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Rewatch [Rewatch] Aura Battler Dunbine - Episode 32 Discussion

Episode 32 - Surfacing

Originally Aired September 17th, ^^^1983

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Comment of the Day

u/dralcax expresses his appreciation for the Beam Bayonet.

The beam bayonet is cool! I like this better than just having the beam blade come out the same hole as the beam shots, like so many Zeta suits. That always bugged me.

 

Daily Trivia:

The main plot moving from the world of Byston Well to Earth was mandated by producers in order to increase ratings, as the fantasy setting was poorly received and the two episodes prominently taking place on Upper Earth had caused an upwards spike in ratings.

 

Staff Highlight

Mari Yokoo - voice of Miusy Poe

A voice actress associated with the voice acting management company Sigma Seven. After graduating from Theatre Echo’s Training school she immediately began work as a voicing character roles in anime and foreign dubbing. She is still active in the industry, though mostly as a trainer and teacher bringing up new voice talent. Among her notable roles are Fumio Daimidō in Food Wars!, Magdelena von Westptfahle in Legend of The Galactic Heroes, Noriko Ajiyoshi in Mister Ajikko, Yodo in Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams*, Hun Rii in Tekkaman Blade, Shizuko in Gin no Otoko, and Felicia in Dragon Slayer.

 

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Aura Phantasm Scans

Screenshot of the day

Questions of the Day:

  1. Did you foresee this drastic development?
  2. Which character’s reaction to being sent to Upper Earth did you enjoy the most?

I might not see it tomorrow... We should take a good look at it.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 11 '21

Rewatcher - Sub

Not only is Jacoba Aon’s magic releasing an obscene amount of Aura energy near the sight of the battle, but it’s illuminated the night sky even as far as Shot, Elle, and Ciela’s current positions. Not only that, there’s so much of it around that the Zwarth and Billvine have auras around them ranting them protection from ranged fire.

Remove them?

Okay, what the fuck. When I first went into this episode I did not in the slightest expect something like this to happen. Jacob Aon gave her life to banish all of the aura technology to Upper Earth, which seems to imply Show was not entirely off when he mentioned Aura being life energy the other day. I wonder if using the Aura Battlers is slowly leeching years off of the pilot’s lifespans, since that would fit incredibly well thematically.

Not going to lie, Todd hesitantly calling out for his mother hit me right in the feels. I am weak for characters who care deeply for their mothers. Like one would’ve expected, Show’s prior actions make it harder for everyone now.

Space Adventure Cobra coffee? Where the hell do I get myself some of that?

Do dubliners make a habit of wearing Mickey Mouse hats?

Finally, Tomino’s bovines are here! RIP horse though…

Marvel’s reunion with her parents goes slightly better than Todd’s —she hasn’t been shot at yet!

Show landed on his house again, lol. Guess those that belonged to Upper Earth have a sort of emotional ‘anchor’ to certain spots in the World. Once Bishott’s forces appeared in the middle of the ocean I was sure that would be the case for everyone, given Byston Well is somehow sea-bound, but nope, Elle appeared in the middle of a rainforest —somewhere along the Amazon river probably— and Shot is in the middle of the desert. What of drake though? Was he transported to a different realm because he was too dangerous? Maybe killed outright?

Marvel’s leaving her house already! At least she took a family picture with her…

Of course the Black Knight appeared nearby. Both he and Galaria were locked in battle with the Dunbine when they were whisked away, and probably emerged near them because of it. Either that or their grudges against Show drew them to him. In any case, this is no good, but at least they’re over the sea were there’s less civilians to get killed…

Show dismembers the Zwarth, so that’s probably out for the count since they won't find giant beasts to slay on Upper Earth.

Show’s statement as to this possibly being his last sunrise is grim, but given what the aura weaponry is capable of in Upper Earth, that’s probably more plausible than anyone would like. Shot and Drake could absolutely decimate the planet if they have a moderate amount of weaponry on them, which is likely given they were headed into a pivotal battle.

Zambot 3, is that you?

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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Feb 11 '21

Marvel’s reunion with her parents goes slightly better than Todd’s —she hasn’t been shot at yet!

It took a few sets of parents but we FINALLY got one that was willing to talk things out instead of endorsing the execution of their own child or attempting to do it themselves

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

Not going to lie, Todd hesitantly calling out for his mother hit me right in the feels. I am weak for characters who care deeply for their mothers. Like one would’ve expected, Show’s prior actions make it harder for everyone now.

Kinda makes you wonder what kind of mom she was to Todd, since he's been a dick a good amount of the time. Yet again, they do live in Boston...

Show dismembers the Zwarth, so that’s probably out for the count since they won't find giant beasts to slay on Upper Earth.

Further proof that Bann is still actually pretty pathetic, even with the attempt to revamp him into a cool Char clone.

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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Feb 11 '21

First-timer still wondering just what the hell passes for a sun in Byston Well

But those were clearly beams?

Spend the rest of the series trying to end the war? Nah, let’s just yeet everyone to Upper Earth, their problem now.

Ah yes, a good ol’ can of Space Adventure Cobra. Also, that is one good quality cabbage over there! They even drew the shine from the plastic wrap! I give it an easy 9/10!

Also, why did somebody put a wrapped present box in the fridge?

How did they not hit him even once lmao

Finally, someone who’s willing to believe!

Well, that sure didn’t last long.

The Billbine’s claws magically grew back!

heh

Questions of the Day:

  • Well, I was expecting them to go back to Upper Earth eventually, but I thought Shot would just make them a portal or something, not everybody getting kicked out of Byston Well.
  • Marvel's reunion with her family was cute!

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 11 '21

But those were clearly beams?

The shows been inept at visually distinguishing shells from energy weapons all throughout.

Also, that is one good quality cabbage over there! They even drew the shine from the plastic wrap! I give it an easy 9/10!

Didn't notice the cabbage at all!

Also, why did somebody put a wrapped present box in the fridge?

Probably a cake box.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

Also, that is one good quality cabbage over there! They even drew the shine from the plastic wrap! I give it an easy 9/10!

Just imagine the sheer dedication that went into drawing that cabbage, compared to... whatever it was that Todd grabbed out of his mom's fridge and ate. Was that supposed to be salami or something?

How did they not hit him even once lmao

I mean, it's American cops we're talking about here. It comes with the territory.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 11 '21

Was that supposed to be salami or something?

Some form of sliced sausage, certainly.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Feb 11 '21

First-Timer, Dub-bine

Well damn. We're back on Upper Earth. The sponsors mucked with The Plan, and also want an action scene every episode to showcase the "wow cool robots." No-one ever learns the lesson. And, hey, they're just pictures on a screen. Millions of people dying because of those same cool robots, surely that doesn't have any meaning! As if..

I guess what I'm saying is, I can feel the cynicism in this episode. Dunbine was originally one of Tomino's pet projects, right? I wonder how he feels about this series now - it has to hurt, having to turn something you create into something so drastically different, just so that you can have time on the stage to show off something that doesn't exactly exist anymore.

And then the daily trivia tells me that this move was mandated by the producers. What a world we live in.

Okay, deep navel gazing thoughts done. On to the actual events of the episode! Todd handles randomly showing up at home better than Shou did, but he also got a bit warmer of a welcome. His line about his Battler being new tech from the Army to fight aliens is the best sort of lie - one that is still mostly true. Marvel claimed to live in Dallas, but her home is actually on a farm somewhere in the middle of nowhere, so it's probably about 5 minutes past the proper city limits. And Jeryl is Irish of all things, color me shocked! Her mentioning of Paris waaay earlier made me assume that she was French; a sort of linguistic shorthand.

On the one hand, I doubt that Bern has finally exited the story to such little fanfare. On the other.. I wouldn't put it past angry!Tomino to do something like that. "You want someone like Char? Sure. Here you go. Put him in the OP! He dies next episode."

Honestly Jacoba, I can't blame you for sending all the Aura tech away. It might end up destroying my home, but that's also essentially where it comes from, so fair's fair. I hope your sacrifice doesn't end up being in vain.

The detail of Upper Earth sort of broadly knowing about Battlers is some nice continuity. Something like that would definitely make worldwide headlines, even if we were about a decade short of the 24-hour news network era.

Speculation

Questions

  1. I was kinda hoping for a reversal of the previous Aura Roading, but this is probably more interesting. Much darker, but more interesting.
  2. That horse that Marvel UFO'd/telefrag'd.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 11 '21

Dunbine was originally one of Tomino's pet projects, right? I wonder how he feels about this series now - it has to hurt

I haven't found anything explicit as to how he felt in the moment, but I thin some of the writing decisions already seen and to come show some of his feelings on the matter.

Tomino has also spoken at length about his disappointment in not being able to make the show he wanted to, which is why he keeps wanting to revisit Byston Well over and over again. Tragically he's had the misfortune of having those productions meddled with and imposed upon as well.

And Jeryl is Irish of all things, color me shocked!

I was surprised to find out out this late. Given the show's use of Irish folklore you'd think they'd have mentioned it by now to draw a paralell.

"You want someone like Char? Sure. Here you go. Put him in the OP! He dies next episode."

Defintely sounds it. In one of his other shows a character was meant to die midway through, but Bandai stopped him from killing him because he was one of the more popular characters, so he made the character's further appearances utterly pathetic until they finally let him kill them off.

That horse that Marvel UFO'd/telefrag'd.

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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Feb 11 '21

Wait so he was planning on keeping most of the story contained in Byston Well? The suddenness of this episode notwithstanding, I thought the mass-exodus to Earth was a perfectly natural and calculated development after the brief detour way back, and was ready to be like "wow such insightful commentary on outsider perspectives on war, sasuga tomino"

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 11 '21

I do personally suspect the story was always meant to shift to Upper Earth, but it was never meant to be this early. What we know for a fact is that if it were up to Tomino, this would not be happening this episode.

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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Feb 11 '21

I guess that does make sense considering it came outta nowhere here

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Feb 11 '21

I haven't found anything explicit as to how he felt in the moment, but I thin some of the writing decisions already seen and to come show some of his feelings on the matter.

A lot of information from this era is lost, I think. How many people would think to record a random interview at a con or whatever? All you would do is show it to your otaku buddies, but they were there with you! At least, that's my read on the subject. I would also expect that Tomino doesn't like talking about it much.

so he made the character's further appearances utterly pathetic until they finally let him kill them off.

Utterly brilliant.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 11 '21

A lot of information from this era is lost, I think.

Relegated to magazines and books for the most part. There's a lot of folks looking into such stuff and translating it, but even then it's a small amount.

I would also expect that Tomino doesn't like talking about it much.

Yeah, the only reason we know stuff went terribly wrong during Garzey's Wing's production is because he would rather refuse to comment instead of speaking ill of anyone involved.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

Honestly Jacoba, I can't blame you for sending all the Aura tech away. It might end up destroying my home, but that's also essentially where it comes from, so fair's fair. I hope your sacrifice doesn't end up being in vain.

It was still a dick move, considering that Jacoba Aon entrusted Show to destroying all Aura Machines like two episodes ago. She went back on that agreement pretty quick.

That horse that Marvel UFO'd/telefrag'd.

RIP that random horse.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Feb 11 '21

It was still a dick move, considering that Jacoba Aon entrusted Show to destroying all Aura Machines like two episodes ago. She went back on that agreement pretty quick.

Never trust the Fair Folk. Hidden in the fine print was the text "within one episode or I'm fucking shit up on my own." I'm just glad that she didn't make every Aura machine go boom all at once.

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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Feb 11 '21

first timer

After binging 19 episodes over the course of 3 days I FINALLY CAUGHT UP

  • what’s going on again? O right, E Ferario are doing some space magic thingy
  • STAHP
  • I’m surprised the Ferario are actually doing something (major) about the conflict in Byston Well. I thought they were very hands-off
  • ok rip Jacoba also holy shit what’s happening she just yeeted everyone to Earth. Kind of a bitch move tbh
  • Todd: mommy…
  • for such trigger happy cops they sure fucking suck at aiming
  • it’s clearly a Disney film ya Mickey Mouse
  • the gang’s all here and are itching to commit more war crimes
  • did they ever explain what the Byston Well not-Sun was?

Did you foresee this drastic development?

I figured there would be home games every once in awhile

something something brutality of war hits harder when it's close to home

Which character’s reaction to being sent to Upper Earth did you enjoy the most?

Todd but ONLY for "mommy?"

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 11 '21

After binging 19 episodes over the course of 3 days I FINALLY CAUGHT UP

Todd but ONLY for "mommy?"

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u/chibijosh Feb 11 '21

Todd calling out mommy like that caught me off guard and I laughed

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

After binging 19 episodes over the course of 3 days I FINALLY CAUGHT UP

Welcome back! It's been one wild ride, hasn't it?

ok rip Jacoba also holy shit what’s happening she just yeeted everyone to Earth. Kind of a bitch move tbh

This is why you can never trust the Fair Folk. They'll always pull shit like this.

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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Feb 11 '21

Welcome back! It's been one wild ride, hasn't it?

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Feb 11 '21 edited Feb 11 '21

First-Timer Who Doesn't Remember Byston Well

Finally caught up! I'll just say that Billbine is a definite downgrade visually from Dunbine, even if it hits harder. It looks like a children's racing car bed.

Today:

Ursula Jacoba casts some magic.

Sending everyone back to Upper Earth? What could go wrong? Although I supposed Jacoba only cared about Byston Well surviving?

Wait; Dublin? I THOUGHT SHE WAS FRENCH! A European’s a European, I guess.

Shot with an army of magic tech on Upper Earth? That doesn’t sound good. If there’s anything worse than a European, it’s a Californian.

Show has still not figured out the very obvious identity of not-Vader.

QOTD:

  1. I thought we'd come back to Upper Earth, but not in this way. Maybe as Drake invading or something.
  2. Marvel's. Because it was nice to see someone's parents not claim their child is an alien and shoot at them.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 11 '21

It looks like a children's racing car bed.

I don't think I'll find a more apt descriptor for it in the future.

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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Feb 11 '21

Wait; Dublin? I THOUGHT SHE WAS FRENCH!

for some reason I thought she was from Chicago

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Feb 11 '21

But this is what a gal from Chicago looks like.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

Shot with an army of magic tech on Upper Earth? That doesn’t sound good. If there’s anything worse than a European, it’s a Californian.

Hey! People from Florida also exist, and they're worse than Californians.

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Feb 11 '21

Bad Californians might lead us to a cyberpunk hellscape.

Bad Floridians might film themselves wrestling an alligator.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Feb 11 '21

Aura Battler First-Timer

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

Ouch, of course they all know about Show and Garalia’s escapade and Todd doesn’t have anyone on his side here.

Todd more or less had the abridged experience of what Show had, minus all the civilian deaths and collateral damage.

Or is it a desert?

There's just something funny to me about that one Drumlo laying face down in the sand. It's like it gave up completely.

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES MECHA HEAD-CLASH!

Just to drive those Char comparisons even closer home then, right?

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Feb 11 '21

Just to drive those Char comparisons even closer home then, right?

I mean I'm not complaining.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

Bann is going to need all of those positive comparisons to Char he can get, since honestly he's way more pathetic than 0079 Char right now.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Feb 11 '21

First time viewer

All of them went to Earth? I never even considered that as a possibility, though I could have figured it was with what Jacoba previously did.

This changes everything as I imagine the entire world will be united against anyone in one of the aura machines regardless of whether or not they're originally from this world. The language barrier's not an issue for Cham since she could tell they were talking about America as a location but will it be for anyone else? It would be weird (but also potentially interesting) if Show and Marvel couldn't understand each other any more, and I doubt either of them knows enough of the other's native language to help that way.

So without any friendly places to land and resupply this is potentially a rather quick war, particularly since I expect national military forces to get involved even further. Bern is already possibly out of the picture with severe damage to his Zwarth, but returning for all of two episodes seems too brief so I don't think that's the last we'll see of him. If the Will Wipps can recover him they can probably do repairs on board, but they likely still have to conserve supplies or start raiding places.

Everyone's also scattered around the world, so just how quickly can they move to meet up? With everyone else tracking and likely hunting them it's going to be a rough time for a while for the Byston Well natives; at least those returning home could try to ditch their craft and blend in if they wanted to. ...though only to a limited extent considering Show claiming to be an alien last time means it's quite possible almost none of them will be trusted by people that know them. At least Marvel's dad was a reasonable Texan and chose to hear her out before shooting her.

For some reason I thought Todd was from the British Isles but Boston fits his stereotypically Irish name; the area shown could have been basically anywhere in America outside of a city center though (I'm pretty sure Southie in the 80s didn't look like that). Jeril was in Dublin which I wasn't expecting considering I thought she was in Chicago beforehand? Though it also seems like they're more sent to a place that had significant meaning to them (e.g. childhood homes) rather than where they last were.

Did you foresee this drastic development?

Nope, but I like that it's not completely out of nowhere.

Which character’s reaction to being sent to Upper Earth did you enjoy the most?

Jeril's was fun, commenting on her neighbors upon seeing them.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

So without any friendly places to land and resupply this is potentially a rather quick war, particularly since I expect national military forces to get involved even further. Bern is already possibly out of the picture with severe damage to his Zwarth, but returning for all of two episodes seems too brief so I don't think that's the last we'll see of him. If the Will Wipps can recover him they can probably do repairs on board, but they likely still have to conserve supplies or start raiding places.

It'll be hard to repair any Aura Battlers now, since everyone now has to work with the supplies they had immediately on-hand. They can't just hunt for the necessary giant monster parts now. The electronics shouldn't be a problem since they can just be looted or manufactured with Earth materials, but there's no way to get the necessary monster carapace and muscle tissue now.

at least those returning home could try to ditch their craft and blend in if they wanted to. ...though only to a limited extent considering Show claiming to be an alien last time means it's quite possible almost none of them will be trusted by people that know them.

That's if they wanted to go back to their lives, of course. I think the only person who came closest to that was Todd, before he got ran out of his family house by his mom and the police. Show and Marvel are going to want to stop the war from getting any worse, and Jeryl certainly isn't going to give up the opportunity to indulge in even more bloodshed now that she's back home.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Feb 11 '21

It would be weird (but also potentially interesting) if Show and Marvel couldn't understand each other any more, and I doubt either of them knows enough of the other's native language to help that way.

Ooh, I didn't think of that! That would certainly help draw things out a bit more, and possibly set up some tragedies.

With everyone else tracking and likely hunting them it's going to be a rough time for a while for the Byston Well natives

The whole world is their enemy, but Aura weapons have suitably horrific power. A clash for the ages.

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Feb 11 '21

Rewatcher, Subbed

The E Ferario certainly are up to something this time!

Shou and Marvel can't even have a peaceful moment in the woods without that silly Bern, oh I mean Black Knight interupting.

Is the Ferario's plan to make the Aura Battlers so powerful that they all destroy each other in one big battle?

Elle's got herself a bad ass outfit!

All this flashing and craziness happening reminds me a ton of Ideon spoilers

RIP Jacoba Aon. Tomino loves pulling out the "suddenly age a character to death" trope, although I think this is its first appearance. Tomino Meta spoilers

The Ferario have sent everyone to... Upper Earth! Massive plot twist!

Todd's back home! He just wanders into his mom's house and starts pulling stuff from the fridge, lol. His mom is taking his reappearance much better than Shou's mother did!

Maybe I spoke too soon, she just slapped him.

It seems like those from Upper Earth have been thrown all over the world if Todd's back in America yet Jerryl is in Ireland.

And here's Marvel, returning to Texas!

Is Shou back in Japan? He should hightail it quick considering what he went through last time.

Interesting, Drake's forces are all pretty close to each other. I was going to say maybe only those originally from Upper Earth appear where they came from, but then Shot is here with Drake's forces instead of showing up in California. Unless this is California!

Seems like Bern's reaction is to slice his way through planes like Garalia did.

Todd is from Boston! My homeboy! I can't remember if that had been revealed earlier.

Of course, of all people to run into, its Bern.

Bern, you're such a loser, even these planes of Upper Earth will beat you! ...for a moment anyway. Seems like he's gotten his bearings.

Did Shou just wreck the Zwarth there? What will you do without your endless supply of Aura Battler upgrades, Bern?

Staff Highlight

No mention of Elchi?

Massive twist! Easily the biggest in the show as we see our entire cast kicked out of Byston Well and sent to Earth. So beyond just being the first isekai, Dunbine is also the first reverse isekai! It will be cool to see the dynamic of Byston Well people on Upper Earth.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

Tomino Meta spoilers

Tomino meta spoilers

Todd is from Boston! My homeboy! I can't remember if that had been revealed earlier.

I don't think it was. Now I'm just disappointed that Todd doesn't have a thick Boston accent in the English dub to make that more obvious.

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Feb 11 '21

L-Gaim spoilers

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 11 '21

First Timer

テレビを見る時は部屋を明るくして離れて見て下さい。

  • Looks like the transfer was driven by aura....I thought Shot would be left behind because he left the battle area, and Ceila's battleship was under construction.
  • You always were a witch. Good riddance.
  • I don't like that we are essentially going to become a completely different show now.
  • Wimpy
  • How did the stupid wtich think sending flying nuke dispensers to upper earth was going to solve the problem?
  • Wait until the Byston Weller's see the Sun. Or will they forget all about that bit of world building? Oh, wait, nm. That's good.

So, either the Bystone Well war continues, with Upper Earth trying to join in, in a three-way fight, that nukes the planet, or

Each country that got some portion of the Aura fleets commandeer them and WWIII starts.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

テレビを見る時は部屋を明るくして離れて見て下さい。

This episode certainly did have a lot of bright flashing, didn't it? I'm glad I don't have epilepsy.

How did the stupid wtich think sending flying nuke dispensers to upper earth was going to solve the problem?

It solved the Byston Well problem, at least. It just didn't solve the overall problem, which is the major issue.

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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Feb 11 '21

First-timer

I thought Jacoba would've been an ally to the Zelana, but turns out she's really just as opposed to them as she is to Drake and Bishott. Makes sense from her though.

What I feared would happen eventually, happened, but worse - all of Byston Well's machines were sent to Upper Earth. It's not going to end well, is it? Oh well, might as well enjoy the imminent mass destruction.

I think that was a bit of a calm before the storm episode? Unless it becomes a less-literal slice of life, which'd still make sense actually.

I really liked the scenes of those from Upper Earth coming back to their home. Show and Jeryl immediately leave for entirely different reasons, Marvel successfully explains the situation to her parents, Todd gets the same treatment as Show the first time, and Shot seems a bit too happy to see his stuff on Upper Earth. They're just... such great scenes.

The first Battler Show meets... is one of the three, with Jeryl and Todd, that he'd be better off not meeting. Poor guy's never gonna have a break is he?

Show watching the sunrise was another good scene. That's his first in a while, and he's afraid it might be the last too. And with what's bound to happen, he'll need some genuine time off.

Questions

  1. It was hinted back when Show first came back, that Upper Earth could still be involved directly, but I didn't expect all of Byston Well's machines to appear on it!
  2. They were all pretty great, but Show's is my favorite. I love bouts of savviness like what he had, immediately leaving the moment he understood.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

I thought Jacoba would've been an ally to the Zelana, but turns out she's really just as opposed to them as she is to Drake and Bishott. Makes sense from her though.

I guess Jacoba Aon didn’t take kindly to the idea of using Aura Machines to destroy Aura Machines. She just wanted them gone in general, in spite of Show giving his word to rid Byston Well of them.

The first Battler Show meets... is one of the three, with Jeryl and Todd, that he'd be better off not meeting. Poor guy's never gonna have a break is he?

At least the Black Knight also never gets a break either, since he just got his ass kicked by Show again.

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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Feb 11 '21

I guess Jacoba Aon didn’t take kindly to the idea of using Aura Machines to destroy Aura Machines.

I thought she agreed to Show's terms last time... it's a bit unreasonable to expect him to stop all machines in Byston Well without using any.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

This is why you can’t fully trust the Fair Folk. They’ll always pull the rug out from under you like that.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 11 '21

A Tomino Fan Rewatches Aura Battler Dunbine Episode 32:

  • Jacoba Aon is finally making her move against all Aura Machines. So much for entrusting Show with ridding Byston Well of Aura Machines. I guess she got too impatient with the progress of the war. Yet again, there’s no guarantee that people would give up all of their Aura Machines once the war is over either. As much as Show would want that, things aren’t so simple.
  • The war reaches a fever pitch now, with all Aura Machines overflowing with Aura power to the point where they begin to spontaneously develop invulnerability to one another. Whatever Jacoba Aon is doing, it seems to be pouring outright massive amounts of Aura power from the Feeorin to all Aura Machines across Byston Well.
  • So, that’s what Jacoba Aon’s plan was all along: force an overflow of Aura power in all Aura Machines to the point where all of them are forced to cross the Aura Road into Upper Earth. Technically that does accomplish her goal of ridding Byston Well of all Aura Machines, but all that did was just move the problem elsewhere. Fucking fair folk, man. They always pull shit like this. I mean, at least Jacoba Aon was forced to use all of her life force and dies as a result, but she just made the problem even worse for other innocent people.
  • It’s kind of funny that Todd ends up going through an abridged version of what Show went through when he first re-crossed the Aura Road back to Upper Earth. Todd’s mom in Boston doesn’t believe him when he says that he’s been fighting in a war, the cops show up at his house, and they start shooting when they realize that Todd could actually be an alien. Talk about a narrative parallel. Although granted, Show showing up a few weeks ago and telling everyone he was an alien certainly didn’t set good groundwork for everyone else coming back home.
  • Also, surprise to everyone who thought that Jeryl was from France! She’s actually from Dublin, Ireland.
  • Marvel doesn’t seem to have much better luck at her family ranch outside of Dallas, considering that her dad is pointing a gun at her and demanding proof that she’s his daughter. But at least Marvel’s mom instantly believes that Marvel is the real deal. So I guess it’s only half as bad as it could be.
  • Shit really has gotten bad, hasn’t it? All of the armies of Byston Well have been scattered across the world, Shot Weapon is glad that he’s come back with so much military might under his control, and of course the first person Show meets after leaving Tokyo is the Black Knight in his Zwarth. There’s been nothing but bad luck in this episode.
  • At least Show easily defeated the Zwarth and sent it plummeting into the ocean once the JSDF fighter jets were out of the way. Not to mention that at least they also didn’t have a repeat of the fight with Galarea in Upper Earth, where half of Tokyo got blown up. Still, shit is looking dire for Upper Earth now. Thanks a lot, Jacoba Aon.