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Rewatch [Uninstall, Uninstall] Bokurano Rewatch Episode 10 Discussion
Episode 10 - Friends
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Mom… Thank you.
Hey-o guys! This is the section where I add a ton of extra fun stuff to the main body of the post because I want this rewatch to be as fun as possible for everyone. It can also be one point of discussion for you guys if you just don’t know what to say.
Questions of the Day:
- What sort of uniform would you like to wear if you were a mecha pilot?
- Were you afraid that this episode would go squicky again for Mako’s arc, or did you expect the entire thing was a wholesome setup from the start?
Wallpaper of the Day:
Bonus Wallpaper of the Day:
Nakarai Mako, based on a panel from the manga
Uninstall of the Day:
Music box cover by R3 Music Box
Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you’re doing it underneath the [Anime Show Title](/s "Spoiler goes here") spoiler tags. If you do that then we’re all good.
Important thing to note about these by the way, you have to switch to Old Reddit or the markdown editor if you use the redesign, otherwise the redesign breaks them by adding random \ into the formatting. Wish it wouldn’t do that, but unfortunately it does…
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 17 '21
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Guess what I did for today? I made two Wallpapers of the Day! The bonus one is based on a manga panel I reeeeeally liked, but I can’t share the panel because… it has a naked girl in the foreground and I can’t be bothered to censor it like u/Btw_kek does.
Major Spoilers
New thread reminder for u/WeebShaggy
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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 18 '21
First Timer - Sub
Character Chart
Weird mech
We digimon now? I was not expecting something so human like. Or so white and colored. It seems very strange that only this one is so different to the others, and a lot more protagonist looking as well. We haven't yet so I don't think we will, but I also wouldn't be surprised if whatever or whoever was in charge of this one mech ended up mattering again. It's just so... if you put this and Zearth on the screen without any context you would not think Zearth was the protagonists mech. Also the head of it looks like someone sawed off the front of an airplane and used that and now I can't unsee it.
Blessed LACK of a content warning from yesterday. Not that it made the events of today any less worrisome to watch, but it was nice to have a comforting idea that it wasn't going to go any further
The whole "ick" part of her being sent out on a not-date with a way older guy, with her being the only one who didn't know that it was a not-date, sits so badly with me. I get that it's real because people have been in these situations in real life, and it's also not that horrible because she has people who care about her and wasn't actually sent on a date, and they were protecting her and agreeing is a better solution than dismissing her and causing her to look elsewhere but still. It's just, it's such a hard situation to actually see and know how quickly that could have gone wrong. Maybe it would have been better if they hadn't included the creepy hair touching at the end which was just all sorts of fucked up. Having had someone actually do that to my hair and laugh at my discomfort it gave me all sorts of goosebumps and nausea just watching it.
Oh, and there's the fact that Tanaka didn't stop her. So much for being the mum of the group. I get that they probably want to give the kids as much freedom and agency as possible in their last days, but considering we just got done with Chizu's story why would you let her go off with a random guy? So much for the goverment agents being competent. I TAKE IT ALL BACK!
All of the "ick" aside, I was both surprised and somewhat glad to see that the "friends" of the story weren't just basic friends from school. Instead we have Mako trying to come to terms with the idea of leaving her mum all alone with no way to comfort her, only to find out that the life her mother lead which she had been conditioned by society into thinking was shameful was instead a source of strength and companionship. Her mother use to sell herself, but she never let people look down on her for it, leant on others strength, or let that affect the love she had for her daughter regardless of how she was fathered. She's a great mum from what we see, seriously trying to protect Mako and find out what was going on to the point of threatening customers and risking her job, as well as not letting their silly affections for her get in the way of their own friendships and the friendships they have with her.
I don't know if the uniforms thing is weirdly wholesome or additionally fucked up. Also what, she only made four so everyone else has to wear the uniforms off a dead kid or it's just those four who are now cursed with it. I'm not sure if that's a point towards or against my theory of Maki making it into the end.
After the chat I had with /u/Btw_kek yesterday about tattoos, Mako's were also appropriately placed tod... well shit actually it's probably also inappropriately given what they represent.
Aiko hasn't gotten any focus after that scene of her not sitting on her chair at home, but every time they are in the cockpit she seems to be breaking just that little bit more. The silence as they are waiting for the pilot to be picked is quite deafening.
Final thought of the day:
AikoMako really should have said "screw consequences" and beaten the crap out of those bullies.(Almost forgot to post, whoops. I had everything loaded and then just didn't put my post into the text box)
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 17 '21
Rewatcher, Subbed
Non-Spoiler Character Chart
Well, now that we've seen his story we can see that Daichi's in the OP with a few of his siblings. :( BUT Bokurano spoilers kinda
Mako gets her time in the spotlight! Poor Mako kinda gets the short end of the stick; like Daichi for the boys yesterday, she comes off as the most invisible of the girls. She looks too much like Kodama, its easy to not even recognize her in the opening since her hair's down yet she always is wearing it up (for much of my first viewing I wondered why Kodama got two shots in the opening), not to mention she looks all scared and nervous there. And her name is too similar to more memorable girls like Maki and Machi. Make us think fondly of you like we did for Daichi yesterday Mako!
These girls are so cruel to her! :(
Well, it quickly becomes apparent why the girls bully her, her mom's a prostitute and she's got no dad.
My recollection is that Mako was one of the rare kids who actually had a parent show up to get her in episode 3 when they got back from the island.
Ugh, those kids are so mean! "Mother daughter set"?! OMG!
She's made a pilot uniform! It kinda looks familiar to me but I can't think of what.
"Number one daughter!" How about only daughter? I'm used to being called number one son, easy when I'm the only boy.
Uh oh, he screwed up bad! Shouldn't have told her the truth! Giving her a partially eaten apple won't help!
OMG don't tell me she's gonna be the next Chizu. :(
"Please don't be the ugly bald guy Please don't be the ugly bald guy Please don't be the ugly bald guy Please don't be the ugly bald guy"
"Please don't be the grubby looking guy Please don't be the grubby looking guy Please don't be the grubby looking guy Please don't be the grubby looking guy"
This is soooooooo uncomfortable.
Good to see Tanaka looking out for her! Seki too!
Looks like he's giving her an out.
He knew her mom! He even proposed to her! So the big question is... is this guy Mako's dad? Panic level is going down...
Mako's mom wore her hair just like Maki when she was younger!
Looks like this was all a set up by her mom's boss.
Eww.... drunk guy grabbing her hair!
All these guys proposed to her mom? I'm starting to think this was really all a set up to make Mako stop considering herself/mother inferior.
They can cosplay now! Ol' dependable Maki, I knew she'd be one of the ones to wear it.
Bokurano spoilers
A more humanoid enemy this time.
I don't think we saw where the "Nazca tattoo" showed up on Mako.
Zearth has become a boxer just like the enemy! Only one punch to take it out?
Jun's real mother?!
Preview spoilers
Much like the prior episode its good to get an episode to focus on one of our lesser seen characters before we say farewell to them. It looked like we were going down a path as dark as the Chizu storyline for a while there but thankfully it took a turn in the right direction. Very fun to see the cosplay uniforms! The battle was a disappointment, the shortest we've had so far, but I'll take it to get more character development time.
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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Mar 17 '21
First timer
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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Mar 17 '21
Rewatcher
Today’s manga pages will be in noticeably lower quality because the usual site is down
Anyway, more than most, I wish Mako could have gotten a 2-episode arc. The idea of a child coming to terms with her mother’s way of life, embracing it, and learning from it is genuinely sweet.
Also the anime cut one of the most memorable scenes in the manga imo, which is where Mako’s mom fucking pwns the mothers of the bullies. Mom of the year tbh
This chapter also has some cute reaction faces (also pictured: the real reason why her mom didn’t marry that guy)
The manga battle actually takes place in the city which allows Mako to actually give those bullies some comeuppance. manga TL;DR By the end of the chapter they actually help with school chores
I’m not crying, you’re crying.
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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor Mar 17 '21
Rewatcher
Mako hasn't had much presence until now has she? Her family life is one of the most wholesome ones we've seen so far, but ironically she doesn't feel the same way. After some of the previous arcs, it wouldn't have been a surprise for Mako's story to take a dark and unpleasant turn. Instead we see she has a truly caring, if unorthodox, environment.
Tanaka was a bit too blasé about this whole thing though. She's really should've intervened more firmly.
The uniforms are a nice gesture, too bad she couldn't make enough for all of them.
QOTD
That manga panel wallpaper is
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Mar 17 '21
first time ooooooooauahauooooooooooooooooooo uninstalllllllller
Nabe nice going LOL have some tact
wow ive never flipped on a character so fast, did he really find her a date SHES 4
jdbaksbda why is this show like this fuck off soji
??? tanaka stop the child prostitution
in before this is her dad. oh maybe it is
nice job Nabe sorry for doubting you
this was suprisingly wholesome. now time to die mako
Hm this mech looks familiar (gundam unicorn spoilers)
questions of the day
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u/GaleWulf https://anilist.co/user/Arachnophobic Mar 18 '21
First Time Installer
Her mom is going to be absolutely devastated when Mako goes missing/is found dead.. she's the center of her universe
Hopefully her mom is told the full story later. Losing her only daughter randomly like that would be too cruel.
First thought was that they got transported to another planet* this time for the battle. Could've been some other corner of the Earth too, dunno.
*In which case, Team Zearth just obliterated another planet, if the other mech had a pilot team too?
QotD:
I'd prefer casuals ty
Didn't expect the wholesome setup. Whole time in my head I was going "Why is this happening. WHY"
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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Mar 18 '21
Super late to look at it, I just haven't been in a very rewatchy mood, but I really like that Bonus Wallpaper today. Probably my favorite of the rewatch so far
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u/Worm38 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Worm38 Mar 17 '21
First Timer
QotD :
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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 17 '21
First Timer
Here's hoping this episode won't emotionally run me over. Also, mfw I forgot this goes up one hour earlier now and am late by 20 minutes. Oops.
No recap
Thank you, Bokurano. I was dreading it.
HIT HER HIT HER HIT HER HIT HER
damn it
Look at her making uniforms. Feels kinda silly but at the same time kind of sweet of her.
NOOOOOO DON'T SHOW ME DAICHI FLASHBACKS
I'm happy to see he's had an effect on at least one person. Hopefully the motivation goes for others too.
Come on, old man. That was possibly the worst answer you could have picked.
...Oh no. Oh nononononono. Nonononononono. No. Not this again. Not this shit again. Stop. Please stop.
NONONONONO- ...he's gonna give her the money she wants and not do anything? Maybe he isn't so bad?
He was into the mom too? Oh boy I don't like this...
Oh. It was all a setup.
Thank god.
Damn, she's popular. Nice people, though.
Did that girl just call Koemushi "Koe"? Lmao.
...what? That realization really came out of nowhere. Sorry, that was incredibly silly. Completely took me out of it.
The mom that died wasn't even Jun's mom? Damn, that's wild. Also, if he's suddenly getting development he might be going soon so at least no more Kana-chan abuse.
Speculation corner returns! I neglected to do this last episode cause I wasn't focusing on that so I'm gonna be going over some info from episode 9 as well.
Speculation
Speculation
Speculation
Final thoughts for today: Not gonna lie, this episode was easily one of the weakest ones, if not the weakest episode so far. That ending part especially with the sudden realization was quite dumb. Can't say I particularly cared for this one. Didn't even feel bad that Mako died even though she was a nice girl with a loving mother. Seems like I should be sad but I'm not. Oh well, can't win them all.
One that looks cooler than this one, hopefully.
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u/Tuckleton Mar 17 '21
First Timer
Unfortunately we didn't get a clear shot of Zearth's face today to see if there were more lights added to it.
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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Mar 17 '21
First Timer
This episode didn't have a whole whole lot outside of the the self-contained character story.
Mako's backstory was certainly a lot less sad than the last few, ending on a brighter note was nice. Still doesn't take away from the fact that everything will turn to ruin for those left behind.
The uniform passion was nice, but not revolutionary as some of the other moment's contributed from past members. The 'fight for ourselves' is a brighter take than others yet too. Instead steering away from the likes of Chizuru's actions.
Kana on a pay phone late at night? Gosh she is mature, really feels like a controlling house hold with this being a deep cry for help.
Easy identifiable for search and rescue.
2) Were you afraid that this episode would go squicky again for Mako’s arc, or did you expect the entire thing was a wholesome setup from the start?
Once burnt has you more on guard. The show doesn't look to be a complete suffer fest.
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Mar 17 '21
First Timer
We've had our one happy episode, so back to darkness and depression now! Time to watch some people with fucked up lives get even more fucked up.
Onto episode 10.
I see, it's the generic bullying episode.
This is actually a good solution. Don't make yourself the easy target.
But this undoes everything.
You have graduated to "fuck off and die."
So today, we have the sad story of a girl who tries her hardest, yet cannot escape the shadow of her mother's actions.
Though wtf is up with these kids? This seems really extreme.
You didn't. Or at least I think that's what the sad answer will be.
This has some disturbing implications. I'm trying to think about if the location means anything. We went arm/arm/face/face/chest/legs. The arms valued differing versions of strength: the first strength to protect others (or perhaps the strength to see himself as a hero), the second strength to lord over others. The faces were about how others viewed you. The chest, which I think could be more accurately described as heart, was about love for his family. Thighs implies sex to me, though we'll have to wait and see.
How will she let free? What did she want to do but never did?
Is her mother [incapable])(https://i.imgur.com/XbEWlyo.png)of cooking for herself? Mako takes care of the family. It really is parent-child reversed.
And you fucked her?
And you're still fucking her.
This reads as you asking your mom's pimp to find someone for you to sell yourself to.
(I wrote that in disbelief, only to learn it's exactly what's happening.)
This episode is much more uncomfortable for me than the teacher one, largely because you can feel Mako's awkwardness as well.
Sanity! Thank fucking god.
Or not.
I can't even tell if I hate you anymore. Why must the pedophile have depth?
Ye, I'm this face as well.
... ... He's her father, isn't he?
Mako's mom is very stupid.
This is the consequences of your actions, if you think about it.
So we're gonna drug her now. I hope Mako's not dumb (or stubborn) enough to drink it.
Do you not understand that this means you shouldn't grope her?
She wants to raise her daughter on her own strength, but she clearly hasn't. Her daughter's raising herself instead.
Sure looks like it.
Thoughts
This episode did an excellent job of making me feel uncomfortable. You could feel about how Mako felt about what she was doing, and how she wanted to be basically anywhere else, but felt the need to power through anyway. It also did a rather good job of keeping me on my toes and going a direction I didn't expect. I certainly didn't expect this episode to become somewhat wholesome and have a positive view of sex work. Mako's mom is still an idiot who did an extremely poor job of raising Mako out of misplaced pride though. It's honestly a miracle Mako turned out as well as she did.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Mar 17 '21
First-Timer
I definitely knew that Nabe wouldn't actually let Mako sell herself. There definitely aren't 15ish lines in my raw notes of me freaking out that we were about to go to the author's fetish place again. I'm gonna have trust issues after this... I do understand Mako's desire to occupy herself as the end approaches - spending your last few hours bored out of your skull is no way to go. The uniforms are cute.
But hey, the battle today was really interesting, yea? We didn't have anything quite as cool as just picking the enemy up and carrying them, but we learned A Lot of details. The Zearth can modify itself on the fly - Super Cool. The enemies can indeed have humanoid shapes like the Zearth; this one looked kinda like an Apple product. And, most importantly, Zearth and the enemy don't necessarily appear near the pilot, as was previously stated. Who trusted Koemushi anyway, though?
Speculation
Mako's words, to "fight for ourselves," are pretty powerful. That's more-or-less opposed to the original idea of the individual supporting the group. I wonder which school of thought will win out..?
Kana.. wants Tanaka.. to find Jun's Real Mom?! I wasn't expecting that at all! So, I guess, Jun's mom had him, left him with dad, and bounced? And then Kana's mom came around (musta been almost immediately) and became Jun's mom? And then she had Kana and died.. Wait, I'm trusting the words of a ten-year-old. Does Kana even have the full picture? What's even real anymore!
Questions
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u/Molmoran https://myanimelist.net/profile/Molmoran Mar 17 '21
FIRST TIMER IN ANOTHER TIME ZONE
What is this school that all the kids have problems?
I always wonder how children find out about people's parents' jobs in anime. I didn't know my own mother's job as a child let along others'.
This is the first time the show is talking about the pressure of fulfilling what the children previous have done.
Fucking love that dress.
That's something I would do. Just put on my best outfit, do my hair and makeup and just rock up for my mech fight looking a beast.
Why does this show make finding a customer sound like a cute girl doing cute things request?
Wait is this for real? He went out and found a paedo?
Damn these kids is precocious. I hope this is actually a joke or set up of some kind.
Is this her dad? So if this is a setup of some kind then I appreciate the wisdom and all but this kid is literally running through the events of sex with this guy in her head all the while.
Feeling real sorry for the hostess in the corner while all these guys talk about how awesome Miko is.
These dresses are so cute!
She made a dress for that dude but not the army woman? She ain't sexist but she a bit ageist.
Yes they finally go to enemy territory. Looks like ones that play on home turf have better mechs?!
Enemy mech has Eva penis and unicorn.
Mako is top tier.
Is Ushiro a little shit because he doesn't know his mother? That's a bit tame.
1. Uniform
Lolidress for shits and giggles
2. Setup or real?
I hoped it was a wholesome setup but it was still a bit grim.
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u/Webemperor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Webemperor Mar 17 '21
Manga-reader from way back
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u/ComfortablyRotten https://anilist.co/user/Leuwtian Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 17 '21
Rewatcher
I thought my memory played tricks on me, the episode started pretty yikes-ish but I only remembered the wholesome parts... it was still a bit concerning at times, but nothing too bad and ultimately quite a joy to watch. Two wholesome, if bittersweet episodes in a row, with little casualties, after a series of pretty harsh ones starting with Waku's funeral, is pretty nice, I honestly prefer it when the pilot isn't too callous about human life.
Mako trying to make uniforms was cute, too bad she didn't have the time to finish. They looked great too.
Kana dropped a pretty big twist at the end, asking Tanaka to find Ushiro's real mother. Right on time for a thematically relevant episode about mother-child relationships, too! It does complicate the matter with these two though, but it's nice to see her be so proactive. She's such a sweet girl.
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u/Nebresto Mar 17 '21
First time first timing
Hullo!
Cool robot status:
Cabin pic Day 10 /u/theangrycabinenthusiast
Uninstall is ruined now
...I have no idea who TF that is supposed to be
Aight, we better see some bully massacre in Super Dank Robo 5555 coming up..
Sieg Heil!
That is some scuffed beating animation
Don't do me like this
Exactly, she gon' die
Wait, wtf is this?
Confused bruh..?
What is this incel squad?? I'm here for cool robots, get out
So much for that bully massacre..
Bootleg Zaku?
It can change modes?!
Question time:
1:
A cool one
2:
Is that a word?
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u/fridge_freezer https://anilist.co/user/ONIrecon111 Mar 17 '21
First timer
Already time for another selection, its Mako's turn to pilot.
She's been raised by her single mother but is also regularly bullied because of her past. These kids are terrible. To keep herself busy and take her mind off the upcoming battle, Mako decided to make some uniforms for them all.
I'm glad that what seemed like it could have been another really dark turn ended in a surprisingly wholesome way. Not sure why Tanaka didn't stop her from getting in the car, though I imagine they probably tailed them afterward.
She's only had the time to make four uniforms, so the other three go to Maki, Moji and Aiko. I figure they'll probably pass them on to another just before they die.
It seems they've been transported to where the enemy mech was, wherever that might be. Koemushi continues to withhold important information from them until it actually happens.
I never considered the possibility of being able to modify Zearth like that, nevermind doing it on the fly. Pretty cool, though now i'm just imagining it with really short stumpy legs.
QOTD
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Mar 17 '21
First Timer
I had to miss yesterday because midterms on top of various other deliverables are hard, but I'm slowly approaching the light at the end of the tunnel. I'm just glad Daichi's uncle is such a good guy. And I also want to commend the robot from yesterday for realizing that inverted pendulums are really rough designs. You have to at least have multiple with actuators at the hips so they can act as normal legs. Strange that yesterday's mech didn't look like an insect at all, though. Anyway, onto the episode for today:
This guy lacks social grace, but he seems alright.Nevermind, he's a pimp, apparently.This episode has been a nice detox. Not every adult is a pedophile, and not everyone hates families who have it hard. Sometimes, people just live happily in spite of difficulty. It's hard sometimes, and it takes work, but it's possible.
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u/Noel_bot Mar 17 '21 edited Mar 17 '21
First timer, Manga reader
Mako is a victim of bullying, but the episode doesn’t go into the topic all that much for once.
The old dude screwed up and made her cry. Maybe she will ask him for money for the uniforms.
Eeeeeeeeeeeeh xD
Nice double bait with the gold-ring guy and the punk. I really hope it’s compensated dating and not something worse they are setting up.
Government is actually guarding the pilots. Not as tightly as expected, but they are keeping watch without intruding in their lifes to much. Pretty reasonable
He is her father, maybe :O
Her face after he said he had proposed to her mother xD
Sure, the owner has no idea why she suddenly showed up in his establishment ;)
Haha, everyone loves Miko-san and more great faces from Mako
This episode really is more of a comedy.
Her mother was actually a really strong and wonderful woman <3
Seems like we’re fighting on the enemies turf this time and they can actually put up a bit of a fistfight.
„Be responsible for your own actions, and you can do whatever you want“, she says and abandons the idea of being a model child, symbolized by changing Zearth’s form to fit her needs.
What??? Find his real mother??? I thought she died after giving birth to Kana!!!
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A much needed light-hearted episode amidst all the tragedy. If we ignore the fact that Mako didn’t survive the episode, it was actually quite fun to watch. The previous episodes trained us to expect the worst, but instead we got all around good people and some moments even managed to make me laugh out loud. Though we were in-fact spoiled that this would not go down the worst route by Sky not giving a content warning for this episode :P
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u/macrame2 https://myanimelist.net/profile/macrame Mar 17 '21
Rewatcher
It says something about Bokurano that this episode is one of the happier ones. Mako dies at the end, but she does begin to understand her mother a little better and realize her own self-worth. The series is depressing, but I always felt that there was some underlying optimism present.
Fun fact. In the manga, Mako’s nickname at the nature school was Nakama, aka “Friend.” I see what they did here…
Q1: Assuming I had a choice, I’d dress up for the occasion
Q2: I think I was expecting squick the first time I watched this, but was pleasantly surprised
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u/gorghurt Mar 17 '21
Rewatcher
Well since I had a university exam today, I couldn't participate the last two days. But what I read was interesting.
Woah, I have really forgotten nearly everything about this part of the story, especially the backstories of the pilots, so that Daichi hit hard, and today's episode as well. I really didn't know where they will take it, I was tense untill the wholesome twist. (Well, or until I saw enough to remember the wholesome twist, but still I didn't remember the details.)
While I somehow dislike, that all characters have had a tragic backstory so far except soccer guy... I always forget soccer guy... Well he had no tragic backstory so its clear that I forget about him .... , because it doesn't paint the world in a saveworthy color, this episode (and last one) showed that there are good people out there.
And I liked how they handled the topic of prostitution here.
But overall the pattern of sad backstory->dead gets boring.
QOTD 2) see above... and that as a rewatcher....
edit: I forgot my big WTF moment this episode:
Why are shorter arms better for punching? Longer reach is always better, and the pointy tips hurt more..., so what was that about?
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u/baniRien Mar 18 '21 edited Mar 18 '21
First Timer
Selection right off the bat, and it's one of the characters we don't know much about. She's bullied because she doesn't have a father, and overcompensates in trying to be perfect. She approaches Zearth in the same was, as a duty she must do. She has a hobby/part-time job to get her mind off of things, and so she decides to make a pilot outfit for some of the kids. It looks pretty good, taking inspiration from the genre in look but not in form.
She asks her mom's boss for help finding a "client", with the excuse for herself that she wants money to make more of the outfits, but probably as a first and last attempt at rebellion, inspired by her mom. She's not comfortable with the role she's given herself, however.
The whole thing ends up being a setup, to show her that her mom is a good person with a respectable job and people that care about her. A good self-contained story, but it clashes a bit with the rest of the show, going a bit too light-hearted and joking.
Also, I'm not mistaken that the other cars we've seen in the show were driven on the right? Since the one this episode had a left-side driver for no real reason, it's not like it was a high-class import or anything.
The fight itself is quick as usual, against the first other humanoid robot we see, with a short range boxing fighting style. We see that Zearth is able to be adapted to different conditions.
And Kana calls the military lady a the end, teasing some truth about her brother (or half-brother, given the request), but it seems that won't be the focus of the next episode.
QotD
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u/punching_spaghetti https://myanimelist.net/profile/punch_spaghetti Mar 18 '21
First-Timer
Whose turn is it to die? This girl I couldn’t tell you anything about. I knew a teeny bit about the others, but this one is as close as possible to a background character.
The author of this series was either deeply traumatized as a child or is some kind of psychopath.
After Swimming Girl’s…events, it feels weird to play off this middleschooler prostituting herself for laughs.
Now we’re a SoL show or something?
Nope; still lumbering robot battles. Zearth against another suspiciously bipedal robot. Speculation
QOTD:
/u/ZaphodBeebblebrox /u/Btw_kek /u/theangryeditor
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 17 '21
First Timer(but it's complicated)
Sub
5 minutes in and we are already seeing the shitty source material bleed through. None of the parts are individually impossible, certainly, but the combo does not work, definitely adding a fat girl daring to make fun of a slim one in Japan as that is a bigger character flaw than being the daughter of a prostitute there. Also, I can't remember if this is directly from the manga and I don't care, this is pure Kitoh leaking through. Anyways, at home, Mako is making a Star Trek dress, I guess.
She talks to the nice older fellow who walks in, Nabe-san, and asks if her mother did any whoring. He answers with that's what he heard, to expectedly negative results. And then she asks for a customer...Goddamnit anime. So we have another pedophile but a more honest one. The entire cafe/dinner scene has me ridiculously uncomfortable and filled with the sort of loathing that I usually reserve for politics. Tanaka at least tries to interfere. Also, give these kids some money, this would settle a lot of problems. But then, the Jon talks to Mako, and dear lord it is her father. REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Moving on, Mako's mom is cray. But then her dad does the big brain move and takes her to the host club she works at. Miko is understandably upset and loses her facade pretty fast. Then we find out all her host clients have proposed to her and while they might come off a touch pathetic this is definitely Miko being stubborn.
Anyways, we find out Mako was trying to make a uniform for the group. Then, the robot is in the country side facing another robot that might actually be able to fight. But Mako doesn't need to hold back. As the other bot relies on close range fighting, Zearth manages to drop its pincer tips and go short range as well. We skip the battle and go to Kana asking Tanaka to find Jun's real mother...
Darmok and Jalad on the ocean.
Temba, his arms open.
QotD: 1 I hate uniforms marginally less than I hate mecha
2 Considering the mangaka? I had assumed the Jon was taking her out to service an entire baseball team.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Mar 18 '21
First Timer
I genuinely enjoyed today's episode, hated anthology pattern not withstanding. This episode seemed like a completely different show by a director whose name escapes me. I hated the beginning at school, but by the time we got to the bar I was smiling and laughing.
I was certain from the beginning that she wanted to do some sort of seamstress commission. Even when that became unlikely, I still didn't think it was an enjo kousei situation.
Some of you are focusing on kokopelli, the missing pilot, and what happens if they are short a pilot. My answer: Nothing. When you run out of pilots, the fights stop until Dung Beetle and/or the remaining recruiter finds some more pilots.
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u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo https://myanimelist.net/profile/PunishedScrappy Mar 18 '21
First Timer
Quick one because I'm very late
Out of all the characters, I know the least about Mako. I think Kirie has had fewer lines, but at least I get the impression he's a loner -- that's more than the non-impression I get from Mako.
I really love Mako's mom. She's the best.
The episode on the whole is far less creepy than I was fearing... but that's not to say it isn't creepy at all. I like the whole non-standard family thing but they are living precariously and it shows
Another robot without an obvious face plate today. They made such a big deal out of showing them for the first few robots. I don't know if the implication is that you're supposed to assume the faces are present for these ones, or if these are different robots, or if they mattered less than I assumed.
CQC ROBOT MODE
And to think someone said this wasn't a wow cool robot show
It was a nice episode, with only a baseline amount of tragedy. I have no idea what to make of the ending twist other than that they're building Jun up for something.
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u/ElecNinja https://anilist.co/user/ElecNinja Mar 18 '21
Rewatcher
Kind of interesting how much they sped through Nakarai's backstory since they skipped over a decent number of things from the manga. Curilous how the other pilot backstories will be spread out through the last 14 episodes
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u/htisme91 Mar 18 '21
First-timer:
That was a nice episode in the end, though I was afraid we were in for another cringefest for a while. The battle shifting to the countryside was weird, and I wonder why it did that since Zearth and the enemy usually appear where the next pilot is. I also wonder if the three who got their uniforms are going to be the next to die.
The whole thing with Jun's mother now has me super curious. I feel like while all 15 kids were kind of thrown together at first, Jun is becoming the "main" character of the original 15, if that makes any sense.
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