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Infinite Stratos #2
IS<インフィニット・ストラトス> : 2 / Aiesu Infinitto Sutoratosu : 2 [Infinite Stratos 2]
“I’m Charles Dunois. I come from France,” “Bodewig. Laura Bodewig.” The girl-packed IS academy has two new exchange students: the handsome boy Charles and the German girl Laura. Dashing young Charles, a representative of France, is the second male IS pilot after Ichika, and the girls are already head over heels. Meanwhile, platinum blonde Laura’s lithe frame belies a contempt for Ichika that strays into physical violence. What caused her grudge against Ichika? What secrets are hidden by Charles’s nonchalant élan? The IS are rearmed and ready for action!
148 pages, Light Novel
First published August 25, 2009
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August 9, 2018
So Infinite Stratos shows it's colors in this one. It is what it is, a romance harem based series where we focus on a different girl or two and their attachment to Ichika each volume. Don't expect the greatest plot in the world. There's no real "enemy" or "goal" (besides graduating and finding "someone worth protecting" for Orimura).
About the most major "story" element, if you can call it that, introduced in this one was the sort of international students spying on other IS tech. Charles, the "male" character of the volume makes no bones about his spying on Ichika's wep. Same for our German counterpart, Laura. They talked about how protecting the IS pilots is almost a secondary concern to protecting the IS themselves.
We learn more about Chifuyu through some of the other characters, particularly Laura and Houki's sister. The biggest thing being that she sees her brother as strong.
On the explicitness of the series, this one really did increase that element. The main character is going through puberty, so I understand it a bit, but the author is putting him in really awkward scenarios. The "falling down on top of another character trope"... Was it new when this released? It's just so tired. I'm curious where they're going with the romance. I know many fans like Charles, so it'll be interesting to see who the author ends up favoring at the end. Houki's relationship doesn't seem healthy, mentally straining for her; I hope she moves on. Maya would be a bit too age gapish, creepy. Rin would be ok, but she is a bit rash in terms of abuse and I hear not a huge fan favorite. Cecilia and Laura seem like the most normal of the crushes so far, but I guess we'll see.
The ending for the volume was something. Like, so far Orimura has mostly only suffered CTE from their abuse from jealousy, but now they're trying to kill him. Like, yikes. It's the kind of ending that only works if you think of this as a Cartoon. xD
About the most major "story" element, if you can call it that, introduced in this one was the sort of international students spying on other IS tech. Charles, the "male" character of the volume makes no bones about his spying on Ichika's wep. Same for our German counterpart, Laura. They talked about how protecting the IS pilots is almost a secondary concern to protecting the IS themselves.
We learn more about Chifuyu through some of the other characters, particularly Laura and Houki's sister. The biggest thing being that she sees her brother as strong.
On the explicitness of the series, this one really did increase that element. The main character is going through puberty, so I understand it a bit, but the author is putting him in really awkward scenarios. The "falling down on top of another character trope"... Was it new when this released? It's just so tired. I'm curious where they're going with the romance. I know many fans like Charles, so it'll be interesting to see who the author ends up favoring at the end. Houki's relationship doesn't seem healthy, mentally straining for her; I hope she moves on. Maya would be a bit too age gapish, creepy. Rin would be ok, but she is a bit rash in terms of abuse and I hear not a huge fan favorite. Cecilia and Laura seem like the most normal of the crushes so far, but I guess we'll see.
The ending for the volume was something. Like, so far Orimura has mostly only suffered CTE from their abuse from jealousy, but now they're trying to kill him. Like, yikes. It's the kind of ending that only works if you think of this as a Cartoon. xD
May 13, 2019
Awesome
I liked Charles and Laura's characters, so cool! Plus there's the continuing growth of Ichikas relationships with Houki, Ron and Cecilia! Can't wait to read Volume 3.
I liked Charles and Laura's characters, so cool! Plus there's the continuing growth of Ichikas relationships with Houki, Ron and Cecilia! Can't wait to read Volume 3.
June 22, 2020
After the attack by the mysterious black IS, life at the IS academy has returned to normal. However, the balance is once again disturbed with the appearance of two transfer students: Charles Dunois - the French national cadet and the second male to pilot an IS, and Laura Bodewig - the German national cadet who has a relationship with Ichika's sister Chifuyu.
While it tries to follow volume 1's format of one half focusing on one character with the second half focusing on the other, here it does not work. In volume 1, Cecilia and Rin are introduced in their respective halves, with Houki having a constant presence throughout (helped that she was Ichika's roommate in the first volume). Here, Charles and Laura are introduced in the same scene, but once the scene is done, Laura vacates for the majority of the story, with Charles getting the lion's share of the focus. Honestly, Laura could have been switched with a one-off character and the story would barely change.
Yet, even though Laura got the short end, I still enjoyed volume 2 because of how well Charles's story was. I just wished it wasn't done at Laura's expense.
While it tries to follow volume 1's format of one half focusing on one character with the second half focusing on the other, here it does not work. In volume 1, Cecilia and Rin are introduced in their respective halves, with Houki having a constant presence throughout (helped that she was Ichika's roommate in the first volume). Here, Charles and Laura are introduced in the same scene, but once the scene is done, Laura vacates for the majority of the story, with Charles getting the lion's share of the focus. Honestly, Laura could have been switched with a one-off character and the story would barely change.
Yet, even though Laura got the short end, I still enjoyed volume 2 because of how well Charles's story was. I just wished it wasn't done at Laura's expense.
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