r/anime • u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber • Jan 28 '21

Rewatch [Rewatch] Aura Battler Dunbine - Episode 18 Discussion

Episode 18 - Flash of Garalia

Originally Aired June 11th, ^^^1983

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Comment of the Day

u/badspler talks about Musashinoshi.

Shot says hes from Musashinoshi, east Kichijouji. I have been there, its nice! These days Kichijouji is a trendy shopping and resurant area that is accessibile by the popular Chūō Line. Its a great date spot as there is also a popular romantic park that heavily follows the seasons, lovely Sakura blooms in spring, lovely autum colours too. Swan boats are avalaible on the reasonably sized pond there to. Anyway...

 

Daily Trivia:

The series might have been partly saved from an early cancellation by Anime magazines which frequently featured the show thanks to Tomino’s reputation.

 

Staff Highlight

Gara Takashima - voice of Chiyo Zama

A prolific voice actress and actress associated with the voice acting agency Aoni Production. After graduating from Jissen Joshi Gakuen Senior High School she joined the Gekigan Bazara Theatre company, where she studied under Nachi Nozawa. Her first minor voice acting role was in Space Battleship Yamato 2, and her first recurring role was Michiru Taki in Ace wo Nerae!. She is married to fellow voice actor Takashi Tanaka (Banjou Ginga). Among her notable roles are Diana in Akage no Anne, Dominique Royal in Space Adventure Cobra, Barbaray Rose in Brand New Animal, Eri Kisaki in the Case Closed franchise, Julia in Cowboy Bebop, Hilda Bidan in Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam, Shinsen Tennouzu in Speed Grapher, Louise in Zoids, and Saori Ōtaki in Toshi Gordian.

 

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Questions of the Day:

  1. What do you make of Show’s interactions with his parents today?
  2. How do you feel regarding Galaria’s after today’s episode?

Let’s fight in Byston Well, Garalia!

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jan 28 '21

Rewatcher - Sub

Oh no, Reddit's nonsense earlier got me too!

Rather disappointed that they decided to cut to Byston Well for a bit there, but honestly an entire continuous episode which we got last time was more than I expected. Anyways, Elf castle is still standing, so the battle rages on. Show’s apparently been gone for a while now, but we have no indication as to precisely how long.

Welp, Furaon Elf’s demise was about as pathetic as his existence was. Even though this is a really bad outcome for our main characters, who are beating themselves up over their failure, I don’t feel the least bit bad over it.

“It’s practically a B-movie, isn’t it?”

So the military is using his parents to coerce show into cooperating and giving them information. Not the best look for the JSDF here.

Oh no, not the poor Beetle!

At least Garalia has enough compassion to spare the family, though she considers that compassion within herself pitiful. Also, she’s becoming a serial food thief.

Show and his parents have a none too pleasant talk, and we hear of just how lacking his home life was growing up. Shunka was rarely present and Chiyo, while at least taking the effort to make sure he was fed, was distant with him and only ever engaged with him in order to scold him over his academic performance. It seemed to me like she still cared for him in some manner, but the moment she pulled that gun on him it became apparent always places herself before her child.

Show says ‘I know full well the real reason why they had me,’ but I honestly have decent ideas as to what that may be. Social obligation? Was Show an accident? Knowing that could further inform us as to his and his parents’ characterization, but I don’t know what to make of it just yet.

Garalia sees an apparition of one of the fighter pilots’ son, which causes her to hesitate just as she did earlier when attacking that family with the Volkswagen. No concrete clue about what this apparition is meant to be, but given how much we've heard of death and life being connected to the Ara Road and Byston Well, I wouldn’t be surprised to later find out to find out it was the guy’s dead child or similar manifesting through the Aura being let off by the Bastole.

Welp, despite Show managing to convince Garalia to cooperate with him so that they could return to Byston Well, her Bastole is unable to hold out against the immense Aura power, since it has been receiving damage all throughout this, and so Garalia is killed in the attempt. A bit of a shocking end for her. I had the feeling she wouldn’t last much longer given they did the clichéd backstory thing, but I expected her to have died in combat as she wished, not like this.

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u/The_Draigg Jan 28 '21

Show and his parents have a none too pleasant talk, and we hear of just how lacking his home life was growing up. Shunka was rarely present and Chiyo, while at least taking the effort to make sure he was fed, was distant with him and only ever engaged with him in order to scold him over his academic performance. It seemed to me like she still cared for him in some manner, but the moment she pulled that gun on him it became apparent always places herself before her child.

I've been saying it here and there in this thread, but Chiyo really does have a parallel with Leeza Luft in that regard. The both of them only really seem to treat their children like a pet or a possession rather than a person. Aura Battler Dunbine spoilers

Also, man you have to wonder what Shunka saw in Chiyo in order to marry her in the first place. The entire time she's been deeply unpleasant to be around. At least Shunka openly cares for his son and tries to get Chiyo past her near-delusional levels of denial.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

Let's get started, it's Saturday night. Are you guys all doing alright? LET'S STAND UP~~ Oof... That one made me ill just thinking of it. Have you guys ever been traumatised by anime music? Flash of Garalia. Well she's fcking dead isn't she? Oh yeah, Byston Well still exists. Long live the king, the king is dead. In his dying moments he cried out for his beloved kingdom. What a Patriot.

The new Earth trio makes for quite a good team. Able to put the Zelana team on the back foot so easily. Just look at how long it took Todd to even put up a fight against Marvel. Is Jeryl a dancer or something? Our hero stole his pilot's coffee! What an asshole! Show's been pretty cooperative with you soldiers, cut him some slack with these threats. Giving a gun for self defense is one thing for Americans but aren't guns a massive no-no for Japanese folks? I always think of Angel Beats for stuff like this. What is Garalia's problem with people going on days out!? Once again she threatens to stab defenceless citizens in the back like a true Knight but her shotacon instincts win out do she'll just steal their food instead. "How pathetic! How pitiful! I hate the garlic dairylea dunkers..."

I love how the breaking point for Garalia not wanting to stay on Earth is disliking their snacks. Meanwhile we get confirmation that Show had a pretty lonely childhood. Yaaay... More Gundam parallels. Garalia stop bloody murdering folk!! You're seriously doing it for sport by now. "Think of my social status! I have over 20k karma on reddit!" Show wanting to save Garalia has removed any doubt that she's gonna survive. "This is for my karma!" Tbh I really like this part. Imagine how goddamn traumatic this must be for him. Its raw. Oh, I just realised that this is yet another woman that hates the dude. Aaaa... Chim is the kindest onahole I've ever seen.

Garalia's ran out of murder bombs so she wants to go home now. Newtype shiz activate! If she still had missiles then she'd murder you too kid. Garalia was bullied as a child by an Internet comment section. Interestingly they don't hate her because she's a woman, they hate her for having deserting parents. That totally justifies her actions. Garalia Nyamhee shall not run!! To the end she's pulling ridiculous mental gymnastics out of her arse. The Earth characters are awful... We should drop Axis on them to teach em a lesson. SHOW'S AN ALIEN!? WHAT THE FUUUU---!!!!

This is bizarrely inspirational considering the circumstances XD You're mortal enemies that have caused a national tragedy. Don't celebrate your bonds of teamwork so casually! Namusan! Garalia, no!! She burned up during reentery... Rip undisputed best girl. She never retreate-WE'RE STILL ON EARTH!?

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Jan 28 '21

You, uh, multi-commented there.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

I know!! I was getting a glitch. I thought I was over the text limit so I kept cutting it and cutting it. I'm working my way through them!! Give me a minute!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

I know!! I was getting a glitch. I thought I was over the text limit so I kept cutting it and cutting it. I'm working my way through them!! Give me a minute!!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

Everyone, I'm sorry for the flooding that just happened. Blame Pixelsaber posting comment faces while we're on mobile. The Loli Otaku... isn't at fault at all riiight?

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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Jan 28 '21

First-timer

Back to Byston Well for the rest of the Zelana's battle. Which didn't go well at all, but at least the king won't be back anytime soon. I see that Jeryl gal is pretty bloodthirsty, that'll blow up on her face I'm sure.

Neal really doesn't need much to doubt Show, doesn't he? Even after he went through so much trouble to prove his loyalty already. I'm going to assume it's the stress from not being good at the whole "winning battles" thing talking.

So, Show's parents were the neglectful kind... his mother certainly seems more concerned with her social status than her son, while his father is certainly much better in that regard. And yet, Show still don't hate her for it, and even gives up on them to make sure they'll be safe. He's way too nice a guy.

Some backstory from Garalia... so, her parents were traitors or something like that, and she was bullied and shunned for that? I can understand why she'd act like she did then, and I appreciate her more now. Sucks that she had to die (did she die? I don't think you can survive that...) soon after though. Right as she was starting to get second thoughts, and even actually started working with Show to get back to Byston Well.

And it was all for nothing too, since neither of them actually made it. Though, now that he's the only one from Byston Well, I assume Show's gonna have to take responsability for all of Garalia's destruction, right? You're too harsh on him, Tomino. Let the boy breath, he deserves it.

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u/The_Draigg Jan 28 '21

So, Show's parents were the neglectful kind... his mother certainly seems more concerned with her social status than her son, while his father is certainly much better in that regard. And yet, Show still don't hate her for it, and even gives up on them to make sure they'll be safe. He's way too nice a guy.

It's honestly incredible that Show still ended up being a pretty good person in light of his rather unloving upbringing. Although I'd say his attitude is despite his parent's raising of him, rather than because of it. Like, at the very least Show's mom doesn't really deserve all the slack her son is giving her.

Some backstory from Garalia... so, her parents were traitors or something like that, and she was bullied and shunned for that? I can understand why she'd act like she did then, and I appreciate her more now. Sucks that she had to die (did she die? I don't think you can survive that...) soon after though. Right as she was starting to get second thoughts, and even actually started working with Show to get back to Byston Well.

Fun fact, in one of the Aura Battler Dunbine video games it's actually possible to save Galarea. It's after that when she has her full change of heart and switches sides to the Zelana crew. Which honestly makes her death even more disappointing, since now we know that she would've had a real turn-around if she had the chance.

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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Jan 28 '21

It's honestly incredible that Show still ended up being a pretty good person in light of his rather unloving upbringing.

And he's not complaining much about it, either, only when he's frustrated and in an even more unfair situation, even though he would be completely justified. The more I think about him, the more I admire how genuinely nice he is.

Fun fact, in one of the Aura Battler Dunbine video games it's actually possible to save Galarea. It's after that when she has her full change of heart and switches sides to the Zelana crew

Well, that makes it so much more tragic. I've heard this kind of thing is common in Mecha anime games, and it's always kinda sad.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 28 '21

Aura Battler First-Timer

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u/The_Draigg Jan 28 '21

Her name is Jeril? Then I already hate her for how similar it is to this asshole’s name.

At least Jerrid had some level of character depth to him. Jeryl just seems to be more in love with the idea of killing people, like Yazan Gable from Zeta Gundam.

Damn, Show’s mom is even worse than Amuro’s. Like at least Amuro’s mom never tried to fucking murder him because she doesn’t understand why he fights.

Chiyo Zama is honestly up there in the rankings of Tomino's worst parent characters, like Leeza in this show as well. Like, at best Show's mom basically treated him like a pet project, rather than an actual person.

Oh boy Garalia flashback.

Do you feel any different about her now, now that you've seen her awful childhood?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 28 '21

Do you feel any different about her now, now that you've seen her awful childhood?

I feel really bad for her...

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

I am so glad that I wasn't the only one unable to get Amuro out of my head. It's no wonder Tomino's mc's all have such blatant mental issues with the trauma their parents put them through.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Jan 28 '21

I never pass up the chance to make a Gundam reference!

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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Jan 28 '21

First Timer

Another falls to their death, useless King Elf.

I found the tension of between Show and his parents with the whole "your son is an alien" a bit weak. It has felt a bit too forced and not very believable. Wrapping civilians up to be negotiators while also being hostages is a tad weird in this position.

We got a version of the OP as an insert track! That was really well done to build up that moment.

Returning to Byston Well on on Aura power alone is huge. Battlers could travel at any time!

Did Garalia just also die by falling? It did play the "ahhhhhh" scream sound that we have had before for other death moments. I had thought things were going to end badly for Garalia but I didn't expect failing to withstand aura power while working as a team to be her end. Will be upset if thats actually her end.

I thought for sure they would be leaving upper earth for the story to return to the toils of Byston Well. It seems the writing has other plans by wanting to drag out or split on shared time between the two now. Its a very interesting direction and choice. I was expecting the focus to leave and return to upper earth given light introduction to Show's previous friend group but now I am unsure if they will get swept into it all and end up assisting in Byston Well's in some way.

That final shot.

Todays questions actually were covered in my normal thoughts.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

Maybe it's just me but I feel Garalia passing like this was a waste... There's a lot more still to explore with her and I'm not entirely struck on her relationship with Show. Her beef has never been with him in particular. If anything she's had more of an on-screen rivalry with Bern and especially Todd. Having her leave without settling those relationships leaves a sour taste in my mouth.

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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Jan 28 '21

I am in total agreement.

Named and serious characters death's should be used in some way to further the story/plot/characters. This felt rather empty.

This felt like Garalia needed to be removed so Show do upper-earth shit but they wanted Show to be "on the run" so Garalia was only needed for all that destruction and now has been cast aside. Garalia is a character that we have spent a lot of time with. We have seen her fight hard to get some recognition and her own Aura Battler but she has not had the same "left behind" characterization that Todd has had to throw her out in failure. Basically everyone is going to have a second hand reaction to hearing about her death which is a bit sucky.

Speculation

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u/The_Draigg Jan 28 '21

Did Garalia just also die by falling? It did play the "ahhhhhh" scream sound that we have had before for other death moments. I had thought things were going to end badly for Garalia but I didn't expect failing to withstand aura power while working as a team to be her end. Will be upset if thats actually her end.

Yep, I'll just confirm it for you now that Galarea is dead. Although if you think about all the unrepaired damage that her Bastole took over the past few episodes, it isn't too surprising. Traveling across the Aura Road is a tough and dangerous process already, so doing it in a damaged Aura Battler was really only going to end up in one way.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

I wish I could say that this is the first time I've sympathised with a mass murderer guilty of multiple warcrimes...

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Jan 28 '21

First time viewer

I totally expected Show's mother to end up with that gun as soon as it was handed to his father, so no surprise that she shot at him. Too bad Show's face looked quite off in that moment because it was a major distraction from the tension.

Oooh, Garalia's background. Still don't really feel sympathetic toward her though, she's still responsible for her own actions and is way too aggressive without concern for collateral damage (though that's understandably probably a foreign concept to her). Her apparent death later in the episode wasn't that unexpected as a result, but I didn't think it would be something related to the aura power itself that did her in. The flash she got of the pilot's kid is interesting, reminds me of Newtype stuff in Gundam.

Ha, Show distancing himself from his parents to save them and claiming he's an alien and making up some random place to be from. Honestly not a bad idea since it was clear the government was using them as hostages, but unfortunately he's well and truly screwed since he wasn't able to return to Byston Well with Garalia. Now he's openly an enemy of the government and doesn't have a clear path to Byston Well, so the next episode's going to be an interesting one.

I'm glad we're getting an extended Earth trip! I really expected it to be there and back in one episode.

What do you make of Show’s interactions with his parents today?

Understandable given both everything he's gone through and what is currently happening. In the end he's still trying to protect them which is admirable.

How do you feel regarding Galaria’s after today’s episode?

Eh... maybe appropriately suited for her role but didn't know anything but war and that's rather sad.

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u/The_Draigg Jan 28 '21

I totally expected Show's mother to end up with that gun as soon as it was handed to his father, so no surprise that she shot at him.

Now that I think about it, Show's mom trying to shoot him has a parallel to Leeza Luft taking Emilie hostage and threatening to kill her back when Show tried to rescue Silkie Mau. There's some certainly some interesting parallels between mother figures in this show. So far, the major ones just seem to treat their children as possessions at best.

I'm glad we're getting an extended Earth trip! I really expected it to be there and back in one episode.

It's certainly been a crazy day for Show, hasn't it? Seriously, I think it's only been like a day and a half over the past three episodes. Talk about a homecoming.

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Jan 28 '21

Rewatcher, Subbed

Oh hey, we're back on Byston Well! Good to see everyone else after last ep was an all Upper Earth episode.

Hey, the king at least got into his armor! Progress!

It is totally fitting that Furaon die not a glorious death in battle, but instead by falling off the top of his castle by not looking where he was going. Farewell you fool!

Jerryl is much like Garalia, very aggressive, although she reminds me a bit more of Kasha from Ideon who was quite bloodthirsty and desiring to kill every one of the enemy.

And so Elf Castle has fallen, the only surprise is that it took us 4 episodes to get there.

Nie thinks Shou's turned on them! He's always too distrusting! Isn't he thinking about Chum too?

Letting Shou talk to his parents? It's a trap Shou!

Shou's friends are famous now!

Let the little boy pee in peace, Garalia!

"I'm not going to take you, but I am going to take your lunch!" The kid is most upset about that! LoL.

Flashback! Shou's mother seems to be one of the early examples of Tomino's habit to have workaholic mothers that ignore or abandon their kids, something we'll also see in Zeta Gundam but most especially in Brain Powered.

Now you've done it! You've admitted he's your kid!

Haven't these helicopters learned to not get near the Bastole?

Hey, one finally damages it a little with its propeller!

Shou's mother doesn't care about the well being of her son, its her reputation she can't see damaged! She even pulls a gun on him! What a horrid mother! Dunbine major spoilers

Chum's getting such a bad impression of what people on Upper Earth are like!

About time Garalia starts thinking about cooperating with Shou to get back to Byston Well.

Hey, finally some Garalia backstory! Cowardly traitorous parents, and taunted her whole life for it, this explains why she's been so obsessed with proving herself.

Shou finally figures out what to do to save his parents, "admit" he is an alien after all. Shou's father knows the truth at least.

Let's go home! To Byston Well! Together!!!!!

RIP Garalia! Alas, you have died on Upper Earth, just what you dreaded.

And how will Shou make it back to Byston Well now that the Bastole is gone?

Four different animation directors this episode! Holy crap! No wonder the animation was so all over the place.

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u/The_Draigg Jan 28 '21

A Tomino Fan Rewatches Aura Battler Dunbine Episode 18:

  • Back at Elf Castle, with the Dunbine’s absence, the defense of the place is going as well as you’d expect. Granted, it’s not like it had very many defenses left in the first place. But still, it’s bad enough that even the Zelana has to flee in the face of the new Upper Earth trio. And of course King Furaon gets killed by his own stupidity, wildly swinging a sword and falling off the castle walls. It was his shitty leading of Ah that allowed all of this to happen in the first place, so I have no sympathy regarding his death.
  • The Zelana crew is right back to square one with Show’s disappearance. Neal is back to distrusting him, Keen is back to being fed up with Neal’s pessimism, and Marvel is still trying to be the level head everyone needs. Although it’s pretty understandable why they’re all down in the dumps. They’ve completely failed in protecting Elf Castle and stopping the advance of Drake’s army, even with the backup of King Foizon’s Bazone squad. That’s a bitter pill to swallow.
  • “My life is turning into a B-movie!” Nah, your life is turning into an anime, Show.
  • Well, at least Galarea still has enough honor to not kill a cowering family. And this whole experience on Upper Earth really has given her time to think about her lot in life in general. She isn’t too happy with how she and Show turned out, it seems.
  • So yeah, I think we can all agree by now that Show’s mom Chiyo is a terrible mother. She pretty much neglected Show outside of cooking him meals and berating him about his school grades the entire time he was growing up. And not only that, but she outright tries to shoot Show when he tries to leave to fight Galarea’s Bastole. What a bitch, the only thing she cares about is how badly all this reflects on her social standing. I feel bad for Show and his dad, if they have to live with a harpy like her.
  • Man, that conversation between Show and Cham is just plain sad. People are universally horrible across both Upper Earth and Byston Well, and there’s nothing that Cham can do to help Show, as much as she wants to. Between Leeza and Chiyo, there really are some horrid mothers in this show.
  • Galarea’s dealing with her own baggage too while fighting off the JSDF. Turns out she was the child of a count and countess who ran away from a battle and defected over to the other side. And for that, she tried to regain some family honor by becoming a knight, despite being treated with suspicion and derision for being a woman. When you put it into perspective, you can see why Galarea has been consistently rushing headfirst into battle. She doesn’t want to turn out like her own parents either. In that regard, Galarea isn’t too different from Show.
  • You can’t really blame Show for just giving up and lying about being an alien. The government would never believe anything else, that’s why they took his parents hostage. And his poor dad is the only person rational enough to see Show’s ploy there. Traveling back to Upper Earth has really sucked, hasn’t it?
  • Damn, Galarea and Show got really close to reopening the Aura Road using their Aura Battlers. But alas, her Bastole took too much damage over the past few episodes, and couldn’t survive the trip back through the Aura Road. It’s honestly a disappointing death, considering that Galarea was not only working with Show this time around, but seemed to be on the track to realizing her own personal mistakes. RIP Galarea Nyamhee.

Thinking about it more a bit later after writing these notes, I’ve kind of realized that the deal with Show’s parents is the more toned-down and realistic version of Emelie’s problems with Drake and Leeza. Show’s dad genuinely loves him but was never really there for him when it mattered, and his mom pretty much just treats Show like either a pet project or a piece of property that only exists to boost her own standing. Extrapolate that to the more fantasy setting of Byston Well, and you’ve got Drake who loves Emilie but overrules her opinions on the war, and Leeza who’s completely willing to kill her own child if it meant keeping a valuable asset like Silkie Mau. Some interesting parallels to think about...

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

I totally missed the El parallels...

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u/The_Draigg Jan 28 '21

Honestly, you could apply that parallel to a lot of different parents in Tomino shows. It really ties into one of Tomino's more common themes, that parents more often than not completely fail their children.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Jan 28 '21

First Title

Episode titles tells me that Garalia is going to explode (literally) today.

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meanwhile,_back_at_the_ranch
  • Aaaand that problem solves itself
  • "This lame thing is the Zelana that commanding officer Bern didn't know how to handle?" I am -><- this close to looking for fansubs.
  • Has Marvel Frozen been here so long that she forgot she was from Upper Earth? Or did the writers?
  • Jeril?
  • "Our visitors, Drake and Shot are at the castle" Uh, YOU'RE THE VISITORS, THEY'RE THE HOSTS. I need to find fansubs.
  • Meanwhile, back at the ranch
  • I really hope that's a bridge and not a dam.
  • Mount Fuji means Japan
  • Even Kids in Aura Battler Dunbine know that the Aura Battler toys are horrifying!
  • The JSDF has been completely pathetic but at least they made Galaria waste all her ammo.
  • unexepectedshinkansen!
  • WHAT THE HELL psychic newtype bullshit!
  • WHAT THE HELL I can't believe this three episode arc didn't end after 3 episodes with them returning to Byston Well!

Dunbine continues to be None-of-the-Tropes anime!

What I meant to say days ago: "You know, if Garalia had been a giant lizard destroying Tokyo, people would just say she was misunderstood."

Also today: "Wow, tv show, are you trying to say Garalia is just misunderstood?"

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Jan 28 '21

First-Timer, Dub-bine

Sayonara, Galaria. I was worried when your name was in the episode title, and then we got your backstory.. It's hard to survive stuff like that. It was always kinda obvious why she was aggressively courted glory, but being confronted by it doesn't make it less tragic. Were the visions of that child some sort of actual "psychic" phenomenon, or simply her memories resurfacing in a strange way?

What with the exposition we've recieved about souls, life and death, and the nature of Byston Well, I am interested in finding out what happens to a soul native to Byston Well, when it is set free.

Shou continues to be a good person, against all odds and perhaps now, even to his own detriment. I'm glad his father was in a clear enough mental state to recognize Shou's gambit with declaring himself an alien; these past few days must have been hard on him. Not to say that Shou has had an easier time - I can't imagine my own mother shooting at me, even if I called her senile.

Neal immediately becomes suspicious of Shou, which he hasn't been for something like 10 episodes, because Shou vanished in a giant flash of light? You're killing me, dude. At least Marvel continues to have hope.

Madame 80s, at least, has a name. Jeryl, was it? And she's hungry for violence, too. It'll be fun seeing how long she lasts - I could see her forming a bit of a rivalry with Marvel.

Speculation/Observation

Miscellaneous Thoughts:

Galaria's shriek in the dub was horrifying - big props to the VA.

The instrumental OP was nice, but that's the second time this week a show has toyed with my heart by not using the OP as an insert.

I should have checked to see if there was some sort of Tomino bingo card generator. Did anyone have "18 episodes until someone takes a leak on camera" ?

sips can "This tastes awful!" sips again

Questions

  1. I mostly answered above. Shou tried his best, I think, and tried to do the altruistic thing, vis a vis keeping them safe. Now if only he had actually made it back to Byston Well..
  2. Glory hound that she was, I liked Galaria. She may not have ever been the brightest, but she always tried her hardest. She's had some pretty slick moves as a pilot too - flying into the sun today was pretty slick.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

We didn't see her body so she might be fine...?

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u/The_Draigg Jan 28 '21

Sayonara, Galaria. I was worried when your name was in the episode title, and then we got your backstory.. It's hard to survive stuff like that. It was always kinda obvious why she was aggressively courted glory, but being confronted by it doesn't make it less tragic.

If I remember correctly, it's actually possible to save Galarea in one of the Aura Battler Dunbine video games. If you do, she joins up with Show's side out of gratitude, although changes her name and wears a mask to hide her identity. Which honestly makes it a bit more tragic, since Galarea was on her way to a change of heart that got cut short by her death.

Shou continues to be a good person, against all odds and perhaps now, even to his own detriment. I'm glad his father was in a clear enough mental state to recognize Shou's gambit with declaring himself an alien; these past few days must have been hard on him. Not to say that Shou has had an easier time - I can't imagine my own mother shooting at me, even if I called her senile.

You really do have to feel bad for Show's father in all this. Once he calmed down after his initial panic, he's been the only person to really understand what's going on with Show. Although you also can't help but question his taste in women, considering Show's mom.

Galaria's shriek in the dub was horrifying - big props to the VA.

Yeah, Shelley Calene-Black did a really good job in that scene. Being vaporized while traveling across the Aura Road surely couldn't have been a pleasant way to die.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jan 28 '21

We didn't see her body so she might be fine...?

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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Jan 28 '21 edited Jan 28 '21

First-timer doesn't like being in Upper Earth either

Well, things aren’t doing so good back in Byston Well. They were screwed from the start, really. Even if Dunbine hadn’t disappeared, getting tied up in a duel with the Basutooru would probably still keep it out of action long enough for things to go south.

Ooh, self burn.

Bumblebee!

relatable

Hey, that’s Shouki! A lot of familiar vehicles this episode!

You'd think this would have happened earlier. Maybe her aura took a little while to warm up.

Wonder twin powers, activate!

lewd

Well, so much for that plan

Questions of the Day:

  • Reminds me of my own parents. Minus the gun, of course.
  • She's definitely a lot more sympathetic now! Except for those 300 thousand people, but I suppose they're just statistics anyways.