Aldnoah Zero: ToroKen vs. Hanaho, Round 1!!

This has already been translated elsewhere, but since it cracked me up sooooo much, I needed my own record of it.

As everyone knows, the second major promotional image relating to the second cour of Aldnoah Zero was revealed on Nov 6th in Shinjuku for just two days. The image was of Asseylum, whose fate had been left somewhat in doubt by the finale of the first cour (Yuki’s narration, and Magbaredge’s command in the 15-second preview kind of gave it away that she was alive…). The reactions have been mixed. Some viewers in the West are really annoyed, because this is the third time an attempt on her life has failed, so they can’t take the threat seriously anymore.

Personally, I really don’t care about that. For, to me, the best reaction came from the seiyuu behind our two protagonists, who had the following exchange on Twitter:

Ono: Princess Asseylum… I didn’t make it…

Hanae: Ha! The difference in our love for her shines through!

Ono: Grrr… When it comes to the princess, I won’t lose…

Hanae: She was sooo soft…

Ono: You BASTAAAARD!!!!!

You can tell that these two get along really really well! I’m going to need to listen to that limited Radio CD from Tsutaya!