A bad adaptation and a bad anime, also a bad general
>>138852345
The General seems like a decent guy, I've never seen novelfags complain (only manga fags, and that mostly subjective design bitching), and it's a solid 7/10 anime with NIPPON FUCK YEAH moments. Edgelords gotta edge, though.
>>138852305
Why are target designators so fucking big?
>>138852345
Calm down, red chink.
>>138852305
>filename
What people?
>>138851148
>by the minotaur
FTFY
Will they ever stop doing a recap each episode? They're just doing it to save budget right?
>>138853843
But how will I know whether or not the JSDF fought?
Who voices mimoza the sage lady at the town they're in? Her voice is so damn airy and flirty
>>138854371
ara ara!
>>138853620
Does that happen?
>>138854371
I bet she was a huge slut in her younger years.
>>138852305
why the fuck didn't they just send the apaches in and light up the imperial palace?
>>138854533
I wonder how many dicks of how many species she and Rory shared during their travels.
>>138853843
It's the intro.
>>138854545
Because they only have 13. If they would use anything, it would be the older Cobras again.
>>138854545
>why the fuck didn't they just send the apaches in and light up the imperial palace?
they did in the novels and they did kill the imp shits that are on the choke points like the bridge
>>138854987
That's one goddamn womanlet right there.
>>138855046
35 year old loli oppai!
>>138854987
Why are Kuribayashi and Kurokawa so much more pale than the men?
>>138855100
semen baths
>>138855100
I was gonna say something else but I think >>138855127 is right.
>>138855080
No.
>>138855100
Because women being pale is sexy to Japanese.
Haven't been in any GATE threads and I'm only on ep. 18 right now, but how popular are each of the girls here in comparison to each other?
I like kuribayashi more than itami's fantasy harem. But Rory is second and Sherry is third.
![[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_19.37_[2016.03.20_01.58.27].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/rWYph06.jpg "[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_19.37_[2016.03.20_01.58.27].jpg")
does this happen in the LN? feels like a dozen riflemen should be more than enough to handle few hundred cavalry.
>>138855523
Sherry isn't part of Itami's harem. She belongs to Sugawara.
>>138855523
What do you like about sherry? She's done nothing other than be a little girl lusting after adult dick. Is that why you like her?
>>138854487
No he eats her, and she's inside him for about 8 hours
>>138855569
I know, shit wording on my part.
>>138855595
No anon, I just think she's clever and cute. No other reason, I assure you.
>>138854533
In the manga at least Rory said she was just goofing around in her 20s.
>>138855673
She's a shitty little girl. If you're gonna fuck a little girl at least act like a little girl not some grown woman. That ruins half of the appeal
>>138853183
The green ones.
>>138855595
>done nothing
She's been excellent at political maneuvering/analysis, like breaking the tension at the party, and getting Sugawara's dick to think for him.
![[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_04.24_[2016.03.20_14.27.44].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/FG7Wc2B.jpg "[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_04.24_[2016.03.20_14.27.44].jpg")
I've been wondering about those hand signals. Did they do their research or did they just make shit up?
even in fantasy wank, the japanese have micro penis
Still waiting for the bunny slut to get killed.
>>138856295
You have to translate the hand signals into kanji and then into english.
>>138856295
>>138856301
I think they were referring to his station. Being a common soldier whereas she should be taken by a noble, rather than the size of his junk.
>>138856438
well they did strip him
>>138856352
She wont be during the anime.
Did this episode mean that Sherry's parents died for nothing?
>>138856878
No their actions led to Sherrie's action which led to...
>>138856878
>Did this episode mean that Sherry's parents died for nothing?
They were going to die no matter what. Nothing they could have done to stop it. The only one who could have stopped it was the one who started it, the bunny queen.
Is zolzalf killed in the mango/ln/source material
>>138856968
Evil Dude was explicitly asking them to come along quietly before they went with "nah, lets burn this place down." It's been explicitly said that those who did not resist were still alive. Therefore, if they did not resist, they would still be alive.
I'm going to marry Rory.
>>138857216
They would have been tortured to tell them where are the loli and ojiisan.
>>138857284
To which their honest answer was "fuck if we know." Those two didn't decide where to go until after they were out. And again, if they didn't put up a fight, they would apparently be merely imprisoned. The chubby lady still had all of her jewelry, even.
Why did people listen to tyuule? Didn't they see how the prince was treating her? Does she actually have any power?
>>138857280
Rory a shit.
>>138857382
She has power in the sense that she's sucking the dude who has power's dick
>>138857343
>To which their honest answer was "fuck if we know."
Do you think that fucking madman would believe them? They'd be killed.
>>138857440
>They'd be killed
After many cums on the wife's holes.
>>138857440
Our only word on whether that's true is "those who resisted died, those who didn't were imprisoned" which argues against that assumption.
Also, bear in mind that they never should have made it to the Jade Palace in the first place, but Rabbitsputin ran interference for them against a backstabbing inn owner.
>>138855760
Lewd, lesbian adventures.
>>138855080
>35 year old
wat
So does kugen have beefeater and bozes on his dick now? I wish I could have an order of female only knights to protect me and for fondling.
>>138856301
Context check.
>>138856878
>>138856878
Basically, because of Sherry, this happened
>>138857814
Did you completely miss that Bozes is lesbian for Pina?
>>138857814
>So does kugen have beefeater and bozes on his dick now? I wish I could have an order of female only knights to protect me and for fondling.
Bozes is already riding Tomita, Itami knows this and basically refuse to reprimand him, thats why Kuri walks all over him
>>138857891
Bozes marries that dude she was shipped with during the Tokyo visit
>>138857873
Jesus, I swear that's getting more artifacted with every thread.
>>138857923
So it was someone else. I only know three males in the show, itami, the glasses guy, and the senator
>>138857955
>Jesus, I swear that's getting more artifacted with every thread.
dont blame me, thats an old pic from the 56k internet days
>>138857931
Which is not evident in this episode, as opposed to her lust for Pina, which is extremely obvious
>>138852305
>Being captain of the knights
>Being a diplomat
>Acting strong-willed and understands current situations.
What happened to Pina? She gets thrown into jail with shitty clothing and she starts acting like child. She wasn't being tortured or raped. Did the director decide to make her go full retard in order to create tension for the viewers?
>>138857923
That's because Kuri wanted to ride Tomita first, not because of some devotion to discipline.
>>138857865
Episode 5 or 6, Bozes about to attempt to give away her valuable noble ass to Itami (who is 'small' in terms of not being a noble in any way) so he won't tell his superiors about how he was treated, because they don't yet get that the Japanese don't give a fuck.
>>138858030
She just listened to several hours of obvious green man combat which did not result in her rescue.
>>138858035
>That's because Kuri wanted to ride Tomita first, not because of some devotion to discipline.
I mean Kuri walks all over Itami despite being superior, ignoring orders and protocol, charging into the enemies, despite orders. Because she knows Itami wont even entertain the idea of putting her on the brig at least.
I mean she even kicked Itami in the first season.
>>138858030
>She wasn't being tortured or raped.
>>138858019
>Which is not evident in this episode, as opposed to her lust for Pina, which is extremely obvious
It is meant to be a SECRET relationship. It isn't time to reveal it yet.
>Watching anime
>end up shitposting instead
>>138858178
I wish she was. It'd make my dick hard.
>>138858030
>What happened to Pina? She gets thrown into jail with shitty clothing and she starts acting like child. She wasn't being tortured or raped. Did the director decide to make her go full retard in order to create tension for the viewers?
The director of this show, or the script writer, screwed up.
Quite simply, it is customary for important people to be put under house arrest, or otherwise be put in relatively benign surroundings, instead of being treated like a commoner in a dungeon. Dungeon treatment is reserved for when they are stripped of their rank and are about to be killed. Pina was not considered a traitor and as such in both the manga and the novels, was merely not allowed to leave her home. It was important that Nobles and Royals are treated as superior people, even when under investigation. That's how social order and class system is maintained.
Someone in the anime studio screwed up, and messed up this important detail.
I want to see a doujin of Kuri consensually gangbanged by every man in the recon team except Itami.
>>138858358
In fact, one of the reasons the nobles who were released from Japan was ANGRY and wanted to have revenge on Japan, was that they were incarcerated in the same place as commoners and even orcs, forced to live and eat with the lower classes.
>>138858019
take your yuri goggles off, it's knightly honour and loyalty that drives her actions there. besides both pina and bozes are canon straight and rotten on top of that
>>138858361
No one ever wants lewds with Kurokawa.
>>138858358
is the manga even up to that part? isn't the current chapter still stuck in the previous arc
>>138858388
Where do you think Itami is?
>>138858384
They aren't on. It's canon that the Rose Knights can't fuck dudes until they get politically married, so they lez out to satisfy their sexual urges. Bozes is the closest to Pina politically and in terms of nobility, so they regularly scissor each other.
>>138858420
>is the manga even up to that part? isn't the current chapter still stuck in the previous arc
The novels showed Pina under house arrest, and even had an illustration drawn. I expect the manga to do the same.
>>138858506
that's not what i asked and what you said earlier. the manga isn't there yet. so it didn't show anything on the matter
>>138858388
I do. I love rori but kurokawa is the prettiest gate
>>138858474
Is it only political marriages? They can't marry for love?
>>138858524
>that's not what i asked and what you said earlier. the manga isn't there yet. so it didn't show anything on the matter
The manga showed that the Empire doesn't treat Nobles like commoners, even under arrest, so the anime got it wrong there too.
>>138858565
Ignore obvious shitposters
>>138858594
I can't tell, I don't come to these threads often
What steps would you take as Emperor to drive the Japanese to the negotiating table on your own terms?
>>138858565
>>138858642
Ignore obvious idiots. Political marriages are how it works for nobility, both in history and in GATEworld. Love marriages occur of course, but that's viewed as a waste by family at best.
>>138858568
What are you talking about? All the nobility we saw come out of the the prison still had their nice clothes and jewelry.
>>138858672
I would invade their capitol with minimal recon and no awareness of their combat capabilities, of course.
Someone spoil me. What is Tyuule's plan? Is it to destroy the Empire from within by giving Chad bad advice? As some sort of revenge? Because it's working really well.
>>138858778
>What are you talking about? All the nobility we saw come out of the the prison still had their nice clothes and jewelry.
The manga specifically had the Nobles saying they were angry at being treated the same as the common soldiers, and they directly said this was why they are agreeing to help fight in the war.
>>138858998
>Someone spoil me. What is Tyuule's plan?
Basically to have the Empire fight to the death, like Japan was planning to do in WW2.
>>138859000
In reference to what, when? We're still several chapters away from Airborne Assault in the manga. Fuck, Leilei and her sister barely had their duel.
>>138858998
>What is Tyuule's plan?
You seriously can't just deduce it from watching the show?
She got Chad to trust her by sucking his dick and has been feeding him shitty advice for a long time, so she can watch him and his precious empire fall as retribution for destroying her warrior bunny tribe. I'm pretty sure she outright stated this at least once.
>>138859029
>attack fucking Pearl Harbor they said
>>138859193
No, I even suggested that's what it was in the very next sentence.
I just can't believe it's that simple and that it's working so well.
>>138859250
I really don't get why he's going to her for advice instead of one of his war generals. She didn't look that great in the sack
>>138859390
>I really don't get why he's going to her for advice instead of one of his war generals. She didn't look that great in the sack
He thought she was in love with him. She fakes a great orgasm.
>>138859390
As the former leader of a warrior tribe she'd have more battle experience then the rich kids around him.
>>138859234
Knowing them, merica would have even boombed their own bases to join the war.
>>138859390
She feeds his ego, Chad is basically Caligula, perfect recipe for disaster
>>138859064
It's in the chapter 48 during the peace talks dinner
>>138854987
Wasn't Kurokawa supposed to be the tallest one in the platoon?
>>138858361
>except Itami
why?
>>138859390
She's got a golden cunt. No other possible explanations.
>>138860389
He's married.
>>138858672
Threaten them with the complete collapse of the Empire.
It shouldn't be too hard to figure out that they are trying to avoid.
>>138854987
I just can't
WHY IS THERE A FUCKING MIDGET IN THE MILITARY
>>138861047
Stress relief.
>>138860389
Because she has such a low opinion of him. The others she likes, or will pity fuck, but the only reason she even occasionally follows his orders is because he outranks her. He's an otaku despite his age, and so she rejects him. And he's beta enough to put up with it.
Thankfully, oneesan Kurokawa is there to take good care of him.
I swear to god, that is the third time I've wanted to use an emoticon this thread. What is wrong with me?
>>138860437
He's divorced
![[HorribleSubs] GATE - 19 [720p].mkv_snapshot_15.47_[2016.02.24_15.54.28].png](https://i.imgur.com/17JsvZb.jpg "[HorribleSubs] GATE - 19 [720p].mkv_snapshot_15.47_[2016.02.24_15.54.28].png")
>>138861272
>He's divorced
rip
>>138852550
mostly because of the batteries.
you need room for day and night scopes each out to about 10km on top of the actual pulsed laser being tracked by the munition. the night scope and the laser will need space devoted to cooling.
modern systems will also squeeze a bunch of computing in there to handle the handoff of targetting data to the dudes sending munitions, over various comm data links with size constraints from other applications.
they are still man-portable for a given mission duration, weight being the price for battery life. it helps that the spotting hardware and the designating laser are split up like that, easier to handle both than one more integrated but bulkier and less tolerant of future imaging developments.
![[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_19.24_[2016.03.20_11.22.22].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/IZWqwB8.jpg "[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_19.24_[2016.03.20_11.22.22].jpg")
Why are they using shit-tier princess carry and piggyback method instead of the superior fireman's carry?
>>138852550
You can get smaller but you lose datalink, native GPS and effective range due to loss of the night scope,. SOFLAM can hook up to external datalinks and you can strap a starlight scope to it but that's more stuff to carry and power separately. Also, there's the non-trivial operator requirement as you decrease effective range.
>>138862371
Fireman's carry requires too much anatomy knowledge to portray accurately. I don't think the design on their armor can support viewing from the necessary angles.
>>138852345
I thought he is a lieutenant.
kuri
>>138855543
How did this infantry get here before the cavalry?
Did they dismount? Where are their horses?
>>138865103
Don't bother this episode was poorly directed.
![[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_04.53_[2016.03.18_11.14.40].png](https://i.imgur.com/O8Wgxfq.jpg "[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_04.53_[2016.03.18_11.14.40].png")
This many planes would have taken months of work to assemble
Especially since even wingless, the fuselage wouldn't fit through the Gate
![[HorribleSubs] GATE - 08 [720p].mkv_snapshot_03.52_[2015.08.22_02.25.25].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/OkFhDfV.jpg "[HorribleSubs] GATE - 08 [720p].mkv_snapshot_03.52_[2015.08.22_02.25.25].jpg")
>>138861272
She's just tsundere for him. She knows deep inside that she wants his RENJA/Special Forces dick.
>>138866731
>not just moving them in vertically through the gate
you're a shit general
Zorzal: The Zapp Brannigan of /a/?
>>138858672
Sends suicide bombers to blow up their capital and slam their planes into building.
>>138866731
Was there even really a need for paratroopers?
Feels like they could have gotten the same job done for far less cost and effort, with less chance of bad weather fucking everything up, and giving the enemy less advance warning before boots arrive on the ground, if they had used helicopters to insert their troops.
Did they just decide that fighting against savages with bows and arrows where they pretty much dictate the terms of combat every time was an opportune time to fuck around and do a bunch of expensive shit that they wouldn't get to do on earth?
>>138867439
>Did they just decide that fighting against savages with bows and arrows where they pretty much dictate the terms of combat every time was an opportune time to fuck around and do a bunch of expensive shit that they wouldn't get to do on earth?
We do that in the Middle East all the time, so why not?
>>138867439
>with less chance of bad weather fucking everything up
Does bad weather even exist in the Special Region?
>>138867580
>>138867533
The sandniggers have more than bows and arrows though.
Piña's piñatas
>>138862528
>thanks for the good stuff you americans
>yeah we'll show those russians how it's done and we will give them back
>don't worry
>>138868405
Piña's piñatas are very good in manga. I miss them in anime
So after half a year of seeing GATE threads, I finally caved and decided to try the manga. The manga has had surprisingly good pacing with even the stupid onsen scene having a part in the story, and the military vehicles and weapons look fucking great. The fantasy parts are great as well, and the demihuman designs range from "fucking awesome" to "muh dick", and I really wish they would have just focused on the modern military juxtaposed to the fantasy setting, rather than trying to shoehorn half assed propoganda and half remembered international politics in. I'm on chapter 52 now, and I just don't think I can keep going.
>mangaka has no fucking idea how international politics works
>for some reason he thinks Japan wouldn't just imperialize the whole Special Region the moment the enormous disparity in military ability was seen
>this page, and it's whole section
>America, Russia, and China straight giving up on controlling the Special Region
>America didn't at least force some "advisers" into the Special Region from the get go
>the military letting a dude go AWOL with some locals with no serious consequences
>none of the Japanese soldiers frequent the lusty, practically begging demihuman prostitutes in the capital
>a midget woman with just a bayonet on her rifle fought and killed several grown men with shields and swords that trained with them since childhood
>>138858120
Was that it? I was under the impression her room was being flooded or something from that one shot of the wall leaking water or something.yes I'm an anime-only casul pls no bully
>>138855543
>feels like a dozen riflemen should be more than enough to handle few hundred cavalry.
Depends how far they were, which was not very, for all intents they should've gotten run over by a cav charge.
>>138869536
Chill out, anon. You already know this show was written by a far-righted national extremist JSDF reservist (probably a fascist sympathizer too, considering the way he thought about his country), right? I bet he originally wrote this stuff a way to mentally masturbate for himself and his buddies, then it became popular and got an anime adaption, since the Japs agreed with his view, too.
>>138869536
>a midget woman with just a bayonet on her rifle fought and killed several grown men with shields and swords that trained with them since childhood
Yeah this shit triggered me, she wasn't just fighting any soldiers she was fighting the equivalent of Roman palatinae in close quarters with what amounts to a VERY short spear. I don't expect them to survive rifle fire (but you'd expect them to start throwing down shields, scattering or approaching zig-zag after the first few shots made them realize that whatever the black magic rod is it ignores shields and armor and is very goddamn fast), but she should've gotten taken the fuck apart against those guys in close quarters.also where the fuck are their javelins and slingers? ancient empires weren't made of nothing but heavy cav and heavy infantry
>>138869536
The manga is an adaption, slowpoke
So has the JSDF not heard of a squad automatic weapon?
>>138869986
They didn't bring much of anything with them. They also had no air support. It seems like they want to hammer home the idea that JSDF is forced to do things on the cheap because bureaucratic bullshit.
And cavalry charges clearly weren't a concern, otherwise they would climb up the trees first before ambushing.
>>138870148
>fighting the equivalent of Roman palatinae
They looked more like Zorzal rapebuddies than a trained Imperial guard to me, though.
>>138870220
Costs too much, apparently.
>>138870259
There were a fuckton of them though, and they demonstrated competency that would've made Roman velites (aka "my job is to throw a javelin and run before I get mowed down by enemies") laugh at them.
>>138870256
The cav was way too slow in this episode.
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>>138870220
>
>>138870148
When you think roman soldiers, pretty much everyone thinks of the legions.
I'm surprised they do have cavalry at all.
>>138870479
Someone's going to have a sore shoulder tonight.
>>138870450
Yes, and the first few took her on one at a time. When they realised their mistake and got in formation, she fucked them up.
I'm not saying it's realistic, but they were clearly overconfident at first.
>>138870450
Oh you meant the cav charging the chopper? Its more like the horsemen they shot down would impede the rest of the horsemen, but they didn't bother to animate that. All the horsemen were also heavy cavalry.
![[HorribleSubs] GATE - 14 [720p].mkv_snapshot_10.55_[2016.01.30_01.30.40].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/J0u8EcE.jpg "[HorribleSubs] GATE - 14 [720p].mkv_snapshot_10.55_[2016.01.30_01.30.40].jpg")
>>138870148
Don't underestimate Mad Dog Kuribayashi.
>>138870012
Well of course I know that, it's just a shame because there are a lot of parts of the manga (and presumably the anime too, I haven't watched it) that are actually really good. Like I said, the pacing especially is excellent because the series has managed more plot development and characterization in fifty odd chapters than most series manage in twice that many chapters even in other LN adaptations. I think the BS neofascist muh nippon wankery is so annoying to me because the series had the opportunity to be a truly great one, and instead devolved into said wankery.
>>138870148
Right? These guys were the fucking cream of the crop and heavily trained and armored for close combat, yet they were complete buffoons that let this tiny ass woman walk right up past their guard and cut their throat. I could have got her killing one, barely, before opening up with her rifle, but for some reason she doesn't even start off with shooting. She actively engages multiple men in close combat before using her rifle for actually shooting. It made no god damn sense to eliminate the one advantage a small, weaker woman would have over a group of heavily armed men. I don't mind fantasy like women being able to beat men in close combat (like Rory fucking three spec ops teams by herself), but if you're trying to push a "realistic" scenario in terms of the combat abilities of the soldiers, having something so unbelievable really ruins the suspension of disbelief.
>>138870166
Yeah, I just remembered it came from an LN, my bad.
>>138870698
Pretty much this
Rory is magic, so it makes sense for her to fuck normal people up, but Kuri is just a well-trained normal person
Her fucking up other well-trained normal people when she should be at a massive disadvantage is ridiculous
>>138870524
>one at a time
And she should have been massacred in close combat, a few years of training with melee as a secondary concern does not make you superior to an ancient soldier who did nothing but melee with superior melee equipment and probably has been practicing for way longer, the Empire's everyone was hilariously incompetent and it makes no sense.
>got in formation
Again makes no sense, you don't use shieldwalls against a single opponent, formation fighting is for taking on enemy formations especially in the face of missile fire - which she hadn't demonstrated.
>>138870698
It has nothing to do with them being fuckhuge dudes and her being a girl - it has everything to do with them specifically being chosen for their ability in close quarters combat while no soldier today (except for some specialists, I guess?) could possibly 'main' close combat. Imagine a generic 'modern' soldier, with their modern armor and a combat knife, trying to fight something like a zweihander in plate, it's almost automatic GG tier.
>>138870846
>Imagine a generic 'modern' soldier, with their modern armor and a combat knife, trying to fight something like a zweihander in plate, it's almost automatic GG tier.
Do you even YAMATO DAMASHII? That combat knife is folded a thousand times, anon. It's forged with the souls of a thousand noble samurai. It could cut through that sword like it was made of butter. Not to mention the fact that the ki blast coming from the great and honorabu JSDF infantryman is already capable of making mere mortals cower in terror.
>>138870834
Those soldiers were well trained with holding a wall shield and some sword swinging techniques. She is trained in advanced CQC using multiple weapons with techniques which were passed down from trainers who were originally sent to the US to learn said techniques. Shes also a lot faster and mobile than a big guy in plated armor.
>>138870846
She's supposed to have "a badge in CQC proficiency".
Did you forget the basics of CQC, Snake?
>>138870649
I want Kuribayashi to beat me upsexually
>>138868538
Dude's american, working with the northern mujahideen, fighting them talibs.
It's normal for SOF people to sport long beard in afghanistan because it helps them blend better with the locals and get the locals' respect
>>138870985
Someone called a royal guardsman would be well trained in dealing with single or small groups of combatants inside a structure like a castle
Also, as an aside, the armor they're wearing isn't all that heavy or restrictive
Modern firefighters carry more weight with them than a fully geared knight ever did
>>138870514
Minimi shoots 5.56mm tho, so it wouldn't kick as hard as their type-64s
Why is the anime so bad compared to the manga ?
>>138870846
>It has nothing to do with them being fuckhuge dudes and her being a girl - it has everything to do with them specifically being chosen for their ability in close quarters combat while no soldier today (except for some specialists, I guess?) could possibly 'main' close combat. Imagine a generic 'modern' soldier, with their modern armor and a combat knife, trying to fight something like a zweihander in plate, it's almost automatic GG tier.
Well, my focus wasn't really that she was a woman, but her being a woman definitely has something to do with it. At her size, there's no way she could compare to larger man, regardless of if she had the same training and equipment as they did. That's just straight up biological differences. When you add in the equipment and disparity in training though, it becomes downright comical, especially since she decided to eliminate the advantage of her firearm by closing the distance to hand to hand combat.
>>138870985
And she'd still get her shit chopped up. Sorry dude, there's no way you can still this to where Kuri could believably win.
>>138871114
If they're typical Praetorian types, they're probably there more for political reasons than combat effectiveness.
>>138871152
>mfw 7.62 Maximi
>>138870954
>>138871000
A 'badge' in CQC proficiency today means, at best, she was on par with those guys, who had better armor and more importantly a better weapon. Bayonets are horrendously shit close quarters weapons that are only used because actually carrying a sword around is worthless today.
Remember these people do nothing BUT train in CQC and would've been doing so for many years if they're trusted with guarding the crown prince, I'd say that a simple badge in CQC shouldn't mean shit to them but I'll pretend it means she's equal, equipment is still a massive issue and no she's not 'more mobile', those guys were in a breastplate / gauntlet combo and cone helm and would've been trained to make the most of it. None of them even used their shields - surprise surprise, shields excel at blocking stabbing motions and are very good at obstructing vision and bashing, both fundamental ancient combat strategies.
>>138870985
>techniques
>trainers
>advanced CQC
>they were trained with holding a shield wall
Are they peasant levies or something? Those are palace guard, they have to be the best of the best. The idea that they could be slaughtered wholesale by someone with a HORRIBLE CQC weapon is laughable.
Tuka gets a tan
y/n
>>138871230
That doesn't mean they're not effective, and you wouldn't receive an envoy from a nation you're at war with without holding some of the best of the best in reserve.
>>138871310
>Those are palace guard
We don't know that. The Imperial Guards are the romans in black armor, for all we know these guys could just be rich noble kids who enjoy raping bunny girls too and didn't have to actually train that hard.
I can't tell if GATE is more or less cringy than US Marines recruitment propaganda
>>138871374
I dunno, but in that case it's a matter of bad writing because the crown prince wouldn't just be walking about in a capital receiving a formal envoy from a nation you're at war with without some form of rudimentary guard.also why the hell didn't the romans in black armor spread out, if their armor and shields are useless and getting hit means death then spreading out and charging in loose formation is the answer
They should know this, Romans were up against artillery before
>>138871432
It should've been Stargate JP-1.
You'd imagine that after getting basic intel about the enemy they'd stop using shieldwalls and what appears to be a testudo formation on the bridge.
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>>138871548
Remembered wrong AND forgot pic I feel like an idiot
Like you know, the enemy is using something that's basically a rapid-fire polybolos, why the hell would you stand in a tight group?
>>138871472
>receiving a formal envoy from a nation you're at war with
He didn't meet the Japanese until the earthquake, and the inside of the palace should have been safe.
His raid at Piña's party was supposed to only involve senators.
But yes, the massacre is Japan stronk wankery.
>>138871548
It's the only thing they know, anon.
>>138871157
I'm not sure. I just finished episode one, and am partway through episode two since I caught up on the manga, and what the fuck did they do?
>unnecessary """emotional""" scenes with some brat at the gate opening
>adding in redundant LOOK HOW OTAKU I AM scenes for the MC (as if him being obsessed with doujinshi wasn't enough of a clue?)
>the main counteroffensive at the beginning that I was so excited to see animated is mostly still screen pans
>it's mostly still screen pans of the fucking Empire forces, not even the military equipment
I can only imagine how much worse it's going to get. I'll bet money all the scenes I really wanted to see animated (the dragons getting fucked by the yellow nip cock, rory fucking those spec ops teams, etc.) will probably get the same treatment. What a waste.
>>138871432
Only if you /pol/ or pseudointellectual degenerate
>>138871432
I'd say more, if only because the US Marines haven't made a 24 episode anime for their recruitment purposes.
>>138871643
Man I hate the incompetency of not!romans, it'd be cool if they were actually competent and simply out-teched by about five civ eras instead of levy-tier incompetent extant only to show how kooru nippon is.
>>138858672
Leverage magical research and information as bargaining chips, arrange my empire like North Korea such that my word is god and stepping down or succession would result in a violent power struggle as well as causing every citizen fighting the Japanese to the death in my name.
>>138858672
Well, first off I'd figure out how to get my hands on their weaponry, we only need to take a few squads out since they move in isolated packs.
Then have my top mages try and figure out what's going on in that stuff.
Cut off their supplies by fucking up the gate, they're near a forest or something so we can build a ballista or something there, after the supplies are fucked we burn everything nearby to the ground. Basically you're dealing with an expedition, the first step is to cut off their supply route since as a military force they have no way of actually feeding themselves besides foraging.
>>138871759
Yeah, I feel the same. After the first open engagement, an Empire with as much military experience as they are insinuated to have had would change tactics, even if their previous ones had worked well in the past. It would be a lot more interesting to see the (not)Romans making the best use of their complete technological disparity by using different tactics. Ambushes in tight quarters to eliminate the range advantage, pit traps on the roads to get the vehicles the Japs use, artillery (where the hell are the trebuchets and the like?) to damage and destroy the lighter vehicles and immobilize the heavier ones, spreading out formations to make the japs use more ammunition and to minimize collateral damage from explosions, ditching most armor and shields since they are useless against firearms, etc. I know the series is meant to just be nip wanking, but it would be more effective nip wanking if it wasn't Japan genociding a bunch of functional retards with swords.
>>138871907
>Well, first off I'd figure out how to get my hands on their weaponry, we only need to take a few squads out since they move in isolated packs.
While not a bad idea, harder to do than say
>Then have my top mages try and figure out what's going on in that stuff.
Your who?
>Cut off their supplies by fucking up the gate, they're near a forest or something...
Ancient siege weapons didn't have enough range for that. There is a wide protected area around the gate.
>>138871432
Oh please, at least Michael Bay military porn is sexy and fun and puts America up against worthy foes like the Japanese Empire and the Decepticons. This is just downright ridiculous.
YEEEEEHAW
>>138870985
>trainers who were originally sent to the US to learn said techniques
Shoulda gone to UK; get those skills straight from the source rather than some watered down bastardization from a bunch of hacks who were too lazy/stupid to come up with it themselves.
>>138872129
what
>>138871978
>ambushes in tight quarters
This should've happened already, it's one of the most basic tactics of the ancient world.
>pit traps
They had brimstone pits back in the ancient world, would've basically exploded trucks.
>trebuchets
Romans didn't have those, but they had scorpios and this nifty thing called a polybolos which was basically a bolt-action ballista.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polybolos
>>138872073
>wide protected area
How wide though? I know that the ballista-like stone throwers had a range of like 700 meters or something. Also, they could probably use something like fire pots to cause some havoc.
I'd probably hire some ''''refugees'''' to set fire to a few of their camps, use some of their own weapons against them in the panic, and in the confusion move in and take out the gate.
>your who?
M-mages?
>>138872210
I paused it and held a cowboy hat over her head
Don't tell me Rory doesn't make a cute cowgirl
>>138871759
Your average grunt isn't known to be a bright fella, thus the reason why recruitment centres would happily accept dropouts, but that is beside the point.
Things is, commanders rarely respond to changing military threats, at least, not fast enough. In civil war, for example, battles was still conducted in tight line formation,with guys standing and shooting each other and waiting to be shoot at, despite advances in contemporary weaponry (rifled muskets, breech-loading cannons, repeating carbines/pistols and even gatling gun). Most of the time, it's not about the competency of the guys at front line, but the commanders at the back
>>138872317
>>138872089
>complaining about stuff you don't even pay for
>>138872468
Man honestly fuck their cheating bullshit.
What's the limit of a mage's power?
I'd lay them under siege (not that it means anything) as a strategy to take their attention away from my sappers underground.
Damn, at this rate, even fucking Pakistan would wipe the floor with the empire and turn them into a caliphate
>>138872528
>defending Japanese anime on an American message board for free
>>138872317
>This should've happened already, it's one of the most basic tactics of the ancient world.
Even fucking chimps use this tactic to get other chimps. The author can't really expect me to think that nobody thought to ambush the japs in the city alleys at least.
>They had brimstone pits back in the ancient world, would've basically exploded trucks.
Even better. I figured pit traps were just an easy way to immobilize a vehicle on top of fucking up an entire convoy and rendering a road useless for a couple of days, but making them explode is even better. But I was operating off the assumption that the Empire could only handle the most basic of tactics, and I figured "digging a hole and covering it with stuff" was simple enough for their leadership to think of. Even just pushing some boulders in the road would slow down the convoy severely if the road was the only passable route.
>Romans didn't have those, but they had scorpios and this nifty thing called a polybolos which was basically a bolt-action ballista.
Sorry, I honestly don't know a ton about ancient warfare, but I figured the Totally-Not-Romans would have some sort of siege weapons they could use or modify to at least put up a fight.
>>138872606
This turn of events is quite silly. Its pretty obvious the Empire lost its best legions on the invasion and the post-invasion attempt to retake the hill. JSDF is wiping out conscripts and city guard at this point.
>>138872670
>Even fucking chimps use this tactic to get other chimps.
>The Empire is literally sub-chimp tier
>>138872606
Well in their defence, Pakistan do havs larger military than Japan, and unlike Japan, they have nukes.
They can even shit on the empire with nothing more than their old G3 rifle and M113 APC
>>138872752
These Imperial henchmen needed 200 or so infantry to overrun a position held by 10 girly knights. They've been fucked for a long time now.
>>138857280
Hardy for god sake, stop
>>138872774
Japan does have nukes, they're just parked in US silos.
>>138872836
>girly knights
Yeah because they're fucking incompetent pigs, unless they've sided with the nips in which case they are for all intents and purposes invincible
Fuck them all
>>138872774
>pakistan M113
What's wrong with M113? It's not like the japs themselves brought anything fancy across the gate.
>>138872670
>I honestly don't know a ton about ancient warfare
It shows.
>but I figured the Totally-Not-Romans would have some sort of siege weapons they could use or modify to at least put up a fight.
Ancient siege weapons don't have the range for a surprise attack, so they'd have to be build up or moved close enough to their target, which would give Japan all the time in the world to use their superior ranged weapons to wipe them out before they even get in firing range.
>>138872612
So? If you don't like it, don't watch it. It's like you were paid 50 cents everytime you post shit about Japan on the internet
>>138854533
I have never hated a character this fast
the worst and most annoying character in the show
I wanted to throw up every time she talks and act cute
>>138872606
That's funny, while on the toilet earlier I was thinking that your average no-name African warlord with a few hundred fighters and some defunct Soviet surplus gear could probably take over the Empire with minimum casualties. They're that incompetent.
>>138872994
>It shows.
I never claimed to be a military buff, but even a pleb like me can use common sense to think of ways to at least slow down a technologically superior foe.
>Ancient siege weapons don't have the range for a surprise attack, so they'd have to be build up or moved close enough to their target, which would give Japan all the time in the world to use their superior ranged weapons to wipe them out before they even get in firing range.
Fair enough. I still think things like pit traps and close quarters ambushes would work well though. The Empire wouldn't win, but it would beat them uselessly flopping around like they are.
>>138857955
jpg, that's why.
>>138869536
>that entire page
It's weird how much that stands out, I'm not even a burger and it just sounds like something a generic shonen support would say before the MC shows up.
>>138872983
Exactly my point
>>138873135
Kek
>>138872994
>Ancient siege weapons don't have the range for a surprise attack, so they'd have to be build up or moved close enough to their target, which would give Japan all the time in the world to use their superior ranged weapons to wipe them out before they even get in firing range.
Well, not on an open field but smaller versions could presumably be set up in some hidden location (underbrush or something) to wreck some havoc
The way to fight against an unstoppable powerful army is to slowly hack at them and wear them down.
The REAL question is why the Empra decided to attack first without getting info on their military forces, since the civilian-spam obviously wasn't their military and a basic amount of common sense should've told them that a nation this (relative to the Empire) prosperous and this architecturally capable could not possibly have a weak military.
>>138858672
How much knowledge of the Japanese do I have?
In any case, you would know the JSDF are trying to protect civilians. Use guerrilla warfare, hide your soldiers among the civilian population. You need to have the civilians on your side too, which might be difficult given how much of dicks the empire has supposedly been.
You would also have to somehow close or reduce the gap that JSDF has as a result of possessing vastly superior technology, either by stealing their weapons somehow and examining how they work or use alternatives like magic, preferably both. Magic is a bit iffy since it's not clear how good it is, but it could be enough to gain a fighting chance against the common infantry.
>>138873144
>your average no-name African warlord
Plus everyone in the GATE-verse would probably die of newly-introduced tropical diseases.
>>138873197
Yeah, beyond the immediate ridiculousness of American spec ops being outdone by Japanese, his wording does sound super generic.
>>138873357
Presumably it's because every position of leadership in the Empire is occupied by an idiot with the critical thinking skills of a three year old. There's literally no other explanation for that magnitude of lack of forethought and analysis.
>>138873567
>every position of leadership in the Empire is occupied by an idiot with the critical thinking skills of a three year old
Lead poisoning's a bitch.
>>138873357
Because the Empire leadership was created to be stupid on purpose, they killing civilians only is clearly a move from the author to make readers sympathize with the Japan side and justify any of JSDF's massacre on the Empire people later on, just like in this episode.
>>138873567
You know who the Empra sort of reminds me of?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honorius_%28emperor%29
>>138873680
See, they should've made this guy the emperor.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elagabalus
>The Augustan History claims that he also married a man named Zoticus, an athlete from Smyrna, in a public ceremony at Rome. Cassius Dio reported that Elagabalus would paint his eyes, epilate his hair and wear wigs before prostituting himself in taverns, brothels, and even in the imperial palace:
>Finally, he set aside a room in the palace and there committed his indecencies, always standing nude at the door of the room, as the harlots do, and shaking the curtain which hung from gold rings, while in a soft and melting voice he solicited the passers-by. There were, of course, men who had been specially instructed to play their part. For, as in other matters, so in this business, too, he had numerous agents who sought out those who could best please him by their foulness. He would collect money from his patrons and give himself airs over his gains; he would also dispute with his associates in this shameful occupation, claiming that he had more lovers than they and took in more money.
>Herodian commented that Elagabalus enhanced his natural good looks by the regular application of cosmetics. He was described as having been "delighted to be called the mistress, the wife, the queen of Hierocles" and was reported to have offered vast sums of money to any physician who could equip him with female genitalia.
Having a bishonen trap fuccboi as the emperor would've been glorious.
>>138873817
>literally a tranny
>>138872073
>Your who?
Top. Mages.
>>138873817
There's a doujin to be made here.
Mojiki, if you read this, please do your wonder
>>138873817
>>138874108
Zolzal as a fuccboi?
I'm not sure if I want this
But I'd read it
>Beefeater
I know it's a reference to alcohol, but still.
>>138858672
First off I would search contact with them to find out what the fuck they want, what they have to offer. etc.
If I would gain better intel I could start making infiltration plans like a soldier exchange programm under the anme of cultural understanding or some shit.
If we gain entrence to Japan itself and other nations then the real intrigue shit would start
>>138874158
I'd rather Diablo as a fuccboi for the Chinese, being disappointed at how small they are.
The little slut.
So which other countries will eventually set up shop? Will the Japs take them all out?
What is the GROOOOMIN'STANDARD in the JGSDF? Anime Itami's stub is triggering me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oF0XYRhRvA
Also I miss the GK discussions after episode 2 and the anime opening singing.
>>138874563
They all gave up, remember? Nips are too strong :^)
21st century tech would win sure, but the armed conflicts are low tension because there's no worry about anything worse than taking an arrow to the shoulder.
Empire has mages, and strength of numbers. The battles would be more entertaining if the locals could at least get in a decent blow once in a while.
>>138874731
Because the locals are literally retarded.
>>138874159
She can eat my beef, if you know what I mean.
>>138874563
The japs are too stronk and overpowered, outsmarted, and outmaneuvered the three most powerful nations on the planet. If the author had any intention of having other countries interrupt the jap wank fest then they would have done so by now.
>>138855332
It's sexy to everyone.
I have a question
Why does everyone call Diavolo a 'Coward'?
He's like the one smart person in all of the Empire. He fucking knew his days were numbered when his brother took the throne, so he gtfo.
PINA is the real coward idiot for knowing that her brother was insane but staying there anyway. Can you imagine what Zorzal would have done to Diavolo if he knew he was alive? I'm sure death would have been the least of his problems if Zorzal found that there was another possible heir to the throne wandering about. All Pina has to worry about is being stuck in a box.
Diavolo did nothing wrong and is actually a very intelligent tactician.
>>138875162
>allying with the Chinks
I know he was unaware of what kind of animals they are, but still
>>138875243
To us, we know even from in-comic that they wanted to move a billion people there.
He didn't, to him they were just another country that was much bigger than Japan that had a lot of terrifying military equipment.
When your options are to run from Empire the rest of your life or team up to take back your empire, he made the best decision.
this episode had hardly any lelei, and was thus, ipso facto, a bad episode
>>138875348
Contributing Lelei
>>138875162
Ideally the smart thing to do would be to go back and ask help from the JSDF because they already had a presence there and all the military hardware he would ever want.
Why he decided to solicit people who weren't even on his planet is beyond me.
>>138875348
Here's some lelei
>>138875348
Lelei is the only one of the 3 girls traveling with Itami since the beginning that got decent screentime this entire season.
Stop being greedy.
Some Yao art
![[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_19.16_[2016.03.20_14.29.11].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/f0cSxIc.jpg "[HorribleSubs] GATE - 23 [720p].mkv_snapshot_19.16_[2016.03.20_14.29.11].jpg")
Why is he so badass
https://youtu.be/uGKMBuV5cUc
>>138876264
Because JAPAN STRONK
>>138876264
Because he's JAKKU BOWAH
>>138874159
Actually, a Beefeater (yeoman warder) is a guardian of the royal family.
>>138876264
