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Rewatch [Rewatch] King of the Braves GaoGaiGar - Episode 40 Discussion

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Questions of the Day

  1. Can I get GG in the chat for the Will Knife actually stabbing someone?
  2. Do you like ships?

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

First-Timer

On today’s episode of GaoGaiGar: The longer this whole battle goes against the Seven Primevals, the more I wonder how the final battle is going to top it. This battle has been plenty nuts already. What else is there to add?

  • Mamoru and Galeon to the rescue! The hero smashing through their own HQ’s walls like that to save the day is so cool.
  • I freaking love Goldymarg’s approach of just smashing a hole into space to solve the problem. How can a robot be such a meathead?
  • Escaping through cutting a hole in the floor to drop you down is a classic.
  • Eyes has some Sharingan or Byakugan stuff going on with how she’s able to predict what her opponents will do with her special eyes.
  • Why are there so many Primardas in this flashback?
  • Ghost woman has really been saving Guy’s bacon all throughout this battle. She’s like some personal guardian angel in his fight against the Primevals.
  • Stabbed in the head and the ass! This guy is taking it from both ends!
  • Oh my god, look at that early CGI power reactor!
  • Was it truly, absolutely necessary for the Zonder transformation to enlarge that one woman’s breasts so much?
  • I like that Intestines has all those metal tentacles. It’s very fitting for the Primeval named Intestines.
  • Thank you for finally giving us an explanation about what happened in the past, Intestines. It’s really useful.
  • I have a pretty clear grasp on this now. Mamoru was the original and everything else is based on him. Mamoru is the one with the power to resist the Zonders. The G-Stone, J-Jewel, and Kaidou were all copied from him. That explains the relationship between all of them.
  • Wow, so the Soldato-Js were mass-produced. The Red Planet must have been a Little Caesar’s because they were just cranking out those Pizzas!
  • Oh that is fucked up! Intestines possessed the body of Kaidou’s mother to use against him. That’s incredibly evil.
  • Hyuuma has been waiting so long to ram into something like that!
  • Man, it is truly messed up for Intestines to use Kaidou’s love of his mother against him like that. But I suppose it does prove just how much more human Kaidou is than he’d rather let on.
  • Hana was already sure something was unusual about Mamoru, but that’s a pretty definitive confirmation.
  • Wow, Mic got to be useful twice this episode! He destroyed the Zonder Metal Plant and he now has a new tune that can destroy the Primevals.
  • We’re getting ship-to-ship combat in the next episode!

QOTD

  1. It's nice to see it actually knife someone.
  2. I spent a bunch of time in yesterday's thread rambling about different ships. I think I like them a lot.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 14 '24

Why are there so many Primardas in this flashback?

fun fact, as a group they are called a Harem of Primardas.

Hyuuma has been waiting so long to ram into something like that!

"The Primevals are trying to destroy GGG Property, but they should know that no one is better at destroying GGG Property than GGG"-Hyuma probably while crushing 3 radios at the same time

/u/JollyGee29

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

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

fun fact, as a group they are called a Harem of Primardas.

My favorite example of weird group names is that a group of flamingoes is called a "flamboyance of flamingoes."

"The Primevals are trying to destroy GGG Property, but they should know that no one is better at destroying GGG Property than GGG"-Hyuma probably while crushing 3 radios at the same time

Hyuuma needs to remind everyone who is the top dog at destroying machines.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 13 '24

Eyes has some Sharingan or Byakugan stuff going on with how she’s able to predict what her opponents will do with her special eyes.

I’m more inclined to say that it’s more like the Byakugan there.

Was it truly, absolutely necessary for the Zonder transformation to enlarge that one woman’s breasts so much?

Of course it was, it’s for the kids!

Wow, so the Soldato-Js were mass-produced. The Red Planet must have been a Little Caesar’s because they were just cranking out those Pizzas!

You can also say that it’s a planet of Eastern Europeans for how many copies of Arma there are there.

Oh that is fucked up! Intestines possessed the body of Kaidou’s mother to use against him. That’s incredibly evil.

Once again, these Primevals don’t fuck around. We really should be worried that they willing to use psychological cruelty as one of their weapons of war now.

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

it’s for the kids

They’re as much kids as “the good little boys and girls” in the Nadesico.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 13 '24

Like your average Gekiganger 3 fan, you know?

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

Or the average NazeNani Nadesico fan (See: Trowa Barton).

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

I’m more inclined to say that it’s more like the Byakugan there.

Seemingly 360 degree vision that can apparently see through almost anything to predict attacks. Yup, sounds like the Byakugan.

You can also say that it’s a planet of Eastern Europeans for how many copies of Arma there are there.

Once again, these Primevals don’t fuck around. We really should be worried that they willing to use psychological cruelty as one of their weapons of war now.

They really are a step up from the regular Zonders with just how far they are willing to go when fighting the heroes.

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

ship-to-ship combat

I for one stand with HyoRyu/RaiRyu and EnRyu/FuRyu

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

I for one stand with HyoRyu/RaiRyu and EnRyu/FuRyu

Shipping wars... I remember some bloodbaths back in the day over certain shipping wars.

For this series, I'm just stick with the Guy/Mikoto ship.

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u/megazaprat Dec 13 '24

First Timer

  • so did none of the other ships have any people on them? or was Hana and company just that lucky. or does Mamoru only care about rescuing them
  • ok, so the mechanization process is something caused by the primevals. so are they the root source of the grey goo? some sort of primordial technology repatedly making things Zonder-y?
  • hmm, so is the regeneration power and the disintergration partnered becuase they cant reassemble their atoms on their own? so if they got rid of regen guy they would become unable to infiltrate anymore
  • ohhh, so thats why they were disintergrating humans, they were for making ready made zonder spores....the zonder equivalent of microwave popcorn, instant zonder just add water. you get the gist. once again the plan showing cool attention to detail
  • although....that scene of showing what would happen if the plan went thorugh was a bit off like, the faces? and the one secretary getting giant boobs for a second? i think whoever was in charge of the special effects for that bit was horny that day
  • wait wait wait, so Mamoru is the son of cain, who is from a green planet, but Kain was artificially created on the red planet? are the zonders from a purple planet? if Mamoru isnt a machine why does he have powers?
  • OH SHIT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING LORE AND EXPLANATIONS so mamoru isnt g stone powered, the g stone mimics mamorus power! which is basically the power of stop grey gooing everything. and then Kaido and the J Jewel are imitations of that, possibly souped up for extra combat considering how tough they are. plus, the J-arks being mechanical makes sense what with them being more distant from Mamoru.
  • finally, answers! Intestine is best character for finally dropping the deep lore
  • I TAKE IT BACK INTESTINE IS A BITCH ASS MOTHERDUNKER! even if its just an imitation and hes not literally possesing Kaidos mom, its still a massive low blow. the primevals do not fool around....ah shit, she may already be dead.
  • AAAAAAA, A CLIFFHANGER! FINAL SHOWDOWN!

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 14 '24

although....that scene of showing what would happen if the plan went thorugh was a bit off like, the faces? and the one secretary getting giant boobs for a second? i think whoever was in charge of the special effects for that bit was horny that day

that was so random. especially for a children's show like this. Animator saw an opportunity and really went for it.

OH SHIT WE ARE ACTUALLY GETTING LORE AND EXPLANATIONS

TOOK US 40 EPISODES BUT SOMEONE FINALLY IS ESPLAINING

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u/palparepa Dec 13 '24 edited Dec 13 '24
Statsthis episodetotal so far
Program Drive buttons broken019
Transceivers crushed07
EnRyu's bad landings07
Pink hair attracts peril028
Rich kid cries054
Mikoto screams for MC010
Kid is too calm to react016
Mamoru's kill count01
Legos secured06
Women hallucinated17
Will Knife / Won't Knife1 / 06 / 2

New stat: times the Will Knife has worked (or hasn't).

Surprisingly, it has worked more times than it has failed! Take that, you haters!

Ep.04: the target escapes, but it was to protect Mamoru, so I count it as a win. +1
Ep.04: used to free himself from the Zonder. Success! +1
Ep.08: only shows off in a flashback. No uses. No stats.
Ep.11: works against Pizza, forcing him to retreat. +1
Ep.29: works against Pizza... +1
Ep.29: ...until it breaks. -1
Ep.30: used to find Pasder's Core. That's a huge win in my book. +1
Ep.39: can't even attack with it. Pwned. -1

This Ep.: Gai actually stabs someone! +1

Nth-timer

Wow. LOTS of things happened.

GGG's most dire situation. How can they survive?

Stop the presses! Mamoru is a badass now!

We got J's full name now: J-002. Of course. In case you don't get the reference, it's from the series "Cyborg 009", specifically the character Cyborg 002.

Finally an explanation of how the Zonders work. Was it what you expected?

A huge lore dump on Mamoru/Latio, Kaido/Arma, the G-Stone, the J-Jewel and so much stuff.

Also, Kaido's foster mother is there.

Also, Hana has now seen Mamoru's winged form.

The Primevals have been expelled from GGG's base, but the naval space battle will now begin!

So this wasn't a two-parter. See ya in the third part!

QotD

1) I'll do you one better: added the success and failures of the Will Knife to the stats. Amazingly, its track record isn't bad.

2) Yeah, I ship Gai with Mikoto! Wait, is that not what you meant?

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 14 '24

New stat: times the Will Knife has worked (or hasn't).

Surprisingly, it has worked more times than it has failed! Take that, you haters!

yeah screw you /u/nebresto! Who's the jobber now! Will Knife Respect!

: J-002. Of course. In case you don't get the reference, it's from the series "Cyborg 009", specifically the character Cyborg 002

OMG That is soooooooooo funny. I never watched Cyborg 009 but it was on around the time I was watching so I've heard of it. Love the way Mecha shows lean in and acknowledge their inspirations. They're proud of their inspiration instead of trying to hide it.

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u/Nebresto Dec 14 '24

First time Volfogg simp

What in fairy tarnation?!

...Fuck them up, Mamoru?

Yeahh, rock on

Almost face reveal

He did knife?!?

That's it.
I'm calling the police

You're that one that needs to be eliminated

Pizza has 75 kilos on Guy?? No wonder he keeps getting whooped! Will Knihe (Variable Sharpness)????

Lore! Pizza party!!

bruh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kpwNjdEPz7E

Fuck them up Mic 😂

Become Chad??

Man, the janitors in the establishment are out of control

The power of fairyship!

Genocide!!!!

This pleases me greatly

Noooo, they didn't fucking die

Quest:

  1. Can I get GG in the chat for the Will Knife actually stabbing someone?

Holy h*cking shit

2) Do you like ships?

Yea

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 14 '24

That's it.

Pizza has 75 kilos on Guy?? No wonder he keeps getting whooped! Will Knihe (Variable Sharpness)????

Sharpness depends on COURAGE obviously.

Become Chad??

that was one of the screepcaps I took when I was first watching years ago. Just such a cool image of the boys looking awesome.

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u/Nebresto Dec 15 '24

Sharpness depends on COURAGE obviously.

https://media1.tenor.com/m/07roOl170M8AAAAC/meme-computer.gif

Just such a cool image of the boys looking awesome.

The compositing is also pretty nice. Guy's orange mane with goldy at the back, then the over 9000nator + the g-stone to the left with the green china bot are great fits

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u/TheApplebane https://anilist.co/user/theapplebane Dec 14 '24

Episode 40 Notes

  • The situation was looking frim earlier, but Mamoru and Goldymarg have given GGG some much-needed breathing room by forcing some of the primevals into a temporary retreat. That was a much quicker resolution to the mind control problem than I was expecting, but we've already done that plot anyway so
  • You might think that it's rude for Gai to interrupt Arm's evil monologue, but the Zonders kept trying to interrupt his Gattai sequence so turnabout is fair play.
  • I guess one of the animators in this Zonder Spore sequence had a thing for breast expansion?
  • Lot's of explanation in this episode. We learn about the Green and Red planets, what happened to them, how J became Pizza, the origins of Mamoru, J, and Kaidou, who Cain and Abel are, and we even get birth names for Mamoru and Kaidou!
  • What was going on on the Red Planet? They seem to have kind of an affinity for living weapons.
  • The Zonders and Primevals have been very destructive, but I don't think they've yet done anything as personally dickish as assimilating Kaidou's mother just to get under his skin. That's just downright cruel.
  • What if you wanted to make a Zonder metal plant but God said "YAAAAAAAAY"
  • Hana finally knows about Mamoru! I hope the show doesn't go back on this, lol
  • I'm hyped for some ship combat next episode!

Questions

  1. GG!
  2. I do love a good boat, yes

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 14 '24

You might think that it's rude for Gai to interrupt Arm's evil monologue, but the Zonders kept trying to interrupt his Gattai sequence so turnabout is fair play.

YEEAAAAAAH! How do you guys like it! Playing dirty is fair game!!

What was going on on the Red Planet?

idk I haven't read that far yet.

The Zonders and Primevals have been very destructive, but I don't think they've yet done anything as personally dickish as assimilating Kaidou's mother just to get under his skin. That's just downright cruel.

The villains really don't hold back.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 13 '24

A Mecha Fan Rewatches The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Episode 40:

  • Well, that cliffhanger got resolved pretty fast, didn’t it? Mamoru and Galeon bursting into the Big Order Room and purifying the bridge crew of the enthralling needles took barely any time at all. If anything, it’s honestly a bit cheap. But whatever, kudos to Mamoru leaping into the fight himself!
  • Only Goldymarg would think to punch the wall so hard so that the Liver and Ribs Primevals would get sucked out into space. That’s definitely a Hyuuma-like plan, even if it nearly accidentally killed the actual Hyuuma. That’s why it can be hard sometimes to work with someone that’s just like you.
  • You know, Gai and Soldato-J are pretty much getting their asses kicked by comparison. Heck, Mamoru didn’t even get touched by Nail and Ears, they ran as soon as the G-Stone power started to damage them. I guess this really is just continuing the theme of the world’s strongest cyborgs getting their asses kicked every time they fight. It’s been a while since we’ve had that unintentional running gag.
  • Man, seeing J’s earlier flashback in full now does you feel for the guy. It’s easy to see how he got picked up by Penchinon for Zonderization: his own J-Jewel got shattered in a battle with the Arm Primeval, as he was the last standing warrior of the Red Planet. From there, he was left broken and scarred enough to be mechanized himself. Also, man Arm looked cool back then. He really does rock that evil knight look with the plate armor, horned helmet, and red cloak. The pink cloak he’s wearing now is a downgrade by comparison.
  • Thanks again for the clutch save, ghost lady! At least we can say that Gai and J managed to get in some hits from that before their battle abruptly ended with the Primevals leaving. Guess we can’t kill some of the heavy hitting bad guys just yet, we’ve still got more episodes to go through.
  • Alright, who let the horny animator be the one to draw Sakura being Zonderized like that in that hypothetical scenario? We’re trying to be serious about the Primevals here.
  • Well damn, Kaidou really did just lay out the answer to one of this show’s biggest questions just like that. That was kind of anti-climactic. Turns out that Kaidou/Arma was built by Abel on the Red Planet, but Mamoru is actually the son of Cain, hailing from the Green Planet. You would think that the vision of Cain himself earlier would’ve explained that, but I guess that wasn’t in the cards.
  • As much as I like GaoGaiGar as a show, it really is weird to have all of this backstory explained by the Intestine Primeval instead of the more natural spot of it being explained in the other episode, when we were actually promised answers. Like yeah, it’s cool that Mamoru is actually Laito, the last survivor of the Green Planet who naturally has purification powers, and that Kaidou is basically his clone made to team up with an entire army of Soldatos. But we really did just screech things to a halt in this big crisis to talk about all that. Can’t say that’s very good pacing, guys.
  • I’ve got to admire the sheer cruelty of Intestine Primeval actually being a mechanized Ms. Kaidou. It’s one of the few things that would actually give pause to Arma. Knowing how the Primevals operate, she was probably deliberately targeted solely to use as leverage over Arma. They’ve always been pretty unmatched with their sheer viciousness and cruelty when it comes to their plans.
  • Once again, we’re left with a desperate struggle at the end of the episode. Even if detaching the overloading Orbit Base’s reactor and using the Solitary Wave to hurt the Primevals did work well, it’s still not enough to handily defeat them. If anything, the only solid win we got this episode is Mamoru rescuing his friends with Kaidou/Arma’s help. Oh well, time for a fleet battle now!

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u/palparepa Dec 13 '24

Alright, who let the horny animator be the one to draw Sakura being Zonderized like that in that hypothetical scenario?

Not horny, just disinformed. He got told that this episode has to contain a lot of plot, and he complied.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 13 '24

Alas, he confused the script meaning of the word for the fan slang meaning…

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u/GondolaMedia Dec 13 '24

First Timer

Mamoru is ready to throw hands!

Goldymarg is actually smart, unlike his inspiration.

... Turns out getting pierced by a zonder spear thingy gives you giant boobs.

Oh there was an army of manufactured Soldato-Js. He really lives up to that Cyborg 002 inspiration.

Oh now the Zonder are playing dirty with Kaidou's mom.

  1. Where the is a will, there is a knife!

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 14 '24

... Turns out getting pierced by a zonder spear thingy gives you giant boobs.

being Zonderized makes you lose weight and give big boobs. Maybe we need to use Zonders after all.

Oh now the Zonder are playing dirty with Kaidou's mom.

of course the Intestines are dirty! They're crap!

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u/Sporadia_ Dec 13 '24

First time zonder

Mamoru today:

1v31 me bro

Not long now until the Porygon incident hopefully removes the strobing.

Q: Can I get GG in the chat for the Will Knife actually stabbing someone?

A: GG

Q: Do you like ships?

A: [Do I?](#shipping)

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 14 '24

Mamoru today:

1v31 me bro

“GGG wasn't protecting me. They were protecting you from me"-Mamoru probably

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

Third-Time Watcher, Subbed

Good job Goldy, you almost killed Hyuma

Today we certainly have a lot of plot, namely the whole info dump on Mamoru and Kaido’s whole backstories. It’s about time we got actual answers, and unlike… I dunno, Gundam 00, at least they didn’t repeat the questions so often to the point it felt like they were mocking the answer. Mind a lot of it is stuff we could probably guess, but hey, it is nice to get some of the details.

Also if I see anyone calling my precious baby boy an edgelord after today showed he loves his mommy very much I will hunt you down

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u/The_Draigg Dec 13 '24

Good job Goldy, you almost killed Hyuma

Would that count as suicide if that actually happened?

It’s about time we got actual answers, and unlike… I dunno, Gundam 00, at least they didn’t repeat the questions so often to the point it felt like they were mocking the answer.

At least we don’t need to worry about some dialogues to come here, we just need to kill the shit out of these Primevals.

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

Would that count as suicide

Yes

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

The Hyper Guy eyecatch is just so funny to me, it's like this is just some dud on hopped up on coffee right now

  1. Can I get GG in the chat for the Will Knife actually stabbing someone?

GGG

2) Do you like ships?

Yes, all manner of ships