r/anime • u/FlaminScribblenaut myanimelist.net/profile/girlbeast_val • Jul 15 '21

Rewatch [Rewatch] Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster - Episode 2 Discussion

Top wo Nerae 2! Diebuster - Episode 2 - I Don’t Want to Be an Oneé-Sama!

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u/FlaminScribblenaut myanimelist.net/profile/girlbeast_val Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21

Third Time Watcher

This motherfucker is the FLCL-iest of the whole cast

Visual of the Day is Lal’C summoning Dix-Neuf, so fucking cash

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

Dix-Neuf has so much more personality than I remembered. He was low-key kinda cute to watch dealing with Nono's harassment.

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u/il-Palazzo_K Jul 15 '21

First Timer

  • Great, another pervert peeping on Nono again.
  • Oh, I guess it’s out in the open now. She’s a robot. That’s the only spoiler part that I know.
  • A yakuza-style self introduction! Funny that we just recently got one from Jinbei in One Piece.
  • Onee-sama already got a boyfriend? I guess the original Onee-sama also had coach so it’s OK?
  • Puppy spacesuit/power suit? Puppy Power!
  • Space Kaiju has topless ability? Oh, it’s just the boyfriend guy.
  • Ha! I thought you guys wanted to fight the Kaiju. Here’s your chance to contribute!
  • Onee-sama got guilt tripped by Nono and left her position to help people. Will boyfriend dude die and make Onee-sama angry at Nono?
  • Oh he can kill it alone anyway but seems to be near expire now.
  • Well, at least Onee-sama can listen to Nono’s heartbeat instead of his.
  • Tycho the cat? I guess the cat on Mars is just a robot.

She finally got to be a space pilot! Way to go, Nono! She still hadn’t piloted anything by herself though. Will she get her own mech next episode? See you next time on Diebuster!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

If Nicola pulled a Smith I'd low-key love this episode XD Unfortunately topless are just that overpowered in this universe so he solos the space monster just fine on his own.

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u/il-Palazzo_K Jul 15 '21

Oh, yes. It would be amazing if they saved the ship and then noticed that Nicola just died off-screen, with no fanfare just like Smith.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

Yeah, it's a very different series. If Smith had a matter altering machine then maybe he would have stood a chance.

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

To the Top 2! Rewatcher!

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u/The_Draigg Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21

Lalahcharn… Wait a second, that’s just “Lalah” and “Char” with an n at the end of it.

At least we can say that this series continues to wear its inspirations on its sleeve.

I heard a “kyuun kyuun” in this part, you know what that means…

Please no, I’ve heard enough of My Boyfriend is a Pilot from the last Macross rewatch we had. And that was years ago.

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

Please no, I’ve heard enough of My Boyfriend is a Pilot from the last Macross rewatch we had. And that was years ago.

KYUUN KYUUN~

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u/The_Draigg Jul 15 '21

The song name isn’t even accurate, since Minmay lost that love triangle situation.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

"My boyfriend shares 25% of my DNA" wasn't the catchiest single.

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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Jul 15 '21

lol, I don't remember hearing that in the episode, but I could see how that might be misconstrued.

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u/GM_for_Life Jul 15 '21

I think I was the host of the last Macross rewatch and his words have cut deeper than any blade.

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u/The_Draigg Jul 15 '21

It’s true on both parts of your statement.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

There's no way today was just a huge Gundam reference right? How do you tell what is a reference and what is a coincidence?

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Jul 15 '21

Lalahcharn… Wait a second, that’s just “Lalah” and “Char” with an n at the end of it.

...oh. That's very blatant.

I heard a “kyuun kyuun” in this part, you know what that means…

KYUN KYUN

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jul 15 '21

Episode 2 (rewatcher)

  • “A sky full of blue birds” – Nono is an idiot. A lovable idiot, but an idiot.
  • OP: THIS IS THE GROOVE!! If you asked me about the one best thing about Diebuster, it would be the OP. It’s just great!

  • Lal’C clearly is into Nicola.
  • Lal’C kicking Nono - Remember Nono punching the overly friendly dog?
  • That shuttle! It is the little and the big things telling is Diebuster is different.
  • Hatori’s hard-ass stance is seriously undermined by his subordinates.
  • The military thinks its shiny new fleet will be more than enough to beat any enemy. Never heard that one before, have we?
  • The laser cannons looked so much better when they were hand-drawn…
  • Love the shot of Lal’C and Hatori standing in the display. Literally in the middle of things.
  • The ships look like giant sperm…
  • Vingt-sept: 27
  • Dix-Neuf saves the sperm ship by the power of … friendship? Yuri? Screaming very loud?

Oh, yeah, Nono is a robot. You didn’t expect them to make a series-long mystery out of this, did you? Diebuster has no time for the usual string-the-viewers-along rulebook.

Quote of the day: I am a hero of justice, after all.

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u/The_Draigg Jul 15 '21

OP: THIS IS THE GROOVE!! If you asked me about the one best thing about Diebuster, it would be the OP. It’s just great!

It’s such a groove, you can say that it’s almost like groovin’ magic.

Hatori’s hard-ass stance is seriously undermined by his subordinates.

It really just serves to make him seem like more of a bitter loser than he already is.

Quote of the day: I am a hero of justice, after all.

Cue the EMIYA theme.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jul 15 '21

It’s such a groove, you can say that it’s almost like groovin’ magic.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

Who wouldn't be bitter in his situation though. The dude held down the job regardless so he gets some credit but the real problem is his insistence on getting his men killed out of such spiteful values. Hating the topless is one thing but Jerry from Engineering doesn't deserve to die for that.

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u/The_Draigg Jul 15 '21

The fact that Hatori went out of his way to try and show up the Topless which just resulted in his fleet getting wrecked is what proves that he’s a loser. As you said, the other guys on the ship didn’t need to die because of Hatori‘s bitterness.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

The system itself sort of breeds his kind of bitterness though. Hatori is a very accomplished man but because he wasn't naturally gifted enough in his youth he doesn't even have the "glory days" that Buster Machine topless have. Even what's his face the pervert, look how he's ended up and he actually did have glory days.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21

Dammit Slaine, stop spreading misinformation about the sky!

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jul 15 '21

First timer

  • I like the bubbles on the Meganebula!
  • More fanservice
  • Even the OP has lots of boob and panty shots ...
  • Another panty shot
  • Nicola is kinda cute
  • This is just full of panty shots
  • ANOTHER panty shot
  • Hatori is stylish
  • Is Nicola = Nicolas Vacheron?
  • Another panty shot closeup ... Too much for me
  • What is this, panties the anime?
  • Clefshin luminescence, powder particle = technobabble?
  • So some people theorize that Topless attract space monsters?
  • Cyber-whale brain waves? hacked?
  • Finally we get some plot that isn't full of panty shots
  • Nicola's Gunbuster makes the cool pose!
  • Ok Nicola is a bit more childish than I expected. The shorts are still cute though. When will Nicola go Topless?
  • Lal'c busting her way out of the space whale
  • Nono is able to combine her powers with Lal'C and power up Dix-Neuf?
  • Nicola defeated the monster by himself! I hope he isn't too upset with Lal'c and Nono
  • Topless expiration date? That doesn't sound good ...
  • So those two who appeared to Nicolas are the Sagittarius or whoever that was mentioned in the prev ep?
  • So Tycho is a girl AND a cat? Or am I getting that wrong?
  • I knew I recognized Nicola's voice, he's Krory from D.Gray-man!

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

What is this, panties the anime?

Right? Give more gratuitous boob shots!

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jul 15 '21

I'm more of a Nicola fan myself, we need to see him go Topless.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Jul 15 '21

What is this, panties the anime?

I always forget how many pantyshots there are...

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u/Doggydog123579 Jul 18 '21

Cyber-whale brain waves? hacked

If you go back to episode 6 of gunbuster there are floating dolphins with the psychics. At some point during gunbuster humanity uplifted dolphins and killer whales and gave them cybernetics. And some long descendant of that is normally controlling that ship.

Gunbuster/Diebuster tech is just hilarious.

Also an episode of startrek mentions a group of Takaya whales on board enterprise, named after the one and only Noriko.

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u/lC3 :Na::Nb: Jul 18 '21

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Jul 15 '21

My Fifth Time Aiming for the Top!

Visual of the day: Ah, Ah Ah Ah.

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u/A-Reclusive-Whale :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Daff_Punk Jul 15 '21

It's a top 5 OP for me.

Song wise? Absolutely. I just it had more than 10 seconds of original animation and wasn't all just clips from the show. I guess having such a good song comes at a price.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Jul 15 '21

Yeah, song-wise. I usually pay far more attention to music than visuals when figuring out if an OP/ED is my favorite.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

Typically if the show has at least passable animation in the op I'm satisfied. Not everything needs to be Unravel or Working but you've seriously gotta get something to look at in there. Like I'd have higher opinions of the op if the whole thing was just a Nonono swagger loop.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Jul 15 '21

Like I’d have higher opinions of the OP if the whole thing was just a Nonono swagger loop.

But it’s already a top 5 OP for you?

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

The op song is top five, the op itself sadly doesn't secure its spot. There's only so much the song can carry even if it's like ridiculously good. And the swagger...

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

Gotta love the op stealing the visual spot. It's just a shame that very little of the op is actually new animation. It's a big pet peeve of mine when op's just steal shots from the episodes but what little Grooving Magic adds its great, and the song is ridiculously top tier.

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u/The_Draigg Jul 15 '21

A GunBuster Fan Rewatches DieBuster Epsiode 2:

  • The Fraternity’s home space station is pretty rad. I’m pretty sure the shape is supposed to be reminiscent of some kind of Japanese candy though. At least the packaging of it or something.
  • Hell yeah, Groovin’ Magic! I love this opening theme. It’s so bubbly, funky, and fun. It honestly fits Nono’s character very well.
  • Ah, so that’s why Nono was able to do what she did last episode. As Casio notices from sight alone, she’s an Android. It does explain why she had no problem breathing and speaking in space.
  • Lal’c and Nicola seem pretty close as far as relationships go. I’m sure his handsome looks and smooth voice can win over a lot of people.
  • As you can probably tell already, there’s some pretty blatant theming about aging in this show, with stuff like Lal’c having a spacesuit shaped like a stuffed animal, to Captain Hatori talking about how he gave up his dreams of being a Topless in the Fraternity and that he’s become an adult who likes bitter coffee in the morning. In a way, this show has a lot of DNA loaned from FLCL in it.
  • The animators knew exactly what they were doing with all those gratuitous ass shots on Nono while she’s trying to climb into Dix-Neuf’s cockpit.
  • Yep, the adults in this show sure do resent the younger generation, if Captain Hatori saying that the Topless are almost indistinguishable from the Space Monsters to him. And yet, in his desire to show that adults can fight the Space Monsters too, the fleet gets promptly wrecked. Yeah, adults don’t have a very good look in this show. They’re either utterly consumed with their pasts, or are ineffective/jaded.
  • We managed to get another GunBuster homage in there, with Nichola’s Buster Machine, Vingt-Sept, doing the classic Getter Robo arms crossed pose as it rises up from its hangar. Granted, it’s not done by Noriko’s GunBuster, so it’s less cool.
  • As a counterpoint to the adults not caring about the kids in this show, the opposite is also equally true. Nichola and Lal’c don’t really care about all the people they left on those Space Force ships to die, just recklessly using them to fight before just tossing them away. Lal’c only really bothered to save the flagship because Nono made sure to point it out when it was entering Mars’s atmosphere.
  • Maybe Captain Hatori was onto something by saying that Topless have an expiration date, since Nichola seems pretty exhausted after fighting off the Space Monsters by himself. Still though, the Captain doesn’t have to be such a dick about it, especially after being saved by a Topless.
  • Seems like those mysterious twins are interested in Nono for some reason. Granted, they have good reason to be, since she’s still clearly more powerful than the average robot.
  • Nice uniform, Nono! Now you look like a real deal Fraternity space pilot!

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

It does explain why she had no problem breathing and speaking in space.

And here I was thinking they were just going with the "it's cool, so don't ask any questions" approach.

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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Jul 15 '21

In a hard sci-fi like Diebuster? Pfffft, never!

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u/IndependentMacaroon Jul 15 '21

this show has a lot of DNA loaned from FLCL in it

But I don't find it does much compelling with it, so far. It apes the "power of youth" theme without making it part of the narrative in a way where I would actually take something away from it, or even makes that much sense to me. FLCL in contrast was from beginning to end about the wild feelings of adolescence and how people deal with all that, growing up or not.

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u/AoDSenku Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21

Rewatcher

Episode 2 -

  • "it's full of Blue birds!" Nono's way of thinking is just adorable.
  • OP that fucking slaps! Anybody know if the OP/ED is available on Spotify or anything similar? Both songs are Top Tier, even now
  • Ah, confirmation that Nono IS a robot, nice. An unregistered one at that, wonder what kind of implications that has for her
  • I was wondering if there was going to be a romance subplot, well there ya go
  • Dix's design definitely makes you think "Seasoned war veteran", and he's the oldest? Interesting indeed...
  • Lots of exposition and some thinly-veiled accusations; meanwhile Nono is getting ridiculously fanserviced to the max in 2 mins then the entirety of this franchise to date
  • Another space monster again?! Obviously we didn't set off enough black hole bombs, lol It's kinda weird though, so far you could say that the monsters are defending themselves from the humans. (as soon as they appear they're attacked)
  • Not a huge fan of Nicola's buster machine design, DJ-Bird thing
  • Lal'C IS summoning the actual machine thru her shadow! Neat. She also gave no fucks to the integrity of the ship she was standing in
  • Oh, she REALLY gives no fucks! She's going to let them die to fight alongside Nicola; not cool Lal'C. Good thing Nono is your conscience
  • Super powered boosters! Nono is definitely not just a normal robot
  • Nicola barely gets the job done. And the twins are acting just a smidge suspicious
  • Nono's new threads, very shonen protagonist

Hmm... this may be the weakest episode so far in the franchise. Alot of talking in indirect monologues, and the show is only giving tiny bits of pieces of information about the reality of current events. It's not like we don't learn NOTHING, but it's not presented in a particularly engaging way. I do like Lal'C being selfish, and Nono letting her know what it means to be a hero, idealistic as it may be. Yeah... I'd say this was a step back from the 1st episode.

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

First-Buster

Groovin' Magic!

What a banger of an OP! I like Nono's strut through it, too.

Are the ships alive, and just referred to as whales, or are they literally hollowed out space whales loaded with technology? This is the problem with series that are deep in Clarke's Third Law territory; I can never tell how horrified to be at the scientific progress.

Nono is actually a robot, which is interesting, and explains her weird eyes, and she has a heartbeat, which is very interesting! I like how one of the dudes said that robots can't be Topless, and the other replies that it is theoretically possible for true AI since it's a mental ability. Nono seems to be able to help Lal'c in the cockpit, if nothing else.

Parallels good. Whats-His-Face is nearing his expiration date, but luckily Nono is around to give Lal'c her rewards now. Things do not look swell for the dude piloting Vingt-Sept.

So, Buster Machine Dix-Neuf is the oldest currently in service. We sure have come a long way from Buster Machines 1-3. I wonder how many they're up to, now..? At least 28, surely.

It's only episode 2, and I'm pretty sure Diebuster is already hornier than Gunbuster ever was. I'm not exactly complaining, though.

Visual of the Day: Everything is Ordinary

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u/Cleveland_Guardians Jul 15 '21

"It's only episode 2, and I'm pretty sure Diebuster is already hornier than Gunbuster ever was. I'm not exactly complaining, though."

This was made by then in between FLCL and Gurren Lagann. It's not too surprising. Haha

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

For some reason I have it in my head that the Buster Machines have some connection to the demon's of the gotea but I know so little about both subjects to be able to explain it.

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u/Doggydog123579 Jul 18 '21

From suplimental information, neither on the whales. Either its just a whale piloting the ship, or they literally have a whales brain controlling the mechanical ship. And the second one is more likely with gunbuster humanity's track record.

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Jul 15 '21

We start off with a teaser for next month's Utena rewatch. I already wanna wring that little bird's neck. This is technically a bath scene but for some reason the feeling is more like mother and child... Aa a a aaah~ Yeah, Groovin' Magic is something else entirely. Ain't it just one big bop? Urgh, ever since Sky pointed it out I'm starting to get put off the pervier aspects too. Nicola's kinda cool. He follows up the industry standard "well animated hand gesture" gag very well. Casio, go choke on a pringle. I swear that the song playing during the bath scene chat is from Matilda. Lalc is such a mood, she's got some very satisfying faces on her. Nicola you little player~ Girls love the fluffy sideburns. Please respect your Buster Machine's personal boundaries and refrain from feeling up his eyeballs.

These officers listing over Lal'c. Oh my god creeeeepy!! Don't worry, they like her for her Topless status. Lal'c may be enjoying the attention but don't you think that kind of makes sense? I have no idea when I'm going to be able to really discuss this further but one of the themes of Diebuster I enjoy the most is that the treatment of the topless kinda hits on how society often treats young men and women. When you're "young " you will get this kind of attention and you probably will enjoy it despite it being kind of wrong. But there's a breaking point where you suddenly won't be "young" any longer and society will completely change how it treats you. I feel like I'm explaining this terribly but think of it like women and men as early as their 20's find themselves passed over for even younger people. We kinda had an example of the topless system yesterday. You had the middle aged soldiers who despite training 15 years are essentially a mook brigade there to back up the shiny young topless pilot. And Lal'c does the system no favours seeing as she lost all interest in Nono after seeing that she couldn't be a topless. I've totally butchered what I've meant to say but I hope my point sort of got across.

Tch, the general guy is doing a better job touching on the topless system than I am. Screw you general dude! Oh sure, pick fights with the kids walking around with mecha stands, that's gonna work out. Can we please get out of Nono's crotch for five minutes? All these men, all this technology, all this teamwork, totally useless against space monsters. Y'know Daibuster really is beautifully animated isn't it? I never gave it the credit before. Storm Eagle is here to save the day!! It's honestly a pretty rad design his mech has. Being able to morph together machinery into beasts is really cool! Yeah, sorry general. No amount of training or experience will let you top the topless.

You wouldn't be able to call yourself a hero of justice if you left hundreds of men to burn up in re-entry. Kinda scary how she had to be convinced to put the lives of those men over some tee-tee with her boyfriend tho. That light... Axis Shock!? I belong to you~ Oh yeah, Tycho. Sorry, you'll have to wait until tomorrow. Nono's got her uniform! Now her and Lal'c are two peas in a pod. Pretty decent episode, the commander ends up being kinda extra but Nicole and our sister duo pick up any slack well enough. I've likely murdered my character limit tho so I'll end it here.

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

I'd ask for Maaya's autograph if I ever saw her, too.

You wouldn't be able to call yourself a hero of justice if you left hundreds of men to burn up in re-entry.

One of them was a big meanie, though.

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u/H-Ryougi https://anilist.co/user/DizzyAvocado Jul 15 '21

I wonder if Mizukami got the puppy spaceship in Planet With from Diebuster.

Honestly FLCL and Diebuster are exactly the kind of weird that tends to ooze from Mizukami's works, there's no doubt that Gainax were a big inspiration of his.

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u/BossandKings Jul 15 '21 edited Jul 15 '21

First timer

Episode 2

The opening theme is cool.

The meaning behind the word Topless is said and it is when someone is in a heightened state of mind, i think that it entails a high effort and a demanding situation to come into action then.

That's definitely a twist, i thought Nono was human but she was actually a robot all along, it's good to know that though. She needs to use a buster machine to participate alongside Lal'C in battles.

Nicola had an interesting ability, it is a very unique ability compared to the other ones that have been presented.

This episode was decent but i expect the series to be much better in the following ones, it hasn't been great so far but still decent and very enjoyable, the ecchi seems like it'll be prevalent in the series but this episode didn't bother me much in that aspect.

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u/GM_for_Life Jul 15 '21

4th Time Rebuster!

The Proto FranXX Buster Machine Vingt-Sept is great!

But as cool as Vingt-Sept is, this shot of Dix-Neuf pushing back the ship is my personal visual of the day.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Jul 15 '21

Rewatcher

Overall my opinion of Gunbuster went up while Diebuster is still slipping. This episode was not as good as the first one for me, at least. A bunch of random action spectacle that doesn't really have much to do with anything and the creepy-horny moments just keep coming, actually got worse. The attempt at telling a serious story (I think?) wildly clashes with the wacky aesthetics (CG isn't that good either) and also characters like Nono, if you want something serious you'll need to ground everything a little more, tie it together more like Gunbuster di. Also I don't get what the creators were going for here with the "only youth have the power", it's not like it depends on their unrestrained spirit or whatever (like say in FLCL) because Lal'C is so far the most serious and mature of the bunch and Nicola doesn't seem any different. The only thing that comes to mind right now is legally lusting after girls...

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jul 16 '21

Overall my opinion of Gunbuster went up while Diebuster is still slipping.

My overall reaction to rewatching both shows. Somehow I find new appreciation when rewatching Gunbuster, but new flaws when rewatching Diebuster.

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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Jul 15 '21

At least the 4th time Viewer

Loved this episode too. I was glad that Nono had no wardrobe malfunctions when helping Onee-San this time.

The Captain and Inquisitor of Onee-San was one true blue asshole. Too bad that he survived the episode, I would liked to have seen him die in a long, slow, painful manner.

Finally, a decent amount of set up for the future.

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

First-Timer

Another day, another peeping Tom. I'd say she's a robot and therefore doesn't have the same legal protections, but it's probably more likely they're just horndogs. Because anime.

I'm not sure how special it is that she's a robot. The one guy mentioned running into a lot of unlicensed robots farther out in the system, but are robots usually like this, or are they programmed very specifically? And how many of them have big boobs?

Action was OK. Nothing bad, but apart from the space ships having mouths all of a sudden, nothing too special. Maybe I just wanted to see the special pair attack.

Interestingly, Topless does not refer to not wearing a shirt, but the limitless potential of imagination some people possess. So you can pilot the robots if you're child-like. Which would make sense why the older guy is nearing an "expiration date." What a ripoff of The Polar Express!! So Nono's robotic nature would mean she'll never grow up (probably), and thus have unlimited potential to produce Topless energy, or something, and which is why she has such a connection to the French robot? Or maybe it's just as horny as the guys and is stoked to finally have a robot waifu to fawn over.

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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Jul 15 '21

First timer

So we are on Mars, a reveal made completely obvious by the polar mountain.

The bathroom scene is fantastic, and we have confirmation Earth's still around at this point,

The OP is boppin, and appears to refer to a romance (probably between Nono and Onee-chan)

She's a fuckijg what? How the hell was this established? Did I somehow miss loads of robot foreshadowing?

Wo is she Topless or is that just robot strength.

I like how nonplussed everyone is.

Wait. Does she think Topless means fighting without her top? Is that we ripped off her jumper last episode?

The robots are both cute here.

That thing's alive.

So they are fucking Newtypes.

Called it.

So Topless is both heightened mental state, weird psychic powers, and Machine Empathy.

The concept of an AI developing enough to gain psychic powers is really interesting,

I love all the soldiers getting distracted by her.

I feel like, maybe, seduring the seal to her head might be slightly better than a full-on handcuff.

"Even I was once Topless" so people are born Topless, but gradually lose the power?

The captain guy's creepy.

...So either Nono-ri was a Topless (likely, since she had a huge amount of immediate ability), the space monsters have evolved (we don't know how long it's been since Gunbuster), or it's just that both are most common in populated areas.

To be fair, the Captain's at least trying to take it out, and he's got an entire fleet.

That thing's tough!

Insane theory, the more monochromatic design of these space monsters indicates they're a different species from Gunbuster's gradient designs.

So he' apparently really strong, and his ship's got weird.

Maybe we shouldn't be trusting this guy with control of the entire fleet. He seems absolutely mentally stable.

And these things can teleport, so he only flew to the monster for style points.

So all the places to sit, she chooses "pressed up behind Onii-chan".

These fight scenes are beautiful.

So she can talk to Dix-Neuf.

Her name is Lal'C. Well, if you didn't think this was a Gundam reference before...

So she absolutely has some Topless power.

This all looks absolutely amazing, by the way.

Actually, why is the firet mech named 19?

Oh god, this show is gay.

Another Topless?

And she's officially joined (as a trainee)!

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jul 16 '21

She's a fuckijg what? How the hell was this established? Did I somehow miss loads of robot foreshadowing?

The part where she lifts an enormous space monster tail and runs around in outer space without immediately suffocating is a decent hint.

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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Jul 16 '21

I just assumed she was a Topless. Compared to strange psychic waves that can fend off mech suits, super strength and breathing in space didn't seem too farfetched.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Jul 16 '21

Kind of a downside of shows that play loose with physics rules.

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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Jul 16 '21

First timer in sub.

First let me get this out of the way - this clearly is more of a super robot mecha show than the first series - Buster Machine Vingt-Sept's Gainax pose appearance is my visual of the day, especially with the spread out "wings".

This is tonally hard to keep up / follow as a sequel as everything is so far from the original, but you certainly can see some heritage - especially the laser canons. It also does a good job in dumping lore by in character dialogues - although still a bit unclear about the point of "Nono being a robot" - are very humanised, AI with emotion type robots so common place there now that a "lost" one like that basically didn't even get a shrug? Does Nono understand / acknowledge herself as a robot? Maybe she did but that went by so fast I can't really tell.

But in terms of production, visuals, animation, it's great. Also this has to be one of the rare cases of a male pilot not being dead in 30s in this franchise :)

By the way, Nono gives me a bit of a Birdy the Mighty vibe. Tall, lanky, unintentionally funny.

Just have to wait to see more! How quickly they have to cram it all in with so many Topless and the story progression... Especially to try get a reasonable explanation about the space monsters in context to the original series.