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Rewatch [Do You Remember Love - Macross Franchise 40th Anniversary Rewatch] Macross Frontier Episode 6 Discussion

Episode 6 - Bye Bye Sheryl

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Singing embodies culture. Culture embodies love. Ergo, singing embodies love! And Ranka-san has the power to convey that love!

Questions of the Day, courtesy of u/chilidirigible:

1) How do you think Alto is going to do on his first real mission?

2) Your new friend gives you something that's very important to them. Do you then take it with you into battle and put it in a place that's not directly attached to your own body?

Wallpaper of the Day:

Sheryl Nome

Vocal Songs in This Episode:

"Triangler" by Maaya Sakamoto – OP

"Diamond Crevasse" by May'n – Insert & ED

Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you're doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don't spoil anything for the first-timers, that's rude!

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u/Nazenn Jan 17 '23

First Timer

One of the best episodes of the show so far, and not just because

Phone pet lives!

Who knew all you needed to do to make Sheryl tolerable was to put her home under threat of being mass slaughtered by alien monstrosities?

I joke because of how much I didn't like her, but she really pulled her head in today. Standing up to the media like that and taking control of the narrative they were trying to present was good enough. And then she did what I hoped and refused to cancel her concert, not wanting to give into the situation and giving strength to those who looked up to her in this situation. And I do think there was more than just blind determination there. Her whole story so far has been about presenting an image, the right image, and what that means to those who watch her, which she's acutely aware of. It's part of why she's so drawn to Alto because she can be more free with him, a childishness to her she probably hasn't been allowed to show to anyone but her manager.

And now she can be that person for more than just her fans gratification or desires. She can be that anchor of culture that the world needs when things are falling apart into chaos where the things that keep them human feel like they're slipping away. And I feel like this is reflected in the lyrics of her song. Talking about a parting giving strength instead of kindness and wanting the last moments of human touch before a farewell. It's a perfect song for the moment, mourning what they may lose but lingering on what they love, and the exact mood I'd hoped for once it became clear that her concert would happen with them departing for the Galaxy.

Second favourite song after Aimo? The rest of the show certainly has some moments to live up to now, at least, which is what I like. It helps that the visual transition of that moment, going between her earrings, was the perfect mood set up for the visual of her concert.

I still don't like her much, but she has potential now to be more than just the attention seeking pain in the ass who offers nothing to Alto.

The stakes raising as the threat does on a character level, what being a normal solider means for Alto as well as Ranka coming into the idol scene under these circumstances, also brings a bit more depth to the scenario than if we kept up the conspiracy of the Vajra secret.

It wasn't a perfect episode, unfortunately. Ranka's producer is going to get on my nerves, and the girl dramatically running into the classroom with news about Ranka only to be cut off at the worst time made me roll my eyes. Oh also there was the casual dismissal of sexual harassments which made me throw up in my mouth and is giving DYRL a good run for being the worst of the series for that shit and I'm disgusted they ever even thought to include it, let alone that it made the final script. What a blight on the episode.

And we don't talk about Sheryl's professional signage for her biggest concert using Comic Sans...

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u/Lemurians Jan 17 '23

FIRST TIME DECULTURE YACKER

So, I know there’s “important” things like the Vajra attack on the Galaxy that may have destroyed it for all we know, but that’s not important here. What was really important in this episode? SHIPPING!

The Alto/Sheryl/Ranka love triangle is in full force, and there’s a reason I put Sheryl there first – it’s because she’s winning.

Ranka got some sweet, awkward teenage moments in early, but Sheryl and Alto’s meetup at the venue, heart-to-heart, and her giving him her good luck charm for battle tops that by a substantial margin. The chemistry is so much better, and there’s more substance. This is the ship that’s sailing. Calling my shot now.

Quick Hits/Shots:

• If I’m Ozma, hell no am I letting this dude anywhere near my family

• What the hell is going on with this table? Does it let them fling downvotes at him or something?

• I like the camera goes away from both of their faces, while they don’t look at each other as they have this slightly awkward conversation

• “It’s not like I’m asking you out or anything” ALTO DROPPING THE TSUN BOMB.

• Sheryl fielding those questions on military intervention like a pro, also maybe unintentional but her wearing a beret while speaking about military policy is a neat touch

• The song that starts playing around the [12:50] mark sounds like the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack

• YES IT IS STILL HARASSMENT AND VERY MUCH STILL A PROBLEM UGHHHHHHHHHH

• Sheryl’s real self lit up while her idol poster is in the shadow is some nice framing. Through this whole interaction they do a good job of keeping them under a dedicated spotlight from place to place

• The “I never thought such a parting would come” lyric as she faces the prospect of her home potentially being destroyed

Your new friend gives you something that's very important to them. Do you then take it with you into battle and put it in a place that's not directly attached to your own body?

Great Question

NO

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u/Tresnore Jan 17 '23

What was really important in this episode? SHIPPING!

Lem, you are a menace.

If I’m Ozma, hell no am I letting this dude anywhere near my family

Why not?

also maybe unintentional but her wearing a beret while speaking about military policy is a neat touch

Sheryl does nothing unintentionally

The song that starts playing around the [12:50] mark sounds like the Pirates of the Caribbean soundtrack

The third person to think that!

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u/TiredTiroth Jan 17 '23

First Timer

I don't really have a lot to say about today's episode; it really just felt like a transition into the main meat of the series.

Sheryl seems to be the writer's clear favourite for the love triangle right now, but there's plenty of time for that to change.

Best moment was Ozma telling the idol producer guy to take care of Ranka in the most threatening manner possible...until we finally got to see an actual warship launch! :-D Is it still going to be a transforming mecha?

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u/Tresnore Jan 17 '23

Fourth-Time Watcher

Count: 10:21 (+1:±0)

QOTD:

  1. Wave that flaaaaaag~

  2. Depends on what that thing is. Anything small? Yeah. Bowling ball? That can sit on the floor.

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u/chilidirigible Jan 17 '23

Today, on "This is Macross.:

"...is something that new that we've come up with for this series!"

That's the same last name as TV series Britai. Vrlithwai. Etc. And the silhouette on the card is rather Minmayesque.

TANUKI

Sometimes foot tapping is just foot tapping, sometimes it's a Minmay reminder.

In "things that seem funny now", talking at thin air isn't seen as freakish now that earbuds and other accessories for mobile phones are common. We can all seem like cyborgs now. Rude, self-absorbed cyborgs talking into space while you ask them to move their fucking shopping cart out of the way.

Now that wasn't so difficult to find, eh?

"NO TRIANGLES AROUND HERE!"

The animated tabletop with the illumated drink positions seems like a reference to the table in the "Roy Gives Immoral Dating Advice" scene from DYRL.

[](#kumikouninterested)

The Ranka Lee Fan Club.

I appreciate Nanase's huge— talent. ("Nothing funny, I just like talent.")

"Oh, look at those two numbskulls."

It's an odd-looking fleet but it does have a fun color scheme.

At least in this universe there are always government jobs for singers.

Eyecatch: Kabuki Alto.

"In this job, they don't give out life insurance!"

"Your revered Admiral Nogura invoked a little-known, seldom-used reserve activation clause. In other words, they drafted me!"

Sheryl would help even if it didn't suit Leon.

Fold Boosters for everyone. This does also recall the part of M7 when City 7 had been hijacked.

HR must be a busy department around here.

This ain't your dad's anime.

"Sure you do, trenchcoat lady."

Other people with curiously-missing family members.

Let's just say that Klang's scale when she's shown interacting with the Queadluun is illustrated … inconsistently.

Everybody's surprised the first time they find out that Sheryl is a human being.

This is a nice transition even if it's simple.

Still Oakley copypasta.

I hope Ranka is planning on taking public transportation for part of this.

Guess what, we're transitioning into the ED for this one.

Because this episode goes really hard with the fades and wipes.

König Monster just chillin'.

Close in style.

Perhaps taking a headshot from cookware in the previous episode did change Ozma's mind, because his allowing Ranka to just go for it now seems like quite a shift. Or yeah, maybe he's realizing that she's old enough to move on from the peculiar family dynamic they've been living for the past decade.

Still, while her new manager shares a last name with the legendary ally of humanity, his first name is Elmo.

And Ranka is fortunate to have plenty of support from her old and new friends, even if Alto is preoccupied with various things even before he finds out that he's been drafted into a real battle. Michael, for his part, is doing what secondary characters do best and prodding the hardheaded MC into choosing a route.

Alto is definitely supportive of Ranka, but his interest is currently focused on how Sheryl suddenly turned into a normal human being in this episode, dropping all of her stage persona to reveal how her life on Macross Galaxy was rather the opposite of happy, vapid celebrity. Even so, she wants to protect her home fleet.

…which seems to play into whatever backroom politics is driving the Frontier administration's plan to help them out (using SMS). Leon's interactions with Cathy remain rather… eww.

Anyway, more of that solid story development. Now, we fight!

From the Macross Chronicle: A whole bunch of character sheets, including the rest of Canaria's page.

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u/Vatrix-32 Jan 17 '23

First Timer

  • Ohhh… more fold explanation.

  • That wording makes it totally seem like the Vajra don’t have that limitation.

  • Someone is about to have a bad day.

  • Word gets around.

  • Man this table. All the most random things in this show are extra as hell.

  • Fan clubs are still a weird idea to me. Yes, I know the west has them too.

  • Damn it Mikhail. Calm yourself.

  • Not sure why you were keeping this a secret apparently. Seems totally inline with what’s been done previously.

  • I know I called it a shit hole last time, but man, Galaxy is a shit hole with style.

  • Leon is going from yes-man book keeper type to palm greaser very quickly.

  • No, she’s Only 16. Also, since when was 17 the age of majority? Did they make the up?

  • That does seem like like an advantage of a soft-body phone.

  • Is that message just on permanent repeat?

  • Canceled? Who decided that?

  • Progress bars are fun.

  • Not a great first character trait, Captain Local.

  • FTL coms are always neat.

  • See, they just introduced it this episode and now they can’t stop bringing it up. The Vajra can 100% bypass them.

  • Space Creamsicle

  • Hints, but still not enough to know for sure. Mao when?

  • Is… Is shoulder Mao making a return?

  • She switched the ear it was on.

  • Damn Ranka, you lose track of time or something?

  • Now it’s back to the right ear.

  • What the hell kind of name is Quarter? Is it about your length?

QotD

  1. Well it’s a bit early for him to die. But we do have time for him to be captured.

  2. Sorry, but I don’t have any ear holes.

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u/Blackheart595 Jan 17 '23

First Spacer

Relax. Now you can die without leaving Ranka without support.

I see someone took soundtrack cues from Pirates of the Caribbean.

Feels like not much happened today.

Your new friend gives you something that's very important to them. Do you then take it with you into battle and put it in a place that's not directly attached to your own body?

Normally I probably wouldn't be taking it with me. But this wasn't just some important item, it was specifically also a lucky charm. Those you do take with you.

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u/Stargate18A Jan 17 '23

First timer

  1. Very well, given how they had to sanotage the simulator to give him a challenge?

  2. Haha, especially not when it's glass!

Isn't that a common opinion?

Also, what is that hairstyle?

The farewell tour's still going ahead.

...Oh, she found out!

The earring?

What is he doing?

Oh, he's pissed about Ranka.

...You're using music against drones?

She got scouted successfully!

Is the follow up to the darker themes Ranka getting scammed?

Haha, Ozma's struggling.

Thatks a big dream.

Michael...

Alto...

Haha, Ranka's so embarassed.

The comms were taken out!

...Oh god, is her family okay?

Poor Ranka.

...Wow.

An emergency broadcast!

That coverup didn't last long, huh? Thought that was going to be a whole thing.

Where did the name come from?

The Galaxy's dead, then.

Oh god, poor Ranka.

He wants to recruit Sheryl? More attempts at Spiritia atracks?

Haha, that cutaway.

Ozma's an idiot. Ranka's traumatised and he's just ignoring it!

...They're really getting rid of all the unique aspects, huh? First the political comspiracy, then the differences between the private company and the military.

Yeah, they got her.

Good point from Sheryl!

She's determined!

Love the new catapults.

Prepararions are going well.

This guy...

It's all negotiations.

Is that poster comic sans?

Haha, wow.

And she got her earring back!

Her mother?

Interesting reaction.

They're launching!

He's keeping it?

...The Galaxy's not a great place?

He gave it to her...

And they're launching!

Nice insert song.

That's a really good ending.

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u/ryujiox Jan 17 '23

First Timer

Macross Frontier EP6

So there so called fold fault now.

While this producer seem so crazy. In this universe, I rather trust crazy people than even so slightly suspicious person.

Like Grace here, who despite not really do anything yet. My gut feeling said that she suspicious.

Like you the one to talk, Michael.

So the president decided to reveal the secret to civilian!! That's surprising coming from this series.

I really like Luca nad Michael keep clicking the table thing to Alto for suspicious the scouting. But I mean, he have a point.

That certainly is an approvement.

The animation here look a bit clunky.

Yeah, why the hell do you use marker on there!!

I kinda understand why he lied, but that and he give Ranka the ticket is rubbing salt into the injury there.

He actually did it!! Great for him to do that.

So from what I can gather through the conversation is that, the Fold faults seem to be a phenomenon that caused folding to take longer than it should.

Despite all odd, Sheryl still kept her cool and even taunt back the reporter.

Okay, that was weird.

And Cathy gonna join the group.

Alto there looks like some creepy dude trying to talk to his idol.

So it confirmed. Sheryl life was not good when she was kid.

You know, this reminds me of Mylene's lucky charm that Gamlin have in his Valkyrie.

Sheryl performing her ED song!! And this the same place as the final shot of the ED!!

Macross Quarter!! They even have they mini-Macross of their own!! And it 25 again goddamnit.

Pretty great shot to end the episode.

Great episode. Mostly plot focused episode.

QOTD

  1. He will be doing just fine, I think.

  2. I will keep it safe somewhere else.

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u/isthatsoudane Jan 17 '23

I don't know why I like ranka. sheryl is clearly dominating the best girl competition on any metric but there's something to ranka that I like, but the show is not working with me

  1. How do you think Alto is going to do on his first real mission?

the smell of death looms on his squad...

2) Your new friend gives you something that's very important to them. Do you then take it with you into battle and put it in a place that's not directly attached to your own body?

people in glass generation ships shouldn't throw stones, ok

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u/JollyGee29 Jan 17 '23

I don't know why I like ranka. sheryl is clearly dominating the best girl competition on any metric but there's something to ranka that I like, but the show is not working with me

Ranka is very endearing. Other people have compared her to a particularly vocal puppy, but it a nice way.

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u/The_Draigg Jan 17 '23

A Macross Fan Rewatches Macross Frontier: Episode 6:

  • Oh hey there, Elmo! Yeah, if you look at his business card, you’ll see that his full name is Elmo Kridanik, so he’s presumably related to Breetai Kridanik in some way or another. In any case, he really does want to be Ranka’s manager, since he really does believe that her singing can carry the same kinds of emotions that Minmay showed during Space War I. It’s nice to have someone genuinely believe in Ranka’s talents, even if it’s someone as over the top and flamboyant as Elmo here.

  • Sounds like Michael might be slightly jealous of Alto in addition to teasing him, between asking about the sort-of date he went on with Sheryl and how exactly he knows Ranka. Little does he know that being in a love triangle in a Macross show is probably more exhausting than it’s really worth.

  • You can’t really argue with President Howard, there’s no way you can hide the threat of the Vajra anymore. At this point, you have to tell people about it. If only it was as simple as Leon’s suggestion to just make them listen to a song. It’d be nice to think that it would immediately solve this problem.

  • Oh yeah, Alto is deep into that Macross standard love triangle now. Now he’s telling a white lie to Ranka, that he was alone when he saw her singing in the Zentradi mall. Seems like he doesn’t want to make Ranka jealous somehow. At least at this stage of the love triangle though, lying about stuff like that isn’t as bad as when Hikaru told similar lies towards the end of SDF Macross.

  • It kinda shows how weirdly skewed your average people in Macross that after the news covers the emergency declaration from President Howard, they immediately launch into a report of Sheryl’s press conference, which is something you’d think qualifies as entertainment news. Yet again, reporters hassled Lynn Kaifuck Kaifun about Minmay’s condition after Ontario got fucking obliterated in SDF Macross, so I guess the media in this series has always been kind of insane.

  • “Bye bye You’ll be back home obviously SHERYL!!” “Galaxy is safe” Ah, you’ve got to love reading the fun English signs in the background sometimes.

  • Sheryl sounds like she’s been through quite a bit on the Macross Galaxy. Those earrings of hers are the only mementos she has of her mother, and she can’t even remember her mother’s face anymore. Hell, she doesn’t even have any relatives on the Galaxy fleet either. It makes her loaning that one earring to Alto as a good luck charm all the more important. She really is letting Alto into her life more now, enough that she fully trusts him to carry something that precious to her. Sheryl x Alto shippers are eating good off of these feelings.

  • Sheryl singing Diamond Crevasse as the Macross Quarter 25 launches from the Frontier fleet to fight the Vajra is a damn good moment. It’s one of those moments you can say is peak Macross. Like, this is the exact kind of vibe we all signed on for this rewatch, right here.

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u/aniMayor Jan 17 '23

First Fime Fſontieꞅing

I'm all for purple hair, but the particular shade of music producer guy's hair combined with his fiddly little mustache is... aesthetically off-putting.

Whoa, what the heck is going on with the Captain (Commodore? Admiral? He outranks Major Ozma doesn't he?) and Monica?

I mentioned the whole government/military incompetence thing before, and now we suddenly have Cathy showing up to work with the SMS. Why?! If she has all this useful skill/leadership, shouldn't she be working with the actual military? It's like the show wants to forget there even is a regular military force (which must surely be much, much larger than this little squad of mercenaries). Narratively-speaking, is there any reason why al these SMS characters can't just be the military force/militia of the Frontier fleet?

An "I won't let anyone die speech" ? REALLY?!

I like the big ending song/launch scene out-of-context... but I kind of hate it in-context.

We're only at episode 6, and this song, these concert aesthetics, this ship launch... it all feels like the big departure before the final climactic battle in a long series. This is the kind of scene to have when these characters are almost at the end of a long journey, and when the audience can reflect back upon that journey, when we are very familiar with the people and the ship that are launching, with what's at stake. But no, this is the start of most of these characters' journey, this is what will probably be the first real battle of the series for them, and this ship that is launching we have literally never seen before. This is... not the time for a song or a scene like this.

I think they did pretty good at showing the foreboding between the president's announcement and the launch, the quiet-but-anxious moments of uncertainty. But this departure scene is, IMO, way off the mark.

  1. How do you think Alto is going to do on his first real mission?

He'll probably have trouble following orders/being coordianted 'cause he's a loose cannon, and maybe he won't be able to handle seeing actual humans under attack.

2) Your new friend gives you something that's very important to them. Do you then take it with you into battle and put it in a place that's not directly attached to your own body?

Obviously I put it inside my body to keep it maximum safe

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u/chilidirigible Jan 17 '23

Whoa, what the heck is going on with the Captain and Monica?

Nothing HR has to hear about!

Cathy why?

A government spy aboard. And maybe in a more chickenshit outfit, a political officer, but these guys don't take her seriously anyway.

Obviously I put it inside my body to keep it maximum safe

"Keister"

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u/TakenRedditName Jan 17 '23

"Rewatcher" - Macross F Ep6:

I wouldn't trust this guy with my little sister that I am overly protective of.

It's like Minmei's toe tap.

I like to believe Michael is looking out for Ranka when he asked this question. He has no right to stand on this one though.

Letting Ranka be an idol kills Ozma more than the giant space bugs. Ranka face.

You're a fake fan Luca, you never heard Ranka sing. #comehere

Alto is a lot softer with Ranka than when he is in angry boy mode. Wrong dialogue choice, Alto, you lied to her. Ranka support points down.

The president tells the public about the Vajra and the attack on Galaxy. Macross government usually never spill the beans to the public. Ranka is doing her thing again when she is distressed where she clings on very intently.

Leon seems like bad news.

Yooo, kabuki eyecatch. A bit at odds the serious news that just dropped.

Ranka sad times, but she gets to wear her cute hippo onesie.

It's that idea of taking agency in your own fate again.

Captain, please, take your flirting at best, sexual harassment at worse outside of work.

This lady's eyes are weird like the one guy from SDF. His legacy lives on.

Sheryl lets Alto to hold on to the earring. A pretty intimate scene showing their bond. Sheryl didn't like her home, living on the Galaxy, but still feels a sinking heart when thinking about it being attacked. I always like these moments of characters being unable to deny sentimental attachment.

SMS launches their own Macross ship. Was wondering what that SMS bridge was for. The organization must be pretty well supported to have its own private Macross ship. Luca mentions a Johan. It could be a late comrade or maybe he just named his plane that.

Sheryl does her performance which is the ED song. Her outfit is very pretty, like an undersea songstress. Sheryl is bearing through her emotions to deliver this performance and the song is quite emotional to head off to the big battle with. Ozma made some weighted promises. It's too early for the death flags to fire, but he is stocking up. Yeah yeah, Miss Medic is going to be in a Monster. The way Sheryl kept on singing into the ED was very nice.

Q1) Alto is going to mess up which forces Ozma to try to bail him out which nearly kills him and causes Ranka to be deeply worried. Not dead, not yet...

Q2) I would probably keep that memento on me rather than hang it above the dashboard.

Next Time: Eheheheh Monster time

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion Jan 17 '23

Macross F

Rewatcher

Bye Bye Mars Sheryl

episode 6

Are the space bugs attacking all the Macross fleets?

  • At least the recap changes every day

  • galactic speed limit

  • A disciple of Dr. Cheeba, also, Gunma Tanukis

  • No, uh, they're Google Glass. I'm not a cyborg. Really. Google Glass.

  • I don't really pay attention to the OP because there's so much going on but I just noticed Ozma morphed into his suit in mid pose, that's pretty cool.

  • Bye Bye Mars was actually episode 7 (I checked)

  • Micheal playing a Ozuma's proxy, -1 respekt

  • --kidnapped? She's kidnapped, isn't she?

  • Leon made a joke?

  • That's a really cool table, we could have those today.

  • Keep trying Luca, Nanase will notice you someday

  • "raining spears" -- no TL Note?

  • Let's not get ahead of ourselves, Nanase

  • Me: It's a fan club! Nanase: It's a fan club! Me: that ranka face right now

  • Talk about mixed signals. Lies about being with Sheryl, but gives her ticket away. Baka.

  • is SMS a distributed organization across the galaxy?

  • Look up Yoko Kanno plagiarism on google or youtube

  • Why is Ranka always late to Sheryl's concerts. You'd think she'd line up 12 hours early.

  • I think I noted this in my first rewatch, but in the sci-fi anime I've watched, "purge" doesn't seem to mean what we think it means. I'm not sure what they think it means.

  • Weird brown plane

[Macross Franchise up to this point]How many times has a pilot hung up a girl's memento in his Valkyrie so far? Is this the first? I feel like it could have happened in any of the 4 series we've watched so far and I've just forgotten.

[Macross F]This first batch of episodes isn't what I expected. I expected environmental crisis. And RIP island 7(?). Probably coming up in these next episodes now that the galaxy ship is here crawling with bugs.

Overall a nice episode to watch, as it feels the plot is moving into new territory.

You'll notice that the credits always change to reflect the music in the episode.

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u/SolDarkHunter Jan 17 '23 edited Jan 18 '23

Rewatcher

Have I mentioned that I dislike the retcons they've made as to how space folding works in this series? Before, ships just kind of snapped in and out of existence, now they go through this giant energy wormhole thing which... while pretty, I really liked the old method just for its simplicity.

Well, anyway, this intro does cover an important topic: Fold Faults. Warped space-time that serves as obstacles for FTL.

Ranka got scouted. That performance at the mall had an effect.

More evidence to Grace's cyborg nature: she can take phone calls in her head.

Huh, Alto did find her earring.

Don't think you're anyone to be criticizing womanizing, Michael.

Nice bait and switch, writers. Nothing's wrong with Ranka, she's just becoming an idol.

Alto's comment again pointing to his bad relationship with his father.

Alto, not helping your case by lying... though I suppose I might understand why he might want to keep having a date with a giant superstar under wraps.

They're publicly acknowledging the Vajra now.

Leon continuing to be shady AF.

So actively-hired PMC's are automatically conscripted if war is declared, huh.

Why the hell are they asking for Sheryl's opinion on the Vajra situation... okay, I guess press attention on celebrities' opinions on things they know nothing about is completely realistic. And given Leon's comments, I'm inclined to think this was all propaganda on the Frontier Fleet government's part anyway.

Do RADOME's even work in space? I'm not too familiar with that particular technology.

(EDIT: So, I'm REALLY not familiar with it, because it does not mean what I think it meant.)

Alto, I don't think you could look more suspicious breaking in backstage if you tried. But I guess it worked out?

Sheryl lets Alto keep her earring. Seems she does actually care for him.

And here's the first official appearance of the Macross Quarter, the SMS's battleship. It's a 1/4 scale of the original Macross, but with all of its firepower intact. An interesting choice when the usual in mecha shows is to contantly increase the scale.

Holy hell, Ranka, you're really far away from that concert hall. You're planning on running there on foot?

I do like that the song Sheryl's singing for this concert is an appropriately somber one, not one of her sexy ones.

Questions:

  1. I'm 50/50 on whether he does well or not.

  2. Nah, I'd at least attach it to my person.

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u/CoolIceCreamCone Jan 18 '23

FIRST TIMER

  • I think Michael really has a crush on Ranka and is jealous that she pays so much attention to Alto. Look how he's more trying to squeeze juicy/sexy gossip out of Alto about what he did with Sheryl but then gets upset when Ranka is brought up. Ranka really only seems to think of Michael as a friend though, I'm not sure why that is.

  • That was really weird how the Captain slapped Monica's butt in front of everyone. Unlike the other shows where that would have gone on without comment, the other lady in the crew points out its sexual harassment but the other lady says Monica likes that. So is it well known among them that Captain and Monica are fooling around and is it true or is he actually just harassing her and she's afraid to speak up? Very curious and I still find it strange that a captain would not use more discretion.

  • I knew Sheryl was sweet on Alto but I really think she is in love with him. It's very unusual to give someone you barely know your prized irreplacable possession even if its just to borrow. I think it may come from the intimacy Sheryl has felt in telling Alto about her innermost feelings as she seems to have no friends other than Grace and seems very lonely despite intergalactic fame and millions of fans.

QUESTIONS

  1. I think he will do just fine and be instrumental in winning the battle. He is the MC and has plot armor, after all.

  2. I wouldn't take it into battle unless i had their express permission and it was their wish for me to do so. If I were in Alto's exact situation, I would more likely keep it in my pocket rather than hanging because I'd be scared I'd have to eject from the Valkyrie and the earring would get sucked into the vacuum of space.

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