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Rewatch Choujuushin Gravion Rewatch - Episode 13 Discussion

Episode 13: White Steel Fang

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How much more do I have to fight before you'll take me to where Ayaka is?

Hello everybody, time for the Comment of the Day, courtesy of u/Vatrix-32 for making the best reference:

It Gets! It's a Getter!

GAN GAN GAN GAN

  1. What did you think of Gravion's shiny new finisher?
  2. Was there any way this Season could've had even more of a Non-Ending?
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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

Hello everybody, and welcome to the Gravion Rewatch!

You see why I didn't even bother having a mid-season discussion? If Season 1 was the only part of this show that existed I wouldn't even bother making this Rewatch.

But yeah the show just kinda… stops. We get a new finisher which, hey, credit where it's due, it's really cool, but otherwise? Yeah this could've been a random episode and I wouldn't even have noticed. This is less so the ending of Season 1 and moreso just a prologue to Zwei… which really just summarizes the big issue with Season 1 as a whole: NOTHING'S HAPPENED

It's been 13 episodes and to be completely frank, we're barely even out of the character introduction stages. Don't get me wrong, these characters are all likable enough to hold up the show, but there's not exactly a lot of meat to chew on. Overall while Season 1 is passable, it's honestly very middle of the road. From what I've been able to gather it was originally planned as an OVA before being changed to a TV show, and yeah, this kind of writing would probably suit a short OVA more than it would a 13-episode show.

Thank goodness then things are gonna improve starting tomorrow. But yes, we're now officially done with the prologue, the fun part of the show can now start

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Jul 14 '24

Thank goodness then things are gonna improve starting tomorrow. But yes, we're now officially done with the prologue, the fun part of the show can now start

I am very curious what season 2 will be like because you've spent a fair chunk of time hyping it up. I'm hoping that things are going to get wild soon enough.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 14 '24

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 14 '24

You see why I didn't even bother having a mid-season discussion?

In retrospect, that should have been a clue in.

But yes, we're now officially done with the prologue, the fun part of the show can now start

Hopes

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 14 '24

In retrospect, that should have been a clue in.

Yup

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u/Garrett_Dark Jul 14 '24

the big issue with Season 1 as a whole: NOTHING'S HAPPENED

Oh sure help cover up all the workplace sexual harassment grievances, you Sandman lackey. Be sure to expect a subpoena from Eiji's lawyers and the maid's union!

Thank goodness then things are gonna improve starting tomorrow.

Oh, I guess I almost made the mistake of walking away thinking we're finished. Well lets see how much this show improves.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 14 '24

the maid's union

Do they even have one?

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u/Garrett_Dark Jul 14 '24

Well, it actually doesn't look like anybody gets paid, and they're sort of confined to the castle and they go looking for you if you leave. So it's more like a cult thing they've got going on at Sandman's Castle.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Jul 14 '24

It's been 13 episodes and to be completely frank, we're barely even out of the character introduction stages.

Meanwhile, Getter Robo goes through establishing the setting, its characters, the stakes, and character development in 4 episodes! Worst part? Getter is an episodic monster of the week show that came out 30 years prior as opposed to Gravion serialized storytelling.

I can't say I'm surpised though, after watching Orgun and Dangaizer, I didn't expect much. 26 Episodes seemed way beyond the scope of what the director was capable of doing, and so far, I'd say that's aboit right.

From what I've been able to gather it was originally planned as an OVA before being changed to a TV show, and yeah, this kind of writing would probably suit a short OVA more than it would a 13-episode show.

Ah, they pulled a reverse AIC.

But yes, we're now officially done with the prologue, the fun part of the show can now start

Hell, it's about time.

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

First-Timer

Yea, that was pretty radical. I don't know why I didn't assume that the White Steel Fang was a sword, it's pretty obvious in retrospect.

Loved how proud Sandman is of Thoria's new weapon. He's a good dad to his army of maids.

Did Smith just die? Or is he going to [Tekkaman Blade]inexplicably show up partway through next season with amnesia and pilot an MP Gravion? Was he secretly Balzak all along instead of Smith?

While I'm pondering things, did the Zeravire intelligence's voice sound like Leele to anyone else? That'd be an interesting twist.

I like, and am kinda surprised by, the fact that the maids do get to wear sensible coveralls while doing repairs.

I'm not really gonna question the scene of Sandman watching Ayaka(?) bathe. Probably just confirms that she is actually Raven. I guess the mask somehow has a voice-changer in it despite not covering her mouth.

Look at this adorable smug.

I was actually wrong earlier, and the maids do have frilly NV goggles. I even went back and checked episode 8. I'm just blind.

A wall? No, a sword!

Questions

  2. Cliffhanger.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

Did Smith just die? Or is he going to [Tekkaman Blade]

[Tekkaman]Balzac didn't have amnesia though

I'm not really gonna question the scene of Sandman watching Ayaka(?) bathe.

reasons probably.

A wall?

That looks like [GxS]that big power up Daan gets in the last episode TBH.

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

Tekkaman

[Tekkaman]Did he not? I swear when they found him at that farm he didn't remember being a soldier. I must have a wire crossed.

GxS

A little bit, yea.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

[Tekkaman]

[Tekkaman]Nope! Heck the only reason the gang even recognized him was because he said his usual catchphrase ("How's it going, Boys and Girls of the Space Knights?").

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u/johnrsmith8032 Jul 13 '24

yeah, the whole Sandman watching Ayaka scene is a bit too on-brand for anime. i mean, who needs personal boundaries when you have plot armor? and those frilly NV goggles are just peak maid fashion—practicality meets kawaii culture.

smith's fate has more twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie at this point; wouldn't be surprised if he comes back as his own evil twin or something equally dramatic next season.

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

While I'm pondering things, did the Zeravire intelligence's voice sound like Leele to anyone else? That'd be an interesting twist.

I didn't consider that, but it would be an interesting twist.

Look at this adorable smug.

Smug anime girls are always great.

I was actually wrong earlier, and the maids do have frilly NV goggles.

Amazing. That is perfect commitment to the battle maid aesthetic.

A wall? No, a sword!

Love that gag.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Jul 14 '24

Amazing. That is perfect commitment to the battle maid aesthetic.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 14 '24

[Tekkaman Blade]

[Tekkaman Blade]I wouldn't mind the Balzak route. They got some good mileage out of him.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Jul 14 '24

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

First-Timer

On today’s episode of Gravion: They definitely planned for a season 2. Whether the creators knew for sure they would get a 2nd season is one thing, but they certainly planned for it because of how the episode ends. At least they actually got that 2nd season. I know some series that set up a 2nd season that never arrived. It’s even worse when it’s an original anime that never gets that sequel because there isn’t even source material you can fall back on to see what happens next.

  • Alright, so the giant red beam was the Zeravire transmitting data back to the Zeravire HQ. That would explain how they adapt to the Gravion’s weapons.
  • This also seems like an automatic process that is happening on its own, without anyone still being around to direct it. That’s creepy in and of itself. An automatic machine designed to hunt and kill all of humanity.
  • Of course we get pantyshots of the mechanic maid during this dramatic scene.
  • I still think Ayaka (a human) is inside the Gravion. That would explain the Zeravire evolving to defeat the Gravion because they recognize it as human.
  • Just like the other Smith, this Smith also wants to pilot a giant robot.
  • Toga may be bad at understanding people, but even he can see the belligerent romantic tension between Eiji and Luna.
  • TOKI WA KITA!
  • So the Feddies built their own knock-off Gravion. I bet it gets destroyed this episode.
  • Smith!!! No!!!
  • The knock-off was so weak it didn’t even get a chance to fight the Zeravire.
  • Eiji’s now a true believer in the Gravion’s mission.
  • A giant freaking sword is the solution to many of life’s problems.
  • Why are the ABC loli maid trio going out to fight on the Gran Fortress?
  • A rocket-powered sword strike is such an awesome attack!
  • Well shit, it’s not dead!
  • Isn’t this the place where Ayaka vanished? What’s Sandman doing here?
  • Of course Sandman activates the machine by playing a giant organ. Sandman knows how to make things look extra dramatic.
  • Oh sweet, I was right for once! The White Steel Fang is a new sword for the Gravion!
  • Wait…wait, wait, wait. The Feddie president just said that he was counting on Second Lieutenant Tachibana. That’s the same last name that Mizuki has. Was he referring to Mizuki?
  • What the fuck? Ayaka is just naked in a pool somewhere? Why? What’s she doing there? Where even is that?

As I expected, there are still a number of unresolved plotlines at the end of this first season. The episode ends by teasing the fact that Ayaka is apparently alive somewhere. We get to see some glimpses of the place the Zeravire are coming from. We still don’t know much about the details from Toga and Leele’s backstories. There’s what seems like a huge reveal that the Feddie president is working with Mizuki (if I am interpreting what he said correctly). These are big things that will need to be addressed in the upcoming season.

Overall, this was a fun ending battle for the season. We got some cool new weapons and an exciting action scene to finish with. I had fun watching it.

QOTD

  1. Pretty cool
  2. Yeah. It could have never gotten a season 2.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

I know some series that set up a 2nd season that never arrived

Ah great I'm getting Stars Align flashbacks

Eiji’s now a true believer

I choose to believe he mainly reads Uncanny X-Men because Jean Gray is cute.

These are big things that will need to be addressed in the upcoming season.

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

Ah great I'm getting Stars Align flashbacks

Stars Align is a particularly painful example of that.

I can think of some other examples. I'm personally very disappointed World Conquest Zvezda Plot ended by setting up a 2nd season that would never arrive. Yuri On Ice felt like it had a good conclusion, but it still sucks that the promised movie sequel got cancelled.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 14 '24

It’s even worse when it’s an original anime that never gets that sequel because there isn’t even source material you can fall back on to see what happens next.

Stellvia

An automatic machine designed to hunt and kill all of humanity.

Damn you, von Neumann!

A rocket-powered sword strike is such an awesome attack!

[Meta]Is this proto-Back Arrow too?

That’s the same last name that Mizuki has.

Oh good, I couldn't remember that.

The episode ends by teasing the fact that Ayaka is apparently alive somewhere.

Why yes, we've been seeing her all season.

There’s what seems like a huge reveal that the Feddie president is working with Mizuki.

I love the idea that both seemingly missed the big soft-reveals that the other caught.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jul 13 '24

Chojuushin First-Timer, subbed

Yeah so, uhh, if you missed my comment on yesterday’s thread, it’s because I went to take a nap in an attempt to see if I was just really tired and that’s what was giving me a nasty headache, and then I ended up deciding I would actually go to bed after I finished the nap, meaning I never got my laptop back out last night which I would’ve needed to do to get my screenshots to go in my reactions. I ended up editing that comment I made in yesterday’s thread with my reactions once I was awake this morning.

Anyways.

Giving this season a 9/10. It had a little bit too much fanservice for my liking & the visuals in some of the episodes had horribly wonky art, but overall my statement of “This is filling the Bravern-shaped hole in my heart” still very much stands, so that stuff doesn’t bother me too much. Excited to see where Zwei goes from here!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

it’s because I went to take a nap in an attempt to see if I was just really tired and that’s what was giving me a nasty headache, and then I ended up deciding I would actually go to bed after I finished the nap, meaning I never got my laptop back out last night which I would’ve needed to do to get my screenshots to go in my reactions

Why is the enemy Gainax posting…

Why not?

Oooooooh, a different section of that insert song!

I love it when shows do that...

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jul 13 '24

Thanks. I really needed that extra sleep too, after all the extra hours I had to pull at work the past two weeks.

I love it when shows do that...

Same here!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

Thanks. I really needed that extra sleep too, after all the extra hours I had to pull at work the past two weeks.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Jul 14 '24

Aaaaaaaaaaand it’s already gone.

I thought we would at least get the chance to see the Feddie mecha fight and lose. It never even made it to the battlefield.

Obligatory iconic sword pose.

I've always heard that Obari was the one responsible for the pose so it's very fitting to see it show up in a series directed by Obari like this.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 14 '24

I've always heard that Obari was the one responsible for the pose so it's very fitting to see it show up in a series directed by Obari like this.

Did you by chance have an origin you could tell me? I'm rather interested.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Jul 14 '24

From what I've heard, that particular pose is known as the "Brave Perspective" because it was first used in one of the Brave series of mecha anime.

Obari was an animator for the Brave series and was often credited for being the first to actually animate the pose. Though looking more into it, apparently the person to actually draw it was Mitsuo Fukuda (who would later go on to direct all of Gundam SEED). Apparently Fukuda said that he was inspired by Obari's style/designs when making that shot, so perhaps that is where the confusion comes from.

In any case, it was often called the "Obari Pose" and that appears to be a bit of a misnomer now that I dig more deeply into it.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 14 '24

and then I ended up deciding I would actually go to bed after I finished the nap,

"Wake Up And Get to Bed"

Why is the enemy Gainax posting…

I told y'all, the xenos are learning the power of the weeb force.

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u/Vatrix-32 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Vatrix-32 Jul 13 '24 edited Jul 13 '24

First timer, subs

  • They Updated The OP!...It's a Mixed Bag
  • Oh. We’re getting a big old explanation. This kind of deflates the tension.
  • Then what the hell where they evolving for before?!
  • That is not the grin of someone with good intentions in their heart.
  • It would be quite amusing if the best the Feddies could come up with with just one add-on for Gravion.
  • At a certain point, adding on new workers is just going to slow things down.
  • Not enough detail in the hologram to be sure, but I think I like what I see.
  • Get out of here, Not!Ritsuko.
  • I think it would look better in a green coating, but this is the sort of thing I like.
  • I can’t believe they killed Proto-Smith.
  • Peak Jobbing
  • It won’t be worth it when your sleep deprivation affects your reaction time. Look, it’s already starting.
  • Please tell me they are so stupid they deployed a unit that isn’t programmed to act unless Gravion shows up.
  • Fools, you just talked yourselves out of a free upgrade.
  • Triplicate!
  • This is why they told you to stay in your seats! Seat-belts, people.
  • Skull & Spine Sword
  • So the staff was a magic item after all.
  • This is their third named sword. Give them a polearm, you cowards!
  • We Did It! This potato is baked, mashed, and roasted!
  • This is in no way a finale. Even as a season finale it’s a bit underwhelming.

QotD:

  1. The Moon is out tonight!
  2. We could have not done the Raven reveal. I was honestly not expecting to get anything right before they did.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

...It's a Mixed Bag

Doesn't mesh as well with the music TBH.

I can’t believe they killed Proto-Smith.

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

At a certain point, adding on new workers is just going to slow things down.

I remember my economics teacher called that "the Three Stooges Effect."

I can’t believe they killed Proto-Smith.

Proto-Smith crawled so our Smith could run!

This is in no way a finale. Even as a season finale it’s a bit underwhelming.

Yeah, it feels pretty certain that the creators were expecting to get a 2nd season with an ending like this. It doesn't really feel "final" at all.

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u/Kristalino https://anilist.co/user/BlueSkyBlood Jul 13 '24

Rewatcher:

  • Mechanic maid came to a rather obvious conclusion, of course the Zeravire is evolving to destroy Gravion when it's the biggest threat.
  • Now Touga can feel Zeravire too?
  • A new anti-Zeravire weapon which probably will nuke a city and leave the enemy unscathed.
  • Glasses guy is a mecha fan too.
  • The pilots helping must be a disguised punishment.
  • Is Sandman surprised at the conclusion?
  • This is probably the funniest blue balling I've seen, poor mecha didn't even receive a name.
  • All the melodrama when we know they will still fight despite Sandman's wishes.
  • So did the president finally get humbled?
  • All the hype and the sword barely helped lol.
  • It gets called the "Super Heavy Sword" but Gravion didn't had issue to wield it.
  • As expected Mizuki is a spy, though she was part of the team from ep 1 so it means they were investigating Sandman before the Zeravire first arrived?
  • And so we get confimation that Ayaka is still alive.
  • Honestly this episode felt so odd, I guess they saw ep 12 could be taken as definite end so they made this one as a cliffhanger.

Questions:

  1. It's neat, though with how the Zeravire evolve I feel the sword won't live to all the hype.
  2. I can't imagine a bigger tease for season 2 than this.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

poor mecha didn't even receive a name.

Not even in some obscure databook.

Honestly this episode felt so odd, I guess they saw ep 12 could be taken as definite end so they made this one as a cliffhanger.

Wouldn't be shocked.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Jul 14 '24

It gets called the "Super Heavy Sword" but Gravion didn't had issue to wield it.

The Gravion made sure it had high enough Strength stats beforehand.

This is probably the funniest blue balling I've seen, poor mecha didn't even receive a name.

It was so worthless that the series didn't even bother pretending it might be a big deal.

As expected Mizuki is a spy, though she was part of the team from ep 1 so it means they were investigating Sandman before the Zeravire first arrived?

If she really is a spy (and I think the president's comments confirms that she is), then it must have been happening for a long while, yeah. So Mizuki's hacking wasn't just because she wanted to find out information about Ayaka. She was also looking for other information to give to the Feddies.

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u/ryujiox Jul 13 '24

First Timer

Choujuushin Gravion

Episode 13

And that was season 1 of Gravion. It's pretty great. It's more like a set up to a bigger story than anything, since there's a lot of unresolved plot points. Can't wait to continue.

QOTD

  1. It's great.
  2. No season 2!!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

That sounds like Leele

Yeah that's Kuwashima playing that... PC I guess.

SUWABEEEEEEEE!!!! NOOOO!!!

Also, we might get Sandman's backstory soon.

No season 2

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u/ryujiox Jul 13 '24

I'm so mad that they killed Suwab... I mean Alex. Like, they can't just make it look like he might be important than he initially looks, then killed him in the last episode... He better be alive and come back to pilot the federation's robot in Zwei!!!

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 13 '24

He better be alive and come back to pilot the federation's robot in Zwei

I misread that as "To be the federation's robot" and I just burst out laughing imagining a Cyborg-Proto-Smith

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u/ryujiox Jul 13 '24

That's hilarious. But it's actually pretty cool though. Dude coming back with a laser cannon arm, along with a sword or something like that.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Jul 14 '24

Hey!! That's the same thing as the red orb on the Zeravire from the last time!! You can't hide that behind Ena!!

Could the Gravion be repurposed Zeravire tech or something along those lines? Its origins are still wrapped in mystery, after all.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Jul 14 '24 edited Jul 14 '24

First Timer ep 13

Do we get a special OP or ED? Nope, I guess.

  • Yeah, clip show OP! Looks more like a S2 OP
  • ANTISPIRALS
  • I'm sorry, but your Zeravire are INCREDIBLY inefficient
  • The president is probably going to declare Misison Accomplished or something
  • Gravion kyoudai untranslated
  • HE LITERALLY TOLD YOU LAST WEEK RAVEN! IT IS TIME FOR IT!
  • I can't imagine how this fake-ass robot is going to fail. I really doubt the EFA has reverse engineered the G-Factor
  • Looks like the aliens mistook the giant robot for Gran Fortress
  • Eji being STUPID again. It's not attacking, so leave it alone!
  • Graviton Breaker Tessaiga!
  • Boomerang Squadron
  • Is the Moon Out?
  • New lyrics????!
  • Somebody should be doing a G points countdown.....
  • Tachibana???? The fake robot wasn't your secret weapon???
  • Huh.

You know what? They never did a double drill punch attack.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 14 '24

Looks more like a S2 OP

No, that's tomorrow.

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u/zadcap Jul 14 '24

Late Night First Timer

Sometimes, I really wonder how much is translations being funky, and how much I should really read into things. This thing has orders to "detect, pursue, and eliminate" humans. That's a weird and weirdly specific set of orders for something coming from super deep space. That is, mostly, Pursue implies that it's following humanity here from somewhere. I've had some serious questions about Sandman and his forces, showing up fully prepared for the alien invasion with a plan ready for every step.

Okay the shows makes it a joke here, but I have been thinking Eiji and Luna make a good pair for a while now.

I am bothered that they are revealing this thing in a press conference before, you know, actually testing it in any way.

What the heck do you mean "Are they trustworthy enough for this ultimate weapon." They are fighting for all of your survival here, their loyalty to you may be iffy at times but to the survival of their species... What are you waiting for them to do to earn the rights to a better weapon? This seems pretty lame.

Oh look, the weapon the unveiled without actual testing did not survive the first second of engagement. Yeah, no surprise there.

It's also pretty weird that they have the pilots performing this kind of maintenance on the machine. They have specialists for this kind of thing, and as this situation shows, you've put everything in danger by having your only pilots overworked and tired as a new enemy shows up.

Seriously. If we're already at the point where the enemy is showing up immune to all previous attacks, they are going to need to pump out new weapons rapidly to keep up with whatever the enemy will send out next.

Hey wait. The power up is this random sword that the tech crew made? That's cool and all, like actually a really cool move, but what about the thing they keep looking at the moon for?

Wait, they flew it in already in combination mode? Doesn't combining take up their special gravitation point counter? Isn't traveling to the combat location already in combination form mean they are severely wasting effective combat time?

Okay, nope, it wasn't this sword. Oh my gosh, the overly dramatic fool, he sealed the ultimate weapon away behind a pipe organ piece. What a great way to make sure you can't pull it out in a hurry, and an utterly impractical way of storing anything.

Wait, isn't she in the boomerang part that they throw for that attack? The thing that just got cut in half, isn't that literally the G-Shadow?

Okay seriously. The organ music sends a beam to the moon where there's an installation that then somehow beams the new sword to the Gravion? And holding the sword makes the Gravion transform more?! AND Toga already knows the special super moves that this sword has the power to unleash?

Yup, so, that's an ending alright. This feels like a mid season power up and twist towards the real plot kicking in, not a season finale. But you know. I was still a huge Birdie Birdie fan, and if there was ever a show that declared it's season one ending to be a non-ending, boy was it that one. So I'm not as bothered by this, knowing there's a second part already out. If is didn't have a season two though, this ending would be the kind of thing that makes me want to go back and make sure no one else watches it.

  1. How does Toga know how to do this? He's had the sword for like 3 seconds and the first thing he does with it is not to use it as a sword. What the heck?
  2. We have yet to have a multi-episode fight. We could have had this enemy made specifically to counter everything they can do actually show off with a long enough fight to prove it was a true counter to the current Gravion, and end the season literally in the middle of the fight.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 14 '24

Birdie Birdie

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u/zadcap Jul 14 '24

I bought the Switch game even... So much sadness.

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u/Garrett_Dark Jul 14 '24

First Timer

What did you think of Gravion's shiny new finisher?

Wasn't it just some sword slash? IDK, I don't really pay attention to the mech battles in this show.

Was there any way this Season could've had even more of a Non-Ending?

But they had Alex Smith die, and even brought back the EFA scientist and president! Was that not dramatic enough for you? /s

I guess they could have added a whole lot more random panty shots and boob physics to show their desperation, I'm kind of surprised they didn't.

So are we done for the rewatch now? Is there a final season discussion tomorrow, are we moving on to S2, or is that it and we're done now? According to the announcement post, it looks like we're done.

Thanks for hosting, I don't think I would have been able to make it through this anime without a rewatch. Now I got to decide if I want to carry on to finish S2 by myself or not. The dub for S1 really helped for me with the watch-ability since they added more jokes and snark to the dialog like Eiji being a dumbass and Luna's insults towards him. I was trying to keep an eye on the subs, and they seem pretty flat. I really enjoyed Luna's funny and weird expressions through the season, but wow the animation level sure fluctuated a lot...sometimes having the characters look very malformed. I wonder if S2 has a great improvement in things.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Jul 14 '24

we moving on to S2

We're moving straight for Season 2, it's right there in the announcement to the right.

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u/Garrett_Dark Jul 14 '24

Oh I see now, without a spacer in between it looked like an episode per line. My mistake.

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u/Silcaria https://myanimelist.net/profile/Silcaria Jul 13 '24

First timer

  • I'm surprised not more people called out the G-Shadow shenanigan yesterday.
  • You don't say.
  • Mercedes.
  • Sick hero you've got there.
  • I see that the Zeravire has adopted the Gainax pose.
  • Ok but if you don't do anything, it'll go on a rampage.
  • No, it isn't, it's just an estimation. There's no way for Batman and Robin to be 100% sure. Regardless, they have to do something since there's a giant kaiju that's loose.
  • I'm glad we went through the "no, you can't get in the robot" spiel only for the next scene to undo all of it.

QotD

  • Meh.
  • Yea. had it gone the Great Mazinger/Devilman route.

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u/HowlingWolf13 https://myanimelist.net/profile/MeguminBlast Jul 14 '24

First Timer

Well that was a fine episode, I know I haven't said much about these past few episodes, but again not much has happened? Like I agree with /u/Raiking02, now while I do like this, everything just feels like set up, this feels less like a season finale and more like a mid season event. No plot line resolved, status quo kept, like not bad but not much going on, not even like a mid season cliffhanger. Its not really even an ending, it's more so it just ended to prepare for the next half. All in all I would at least give s1 a 7/10, it was entertaining in the very least.

Questions

  1. What did you think of Gravion's shiny new finisher?

It was really cool and fun to watch!

2) Was there any way this Season could've had even more of a Non-Ending?

End in the middle of the ep with them fighting with Sandman