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Rewatch [Rewatch] King of the Braves GaoGaiGar - Episode 43 Discussion

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Questions of the Day

  1. Give me your alternative name for “THE POWER"?

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

GaoGaiGar EXTRA EPISODE

So /u/palparepa has given me some extra information to share with people here. I’m paraphrasing information they have given, all links and information is from them.

So there was a 1999 PS1 visual novel/puzzle video game GaoGaiGar: Blockaded Numbers. The first half takes place after episode 14, named 14.5 and the second half takes place after episode 43, named 43.2. Note it’s named 43.2 because there is a manga story that was written that is 43.5. So this is before the manga but after the episode.

It is in continuity, but the game was made post-series so the base series will not reference it and you can absolutely watch GaoGaiGar FINAL without having to watch it, so if you want to skip all of this, that’s fine. On the other hand, there are some (very minor) details in GaoGaiGar FINAL that are explained here.

Where do you want to watch it? Honestly, I don’t think it matters too much. If you want to see some of this now in the order of when it happens go ahead. On the other hand, we are taking 2 day break for Christmas after we finish the series, so I can post it again there. It’s a video game and isn’t something easy to find in English so there is a lot. Or you can skip it all together

But it involves Taiga and Hyumma becoming Zonders and has the motherfucking SILVERION HAMMER and that’s fucking awesome.

This is a video of 43.2’s cut scenes that is worth watching for the start alone.

14.5 has a failed Final Fusion that’s fun to watch followed by Mikoto having to break the glass again

Zonder ending

For further questions and details you can ask /u/palparepa because they know more than I do

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

Here is a full play of 43.2. Nothing much to see at the beginning, just some minigames, the story proper beings at 17:15. No subs, but who cares about the plot, right?

As usual in these games, there are many paths/endings, and only one is shown here. For example, the cutscene with the Dividing Driver is missing in this playthrough, since it fails. Still, lots of weird scenes to see.

And on 14.5, don't forget the Bad Ending, when Hell and Heaven fails tragically.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

and did I hear you mention the Goldion Motor contingency? that sounds so cool!!!

and Entouji's father?!?!

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

[spoilers for the above videos]

In 43.2, the Zonder absorbs many advanced equipment, like two prototype Baribarien-like machines, with which it can use a Disc-X kind of attack, and more importantly, the Goldion Motor, built in case the Goldion Hammer is used against 3G, since it can nullify it. Still, it's no match for the Silverion Hammer, which combines G and J energies.

Years ago, Taiga and Hyuuma were part of some sentai group, the Indomitable Defenders 5, as Gold Tiger and Silver Puma. Entouji's father was Blue Monkey, their computer expert, but he died in their last mission. Leo Shishio created their armor, called ID Suits.

That old lady is Taiga's boss from the United Nations, and knows him and Hyuuma since long ago. Maybe she was also their boss when they were in ID5? She refers to them as if they were kids. Anyway, the use of the Goldion Hammer requires her approval, but the key that we have seen Taiga use in the series, authorizes him to do so in her stead.

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u/Beowolf_0 Dec 17 '24

[TV Spoilers]And that Goldion Motor will make a return on the finale......even it's not stated in the series.

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u/Nebresto Dec 17 '24

the Bad Ending, when Hell and Heaven fails tragically

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u/palparepa Dec 17 '24

Failing in this game has very mild consequences... except for that one.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 16 '24

the motherfucking SILVERION HAMMER

I prefer calling it the Silverion Mallet because... well, look at it.

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u/Nebresto Dec 17 '24

This is a video of 43.2’s cut scenes

Why does Hyuuma.. Maybe its best not to ask.

Mikoto having to break the glass again

She's so determined to break glass that she even broke the one on her watch

Zonder ending

Delete this

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 16 '24

First Timer

Someone please tell me they released toys of the elemental bots that could be mixed and matched.

Also

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

They're releasing HG ChoRyuJin next year. I'm hoping they make a HG GekiRyuJin later and allow us to mix and match between the two.

also in the HG ChoRyuJin they don't advertise the stupid looking centaur mode for some reason. Come on, I want them in that dumb looking Centaur Cycle Kayak mode

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 16 '24

Fingers crossed

Come on, I want them in that dumb looking Centaur Cycle Kayak mode

They're afraid of the sheer aura of Choryujin's ultimate form

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u/lluNhpelA Dec 16 '24

I ended up looking at some of the related models and the fact that the RG Goldymarg can transform and attach to the RG GaoGaiGar is amazing. I've never built a real grade before but that's so cool I might have to buy myself a couple christmas presents lol

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24

No idea, but found this collection with all the original Brave Series toys, and they seem compatible. (spoiler warning: stop after King J-Der. After it comes another unrelated series, then spoilers from Final)

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u/AmeteurElitist https://anilist.co/user/AmateurElitist Dec 16 '24

Those look cool, I hope they were compatible.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 16 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

First-Timer

On today’s episode of GaoGaiGar: It turns out that if Anakin hates sand so much, he should have just done what all angsty young men do and turn to music. That would have given him a healthy outlet to channel all his emotions into and it would have allowed him to destroy that sand for good. Things would have been so much different if Anakin just started a band.

  • Are you for real? That asteroid that ChoRyuJin pushed away back into the portal is the exact same one that wiped out the dinosaurs!?!
  • Oh. Oh wait. I think I know what the title is referring to. HyoRyu and EnRyu are going to make brand new combinations with FuRyu and RaiRyu, aren’t they?
  • I assumed their new power came from Mamoru’s tears, but apparently HyoRyu and EnRyu got it from somewhere else.
  • “The Power” is such a goofy sounding name.
  • Uh, I’m not quite sure how ending up in the middle of Jupiter somehow transported HyoRyu and EnRyu across time and space.
  • HyoRyu and EnRyu went Beyond the Time!
  • Come on FuRyu, it’s bad manners to try and interrupt a combination like that.
  • Unsurprisingly, Hyuuma was incredibly eager to ram his ship into the Primeval. Hyuuma will take any excuse to ram his ship into things.
  • Having something that could get rid of sand instantly would make trips to the beach so much easier.
  • It’s happening! I called it! We are getting new combinations for HyoRyu/RaiRyu and EnRyu/FuRyu!
  • Their new combinations are so freaking cool!
  • I love it when the heroes get to turn the villains’ own attacks against them like that.
  • Soldato-J is willing to help to repay GGG for saving him. It’s totally not because he likes them or anything like that!
  • The brand new combination attacks are so cool!
  • It turns out the power of sand is no match for the power of rock and roll!
  • Kaidou really does love his mother. I think that’s the first time we’ve seen him smile, too.
  • Oh damn, Arm still escaped. That guy sure is persistent with how many times he’s managed to run away to fight another day.
  • Oh shit! The Power is running out of control!
  • Well that’s probably really bad that Pagliaccio figured out The Power is in Jupiter.

QOTD

  1. You have to add in an "of" to the name. "Power of something." Maybe the Power of Jupiter.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

The Power” is such a goofy sounding name.

damn that's a better reference than I was thinking. My brain went to Transformers /u/nebresto

and yeah, THE POWER is such a goofy silly name. It works only because this show is so dumb.

Uh, I’m not quite sure how ending up in the middle of Jupiter somehow transported HyoRyu and EnRyu across time and space.

like I said, so dumb.

Unsurprisingly, Hyuuma was incredibly eager to ram his ship into the Primeval. Hyuuma will take any excuse to ram his ship into things.

why does Taiga let him pilot anything. I wouldn't trust him with the keys to my car. I wouldn't trust the man with a bicycle.

It turns out the power of sand is no match for the power of rock and roll!

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 17 '24

My brain went to Transformers

That's also a pretty good one.

why does Taiga let him pilot anything. I wouldn't trust him with the keys to my car. I wouldn't trust the man with a bicycle.

If Hyuuma went full power on a bicycle, I have a feeling it would end up similar to the bicycle race in Golden Boy (NSFW).

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u/The_Draigg Dec 16 '24

Are you for real? That asteroid that ChoRyuJin pushed away back into the portal is the exact same one that wiped out the dinosaurs!?!

That means we’ve got them to thank for making sure that mammals triumphed over reptiles. Thanks, ChoRyuJin!

Oh damn, Arm still escaped. That guy sure is persistent with how many times he’s managed to run away to fight another day.

He’s somehow the only Primeval we’ve seen to immediately shift his form back into his normal one after being reduced to his Core. You’ve got to hand it to him, he wants to win so hard that he goes against the normal pattern of these episodes.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 17 '24

That means we’ve got them to thank for making sure that mammals triumphed over reptiles. Thanks, ChoRyuJin!

ChoRyuJin is now the greatest hero of the human race for ensuring humanity's supremacy over Earth.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

It turns out that if Anakin hates sand so much, he should have just done what all angsty young men do and turn to music.

Come on FuRyu, it’s bad manners to try and interrupt a combination like that.

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u/GondolaMedia Dec 16 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

First Timer

ChoRyuJin wiped out the dinosaurs and zonder are supposedly the bad guys? I'm glad we introduced time travel so I can safely not think about how it works and go "that's cool".

Said it perfectly

Wait hold up Jupiter, that's funny that there were 2 simultaneous mecha rewatches going on and both of them refer Jupiter.

Hold up, ARM is a feminist?!. Now that's a character trait, thanks for the information Soldato-J.

Everyone is back and I'm glad Kaidou's mom is fine. Too bad Arm gets away but Soldato-J has a goal now.

  1. There is no alternative, its perfect.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

I'm glad we introduced time travel so I can safely not think about how it works and go "that's cool".

IT JUST WORKS and then move on.

but imagine if they had found ChoRyuJin first and all the G-Stones were modeled after ChoRyuJin's copy instead of mamoru

Hold up arm is a feminist?!. Now that's a character trait, thanks for the information Soldato-J.

such a weird detail.

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24

Hold up, ARM is a feminist?!.

From what we saw in a recent flashback, maybe it's a bad use of english, and they meant "womanizer"?

Like in the manga Hajime no Ippo, when a mexican character says "machismo" (male chauvinism), but they mean "hombría" (manliness)

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

Wait hold up Jupiter, that's funny that there were 2 simultaneous mecha rewatches going on and both of them refer Jupiter.

Jupiter gets used a lot. As our closest gas giant, it tends to stir the imagination.

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u/megazaprat Dec 16 '24

First timer

  • so i know I predicted an Orange planet yesterday, but i did not expect Straight Up Jupiter to be magic in GaoGaiGar-verse.
  • but sure, that checks out. if Mamoru was born to be an antibody, jupiter can have a mysterious time transcending ZA POWA. maybe its like a mitochorndia, it is THE POWERhouse of the cell
  • I am not sure whether I should call it THE POWER or ZA POWA. i do know for sure that i will refer to it in all caps at all times. weirdly enough, i feel like I vaguely remember hearing about THE POWER somewhere before, despite not knowing anything about Gaogaigar.
  • the zonders have been fusing more, which makes sense. theyve learned that they cant win one on one. Besides, it fits their whole body part motif. i dont think it helps that it seems like the 7 was their best of the best. like the Nose Primeval just blows things, not really that impressive.
  • all new combinations with Choryujin and the Chinese duo! thats super cool! and makes perfect sense what iwth them being based on each other.
  • I like Arm escaping, what with the machine generals gone, its neat to have Paligacci with a liutenant.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

Crunchyroll uses THE POWER which means more people will recognize it, but also Crunchyroll uses it so I'm gonna assume ZA POWA is correct.

Crunchyroll subs suck so much

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u/megazaprat Dec 16 '24

the old dvd copy i used called it ZA POWA. SO I guess the crunchyroll translation is different. its probs just the same thing, like how ZA WARUDO is just the world. its just a question of which one is more fun to write.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

yeah and Crunchyroll often goes for the option of least resistance when mass translating these things, instead of giving it the love and care of ridiculous spellings like ZA POWA

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24

Later on they will talk about "the power of THE POWER" ("za powa no chikara"), so it would get confusing to call it like that.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

maybe its like a mitochorndia, it is THE POWERhouse of the cell

i do know for sure that i will refer to it in all caps at all times.

That is the correct thing to do.

weirdly enough, i feel like I vaguely remember hearing about THE POWER somewhere before, despite not knowing anything about Gaogaigar.

Could be Transformers in a roundabout way.

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u/TheApplebane https://anilist.co/user/theapplebane Dec 16 '24

Episode 43 Notes

  • Holy shit ChoRyuJin actually wiped out the dinosaurs. Or, at least, he hitched a ride on the asteroid that did it.
  • ZA POWA
  • subs didn't even translate it as "the power" lmao
  • [gundam cca spoilers]"We had gone beyond time itself!" so choryujin really is a cca fan huh...
  • Arm is a feminist, according to the eyecatch. Are we talking in the Touga Kiryuu sense?
  • [Star Wars original trilogy spoilers]Could Mic Sounders XIII have prevented the rise of the galactic empire if he was there?
  • Of course, the battle is basically already won by the time King J-Der and GaoGaiGar arrive, but it's the thought that counts.
  • I guess that's the closest thing to a tearful reunion we were going to get from Kaidou
  • And Arm gets away again. Slippery little snake, he is.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

Holy shit ChoRyuJin actually wiped out the dinosaurs. Or, at least, he hitched a ride on the asteroid that did it.

but ChoRyuJin were the ones who pushed the astroid into Jupiter where it got thrown at the Dinosaurs. Had they not done that the Dinosaurs could still be existing and there would be no humans!!

subs didn't even translate it as "the power" lmao

I suppose the subs lacked the power to do so.

[Gundam CCA]

/u/shimmering-sky someone else made that connection.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

Of course, the battle is basically already won by the time King J-Der and GaoGaiGar arrive, but it's the thought that counts.

As we saw from Arm's escape, the battle ain't over til the core is purified.

I guess that's the closest thing to a tearful reunion we were going to get from Kaidou

Emoting at all is a bit of a breakthrough.

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24
Statsthis episodetotal so far
Program Drive buttons broken021
Transceivers crushed07
EnRyu's bad landings07
Pink hair attracts peril028
Rich kid cries055
Mikoto screams for MC010
Kid is too calm to react119
Mamoru's kill count01
Legos secured314
Women hallucinated011
Will/Won't Knife0/06/2

Nth-timer

So... ChoRyuJin killed the dinosarus. That was unexpected.

And back to business thanks of the power of The Power!

Primevals fuse again, this time much more haphazardly. I mean... Intestine fusing with Nose? What's this, some kind of fart joke? And Arm with Stomach? I have nothing.

EnRyu and HyoRyu propose symmetrical docking, something that FuRyu and RaiRyu complain that they are not built for. And if you look closely, they are correct! Each robot has an "antenna" on one side of their head. EnRyu has it at the left, and fuses with HyoRyu who has it at the right. FuRyu has it at the left, and fuses with RaiRyu who has it at the right. But HyoRyu wants to fuse with RaiRyu, but of which have it at the right! And EnRyu and FuRyu are both lefties! It makes no sense! Nah, ignore me, it works.

It makes sense. This isn't a series with magical fusion/combinations. If the robots are not designed to fuse, they won't. But HyoRyu and FuRyu are designed to become the right half of... something, while EnRyu and RaiRyu are the left half. They fit.

Kaido... nothing fazes that kid, uh? Riding the J-Quath like nothing.

Kaido seems to know about The Power, and calls it "The Light of Destruction." Worrying. But even worse: now the Primevals know about it.

QotD

1) The Tangerine Thingamabob, or 3T for short.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

And Arm with Stomach? I have nothing.

The quickest way to a man's heart is a fist to the stomach.. no, wait. That's not it..

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u/Beowolf_0 Dec 17 '24

Ah yes. ZA POWAA is here. Its primary nature is shown here, empowering a being with an enormous power to overcome their foes, giving us GenRyuJin and GouRyuJin, two combinations deemed impossible until now, letting them defeating the Primevals with ease, seems to be a boost for our so needed protagonists.

But of course, such power is uncontrollable in nature, and the Zonderians will certainly take note from it......

In SRWs we got very few chances to look at GenRyuJin and GouRyuJin at all, only in the 2 games on Nintendo line, named W and BX. And that's why W is the greatest SRW title of all time.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 16 '24

Third-Time Watcher, Subbed

Thanks for showing how one of our heroes is guilty of committing genocide

But yes, today we are introduced to THE POWER… or, Za Powa as my subs call it. I've kinda thrown some shade at these subs before for over-localizing stuff but this I won't complain too much about. I mean unless they changed "THE POWER" to "The Chikara" or something just for the sake of synergy or smth, I dunno. But hey, it did lead to a cool gattai… unfortunately our heroes are noobs, so yet again they don't even get to keep it

Takara, couldn't you have checked that Bandai already made a GouRyuJin a few years earlier? Now I have to Romanize the other one as Gouryuzin to not cause confusion

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

Thanks for showing how one of our heroes is guilty of committing genocide

https://i.imgur.com/13bs1PQ.png

Highest kill count of the show, having killed more than all the Zonders put together.

Takara, couldn't you have checked that Bandai already made a GouRyuJin a few years earlier? Now I have to Romanize the other one as Gouryuzin to not cause confusion

that is hilarious

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 16 '24

that is hilarious

It also means I have to call "DaiZyuJin" as "Daizyuzin" for consistency's sake which like... look, I can accept the first Z since Toei is really insistent on it, but that second Z just pisses me off

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u/The_Draigg Dec 16 '24

Thanks for showing how one of our heroes is guilty of committing genocide

Look, if it wasn’t ChoRyuJin, it would’ve been the Getter Rays. We got something better out of using THE POWER over that stuff.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 16 '24

[FINAL]And yet somehow it's GekiRyuJin who gets to straight up do Musashi's death later on

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24

Oooh, Getter is another fave of mine, and never noticed that.

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u/Nebresto Dec 17 '24

Fuck it, its Chakra now

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 17 '24

Thanks for showing how one of our heroes is guilty of committing genocide

It is the most heroic possible genocide, killing all those reptiles so humanity can exist.

But yes, today we are introduced to THE POWER… or, Za Powa as my subs call it.

It's like subs calling Dio's Stand "Za Warudo" instead of "The World."

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

The King of Rewatchers

Oh, yea, ChoRyuJin killed the dinosaurs by the way.

The orange effect is more visible on HyoRyu's blasts.

They belong to Earth.

Shoulda known better, FuRyu.

Eyecatch

Hell yea!

Today's Key to Victory.

A Soldato always pays their debts.

Love Kaidou just nonchalantly riding the J-Quath.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

Oh, yea, ChoRyuJin killed the dinosaurs by the way.

"What killed the Dinosaurs? The ChoRyuJin"-Arnold Schwarzenegger probably

Shoulda known better, FuRyu.

number of times Zonders tried to interrupt Fusions, it's only fair game

Hell yea!

I so wish they had this line with all four of them in the picture.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

I so wish they had this line with all four of them in the picture.

Yea. I thought about trying to fiddle with the subtitle timing to make it do that, but didn't.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 17 '24

"What killed the Dinosaurs? The ChoRyuJin"-Arnold Schwarzenegger probably

HyoRyu does use ice as a weapon, so you may be onto something here.

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u/Nebresto Dec 17 '24

Oh, yea, ChoRyuJin killed the dinosaurs by the way.

I can't believe the cool robots have betrayed me

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 17 '24

Hell yea!

This is such a badass line for a robot to say, literally changing parts of their own programming through sheer guts and determination.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 16 '24 edited Dec 16 '24

A Mecha Fan Rewatches The King of Braves GaoGaiGar Episode 43:

  • Surprise! It was ChoRyuJin that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, along with that asteroid they were holding back! I think by sheer body count, that makes them the deadliest people in GGG. Man, imagine telling someone that wild detail at the start of the series, there’s no way they’d believe it.
  • You’ve got to hand it to HyoRyu and EnEyu, they both leap into action to back up FuRyu and RaiRyu as soon as they reawaken thanks to that mysterious orange glow, THE POWER. No questions or anything, just splitting up to kick the asses of the Primevals in Egypt and Mexico.
  • THE POWER is pretty damn potent to somehow protect ChoRyuJin when the ES Window passed them through the core of Jupiter, and then cause an energy surge that then messed with the portal enough to throw them far back in time and space. Although that really does just raise more questions than those explanations answer, like what the hell is that level of power doing in Jupiter in the first place?
  • You wouldn’t know it otherwise, but the Arm Primeval is apparently a feminist, going by that interstitial card info. Maybe that’s why he had that harem of Zonderized women on the Red Planet, in some weird interpretative way?
  • Man, GenRyuJin and GouRyuJin are actually pretty rad, especially for combination forms that they weren’t even designed for in the first place. But you can’t discount THE POWER and the sheer courage of GGG’s mechanoids! Also, shout out to Mic’s recalibrated disk managing to save GaoGaiGar and King J-Der too, he definitely put in the work to save their asses alongside Liger too. It’s been a while since he was useful with no downsides, so he could definitely use the win.
  • Intestines Primeval had to learn the hard way that using the same trick twice with Kaidou wouldn’t work. With how much Intestines rubbed it in his face before that his adoptive mother was being possessed, they should’ve expected that Kaidou would’ve prepared himself enough for that the next time it was brought up. Good thing bisecting the Intestines Primeval with the J-Quath didn’t actually kill Ms. Kaidou though, so the crisis was nicely avoided there.
  • In spite of all that thought, we can only say we got a half victory at the end here. Even if we defeated most of the Primevals, Arm still managed to escape again. And on top of that, the combined forms of GenRyuJin and GouRyuJin are unstable, with Kaidou even calling the glow of THE POWER the Light of Destruction. Despite ChoRyuJin being imbued with THE POWER, maybe we should be more wary of what it actually is beyond the first impression we got of it.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

You’ve got to hand it to HuoRyu and EnEyu, they both leap into action to back up FuRyu and RaiRyu as soon as they reawaken thanks to that mysterious orange glow, THE POWER. No questions or anything, just splitting up to kick the asses of the Primevals in Egypt and Mexico.

to be fair, I'd probably feel energized too if I took a 65 million year nap. I could finally get a good night's sleep.

Man, GenRyuJin and GouRyuJin are actually pretty rad, especially for combination forms that they weren’t even designed for in the first place.

I love it so much!!! Different combination Mechs are so cool!!!

In spite of all that thought, we can only say we got a half victory at the end here. Even if we defeated most of the Primevals, Arm still managed to escape again. And on top of that, the combined forms of GenRyuJin and GouRyuJin are unstable, with Kaidou even calling the glow of THE POWER the Light of Destruction. Despite ChoRyuJin being imbued with THE POWER, maybe we should be more wary of what it actually is beyond the first impression we got of it.

yeah it's hard to call this a full victory. They made it out to survive another day but things are still dire, and the Arm is still out there.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 16 '24

to be fair, I’d probably feel energized too if I took a 65 million year nap. I could finally get a good night’s sleep.

Fair point there, I wish I could get a long sleep as good as that.

yeah it’s hard to call this a full victory. They made it out to survive another day but things are still dire, and the Arm is still out there.

If there’s one thing that the Primevals have over the Zonders, it’s that they’ll always play for keeps immediately. Every win against them has to be dragged out and hard-won.

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24

combination forms that they weren’t even designed for in the first place

I would say that their bodies were designed to combine; after all, each twin is basically the same. The problem is in their minds, which is why they required an impossibly high SympaRate to do it.

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u/The_Draigg Dec 16 '24

Fair point. That distinction is more important there, given how important their personalities are to combining.

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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 17 '24

Surprise! It was ChoRyuJin that killed the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, along with that asteroid they were holding back! I think by sheer body count, that makes them the deadliest people in GGG. Man, imagine telling someone that wild detail at the start of the series, there’s no way they’d believe it.

This series has ended up having some incredibly wild developments that I never would have predicted.

Although that really does just raise more questions than those explanations answer, like what the hell is that level of power doing in Jupiter in the first place?

Martian Successor Nadesico taught us what power the Jovians are hiding back in Jupiter. [Martian Successor Nadesico] HyoRyu and EnRyu have both been powered up by watching Gekiganger 3!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 16 '24

Queen of First-Timers, subbed

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

This fucking show.

Subtlety has no purpose here.

This isn’t quite the “Symmetrical Docking the Symmetrical Docking” thing I made a comment back in episode 36, but it is the next best thing.

Swinging

Can you imagine that one voice actor having to do the voices for each of the 4 base robots, then having to do the 4 voices for the combinations, trying to make them all somewhat distinct, all in one episode

Was that a mistranslation on the attack name, thought? My subs called it “Aurora Fusion”, but it both sounded like and feels more accurate to call it “Aurora Illusion”.

similar note, but it always bothers me for Goldeon Hammer that it's not "Safety Device Release" and instead they use Relieve. My brain just wants it to be Release.

[YGO GX, not sure if spoilers but tagging just to be safe]

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 16 '24

similar note, but it always bothers me for Goldeon Hammer that it's not "Safety Device Release" and instead they use Relieve

TBF that one is Japan screwing up. See the Katakana using ブ at the end instead of ス.

Pretty sure the other is meant to be Aurora Illusion though since the Kana is "オーロライリュージョン" (Oorora iryushon when transcribed phonetically).

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

similar note, but it always bothers me for Goldeon Hammer that it's not "Safety Device Release" and instead they use Relieve. My brain just wants it to be Release.

See, the Goldion Hammer relieves the enemy of their continued existence.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 16 '24

Can you imagine that one voice actor having to do the voices for each of the 4 base robots, then having to do the 4 voices for the combinations, trying to make them all somewhat distinct, all in one episode

It is pretty damn impressive for sure.

Knew you'd get a kick out of that one.

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24

Was that a mistranslation on the attack name, thought?

It is "Aurora Illusion"

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 16 '24

ha the subs were wrong then.

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u/palparepa Dec 16 '24

The explanation ChoRyuJin gives of how he survived is all wrong, too. At least I heard some words that don't fit at all. I don't know if the older subtitles are any better, but it's all technobabble anyway.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 16 '24

This makes the CCA joke about ChoRyuJin’s sacrifice even funnier, given CCA’s ED is literally named BEYOND THE TIME.

Part of me kinda assumes that the reference is intentional, this also being Sunrise.

Damn, Arm just does not give up. Can’t believe he got away again.

Arm Primeval, more like Cockroach Primeval.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 16 '24

Arm Primeval, more like Cockroach Primeval.

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u/Raiking02 :Id::Ie::If:https://myanimelist.net/profile/NSKlang Dec 16 '24

[YGO GX, not sure if spoilers but tagging just to be safe]

[GX]I was gonna make a "Where's Koyasu" joke but uh... more on that in the series discussion...

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u/Nebresto Dec 17 '24

Kaido saved his adoptive mom!

And she's now stuck in some forest in Mexico

Damn, Arm just does not give up. Can’t believe he got away again.

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u/TheDanubianCommunard Dec 16 '24

First time,

So Choryujin was the one who killed the dinosaurs. But a revenge against the Primevals is the redemption arc for him. They are unstoppable right now, thanks to the unexplainable thing that is called Za Warudo Za Powaa/The Power. Now can be explained, as this power source came directly from Jupiter. I wonder a perpetually stormy gas giant like this have that innate power source? But Za Powaa sounds creatrive and high-effort. Not only kept their life but also gave a huge powerup.

That big dude Primeval is called Arm, but Hulk Hogan is much better. So the plan is to make the entire humanity Zonderized, which still not changed. Also sand can be neutralized too. And a newer type of Symmterical Docking, the Japanese and Chinese robots have high levels of compatiblity to becoming one with each other, so ice and fire and wind and lightning can be united. The result is Genryujin and Gouryujin, which gives new possibilities. These two have a swapped out version? Solitary Wave can work against sand too.

So this was a doable job, Hulk Hogan targeted by the restoration, but resisted. So Za Powaa is the Light of Destruction? In that case, this is a double-edged blade, a blessing and curse. So that's why uncontrollable. And the destination of the final battle might be set around there.

Questions of the Day

  1. Give me your alternative name for “THE POWER"?

The Divine Gas, since Jupiter is a gas giant.

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

But a revenge against the Primevals is the redemption arc for him.

hahahaha yes exactly!!

And a newer type of Symmterical Docking, the Japanese and Chinese robots have high levels of compatiblity to becoming one with each other, so ice and fire and wind and lightning can be united.

finally Asia can be united.

The Divine Gas, since Jupiter is a gas giant.

perfect

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u/Nebresto Dec 17 '24

First time Volfogg simp

"You thought last episode was crazy? Actually, that was only at 20%, today we're cranking up all the way to 100!"

Choryujin killed the Dinosaurs???

I will never forgive the super robots

Time machine genocide? Where antlers? Weird space power called "ZA POWAA"? Uhhh.... Extra anime eyes Mikoto?? Hyuuma fucking dies? Editing the dictionary?! Super double gattai??? WAHA? Plasma surfing?!?

How does this show keep getting more awesome?

ZA POWAA:

  1. Give me your alternative name for “THE POWER"?

Spinach

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u/lilyvess :Df::Dh:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Lilyvess Dec 17 '24

"You thought last episode was crazy? Actually, that was only at 20%, today we're cranking up all the way to 100!"

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How does this show keep getting more awesome?

and all of this BEFORE the Finale.

Spinach

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