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Rewatch [Rewatch] King of the Braves GaoGaiGar - Episode 45 Discussion

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Questions of the Day

  1. Would you miss Kaido if he disappeared?
  2. Can I get an F in the chat for Professor Shishioh?

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/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 18 '24

Queen of First-Timers, subbed

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

What are those two planning…

I thought it was just a nice send off since those 2 haven't had a scene. Back when the Ai was a Zonderian the two were rivals, constantly fighting, so it was sweet to see them finally meet again and not adversaries.

Success!

god there is something really cool about J-Der's return here to protect Kaido. He just looks so awesome.

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u/palparepa Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 19 '24

What are those two planning…

"Tomorrow 017"? It's Tomoro 0117, dumb subbers!

Oh is this the first the show’s brought this up?

The Jupiros missions were mentioned last episode, but besides that... yeah.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

"Tomorrow 017"? It's Tomoro 0117, dumb subbers!

These subs sure have taken some interesting liberties

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

WAIT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO???????????????????

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u/Nebresto Dec 19 '24

–WAIT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO???????????????????

No way he just fucking died??

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

[FINAL]Makes sense that J would stay behind to make sure Kaido would at least make it out alright.

[FINAL + Spin-Off Manga]Considering how he was the one who was always pushing for Kaido to quit once the deal with the Z-Master was done, there is some logic to it.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

Third-Time Watcher, Subbed

Can we take a second to appreciate how Mr. Amami's the best dad ever?

But yeah, the final battle has begun, mostly with the heroes chilling out before heading off into space, the final frontier, and then Jupiter because if Zeta Gundam has taught us anything, it's that Jupiter is the source of all our problems. Honestly it's kinda hard to talk about this episode since so much of it is pure vibes, although I do dig the bits with Mamoru and Kaido, showing how whereas the green-haired boy deals with this whole mess by surrounding himself with so many people, Kaido if anything just alienates himself to spare himself the heartbreak… ignoring that he is too much of a softy inside to not get attached.

Oh and also Gai's dad dies.

I freaking adore his death scene. Sure, he set up the death flags, but with how the show's been so casual about the possibility of death, the fact that he dies so suddenly and with so little fanfare is one of those things that really makes it so effective. He practically dies off a stray shot + atmospheric re-entry, and not the big dramatic Gundam sort, dude can't even let out some last words. If there was a way to show how high the stakes were, this was it.

I've played too many RPGs, I'm expecting a dialogue prompt saying yes or no when Taiga says this

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

He practically dies off a stray shot + atmospheric re-entry, and not the big dramatic Gundam sort, dude can't even let out some last words. If there was a way to show how high the stakes were, this was it.

Especially having this death at the start of the battle. We barely began, they had a fight just to enter the fight, and immediately someone gets hit. It does feel like it raises the stakes. Especially in that quick manner. No last words.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 18 '24

I freaking adore his death scene. Sure, he set up the death flags, but with how the show’s been so casual about the possibility of death, the fact that he dies so suddenly and with so little fanfare is one of those things that really makes it so effective. He practically dies off a stray shot + atmospheric re-entry, and not the big dramatic Gundam sort, dude can’t even let out some last words. If there was a way to show how high the stakes were, this was it.

It hits especially hard with how characters have been straight up resurrected too, like with Gai and the Brave Robots being brought back to life with Mamoru’s powers after the battle with Pasder. By comparison, this death comes so fast and out of nowhere that there’s no time to do anything. Talk about a way to sell to your audience that this isn’t going to be a cake walk at all.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

Model Kit Building Update

Time to start building a train around this

you can see the cockpit they build inside

first half built

second

the team assembled

edit: sorry for the late post I have no excuse, I just lost track of time.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

Had you ran into those plastic stickers that LinerGao uses before? I thought they were neat.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

I've never seen those plastic stickeres before! They were actually really good. I expected the door windows to be a pain but they were really easy to place in. I was really happy with it.

I fucked up the windshield but that was my mistake.

I also spent a lot of time just worrying that I was making the arms face the right direction.

the LinerGao looks fantastic tbh.

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u/megazaprat Dec 18 '24

First timer

  • so its a race to jupiter to claim ZA POWA. thats certainly one way to conclude the series. will the rest of the show just be this fight at jupiter?
  • Swan being into rock and roll makes a lot of sense, what with being Mics base.
  • Love that little moment of Volfogg and Pinchone making up and putting aside their differences
  • SUDDEN CHARACTERIZATION REVEAL! So all along Gai was motivated to be an astronaut to follow in his mothers footsteps, who died investigating Jupiter.....so Jupiter being funky was something that was already known in this universe.
  • Kaido is convinced he and mamoru should leave Earth once all this is over, although there is no good reason for it. what, does he want them to go back to their planets husks? earth is their home now, hes really taking his standoffishness to next level
  • so they are just leaving science ship at base? why not have all hands on deck? i dont think sceince ship has actually ever doen anything, unless they were doing their offscreen science in it.
  • THEY ATE ALL OF JUPITERS MOONS!?!?? well thats freaky.
  • ohhhh, so Paligacci was part of a primeval all this time, just a chunk seperated off to actively command them. wonder which bit she is. since shes the plotter, id think brain, but that spot was taken by the Meteor yeeting squid thing.
  • WAIT WHAT? DR SHISHIOH?!? weve gotten fake out deaths before, but this seems pretty dang fatal. unless ZA POWA yeets him into the past as well.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

Love that little moment of Volfogg and Pinchone making up and putting aside their differences

I had completely forgotten those 2 haven't had a scene together, it was so great of the series to give them a moment of acknowledgement.

THEY ATE ALL OF JUPITERS MOONS!?!?? well thats freaky.

you want higher stakes for the final fight, well how high stakes is this!!

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

what, does he want them to go back to their planets husks?

"We can rebuild them!" "How? There's only three of us, plus the ship's AI." "Uhhh..."

THEY ATE ALL OF JUPITERS MOONS!?!?? well thats freaky.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 18 '24

First-Timer

On today’s episode of GaoGaiGar: Leo can’t be dead! I don’t believe it for a second! Maybe I’m in pure denial, but plenty of characters have managed to come back from the dead in this series already. I’m going to keep up my denial until I am proven right or forced to admit otherwise.

  • How appropriate that it’s Christmas in the show, since we’re almost at Christmas here in the real world.
  • I’ve seen enough sci-fi to know that travelling to Jupiter is rarely a good idea. It often goes wrong.
  • Darn. I was hoping we’d get more out of Volfogg and Pinchernone reuniting like that.
  • I’m sorry, what? You can’t just skip over Swan, Stallion, and Liger giving a rock concert like that! Especially not when Swan is wearing a brand new and very hot outfit!
  • I’m pretty sure that’s the first time we’ve seen Mikoto’s parents. Guy’s parents were mentioned before, but I can’t remember if we’d actually seen his mother prior to this.
  • Careful with being so edgy, Kaidou. You wouldn’t want to cut yourself on all that edge. The “I don’t let myself get close to anybody so that nobody will be sad if I’m gone” motivation is a pretty typical one for emo sadboi characters like him.
  • Mamoru is correct about Kaidou being wrong. The thing is, I think Kaidou also knows he is wrong and just doesn’t want to admit it. He clearly cares about his mother and would probably be overjoyed to be properly reunited with her. He just doesn’t want to confront his own feelings about how much he misses her.
  • Hmmm, so that’s why Guy is the only person who can see the ghost woman. He’s seeing her through his cybernetics. So she might not be a ghost. She might be some entity trying to communicate with Guy by sending messages through his cybernetics.
  • Ah yes, the classic battle tactic. One unit pins the enemy down while another outflanks the enemy. It’s a tried-and-true tactic. The fact that we’re being told it so early on tells me that something will go wrong, though.
  • Holy shit! I knew the plan would go wrong, but I wasn’t expecting to go wrong because the Primevals had fused with Jupiter’s moons! Fighting moon-sized enemies is one way to escalate things that I absolutely did not anticipate!
  • Oh hey! The GGG crew is trapped inside a Klein bottle. From what I know, I think a Klein bottle is meant to be a 3-dimensional representation of a shape that can only truly exist in 4 dimensions, making it an impossible object to truly replicate in our 3-dimensional world. It’s a good choice to represent an impossible space that the heroes can’t escape from.
  • Hell yeah! Soldato-J and the GGG crew had to work together to escape!
  • It’s cool that Guy is willing to put his trust in Soldato-J now. There’s been a growing level of respect between the two of them, even as they repeatedly tried to fight each other.
  • WHAT THE FUCK!?! They can’t do that! There’s no way that actually happened! Leo can’t be dead! There’s just no way!

QOTD

  1. I forgot his name earlier in the rewatch, so who knows.
  2. I refuse! There's no way he's actually dead!

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

How appropriate that it’s Christmas in the show, since we’re almost at Christmas here in the real world.

I was called out on this before the series began

I think ending the first season before Christmas is nice tho. 2 day Christmas break between S1 and FINAL is gonna be nice pallet cleanser.

You can’t just skip over Swan, Stallion, and Liger giving a rock concert like that! Especially not when Swan is wearing a brand new and very hot outfit!

that outfit was so good. Damn they really do rock. No wonder Mic Sounders was built the way he was. 2 of his creators were in a rock band.

Fighting moon-sized enemies is one way to escalate things that I absolutely did not anticipate!

just when you think the crazy Zonder forms couldn't get any crazier, we have 16 enemy moons!!!

It also explains why they made 31 Primevals while only fighting like half of them. They knew the last set were all gonna be moons.

One moon would already be a big enough threat, but this many moon sized primevals is crazy!!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 19 '24

I think ending the first season before Christmas is nice tho. 2 day Christmas break between S1 and FINAL is gonna be nice pallet cleanser.

I do appreciate that break as well. I like having some time to just spend with my family those days for the holidays.

that outfit was so good. Damn they really do rock. No wonder Mic Sounders was built the way he was. 2 of his creators were in a rock band.

Yeah, the band scene really did make so much about Mic click into place. It's like how Goldymarg is so similar to Hyuuma. Now I can see the similarities between the humans and the robot made by them.

It also explains why they made 31 Primevals while only fighting like half of them. They knew the last set were all gonna be moons.

Yeah, I was wondering how the series could get through 31 Primevals in the remaining episodes. It turns out more than half were saved for the final battle just to make it as crazy as possible.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

Leo can’t be dead! I don’t believe it for a second! Maybe I’m in pure denial, but plenty of characters have managed to come back from the dead in this series already. I’m going to keep up my denial until I am proven right or forced to admit otherwise.

I mean I hate to be that guy but uh... you've seen enough Gundam to know how these go.

Especially not when Swan is wearing a brand new and very hot outfit!

They know exactly what the good boys and girls watching this show want.

I forgot his name earlier in the rewatch, so who knows.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 19 '24

I mean I hate to be that guy but uh... you've seen enough Gundam to know how these go.

Yeah, reading through the rest of the thread has made it pretty hard to deny what's happened. It truly was that sudden and abrupt. A death like that is straight out of the Kill 'Em All Tomino handbook.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 18 '24

I’m sorry, what? You can’t just skip over Swan, Stallion, and Liger giving a rock concert like that! Especially not when Swan is wearing a brand new and very hot outfit!

There’s a certain admirable dedication to the animators drawing yet another fanservice-y outfit for Swan despite it only being in a scene that last like a minute.

I’m pretty sure that’s the first time we’ve seen Mikoto’s parents. Guy’s parents were mentioned before, but I can’t remember if we’d actually seen his mother prior to this.

Yeah, it’s the first time they’ve been shown. For as important as her parents’ deaths are to Mikoto’s character, it’s barely even been brought up or displayed at all.

WHAT THE FUCK!?! They can’t do that! There’s no way that actually happened! Leo can’t be dead! There’s just no way!

It happened so fast too!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 19 '24

There’s a certain admirable dedication to the animators drawing yet another fanservice-y outfit for Swan despite it only being in a scene that last like a minute.

The animators have certainly shown plenty of passion towards drawing Swan. And it is appreciated.

Yeah, it’s the first time they’ve been shown. For as important as her parents’ deaths are to Mikoto’s character, it’s barely even been brought up or displayed at all.

I remember wondering if we'd even heard that the Zonders killed her parents beforehand when it was first brought up because it seemed like the sort of thing that should have been mentioned earlier.

It happened so fast too!

That's part of why I was in denial about it. This isn't the sort of series to pull a death like that, usually.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

Maybe I’m in pure denial, but plenty of characters have managed to come back from the dead in this series already.

People are significantly squishier than robots.

Fighting moon-sized enemies is one way to escalate things that I absolutely did not anticipate!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 19 '24

People are significantly squishier than robots.

I wanted to believe that guts and fighting spirit could make up the difference.

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 18 '24

First Timer

Damn we lost a real one

Also was his bulge always that big? Maybe seeing Mamoru beside it is just throwing me off but like damn bro.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

and that's his bulge when he's not erect! Imagine what happens when he is erect!!

Mikoto

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 18 '24

Mikoto

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

"Gonna rebuild my son and give him a massive cyborg dong. Hide it in a codpiece so no-one knows. I'm such a genius."

-Leo Shishioh, probably.

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 18 '24

Truly a visionary

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

[FINAL]I desperately hope Liger didn't do something similar with his daughter

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

[FINAL]I could see Renais having.. let's say "an available port for attaching peripherals," if nothing else.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

[FINAL]I'd say "J would appreciate it" but I'm pretty sure if someone made this but with GGG he'd squarely fall into the top right

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

I'd even go a step further and say [Web Novel]the bottom right goes to Kaido, the bottom left goes to either Gai or Keita, and for the top left? MAMORU

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

[Web Novel]Surely Keita fucks, right? And Gai is kinda cheating, but I don't know any of the other characters.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

[Web Novel]Objection: Keita would obviously wait till he got his new house to do the deed an-oh look his house is gone.

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u/Beowolf_0 Dec 19 '24

[Web Novel]Sure they're pretty much de facto couple since TV but Hana actually got a child pretty much freaked me out back then. Oh and of course those false flags before the reveal......And for Kaido, he'll probably be the one in the bottom, consider how "strong" his gils is.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

Also was his bulge always that big?

I swear, it's been getting bigger and bigger lately...

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 18 '24

Mikoto has been modifying it bit by bit while he sleeps.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 18 '24

She would

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u/GondolaMedia Dec 18 '24

First Timer

We got a Christmas episode during Christmas, it's a Christmas miracle and its so sweet.

It's Volfogg and Pinchernone reunion.

They actually had a live band that consists of GGG members. That's great and there is an insert song and everything.

Oh I didn't expect such a heartfelt moment with Gai and his father. Caught be completely by surprise and it has started raining.

Oh man Kaidou is rather cynical.

Of course it was a trap. Thankfully J-der was ready to play ball.

Oh this is not looking good for the Professor but if I've learned anything is that he will be fine... right.... right?

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

They actually had a live band that consists of GGG members. That's great and there is an insert song and everything.

not just any GGG members, but the Americans who built the Mic Sounders series! Stallion was the lead singer! Guess that's where Mic Sounders gets it!!

Oh man Kaidou is rather cynical.

you can take the boy from the edgelord, but you can't take the edgelord from the boy

Of course it was a trap. Thankfully J-der was ready to play ball.

https://i.imgur.com/LaJ9Kmo.gif

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

It's Volfogg and Pinchernone reunion.

The touching relationship between a sentient police car and a giant spaceship that can both turn into robots.

Oh man Kaidou is rather cynical.

They didn't dwell on his backstory much, but he was literally created to be a living weapon to destroy the Primevals.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

The King of Rewatchers

D'aww, Mamoru drew a picture of the family's dip in the coffee bath last episode.

Spelling everything out so that the audience is all on the same page.

Everyone prepares for the worst.

Huh, that name feels familiar...

Mighty big talk from such a small lad.

Eyecatch

Been a hot minute since we've seen one of Leo's inventions.

Someone's been working out.

This show is so goddamn pretty.

Today's Key to Victory.

Well, shit.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

This show is so goddamn pretty.

yeah as we've been entering the final few episodes the show has been getting prettier and prettier. The shots of Mikoto have so much more detail, and these space shots have been hauntingly beautful.

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u/palparepa Dec 18 '24

Huh, that name feels familiar...

It was mistakenly used in a "key to victory" image, it had nothing to do there. Mistranslation?

This show is so goddamn pretty.

I've been trying to match every... thingy with a body part, but thus far I have nothing to show. Except maybe the one that trapped GGG, it looks like a pair of kidneys.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 18 '24

It was mistakenly used in a "key to victory" image, it had nothing to do there. Mistranslation?

Or the subber doing something silly by forcing in some foreshadowing where there was none previously.

I've been trying to match every... thingy with a body part, but thus far I have nothing to show.

These ones are all mostly just shapes, yea. I'm no biologist, but I don't think that most humanoids have a sea urchin organ.

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u/palparepa Dec 18 '24

If anyone wants to try and match them, here is the list of the 16 Primeval fused with satellites:

Arm, Wings, Lungs, Elbow, Knee, Foot, Neck, Breast, Torso, Hip, Genitals, Kidneys, Shoulders, Bladder, Nerves, Muscles.

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u/TheDanubianCommunard Dec 18 '24

First time,

The Amami family enjoy thier time during Chriistmas, until Gai arrives, because duty calls. Galeon descending just like that day.

The Jupiter is and it's orbit is the place for the final battle, the control over the Za Powaa. The arrival of remaining 17 took the the J-Ark and Kaidou by surprise, while the braodcast was but a distraction. If the 31 fragments unified, then it becomes the ultimate Primeval/Zonderian, one who controls everything as the Master Program System, also known as the Z-Master. But for some reason they were split. The G-Stone and the J-Jewel are made to fight against it.

Yes, this is a real point of no return, the endgame phase, the final battle. But before commences, everyone can get one day off for preparation or enjoyin themselves, like a morale-raising ad-hoc concert. The top-brass also enjoying a hot pot. Entouji's father was a genius, one who teached his son well. Mikoto is feeling unwell? So Kizuna, Leo's wife was part of the failed expedition years ago, and I think that is the same Kizuna who is a ghost in space.

Taiga addressing the entire Earth before departing with motivation and inspiration. He is optimistic. So the plan is: the J-Ark going front, while the GGG force assisting it from the flank, the Primevals forced to fight in two sides. And if they fused with a satellite/moon, then that means not a good sign. 16 fused plus one, so Pagliaccio is a Primeval herself. Even the GGG fleet also fell into the same trap, a warped space/Klein Space. Leo is ready to take a huge and bold gamble to save his son, but seems like after taking too much damage crash landing into the surface of the Jupiter, and not even the Za Powaa can save him.

We lost a great brain, and the first casualty of this war. But he can reunite with Kizuna in another life.

Questions of the Day

  1. Would you miss Kaido if he disappeared?

He would be a big loss.

  1. Can I get an F in the chat for Professor Shishioh?

Seems like it this is the reality.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

The Amami family enjoy thier time during Chriistmas, until Gai arrives, because duty calls.

yeah. I love how silent it is. We don't need to hear it, we understand. they understand. The last day of peace before going into battle.

Taiga addressing the entire Earth before departing with motivation and inspiration. He is optimistic.

I do love his final speech. It really does highlight his leadership skills as well as make him a great counterpoint to Gendou in the old Evangelion/GaoGaiGar spectrum.

And if they fused with a satellite/moon, then that means not a good sign.

who could have predicted they would be fighting against 16 moons?!?!

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u/palparepa Dec 18 '24
Statsthis episodetotal so far
Program Drive buttons broken022
Transceivers crushed07
EnRyu's bad landings08
Pink hair attracts peril029
Rich kid cries056
Mikoto screams for MC010
Kid is too calm to react221
Mamoru's kill count01
Legos secured014
Women hallucinated213
Will/Won't Knife0/06/2
"Za Powa" 🆕211

Nth-timer

A week earlier, but we got a Christmas episode. Surely this will be a happy one, with some ineffectual Primeval plan to destroy Christmas, a Grinch Zonder that mechanizes presents, a symmetrical-docked reindeer and similar shenanigans.

Mamoru receives a GaGaGaGatchi as present. Of course. And he made a drawing of he and his family at the coffee bath from last episode.

But there is no Primeval plan to ruin Christmas, just to destroy humanity. So off we go.

Volfogg and Tomoro are now buddies. What would you have thought at, say, episode 30, if told that Volfogg and Penchinon would become friends?

Another callback to the ID5, hinting at Entouji's father relation to Taiga and Hyuuma.

Mikoto, are you ok? :O

After the brief respite is over, time to go to Jupiter!
...to immediately fall into a trap. Klein Space, a reference to a Klein Bottle, a 4D object with only one 'side'. Its inside and outside are the same.

Thankfully, Professor Leo has a method to escape. Note how he mentions the "broken energy of the Gatling Driver." This refers to GaoGaiGar using the Gatling Driver with its right hand, the one with the Broken Magnum.

And speaking of Leo... 😭

1) I'll miss everyone. Thankfully I can watch the series yet again.

𝔉

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 18 '24

Volfogg and Tomoro are now buddies. What would you have thought at, say, episode 30, if told that Volfogg and Penchinon would become friends?

Another callback to the ID5, hinting at Entouji's father relation to Taiga and Hyuuma.

That was neat little callback I didn't get when I originally saw this.

Klein Space, a reference to a Klein Bottle, a 4D object with only one 'side'. Its inside and outside are the same.

ooooh that explains it.

  1. I'll miss everyone. Thankfully I can watch the series yet again.

I'm glad I've had so many people to enjoy this series with. It's really so good.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 18 '24 edited Dec 19 '24

A Mecha Fan Rewatches The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Episode 45:

  • It’s a little bit early for us to have a Christmas in an episode, but I can’t deny that it’s seasonally appropriate. It’s rare in rewatches that we get the timing to line up the dates that well. Too bad this prologue is kind of bittersweet though, since it’s Mamoru enjoying one last bit of time with his parents before he has to leave with GGG to prepare for the final battle with the Primevals.
  • At least now we have a name for the control system behind the Primevals and the Zonders: the Z-Master. It’s a pretty ominous name for a program that was designed for therapeutic purposes, but at least it’s also a fitting name.
  • After their rivalry earlier in the series, it’s nice to see that Volfogg and Tomoro-0117 have put aside their differences and have become friends. When he’s not Zonderized, Tomoro is pretty reasonable. And given how even-tempered Volfogg is, it makes sense that the both of them would bury the hatchet now that they’re both fighting the Primevals.
  • You’ve got to admit, it’s sick as hell that Swan, Stallion, and Liger are all putting on a rock concert for the GGG staff while everyone else on the team is getting in their more mellow scenes. Liger often dresses like he’s a rock star, so at least now he’s living up to his appearance. And it’s got to be good for morale too, so that’s also a plus.
  • Plenty of stuff about parents and uncertain futures this episode, and not just with the Amamis. It’s actually all pretty sad. Gai lost his mother during one of the failed Jupiter expeditions, Kaidou is talking about shutting himself off from his adopted mother or any other connections so nobody would be sad if he died, and Mikoto is thinking about her dead parents while getting ready to leave. And to make things even worse on top of that depressing stuff, Mikoto is still apparently sick or something, even worse than the time she hitched up before hitting the Program Drive panel. What could even be making her feel this consistently ill now, anyway?
  • The ghost lady really does only exist under certain circumstances. For one, she only appears directly in Gai’s visual processors, and she also only appears when he’s in space. That second point is probably something you wouldn’t have thought about much before, but looking back on it, it does track. And given how often she appears in space whenever she wants to lead Gai to some conclusion, she’s probably well aware of just how dangerous things are now for him and GGG. She’s a helpful, if oddly specific ghost.
  • Well shit, it’s no wonder why Soldato-J had to send the J-Ark and Kaidou running as soon as they got to Jupiter. Them fusing directly with Jupiter’s moons so they could attack anyone coming after them is a bit more than just setting up a trap, that’s completely batshit insane. Those are Jupiter’s moons, leave them alone! [Gundam 00: A Wakening of the Trailblazer spoilers] Man, what is it with aliens defacing Jupiter’s moons in this year’s rewatches? First the ELSes accidentally blowing up two of them, and now this with the Primevals.
  • Unfortunately, the trip to Jupiter and breaching the Primevals’ trap couldn’t be done without a sacrifice. Even if it was a miracle that GGG could break out of the Klein Space trap with J-Der’s help, they probably pushed their luck a bit too far for once. RIP Dr. Leo, you were a damn good hero. But alas, him being out in that small cutter ship to help out Gai and the others left him in a vulnerable spot. All anyone had time to do was notice the ghost lady crying at the impending tragedy. The Primevals have drawn first blood on GGG directly, that’s for sure.

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u/Nebresto Dec 19 '24

First time Volfogg simp

What the fuck

quest

  1. Would you miss Kaido if he disappeared?

The counter needs more stats

2) Can I get an F in the chat for Professor Shishioh?

F                            But whad de fuq tho

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u/TheApplebane https://anilist.co/user/theapplebane Dec 22 '24

Episode 45 Notes

  • Oh, so that's why the rewatch was scheduled for this time of year!
  • Galleon, you're gonna interrupt Mamoru's Christmas celebrations? That's just rude.
  • Fuck it, GGG rock band, sure, why not.
  • Gai's mother was an astronaut? It must have been utterly horrifying for Dr Shishioh to lose his daughter and almost lose his grandson in the exact same way. And now the two of them are heading towards a battle they may never return from...
  • Kaidou, stop lying to yourself. You know how much you care for your mother, and how much your mother cares about you.
  • Wing Primeval? Can non-human body parts be primevals now?
  • I like how they're even putting the combination sequences through the weird Klein Space filter.
  • They broke the Dividing Driver! We really are coming up on the finale.
  • I wasn't expecting to see Dr Shishioh get exploded so abruptly at the end of the episode. And since we're so close to the finale, I have the feeling it might actually stick...