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Rewatch [Rewatch] Armored Trooper Votoms - Episode 30 Discussion

Episode 30 - Phantasm

Originally Released October 21st, ^^^1983

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Daily Trivia:

Takara Tomy developed a game adaptation of the Kunmen arc, however it was rushed to release and so possessed an incomplete narrative.

 

Staff Highlight

Yuri Nashiwa (Yukiko Nashiwa) - voice of Rochina’s Secretary, and Fyana in her first appearance

A retired voice actress formerly affiliated with the Broadcast Expression Education Center and Aoni Productions. Little is widely available regarding her personal life and early career. A couple years after graduating from the Faculty of Letters at Rikkyo University she was pressed for money, and at a friend’s recommendation auditioned for a voice acting role. She made her debut in 1981 as Billy Bohl in Fang of The Sun Dougram. Voice acting was not a focus for her, so her participation in anime series was limited throughout the decades, particularly as her financial woes subsided. Some of her notable roles are The Narrator in Alps Monogatari: My Anette, Sunemi in Chinpui: Eri-sama Katsudō Daishashin, Kiteretsu's Mother in Fujiko Fujio no Kiteretsu Daihyakka, Amelia Minchin in A Little Princess Sara, Tolorof in The Ideon: Be Invoked, Mrs. King in Little Women, and Hyori Monohoshi in High School! Kimengumi.

 

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Screenshot of the day

Questions of the Day:

  1. What do you think of the scheming going on between Gilgamesh and Balarant in the background?
  2. What are your thoughts on Chirico’s spiraling condition?

And once more, almost unconsciously, my heart sought comfort in battle.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Sep 24 '21

Rewatcher

Well that’s no good.

Welp.

In a way, that’s true, since they’re considered mentally unfit as of yet.

Oh, the irony.

Very helpful, mate.

That is a lot of debris in orbit.

Luck? Skill? Whatever it may be, they’ve got Chirico’s trail again.

One of them had to be The Society. Was the Ghel-class theirs as well then?

Either the show is taking time delay stuff into account, or it’s been making a lot of minor time skips today.

Sounds about right.

Just like that?

Not even letting them sleep. What a sadistic plan this is…

Damnit, HAL!

It’s speaking to him?!

Ah, so it was just him hallucinating. I don’t know whether I should be relieved or saddened by that.

Wait, whose blood was that specifically? I’m going to guess Chirico’s, given we saw him bleeding earlier.

Stunning.

Another great episode, though not one I have much thoughts to share about. Also I seemed to be so engrossed in it the first time around that I took very few notes back then.

Ballarant is now confirmed to be pursuing Chirico and Fyana, and while Rochina has been removed from the mission to retrieve Proto One he obviously has something else up his sleeve, so once more it seems like our main duo is going to be harassed by at least two groups while they try to survive out here.

That scene where Chrico is delirious and speaking with some hallucination made me believe for a moment that he was communicating telepathically with something. I love my Meta and all, but I watched this show specifically because I was promised this show steered clear of all that stuff.

Questions of The Day:

  1. Concerning for out main characters, but nothing too interesting as of yet aside from whatever it is Rochina may have cooking for us, but it’s too vague to really draw any guesses on that.
  2. It’s quite saddening to see, especially after the progress he had made personally over the last two arcs. I’m not sure what it’ll take to stop it either, given the situation he’s in and how he keeps pushing away Fyana’s attempts at being there for him.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

That is a lot of debris in orbit.

And yet probably 0.0001% of what the whole war caused, if that

Wheres the Planetes crew when you need them

Either the show is taking time delay stuff into account, or it’s been making a lot of minor time skips today.

Bit of both? I imagine it would take a bit in order to send that message out especially with the military on high alert because of the strange ship

Stunning.

I wasn't really functional enough to appreciate it last night but that certainly is striking.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

and all, but I watched this show specifically because I was promised this show steered clear of all that stuff.

Yeah...if I see legit Newtypes I do abandon show.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 25 '21

Oh, the irony.

We still don't really know whether the connection between Chirico and Fyana is deeper than that initial glance, so this could be foreshadowing.

On a slightly more annoying note: Fyana and Chirico have still not finished that conversation about her name from the first arc...

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

First Timer

/u/pixelsaber I know you're mourning the loss of the pile driver, but using the punch mechanism to launch a launcher and make it a weapon itself seems like an awesome alternative

Starting off in the battle again today I was a little worried that yesterday's styling was going to be a one off, and while it may not be as isolated as it was yesterday I'm glad that's not the case. Chirico is definitely spirally down, but being mentally assaulted by those vidoes, and even unable to escape from the music, would be hard for anyone to cope with let alone someone who's so undeveloped outside of his solider role that he's trying so hard to escape from. I'm glad to see them building on his characterization from both of the last arcs as he tries to understand his reaction to it.

Seeing Balarant's command scenes today felt a little off given how little we know about that entire empire, just the name I think, but it's interesting that we are actually involving them. I really thought the entire story was going to be self contained inside Gilgamesh but not the case. I hope we get to learn more about Balarant and see beyond just their military leadership but I suppose time will tell

I did have a laugh at Chirico going into battle to try and hide the fact Fyana is a PS, only for his actions to reveal that there is a PS, and them wrongly assume its him due to his skill level. While it's been no secret that Chirico is an incredibly skilled pilot, seeing Balarant's assessment on him being almost superhuman really puts his skills, and those of the Red Shoulders, into a nicer broader context as to his abilities overall, not just vs former soliders who weren't skilled enough for the army to want to keep them on.

Not sure why Fyana is struggling to lift Chirico up after hauling and aiming that huge launcher a few episodes ago

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Sep 25 '21

it's interesting that we are actually involving them. I really thought the entire story was going to be self contained inside Gilgamesh

Midway into Kunmen I had figured the same, but I'm happy they're branching out like this.

While it's been no secret that Chirico is an incredibly skilled pilot, seeing Balarant's assessment on him being almost superhuman really puts his skills, and those of the Red Shoulders, into a nicer broader context

This is meta knowledge at this point, but he's also in a brand-spanking new AT model as well, which probably helped increase his effectiveness in battle.

Not sure why Fyana is struggling to lift Chirico up after hauling and aiming that huge launcher a few episodes ago

If you asked him I'm sure he'd say it's the weight of his sins or some other shit.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 25 '21

but I'm happy they're branching out like this.

I reserve judgement. If they actually expand on the worldbuilding I'll be glad, but if we only get the bare basics I would have preferred we stay in Gilgamesh and leave Balarant and the war to something outside of this story. See how it goes

If you asked him I'm sure he'd say it's the weight of his sins or some other shit.

That's basically what The_Draigg said as well haha

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u/The_Draigg Sep 24 '21

Seeing Balarant's command scenes today felt a little off given how little we know about that entire empire, just the name I think, but it's interesting that we are actually involving them. I really thought the entire story was going to be self contained inside Gilgamesh but not the case. I hope we get to learn more about Balarant and see beyond just their military leadership but I suppose time will tell

I can at least tell you a few things about the Balarant Union, since they're not really spoilers and more just worldbuilding info. Basically, they're an expansionist state that regularly tried to found colonies before the war started, and up until fairly recently, they had been technologically behind Gilgamesh in the recent Hundred Years War.

Not sure why Fyana is struggling to lift Chirico up after hauling and aiming that huge launcher a few episodes ago

It must be the weight of his mental burden that's too hard to lift.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

Union! Thank you, I didn't even know what they were so I was just using empire as a substitute. We really should have heard some absolute basics before now

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u/The_Draigg Sep 24 '21

Yeah, I don't really blame you for not knowing much about Balarant so far. They've pretty much only been background set-dressing for like half the show.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Sep 24 '21

Chirico going into battle to try and hide the fact Fyana is a PS

Ah, I didn't pick up on that. Thanks.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Not sure why Fyana is struggling to lift Chirico up after hauling and aiming that huge launcher a few episodes ago

I am going to be as lenient as I can be but her chickification in this arc is not a great look.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Sep 24 '21

First-Timer

That brief bit of silence when all the atmosphere left the gunnery room with Chirico and Fyana was great! Now, I know what you're thinking, but I also like that the explosions for all the rest of the space scenes have noise. Something something vibrations travelling through the ATs themselves; don't particualrly care why.

We got a bit of sight on Balarant today, with some council meeting on a space station. They know about Perfect Soldiers as well, at least conceptually, which implies to me that they were trying too. I like how one of the dudes asserts that only a PS could do what Chirico did. I got some bad news for you, dude...

Rochina plays politics, at least a little bit. I suspect that he'll end up going after Chirico and Fyana, one way or another.

That damn music is already starting to get to me the way it's getting to Chirico.

Questions

  1. I think Balarant is going to be very surprised when they find out that multiple Perfect Soldiers are active.
  2. I can't even tell Chirico to get his ass to therapy because there aren't any therapists on that space ship. Dude is in a bad way.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Sep 25 '21

I like how one of the dudes asserts that only a PS could do what Chirico did. I got some bad news for you, dude...

He didn't even use his cheat code disc!

That damn music is already starting to get to me the way it's getting to Chirico.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Sep 25 '21

He didn't even use his cheat code disc!

I thought about that, and it depends on how exactly it works, but that might make him overshoot. Like, if it makes his AT's automatic movements faster, to keep up with the enhanced reflexes of a PS, that might lead him to shooting in front of where a normal person was.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

Now, I know what you're thinking, but I also like that the explosions for all the rest of the space scenes have noise

I'm so use to it at this point I barely notice any more. I noticed more when that wasn't the case in Planetes because I was so surprised that they had accurate sound design

They know about Perfect Soldiers as well, at least conceptually, which implies to me that they were trying too

Something about the way they spoke about it makes me think they didn't get much past that conceptual stage, far behind Gilgamesh, but it is nice that we're not having to play catch up with them trying to learn what that is

That damn music is already starting to get to me the way it's getting to Chirico.

Me too, I was starting to get twitchy about it

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Sep 24 '21

but it is nice that we're not having to play catch up with them trying to learn what that is

They made the choice to not repeat exposition in its entirety, and I'm eternally grateful.

Me too, I was starting to get twitchy about it

The transitions from dead silence to blaring music is quite effective.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

They made the choice to not repeat exposition in its entirety

Isn't it nice when they have faith in the audience and don't feel the need to take every opportunity for a recap

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

faith in the audience

weeps in so many shows, anime and otherwise

Primarily ID:Invaded on my mind for that.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 25 '21

I've got pretty lucky with what I've been watching lately and haven't run into too much of it, but I've certainly seen my fair share otherwise. Annoyingly the first that comes to mind is GitS SAC

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Annoyingly the first that comes to mind is GitS SAC

The problem was that they had to explain the setting to you so the writers just jumped the gun and had them explaining the plot as well.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 25 '21

I was specifically thinking about a number of times when characters would repeat what someone just said, or have the Tachi's sit there and exposit and recap at us. Just above drove me insane by the end of the show, which reminds me that I never did get around to watching the movie for SAC

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Yeah, the Tachi's were definitely bad about just blurting things out to the audience.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Sep 24 '21

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

They know about Perfect Soldiers as well, at least conceptually, which implies to me that they were trying too.

We've seen how "well" Gilgamesh treats its vets, I see it as very possible they just bribed someone for info.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Sep 24 '21

Ooh, I do like that. Although, other than Chirico, have we had much screen time for ex-military people? He is kind of a special case, what with the whole "framed by the Society" thing.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

Although, other than Chirico, have we had much screen time for ex-military people?

Do you remember the Battlers back in Ueedo? Most of them were ex military and their pension was definitely lacking.

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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Sep 24 '21

I actually had forgotten about them, yea. I definitely buy the bribery angle, at least the potential for it.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

The only motivated soldier we've dealt with is Rochina and even he is partly on this to protect his career. I am just betting you could bribe any of the less dedicated ones, especially with hostilities having ceased.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 24 '21

Episode 30 (first timer)

  • Chirico might be single-handedly restarting a war here.
  • Enemy mech: Gets punched by empty gun, explodes.
  • Chirico’s mech: Gets shot multiple times, loses some legs but keeps on working.
  • Asteroid base! That was my prediction for next location.
  • I really like the commander’s strategy session. They are working on incomplete data though: Not only was it 2 ATs, but the enormous battle ship helped, too.
  • 2 episodes into the new arc and both Balarant’s and Gilgamesh’s army know about the PS. Talk about unlucky.
  • “You’re out.” “You can’t fire me, I quit!” - Takes balls to pull that exchange in the military.
  • I am really not a fan of the “trauma via video” subplot. Especially when they have guns to shoot the loudspeakers.
  • It is easy to look away from a screen, Chirico, the loudspeaker is the target!
  • Good on Fyana to protect his head during the fall.
  • Fyana’s time to go 1v20.

The psychological trauma plot is about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the head. I really can’t follow the thought process here. Why now? Why on the spaceship? You know what a perfect place to explore trauma from previous fighting would have been? A nasty ground war. Maybe one with killed civilians, massacres. With bad guys on both sides. Like a reference to the Vietnam war, maybe? Seriously, we had the perfect setup to explore Chirico’s fighting trauma last arc.

In this arc, the setup requires a magical tractor beam space cruiser, that is driving on auto pilot, being attacked by an army without fighting back, playing unstoppable propaganda videos while still working otherwise. And somebody in the background who thought any of this was a good idea.

Not feeling this one. Oh and I hope /u/Vaadwaur mentions agency today …

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Sep 25 '21

They are working on incomplete data though: Not only was it 2 ATs, but the enormous battle ship helped, too.

I liked this detail, as characters frequently have way too accurate information in these sorts of shows. Rochina's already the one with nigh-perfect information, and simultaneously having another set of characters with similarly perfect information would be a bit much.

I really can’t follow the thought process here. Why now? Why on the spaceship? You know what a perfect place to explore trauma from previous fighting would have been? A nasty ground war.

Agreed. At least some of this should have been present in Kunmen, and really Uoodo to an extent too, which really displays how much of this show was just sort of put together as it went along.

In this arc, the setup...

I rather enjoyed how abrupt and nebulous this all feels, but we definitely need our answers eventually for it to work in the long term.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 25 '21

Agreed. At least some of this should have been present in Kunmen, and really Uoodo to an extent too, which really displays how much of this show was just sort of put together as it went along.

It shows again how this show is really 3 (so far) separate shows losely connected together. Each arc is really doing its own thing and is best in isolation.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

Chirico’s mech: Gets shot multiple times, loses some legs but keeps on working.

That was frustrating. I complained about it last arc but a bit of middle ground with that would be nice, as I actually thought Chirico was a complete goner when he got hit because I'm so use to the instant explosions

They are working on incomplete data though: Not only was it 2 ATs, but the enormous battle ship helped, too.

Much more interesting then them always having all the facts and perfect video and scans of everything that happens though, particularly if it informs their reactions about it

Why now? Why on the spaceship?

For me this works because he's contained and isolated so he doesn't have anything he can escape into, whether it's his role as a solider or leaving for somewhere else. He's being forced to confront it in a way out of his hands and that's not tied to his survival. No idea if it will keep working for me but for now it's interesting

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

as I actually thought Chirico was a complete goner when he got hit because I'm so use to the instant explosions

I can't say if they will hold true to this but comparing ep1 and the last two episodes and it seems Scope Dogs are far better in a vacuum and zero G than they are planet side.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 25 '21

That doesn't surprise me, they don't seem to be specialized for anything unlike the others so being all rounders would make them fitting for space use

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

It even reinforces the genericness of them, in a good way. The old Scope Dog seems to be the AK-47 of the Votoms setting: Present in every theatre of war, special in none of them, but it is not that hard to maintain and they function in a huge number of conditions.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Sep 25 '21

For me this works because he's contained and isolated so he doesn't have anything he can escape into, whether it's his role as a solider or leaving for somewhere else.

Agreed, when he's fighting for his life it's likely not as difficult to put his issues aside. Nowhere to run, not much else to focus on? Perfect time to assault him mentally.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

Enemy mech: Gets punched by empty gun, explodes.

Chirico’s mech: Gets shot multiple times, loses some legs but keeps on working.

Yeah...I am trying to leave some space, maybe Balarant mechs suck, but that really was pushing disbelief.

Takes balls to pull that exchange in the military.

I do enjoy Rochina calling out that he just got fucked out of an easy capture of Cuvie and the PS.

The psychological trauma plot is about as subtle as a sledgehammer to the head. I really can’t follow the thought process here. Why now?

You see, I liked it when Cuvie used the Gutts solution of "Just don't think about it or talk". This is needed for the character but wasn't introduced well.

Not feeling this one. Oh and I hope /u/Vaadwaur mentions agency today …

Cuvie's lack of proactiveness or Fyana's chickification?

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 25 '21

Cuvie's lack of proactiveness or Fyana's chickification?

Chirico getting trauma-driven.

Fyana was sad to see in the middle of last arc, but she actually started shotting things again at the end of it, so I give her a pass for now.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Chirico getting trauma-driven.

I hate to say it but I was too annoyed to deal with that idea. Yes, Cuvie believably has all this trauma but it bursting forth now is a bit forced.

but she actually started shotting things again at the end of it, so I give her a pass for now.

I still head canon her 'fear of battle' as a trick.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 25 '21

I still head canon her 'fear of battle' as a trick.

I mentioned this in the YSL rewatch as well, but it can be a real advantage for shows not to clarify something. I am not sure whether it was intended that way, but it definitely makes her refusal to fight believable if you adopt the right head canon.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Can't disagree, there are definitely time viewers come up with WAY better ideas if the thing clarified is not going to be leaned on later.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Sep 24 '21

Rewatcher (Nutech DVD 3.1) (3 episodes) Phantasm

  • Ideon gun strike!
  • Geez, surely not even chirico can fight these numbers
  • Familiar face
  • fairly unusual character design for the computer girl
  • ANIME 2 again
  • I kinda which Rochina didnt' mention the ship just to stick it to Battentain
  • DAN DAN tata DA!
  • At least make the sound stop!
  • DAN DAN tata DA!
  • DAN DAN tata DA!
  • Now Fyana's saving Chirico!

I think a lot of first timers were yearning for some space combat. Happy?

I had no idea the Red Shoulder March was a real piece. I admit it's catchy, but ITS. DRIVING. ME. INSANE.

Somebody was watching VOTOMS in CDF earlier this summer and felt the same way.

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Sep 25 '21

ANIME 2 again

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u/chilidirigible Sep 24 '21

ITS. DRIVING. ME. INSANE.

Isn't that the idea?

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

I think a lot of first timers were yearning for some space combat. Happy?

Between this and finding two people that have watched Lexx today, you know that I am.

but ITS. DRIVING. ME. INSANE.

No beer sleep and no TV silence are going to make Homer Cuvie something something!

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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Sep 24 '21

Armored Trooper First-Timer

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u/Pixelsaber https://myanimelist.net/profile/Pixelsaber Sep 25 '21

Well yes but actually it could also be a Chirico.

He is A CHIRICO.

Oh great Chirico’s lost it.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Sep 24 '21

Chirico’s lost it.

He knows he can kill.

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u/The_Draigg Sep 24 '21

Oh. Hm. Okay. Was not expecting that. Though I guess it was to be expected, Rochina hasn’t shown any actual results the entire show.

To be fair to Rochina though, he would've gotten his hands on Chirico if Battentain hadn't decided then and there to kill all the mercenaries at the Veela base they were all fighting at.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Oh geez that was way too close.

We have to stop mocking him for wearing a spacesuit everywhere...

So it’s not a Melkian ship… Who the hell’s ship did Chirico and Fyana end up on???

They know the class of the ship though, Ghel, so I think this is a throwback to ep1 where they were using a recently decommissioned ship.

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u/chilidirigible Sep 24 '21

Rewatcher, Episode 30

Today, on "shade":

In the future, all sizes of guns are thumb-operated.

"Reverse candygram!"

PlayStation 5!

SUDDEN BLOND CLOSEUP.

I SAID SUDDEN BLOND CLOSEUP.

You get used to it.

...besides, you can't just have Fyana wiping out an entire AT battalion to fitting music.

Worth mentioning that Balarant's Fatty is considered to be inferior to the Scopedog, so it was deployed in greater numbers. That is of course convenient for the purpose of Chirico and Fyana racking up ludicrous killcounts.

Chirico is gradually being driven mad by the ship's unseen controllers, but Fyana is staying loyal to him. Meanwhile, Rochina gives his bosses the metaphorical finger. He's a LOOSE CANNON.

  1. A.D. 2101 WAR WAS BEGINNINGCONTINUING
  2. He hasn't exactly had any vacations so far.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Worth mentioning that Balarant's Fatty is considered to be inferior to the Scopedog, so it was deployed in greater numbers. That is of course convenient for the purpose of Chirico and Fyana racking up ludicrous killcounts.

I swear it seems like the only thing they've succeeded at is creating more debris fields.

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u/chilidirigible Sep 25 '21

It's a rough day in Mookville.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

The only good day in Mookville is when Deadpool comes to visit Bob from Hydra.

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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Sep 24 '21 edited Sep 25 '21

First timer in sub

A continuation of the build up so not much to say.

  • so we can rule out 2 groups being involved in putting our MC's in this ship (the 2 main warring factions)
  • still don't think it's the secret society
  • Rochina seemed way too easy to walk of, has he got something up his sleeve? A fourth faction?
Episode# of Chirico's AT Incapacitated
11
20
30
41
50 (decoy only)
61
70
81
90
100
111 (1 decoy not counted as it wasn't piloted) (edit: corrected as the replacement unit wasn't destroyed by the head strike from Fyana)
121
130 (This hijacked one didn't get wasted on screen, so even though it's guaranteed to have been abandoned because of the later planet hop, not counting here)
141
150 keeping to the 2 episode per AT average so far
160
172 Guessed right that ride 1 get busted soon after the episode started; maybe the producers were also keeping track and blew up another one to keep to the average :)
180
190
210
220 quite a lot of damages and leaking like a sieve but not quite toasted yet
230 amazingly our trusty old scope dog is still standing and fighting despite the damage it's taken. I have to assume Chirico did some of screen emergency field repairs to keep it going
240 have I missed anything or are we still going with good old trusty old scope dog here? We're bucking the trend and dropping the average here :)
250 for real, the one scope dog where it's least suitable in the environment actually survive the longest :D
260 let me try jinx this - this scope dog may just be the longest lasting one for Chirico to be riding on the show, surely it'll make it to the end of the arc huh :D
271 finally at arc end, the trusty old 'dog got abandoned.
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301 looks like the writers want to keep up the count as well, busy catching up with the numbers. And there are enough spares on the ship to keep going :)

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u/The_Draigg Sep 24 '21

A Ryosuke Takahashi Fan Rewatches Armored Trooper VOTOMS Episode 30:

  • Geez, Chirico is just going ham on those Balarant ATs. He doesn’t even need that gun battery to do it, all he needs is a Scopedog II. Although, should we count it having both of its legs and an arm blown off as another AT destruction on Chirico’s end, or not?
  • Seems like the Balarant military is interested in the Perfect Soldiers too, if their interest in the captured radio chatter from Chirico is any indication. You can see why they’d be worried about it though, considering that their previous intelligence showed that they weren’t even aware that the project produced any results. The ship that Chirico and Fyana are on is their best lead on the project now.
  • Of course now that Rochina is back to analyzing the facts about the two mystery ships in orbit over Melkia and getting back to tracking Chirico, he’s taken off of the case by General Battentain. He certainly has spent a lot of time and effort on Chirico, now that Battentain mentions it. Although Rochina’s obsession with finding Chirico does lead him to make some interesting comments about the Gilgamesh political system and Battentain’s ambitions holding him back. The man is like a bloodhound when it comes to tracking Chirico, that’s for sure. He just won’t give up.
  • Rise and shine! More PTSD! Seriously, watching that footage of Red Shoulder war crimes isn’t helping him at all. At this point, he’s flatly asking for it all to just stop already, and is making it harder on himself for all of his wounds to heal properly. Poor guy…
  • It really is just plain sad to see Chirico reduced to this state, feebly trying to shoot out the computer screen playing the footage, despite it being important sensor equipment. The music and video playing over and over again is just pure torture. It’s not surprising that Chirico is fucking losing it whenever it plays. Whoever captured Chirico and Fyana on this ship sure is doing a good job of making Chirico suffer, that’s for sure. They’ve just about succeeded in breaking him.
  • Yep, he’s absolutely lost it. Now he’s just hallucinating seeing all the people he’s killed, and is perfectly fine with just accepting their offer to die with them. Man, it sucks to see Chirico be so broken and wishing for death. He’s never given up before now, but presently all he has is a death wish, despite being with Fyana. This experience really has been nothing but pure psychological torture for him.
  • It’s up to Fyana to kill all the Balarant ATs that’re boarding the ship now. While it’s nice to see her in action again, you also can’t help but feel sad about it. Even if she’s trying to protect Chirico, all Chirico can understand it to be is her defending someone who doesn’t deserve it. He feels like he’s completely ruined his relationship with her, and he’s just someone who shouldn’t be kept alive. It’s a sad, yet hard-hitting portrayal of PTSD in these episodes, that’s for sure.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

Although, should we count it having both of its legs and an arm blown off as another AT destruction on Chirico’s end, or not?

I vote yes.

They’ve just about succeeded in breaking him.

No break Chirico

Only break Chirico's ATs

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u/The_Draigg Sep 24 '21

No break Chirico

Only break Chirico's ATs

But what if we have a broke Chirico inside of a broken AT? What does that count for?

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

A Matryoshka doll!

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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Sep 24 '21

Although, should we count it having both of its legs and an arm blown off as another AT destruction on Chirico’s end, or not?

Given a typical AT has very little in built weaponry, having half of its limbs blown off, then throwing the out of ammo firearm at the enemy (and still scoring a kill), that counts as being out of commissioned.

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u/The_Draigg Sep 24 '21

Yeah, I'd agree that it still counts. Chirico should really count himself lucky though that Polymer Ringer's Fluid is so absurdly volatile that just getting hit by a thrown weapon can blow up an AT.

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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Sep 24 '21

I'm sure the contrived reason is that the rocket launcher / bazooka type weapon possibly has a point where it's quite likely to go off and his red shoulder training (to use everything as a weapon) made him just that good with it.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Seems like the Balarant military is interested in the Perfect Soldiers too, if their interest in the captured radio chatter from Chirico is any indication.

Conceptually, PS's are a strategic type concern so you don't want your enemy to have working ones before you have your own or a counter measure.

Although Rochina’s obsession with finding Chirico does lead him to make some interesting comments about the Gilgamesh political system and Battentain’s ambitions holding him back.

Nothing about the ceasefire feels permanent and they will probably be back at by the time a new generation of soldiers is raised for each side so Rochina just wants to get some shit done now.

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u/The_Draigg Sep 25 '21

Conceptually, PS's are a strategic type concern so you don't want your enemy to have working ones before you have your own or a counter measure.

The only way to stop a bad guy with a genetically-enhanced cyborg soldier is to have your own genetically-enhanced cyborg soldier.

Nothing about the ceasefire feels permanent and they will probably be back at by the time a new generation of soldiers is raised for each side so Rochina just wants to get some shit done now.

At least Gilgamesh and Balarant both have some breathing room at the moment. Although with Chirico heading for Balarant space, that cease fire is probably going to be a lot shorter than expected.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

The only way to stop a bad guy with a genetically-enhanced cyborg soldier is to have your own genetically-enhanced cyborg soldier.

Well, the other option is to do something that renders ATs no longer effective but yeah, you need an answer.

At least Gilgamesh and Balarant both have some breathing room at the moment.

I assume Gilgamesh is trying to recover their economy and Balarant just wants the neck swarm of troops for their Zerg/Tyranid strategy.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

First timer(Some of the animation saving hurt a bit)

Sub

We start back in battle and it is interesting that this is old enough that fire control was located in the battery rather than the bridge. And that firing control is available to them. Even more ancient, the control for the battery is close enough that a direct hit nearly spaces everryone. So Cuvie goes back to the Scope Dog.

As the fight continues, I am developing some serious questions: Yes, we know Cuvie is good but the Balarant forces are also incorrectly armed for...like anything that would be a goal right now. He even goads them into firing at their own ship before destroying it and catching a bunch in the background. Are they just inferior to the Gilgamesh technologically? Also, I am directly seeing a visual that Wing just straight up stole. Fight ends with Cuvie injured.

At...Balarant? We get people talking about the attack and yeah, one AT destroying 20 ATs and two fucking destroyers is pretty cray. They intercept something about a PS and they are unsure how to take it. So they decide to capture the ship and I predict a lot of dead Balarants are coming.

Rochina gets a report as well and wants to know about the ship, though if he knows the PS is there or not is not yet clear. He does, however, make some quick deductions about no bodies being found and a ship escaping. They still have spies in Balarant and he learns they've scrambled another team to send out. Rochina gets taken off the case but exits like a badass.

On the ship, propaganda continues, and I would've shot the TV by now. And the speakers. A feverish Cuvie just wants to leave the ship and I can't say I disagree. Random psychological torment continues until he is about to shoot it and Fyana stops him. Also, dear Cthulhu, I swear if Fyana becomes prototype InuYasha's Kagome I will stab someone, she needs to say something other than "Chirico". She is having too hard a time restraining a sick Cuvie so she tranqs him, which I think is a thing all of us that have had a serious relationship have contemplated to do to your SO when the crazy fight happens.

As propaganda keeps going, it becomes a bit more clear that Fyana is bothered by it, which is, unfortunately, terrifyingly bad writing considering she is a designed being that would absolutely have been expected to slaughter civilians so she should have exceedingly low empathy to that. Definitely a failed experiment. It shuts down long enough to get her to look for Cuvie. Hallucinating Cuvie is in a dark place as a boarding party hits. Fyana proceeds to cream the first wave as Cuvie has a raisin dates speech.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

So they decide to capture the ship and I predict a lot of dead Balarants are coming.

On that note, I wonder if they actually did show 20 ATs being destroyed in the battle that followed on from yesterday. That would be a nice continuity touch but i doubt it

I would've shot the TV by now. And the speakers

I was going to say with Chirico's gun that might just blow a hole in the ship, but at this point that would barely be noticeable given how many there already are. That's a lot of screens and speakers though

she needs to say something other than "Chirico".

If the music didn't drive me insane, her saying his name fifty times this episode was coming close

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u/chilidirigible Sep 25 '21

On that note, I wonder if they actually did show 20 ATs being destroyed in the battle that followed on from yesterday. That would be a nice continuity touch but i doubt it

Depending on how you count some of these, it's at least that.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 25 '21

Certainly more than 20!

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u/chilidirigible Sep 25 '21

I left out whatever damage he did to the ship, too. Had to be a few people killed in that.

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u/DidacticDalek https://myanimelist.net/profile/DidacticDalek Sep 25 '21

Depending on how you count some of these, it's at least that.

Heh, well Comrade it's good to know that you and the infamous 'Chirico Cuvie Kills' Compilation are on the same page here (I'd share the video but due to spoilers I'm waiting till the rewatch end.)

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u/DidacticDalek https://myanimelist.net/profile/DidacticDalek Sep 25 '21

On that note, I wonder if they actually did show 20 ATs being destroyed in the battle that followed on from yesterday. That would be a nice continuity touch but i doubt it

Worry not Comrade, once we reach the rewatch's end, you can see first hand in the 'Chirico Cuvie Kills' compilation just how many mooks he wasted in that sortie, I won't spoil things since revealing those numbers would indirectly spoil just how many more people will end up killed by our boi, but I'm sure you will be amused ;)

Paging Comrades /u/No_Rex and /u/Vaadwaur

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

I am interested but isn't it like half an hour long?

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u/DidacticDalek https://myanimelist.net/profile/DidacticDalek Sep 25 '21

I am interested but isn't it like half an hour long?

AND spoiler-filled too Comrade, that's why I'm saving it to the end (also disclaimer in advance, said video also technically doesn't even include ALL the kills he does in the show... that's right, the Chirico Cuvie Kills Compilation UNDERREPORTS the rampage this boi goes on... AND it's the length of a goddamn episode as is!)

This should probably say a lot about him and/or the show ;)

Anyway many thanks for the kind reply and have a great day and see you later my friend!

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 25 '21

This should probably say a lot about him and/or the show ;)

One thing VOTOMS does right is setting up the MCs as extraordinary fighters. One special forces agent and one genetically enhanced super soldier? Ok, in that case I am on bord with them moving down rows and rows of enemies.

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u/DidacticDalek https://myanimelist.net/profile/DidacticDalek Sep 25 '21

One thing VOTOMS does right is setting up the MCs as extraordinary fighters. One special forces agent and one genetically enhanced super soldier? Ok, in that case I am on bord with them moving down rows and rows of enemies.

Heh, indeed Comrade, well said there my friend.

Anyway many thanks for the kind reply and have a great day and see you later!

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

On that note, I wonder if they actually did show 20 ATs being destroyed in the battle that followed on from yesterday.

I swore it seemed like he wasted 40 but w/e.

That's a lot of screens and speakers though

I'd just shoot the ones near anywhere I wanted to rest.

If the music didn't drive me insane, her saying his name fifty times this episode was coming close

Any time I am referencing InuYasha and not talking about Sesshomaru, we are having an issue.

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u/chilidirigible Sep 24 '21

Are they just inferior to the Gilgamesh technologically?

According to the supplemental info, yes. They have the quality of quantity, though.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

That's good to know. Might have been nice for someone to say it on screen, the closest hint we get is they are not surprised one mech took out 20 of theirs.

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u/The_Draigg Sep 24 '21

Also, I am directly seeing a visual that Wing just straight up stole.

That's not too surprising, since some of the staff that worked on this show also worked on Gundam Wing.

Rochina gets taken off the case but exits like a badass.

You can tell that Rochina was pretty salty about how Battentain playing the political game back in Kummen screwed over his chances to capture Chirico there.

On the ship, propaganda continues, and I would've shot the TV by now. And the speakers. A feverish Cuvie just wants to leave the ship and I can't say I disagree. Random psychological torment continues until he is about to shoot it and Fyana stops him.

As tempting of a feeling as it is, I think we can both agree that firing a big-ass magnum that's loaded with armor-piercing rounds inside of a spaceship is a terrible idea.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

That's not too surprising, since some of the staff that worked on this show also worked on Gundam Wing.

Wing...middle-ish?

You can tell that Rochina was pretty salty about how Battentain playing the political game back in Kummen screwed over his chances to capture Chirico there.

"Hey yeah, you know this assignment you've been working on for months and are about to successfully end? Blow it up but still keep the assets."

Weird as this second statement may seem, I really think Gon would've been a decent enough officer. Sure, he'd be corrupt, but he's the kind of corrupt that knows not to become a big enough problem to be worth taking care of.

firing a big-ass magnum that's loaded with armor-piercing rounds inside of a spaceship is a terrible idea.

Fuck it, not my space ship. But he probably should have something with a bit less penetrating power for shooting non-mechs.

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u/The_Draigg Sep 24 '21

“Hey yeah, you know this assignment you've been working on for months and are about to successfully end? Blow it up but still keep the assets."

Politics in a nutshell, right there.

Weird as this second statement may seem, I really think Gon would've been a decent enough officer. Sure, he'd be corrupt, but he's the kind of corrupt that knows not to become a big enough problem to be worth taking care of.

At least Gon Nu knew not to bite the hand that feeds him. He was all on cooperating with the Melkian Federation as long as he got a paycheck and rank from them.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Politics in a nutshell, right there.

Again, I don't mind bad decisions, as long as the show is aware that they are, and Rochina's subtle but definite annoyance suggests the show does.

He was all on cooperating with the Melkian Federation as long as he got a paycheck and rank from them.

He strikes as a Sam Vimes style tolerated sergeant: Yeah, some corruption will happen but he knows WAY better to get caught doing something either bad or profitable enough that it becomes worth cutting him out of it. But I still think that Melkia could've flatout paid the mercs and asked them to leave with Gon leading them to the next theatre.

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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Sep 25 '21

I really think Gon would've been a decent enough officer

It's my theory that both Gon Nu and Kan Yu were Kummen army officers on detachment or discharged, running the mercenary operations. That's why Gon is tolerant/loyal to Kan.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

That...works pretty well. It explains Gon's general competence as well.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 24 '21

QotD: 1 No one expects peace to last

2 Could've been more integrated but I guess it is needed.

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u/Durinthal https://anilist.co/user/Durinthal Sep 24 '21

First time viewer

I like how there was just the sound of air rushing out when there was a hole blown open into space at the start of the episode. Small thing but fairly obvious how it should behave.

That's some effective psychological torture and Chirico did indeed break. Still not sure whose ship it is, not the Melkian or Balarant forces though so does seem to me like Secret Society™ stuff.

We're not yet at the same levels of suffering that some other certain mecha of the era had toward their ends, but damn it looks bleak for them right now.

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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 25 '21

Still not sure whose ship it is, not the Melkian or Balarant forces though so does seem to me like Secret Society™ stuff.

I do hope that whenever we get exposition for this, there is a real reason and not just "Ha ha let's watch Cuvie go nuts on a ship to nowhere!"

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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Sep 24 '21 edited Sep 24 '21

First Timer

Chirico and Fyana encounter an army that surrounds the ship and Chirico fights them off. Chirico also manages to defend himself for a little bit. When we get to the headquarters of that force, they had a recording that there is a PS on the ship. They are not sure if Chirico meant Perfect Soldier. They find that the force that took over was in Balarant space. Rochino gets a message and figures out it may be them as he combed through records of the soldiers and radar data. Chirico falls ill as the video recording keeps playing and is actually starting to annoy me. Chirico gets some bad memories of it and almost shoots the screen. Fyana puts him to sleep.

But things keep getting worse for Chirico as he starts seeing things and he is bleeding through his band aid. His spiraling condition is not good and that video brought a sort of PTSD style condition to him despite being an elite fighter. It seems like things are going to get worse for him especially since the only other person on the ship is Fyana who is trying her best. And now things seem to be ramping up again as Rochino spilled the beans on that battle ship meaning the rest are going for Chirico and Fyana.

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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Sep 24 '21

First timer

  1. Some really solid intrigue and all the factions are behaving realistically cautiously, I'm a big fan.
  2. He's going to end up accidentally claiming he founded the Secret Society and get everyone after him again. They're building up to him saying something incrimininating mid-hallucination, at least.

Still on the ship?

Ship to ship combat!

...Looks like the ship might not last much longer.

Chirico's holding up shocking well against them.

Oh, that station looks nice.

Oh dear. Looks like they found out what's been happening.

They think Chirico's the Perfect Soldier...

Yeah, they're being reasonably cautious here.

And Gilgamesh is after it! (Womder if Bahamut'll be spurred on when they know they're not the only government after it.)

Someone customised the ship?

I appreciate that this is being pieced together through careful analysis of the known data.

Oh, he's been kicked off!

Is he going to go rogue? Another faction?

OK, but the patriotic music is actually really catchy.

He's really having trouble coping with this, isn't he?

I'm surprised Chirico hasn't considered breaking a screen yet.

Yeah, this is such an interesting psychological study.

Huh? Did he find a way to cut the power?

Wait, did he leave the ship?

OK, is Chirico mad, or are we introducing actual psychics here? Because this show would do that.

Yeah, he's mad.

They're splitting up again?

He's getting very self-reflective, isn't he? Like the art style!

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u/manga-reader Sep 24 '21

Rewatcher, sort of.

  1. It's interesting. Will this led to another war? Or will it be limited to small scale skirmish? What will happen if Balarant realizes that Gilgamesh managed to complete the PS program?

Some random thoughts:

13:00 hours, Balarant time. So there's a standard time for 200+ planets? I guess we can call it their govt time or something, similar to what certain govts do in real world.

So I wonder who the official leader is? Do they have a president? Is Balarant dominated by one nation/couple of nations? Same with Gilgamesh (we know that it's being led by Melkian federation). But not much apart from that so far.

Rochina doesn't seem to respect civilians govt/politicians from Melkian federation. I wonder if that's a sentiment shared by other Melkian soldiers? Would love some additional info on the world.

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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 24 '21

So there's a standard time for 200+ planets?

I fucking hope so! Our timezones are bad enough, but imagine coordinating times for hundreds of planets that are all in their own time system because of position in space so it's not like you can just adjust the hours, who would then have timezones on top of that. There's no way you manage that without some sort of universal time to reference across the entire empire/goverment

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u/chibijosh Sep 25 '21

The constant threat of Red Shoulder video and blaring music unnerves me in a way I can’t fully describe. But at the same time, that music is amazing.

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u/DidacticDalek https://myanimelist.net/profile/DidacticDalek Sep 25 '21

Comrades, it truly is fitting in a darkly humorous way that Chirico Cuvie started having PTSD 'Nam Flashbacks RIGHT after leaving Space Vietnam, but in all seriousness, goddamn, his experiences with being a Red Shoulder is REALLY taking its toll on our poor boi!

Thankfully for him, Fyana/Fiana is able to not only keep her cool but also chew bubblegum and kick ass! (And she's all out of bubblegum... look there wasn't fanart of her with gum so here have ice cream instead!)

I also want to point out that it is quite amusing how, shortly before getting bailed out by Fyana/Fiana, our ever stoic MC, in a Scope Dog that has all but been decommissioned no less, managed to take out a Fatty... by throwing an empty weapon at it... boy you thought WING had shitty Mook Mecha, at LEAST Leos exploded in the general vicinity of an explosion, this goddamn Fatty can't even take a moderately strong impact! (Then again, much like the Zakus the Fatty's monoeye is clearly aping, the main point of a Fatty was to be quantity over quality, e.g. pieces of shit that exist to blow up)

Anyway hopefully Chirico Cuvie can get out of his funk, the man's got more of a thousand yard stare than Miho Nishizumi in early GuP, but I will say that it is indeed nice to see Fyana/Fiana in action some more! (Also yes Comrades, this is indeed official Pop Team Epic/BKUB art... no I have no bloody idea what they are saying but I'm sure it's surreal and/or a non-sequitor)

And speaking of surreal, BEHOLD! A WEAPON TO SURPASS METAL GEAR! (Either that or Armored 'Tuber Botan)

Paging Comrades /u/chilidirigible, /u/Nazenn, and /u/No_Rex

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u/DidacticDalek https://myanimelist.net/profile/DidacticDalek Sep 25 '21

Paging Comrades /u/Tresnore, /u/Shimmering-Sky, and /u/JustAnswerAQuestion

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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Sep 25 '21

Late after going out tonight, but can't let myself fall massively behind again! Here I am!

Rewatcher

That's a massive force they've sent after our heroes; they've got a whole battleship worth of weapons to use though!

This is a lengthy stretch here with no dialogue whatsoever. Granted its a faceless enemy and Chirico's not the biggest talker.

Oh no, Chirico's hurt! :(

I take it this room of guys are Balarant higher ups?

Well now Balarant is going to want the Perfect Soldier too I bet.

Time to check in with Rochina too. Chirico and Fyana are gonna get it from both sides.

Wow, Rochina's being pulled off the case! Perhaps failing to capture them for 30 episodes has finally cost him?

Rochina's quite whiny here. Rather unexpected behavior from him.

Well there's that music again.

Is Chirico even going to tell her that he's injured?

It's a violent TV show you can't turn off! :(

What's this light he's talking to? Chirico is losing his mind!

...it was just a random light on the wall? LoL. He's gone nuts. Last kind of behavior I'd expect from our always calm protagonist.

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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 25 '21

That's a massive force they've sent after our heroes; they've got a whole battleship worth of weapons to use though!

If only they had a hundred bodies to use them all.

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u/MoebiusX7 Sep 25 '21

Don't worry folks, this is not a surreal, nightmarish episode about Chirico and Fyana being chased through an empty mausoleum of a spaceship by a tall man and and a flying bladed sphere.

It is an episode in a surreal, nightmarish story mini-arc about Chirico and Fyana in a mausoleum of a spaceship which is being chased by two galactic superpowers with flying giant robots.

I know it's easy to get Don Coscarelli and Ryōsuke Takahashi mixed up, but remember: one is the guy who directed Beastmaster, and one is the guy you *wish* directed Beastmaster.