The real deal begins now!

For most of the series, the first introduction arc has come to a close and this is where the series starts to head into a more upfront plot development. Which in most cases, are good and some remain debatable.

I guess the biggest plot escalation this time remains with Shingeki no Kyojin. After airing for 6 episodes, our main protagonist, Eren Jaeger, loses his life while saving his friend Armin from the Titan, and so it had seemed to be. For non-manga readers like me, I guess the latest episode was pretty intense for the viewers, and along with the action scenes, come an even more surprising development. Shocking I would say.

Eren Jaeger?!

Upfront, it is shown that Mikasa had just been protected by a Titan who appeared and began slaughtering other Titans using basic hand to hand combat with the strength equivalent to an abnormality. That uncanny appearance of the Titan and its eyes, hair, actions, all remind me of Eren himself. So here's the rather obvious development that this has shown. Apparently it seems like Eren has become a Titan himself?!

With that it implies the possibility that the Titans were previously humans as well. The Titan phenomenon could be a mutation of certain beings that result in Titans being born and when humans die to the Titans, they are reborn as Titans instead and bearing the pain and suffering, they let their feelings out by taking on the humans. This could thus be the reason why the Titans have started emerging from nowhere and have multiplied over time, as they continue to consume more humans over time, which thus give birth to more Titans? This could be a possible hypothesis on the secret of the Titans itself. For the abnormalities, they might have been born from humans who have unique characteristics and had got eaten by the Titans. This is just my speculation since I've not read the manga and I do say that this series is getting more interesting as the episodes go by.

Seeing how the OP and ED still has many "Eren footages", I wouldn't think that he would just disappear or remain as a Titan until he is killed which makes me even more curious in thinking how the process can be reversed or how they would explain Eren's survival even after getting eaten by a Titan.

Oh, and Mikasa's a real badass leader too. A cool, strong and composed leader. A pity she wasn't with Eren when his squad was taken out. Really do like their concept of their equipments too. A gas propelled mechanism coupled with spare blades like how you would actually fix a penknife when it gets blunt. Seems almost perfectly possible to recreate that technology in modern times. Looking forward to more actions next week!

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With most of the humour aside in Majestic Prince, the pilots have finally graduated from their school and have become fully trained and recognised pilots of the AHSMB. And finally, more are actually revealed about the enemies that they have been fighting against, the Wulgaru. It does seem that they are humans too, or at least their physical appearance are that of a human, with perhaps more advanced technology than the other humans possess. And that only recently that the AHSMB is able to keep up with their technology and weapons.

Nothing is revealed yet about the Wulgaru's goals and aims or what they are trying to achieve other than the more common world domination, and looking at the JURIA system, I've got a feeling its more than just a basic system for the AHSMB to function. The pink haired girl has not made much appearance over the past couple of episodes but the possibility of her being a Wulgaru is indeed quite high, seeing how the other Wulgarus look perfectly human to me. The mysterious pilot of the Wulgaru fleet that destroyed the satellites the previous time Izuru and the others were trying to put up and it seems that he's the prince of the Wulgaru's leading family but however it doesn't seem like he yearns to battle a lot so perhaps he does share a little thought about the ongoing war?

Nonetheless, I believe the school and all those other students's interactions are all history now and here is where the real story begin, the 5 AHSMB units against the Wulgaru fleet. With small bits of humour here and there to liven up the atmosphere in this soon-to-be, or believed-to-be mecha action series, no doubt this too, is getting better.

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I didn't think I'll actually start talking about Date A Live, but the latest episode has definitely bring out a rather interesting plot twister here and there. Firstly, it is the first time a Spirit has actually declared that she was one, openly, without fear that she might be hunted down by the AST. She didn't even wait for Shido to make his move to capture her heart and instead, she made her first move on him 1st. This is rather surprising since she was later revealed that she was an extremely dangerous spirit that has already claimed the lives of many humans out there. And that girl in question is Kurumi Tokisaki or codename Nightmare.

Little is known about her abilities and no doubt she has quite an interesting left eye, with some sort of clock ticking as her pupil. From the OP, she was the Spirit that actually made this series look rather cool as there's is always this creepy and mysterious feel around her. Not just a new Spirit has arrived, but apparently, a girl called Mana claiming to be Shido's blood-related younger sister has come into contact with Shido once again. Which later brings me to think that Kotori was indeed a Spirit after all? Similarly in the OP, she does seem to be one of the silhouettes in the beginning, hinting that she might be a spirit after all. This is further reinforced by how Shido was able to revive himself after he got shot by Origami which might have been Kotori's ability all along. Nothing much has been revealed on Kotori's past as of now, but the possibility of  her being a Spirit isn't zero.

Moving back to Kurumi, it does seem that she has set her sight on Shido, or some power within him, that she yearns to get and had got herself closer to Shido as a result. What was surprising was how she still survived Mana's attack after her head got cut off by Mana's AST's equipments and still manage to return to school the following day. With her left eye being a mini clock, I suspect her ability has something to do with turning back time or some sort, or I wouldn't quite understand how she would be able to survive all those attacks. It is interesting to see finally a Spirit that has her own will to devour humans openly and a mysterious one to boot. Would be enjoyable to see how this goes on.

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 And this time, back again to Valvrave's development. For a moment, I did thought that this actually had some hope left, or a glimpse of hope to be exact. Well, before anything, I would say that I was pretty disappointed in seeing how the 2nd Valvrave's design turned out to be. Come on... spider legs? =.=

I actually did like the fast paced portion of the latest episode, from Saki yearning the powers of the Valvrave (or the vampire powers to be exact) and the exploitation of such ability. To her, being famous was everything, which was perhaps due to her family background that forces her to be famous even at a level where merely an Idol wasn't enough. And without a second thought, she became a pilot of the 2nd Valvrave and tested her own power of transferring bodies on Haruto. All that actually gave the series a more "complete" view since the main point which brought me to watch this series was the unique power that the Valvrave pilots each possess and the true secret of the Valvrave system itself. And seeing how someone like Rukino Saki, actually already started to exploit such powers, makes the episode much much more enjoyable than the others.

And also there were finally some action by the Valvraves this time round, other than just Haruto flying around, making it seems like a mascot rather than a fighting machine. It was quick to stamp out the idea of using the Valvrave as a hostage as Dorssia soon began its attack on Module 77, easily killing the Senator of ARUS and lead an attack on the module itself. Thankfully with the 2nd Valvrave in action, Saki was able to clear most of the enemies away with her sickening controls of her "dragoon-like" weapon discs.

This thus brings me to think, where exactly does Haruto and Saki learns to pilot the Valvraves?

It could be understandable for Haruto after all it was a close combat unit and basic flying and slicing might be easy to grasp for someone with aptitude, but for Saki's Valvrave, which involves crucial and fast controlling of her detachable discs, it is almost impossible to think that it was the first time she was piloting the Valvrave. It was hinted that their school might have been prepared for the Valvraves and perhaps the students were all genetically coded to passively know how to pilot one and to be accepted by the Valvrave?

For a moment too, when Saki was feeling fear (which actually finally made sense for once) and Haruto was getting himself whipped by the Dorssia army, I thought that Shouko would be getting into another Valvrave and helping the two out. But nope, she decides to cheer them on. Yup. Cheering. I would definitely agree that she's a hard core optimist that believes in miracles and on small things that can affect the rest. It is an alright personality but too much of that makes her more irritating as compared to the rest. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if Shouko was another pilot for the Valvraves (there are 3 more left) and what exactly is L-Elf planning? He could easily just get into one of the remaining Valvraves but nope, he didn't. Now that's just weird.

Not too bad as a pilot eh. :)

Not so sure about the target audience of this series is now but it really seems way too overboard with all the cliché moments: "when you are in a quarrel, sing and everything would be fine". or "you're losing? come on, we'll cheer you on". perhaps it's just me but these are literal examples of how the series is spoiled. Who knows, this might just be the turning point of the series that literally went downhill after the first episode.

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Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince - Watashi wa Souzou Suru