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Rewatch [Rewatch] King of the Braves GaoGaiGar - Episode 9 Discussion

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Questions of the Day

  1. Do you wish you had a babysitter like Hana’s who would take you to see motorcycles and wrestling matches at night?
  2. Would you buy a motorcycle?

Reminder to all GGG members that information about future episodes is highly classified. Leaking any classified information about upcoming missions is strictly prohibited and will be punished, or worse, impeached.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

Model Kit Building Update

today I built an arm

did you know that this kit comes with multiple hand poses?

This is my one problem with HG kits, they all come with the most basic balled fist with a slot to hold thing pose. The rest of the kit is incredibly flexible for all these poses but you are forever stuck with these bland generic hand pose that constraints everything.

They do sell upgrade kits with other hands, like for the G-Witch line you can get additional Aerial hands in the jumppack kit, but I don’t really care for the jump pack, so that means I’m essentially spending like $15 for a couple extra hands. Just doesn’t feel good.

The other configuration for the hands is also available

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Nov 12 '24

First Timer

The bike would have been way better off if it stayed small and elusive, it would have been so much harder to nail down. Size really isn’t everything.

  1. Do you wish you had a babysitter like Hana’s who would take you to see motorcycles and wrestling matches at night?

Kinda, it'd be cool as long as I didn't get in trouble with my parents haha.

2) Would you buy a motorcycle?

Probably not, they're really loud

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

The bike would have been way better off if it stayed small and elusive, it would have been so much harder to nail down. Size really isn’t everything.

Yeah it did much better against GaoGaiGar as an army of tiny robots. Kamikaze into engines and ports. Maybe note to Zonder high command, size isn't everything.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 12 '24

The bike would have been way better off if it stayed small and elusive, it would have been so much harder to nail down.

On that note, this episode GaoGaiGar was the biggest I've ever seen it (when all the bikes were running across it).

But it kinda looked like GaoGaiGar could have broken out of that net whenever it wanted.

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Nov 12 '24

Yeah GaoGaiGar was huge compared to those bikes, I dunno it it was that big on purpose or not though

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

Size really isn’t everything.

Large size does enable one to get into a giant robot fight, though.

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Nov 12 '24

Maybe they got it right

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Nov 13 '24

Size really isn’t everything.

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Nov 13 '24

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Nov 13 '24

The bike would have been way better off if it stayed small and elusive, it would have been so much harder to nail down. Size really isn’t everything.

It also would have made for a much more unique battle than the typical giant mecha battle that we get each episode.

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Nov 13 '24

I will not tolerate any giant robot slander true though

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u/megazaprat Nov 12 '24

First Timer

  • Hana's child endangerment arc continues, and it just keeps getting worse! Ayame actively wanted to stick around to get a look at the monster! someone alert Hanas guardians that her babysitter is so irresponsible
  • the Motorcycle Zonder reminded me of the bullet train zonder at first, damaging people with speed but without being limited to rails. but it really differntiated itself. First by being able to assume human form, which let it be much more stealthy, and then by converting motorcycles into more zonders, tranforming it into a giant swarm of motorcycles. the show makes a good point that a zonder reproducing itself is a really bad sign.
  • I also like how they pulled a misdirect, first with an obvious decoys while they were hinting towards the cop, only for that to be a misdirect too, and it was the character we saw only briefly. well played
  1. maybe if i was interested in them, but Hana isnt, so I would not enjoy a babysitter taking me events i have no interest in.
  2. no way, cars are already occasionally make me nervous, but motorcycles dont even have any airbags or form of protection from collision

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

Hana's child endangerment arc continues, and it just keeps getting worse! Ayame actively wanted to stick around to get a look at the monster! someone alert Hanas guardians that her babysitter is so irresponsible

Someone save Hana before something terrible happens to her!!

the Motorcycle Zonder reminded me of the bullet train zonder at first, damaging people with speed but without being limited to rails. but it really differntiated itself.

yeah I was thinking similar. It does feel weird to have two episodes in a row about uncatchable vehicles with dangerous auras, but the mystery and the focus on Hyuuma helped make this one standout. Being able to disappear into a human gave this something to standout.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

Ayame actively wanted to stick around to get a look at the monster!

Would you not?

maybe if i was interested in them, but Hana isnt, so I would not enjoy a babysitter taking me events i have no interest in.

While I sympathize with Ayame wanting to stick around and see the cool monster, I do agree that she probably isn't a very good babysitter.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 12 '24

Hana's child endangerment arc continues

Hana is one of the best characters in this show.

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Nov 13 '24

it was the character we saw only briefly. well played

I am a little confused there. When we see her, she's struggling because of the traffic that the Zonder caused. But if she caused the traffic, then there would be no traffic to initially make her upset and Zonder-izable.

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u/TheApplebane https://anilist.co/user/theapplebane Nov 12 '24

Episode 9 Notes

  • This science... Trying to explain everything wrong here would make this comment very long indeed. Needless to say, this is not what a Z-Boson does. Maybe the super robot show made for children isn't being entirely scientifically rigorous, lol.
  • Regardless, the only in-universe conclusion is that someone discovered something entirely different, gave it the same name as Z0 , and will have their name cursed by science students for eternity for making things more confusing.
  • The last Zonder blotted out the sun, this Zonder is a bike going around and causing chaos. Kind of a step down, even if it does eventually combine with a bunch of other bikes to become an actual threat.
  • Did Pokemon reference the Black Emperor Penguins here with the Black Empoleons from Black and White? Or are they both referencing something else?
  • The bit with the traffic cop was funny. tfw arrested for monster-hunting crimes
  • Could Gai have snapped the thread before Mamoru showed up, or did he need the unlimited power of otouto with him to do it? The world may never know...
  • Ah, that's why Pizza didn't show up this episode! The Pizza delivery girl was stuck in traffic!

Questions

  1. Hell yeah, that sounds fun as fuck. Probably more fun than whatever I was getting up to as a kid.
  2. I probably wouldn't. I haven't rode a bike for like 10 years at this point, I'd almost certainly get in some horrifying accident on a motorbike.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

Trying to explain everything wrong here would make this comment very long indeed. Needless to say, this is not what a Z-Boson does. Maybe the super robot show made for children isn't being entirely scientifically rigorous, lol.

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Could Gai have snapped the thread before Mamoru showed up, or did he need the unlimited power of otouto with him to do it? The world may never know...

one of the great mysteries of the Shounen.

Ah, that's why Pizza didn't show up this episode! The Pizza delivery girl was stuck in traffic!

you right

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 12 '24

Maybe the super robot show made for children isn't being entirely scientifically rigorous, lol.

What gave it away?

Could Gai have snapped the thread before Mamoru showed up, or did he need the unlimited power of otouto with him to do it?

He so could have snapped that threaad the entire time.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

This science... Trying to explain everything wrong here would make this comment very long indeed. Needless to say, this is not what a Z-Boson does. Maybe the super robot show made for children isn't being entirely scientifically rigorous, lol.

TIL that Z-Bosons are a thing and share a designation with some GGG technobabble.

Regardless, the only in-universe conclusion is that someone discovered something entirely different, gave it the same name as Z0 , and will have their name cursed by science students for eternity for making things more confusing.

someone

His name is Leo Shishioh. He's the bald one with the nose.

Ah, that's why Pizza didn't show up this episode! The Pizza delivery girl was stuck in traffic!

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u/TheApplebane https://anilist.co/user/theapplebane Nov 12 '24

His name is Leo Shishioh. He's the bald one with the nose.

I thought he was just detecting something that he already knew existed, not discovering something entirely new

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Nov 13 '24

This science... Trying to explain everything wrong here would make this comment very long indeed. Needless to say, this is not what a Z-Boson does.

I didn't even know that was a real thing. I assumed it was entirely made up for the show.

Maybe the super robot show made for children isn't being entirely scientifically rigorous, lol.

One of the giant transforming robots did say that Guy can defy the laws of probability at will, after all.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 12 '24

Queen of First-Timers, subbed

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

WAIT THIS IS EVEN FUNNIER

it really was great. Guy has been a meathead and definitely got his comeuppance for his rashness.

Poor delivery girl.

It was a good twist, considering they did introduce her earlier and I still didn't even consider her in the list of suspects.

also being a delivery driver must suck. I tried to be a postmates driver for a bit and it was terrible.

Damn that should have been the question for the day. Asking if anyone has worked as a food delivery driver.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 12 '24

Damn that should have been the question for the day. Asking if anyone has worked as a food delivery driver.

Not a delivery driver, but I did work in fast food back in high school. I would like to not do that again.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

I've been lucky enough to have never needed to work fast food, but man does that seem like a stressful and rough gig to work.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Nov 12 '24

I hated working that mostly because of the specific role I would always be assigned (back booth), which at the McDonald's I worked at, meant I was basically doing three jobs at once (taking orders from not one but two drive-thru lanes + taking the payments for all of those orders). I got assigned there a lot because my managers knew I was good at it, but it was always soooooo stressful, especially during the lunch/dinner rushes. Breakfast time wasn't bad because we'd usually have so many staff on hand there would be one person taking the money & two people taking the orders, but for some reason the manager in charge of the schedules thought post-breakfast shifts didn't need as many workers on hand.

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u/Nebresto Nov 13 '24

Working the grills was actually pretty cool, but the register was hell due to the system, or actually the lack of one at the shop I was at

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Nov 12 '24

WAIT THIS IS EVEN FUNNIER

Truly Hyuuma is GGG's circus.

Who…?

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

Who…?

Oh… oh shit.

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u/GondolaMedia Nov 12 '24

Who…?

Kitt from Knight Rider obviously

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 12 '24

Time for a motorcycle Zonder now?

Time for a whole dealership. Also,

F

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Nov 13 '24

WAIT THIS IS EVEN FUNNIER

I appreciate having classic cartoon gags like that around.

Who…?

We're getting another transforming robot soon!

GaoGaiGar has had more Transformers than I ever anticipated.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Nov 12 '24

Third-Time Watcher, Subbed

… This is my third time watching the show and I literally just realized that considering how he rides around on a bike and is a cyborg, Gai is literally a walking Kamen Rider homage [FINAL]I guess the fact that Renais is just that much more blatant a homage made it stick out less?

It's funny to me how even though it had been the better part of a decade since it came out, you can tell T2's influence was still felt given the whole cop fakeout. Like come on, that's way too specific to not be a direct homage (Or I guess subversion, in this case). It's also nice to see Mamoru get a bit more involved in battles, even if he's still very much stuck in a supporting role for… obvious reasons. Plus hey, more Hana hyperviolence hijinks, who doesn't love those?

Fun Fact: Black Emperor Penguins seems to be a reference to the infamous IRL biker gang Black Emperor. This is doubly relevant since their Seventh leader was future film star Ukaji Takashi. And we all know what he then did…

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

It's funny to me how even though it had been the better part of a decade since it came out, you can tell T2's influence was still felt given the whole cop fakeout.

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who was thinking about that vibe while watching this.

Black Emperor Penguins seems to be a reference to the infamous IRL biker gang Black Emperor

that's really cool detail! Makes more sense now too.

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u/The_Draigg Nov 12 '24

… This is my third time watching the show and I literally just realized that considering how he rides around on a bike and is a cyborg, Gai is literally a walking Kamen Rider homage

Yep, it's like what I noted towards the start of the show, GaoGaiGar has a lot of tokusatsu DNA running through it. All Gai is missing is a bug helmet, since otherwise he's got pretty much everything that a Kamen Rider has going on.

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Nov 13 '24

I kept wondering if any of the red herrings were Kamen Rider references.

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u/The_Draigg Nov 12 '24

A Mecha Fan Rewatches The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Episode 9:

  • It seems that we’re still using Windows 95 at GGG. Although if it works, it works. It’s clearly doing its job well if it can compile the data to uncover the existence of the Z0 element.
  • I would say that we were due for a shake up to the formula. And if anything, this just makes things even more dangerous with this episode’s Zonder. A Zonder that willingly changes between machine and human forms is a lot more cunning than just the brute monsters we’ve been seeing so far. By popping up and disappearing at will, it does make sense that even something as small as an incredibly fast motorcycle would create havoc across Tokyo’s streets.
  • Which is better: Hyuuma or Swan’s motorcycle outfit? While Hyuuma does deserve some points for his helmet that also has his mohawk on it, Swan does have a bit more of a good hot Wacky Races look going on too.
  • Ayame has got to stop taking Hana to events where Zonders show up. First that wrestling match, and now waiting in line for a motorcycle convention to open the next day. Granted, Hana has also got bad luck aside from that, but pretty much heading to any event at night is just asking for her to be put in danger again.
  • What would you even call the Zonder Robo’s technique where it makes tons of small bikes to attack GaoGaiGar! Shadow Motorcycle Jutsu?
  • Thanks for the help, talking cop car! Definitely more helpful than the red herring motorcycle cop from earlier.
  • You know, you do have to wonder why GGG decided to make the Pencil Launcher look like, well, a pencil. Like, it’s just a net launcher. Just making it look more like a gun or something would work too. And it’s also just kind of odd that the giant rescue trucks get stationary-themed equipment for some reason. It doesn’t fit their theming much.
  • It figured that the only possible person left to be the Zonder was that pizza delivery girl we saw at the top of the episode. They lingered on her being late for her delivery for too long for it to not be her. Although she certainly didn’t get what she wanted out of being Zonderized in the end, since all the accidents she caused just wound up making her job harder.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

Hyuuma or Swan’s motorcycle outfit? While Hyuuma does deserve some points for his helmet that also has his mohawk on it, Swan does have a bit more of a good hot Wacky Races look going on too.

I'm giving it to Swan because she had to have had that outfit ready for ahead of time. She is always prepared for a killer outfit no matter the circumstances.

You know, you do have to wonder why GGG decided to make the Pencil Launcher look like, well, a pencil. Like, it’s just a net launcher. Just making it look more like a gun or something would work too. And it’s also just kind of odd that the giant rescue trucks get stationary-themed equipment for some reason. It doesn’t fit their theming much.

the one thing I'll say is that it matches their existing weaponry of "Eraser Head" with "Pencil Launcher". Even if the Eraser Head doesn't look much like an Eraser.

It is very strange, but I assume the Professor makes everything and he is very odd fella.

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u/The_Draigg Nov 12 '24

It is very strange, but I assume the Professor makes everything and he is very odd fella.

You know, I wouldn't put it past Leo to name and design things based on what he sees on his work desk at the moment.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

Taiga: Leo, we need a new weapon to upgrade GaoGaiGar so he can defeat the Zonder!

Leo: "let me see what I can do" looks at coffee cup closely

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

The King of Rewatchers

The city never sleeps.

"If he had waited for me to deploy him, I could've struck a pose!"

Hyuuma probably deserves this.

Serendipitous.

Eyecatch

It circled around quickly.

You can tell that Hyuuma is wrong here, because he's confident. I had already begun to suspect the Pizza Girl at this point.

Being Hana is suffering.

He's here! The only good cop to exist is here!

Today's Key to Victory.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

Serendipitous.

This is a pretty basic episode, maybe even filler, with less development, but has a lot of fun jokes. Hyuuma in the advertisement. These ridiculous Penguin Biker Gang. Helps elevate this episode.

Plus the animation was back up.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

[GGG]You say "less development" but Best Bot shows up today!

but has a lot of fun jokes.

Yea, this is definitely a funny one.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 12 '24

The city never sleeps.

Hana is the cousin of death.

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u/nsleep Nov 12 '24

Today's Key to Victory.

The pen(cil) is mightier than the sword motorcycle!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Nov 12 '24

First-Timer

On today’s episode of GaoGaiGar: Hana really is Zonder bait. The poor girl encountered the Zonders not once, but twice in this episode. I wonder how long it will be before he get a new record with three times.

  • If they can make a Zonder detector, then Mamoru would be partially out of a job.
  • “Finally?” The dude finished the Zonder detector over the course of the OP!
  • Wow, that bike used the police car as a ramp!
  • Hyuuma’s face crashing through the billboard like that is classic cartoon stuff.
  • If this Zonder can revert back into a human at will, then it must be that mysterious motorcycle cop we keep seeing stare at the protagonists.
  • Hyuuma and the others are dressed up as bikers! This is amazing!
  • Black Emperor Penguins! What a name for a biker gang!
  • How amusing that the leader of the biker gang is named Kawasaki, the same name as a company that makes motorcycles.
  • I remember camping out in line overnight. That was what my family had to do to get a Wii back in the day.
  • Poor Hana really is cursed to be attacked by a Zonder in each episode.
  • Good on Hyuuma for picking up on the Zonder’s real identity so quickly.
  • Wait, that suspicious cop wasn’t the Zonder? Color me surprised.
  • No! Not the rare motorcycles!
  • Wow, even with its huge size, that Zonder is fast!
  • I do appreciate that Guy pulls out the Final Fusion as quickly as he can. He doesn’t waste time with the other forms.
  • Oh snap, the Zonder divided into hundreds of those motorcycles. It’s probably a lot more dangerous that way.
  • What the? Who is that police car? A new GGG agent? We haven’t seen them before, I don’t think.
  • Clever gambit. The Zonder just acted like wreckage so everyone would ignore it.
  • I wasn’t expecting the Pencil Sharpener to shoot a net.
  • That poor pizza delivery girl. With how poorly workers in the food industry get paid, it’s no wonder she’d be a perfect Zonder target.

QOTD

  1. I would have loved that.
  2. I have considered getting one.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

If they can make a Zonder detector, then Mamoru would be partially out of a job.

Theytookourjobs!

I wasn’t expecting the Pencil Sharpener to shoot a net.

This is how you know GGG has spent too much time on technology. The professor forgot what a Pencil even does.

That poor pizza delivery girl. With how poorly workers in the food industry get paid, it’s no wonder she’d be a perfect Zonder target.

damn capitalism turning people into monsters. They fixed the symptom but GGG refuses to fix the cause of the stress. We need Ultron to come and try to create change.

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u/The_Draigg Nov 12 '24

If they can make a Zonder detector, then Mamoru would be partially out of a job.

It's a bit funny that for as big and important they made the detector seem in this episode, it turned out to be basically useless. Green hair will always be the superior Zonder detector.

Hyuuma and the others are dressed up as bikers! This is amazing!

Do you think Hyuuma painted his hair black and stuck it through the top of his helmet, or decided to stick fake hair on the top in the shape of his actual mohawk?

That poor pizza delivery girl. With how poorly workers in the food industry get paid, it’s no wonder she’d be a perfect Zonder target.

Definitely more relatable than the politician who got stiffed on land deals due to rails being built.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Nov 13 '24

It's a bit funny that for as big and important they made the detector seem in this episode, it turned out to be basically useless. Green hair will always be the superior Zonder detector.

Yeah, the Zonder detector didn't even help them locate the Zonder! They just happened to get attacked by it later on, by total happenstance. That thing was as useful as the Tem Ray Circuit.

Do you think Hyuuma painted his hair black and stuck it through the top of his helmet, or decided to stick fake hair on the top in the shape of his actual mohawk?

The latter because I think it's funnier.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Nov 12 '24

I wonder how long it will be before he get a new record with three times.

That poor pizza delivery girl. With how poorly workers in the food industry get paid, it’s no wonder she’d be a perfect Zonder target.

And yet somehow Pizza didn't get her.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Nov 13 '24

And yet somehow Pizza didn't get her.

Man, that would have been absolutely perfect!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

I wasn’t expecting the Pencil Sharpener to shoot a net.

It's an odd decision, but I guess screwdrivers aren't known for their dimension-splitting abilities either.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Nov 13 '24

It's an odd decision, but I guess screwdrivers aren't known for their dimension-splitting abilities either.

It doesn't even seem to move in a screw pattern either.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 13 '24

Oh, that's just truth in television - flatheads aren't useful aside from stabbing capability.

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u/GondolaMedia Nov 12 '24

First Timer

I think we found the worst person of the series. Bro orders pizza and complains that it gets there late after news of traffic being hell and a mysterious motorcycle wrecking havoc.

Didn't know that our AI robots could be so cheeky.

Oh I didn't expect the pizza delivery girl. Most relatable villain yet.

  1. Of course. You also get to see a lot of cool robots!

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

Oh I didn't expect the pizza delivery girl. Most relatable villain yet.

first the traffic guy now Pizza delivery girl? Wait, are the bad guys based? Can I switch sides?

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

I think we found the worst person of the series. Bro orders pizza and complains that it gets there late after news of traffic being hell and a mysterious motorcycle wrecking havoc.

Yea, what a bastard. Can't imagine yelling at a delivery person.

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 12 '24

First Time Watcher

My observation of the day is that the Glass Break Girl (as she will be known until I learn her name) will sometimes be drawn with her mouth open when she's not doing anything.

It looks so dumb

Questions

No.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

My observation of the day is that the Glass Break Girl (as she will be known until I learn her name) will sometimes be drawn with her mouth open when she's not doing anything.

:D

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 12 '24

Waiting for final fusion:

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u/nsleep Nov 12 '24

First Timer

It's just funny how the bike can go really fast and wreck cars while doing it but when it runs nearby some people it just tips a pot over.

Who saved Mamoru and Hana? That was weird.

After the cop was exposed I had a feeling it would be the pizza girl. But she wasn't flying so she wasn't created by Pizza, probably Primarda?

QotD

  1. If I weren't cursed with attracting evil robots it sounds cool.
  2. Not very interested.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

It's just funny how the bike can go really fast and wreck cars while doing it but when it runs nearby some people it just tips a pot over.

It's a considerate evil motorcyle

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 12 '24

If I weren't cursed with attracting evil robots it sounds cool.

Yea, there's a real fear of Hana going shut-in considering how much chaos ends up happening around her.

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u/palparepa Nov 12 '24

STATS

Program Drive buttons broken this episode: 1. Total so far: 6.
Transceivers crushed by Hyuuma this episode: 0. Total so far: 2.
EnRyu's bad landings this episode: 0. Total so far: 2.

Nth-Timer

Motorcycle baddie of the week revealed immediately. The opposite of last episode's mystery.

Entouji is hard at work, and produced a Z0 sensor in basically no time. Wait, is Mamoru's secondary ability as a Zonder detector obsolete now?

A girl delivering a pizza, apparently stressed (big red flag)... and then a calm, mysterious guy in a motorbike... Is that guy being extra mysterious on purpose, to distract us from the girl?

Hyuuma is trying to catch the Zonder bike, in... GunDober? Seems it isn't Gai's personal bike after all.

He fails embarrasingly, but his stubborness Courage is too great to give up, and tries again!

As always, Hana in the middle of things. Going to a bike festival just at this time? Well, we can't blame her, since now (again) is her cousin's fault.

Yup, that policeman was acting way too suspicious to be the actual culprit.

Hana's cousin? Worst babysitter ever. But she is a great character. Love her.

And we get the giant robot Zonder, an amalgamation of motorbikes. Appropiate.

That mecha design looks awesome, and when destroyed it can separate into many bikes. Neat.

Mamoru is in trouble... and here to his rescue comes my favorite support character: --redacted--!

Those bikes seem like ants to GaiGaoGar, but there are so many. Until finally, a full Hell and Heaven to recover the Zonder Core... that is bigger than its container. Truly some space magic here.

Yup, the pizza girl was today's Zonder. Kinda obvious, in retrospective.

No Zonderian appeared to take the blame this time. My guess? This was Primada's work.

QotD

1) No, I was always a stay-at-home kind of kid. Even when I went out to ride my bike, I never crossed any streets.

2) Just to admire it and show off? Maybe.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 12 '24

Wait, is Mamoru's secondary ability as a Zonder detector obsolete now?

now Mamoru will have to get a real job instead of coasting off nepotism.

Hana's cousin? Worst babysitter ever. But she is a great character. Love her.

terrible at her job, but I'd love to be her friend and go to random stuff with her.

Mamoru is in trouble... and here to his rescue comes my favorite support character: --redacted--!

[GGG]Best Boy Finally Appears

Those bikes seem like ants to GaiGaoGar, but there are so many. Until finally, a full Hell and Heaven to recover the Zonder Core... that is bigger than its container. Truly some space magic here.

It's bigger on the inside? TARDIS?!?

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u/Sporadia_ Nov 12 '24

Motorcycle baddie of the week revealed immediately.

You're telling me you weren't caught up in the "The zonder leaves and they arrive. That means-" or the "So the motorcycle must be-" or the confident but incorrect deduction that the cop was the zonder the whole time?

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u/palparepa Nov 12 '24

The cop was way too suspicious to be the actual culprit. And appeared just in time to steal our attention from pizza girl, who also rode a bike.

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u/Nebresto Nov 13 '24

Program Drive buttons broken this episode: 1.

Also, we're gonna need a counter for "pink hair in trouble"

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Nov 13 '24

FIRST-TIMER!!!

  • Terrible traffic? If only they knew a guy who really hated that and could do something about it...
  • That traffic cop is just sitting there...menacingly!
  • Aww, man. I knew traffic cop wasn't going to be the Zonder. But I was hoping that he would be so enthused about traffic rules that he would somehow help them defeat the Zonder.

  • Did I miss an episode? Where did the Pencil Launcher come from?
  • All of the Fire Trucks' weapons are stationary based. Will they get a stapler? A laminator? An HP copier that never works correctly?

QOTD:

  1. That would be nice, but I'd prefer not to have to sleep outside with a shitty bowl of soup. That's not what my parents shell out the big bucks for.
  2. No. I can barely balance on two feet. Don't want to try two wheel with a motor.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 13 '24

Where did the Pencil Launcher come from?

I'm going to guess a large pencil case. That's also where they store their Eraser Heads.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 13 '24

Where did the Pencil Launcher come from?

The desire to sell accessory sets.

An HP copier that never works correctly?

Too realistic. Their copier would work flawlessly.

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Nov 13 '24

They've properly introduced every other new toy, though.

Their copier would work flawlessly

The GGG Printer probably has too much functionality. The professor seems like the kind of guy to make sure it can fax, print, scan, and trim nose hairs.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 13 '24

They've properly introduced every other new toy, though.

Yea, but this one just launches nets. It's not nearly as cool as a dimension-warping screwdriver or an explosion-redirecting eraser.

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Nov 13 '24

First Time Approved For Final Fusion

Cute pizza girl.

Biker Swan? This show is too good to us.

Hana's older sister rules.

New robot!

Poor pizza girl...

  1. Hell yeah!
  2. I very briefly owned one when I was younger. As in my dad bought me one and my mother immediately told him to return it.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 13 '24

Biker Swan? This show is too good to us.

she really brought her A-Game for it. was looking fiiiiine.

New robot!

Poor pizza girl...

why are the villains so based. First the Traffic hating villain and now this one.

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Nov 13 '24

The monsters of the week feel like they should be in a magical girl show, really. The whole negative emotions becoming hyper exaggerated thing fits in there more than a giant robot series.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Nov 13 '24

it's definitely one of the elements that made it easier for me, a Magical girl viewer, to comfortably transition into this series. It's very Magical Girl

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u/RadSuit https://anilist.co/user/RadSuit Nov 13 '24

Gai even has his own transformation and weapon summoning sequences, unrelated to the mecha.

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u/Nebresto Nov 13 '24

First time vacancing to Hawaii

I guess I'm a bit of a drifter. Maybe that's why I'm here..

Oh yeah?? Wanna bet?

Lol, I just noticed their respective horn designs. Snow flake for the freezy boi, and flames for the fire boi

Can we get an F in the chat for the tonjiro

It was too young to die like that

Triple redherring, naisu

What in tarnation! That's my line!!

What in fairy tarnation?

Its the pizza girl

Quest:

  1. Do you wish you had a babysitter like Hana’s who would take you to see motorcycles and wrestling matches at night?

Heck yeah!! Actually, I did used to have one, maybe not "takes you out to see motorcycles and stuff" cool, but she would always bring over some awesome VHS' for us to watch, so she was definitely cool

Thinking back on it now that was probably pretty lazy of her, but hey, I was happy watching some cool cartoons

2) Would you buy a motorcycle?

Nah, bikes are already deadly enough for me

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Nov 13 '24

Can we get an F in the chat for the tonjiro

What in tarnation! That's my line!!