The fourth manga volume of scientific female service series Infinite Stratos is now out and it overlooks the sixth and seventh episodes of the anime – which in other words, means Charlotte pantsu and bathing scenes.
As is quite standard for essentially every item of otaku merchandise, it comes with different artcards depending on where you decide to purchase the book – one of which features a loli made far more voluptuous than she truly is, quite a turnoff, whereas the other two are both more wholesome pieces which exhibit girls in robotic armor in a fairly washed out color pallet, yet still superb nonetheless.
Amongst all the characters and festivities going on within this manga volume, the highlight of it all is the shy yet sexy Charlotte. It’s unusual for a manga to be behind an anime series as is the case here – and one will see some scenes, such as the pantsu pulling rear exposure in a certain image below, not be represented as consistently across mediums as one would find within a more orthodox anime/manga relationship. The anime variant of this scene of Charlotte pantsu pulling was far more elaborate – not to mention, offered a better view of Charlotte from the back.
Although admittedly the manga rendition does impress however in that it is uncensored and you need not purchase any extra special edition manga volume to see Charlotte’s finer areas. Thankfully this holds true to the scene of bathing as well – Charlotte’s breasts are gratuitously revealed whilst wet, and the artists were even courteous enough to make the page in full color.
Certainly if there ever was a rewarding manga to read (look at the pictures), this is it.
Jan 30, 2012 @ 15:24 CDT
Too bad the anime took the boring route (childhood friends, first main girl to appear). And I only had 2 eps and the ova left but now forever dropped until (hopefully not) SOPA?PIPA-ACTA-TPP take effect. I’m another Charlotte fan, it should have been her or Cecilia or Laura.
I want to kill Ichika not because I’m jealous but because he chose the wrong girl, f**king baka (harem end FTW).
Jan 30, 2012 @ 15:35 CDT
If you want to see a flawless harem ending, I recommend Seitokai no Ichizon if you’ve not watched it already.
On another note, I like how we have to keep tossing around acronyms like “SOPA?PIPA-ACTA-TPP”, even though they’re all the same irrational concept – a free country this is not.