Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino (sloppy sequel)

Holy crap, being a big Gunslinger Girl fan, I don't know how I missed this... I saw the logo on an airsoft site, but I thought it was just promoting the firearms they used in the show.

Well, I'm off to download this now, will be back with impressions :3

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Ugh, here's my impressions:

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Overall, I'm pretty disappointed. I'm comparing this to the first season though, so it may be unfair in that respect.

I feel as if the 2nd season has lost the melancholy feeling it once had in the first. It seems lightened up in this one. All the girls seem well.... more girly and slightly less believable (did Henrietta honestly have to giggle that many times when she was in Joses room?). Jose seems like he's more social now too, from the interaction between him and Henrietta we witness. When they did try to portray some form of seriousness (Henrietta getting angry that Jose was hurt and almost pulling the trigger, and Triela covered in blood as she turns around after shooting that guy) it came off as melodramatic, and wasn't very effective on me at all.

I'm very disheartened with where they headed with the art direction and music though. Everyone seems so much younger now.. and the music... well, it doesn't captivate me anymore like it once did, seems very generic. I do like the ending theme though :3.

All in all, I feel as if the series has been catered to a more mainstream audience and that it has been lightened up a significant amount. Hard to judge from one episode, but it's a bad first impression for me. I will continue watching though, just to see where this goes.

Ah, one thing I did like though, was the attention to firearm mechanics. The close up of Triela chambering her trademark trench gun was nice. Though, whenever someone went to ready their firearm, I felt as if the entire scene froze just so we would notice that one movement haha. I understand they're trying to please us firearm junkies, but they don't have to make their point so blatant.


EDIT: The OP was a complete pain to watch and a true eye sore.

Ah, to answer your shotgun issue though zzeroparticle, the choke on the end of a shotgun barrel can be modified. Choke is basically narrowing down the end of the barrel like a funnel, so the more evident the choke, the greater range you have. So Triela could have indeed shot those dudes in the car from that distance :3. I can't tell you the distance increments on different chokes though since I don't remember them off hand haha.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by zzeroparticle

At the risk of sounding too nerdy:



OK, I'll defer to your expertise on this one and accept that. What I'm also curious about (since you seem to be a ballistics expert) is whether the whole scene where

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the bullet goes through and leaves that guy with that nosebleed is accurate and representative of the particular firearm that Triela was using? I'm not saying it's fake, but it sure looked that way.

Thanks!

That stuff I told you was pretty basic material, I had to learn about it before I got my firearms licenses, so I doubt I could be branded an expert haha.

About that scene though, to tell you the truth, I have no idea what went on there, wondered myself .

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.