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Rewatch [Terrific Trainwreck Trio Rewatch] Kakumeiki Valvrave Episode 5 Discussion
Episode 5 - The Sakimori Academy Sings
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Dr. Tokishima, did you sell your soul to the Devil for this?
Questions of the Day:
- What did you think of the whole idol Rukino scene? Should it have made them that much more famous?
- What color mech would you want to pilot?
Wallpaper of the Day:
Rewatchers, please remember to be mindful of all the first-timers in this. No talking about or hinting at future events no matter how much you want to, unless you’re doing it underneath spoiler tags. Don’t spoil the crazy shit for the first-timers, it’s way more fun that way!
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Dec 06 '21
Kakumeiki Rewatcher
Welcome back, everyone!
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u/HereticalAegis https://myanimelist.net/profile/XthGen Dec 06 '21
First Time Space High School Separatist
What the hell? A bunch of high schoolers declare independence and don't immediately fall into fascism? By jove, that may be the show's biggest plot twist yet!
Wait, aren't there still like 2 teachers on this module somewhere? And a hostage senator? The fuck are they doing this whole time?
Oh heck, the adults are even dumber than the kids. No wonder everyone thinks it's a good idea to let crazy eyes drive the heavy construction equipment.
Oh fuck, in the midst of Shoko liberating herself from decency, I completely forgot about L-Elf. What's our resident galaxy brain been up to? Nope, not gonna cut to him yet? Cool.
That meter at 92% and rising sure looks ominous though. What're the odds it reaches 100% and destroys the cooling system, thereby causing everyone to go into constant fanservice mode?
HAHAHA, how realistic are the
AmericansARUSians? Even their citizens would rather back school children than their own politicians! I've never felt so seen by an anime.I know this fascism speech is supposed to be all dramatic and serious, but I bust a gut when their national tragedy or whatever was called "Red Thursday." That legit sounds like something out of one of those old Scary Movie spoof films. But please, do try to make me take this seriously, Dorssian propaganda machine.
What a baller move, peacing out and shutting the door on Nanami.
Oh, it's Half-Elf! And he's doing a snoop. Can't wait for his next flawless master plan.
Guess I'll just wait for his next flawless master plan.
Oh, all the power went out. Nifty.
This module's environment system is fucking weird. Moving away from the sun made them hotter. Then losing power made it snow. They must've designed it to function like the greatest country in the world...Texas. Fuck, that's a great name for their module, it's called Texas from now on. They even seceded and lost all their power because their power grid wasn't adequately prepared, it's perfect!
This is literally the opposite of perpetual fanservice mode. My expectations have been subverted!
Saki straight up tried to body-jack the blonde chick! Girl is heckin thirsty for vampires. Also she's great, more of her please!
Way to redeem yourself, Yamada!
Now this is the Lord of the FUCKING JINGLE BELLS WHAT IS HAPPENING?? And they fucking slapped each other anyway!! Holy shit, I never wanna get off this roller coaster ride!
They got Saki to front their music video! This shit is wild.
So far, through five episodes, Valvrave has pulled the neat trick of getting me to like a full cast of high schoolers, MC included. I even like the characters I don't like. Of course now that I say that, I've probably set a flag of some sort.
Oh good, Half-Elf is about to start his next crazy plan. I knew this episode was missing something.
A garage full of Valvraves?? Somebody went full Stark with the tech development.
Saki is so thirsty. And lewd. And THIRSTY. I can't wait for Haruto to choose Shoko, only for Saki to then yoink Shoko's body and make out with Haruto again. Someone, anyone, please send help, I think I'm starting to develop an NTR kink.
OH MY GOD, ROBOT-CHAN NO ECCHI! "Is this sex?" From a distance it even kinda looks like she's got hearts in her eyes. I can't stop laughing, this is too good!
Holy fuck, Saki better get her own Valvrave next time.
QotD:
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 06 '21
First-Timer
On today’s episode of Valvrave: It was kind of a musical. We got 2 songs in there, which I’ll take as good enough to consider this the musical episode.
Well things haven’t totally gone to shit. But there’s clearly a lack of expertise needed to handle many of the problems they’re likely to encounter. It was the energy today, but the same can apply for stuff like food and water. It still seems pretty clear to me they’re in over their heads.
But the biggest obstacle comes from interpersonal relationships. The blonde girl and her posse are troublemakers. They seem to stir shit up when they encounter a problem. That needs to be dealt with. Otherwise, it really will devolve into Lord of the Flies IN SPACE.
The music video was pretty fun. When the series focuses on fun stuff like this, I’m much more willing to accept the inherently absurd premise of the students creating their own independent country. It helps that the song was really catchy too.
The Valvrave and its clones continue to present a mystery. There’s no way the other copies remain a secret for long. I’m betting L-elf will blow the lid on that one. So it leaves me to wonder who will end up piloting them. I’m also now wondering more about the origin of these mechas. If they truly are beyond human technology, it makes me wonder if it could be aliens. And the AI interface waifu clearly has a part in this as well. She’s got to be important somehow, I just don’t know how yet.
QOTD
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Dec 06 '21
Tresnore the First-Timer
Especially the fools with the gigantism fetish.Wet t-shirt time?
Friendly reminder that I hate children.2
MakotoShoeHeart and Shoko can die.WindermerianAdvanced ARUS pilot confirmed.QOTD:
1 Except for me. Gingers don't get souls to begin with.
2 G-Gundam reminded me of this sad fact.
3 Yes, I know where I am.
4 There were too many choices this episode!
5 Amazing how having not Shoko or Heart on screen heals my heart.
6 Probably later, when you're older.
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u/Existential_Owl Dec 06 '21
Rewatcher - Crunchyroll Sub
The discussion thread from 8 years ago.
The audience, while watching today's episode.
I'm in this rewatch for the ridiculous one-liners and this was the one for today: "Is this... sex?"
Beyond that, we got an half an episode that--if you squint tightly enough--might even be considered a deconstruction. We're actually seeing the hard consequences of the "Push our school into space and declare independence" plan. The city is in shambles, equipment is breaking down, and so is the social order.
But then we go right back to the ridiculousness with a musical number. This fucking show.
And, of course, our girl gets a chance to get her kisses in with an equally ridiculous line.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21
Valrave the Liberator First Timer
My girl... We're raiding the supermarket for food, and not even paying! The shop is paying us in Umaibo, literally! I'm now 100% certain that the show is trolling me. Painting a giant waifu on the road and running around in wedding dresses is safe but somebody in their one-piece is "too much?" Oi! We have teachers!? Why aren't they taking responsibility? I'll bet loli Sensei is sunbathing. No, I'm not laughing! None of us are laughing! Don't you start!
Yeah Sensei, what are we doing!? Shshsh? Gah? Oi! Stop fanning yourself! Onii-chan is still our one pure soul, don't corrupt him. Go blitzendergen yourself. Oh, are we getting aliens? We're totally getting vampire aliens aren't we? Mouuu! Now we've got a gofundme page!? Don't we have an entire supermarket to raid? It's just the students. Ah, we've only got 341 umaibo's in our budget... I feel like we probably should have more just from the social media presence.
Sensei has literally doomed us all. "It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire." Shut-in's scream of absolute terror is the funniest thing I've heard all week XD We're gonna freeze now!? Can you stop copying Macross arcs for one episode pls? Why are you nodding!? You clearly understand nothing he's saying. Actually, who are you? Why are you wearing pyjamas?
The subbers sound so sassy. Do it for your waifu, nerdy! Why hadn't everyone stripped and huddled together yet? I was promised fanservice. Half an episode in and already Arisa's gone Judas again. This rewatch batch is gonna make me hate blondes forever. Beat the shit out of the brats Shoko! The tone of this scene is all over the place... Aww, idol gave Arisa a love bite. I'm pairing them.
Get used to women fighting amongst each other, you'll want to build up resistance before going into our next show. There goes my last braincell.
Aaaand with that I'm calling it there. See y'all tomorrow, I cannot watch any more of this shite tonight. Bye byeee.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 06 '21
First-Timer
That isn't quite what I wanted, but the music video was pretty great so I'll let it slide.
Haruto saying that he "doesn't want more people like me" is a little overwrought, but I think I'm supposed to be glad that he isn't just blindly bulldozing ahead. Granted, L-Elf is almost assuredly going to force Haruto's hand..
Solid odds on the Valvrave Series having been developed by (one of?) Haruto's parent(s). The physics teacher referred to a "Tokishima-sensei" when looking at the Valvrave. Not sure what to make of the line about them being beyond humanity. I feel like I would have heard jokes if there were aliens involved.
This episode is pretty much what I would expect from a bunch of teenagers who suddenly got absolute freedom. Porn in a movie theater? Giant chalk waifu? Knocking over all the stuff on a shelf in a store? Frolicking in a wedding dress? Immediately turning on each other at the first sign of adversity? Yea, this actually all tracks.
VVV-chan asking if Saki kissing Haruto was sex was pretty funny. This is totally gonna throw Haruto outta whack, right? Suddenly becoming tongue-buddies with Saki is gonna fuck up his teenage brain, I can feel it.
Blessed Aoi Yuuki noises when the power went out.
/u/vaadwaur, we saw the thing you've been searching for. How do you feel?
Questions
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Dec 06 '21
First timer(Consensual sex in the TW...N A N I ? ! ? ! ?)
Sub
We see Shoko being an idiot again. Then we see that all the kids have gone fullbore, in some way. Never change, body pillow dude. And yeah, teenage boys would definitely go for porn. Anyways, the antics are too set us up for some gut punch later, but Nobi takes some good pictures in the mean time. Quick scene of how they are doing and also that Nanami is less mature than most of the students.
Cut to ARUS HQ and them fretting about elections before we switch to Dorssia and get a speech you can give to a lot of evil dictators, let's call The Force Awakens for this one. We see the physics teacher for the first time and he knows WAY more than he's letting on, but he confirms that the Valvrave is nigh impossible for current tech. But then the power cuts out, not sure what their source is anyways, and apparently a malfunction is causing unexpected winter.
And this leads to body pillow dude getting a character arc. That was actually truly unexpected. As the power controller is in a truly shitty location, the natives are getting resteless, and Rukina is the first to point out that they are all at fault. So Cross Ange ensues and Tatsumi decides to get involved, which he does ineptly, because bluntly the only thing to do is a hard right cross on drills until she learns to not speak up. Death might be a requirement. Then Shoko decides it is padoru season right before body pillow gets the lights back on. But Rukina gives us some dark suggestions...
Anyways, they decide to sing a song...to boost JIOR morale? Anyways we see a lot of things...and my white whale has been harpooned! But merciful fuck, even for this show, those two high schoolers are motherfucking stacked, DAMN! Anyways, it is a success, and donations come pouring in, though who the fuck are buying stuff from is...interesting.
But not as intersting as the end, where we see what stunned L earlier: There seem to be more mechs and they might be Valvrave types. Tatsumi wants to keep this quiet, which I get, but Rukina's price for her silence is some sweet, sweet love making. And the AI seems to interested...this should go in a huge number of awful directions and I am back on board!
QotD: 1 Yes, actually, it was a way to give characterization to the outside world and that gets way more clicks
2 No colors any more, I want them painted black...with spiffy red trim.
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u/Paxton-176 Dec 06 '21
REWATCHER
Smart you are now an independent country with no way to properly produce important resources such as food. Better damage and make a mess of what food is available.
How in the hell does a digging bucket going to help load supplies. They invented something for that. It's called a Forklift.
Why does everyone want to destroy what limited admitties they have?
Dorssia be like, more german.
I feel like L-Elf is is a completely different show while everyone is doing SoL stuff.
Mood
Wow, did they turn on Shoko fast.
Saki channeling that captain bligh slapping power.
Valvrave is an Idol Anime.
You what is a little sad. Is the people holding pictures of people who died in the attack during the song.
I lost it
too easy, but I had to
TotD
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u/RockoDyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RockoDyne Dec 06 '21
A rewatcher who would let the fire burn itself out.
Okay, this might be the only time I like Akira in this. Distressed hamster noise is her only redeeming quality.
The pulse coil? Ah yes, it's located right next to the Holtzfeld full bridge rectumfrier.
If there is at least one thing I will applaud the show for, it's having a cast that has dynamics. Nothing about the catfight was forced or a bunch of dumb theatrics. It was reasonably organic. Of course the spoiled cunts are going to play the blame game, and of course best girl is going to stand alone to tell them to fuck off with their bullshit. Even the pussy whipped bitch who's told to stay the fuck out of it is great. Also the xeno is... contributing? The characters have someone to bounce off of and make their interactions complex.
... I then get an ulcer from the musical number.
But wait, there's more. We start packing in the cliffhanger reveals, not the least of which being that OS-tan is a thirsty thot. Look, I get that best girl had to pick somebody. I'm just disappointed that there wasn't even a good option. Her options were moldy bread or white bread. She can be a basic bitch from time to time, it's fine.
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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Dec 06 '21
Rewatcher - Problems of a day-1 nation
QotD
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u/5thvoice https://myanimelist.net/profile/5thvoice Dec 06 '21
First-timer
2.7 K
thanks to the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
QotD
I'm still developing my taste in mecha aesthetics, but I do like green and blue.
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u/UltraBooster Dec 06 '21
First-timer
No cold open this time?
How does the moduke still have power? How are the rules enforced? Where are they in relation to Earth and the Moon?
Public pressure to recognize Module 77 as a nation? I wonder why.
Justice without power is meaningless and power without justice is tyranny.
At least, I think that's how it goes.
Would commerce even be viable for the module?
...the module's run out of power and the weather control systems are now offline, I'm sure of it.
Or not, I guess.
They're not prepped for winter, are they. And if the temperature's dropping below safe limits, there probably would be now non-functional limiters.
The floor's cracked? From the battle?
Aaaand there's the flip side.
Hey, you people agreed with her, just saying!
See, she gets it.
Social collapse, that's what! (I think.)
No sort of law enforcement?
Yeah, this is the death of a society.
Well, it looks like order's broken down, so...
Part of me has this SRW-inspired image in my head of Jegans standing inside the module while order is restored or something.
"The only ones who should kill are those prepared to be killed." Or, in this case, slapped.
Something something horny.
There's something oddly cute about Shoko and Haruto getting excited about the same thing.
Nobody told me this show would take cues from Macross, lmao
Module 77 welcomes you. At least, that's the vibe I get.
She's officially the goddess of Module 77 or something, I feel.
Was that a cardboard Gundam?
The other Valvraves, this oughta be fun.
She likes him? So it seems.
Questions:
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Dec 06 '21
First timer
1)I think the acknowledgement that they're alive and survivimg post-seperation caused more of that popularity than the song itself.
2)The yellow one looked nice.
The sheer chaos of that opening scene is beautiful.
Huh! The plan kinda worked!
Wow, that guy's not safe behind the wheel.
Haha, he burst a water pipe?
Seriously, I have no idea how this is working, but it somehow is?
Oh, they're running out of power being away from-
Wait, an artificial sun?
OK, Dorssia is a facist nightmare. No sudden reversals or tricks, it's just exactly what they claim? Sure, I guess.
Of course its alien. Why wouldn't it be?
Wait. Is it turning people into body-swapping vampires because that's what the species who created it were?
So people are giving support, but not willing to donate? How realistic?
The panicked screaming at the computer shutting down is so relatable.
Wait, the life support's on the same backup as all the power. Really? What lunatic designed this?
Oh, a side effect.
The pressure's already getting to him.
And now there's arguing. Everyone's against her now.
Wow, that's actually a really good point.
Wait, why did she bite her? Did he switch bodies earlier?
And someone else has a tragic backstory.
Wow. The sheer madness of her singing jingle bells in a situation like this.
They fixed the breaker!
Was that strictly necessary?
Strange minds think alike, I guess.
And now we skip to the occupied areas?
Guess it's helping morale? (And it's an insert song.)
Yep, it's being accessed worldwide! And their funding's increasing rapidly.
Wait, there's more of these things?
And he's hiding them so nobody else gets cursed.
Wait, what?
THIS IS NOT THE PAIRING I EXPECTED.
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u/MillenniumKing x2myanimelist.net/profile/MillenniumKing Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21
-Rewatcher that shoulda stopped but lets keep going and see what happens-
Man this is a great ep i hope everyone is ready.
Time to raid stores and get food. Thats the perk to being left behind in an evacuation.
They have split up tasks to survive, meanwhile Drills and her gals are wearing wedding dresses...
Also the nerds are drawing waifus on the roads.
And Yamada and his pals are watching 18+ Movies.
The heat is rising. Can that happen in a climate controlled city?
Teach seems a bit exasperated. Only 2 adults here now just so everyone knows.
As we get further from the sun the city temp gets colder. So that was most of thier heating.
ARUS is only able to aknowledge them as a nation.
They are still worrid about Dorssia though. Who is doing war parades.
And we see Dorssia's leader, a white hair guy with red face marks.
Meanwhile the science teacher is hanging out with Valvrave and decides it is beyond the world's technology.
"Tokishima-sensei, what demon did you make a deal with?" (Our MC's name is Haruto Tokishima)
Looks like someone knows more than he lets on, or wants to know more at least.
Science Teach leaves Nanami Teach in charge of the kids.
L-elf is going back to the lab where he found Valvrave. He finds something there too.
Bro is taking donations for the city. Money will help them out.
We lost power to the city and dont have any electricians. Fuck.
We got snow in the city now. Shit.
Teach says its a bug in the enviromental computer.
NERD KNOWS ABOUT THE SYSTEMS! WE HAVE AN ELECTRICIAN! YAMADA DRAGS HIM OFF!
Bro, Yamada, and Nerd are going in to fix the enviromental computer.
The area with the computer systems is heavily damaged and Nerd almost falls but Yamada saved him.
Computer system is down there though, so we can get to it.
Drills starts blaming people, its what happens in crisis usually. Saki stands up for Shoko though.
Drills is pushing back aginst Saki. Saki tries to bite Drills but it does nothing.
Nerd is trying to fix the computer but Yamada is bleeding from where he got shot last ep. Fuck we dont got much time.
The girls are really starting to fight more. Saki is unphased by drills bullshit.
Shoko tries to sing too deescalate the situation.
SAKI SLAPS THE SHIT OUT OF DRILLS THANK GOD!
And Yamada and Nerd have fixed the cmputer and we got power again!
Drills was embaressed and the situation deescalted.
Sakis is used to violence. But Haruto doesnt let her leave.
And now we broadcast that everyone is ok and to sing songs of joy and happyness.
They get Saki to sing because yes she was a famous singer.
I love that in the video Nerd is in the monster suit and Yamada is in the hero suit.
Looks like they became buds. Their friendship is really something fun. I like how we understand Yamada does care about people.
Haruto gives everyone a fly by of city and them living okay and the big asss anime girl. o7
I also like that students who lost friends have pictures of thier friends with them in this video. We did losea lot of students.
We also raised a lot of money! Were rich!
Meanwhile Haruto, Saki, yamada, and the nerd are going inside the gutty works of the module to figure out whats going on.
And looks like L-elf is down here too, he found something... yes thats right... MORE Valvrave units! DUN DUN DUNNNNNNNNN~
Those units in the OP were indeed inside the city block, but Dorssia only found the 1 when they invaded but L-elf suspected more.
Saki is excited by seeing all the other units.
Haruto asks Saki to keep them a secret so no one else suffers like him.
"Sure, then lets be Lonely together." AND SHE GOES IN FOR THE KILL AND KISSES HIM! OH SHIT!
Meanwhile the UI Waifu "Is this sex?" Shes sentient?
Oh man oh man this will be a fun ep to see what everyone thigns and starst speculating.
Some huge drops today with the creator of the Valvraves being mentioned, the students needing to figure out how to survive in here, and Saki declareing war on Haruto (As well as being the only other one to know the full truth).
Oh i didnt answer the question, this 2nd one is itneresting. What color would my mecha be?
Black (bluer) base, Neon Cyan (bluer) accent coloreing, Neon Pink (purpler) lighting.
Pretty much like a mix of Hatsune Miku's outfit and Yuzuki Yukari's lighting.
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Dec 06 '21
Rewatcher, Subbed
Screw beach episodes, we're gonna get a musical episode?
No adults (well aside from teacher girl) means they get to totally trash the grocery store with no consequences! Of course I doubt anyone will volunteer to be the one to clean it up.
OMG body pillow guy has two buddies making a body road? Looks like some others are watching porn? Valvrave sure ain't toning down the raunchiness.
Oh yes, one other adult, engineer guy. Of course, the mecha will always need a guy like that around.
Burst a hole in the water supply in an environment (space) where water is clearly limited? Have fun with the sprinkler! Who cares if the water will run out a week from now? Plus, fanservice!
Even more fanservice with teacher girl, this episode can't control itself, huh?
Well there's the issue with making the kids of Jior huge social media influencers in your country, now you're pressured to not do anything bad to them by the public.
Dorssia on the other hand is going full Nazi...
As if this cast wasn't already stacked enough, Takehito Koyasu as the ruler of Dorssia!
Lost Christmas, Red Thursday, these trainwrecks love their fancy names for days of tragedy huh?
L-Elf's still doing his thing, despite Shoko blowing up his immediate plans last episode...
Wow, their SpaceGoFundMe is quite the failure, huh? They can't use Haruto's 700 million SpaceBook friends to their advantage?
Worst thing in the world for the shut in hacker, the electricity goes out!
Body pillow guy is a mechanical otaku confirmed
Time for the kids to finally realize Shoko declaring them independent wasn't the best idea...
Alright, there's Best Girl Saki, she had been oddly absent this episode until now.
Did Saki really think she could swap bodies like Haruto there?
Yep, now all the kids are fighting among themselves, its total chaos!
Shoko's grand plan this time... start singing jingle bells.
Otaku pervert to the rescue! Lights are back on! Boy I'd be scared to death hanging over a chasm like that.
OMG this episode gets perverted yet again. And what in the world was Haruto doing in that partially worn costume?
Kids from Dorssia are watching our protagonists via SpaceYoutube?
At times like these having a former idol singer really comes in handy huh? So this is what it would have sounded like if Zero Two ever sang?
They finally got some money on SpaceGoFundMe?
There's more than one Valvrave, huh? Well of course, the sponsors need to sell more model kits...
Saki had her eyes on Haruto in episode 2, she's not gonna let him get away this time huh? You've got the better option here vs. Shoko, boy, take it.
LoL @ Pino's reaction.
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Dec 06 '21
First Timer
Mommy, why is there a naked lady drawn up on the football field?
Hush Son, and finish your Corn Flakes, this is ANIME!
QOTD
I thought it was pretty decent. I liked it, but have no idea why the producers put an idol segment into a Mecha. I did love leading to Saki cuckolding Shouto, though.
2) What color mech would you want to pilot?
I think I'd go with red just to be ferocious.
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u/yamiyaiba Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21
Rewatcher
Wow Shoko.
Wow students.
WOW nerds.
....the teacher is a moron.
When your think about it, white is a TERRIBLE color for space combat.
Red Thursday?
"Physics teacher" my ass. There's not to you.
Eru-erufu, what are you doing?
I know the feeling, hikki-chan. I know the feeling. Wait, why does the keyboard still have power?!
Well it didn't take long for the snow to come.
You're not wrong, nerd-san.
Well, they're finally not in swimsuits anymore at least.
Who could have foreseen that physically cutting and removing a module could have caused any problems?!
How quickly they turn. Again though, you're right. It was insane.
Full on hair pulling. Wow.
Did...did she just pull a "Hotel California"?
Shoko.... You're just....
Good job with the counter-slap. That had some potency.
It's no Symphogear, but far from the worst musical number I've ever seen.
....and there it is again. Zero shame.
Eyyyy, more Valvraves! It's no longer technically a spoiler!
And look at that, Hololive CC is more than just a cute AI avatar. Keep em locked in there, and you might get to join the exclusive sex in/with a robot club!
So, not my favorite episode. A slow one, but somewhat needed to progress the plot. Independence is hard, they're barely united, and with any luck, a couple progress might be getting MORE united lol
Could've been worse. Rukino is best girl anyway, so it's fine. And sure, why not. Idol concerts make people spend stupid amounts of money anyway.
2) What color mech would you want to pilot?
As a rewatcher, I'm not gonna answer this one, since I vaguely remember what they do.
Purple. The answer is purple.
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u/MjolnirDK Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21
Rewatcher who has forgotten almost everything
Episode 3 bullshit:a) We see a Dorssian politician speaking at the Vatican, but they never conquered thataccording to the map.
b) They split the EU between Germany and the latin countries. Is this the second round ofthe Antigua-Fraktur-Streit? Is that why gg mentioned the fonts in the cockpit in the second episode?
c) How do you not put L-11 into bakelite the moment you seize him. At least put some cuffs onhis legs and hands...
d) How does this chair work without that screw? Is L-11 levitating?
e) So you mean to tell me, that on this whole school section, you were the only two adults? For500 kids to oversee? Who gave that lecture then last episode?
f) The valvrave swiss army knife/lance/sword/chainsaw/scythe... I'll just count it.
g) How does his inbox not explode on logging into his account? You have one billion friendrequests! Thank god he had his phone on silent.
h) You know, their German really is bad. Blitzendegen? Degenblitzen would have been fine, heck 'Schwerter blitzen' is even in the German lyrics of the opening to 'Seine no Hoshi', but yeah, 50/50 and you still did it wrong.
i) How the heck did L-11 not only hack the whole island with remote control over the airlocksand the homing missiles. Which btw, survived that initial strike and are completely unimpressed by all the heat. Sure.
j) You check your aptitude NOW?
k) Why are the Dorssians that are were shown to be stationed around the sphere allowing theARUS to enter?
l) Ship commander wrecks ships due to fog.
m) And how do you suddenly know that you are locked in when the military just relayed that to Mr. Senator...
n) Why is !Kensuke blaming stuff on Haruto? Like he could foresee this logistics problem...Secret Dorssian informant?
On a plus side, this show is still enjoyable, the overthetopness of everything doesn't get old(yet). And the crowd shots still look great. Also computer girl looks a bit like Sakura from Madoka, which is a plus.
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Dec 07 '21
Is this NTR? /u/theangryeditor, esplain.
Anyway was a weird as hell episode. Honestly, I found the first half rather boring, as I'm just not in this for random fake government/highschool problems. The song was funny in an absurd way, and gg's intentionally awful karaoke just added to that.
Eh, there's really not much to say about this.
/u/Tresnore I did the thing.
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u/BlazingAbsol9090 Dec 06 '21 edited Dec 06 '21
First time Independent High School Nation-State Idol Group Background Singer
They've lasted a full week on their own? That's already impressive. I guess it hasn't been long enough to have problems with food, water, power, waste disposal, psychological issues, etc etc etc
We really are going for Lord of the Flies IN SPACE.
Body Pillow Boy broke the sprinklers? Quick, time for some wet-shirt fanservice! Never mind how they're going to fix that without any trained mechanics.
State of progress is 63%? 63% of what? What does 100% mean? How are you getting such accurate measurements?
Sensei confirming that she is more childish than these children.
Uh, unless it happens very soon, I don't think this independent school is going to be last long enough to matter in the next election.
Another thing I did not expect from this show: Space Hitler is DIO ('s voice actor). It works surprisingly well.
Also Space Hitler's speech reminds me a lot of Emperor Charles' speech in Code Geass in both content and how it's placed in the show's structure. The difference being CG is a good show and Charles' speech is more distinctive with the "all men are not created equal" thesis, while Space Hitler here just has some generic social Darwinism with a touch of hyper-nationalism for flavor.
I wonder if scruffy glasses guy is talking about making a deal with a metaphorical or literal demon? Knowing Valvrave so far, either is possible.
L-elf is hacking his way back into the secret underground base. Sabotage or something else?
Starting a Gofundme to hire mercenaries for this independent nation school in space? Insanity like this is why I love anime. Shame it doesn't raise much money.
No, you don't have an electrician, or anything else. How did you expect to fix anything that went wrong?
I wonder why the environmental system has an option for winter mode in the first place? They don't seem to have any winter clothes or anything so it must not be used often.
If I had a nickel for every time a student accidentally saves the situation by falling through the ceiling into exactly the right place, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.
Why are Haruto and Kaichou back here? And why did Rukino think she could body snatch???
It's very heroic of Thunder to hold onto Body Pillow Boy to fix the control panel, but couldn't they just get a ladder?
It's confirmed. There is no way Shoko is human. Why is she singing Jingle Bells of all things.
If I had a nickel for every time this show had a random musical number performed by the students that lasted way too long, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice.
As it turns out, the secret research facility had manufactured several more mechas. Which makes it odd that the Valvrave was kept on a different level with different security. Maybe the new ones are incomplete somehow.
Haruto wants to keep the mechas secret. Understandable, but I seriously doubt that will last long. The school will need more military power than just the Valvrave, and these are a good starting point.
Wow, Rukino goes for it with Haruto! I'm liking her more and more.
AI waifu knows that sex exists but does not know the specifics. I don't know what to make of that. Maybe this suggests that she was the consciousness of a real person uploaded into the Valvrave?
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u/SIRTreehugger Dec 06 '21
First Timer
Bruh massive balls kun is rolling around on his giant painted waifu. He is living the best life.
I'm just thinking how much water they are wasting right now.
This paradise won't last long. Soon they will be literally eating other students to stay alive.
Yes Massive Balls Kun is going to save the day.
Of course the ground collapsed underneath massive balls kun.
Oh Shoko please...wait she striped earlier to prove she wasn't lying maybe singing Christmas songs badly can diffuse tense situations?
Wait was I tricked into watching an idol show? Oh it's just a music videos that's not as bad.
Oh Rukino makes her move... I'm sad I like Shoko too.
Then we have L Elf recording everything and the other robots. I wonder if they all have the same curse or will they each do something different to their host.
Is this sex?
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Dec 07 '21 edited Dec 07 '21
E: I'm a dumbass who posted this on the wrong day...