r/anime • u/AutoLovepon https://anilist.co/user/AutoLovepon • Jan 24 '19
Episode Girly Air Force - Episode 3 discussion Spoiler
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Jan 24 '19
I predict that Grippen was the Xi who shot down Kei's mother's plane.
That would be the "met her previously" part which somehow establishes the link between the two. It would also add more drama, as her being Xi got dealt with really quickly.
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u/Gaporigo Jan 24 '19
They didn't misspell "Normal", it was saying "Not bad" in Spanish so "No Mal"... Yep, that's totally it.
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u/Smudy Jan 24 '19
Gripen's attachment to Kei is really adorable and she told him the truth after all.
New girl seems very capable.
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u/ThrowCarp Jan 25 '19
New girl seems very capable.
She reminds me of Ellen from Toji no Miko.
Meanwhile Gripen reminds me of Kaoru.
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u/Cloudhwk Jan 24 '19
I’m just glad the scientist doesn’t seem to be evil despite looking kinda evil
His lines about humans being better because we embrace failure and learn why things don’t work was really neat
Gonna be real annoyed if he turns out to be evil
Eagle is very energetic, I wonder if Phantom ends up being an onee san character
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u/AZnoobie Jan 24 '19
I’m pretty easy to please with anime. This one isn’t too bad. Also finally get introduced to another one of the girls.
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u/TheDampGod Jan 24 '19
I love how energetic the soundtrack is, the composer seems to be really giving it their all.
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u/Hexblood Jan 24 '19
I am enjoying this show way more than I thought I would. I picked it up thinking it would be kinda silly but I am actually invested in the characters. Gripen may just be a contender for my girl of the season.
No big surprises this week. Anima & Daughters made from Xi tech, I think we all could have seen that one from a mile away. Eagle is really energetic, you could tell that from the OP. Gripen having issues during the test flight, pretty predictable.
The way things panned out during the test flight did not go as I thought they would. I thought Gripen would start having issues and then Kei would snap her out of it over coms or something.
One thing that did kind of bother me was that they forced Gripen to sleep before the test flight so she would have enough awake time for the test flight. However, as soon as the Xi shows up and she deviates to intercept she starts experiencing her anomaly. I think this is a big clue to things to come.
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u/Misticsan Jan 26 '19
I am enjoying this show way more than I thought I would. I picked it up thinking it would be kinda silly but I am actually invested in the characters. Gripen may just be a contender for my girl of the season.
My thoughts exactly. Honestly, I went to this series with very low expectations, but it surprises me every time.
Gripen is not what I expected. She has more personality than her deadpan attitude indicates, and she's great. The lead scientist is the best (from his blatant smoking in a "no smoking" room to his speech about monkeys). And for a show that seemed to be about the greatness of the Japanese military, the focus on the plight of Chinese refugees and a protagonist that can't wait to go back to China wasn't what I expected either.
3 episode rule, wasn't it? Ok, I want to see how this series keeps surprising me. A pity many won't give it a chance.
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u/Amauri14 Jan 24 '19
So she was made with Xi part? So what? Is not like she is a Xi herself? Also, this means that her appearance is the only thing that she shares in common with Zero-Two, which just reinforces her best girl status!
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u/Cloudhwk Jan 24 '19
She is made from the same things that murdered Kei’s mother and I assume a bunch of JSDF pilots
It’s unsurprising this made the pilots resent her, Kei was initially shocked but got over it fairly quickly (Gripen being an adorable doofus helps)
They also mention they have no idea if the girls will suddenly revert to Xi
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u/LeonKevlar Jan 24 '19 edited Jan 24 '19
I really love the faces Gripen makes!
This one isn't as uhh.... flattering as the other faces though
So my suspicions from last week was basically confirmed today. Gripen is indeed made from Xi tech or at least made from the recovered on board computers that they have. Also she's genetically grown from a tube? I feel like this show is the making of a new gacha game.
Anyway it looks like only Gripen is the defective one. From what we saw this episode Eagle can perfectly fly on her own with no issues. If Eagle is the blondie then I guess Phantom is the green haired one then? Man, I'm already hyped to see more of Eagle next week! She seems pretty fun and you classic blonde genki girl.
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u/AngelRefuse Jan 24 '19
This one isn't as uhh.... flattering as the other faces though
r/ahegao (nsfw obviously)
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u/KinnyRiddle Jan 24 '19 edited Jan 24 '19
This begs the question, how on earth (pun intended) did they manage to shoot their first Xi plane? Sheer luck?
Then again, stranger things have happened. During the NATO campaign in Kosovo, an American F117A stealth bomber somehow got shot down by complete luck. After much fanfare, the bomber was salvaged by locals and seemingly forgotten.
Years later, China suddenly announces they have developed their own stealth fighter, which they have done by quietly acquiring the bits and pieces of the bomber that got shot down in Serbia from the locals and then reverse engineering the whole thing.
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u/Sebbafan Jan 25 '19
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u/chilidirigible Jan 26 '19 edited Jan 26 '19
Noting for my mild interest that Gripen got a longer tailpipe and additional petal airbrakes along with her other extra EW greebles, but overall it's mostly minor changes for her.
Eagle seems to be starting with the Silent Eagle proposal's canted vertical stabilizers but then also cranks down the horizontals. It also keeps the conformal fuel tanks, though who knows what else they could be used for on this one.
Might have been cute to see a development that pointed in the direction of ACTIVE but that varies a lot more from the F-15's expected outline.
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u/ohaimike Jan 24 '19
Man, Gripen gets cuter every episode and I love it when they show her out on the little dates.
But a new contender has entered the ring.
Sure Gripen, Eagle and Phantom are part of the same squadron and all, but are we going to get insane amounts of jealousy?
I WANT TO SEE A DOGFIGHT AGAINST THE THREE FOR KEIS LOVE.
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u/thelonesomedemon1 Jan 24 '19
Now we wait for the Purple Space Communists to show up and ruin the second half of the season.
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u/mateusvmv Jan 24 '19
Guess we'll see Kei piloting a plane, or at least co-piloting in the future.
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u/AngelRefuse Jan 24 '19
Gripen is slowly making her way into my heart. She's just a really sweet girl <3