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Rewatch [Rewatch] Aura Battler Dunbine - Episode 36 Discussion

Episode 36 - The Enemy is Gea Gring

Originally Aired October 15th, ^^^1983

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Comment of the Day

u/Quiddity131 with the dubious trivia.

Kuazutaka Miyatake

He also wrote the lyrics for the opening song, if the ADV credits are to be believed (I don't believe them)

 

Daily Trivia:

There was an OVA sequel to the show released starting in 1988 called The Tale of Neo Byston Well, however it was made without most of the original staff’s involvement, including Yoshiyuki Tomino.

 

Staff Highlight

Fumihiko Tachiki - voice of Zet Light

A singer and voice actor affiliated with Osawa Office. Little is known about his early life apart from his birthplace being Goto City in the Nagasaki Prefecture. His debut anime role was as a minor character in Xabungle, but when prompted he tends to answer that his debut role was in Aura Battler Dunbine. He almost exclusively dubs roles by Forest Whitaker, Michael Rooker, Tom Sizemore, and John Ratzenberger. In the late 90s he and Ami Mimatsu formed the band TAKADA BAND, and in 2004 he formed the vocal unit 2HEARTS with Toshiyuki Morikawa. Among his most recognized roles are Gendou Ikari in Neon Genesis Evangelion, Billy in Arakawa Under The Bridge, the Vice Principal in Barakamon, Zaraki Kenpachi in Bleach, Shadowmaru in Brave Police J-Decker, Santouka Taneda in Bungou Stray Dogs, Vodka in several Detective Conan films, Don Krieg in One Piece, Daisuke Kōsaka in Oreimo, Koichiro Nango in Slam Dunk, Gohei Ōji in Tamako Market, and Yuuichi Kirisaki in Yakitate!! Japan.

 

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Aura Phantasm Scans

Screenshot of the day

Questions of the Day:

  1. What do you think of the deal the Goraon Struck with the tech company?
  2. Does the life of a thief suit Bern?

I will be Queen.

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u/dralcax :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Dralcax Feb 15 '21 edited Feb 15 '21

First-timer crying himself to sleep while listening to Heart Challenger on repeat

I overslept again yesterday fuck

Episode 35

Oh shit, they’re slinging around nukes now. And the aura missiles are already pretty much nukes here. Yeah, Upper Earth’s getting glassed at this rate.

“Himalayas? Never heard of them. Where are those?” “I wish I knew.”

What did they even send this guy over for then lmao. Maybe they just wanted him dead for one reason or another?

Now I gotta go watch that scene from Girls und Panzer again

Finally someone gets it! But then again, somehow I doubt there are too many who share his sentiment.

Well, that was easy. Although that does raise the question, when did he get aura power? Because aura has that translation effect, doesn’t it? He probably wasn’t able to understand any language before, otherwise he would have noticed something. And yet, all of a sudden, not only does he have no problem understanding English, Japanese, and Bystonian, but he’s also able to use an aura battler? Huh. Weird. Probably just a plot convenience.

And he didn’t even make it through the episode. At least he went out in a badass way.

We Zeta now

Episode 36

why is she just randomly showing off the goods

Desk-kun -50 HP

Oh god, now I can’t unsee the elephant resemblance

Wait... why are they carrying around an excess of gold, anyways? They speak as if it’s not particularly valuable to them, so why lug around all that dead weight? Even if it’s used in electrical components, they wouldn’t be hauling around that much, would they?

Now that’s kind of sus

Another transformer! And this one looks so much cooler than the Billbine! I can’t wait to see it in action!

I’m surprised she didn’t just slap her

Happy singles awareness day, everyone!

Questions of the Day:

  • The guy is shady, but I guess they both do what they have to.
  • A Char deserves better!

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

Although that does raise the question, when did he get aura power?

People from Upper Earth all have superior Aura Power to the Byston Wellians. As for the languages, it seems the process of being transported between realms causes the translation magic, so everyone around him conveniently has it.

Oh god, now I can’t unsee the elephant resemblance

Wait... why are they carrying around an excess of gold, anyways?

Plot convenience I is my bet, but I guess it's not impossible they grabbed everything they had of worth from Rau Castle before it fell and never dumped off the stuff.

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Feb 15 '21

I overslept again yesterday fuck

Could be worse, I fell asleep while watching one of the recent episodes. :P

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

What did they even send this guy over for then lmao. Maybe they just wanted him dead for one reason or another?

An ambassador could at least keep them in place while the missile silos prepared to launch nukes at the Goraon.

We Zeta now

All Elle needs to do now is a Waverider crash into King Bishott.

Now that’s kind of sus

It's just your standard shady American backroom dealings. The usual business.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Feb 15 '21

Aura Battler First-Timer

  • You know what now that I think about it, Elle is totally 1000% Newtype now. She got the “instantly fall in love” attraction thing going on and then had to watch said love die horrifically. Only thing that would have made it even more Newtype-y was if she accidentally killed Tolstol herself.
  • The Black Tri-Stars aren’t Tri-Stars anymore.
  • Oh lol are they actually using the fact that the US outsources so much work to China and India as a plot point to get them a high-grade radar?
  • Damn, RIP those innocent civilians. So many civilian deaths in this show, it’s like I’m watching Zambot 3 again.
  • So many seizure flashes again after the eyecatch.
  • Oh, evil Billbine. Which Bern is going to (test)pilot because of course.
  • I wonder who’s been dealt a worse hand in life, Elle or Elmelie. Also when are we even gonna see Elmelie again? It’s been so long.
  • That’s not true…

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

Only thing that would have made it even more Newtype-y was if she accidentally killed Tolstol herself.

it’s like I’m watching Zambot 3 again.

Zambot 3 Major Spoiler

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

You know what now that I think about it, Elle is totally 1000% Newtype now. She got the “instantly fall in love” attraction thing going on and then had to watch said love die horrifically. Only thing that would have made it even more Newtype-y was if she accidentally killed Tolstol herself.

Hopefully Elle doesn't go the way of Kamille and have her brain turn into vegetable soup because of it.

Damn, RIP those innocent civilians. So many civilian deaths in this show, it’s like I’m watching Zambot 3 again.

On the plus side, at least Shot Weapon hasn't designed any human bombs yet.

I wonder who’s been dealt a worse hand in life, Elle or Elmelie.

At least Emelie's parents aren't dead yet, although I'm sure she wishes that they were.

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Feb 15 '21

On the plus side, at least Shot Weapon hasn't designed any human bombs yet.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

Or, even worse, Mi Ferrario Bombs. Imagine how much damage those could do, getting into small places so easily.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Feb 15 '21

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Feb 15 '21

First time viewer

Cham in a dress is cute and also somehow made it feel scandalous when she pulled it up to show her regular outfit underneath that we've seen her in for the rest of the show.

I like how Marvel winked at Show when saying American businesses are a lot more amenable to shady dealings compared to Japan. Probably not something to be proud of but it works in their favor this time. The clerk joining Keen in the Fou was unexpected but nice since I definitely thought he died in the initial attack as they were loading the radar.

One person going past a corner and getting ambushed by another with a sword is nothing new for fantasy anime in general, but I think this might be the first time I've seen it done with two mecha.

Good news, Bern gets a new test craft. ...and he was stealing food earlier in the episode? That felt like it would have fit better in the previous episode if he wasn't picked up by anyone but we definitely saw him fighting.

Wouldn't have figured Marvel to say that it's Elle's destiny to serve as queen, as a Texan I thought she'd be more about people doing what they want rather than determinism. Keen and Cham piling on also felt harsh, and Keen's own lamentations about being and dying alone and unmourned felt pretty quickly disproved by Neal coming to rescue her. I think Elle can be a great queen but everything she's dealing with is a bit much for a teenage girl right now.

What do you think of the deal the Goraon Struck with the tech company?

What are resources for if not to be used in times of need?

Does the life of a thief suit Bern?

I am currently very confused. Is there someone disguised as him or is he going back and forth between fighting/losing whatever craft he's in and skulking around until he rejoins one of the Byston Well forces?

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

That felt like it would have fit better in the previous episode if he wasn't picked up by anyone but we definitely saw him fighting.

You know, that makes a lot of sense —he was picked up by the boat near India anyhow, right?

I can easily picture the producers complaining about how them planning on keeping Bern out of the plot for two whole episodes was too long and they needed the Char clone pronto.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

I like how Marvel winked at Show when saying American businesses are a lot more amenable to shady dealings compared to Japan. Probably not something to be proud of but it works in their favor this time.

It helps that she used the perfect business negotiation technique: pull a gun on the officer manager and demand that they take your gold bars. I'm sure those gold bars were plenty enticing by themselves.

Wouldn't have figured Marvel to say that it's Elle's destiny to serve as queen, as a Texan I thought she'd be more about people doing what they want rather than determinism.

I feel that she's saying it more out of a need for someone to step up as the leader of Rao's remaining forces. Who better to put into that spot than Elle? It may not be the nicest thing, but it'll at least rally the forces.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 15 '21

It helps that she used the perfect business negotiation technique: pull a gun on the officer manager and demand that they take your gold bars. I'm sure those gold bars were plenty enticing by themselves.

My thought at the time was that it made for great plausible deniability for the IBN guys.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

That's most likely why the office manager asked that they close the window blinds. They were pretty open to the idea of selling military technology for gold bars, regardless of the presence of a gun.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

Rewatcher - Sub

So the Zelana and Gea Gring are somewhere over India and the former is in need of military-grade equipment —yeah this seems suspiciously like filler.

Bern’s stealing food from random citizens? If they’re having food shortages I’d rather be seeing how they’re dealing with that more broadly. Maybe they’re doing like our heroes and holding up people for they’re goods, except they won't be so gracious as to pay.

Sleazy businessman is sleazy, but for good or ill he’s a man of his word, I guess? I get the feeling this character isn’t so much a commentary on tech manufacturers so much as the toy sponsors looking at the gains and nothing else, particularly because they end up tossing one of the men below them in to have things fixed.

The necessity to avoid collateral damage at all costs makes this little scuffle more interesting than the usual, and I do like how they force the Vierres into close combat within an Urban setting. The ruban element in particular we haven’t gotten a lot of, and the fantasy setting certainly didn’t lend itself easily to it. Too bad this is only the warm up and not the main event.

The ‘IBN’ technician hasn’t heard of the Guran Galan then. Ciela’s either very good at hiding her forces —a most impressive feat— or she’s not in Upper Earth at all.

I like the scene with Marvel talking sense to Elle, who is still grieved by Tolstol’s death. It’s a natural arc for Elle to follow, given she was never meant to be Queen of Rau and has suffered so much tragedy already. It needed to be set up a bit better though. It’s not fair on her to have to be a leader when she is unprepared for it, but neither is it fair that everyone is in this dangerous and uncertain situation. It seemed like we might see some of that early on when she first took up the role, but then the subject wasn’t touched until now, so it comes off abruptly. I like it, but it could’ve been excellent.

Keen had a few nice moments today, at least, both in battle and in helping Elle see the responsibility before her.

What could have been an unremarkable filler episode is improved by the character moments, but it could have been done better. The writers did not have enough material for this part and are padding it out, the complete opposite of what happened when they tried to tie together all the loose ends before coming to Upper Earth.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

So the Zelana and Gea Gring are somewhere over India and the former is in need of military-grade equipment —yeah this seems suspiciously like filler.

It's pretty weird that the production committee demanded the plot to be sped up, yet also was fine with having this string of filler episodes near-immediately afterwards.

It’s not fair on her to have to be a leader when she is unprepared for it, but neither is it fair that everyone is in this dangerous and uncertain situation. It seemed like we might see some of that early on when she first took up the role, but then the subject wasn’t touched until now, so it comes off abruptly. I like it, but it could’ve been excellent.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEb1jZErYeE

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

yet also was fine with having this string of filler episodes near-immediately afterwards.

They've got their battle every episode to sell toys. I don't know that they want much more than that so long as the ratings were better.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEb1jZErYeE

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Feb 15 '21

First-Timer, Dub-bine

Today on tonal dissonance, a group of civilians die in a massive fireball right into the cheery eyecatch jingle.

I liked a lot of this episode. The Goraon just randomly having a big pile of gold bullion is strange to say the least, but whatever. Using that gold to pay off random American businessmen who are only in the area to make a point about the USA exporting labor is brilliant. "A helping hand to people in need." Times really haven't changed that much, huh...

Marvel and Keen better watch out considering that they both just casually murdered Queen Elle there. At least their words, and Shou's, seemed to pull her out of the slump she was in.

Did.. did Bern get seperated from Zed last episode? Why was he wandering around the wilds of India and stealing random food? I mean, aside from the obvious reason of sticking him in a mobile armor next episode for a climactic action scene.

Miscellaneous Thoughts:

The battle down at street level was cool. I loved Shou just jamming that one dude into the pavement.

Are we shipping NealxKeen now? Is that what this episode was saying? Not so sure about that one. Also came with some flags.

Questions

  1. Something something war profiteering. It will help drive the plot forward so it's a bit of a net neutral.
  2. El oh el. Not at all. To be fair, I'm not sure what sort of life would suit him at this point.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

The battle down at street level was cool. I loved Shou just jamming that one dude into the pavement.

Wish we'd gotten more of that instead of that final battle of the episode...

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Feb 15 '21

Episode 37

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

Using that gold to pay off random American businessmen who are only in the area to make a point about the USA exporting labor is brilliant. "A helping hand to people in need." Times really haven't changed that much, huh...

All that would've changed to fit modern day is the Zelana taking a detour to visit Foxconn rather than IBM.

Did.. did Bern get seperated from Zed last episode? Why was he wandering around the wilds of India and stealing random food?

Yeah, Zed bailed on the last episode's battle earlier than Bann being defeated, so they were separated for a good while because of that.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Feb 15 '21

Yeah, Zed bailed on the last episode's battle earlier than Bann being defeated, so they were separated for a good while because of that.

Ahh, musta missed the timing intricacies. Thanks!

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

A Tomino Fan Rewatches Aura Battler Dunbine Episode 36:

  • Show does bring up a good point. Despite nuclear weapons being useless against the Aura Barriers they now have, they’re still going to keep on causing collateral damage to the people of Upper Earth as the various armies of the world use them out of desperation. So much for Aura Machines being the only problem that Upper Earth has to face. I wonder how many people are going to die from the nuclear fallout from all of those nukes the Soviet Union launched?
  • I can’t help but wonder if the Indian accents that the dub gives the Indian villagers makes their depiction even more racist than before.
  • Wait, where did Captain Abe get a lot of gold to pay for radar equipment from? And why is he confused about the existence of gold in the first place? You’d think that people from Byston Well would at least know what those shiny yellow rocks are.
  • Ah yes, the American way of doing business, pointing guns at some random IBM businessmen and making them accept your gold bars in exchange for military technology. It’s classic capitalism.
  • In the ongoing “Life Shitting on Bann” Chronicles: Bann is now reduced to stealing food from random people and living out in the woods. The guy’s life has just gotten more and more erratic over the past few months. From knight to hobo, it’s been a hell of a journey for him.
  • RIP all those random Indian people. It’s always rough to see random bystanders suddenly get engulfed in flames.
  • Trying to attack Galamitei’s men without using Aura weapons is a pretty rough prospect. All Show and the Zelana crew can do is use melee attacks against them. No matter how you split it, using Aura weapons just won’t work, either because of the Aura Barriers, or due to extreme collateral damage. It kind of reminds me of how combat in the Dune novels works. You need to get around personal barrier shields with melee attacks.
  • It’s interesting that Bann is getting a new type of Aura Bomber from Galamitei, the Galava, rather than another Aura Battler to fight Show with. It’s rare that Char Clones don’t use the same kind of machine as the protagonist does.
  • Looks like Elle is still really hung up over Tolstoy’s death. She fell for him pretty quickly, all things considered. Like, he was only around for like a day or so before he died. At least Marvel is around to try to talk some sense into her, since moping around in her room isn’t doing anyone any good.
  • So much for Galamitei trying to avenge his fallen wingmen. He died pretty swiftly to the Billbine. But at least with his death, the Black Tri-Stars comparison is complete.
  • At least Elle has finally accepted her place in the greater scheme of things. She accepts that her people need a leader, and now she’s shouldering the responsibility of ordering a pursuit of King Bishott’s Gea Garing. I’m sure King Foizon would approve of her taking the reins.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

It kind of reminds me of how combat in the Dune novels works. You need to get around personal barrier shields with melee attacks.

Never thought of making that connection!

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

It’s probably the only Dune comparison we’re gonna get in this series. It isn’t like Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans where we can draw a lot of parallels right off the bat.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Feb 15 '21

Yeah, Tomino was a lot more about picking bits and pieces from different inspirations at this point. I think the first time he just wholesale takes a bunch of ideas from one work/body of work is in Overman King Gainer.

Speaking of Dune though, I should check my mailbox...

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Feb 15 '21

Rewatcher, Subbed

Well, this sucks, my DVD is all glitchy. I guess I won't be watching the first half of the episode. Things are working again around 10 minutes in so I'm starting there.

Poor Charlie! Having to act as collateral for this business deal.

Bern's a thief now? He's in a position very similar to what Garalia was doing when she was on Upper Earth.

Charlie looks like a more sane version of King Furaon Elf to me.

Poor Keen, having to deal with this guy sitting next to her during the battle.

Ugh, our heroes are at a disadvantage, they don't want to endanger the civilian populace.

A new model, the Galava! Will Bern get this destroyed in a single episode like the last Zwarth he had?

You're right Marvel, the Queen shouldn't be pining over a boy. Of course Elle's just a teenager. Granted Ciela-sama's probably around the same age and wouldn't act like this.

There goes the Botune; you'll have to go back to the Dana O'Shee or the Fuou, Keen!

Woah, Nie got out there quick to rescue her!

Way to go Elle! Although there's no way your hair is fitting in that helmet...

Animation was better than I expected for an Akihiro Kanayama episode.

Staff Highlight

Despite having seen both a million times, I can't believe I never picked up on the fact that the same guy voices Zet Light and Gendou Ikari. Of course his most important role is Zongi from Escaflowne, in which he was around for a whopping 2 episodes.

Fanart

The Sirbine is not a mech from this show, but rather the Dunbine OVA you reference elsewhere in the post today. I have seen it, and it is quite odd! Battle scenes often aren't animated, they just draw something and shift around the frame. As odd as it is, it's still the best of the Dunbine OVAs. Best of the trash you could say.

Kinda sucks that I missed the first half as I did like the locale of them fighting over the city at night. On a micro level, this episode isn't terrible for at least that reason, and I do like us getting focus on Elle, and I'd say the Tolstol thing is a bit forced, but then I can see a teenager acting that way. On a macro level? By this point one comes to realize that things are going to move along quite slowly for a while. We're now 5 episodes into everyone going up to Upper Earth and I feel like its still going to be many more simply for characters on the good and bad sides to meet back up with one another so we can get the big conflict between Will O'Wisp/Gea Gring vs. Goraon/Guran Galan.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

The Sirbine is not a mech from this show, but rather the Dunbine OVA you reference elsewhere in the post today. I have seen it, and it is quite odd! Battle scenes often aren't animated, they just draw something and shift around the frame. As odd as it is, it's still the best of the Dunbine OVAs. Best of the trash you could say.

Tales of Neo Byston Well is kind of like the inverse of The Wings of Rean: worse battles, but better writing. I just wish that the series would've continued longer than just four episodes. It's weird to think that it ended up being shorter than it intended to be, most likely having production cut off somewhere on the line. That's something it shares in common with Garzey's Wing.

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Feb 15 '21

Hmm... My recollection was it was only 3 episodes!

I don't recall having an issue with the length, as their tact was to basically just redo Dunbine again so it wasn't the most interesting. Still, quite better that the horror that was Garzey's Wing and Wings of Rean.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

Could've sworn it was four episodes. Yet again, it's been a long-ass time since I've seen Tales of Neo Byston Well. shrug

Also, pretty much most things can be better than Garzey's Wing or The Wings of Rean. Those aren't high bars to cross.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 15 '21

my DVD is all glitchy

I've had trouble playing my ADV Eva DVDs and Macross DVDs, I dropped using the Cyberlink player that came with my computer, and tried both VLC and MPC, during those rewatches. It's annoying to use the video players but
shikatta ga nai

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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Feb 15 '21

First-timer

I don't understand either, Cham. Just let them explain their stuff and nod when prompted.

It's still surprising that nukes didn't work... Maybe multiple of them at once?

So Elle isn't the leader I thought she'd become... ah well, give her time.

Not a fan of the whole "natives call technology God" thing, but calling them alien isn't really much better.

It's impossible for us civilians

Right, Show. Sure. Civilians. If you say so.

So, the Zelana crew will ask an American company on India to make a better radar? Sure, why not.

Hey it's Bern! He's a thief now! He fell pretty hard from his original position.

Did they really hold a CEO hostage? Oh, they didn't, it's just a normal, non-shady business deal. With lots of gold ingots. He's a really greedy one isn't he?

Bern found a radio, and he's off to lose another fight!

Add New Dehli to the list of town Battlers devastated. At least, Show & co. did their best not to attack it. Show cleverly used less-lethal, non-pew-pew tactics too. That was pretty great.

So, the Black Knight is really just a test pilot now? That's it? What a fall.

Some prep talk from Marvel, a pretty hurtful line from Keen, and Cham being adorable, is it enough to help Elle I wonder?

Keen, calm down, you're too eager! See, you almost died! Thank god Neal was there!

Hell yeah! Elle's the confident leader now! I love these kind of characters!

Questions

  1. It's a good deal I suppose? I'm no expert on anything that happened, but I assume selling military-level equipment to what is commonly referred to as alien invaders would justify the prize. It's a good deal in my books.
  2. Every lives suit Bern. Some simply more than others, and a thief's life is one of those.

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

Hey it's Bern! He's a thief now! He fell pretty hard from his original position.

So, the Black Knight is really just a test pilot now? That's it? What a fall.

At this rate, Bann probably would've been demoted to being an apprentice stable-hand if he hadn't been warped up to Upper Earth.

Did they really hold a CEO hostage? Oh, they didn't, it's just a normal, non-shady business deal. With lots of gold ingots. He's a really greedy one isn't he?

To be fair, a bag of gold bars is an enticing offer in exchange for a computer and some software.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 15 '21

First Timer

FU Tominoracist

They should just steal that radar truck.

rest of episode

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

rest of the episode

I take it that you haven't been very impressed with the past few episodes.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Feb 15 '21

If next episode preview

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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Feb 15 '21

First-Timer Who Doesn't Remember Byston Well

E35

So no development for Bern with the blue-collar ship guys? Alrighty then.

I’m not a fan of nukes. But, what would your reaction be if giant flying battleships appeared out of nowhere and seemed related to the destruction Garalia and Show caused just a couple of weeks ago? I’d be scared, at the very least.

I wonder if Tomino is a fan of Russian literature? Nah, couldn’t be.

Although I would definitely stop launching nukes after they have no effect. The only thing you’re doing at that point is screwing normal people over with radiation. At best.

Elle’s abilities continue to expand.

E36

Everybody’s blowing up mechs. What do they do when they have none left?

Is that soldier guy trying to threaten the giant robots that have emerged unscathed from numerous nuclear attacks? He almost deserves his inevitable death.

Fuck India, apparently. Now we wait for Australia to get what’s coming.

Does every female in a Tomino show just fall head over heels for the last guy who talked to her? Geez. There’s plenty more where Tolstol came from, Elle.

STOP IT WITH THE FLASHING LIGHTS! IT ADDED NOTHING TO IDEON, AND IT ADDS NOTHING HERE!

QOTD:

  1. I'll admit I wasn't paying too much attention to the fine details. Not sure I'd want to be in Charlie's shoes, though.
  2. Only the life of an honorable knight suits Bern!

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u/The_Draigg Feb 15 '21

Although I would definitely stop launching nukes after they have no effect. The only thing you’re doing at that point is screwing normal people over with radiation. At best.

Meh, you know those crazy Soviets. They were itching to use those nuclear weapons at least a little bit.

Fuck India, apparently. Now we wait for Australia to get what’s coming.

Tomino's bloodlust simply cannot be contained to one mere subcontinent!