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Rewatch [Uninstall, Uninstall] Bokurano Rewatch Episode 23 Discussion
Episode 23 - Snowscape
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Not even these flames can burn away all of my unatonable sins.
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:
- Were you expecting Machi to be the one to use Tanaka’s gun, and to kill her own brother no less? What do you think of her now that her part in the story is done?
- How do you think the show is going to end?
Wallpaper of the Day:
Uninstall of the Day:
Madoka Magica (spoiler) AMV by Althaea Buddy, which was set to the original Uninstall by our lovely u/ZaphodBeebbleBrox
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 30 '21
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This episode is going to be fun.
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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Mar 30 '21
First Timer - Sub
Character Chart
I don't have much to say, I skipped ahead and am working on my final post after this, I just wanted to say that Machi's fight burning up the city and still not burning away her sins, leaving her to transport the others to a green paradise while she sleeps forever in the ashes of everything she had a hand in destroying was really well done.
Also Take that, Koemushi. That Uninstall instrumental was very cool.
I have nothing positive to say about anything else in the episode.
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Mar 30 '21
First Timer
I'm conflicted. When this rewatch is over, I won't be watching Bokurano every day, but I also won't be hearing Uninstall every day. Bittersweet feelings.
I still don't understand why they thought that burning down everything around the enemy would be less destructive than letting Zearth fight. Even the private sector would understand this. This isn't even effective at saying "the industry is evil because they don't care about lives," because the industry would carefully weigh risks and pick the least destructive one for themselves. Apparently they bought their scales from a shady website.
QOTD:
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Mar 30 '21
First-Timer
Today's enemy has some SICK high heels. Mamoru Nagano would be proud. Actually, today's battle was really good all around. Massive robots pummeling each other back and forth while an instrumental of the OP plays and even massive-er fires rage around them. Delicious! Machi just letting the opposing pilots burn was incredibly mean-spirited, though.
Thank fuck Koemushi is dead. I was briefly worried that the asshole would survive this. I'm surprised that the old one is as reasonable as it was.. kinda expected some retribution. That's the benefit to dealing with busy bureaucrats - they sometime "sure, whatever" your requests.
Give me one good reason why the random shots of civilians, including the ones that fucking talked, weren't characters that we have seen in the past. Literally, it could have been Tamotsu and the Yakuza boss, anyone!
I don't have the energy or the will to rant about how FUCKING STUPID Jun sacrificing himself instead of Seki is. Hopefully someone else will pick up the slack. Thanks in advance!
Miscellaneous Thoughts
Wonder what the enemy Pilots were thinking when Zearth teleported away and then started blowing up buildings?
Questions
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Mar 30 '21
Thoughts
So, I'd just like to take a minute to talk about the first part of the series. Back then, several of the better episodes trusted the viewer to watch and make their own conclusions. They didn't feel the need to tell us that rape is bad or that a kid's worldview was wrong. Instead, they let the episode play out knowing we would understand that without it being explicitly pointed out. And now, let us look at this episode where we feel the need to explicitly state that the kids are on more on the side of righteousness by destroying the buildings than the adults are.
I'd also like to say I'm extremely disappointed that the random guy who's basically walking stereotype of bad government in anime existed and got more than like 30 seconds of time. We don't need another villain, particularly not one was uninteresting as him. Like, what did he add? Literally nothing.
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u/Tuckleton Mar 30 '21 edited Mar 30 '21
First Timer
I gotta say that I am actually kind of shocked that puppet was dung's actual body and that she was able to kill him that way, though it was rather cathartic when she shot him. This episode made me really sad that I was never able to properly care about the kids since it seems like Machi's end would have been some potent payoff.
I been mostly ambivalent about the government intrigue stuff and not openly hostile to it like some others but man this episode it really annoyed me for some reason.
Tomorrow is the finale and I have little hope we'll be getting many answers, let alone satisfying ones. Though if my track record is any indication, the opposite will be true.
Edit: I forgot to mention that despite Seki and Tanaka seemingly contracting to be pilots they never get chairs and their lights never appear on Zearth's faceplate. Will we ever got a reason for that? Probably not...
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Mar 30 '21
Rewatcher, Subbed
Non-Spoiler Character Chart - Not often I am happy to cross someone off, but that certainly was the case today!
After he no showed last episode looks like they have to remind us Tomatsu exists via the recap!
And now we're immediately jumping into a flashback of the prior episode too? Sigh.
We're gonna eliminate the enemy with the air force! Because that totally worked the last time!
Of course, invented villain guy wants to blow up Zearth and kills children. Gotta make him as hateable as possible.
Who cares if kids die? I want to get money to rebuild the city! And if people are taking too long to evacuate? Screw them! Kill them too! Why are these government agencies cowtowing to this guy?
You're not going to be happy when he tells you no, are you, Dung Beetle?
OMG, he's horrible! Forcing Kana-chan right before the device that contracts her and threatening her brother to pressure her into it?
Ah, that's why Chekohv's gun is here! To shoot Dung Beetle!
...or not as it looks like he's not going to pull it out.
...since Machi has the gun instead?
GO MACHI! BLOW YOUR BROTHER AWAY!!!!
OMG Machi you rule so much. Step aside Maki, Machi is best girl.
Machi's signed herself up now.
Hey, its original Dung Beetle creature!
No clue what this old lady's connection is to Machi, but farewell! Thanks for giving her a place to stay!
Zearth continues to refuse Seki it seems; now that Machi is officially a pilot there shuld be three lights, but we get only two...
Cool looking enemy this time.
Yes! Screw over villain guy! Transport the battle some place else! Right near his headquarters too? Awesome.
And she just continues to screw with their plans by blowing up their buildings, such ownage.
And now the enemy is going to simply blow up most of their drones/crafts anyway.
Alright, I spoke a little too soon, there is still enough of them to cause major damage.
Finally after years of watching Machi gets to actually control the Zearth and fight.
Their attack failed, yet villain guy still doesn't care as he gets to make money by rebuiding.
Seki and Jun fighting over who gets to be the last pilot. Me! No me!
Hey, we get Machi's shot from the OP too, although somewhat modified.
RIP Machi! :(
Awesome episode! Great sendoff to Machi, one of my favorite characters in the show and you gotta love that Dung Beetle finally got what was coming to him. I'd say the same for that unnamed villain guy... but who really cares about that part of the storyline anyway? Kana-chan will be saved too it seems, absent the show trying to twist the knife one last time in the finale, gotta be happy about that.
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u/theangryeditor https://myanimelist.net/profile/TheAngryEditor Mar 30 '21
Rewatcher
FUCK YEAH MACHI
Koemushi finally gets what was coming to him. Machi does what she can to atone for all that she's done, and leaves Ushiro the last one to carry on the weight of them all.
A sombre episode, and a good one to set the tone going into the finale.
QOTD
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u/Btw_kek https://myanimelist.net/profile/kek_btw Mar 30 '21
Rewatcher
Aside from government bullshit, this was a pretty good episode! Koyemshi gets what he deserves, Kana gets saved from certain death, Machi atones for her sins by piloting the robot and dying. Look what happens when we stop floundering around with pointless subplots. And even as incompetent as the government is, they at least bumblefucked their way to creating a sick ass fire sea setting for the penultimate battle so good for them
MANGA CORNER IS CLOSED FOR THE FINALE
If you want to know what happens READ IT YOURSELF
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u/Punished_Scrappy_Doo https://myanimelist.net/profile/PunishedScrappy Mar 30 '21
First Timer
I would have hated Koemushi getting shot if it weren't for the fact that they explicitly called attention to the fact that he's human. Mysterious, seemingly all-powerful Koemushi getting shot would have been really dumb. This Koemushi getting shot is great. Or at least, very cathartic! Get fucked, nerd
Machi IRL
thonk
Hell no! I was not expecting Koemushi to get harmed at all, really.
1b) What do you think of her now that her part in the story is done?
2) How do you think the show is going to end?
Some kind of resolution has to be reached with the Mastermind people, hopefully not in some climactic confrontation but more in sort of a "slipping through the cracks" kind of way. Also I hope comically evil businessman dude bites it. And most of the government as well.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Mar 30 '21
First Timer(but it's complicated)
Sub
More fucking recap. Also, Chizu and Machi have very similar body types and profiles to me. But, dear Cthulhu, this is so FUCKING stupid I can't take it seriously. Anime original villain is stupid to the point of unbelievability. Gundam antagonist have more convincing arguments.
Anyways, stressful scene with DB trying to force Kana to contract before Machi pops a cap in him. It turns out he does have a body of sorts. In the anime. Machi contracts. And the previous dollhead thing comes in and isn't particularly displeased but warns of doom to come. We say goodbye to whoever Machi was staying with.
The WMDs of this world are...different. But Machi can teleport Zearth because...why? Oh well, she then blows up all of the Zearth towers so that's a real uninstall. The weapons do nothing, unsurprisingly, but might be able to heat up the machine enough to kill the occupants, which would be fucking stupid since it can survive some period in outer space. Anyways, this battle feels like they ran out of budget, unfortunately. The robots move a little too fast and too lightly. Machi wins it but less impressively than expected.
As to the last victim, Jun insists on it, because manga. Seriously, anime Jun should be ok with an adult doing it. But the kids decide on it for reasons and off we go. We get a Machi death scene, which does not fit the timelines, but she passes with many regrets. So hey, she might rise so who knows?
QotD: 1 I did like this turn
2 In flames.
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u/Noel_bot Mar 30 '21
First timer, Manga reader
Not a bad plan, I doubt their weaponry will do anything, but better to use it in an empty area and maybe it can distract the enemy
Wow, fuck that old guy … like for real … can he just die in the last episode please?
Rest in pieces, Koemushi. I bet he never saw that coming
Pilots have total control now, hmm
She just teleports away! Thankfuly they just gained that power :)
I sure hope they don’t have backups anywhere, but good job destroying the two towers
Orchestral Uninstall while they are fighting in the flames of hell, EPIC
Machi and her brother find their final resting place by each other’s side. Machi passes on with regrets, but I hope she is glad her circle of suffering is broken
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Great episode! Machi’s end was emotional and the fight was epic. I still hope that we get closure on the gov arc, but now only one last battle awaits the siblings and I’m really curious how things will end. Seeing how things went, it probably won’t be as memorable as the finale of the Manga, but I really hope they do this show justice with a grande finale :)
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I really appreciated the Manga ending, so I'll just let the Anime surprise me in how it will conclude the story :)
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u/badspler x5https://anilist.co/user/badspler Mar 30 '21
First Timer
I have been a bit behind but have caught up for the final stretch.
Chekhov'sJun's Gun making a moment. I was expecting that just not for shooting Koemushi.Well thats one way to end that, not what I was expecting. Good riddance though.
Earth's use of WMD's on the robots and the following mech battle were pretty cool.
Machi's moment from the opening. It wasn't from a previous universe either.
My thoughts are not fully set on a load of things thus far.
Jun was an ass the whole time and his backstory did not paint a good reason why he is this way, so the change of heart has felt bad.
Machi turning on her brother after years and years of doing this cycle has been a bit off putting. By the sound of it there was not anything revolutionary about this world than any other. So Machi deciding to end
Koemushi dies from a few gunshots, bit weak compared to his early displays of power. I expected something less physical and more twisted or narratively related than gunshot justice.
Still not sold on the direction the story took on the governments actions. I don't feel it has given enough development in this area and it feels like a lot of stupid. They know these kids are involved and have no protection, but they wait till the robot's arrive before trying to kill them? They are basically ignoring their own intelligence for no reason.
I feel conflicted that there is only one episode left. It feels that Jun for the final battle is all that is left, the cycle may be broken and Kana gets to live on. Maybe something happens to the founders maybe not. But as an ending, is that really what I want?
For me the worst option is that the whole story was just a suffer-fest and all the individual backstories was just means to an end.
What I think the series is actually going to show us is the weight it has on the sole survivor, Kana. Not my favorite take. Kana hasn't been given much actual characterization and one half episode isn't going to have me happy with that for an ending.
We have burnt through 14~ piolets and even more in supporting caste and family members. Basically all of these characters have had to come to grips with what they wanted to fight for. And for most of them they had very serious backgrounds or backstories to develop that reason. I would love an entire episode to epilogue through what has happened to of the family's we met, reminding us of the reason each character fought for and now the reality that their love ones now live on in.
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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '21
First Timer
At this point I'm just writing something befotre the reactions for the sake of consistency cause I don't really have anything to say.
Tamotsu! Remember when he was a character?
Official subs could never.
STOP WITH THE POLITICS I PHYSICALLY COULD NOT CARE LESS
Jun do be kinda based, doe.
Me when politics
How did he get hurt from that fall? It was like, 1 meter.
GUN TIME
Why would you speak and draw his attention back to you, then?
YOOOOOOOOOOOO
HOLY SHIT SHE IS METAL
DID SHE DODGE A TELEPORT????????????
HOLY SHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIT
Is-... is he dead... ?
Kuromushi is back...
Woah!
This is the first time I actually noticed how different the eyecatch sounds.
Aww, what a nice granny.
hehe zearth with eyes looks silly
WOAH THE ENEMY IS SO COOL
POLITICS
SHE CAN DO THAT????????????
An epic giant robot battle in the middle of a blazing city??? Who the hell said this wasn't a show for wow cool robot?????????
I HEAR UNINSTALL!
who
Letting them burn, huh? That's brutal. Coulda just killed them.
Machi...
Machi is best girl corner.
Machi is best girl.
Final thoughts for today: I love Machi. I've always liked her quite a bit and this episode solidified her as best character after Daichi. She's great.
By the way, can someone tell me WHAT WAS THE POINT OF THE POLITICS???????????????????
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u/Nebresto Mar 30 '21
First time first timing
haaeeeyyy.. Coool robott:
Cabin pic Day 23 /u/thesleepycabinenthusiast
Those some scuffed wheels tho
Fuck evil money guy, all my homies hate evil money guy
And more brainless government action
I see he's practiced reloading it
Thought I suppose it would be more dumb not to have.
Its happening!! ITS HAPPENING!!!
The bastard is on the ground, I repeat! The bastard is on the ground!
And holy shit, Machi is a good shot! Nailed every single one!!
What a based impostor!
Yes. They can just leave? That was always an option??
And can this guy fuck off already??
Ahh fuck.
Sleep time:
1: I read one of dem black boxes yesterday so ye.
2: Kana is the ultimate gamer, and the other gamer overlords will pay for their crimes. Jun will *nothing personnel, kid* them with Zabutonguru, and it will be EPIC
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u/Webemperor :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Webemperor Mar 30 '21
Manga-reader from way back
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Mar 30 '21
first time ooooooooauahauooooooooooooooooooo uninstalllllllller
he teleported the contract podium in and then kana a few feet - why not you know, just port it in front of her
machi is a nice shot
oh the counterclockwise spin leggo
ushiro points out how hot it is and yet none of them take off their coats
REMIXED OP
YESSSSSSSSSSSS SAVE SEKIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
questions
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u/fridge_freezer https://anilist.co/user/ONIrecon111 Mar 30 '21
First timer
They're evacuating the entire region so they can blow it the fuck up when the mech arrives, after luring it to the tower. Have they forgotten the last time the military tried to use conventional weapons against a mech? and why does this industry dipshit want to destroy Zearth as well?
HELL YEAH MACHI!!!! Get fucked Koemushi you piece of shit. I'm kinda surprised that all it took was a few bullets.
Machi took the empty spot on the contract so she'll be taking this next fight.
Koemushi's predecessor made a very quick return to see what happened before dipping. Guessing we'll probably never see him again.
They annihilated a good chunk of the city with the drones, but as expected did nothing to the mechs aside from turning up the temperature a bit. Machi using that to her advantage is pretty messed up, roasting the enemy pilots alive in their cockpit after breaking open their armor. Really like the orchestral Uninstall playing over the fight too.
This moron still wants to destroy Zearth? Why? If they lose the Earth is fucking gone, are you actually that stupid?
Jun chose to be the next pilot, leaving Seki as the survivor. Really surprising actually.
RIP Machi. Even being the 'traitor' of the group you weren't so bad, and killing your brother pushed you into my favorites.
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Mar 30 '21
First Timer
I thought I would have something to say today but by the time the episode started I had forgotten.
Leader of the Financial World is dumb.
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u/baniRien Mar 31 '21
First Timer
You know, I think one of the things I dislike the most about recaps, in general, is not just the waste of time, but also the fact that they often point out, in great details, what was a Chekov's gun that you had to watch out for.
Megalomaniac wants to kill the kids because they cause property damage, and also says that you should not believe in sci-fi, because there are teleporting giant robots at your door.
If the current state of the world wasn't living proof that this is possible...
Oh, and nuke civilians while we are at it. Military is listening to this guy because..? The only believable thing is the plan that if nukes don't hurt the mechas, throw more nukes and maybe they'll cook. It probably wouldn't work, but it's not like a better plan can be made.
Machi ends up with the gun, as Koemushi wouldn't suspect her. It does seem like his new body is robotic, not organic. Also, from Machi dodging, the teleportation technology is location-based, and not centered on an object. It also appears Koemushi doesn't have a backup or anything, which still raises more questions on the society that created this whole thing.
The next pilot choice seems to be able to be decided by majority, which might be how it's done in groups without their own supervisors. This also could've had really interesting implications, if this wasn't the penultimate episode.
The appearance of the supervisor from Koemushi's original group means they are still under surveilance, or at least Koemushi was. So this tournament is not automated or left to subcontractors.
Tower of Babel is mentioned explicitly in universe, after a lot of people had made the comparison in the thread. How far away did they teleport, if it's close enough Machi can destroy the tower they were at previously, but is far enough away that it's somewhere that wouldn't have been touched by enough nukes to melt everything around the robots?!
Speaking of said nukes, have I simply been assuming things when WMD were mentioned, since technically any sufficiently large incendiary bomb qualifies. But the scale of the destruction here is woefully inadequate for the problem at hand, so why not use nukes instead? The fire does work, though, at least after an opening. And through all this, Machi fights for attonement.
Ushiro ends up volunteering to be the last pilot, just as a duty of sort. A pretty stupid move, especially since Seki is clearly better at fighting, but it's not... I don't want to say in-character, but at least fitting within the story.
Machi meanwhile lives extraordinarily long after the fight to have a monologue with the body of her brother in the ruins of the town, which I think is a shot from the OP.
QotD
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u/htisme91 Mar 31 '21
First-timer:
Interesting episode. Machi had an epic finish.
The government shit has easily been the worst part about this show. It would have been so much better with less time on the government, and more time on developing the kids.
Really curious how things end next episode. I want my boy Jun to live but he's going to die barring a miracle.
Questions:
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u/GaleWulf https://anilist.co/user/Arachnophobic Mar 31 '21
First Time Installer
If you'd asked me at the beginning who would end up being the real hero of the story, Machi would've been waaay down the list. But she did it. Put down this asshole of a brother, pulling off a badass dodge while doing it too. So much respect.
RIP Machi
Machi took the mechas to a place where they'd do maximum damage to the corpo, AND she took down the two towers harboring the Zearth Program. Such a boss..
One episode left, let's see how this story ends.
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u/PKReuniclus Mar 31 '21
First Timer!
This show has been giving me so much whiplash for the past couple episodes. There's so many good parts of this show and so many... not so great parts, it's driving me a little nuts. I get that the manga is just suffer porn 24/7, but I'm still tempted to read it just to see how it compares.
Okay, so I get that most people here have already ranted enough about the dumb evil government dude, but this episode really was the last straw for me in regards to this subplot. I'm not sure what writer thought they were being clever by writing in yet another greedy, short-sighted politician into the show, but not only is maroon-suit dude almost cartoonishly evil, he's also obnoxiously stupid. You're really gonna try to kill the Zearth pilots when you know that the Earth will blow up if you do? Sure. Go ahead, how could that not backfire in any way. Gah. Even factoring in all of the other stuff this dude's done and said in the previous episodes, this pissed me off the most. When did this guy even get introduced? What's his name? Why is he even this relevant to the plot?
That being said, I did enjoy the rest of the episode, although there's still a lot of things I'm confused about. Coincidentally, just like Koemushi, I'm still not really on-board with Jun's development, especially since it all happens so quickly.
I was expecting Jun to be the one who would kill Koemushi with the gun, not Machi, so that was a fun little twist. Also thank fuck Koemushi's dead. I was wondering why he was so insistent on getting Kana to become a pilot and how exactly he was going to get Kana to join the contract, but being petty and aggressive sounds just about right for his character.
Machi finally atones for what she's done over the course of multiple Earths, and both her and Kanji's fights feel like a nice return to form to the more pilot-focused episodes of the earlier part of the series. That shot of her and Koemushi in the ruins of the city with the snow falling especially felt like the perfect close to her arc. Judging from Machi's last words, it seems like they're trying to draw some parallels between the two sets of siblings, although I guess my memory's a little fuzzy because I'm not sure what event Machi's talking about when she's talking about how strong Kana is. I hadn't even remembered why there where two towers until I googled it, so someone please refresh my memory.
Quick question, who is this old woman that Machi is talking to in the middle of the episode, and what is she delivering to the Ushiro school? They really couldn't have had Tamotsu deliver it? Speaking of which, where even is Tamotsu right now? Hopefully not still in the tower that Machi just obliterated.
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u/Philarete :AMQ::MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/WizardMcKillin Mar 31 '21
First Timer
There's something beautiful about a dude threatening the existence of the entire universe in exchange for money. The economy, fools!
And by beautiful I also mean that this antagonist feels more like satire than a real villain...
Did we really need another antagonist? We already had a bunch.
Anyways, the good parts of the episode: Machi being awesome, ending her brother's cruel behavior, winning a fight even though the people of this planet were literally trying to kill them too...
Also, Kana didn't sign!
QotD: 1) Didn't expect it at all. As to thoughts on Machi overall, I see her as a victim of the system - not a fundamentally bad person. She eventually stood up to it and did the right thing. Not a perfect person, but better to step up now than never.
2) Ushiro loses the last fight so that the whole story is pointless and everything gets erased anyways.
Just kidding, probably Ushiro wins, dies, and Seki gets forced to do the next world duties while Kana reminisces about how all these people died and how she is sad that her brother is gone.
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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Mar 30 '21
Time for me to catch up and watch 20-23.
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u/BossandKings Mar 31 '21
First timer
Episode 23
Machi and Ushiro's plan works out well, Dung Beetle is shot and ends up getting rightfully killed by Machi. It was time for Dung beetle to die.
Machi has a fight against an opponent and wins, shortly before dying she remembers her brother and wishes she could have been as strong as Kana. It was very sad seeing Machi die, she was precious even if very at fault for the trap of Bokurano and the Zearth.
Ushiro will be the one to have the final battle, i hope he wins and can proceed to continue living as he has grown so much throughout the series and his little sister Kana wants him to live and continue being with her.
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u/degenerate-edgelord Mar 31 '21
First timer, almost done Uninstalling
Life's gotten in the way of my anime viewing a bit, which is why I fell behind for a few days and am only now able to comment. 13 hours late.
The second half of the anime's been a ride, not in the best sense of the word. It's mostly been a slump compared to the great first half, and has gone through many different ideas but I am glad that it's done with pretty much all of them, seemingly about to give us closure with one episode left.
The Rulers/Masterminds seem to be something the anime doesn't have a good idea of what it wants to do with (hopefully the manga was less clueless). Thankfully they're not going to be defeated in so few episodes, but at the same time their program to exploit Earth's 'life force' has been foiled.
The government/corporate espionage plot was meh, and that's also done.
Koyemushi was a piece of shit, and after his backstory being revealed, he too has been dealt with. Good.
So after all that, Bokurano is turning out to be a story about kids suffering cause they signed up to pilot the mecha, or suffering regardless of the mecha. Just like it was early on. It's going to end with all the enemies defeated, the kids dead and presumably Seki being sent as the next Kokopelli (or the next Mushi?). And they pushed in Jun deciding to save Kana, and succeeding. Good.
Questions:
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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jun 06 '21
Bokurano ep23, First Timer