Soukou no Strain: Episode 3

Rating: 8.3/10
Impressions:
Another enjoyable episode; a lead up to the first battle with Sara in her new red Strain. Of course, we all knew it was going to happen, but it still is nevertheless exciting to watch. Just the feeling you get when watching the characters get geared up is stirring. I have really fallen in love with this show, and the quality is improving as well. Regardless of the normal animation, the computer generated animation is fairly high quality and pleasant to look at. I was hoping that the sub-lightspeed battle would actually take place, having Sara own everyone of course, before being invaded. That way, she’d get much more awe than the way how this episode played out. However, her being a reisner would allow people to track down her past pretty easily I’d assume, which is why this would want to be kept a secret. There’s no doubt that Sara and the ‘princess’ will meet and both try to kill Ralph, and they’ll probably both be angry and desperate instead of friendly toward each other. Sara’s abilities will become revealed to her of course, though I wonder how she’ll react. I think the fact that they are both Reisners will allow them to be close friends, and Sara will probably not be picked on as much anymore. By the way, yes I am being very slack with only six screenshots this episode, but I promise I’ll start blogging normally again by the weekend and onwards, since then I will be on holidays!
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I am suprised you left Isabella death out since its a major event, this episode is pretty much a “continues in the next episode”, the battle starts in this episode but only ends in the next one.
Ugh…I’m still thinking if I should watch this or not.
The mechas look sweet, but the character designs are really bad.
For me it’s all about the enticing plot, though the mechas do make it look better. I don’t really have much of a problem with the character design though.
Episode 3 definitely pushed me further into it. The most intriguing part atm seems to be the connection between Emily, the little girl abducted by pedo-bro, and how they are connected with Sara. Very interesting potentials.