's too much it's, killing me.
>>137503961
It's 25 eps because Kamachi.
>>137516852
>25
That's too much to simply cover volume 3. Makes me even more suspicious of the theater idea.
>>137508270
It took you 7 vols to realize Kamachi doesn't give a fuck? I had to drop it when I realized these 2 guys, with barely any training, were taking down this machines, that were so hyped, by using common sense.
I could only stomach 1 and a half vol.
>>137516958
I found the second half of the volumes to be a lot more absurd and fun, like he's enjoying himself more.
I can see why the premise of the two literal whos doing that to muh objects will turn people away, but not taking it seriously is the best way to enjoy this.
I will admit HO is fun despite not getting more Index. Though Heavy Object looks like a good excuse for a SoC-like game
>>137517559
>I will admit HO is fun despite not getting more Index.
agreed
>>137517559
>Though Heavy Object looks like a good excuse for a SoC-like game
STALKER? i could see it working
>>137517764
Shadow of the Colossus I think he means.
>>137516958
It all makes sense when you realize that Objects are an international scam by the military-industrial complex.
Daily reminder that
>The efficiency of Objects is vastly overstated, the first battle was a sham with mostly duds fired at it
>Objects do not actually require a reactor, it's there to get funding and exclusive use of best reactor tech
>Genetic engineering is just a facade to get more funding and, crucially, unrestricted control over the pilots' life from birth
>Objects' complexity is hugely overblown to justify the massively padded bills
>Objects are routinely put in 1v1 fights instead of using them as a deterrent, so that expensive replacement or repair is constantly needed
>Hime manages to win against Gen2 not just because of Quenser, but also because Gen2's advancements are hugely overstated to make the government pay for an expensive replacement program
>Pilots being genetically fit to pilot one object type only is a lie made up to justify scrapping Gen1 objects instead of upgrading them
>Every object is made unique with no standardized parts because that brings more money and the governments are either ignorant or bribed to turn a blind eye to the obvious wastefulness
>Objects are actually shit and fight like upscaled WW2 tanks
>Pilots are not really genetically engineered, they just pick the cutest girls
>Objects have tons of weaknesses that Quenser can exploit because no one takes their engineering seriously
>Quenser gets sent on suicide missions because people running the scam are too squeamish to kill him directly
>>137518196
I now see, every Country's top brass picking girls like its an idol audition
>>137518196
I feel like I've read this before.
>>137518196
>>137518196
I picked up the anime two days ago, I'm on ep 6.
I don't know why nations doesn't just put bunkers with the "main weapons" of Objects(they called that in the sea episodes) on static bunkers made out of the Objects armor, and just shoot them simultaneously at the same point in the Object, that would blow the Object far quicker and cheaper than using another Object, with its maintenance and fancy ass pilots and shit.
Sure I have to ignore plotholes and plain retardism to enjoy Heivia's shenanigans. For me, he is the one carrying out the show, and in a lesser degree, the CO.
>>137518443
>nations doesn't just put bunkers with the "main weapons" of Objects
The canon reasoning is that those guns need so much power that you have to use those massive reactors, and immobile reactors are easy to detect with satellite surveillance and destroy.
Of course, this is Kamachi, so later he throws this out the window by introducing a battery-powered anti-Object laser in the 6th (or 7th?) volume.
>>137518443
They explain that later on, in the amazon arc IIRC.
Also in the LN one group was trying to make a system of stationary (but still capable of repositioning) objects that reflect/destroy incoming attacks while obliterating numerous other objects at once, if that worked out the whole 1v1 thing would have come to an end.
>>137503809
I'm liking it much more than I expected, so I'm hating myself because I promised myself I wouldn't like this for stealing the Index 3 spot
>>137518196
Honestly, HO doesn't sound that unlikely a future when you put it like that outside of the engineering problems.
>>137503809
>Using Kraut Space Magic.
>Ever
>>137508270
HO is Kamachi having fun and writing whatever he likes, I am sure that's why the thing is always fun.
>>137516235
Nothing, for once the plan worked fine, which is why they got caught in an even bigger mess to make up for it.
>>137503809
The only people that say they don't like it are mad indexfags
>>137518196
>Objects are actually shit and fight like upscaled WW2 tanks
Remember that one Object that could have killed everyone on the planet?
>>137518443
Because you can just drive around it, can't you?
Same reason Germany managed to beat France in WW2 despite them having the same ridiculous defensive line as in WW1.
Alternatively, you can just scout the encampments and bombard them until they're nothing more than a smoking crater.
Somewhat Stationary Objects were tried and tried again and they all relied on either having a ridiculous range (New Model, Broad Sky Saber, Break Carrier) or being impossible to hit in the first place (New Model, Early States, Deep Optical).
And they all failed once their defenses were nullified or they were hit.
>>137518567
>later he throws this out the window by introducing a battery-powered anti-Object laser
Which only works if you power it by using an object on the ground to charge each shot individually and shoot it up to space using a space elevator.
>>137518196
Jet fuel can't melt Objects. Take your conspiracy theories to /x/
>>137521992
Tell that to the six Objects Quenser destroyed at once with what was basically jet fuel.
>>137521954
>But they also could have had the main body on the surface but given the orbital main cannon its own reactor. No rule says an Object can have only one reactor. We even fought the Tri-Core which had three. But Dimiksy didn’t do that.
just saying it's not exactly battery powered in the first place
>>137506966
please be the case. I want jc staff to find a way
>>137522236
The big laser gun is, the smaller interception lasers are probably solar powered or something.
Prince whatshisname was afraid that they'd use the Space Laser against him, that's why he made it battery powered, so it could only be used in conjunction with the Object.
![[HorribleSubs] Heavy Object - 01 [720p].mkv_snapshot_09.08_[2015.10.03_17.41.27].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/LlqLbv9.jpg "[HorribleSubs] Heavy Object - 01 [720p].mkv_snapshot_09.08_[2015.10.03_17.41.27].jpg")
Stone Cold Quenser "pop a nigger like a water balloon" Barbotage
>>137508270
Anon, HO is a panache of action movies. Cheesy lines are a staple of such genre.
>>137522407
>read at least 2 instances of that occuring
>rewatch the high G scene during the ohoho fight
He should have ended up a stain on the floor himself.
>>137523049
Something something better inertial dampening inside the Gatling 033's cockpit due to how Ohoho is a little girl.
>>137503809
So is this show about fighting Mark III Bolos?
>>137523187
Piloted by cute girls who get blown to pieces or popped like water balloons.
>>137523187
Except that Objects are more comparable to a MK XXX if you disregard their need for constant maintenance, yes.
>>137506966
DONT GIVE ME FALSE HOPE ANON;_;
>>137522064
That's probably still better than the one he destroyed by throwing sand at it.
Or milk and lemons.
>>137524715
I legitimately felt bad for that Elite.
It's probably the worst Quenser has ever done to anyone, barring Putana "Quenser stole my Object while I was inside" Highball.
Okay, I know this is war but why is the Legitimacy Kingdom such shit? and why is the duo putting up with them?
>>137526236
They tell you that multiple times. Heivia wants to inherit his family and Quenser wants to get rich quick.
Regardless, everywhere is shit anyway.
>>137526236
>the Legitimacy Kingdom is shit
They had one of the most ridiculously overpowered Object, probably the strongest or second strongest shown in the series so far.
They're not weak, it's just that the 37th mostly gets sent on suicide missions because they support a Gen 1 and have Quenser and Heivia.
>and why is the duo putting up with them?
Hime is cute.
Froleytia has big breasts.
Heivia wants to inherit his family and marry his qt fiance.
Quenser wants to get rich quick, but he can do that with any of the superpowers and it's not like he'd have a much better time joining any of them.
![[DeadFish] Heavy Object - 17 [720p][AAC].mp4_snapshot_11.42_[2016.02.11_19.35.02].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/eMsR7Bt.jpg "[DeadFish] Heavy Object - 17 [720p][AAC].mp4_snapshot_11.42_[2016.02.11_19.35.02].jpg")
One reason to watch this.
>>137510992
i cant
Should I read the novels after this ends?
>>137530264
Yes. The anime doesn't do them justice.
>>137530264
Here's a highlights from novels after this:
>Quenser and Heivia are forced to destroy an Object by a rebel group
>An Object that doesn't move and that shoots bending laser beams at the enemy and it creates optical copies of itself
>Quenser and Heivia get sent to a punishment unit which is basically a tropical vacation.
>They manage to fuck up the entire situation so badly that they get sent on a literal suicide mission.
>They get almost the entire unit killed, but survive
>They save a royal princess by blowing up the most overpowered object in the series so far
>Quenser pops a nigger like a water balloon twice in the same volume
>the remnants of the CIA try to rebuild the USA in the Australian wasteland
>Quenser and Heivia spend and entire volume trying to defeat an Object that somehow is even more ridiculously overpowered than the final battle Objects in the past two volumes combined
>Quenser steals a poor and innocent girl's non-combat Object while she's inside
>see >>137508680
>>137530721
Don't forget the volume where neither of them show up and the Legitimate Kingdom/Faith Organization get embarrassed by top gun loli and onii-chan bodyguard.
Started watching this shit last week.
It's basically MacGyver x Round-Gundams. Hopefully it continues with the same silly bullshit.
>>137532694
I was hoping for more real-robot like Battletech.
