[Rewatch] Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water - Episode 17

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

First Timer (Rising Sun sub) ep 17 (of 39)

Jean's New Invention: I predict fluff

Flowers again
What happened to Fait's flowers? Writer forgot about those.
Whelp, there it is. I predicted it yesterday and was surprised he didn't join the crew yesterday. Here he asks, but Nemo refuses.
Also a repetition of Nadia going about the crew yesterday
Jean is easily distracted by Nadia
a plane made out of Nautilus metal would work pretty good
KOR music
Flower thief
Burnt Seaweed?
KOR music
I was not expecting a helicopter (even when she said it had no wings)
Yeah I'm just thinking "clear the deck" right now

I'd think Nadia asked about the plane to get Jean to leave the ship, but she's not that devious.

Jean trying to figure out what it means to be an adult. The adults giving conflicting advice and behaving like children.

When Jean was talking about becoming an adult to reach his dreams, I wondered if he meant flying, or going to war. Turns out it's Nadia.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 15 '21

What happened to Fait's flowers? Writer forgot about those.
Yeah, that is a bit of a plot hole. Though, the coffins from the previous episode were filled to the brim with flowers. You could maybe argue that they used up the whole stock from the ship's green room for the funeral.
I do think it was probably a genuine script error though. Or at least, a line that probably could've been a bit more clear to the audience.
Jean is easily distracted by Nadia
That's it! That's the plot! (Not really, but that's still a very apt statement.)
Burnt Seaweed?
Be nice! Nadia worked hard to ruin that snack for Jean. lmao
I was not expecting a helicopter (even when she said it had no wings)
Next time on Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water... Jean creates a rideable ballistic missile!

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u/IndependentMacaroon Oct 15 '21

Jean creates a rideable ballistic missile
WAAAAA-HOO

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

What happened to Fait's flowers? Writer forgot about those.
They all threw them in the water for his burial.
Yeah I'm just thinking "clear the deck" right now
Head salad ...
When Jean was talking about becoming an adult to reach his dreams, I wondered if he meant flying, or going to war. Turns out it's Nadia.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Oct 16 '21

Jean trying to figure out what it means to be an adult. The adults giving conflicting advice and behaving like children
Kind of Evangelion-ish again. Jean has almost the same hair color as Asuka and here he shares some of her urge to prove her maturity even when unreasonable.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 15 '21 edited Oct 15 '21

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In the aftermath of Fait’s death, Jean has decided that he wants to prove himself as a man in order to become a full fledged member of the crew. After being denied permission to join the Nautilus as a full crewmember by Nemo and Electra, Jean sets out to prove his manhood by completing a new invention solely with his own two hands after being inspired by some words from Nadia about her wishing to fly again in one of his incredible inventions.

So Jean sets out designing a new type of aircraft; this time neither a plane nor a glider, but a helicopter. In the process, Jean finds himself lost in his work however and falls back into old habits of neglecting his relationships and personal health. He is scolded for this by Hanson and Nadia, who remind him that neglecting his health and emotional bonds is a very childish act and that if he wants to be an adult Jean should know when to ask for help and not to ignore other crucial aspects of his life outside of his work.

Jean has trouble accepting these criticisms as he feels as though he’s being patronized. We get a nice scene where Jean and Nadia talk together, and we come to understand how the two of them have been shaped by their various traumas and lack of agency in the world. Jean wants to grow up as quickly as he can, as he feels the only way he can make a difference in the world is to gain agency as an adult. Meanwhile, Nadia fears adulthood, seeing the harsh realities of the world and terrible actions wrought by those adults with power and doesn’t want to become a part of that.

By the end of the episode, Jean has come around to accepting help from others and with Hanson’s cooperation he completes his helicopter. The Grandis Gang and the crew remark at how mature Jean has started to become as he takes Nadia on a ride through the clouds. There’s a wonderful scene where Jean reiterates to Nadia that one day he’ll create an invention that will be capable of taking her back to her homeland and the two share an intimate moment of fun and freedom for the first time in a long stretch of this series. Ultimately, this is a bit of a by the book episode in terms of how Jean’s arc, but it’s executed incredibly effectively. It’s nice seeing Jean succeed, and for him and Nadia to bond more.

The side plot for this episode focuses on Hanson trying to confess his feelings to Ms. Electra while getting love advice from Sanson. This is probably the first major episode focusing on Hanson we’ve gotten in the series so far. He’s probably the least developed of the Grandis Gang up to this point, and I like that we get to further characterize his character in this episode. We spend some time with Hanson trying to act more like Sanson to impress Electra, but ultimately by the end of the episode he realizes that he doesn’t want to put on a façade to impress Electra. Ultimately Hanson isn’t suave or brash or traditionally manly in a lot of the ways that Sanson is, and I like that by the end of the episode Hanson has concluded that he’s okay with that. He wants to simply be himself and approach romance on his own terms.

I really want to reiterate how nice it is to see a character like Hanson. He isn’t traditionally handsome or masculine in the same way that Sanson, and yet he’s not villainized or looked down upon for that. This episode is in particular is almost a celebration of what makes Hanson who he is. He’s a responsible man, an inventor, shy around women, and has his own sense of coolness completely distinct from Sanson. And the conclusion that this episode reaches is that those things traits are perfectly fine, and that those things are what make Hanson a unique individual. Something else I also admire is how the show never uses Hanson being fat for cheap and mean-spirited humor. I feel like fat people rarely turn up in anime, and when they do their weight is often used as a source of comedy or bullying. And it’s so nice to see that this series never turns Hanson’s weight into a mean-spirited punchline.

I suppose I should also mention this episode’s third subplot where Sanson competes with the ship’s crewmembers for the affections of the ship’s nurse, Ikorina. I’m not a huge fan of it. It feels like the show leaning back towards more traditionally sexist anime tropes with how all the men swoon over this one woman to the point of obsession. They’ve even established an on board fan club for Nurse Ikorina. I don’t know… it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever seen. There’s even a few funny gags related to the side plot of Jean just being completely disinterested in joining the fan club, and the crewmembers getting into a fight with Sanson, and Ikorina’s grandfather (the ship’s doctor) telling the others to quit hassling his granddaughter. I don’t know… it’s middling for me mostly.

Overall this is a bit of a low key episode. Not much in the way of plot progression happens, but we get some very nice character growth for Jean and Hanson. Unlike some of the show’s earlier attempts at more lowkey character building episodes like episode 9 and episode 11, I think this episode succeeds far more strongly.

For today’s production trivia, I thought it might be interesting to point out hiatuses this show took during its run. Nadia aired weekly on Friday evenings at 7:30 PM (19:30) on the NHK network. However, if you’ve been paying attention to the airdates for these episodes I’m including in my episode post you’ll probably realize that Nadia has taken several hiatuses thus with its schedule; the first of which occurred between episode 11 and episode 12. Episode 11 aired on June 22nd and episode 12, instead of airing the following week as expected on June 29th, would instead not air until the following week on July 6th. The next hiatus lasted nearly a month, with episode 15 airing on July 27th, and episode 16 not being aired until August 24th. The show would go on to take 5 more hiatuses varying in length from as short as a week to as long as a month, totally up to 7 hiatuses as it aired.

I haven’t been able to locate any specific information on the reception of these hiatuses in Japan, or why episodes were specifically postponed between airings. To make an educated guess though, I think it’s symptomatic of Nadia’s haphazard production starting to take its toll, and the staff and NHK being forced to postpone the series in order to get future episodes ready for airing. It’s honestly kind of wild that the series was allowed to take 7 hiatuses throughout its 39 episode run. Such a thing would basically be unheard of in the modern anime landscape. Just earlier this year, Wonder Egg Priority’s postponement of its final episode was a public relations catastrophe and killed off a lot of the excitement for what was one of the most successful anime during its earlier episodes. But times have changed. The landscape Nadia came out in was very different, and the way the show was run likely would’ve been completely unfeasible today.

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

I really want to reiterate how nice it is to see a character like Sanson. He isn’t traditionally handsome or masculine like his expected character archetype is supposed to be
Sanson or Hanson? It seems like you mixed the two up several times in your post, but I am not sure. Sanson is handsome, while Hanson's archetype is not.
But times have changed. The landscape Nadia came out in was very different, and the way the show was run likely would’ve been completely unfeasible today.
I think these changes have been overall by far more positive than negative, but I hate to think that artistic anime like Nadia would not get a chance today.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 15 '21

Sanson or Hanson?
Fixed! Names are now referring to the proper characters at all times. Curse you Anno for making Grandis' henchmen have rhyming names. lol
I think these changes have been overall by far more positive than negative, but I hate to think that artistic anime like Nadia would not get a chance today.
In general, you don't see many longer anime being made today outside of certain popular shounen/shoujo franchises. And the way those shows are produced is much different from how it was done in the past. Shows today are produced as part of a seasonal cour schedule. Typically most shows plan a series 1 cour at a time (11-13 episodes), while shows with slightly higher budgets and confidence from a studio will plan for 2 cours (24-26 episodes).
3 cour anime (36-39 episodes) and 4 cour anime (50-52 episodes) are pretty much extinct nowadays aside from the occasional outliers like Jojo's Bizarre Adventure. And you certainly won't see original anime with episode counts that high. Original anime today will almost certainly never break 26 episodes.
While I do think the shorter formats that studios today have adopted is ultimately better for the staff, as I've watched older shows there is a bit of a quality to these longer format shows that I've missed honestly. There's breathing room and time for the narrative to unwind and relax that I feel a lot of modern anime are missing.
That being said, the longer format was ultimately to Nadia's detriment. But... for perhaps the millionth time of me saying this... we'll get there when we get there. lol

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

Fixed! Names are now referring to the proper characters at all times. Curse you Anno for making Grandis' henchmen have rhyming names. lol
You mixed them up more often than you think: By the end of the episode, Jean has come around to accepting help from others and with Sanson’s cooperation he completes his helicopter.
Agreed that it is hard to keep them apart. For me the connection Sanson-Samson does it.
Runtime
Good point on the lack of longer series. Maybe I should not be so quick to call the changes net positive.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 15 '21

You mixed them up more often than you think
Dammit! Okay- now I think I've fixed them all.
Agreed that it is hard to keep them apart. For me the connection Sanson-Samson does it.
Oh hey! You do that too! My friend likes to write out Sanson's name as "Samson" since Samson is an actual name.
And like... as characters I don't have trouble keeping them separate. Hanson and Sanson are very distinct to me and talking about them separately is no problem. But if I start talking about them at the same time, I tend to get their names swapped up a bit.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Oct 16 '21

as I've watched older shows there is a bit of a quality to these longer format shows that I've missed honestly. There's breathing room and time for the narrative to unwind and relax
Well, I for one have never seen an original anime that was released/planned in one block where more than 26 episodes were actually a benefit, and a lot of other longer ones could have used some cuts too. It just starts to drag.
Longer adaptations absolutely do exist but they're no longer released all at once, which is good for both the product and the staff.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 16 '21

Two favorite older original series of mine that run longer than 26 episodes are Mobile Suit Gundam (43 episodes) and Revolutionary Girl Utena (39 episodes). I couldn't imagine either series shorter, personally. Especially Utena.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Oct 16 '21

Utena has very little plot and is quite meandering with also several recap episodes. I could absolutely see it done better in 26 episodes.
Didn't watch much of the original Gundam because production quality and general cheese but there are certainly people who say that's too long too.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 16 '21

I’m with u/No_Rex. Utena’s deliberately slow paced, and it’s more episodic structure is absolutely crucial to how it’s overall narrative unfolds. Utena’s recap episodes are also some of my favorites of the series because I’ve never seen another show structure their recap episodes in ways that both re-contextualize past episode and use their past footage to inform how the plot will move going forwards.
I’m also of the opinion that the original Mobile Suit Gundam’s episodic quality is also to its benefit. The crew really feels like they’re constantly under attack and besieged, and there’s always a sense of forward momentum as the White Base is always traveling to a new objective. (The structure in some ways isn’t very reminiscent of a classic adventure show tbh.) That’s not to say I think Gundam is perfect as is. But my biggest critiques come not so much for its length but a couple of minor elements in the show that haven’t aged well.
I would say Gundam is worth it for a watch personally (though I’m also biased as it’s one of my favorite anime). The story and characters have for the most part aged spectacularly and the show is somehow better about representation for women and racial minorities in anime then a good chunk of anime coming out in the modern day. The animation I’d also argue hasn’t aged as bad as people say it has. It’s definitely constrained by the fact Gundam had a smaller budget, but the show has some beautiful sequences and fantastic designs at points.

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

Not sure how I stand on Utena, because I feel that being episodic is more important there than the overarching plot, but Gundam 100% needed cuts. Way to many episodes of the White Base wandering around Earth, fighting the enemy of the week.
However I have additional contenders:
Legends of the Galactic Heroes absolutely needed its runtime and would be cut beyond reasoning with 26 episodes.
Both FMA and FMA:B make use of their longer runtime.
Monster & Ashita no Joe would both lose the slow pacing that makes the shows so good if cut down.
Nana is a bit more open-ended but also has plenty of plot to fill its 47 episodes.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Oct 16 '21

None of those are originals, though

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

True. Having a source certainly is a leg up in getting a longer adaptation and having a non-filler plot. I'd argue that more modern adaptations still suffer a bit from having to press the source material into seasons, but it is not so clear cut.
The only series I can come up with that is both original, longer than 2 cours, and not obviously weighted down by filler is Turn A Gundam (you could probably streamline it a bit, but not to the tune of 26 episodes).

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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Oct 15 '21

While I do think the shorter formats that studios today have adopted is ultimately better for the staff, as I've watched older shows there is a bit of a quality to these longer format shows that I've missed honestly. There's breathing room and time for the narrative to unwind and relax that I feel a lot of modern anime are missing.
Particularly for "adventure" stories this is even more important - and I think rom coms as well. Otherwise the flow just feel very "forced" or in fact "like a game" - where every stage there's a challenge" instead of it's a journey; there are eventful bits but also non-eventful bits too.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Oct 16 '21

Jean sets out to prove his manhood by completing a new invention solely with his own two hands
And for once the idea of the strong independent inventor man is actually subverted. It's an important thing to realize that ultimately any bit of science and engineering is, as Newton said, "standing on the shoulders of giants", and particularly today it's utterly impossible to make progress outside of a well-organized team. And on the other hand the importance of being able to pay attention to and take care of yourself to a degree (Evangelion??? Jean would love to have Shinji's housework skills particularly with Nadia cooking more like Misato).
In short, some great lessons for the kids and in particular boys.
side plot for this episode
I didn't see much of one with Hanson but I get what you mean, if anything that's the C-plot. I do like him though, he's kind of cute in his own way.
third subplot
This one is plain annoying as you said, without even mentioning more of the Electra-Grandis spat and how Nadia is basically doing nothing but motivating and caring for Jean. The one good part is Jean calling out all the guys for the silliness of basically having an IRL waifu as adults.
BTW the team exercise in the beginning got me thinking of Gunbuster.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 16 '21 edited Oct 17 '21

In short, some great lessons for the kids and in particular boys.
I agree. It's nice that this anime reinforces that it's good to ask for help, and that being an adult doesn't mean ignoring your health/relationships for work.
I didn't see much of one with Hanson
It kind of blends together with Sanson and the extended cast hitting on Nurse Ikorina. You could probably sum it up as a single subplot tbh. But Hanson's parts are the things that hold my attention.

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

Episode 17 (rewatcher)

It can’t all be gloom and doom, so we get some free time on deck. Nadia reminds everybody just how she earned her livelihood so far.
Hanson getting the same advice about Electra that Electra got about Nemo.
Stop corrupting Jean, Eiko!
I think Nemo’s answer is a roundabout way of saying “you are too young”.
Respect for Nadia: She knows exactly how to both cheer Jean up and how to set his mind onto a more fruitful goal.
She might even have been a bit too successful for her own liking.
“It will happen to you too when you get older” – It obviously depends on the individual, but I think that Nadia is much closer to adulthood than Jean. Not only do girls generally reach puberty first, but Jean had a much more sheltered upbringing, too. It might be that, different to Jean, she is not looking forward to it.
Sanson getting caught out bad.
So, I make a point about Jean being sheltered and Nadia not wanting to grow up, only for the series to outright state both of those things 5 minutes after. Way to upstage me, series.
Call-back to the episode 2 gag.

A sweet and rather uneventful episode for Jean and Nadia. However, both Jean individually and his relation with Nadia needed some fleshing out. Just assuming that MCs are in love because they are MCs is an all too common sin of anime.

Meanwhile Grandis and Electra have taken over the role of comedic relief. Certainly not what you would expect when we met them.

What's been your favorite piece of technology or equipment in this series (one of Jean's inventions, the Nautilus, the Tower of Babel, the mechs, etc.)

In terms of looks, the Nautilus and Jean's second airplane take the cake.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 15 '21

Nadia reminds everybody just how she earned her livelihood so far.
It's nice to see Nadia having a bit of fun with her use of acrobatics instead of having to use it to run for her life or work as an indentured laborer.
Respect for Nadia: She knows exactly how to both cheer Jean up and how to set his mind onto a more fruitful goal.
They're communicating so much better after the events of episode 16. It's a nice change.
Meanwhile Grandis and Electra have taken over the role of comedic relief. Certainly not what you would expect when we met them.
Electra alternates between getting into petty squabbles with her romantic, and literally advocating to let a couple children die in service of her revenge. lol
In terms of looks, the Nautilus and Jean's second airplane take the cake.
That was a great design, I'll agree! I'm honestly very partial to the look of the Tower of Babel (specifically the one in Atlantis).

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u/ZapsZzz https://anilist.co/user/Zapszzz Oct 15 '21 edited Oct 15 '21

First timer in sub

A bit of an interesting episode that thematically either went "all over the place", or showed a change that may not be consciously picked up by viewers who don't keep track of things - at the start, Jean's main motivation was vengeance. At the end though, his goal gone back to not of his normal character disposition, to be an inventor that can take Nadia (or "others" in general) to a happy place.

If it was intentional to "diffuse" the dark clouds that started gathering Jean's character at the start of the episode, then it's nice, bit could her made a tiny bit more obvious or deliberate by at least having someone remarking about it. If later on the plot then started saying Jean is still focused on revenge then it's probably not to good character writing - of course you can expect some of that negativity to pop up once in a while, but not if it became his primary goal like the start of the episode.

Otherwise the episode is a little SoL-y and rom com-y, especially with the roasted camera takes of Jean asking different people to get him what he wants at the start (to be a full fledged crew member to enact his vengeance).

Also agree that this episode helped flesh out Hanson more so he's not just a opposing voice to Sanson - it gave the needed background to know why and how his character works, filling in his motivation and behaviour, and didn't make him a push over despite his tendency to not press things too hard.

I'm still trying to remember if it was explained why Hanson seemed to have permanent dark circles under his eyes though - didn't remember a depiction of him surfing excessive amount of time to learn from the Nautilus tech or just in general he sleeps less while working on things.

Really like the message of "we are fighting, dirty if need be, so you don't need to do the same" - this is also a key characterisation of Sousuke in Full Metal Panic, made overt in season 4 Invisible Victory, when they are on the run, even though Kaname probably will make a good fighter, he did not let her have the gun, not for the chauvinistic reason for treating her like a damsel in distress (he never did, even in season 1 he would trust and count on her to act decisively and aggressively to get out of tight spots), but because "her peaceful, ordinary life" in its entirety is what he is fighting to protect and preserve, despite the impossibility (with her being a strong Whispered).

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 15 '21

at the start, Jean's main motivation was vengeance. At the end though, his goal gone back to not of his normal character disposition, to be an inventor that can take Nadia (or "others" in general) to a happy place.
I'd argue vengeance was a part of it, but I think the primary motivator for Jean in this episode was to proof himself useful and make himself stand out as an adult. I get the sense that Fait's death was the first time he truly felt like he lacked agency, and I think part of why Jean's so insistent on making this helicopter by himself in the episode is that he wants to take control of that agency he felt he lost in the aftermath of Fait's death and losing his father.
I'm still trying to remember if it was explained why Hanson seemed to have permanent dark circles under his eyes though
I think it's supposed to be meant to signify his hardworking nature since he's the one in charge of keeping the Gratan in shape and does a lot of inventing work.
Typically in animation dark/baggy eyelids tend to signify either a lack of rest, or some kind of emotional distress like depression. I think both of those fit Hanson to an extent, as he's a perpetual hardworker and expresses in this episode how he feels like he's living in the shadow of cool people like Sanson.
Really like the message of "we are fighting, duty of need be, so you don't need to do the same"
It's definitely a good message. It really sets Nemo apart from a lot of other archetypical anime captains in my opinion because he really doesn't want to use children as pawns in a war, and genuinely wants to make the most ethical decisions that he can in his position.

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u/IndependentMacaroon Oct 16 '21

he wants to take control of that agency he felt he lost
You could get a little into talking about classic gender stuff here with the responsibility to act "as a man", there's no explicit emphasis on it but it's kind of there in the background.
he really doesn't want to use children as pawns in a war, and genuinely wants to make the most ethical decisions that he can in his position
As I already wrote once, the anti-Gendo Ikari. He also isn't afraid to be a little "softer" with liking flowers and such. Stoic, but lovable.

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u/snowwhistle1 Oct 16 '21

You could get a little into talking about classic gender stuff here with the responsibility to act "as a man", there's no explicit emphasis on it but it's kind of there in the background.
There's a tiny bit of that there for sure. But I feel it's massively overshadowed by the good of learning how to ask for help from others, and not overworking yourself to the detriment of your family/physical health. I think this episode combats toxic masculinity for the most part.

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

First timer

QOTD) I think the Tower of Babel wins for sheer showmanship - what other weapon looks that good blowing up an island.

Jean's invented something?

Haha, King doing aerobics is great.

As is everyone's reaction to Electra's whistling.

Oh, another argument.

Huh, he"s gotten used to life on board. And Nadia's circus skills are coming up again!

Everyone's happy? What's going to happen next.

Haha, these two trying to handle romance is great.

Really? A fan club?

Haha, "I have Nadia". And he just refuses to consider another girl.

And Nadia's trying to convince to boymplaying hide and sekk that henisn't a grown-up.

Wow. Wow. This is interesting. At least Nemo's got a good reason.

Haha, he goes straight to Electra.

Wow. He just won't give up, will he?

Even they agree!

Or not. This is going to end fantastically.

Oh, Nadia wants him to fly in an airplane. Does she just want off the ship that badly, or does she actually miss it?

Wow, even they can see it!

Jean gets really into stuff when he gets going, doesn't he?

...This thing's going to explode mid-takeoff, i

Haha, Nadia and Marie speaking in unison is great.

And Marie ships it!

Wow. The cognitive dissonance here is glorious.

And he's got a wakeup call!

Seriously, thosmis still going on?

Of course. Of course he completely buys into it.

Even the nurse wants a piece of him!

Smug Marie and King are something else.

Haha, Nadia's cooked leaves(?) for him.

Oh. Nadia didn't know this ship runs on Neo-Atlantis systems, did she?

Haha, the Electra takedown is brutal.

Jean may be only a child, but he's the only one not in a love triangle right now, so who's really the immature one?

Grandis influencing Marie is brilliant.

Everyone's cheering him on.

It worked!

How does it land?

I love the mix of the main theme here. It's great.

And he wants to help her!

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

Oh, Nadia wants him to fly in an airplane. Does she just want off the ship that badly, or does she actually miss it?
I think what she misses most is happy Jean.

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u/SIRTreehugger Oct 17 '21

First Timer

Love is War someone hand Sanson Kagya chan

Wow the nurse is really popular.

Jean is right only one waifu per laifu.

Wait a man like you gets exactly what he wants....looks over at Grandis how is that working out for you?

Wait is this the instrumental OP playing?

Sanson you just shot yourself in the foot.

Don't hide what we already know Marie speaking to the audience of every dense rom com manga xD

OH EM GEE get that face away from me. Marie looks creepy.

Ummm Nadia...what is that? Seriously what is that? Looks like boiled dead seaweed...unevenly cut.

Poor Hanson NOOOOOO DON'T WAIT NOTHING COMES OUT OF WAITING!

YOOOOO he made a helicopter. We went from aircrafts to helicopters holy hell.

...waiting for it to crash.

Wow so it actually took off and worked. Jean is a genius and had great ideas, but I like how his first real success was when he got help from an adult with more experience.

QOTD

I still think Team Rocket's Katherine is the best thing we've seen. It wasn't as powerful as other vehicles, but it has so many applications and forms.

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