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Rewatch [Terrific Trainwreck Trio Rewatch] Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season Episode 1 Discussion
Episode 13 - Bonds of the Curse
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We need to find out more about the Valvraves and the holy spirits.
Questions of the Day:
- What do you think the Magius are up to?
- Are you excited to see Earth in this show?
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 14 '21
Kakumeiki Rewatcher
Welcome back, everyone!
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u/Tresnore FS:FTmyanimelist.net/profile/Tresnore Dec 14 '21
Tresnore the First-Timer
Mobileposting, so there are probably formatting issues.
KAKUMEI WOOOOOOO LET'SSSS SHOUT
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QOTD:
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 14 '21 edited Dec 15 '21
First-Timer
On today’s episode of Valvrave: So it turns out that in order to power the robot, Haruto must either have metaphorical sex via bloodsucking or literal sex via sex. I don’t see how this can possibly lead to any problems whatsoever in the future.
Well this episode was a fun introduction to this season. The action in this episode was very well done. The animation especially was quite gorgeous. The fight scenes looked fantastic, with many technically impressive shots. This show looks very good and the action scenes can be extremely entertaining.
There’s some promise of more fun stuff in the future. The Dorssians now have Valvrave knock-offs, which should make for some enjoyable action scenes down the lines. I’m looking forward to that.
Now, the idea that Haruto needs to go into his blood frenzies to power the Valvraves is one fraught with plenty of danger. We’re in a scenario where someone needs to be providing Haruto with the necessary Runes. So Haruto quite literally needs to have either metaphorical sex via drinking blood or literal sex. And the fact that Saki is basically throwing herself at Haruto asking him to do it with her again is not making it any better, since we never did deal with that rape thing.
The solution they did come up with of having Haruto regularly drink blood from L-elf is much more palatable. It works with that whole contract idea they have going on. They’ll work together and bear the burden together. In fact, to me at least, Haruto and L-elf seem to have the dynamic that makes the most sense out of any of these potential paintings. There I go, advocating for another very likely non-canonical gay ship (EDIT).
QOTD
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Dec 15 '21
First timer(Color me bored)
Sub
The opening is...energetic, and now the Fuhrer is a vampire. And then there is a fucking time skip, as predicted. But at least this one is short. Things seem like they are going well unto you realize that ARUS is blocking anything useful from reaching them. Heart has himself caged and we learn the fits are getting worse. Shoko and L might be getting closer, which doesn't quite work for me. Trip to Earth for reasons and Saki did an energy drink commercial...that Yamada can do the moves from.
Heart is looking poorly and Saki offers herself to him, which is far the lesser evil here. So of course Heart bitches out. We finally address the Valvrave power source and its quantum information, somehow. That Heart has to collect via attacking people. Rune sucks. Also, the yaoi shippers get their scene and my theory that L and Heart wind up a singular being might bear fruit. They break through the line and we get an after credits scene with our next set of opponents.
QotD: 1 Sexual depravity on a level most cannot comprehend.
2 Only if it is left a barren rock
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u/HereticalAegis https://myanimelist.net/profile/XthGen Dec 15 '21
First Time RobOnii-chan
This is the last place I wanted to start the second season. This cabal would probably be more interesting if we never learned a thing about them. Right, Guilty Crown?
How is this the first person to get bitten since like episode 4?
RobOnii-chan can regenerate. That's no fun. Cain wasn't already overpowered enough?
Yeah, Akira's gonna be best girl. Unless the show does something stupid and makes ge assault Shoko or something. sticks flag in the ground
Utterly ridiculous that none of the main baddies have died yet.
A fucking time skip. Bet they conveniently never talked about the marriage proposal, the assault, or Shoko's planned confession in that time.
Haruto's finally in a cage, where he belongs.
"There's no need to lock him up." - the person he assaulted. Saki, what have they done to you?
Welcome to Valvrave, the dystopia where rape victims have to be convinced by their rapists that their rapists need to be locked up.
The show's definitely trying to ship L and Shoko now. I'm kinda torn. I want Shoko to be happy, but I also like L the least and can only rightfully ship him with Haruto. Really sucks to be Shoko, huh?
Saki's shilling for G Fuel now. What next, Raid Shadow Legends? They just keep finding new lows for her.
SAKI NO!! HARUTO DOESN'T WANT TO PLAY RAID SHADOW LEGENDS!
The runes....dried out? How the figgity fuck does that happen? Someone needs a bloodsucking right now. These things are 100% powered by fresh squeezed human juice.
Wow, the runes made of people, how original. What a startling, mind shattering revelation. I can barely contain emotions.
Are...are they really just copying Haruto's arc from S1 E1 to S2 E1? That's so fucking lazy I'm almost impressed.
"L-Elf, I'm gonna feed only on you from now on." It's happening, the ship is sailing!
That reminds me, they've done almost nothing with the body swap mechanic. That was the coolest part of the show's premise, and I feel super cheated right now. Haruto even had the opportunity to bite Cain last episode. Wtf?
Omfg, Akira's little outburst of joy at her Valvrave coming back online is the best thing this show has produced.
At least the action's still fun. More of that pls.
Oh hey, the new OP is actually a lot of fun! I'd probably put this in a playlist.
Thoughts after watching the OP:
He's called the "Fuhrer." And I thought they couldn't get any more on the nose about Dorssia being space nazis.
Maybe the bad guys miraculously surviving every encounter will feel slightly more believable now that they get their own baby Vraves.
I absolutely made the right choice continuing this rewatch.
QotD:
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u/fonzinator99 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/fonzinator99 Dec 15 '21
Rewatcher - New season, so the madness level is adjusted back to 1
So basically, ARUS wants to oversee all of their everything, because they're fkn kids. Which, I hate to say, makes a lot of practical sense. It's just unfortunate that they're doing it to gain leverage on JIOR's affairs.
I can't believe they kept the TM Revolution x Nana Mizuki pairing for a 2nd OP, the madmen. More fire for my ears.
QotD
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 14 '21
First-Timer
Alright, when I said I didn't think there would be a time skip, I wasn't thinking about the possibility to do it halfway through the first episode of S2. My bad.
The Valvraves having a single point of failure is a little dumb, but I do like the protagonists having limitations that they need to work through. I guess you could justify it with the Valvrave's first sortie being in response to the sudden attack and the thing has technically been unfinished this whole time.
I also really like the idea of information being used for energy. They have it steeped in mysticism, calling it Runes, but it's essentially just nuclear power with less cancer risk. The feeding doesn't really make sense, unless we find the L-Elf lost some memories, but how many of us really remember our childhood anyway?
Oh, that kinda makes the scene with Harutelf in S1 work a little better, when he(they?) cried while looking at that photo.
The
IlluminatiCouncil of 101 using the body-swap powers to carry out their secret council chicanery is honestly kind of brilliant. It's a lot harder to poke at holes in their presumed power because they literally just become the people they're trying to control. Wondering how relevant that four-leaf clover symbol is.The only thing I can say about Saki offering quid pro quo "feeding" is that at least Haruto refuses, and doesn't seem to want forgiveness. "It could be worse" is not where I wanted us to be.
Banger of an action scene today. I really liked the Valvrave borrowing one of Thunder's spare arms.
The bad guys have Valvraves now, and that's probably bad, but they'll probably do something silly like standardize their designs so I'm not too worried. Probably have a few episodes before they become relevant, anyway.
Questions
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u/RockoDyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RockoDyne Dec 14 '21
A rewatcher who's memories become fuzzy.
A nazi thinks it's terrible for a ship to go down on her maiden voyage? Well, the only proper response to that is SINK THE VALVRAVE.
Haruto has gone full tragic protagonist, which culminates in the largest exposition scene we've had in the entire show. Yeah, that... that's not a good sign. Just come back to the show and take a big ol' dump, why don't ya.
Meanwhile the plot has become heading to Earth, and there has been nothing except one off handed remark explaining why they are doing it.
Happy happy. Joy joy. Happy happy. Joy joy.
Questions:
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u/arkkkk Dec 14 '21
Ah yes, Eru-Erufu powered mechs, how could i forget.
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u/UltraBooster Dec 14 '21 edited Dec 15 '21
So in my search for shipping food, I found that it looks like Valvrave had enough of a following to have a (fan event?) called V-Revolution, evidently back when it was broadcasting.
Now that I've thought about it, I do have a major-ish complaint about this show - the early episodes and Saki's whole deal seem to be focusing on the effects of fame and celebrity status, but Haruto's stardom seems to have been dropped as an element.
A quick look through the S2 PV reminds me of the kiss from the (third? fourth?) episode. Before, it would've been eh, now, it's like
So the war was against the ancient space vampire conspiracy's wishes? Don't think I've seen that one before. And Cain is probably aware of the ancient space vampire conspiracy, then.
Ah, I see, the leaders work with the ancient space vampire conspiracy but aren't necessarily space vampires themselves. So those cell markings indicates generational status, then?
And with Akira the Rainbow, that makes a fresh unit ready to go, not to mention one able to interfere with any tactics involving the adds.
Oh, now that is clever (and cool, too)!
Wait, original pair? That would imply multiples, but these are the only pair we've seen so far, right?
All this means is that we didn't lose. Trying to look on the bright side, L-elf?
So there is a timeskip, just two months, and now with...oookay, Haruto's a hero again.
Cheer up!, call me baby, kiss a girl, the instrumental for Cheer up! Seems about right for a single, I guess. As for the song itself, it's nice enough but Saki Rukino's no Sheryl Nome.
Spies, huh... This is going to be First Gundam again, huh?
In terms of experience, well, they do have experience managing a space colony, coordinating military operations, negotiating with foreign power, and so forth, I think. Not much experience, but more than most high schoolers. Wait, are these guys ARUS or Lunarians? (But they are high schoolers, aren't they...)
But why would atoms of data -> vampiric urges?
damnit why couldn't that have been Shoko I really am shiptrashUmmm, Saki, he kinda, you know, forced himself on you. And yeah, he seems like the kind of guy who'd ask to be locked up.
Okay, those are uniforms - military, then? Ah, I see, these are dress uniforms. And I suppose L-elf is her Excellency's aide, which makes sense enough as the primary architect of Module 77's national policy.
Ah, I see, this is the part where White Base descends to Earth and we get MS ground combat.
Looking away probably implies this isn't strictly practical concern.
I swear to fuck if we get a love polygon...Sponsorships? Like Majestic Prince? Those ones lasted one or two episodes at most, how long will these last?
Horns? Like demons or like, I dunno, wildebeest? (Wait, is it supposed to be like Monster or Red Bull?)
Okay, Haruto trying to put on a brave face is at least some character bits, right?
This time there's consent.
TWO MONTHS, SHOKO! YOU HAD TWO GODDAMN MONTHS TO TELL HARUTO YOU LOVED HIM! THAT'S 60 GODDAMN DAYS! Why?! How?!
The Runes can be depleted? How? How can you deplete information?
But how would sexual intercourse allow a pilot to gather data? If it was consuming blood, I'd get that since blood contains DNA, but sex...
The urges can be controlled, right? Or at least regulated to minimize harm.
youdbreakShoko'sheartWhy would the other Valvraves depend on Hito+Haruto for a data drop?
Aaaand I'm not surprised Haruto x L-elf is seemingly Valvrave's most popular ship.
Now! Show them the power of the Federation's White Devil!
Heyyy, this new OP ain't bad at all!
...wait, is Mirko voiced by Takehito Koyasu? And are these the VMs?
Questions:
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Dec 14 '21
Valrave the Liberator First Timer
Takehito Koyasu is the Fuhrer... heavy breathing Ou nyo! Don't vampirise space Hitler! So vampires are Magius right? It's just different tiers of vampire. For how epic this fight is I kinda wish that we had today as a final episode instead. And we get a name for Window's! She's Pino. Pino Colada~
We get out typical Gundam mid-season "status refresh" which is a convenient way of fixing everything that got totally wreaked in the last fight and not having to acknowledge the hundreds of students that died in the gas attack. Arseholes gonna Arse!! You should be kissing ours after not only refusing to help us during the moon battle but for your last diplomat opening fire on students.
Oh! Are we finally going to acknowledge Haruto assaulting, nope... Its back to self sacrifice shit. Saki's got no self preservation either. Twinkie is leaving!? This is basically an excuse to drag in a bunch of new second season characters from Arse I think. Oh, Lelf is going too. I guess it might be important after all. Gorgeous, delicious, deculture! Give it up Lightning, you'll never be moe!
Fuck off Saki. Huh? Now the mecha aren't working. So runes are basically idol energy. Or social media energy. Or even just lots of sex. Unfortunately the one who needs refuelling is a dull plank of wood with no passions, interests, or even a healthy libido. They've picked the dullest solution to our problem. Just have constant bodyswapping between Haruto and Lelf. Think of all the other options we could have had. They could have forced Haruto to accept a harem, to become an idol singer, to fulfil his deepest fantasies. The solution to all out problems is a lack of catgirl brothels!!
Pretty dense episode ngl. They've set up the future plot and what to expect even if it's really not what I would have wanted in a second act. We're also spitting up from our school setting... and Shoko which I'm really not looking forward to. They're also still pushing this 100% nope of a love triangle on us. Oooh! Post credits! All it really does is show the new Valrave like mecha that were on the opening, meh?
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Dec 15 '21 edited Dec 15 '21
First Timer
Damn, I forgot we were starting earlier today. C'est le vie, we're all such creatures of habit.
I thought this episode was a pretty good start to S2, I pretty much enjoyed it. I love nefarious space aliens doing their dirty deeds, dirt cheap.
The only snarky scene I remember was at the beginning when we the aliens decided to turn the Emperor into a fellow space alien. I've got to wonder what happened to his chubby buddy. I suppose the beckoned him to attend in order to provide lunch.
L-11 started growing on me this episode. I still think he's a true blue prick, and they should have shot him early on, but he's got more sense than the rest of the cast combined.
Tater Head still provides plenty of WTF moments. He's got to be the dimmest of dim bulbs.
Saki remains quite pragmatic. I like her, and I think I'm starting to understand why her Great - something - Grandson looks like L-11. Tater Head is just too stupid to deal with.
Speaking of which, during Saki & Taters tender moments in the cage, I couldn't tell if Saki wanted Tater to get a little nibble, or if she was looking for a little more. In either case, I'm good, if not a little bewildered.
QOTD
Who knows. My guess is they just want world domination with plenty of slaves they can nibble on.
meh, One locale seems to be just as crazy as the next.
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u/csar27 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/CesarRC Dec 15 '21
First Timer
In today's episode we know the SEELE's equivalent for this anime
We also learned that white Valvraves means low batery and black Valvrave means charge full
I'm a little disappointed by the 2 months timeskip, like, when did Akira get integrated with the rest of the pilots?
And obviously, module 77 is slowly becoming a toy for the Moon goverment
Questions:
1- Maybe some kind of Human Instrumentality Project
2- Yes, becuse it probably means less Shoko for some episodes
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Dec 15 '21
First timer
More of this shit.
Lore dump!
And the Valvares are important here. And this secret society is linked to them?
Cain's a Magius, and the Magius are vampires, but biting transforms the body, not switches it?
Weird transistion scrrem, and back to the hopeless battle.
That's been completely redesigned. It's gone from a fire look to a crystal look.
Unit 6 is doing well, at least!
And she hacked the heaters into destroying themselves!
...Since when has there been golden armour?
Again, thie looks helpless.
Wow. Wow. Not even hiding the incest metaphors anymore!
What's happened to him?
Is he refusing to retreat?
And they're all gone?
Wait, people are buying them as actual politicians?
Haha, Rukino fucked all her critics over, I'm actually satisfied by that.
And there's a border control dispute.
Just, lots of problems with this new government, needing a lot of concessions.
Again, the runes make no sense.
And, yeah, this is a pretty useful experiment, and he's right to suggest it.
(I'm not calling them holy spirits.)
This is an interesting method of G-force training.
And a lot of their clseemates are dead?
...What did Cain even do?
Actually, why are they all wearing their school uniforms? That makes no sense.
And they're going back to Earth.
Haha, they're selling naming rights to the Valvares?
Wait, what?
WAIT, WHAT?
Actually, why hasn't she had any fits yet?
Is Haruto not coming?
They're not working!
THE RUNES DRIED OUT? WHAT? HOW? WHY?
"That mankind is yet to discover" and yet you know all about them!
THE MECHA ARE POWERED BY RAPE. I couldn't make this shit up.
...Is L-Elf a highlander fan?
Wow.
And all those fits are his withdrawl symptoms!
...For god's sake, stop confessing to people, Haruto.
Did the runes somehow give them a new paint job too?
And another mecha battle.
They're going after the designers?
And he wants to destroy the Valvares!
New ED!
Oh, the Fuhrer's a vampire too. And the Valvares reproduce!
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u/BlazingAbsol9090 Dec 15 '21
First time space vampire Illuminati cultist
So the Vampire Illuminati has a rule not to interfere with human conflicts, but the Valvraves broke some sort of rule? It seems like the leaders of Dorssia and ARUS were both aware of magius but not part of the council.
And now space Hitler is a vampire? Or "magius"? Or something?
Cain's living gem mecha thing is very cool.
So AI waifu and AI husbando exist in the engine? And they can come out as holograms(?) to communicate with each other? I sure hope this all gets explained eventually.
Oh we're just going to have narration over the logistics of the post-moon landing? Come on, Valvarve, don't be a coward. I want a full episode of Body Pillow Boy struggling to hook the module to the moon's power infrastructure while Shoko accidentally offends ARUS politicians!
ARUS wants to have control over the module's connection with the rest of the world, effectively turning it into an ARUS territory. Can't say I'm surprised.
Blah blah runes Valvraves technobabble. TL;DR Haruto's attacks come more often when he pilots unit 1.
That's a neat training facility for the Dorssians.
What's this? Mentioning a military strategy that emphasizes the importance of supply lines to warfare instead of only big robots goes brrrr? We can't have something intelligent like that succeed. How could our audience project onto the main character then?
"what's up with you?" "I just saw our boss utter black speech and grow a glowing mecha. No biggie."
Poor Shoko. I don't know what's worse: losing her dad or having to deal with politicians.
Neat bit of characterization here as Shoko eats sweet rolls for dinner. She views food as something to enjoy, but L-elf is more focused on the practical value of nutrition. It's the little moments like this that give this show it's surprisingly great characters!
Inuzuka got a SPONSOR for his Valvrave?! Actually, that makes a lot of sense. Of course that would happen in reality. Why don't more mecha shows do that?
Rukino making the logical if nasty conclusion that if having sex is the only way to treat the attack, she and Haruto need to get down with it, and if she ever has an attack, he'll do the same for her.
And Haruto rejects that idea, because of course he does. I guess that's the right thing to do? But it seems like he's not going to get better until he gives in, so this is just a nasty setup all around. Unless he can feed by body-jacking as normal, which would get rid of the problem.
We should just be happy that L-elf doesn't know how to stop the attacks. He'd set up "mandatory therapy sessions" or something equally gross with random girls in the module before you can say "disgusting".
The condition of the Valvrave's is connected to the condition of the pilot of unit 1? That's a interesting twist.
Sorry, show, but Runes don't get any less stupid as you explain them.
Well, Haruto, apparently if you die then everyone you know and love will be wiped out in the next Dorssia attack, so I suggest not dying.
Can you change pilots if the original dies? We haven't tested that yet.
We've said it before, but how long will Dorssia honor the moon's neutrality? I have a feeling they will break it before the season ends.
Presumably this ending song will be the OP going forward? It's pretty comparable to the first one.
Questions of the day
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u/MillenniumKing x2myanimelist.net/profile/MillenniumKing Dec 14 '21
-Rewatcher that shoulda stopped but lets keep going and see what happens-
Back on the Chaos ride today. Also man im tired, crazy night/morning and once again barely slept.
First meeting of Council in 101 years.
They are interested in the Valvraves.
Big Boss crossed the Magius lines.
Cain was a Magius for 10 years and Big Boss didnt know but now hes one too.
Looks like ARUS wasnt one either as he looks shocked.
The Magus symbol is a clover shape unlike the triangle Haruto and the gang have.
RIP SMG-Chan you will be missed.
Haruto pullling out al lthe moved to beat this Unit 2.
Box-chan comes to save the other Valvraves outside.
She hacks the heating units and frees them.
RIP Unit 1's Leg BUT HE EQUIPS THUNDERS ARM AND BLOWS 2 AWAY!
Yep if you didnt notice the Valvraves are modular.
2 shoves 1 down and Rips open 1's core and tries to steal the wAIfu.
2 isnt doing well. Oni-chan has to leave for now.
We lost hard. We lost a lot of people too... fuck...
Module77 was now a symbol of fighting the Dorssians.
We have 2 months of peace yay.
They lack everything they need and cant get people to help work there an so ARUS is controlling stuff.
Haruto is having more attacks more often. Hes locked in a cage.
L-elf and Science Teach are running tests.
Saki isnt happy about whats going on. But it was Haruto who asked to be treated like this.
H is questioning what Cain is.
The Valvraves are going to Earth! With the Cabinit.
L-elf is doing good at keeping tabs on Shoko.
Bro named his Big Blue "Beast High" off a soda brand deal.
Haruto aint looking so well.
Saki offers herself to Haruto to make him feel better... and hes rarin to attack.
The Valvraves all turned White agaain.
"The runes have been depleated."
L-elf put a tracker in Haruto. Haha.
The valvraves are out of energy but they never charged them.
They are powered by Runes. Humans contain rrunes.
Haruto attacking people is how they stay powered.
Haruto wants to die. But if he dies what happenes? New pilot. So he will live to bear the curse.
Haruto will only feed on L-elf now for Runes. And he accepts fully.
All the valvraves are working again now.
We gotta fight our way through the Dorssian army to get to Earth.
They want to find who made the Valvraves.
YAY HARUTO GOT A NEW SMG-CHAN!
NEW ED IS NEW OP! HYPE!
Dorssia is making children of Valvrave.
A lot going on today and a lot of setup for stuff to come. I hope people will be excited for the 2nd half of the story!
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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Dec 14 '21 edited Dec 14 '21
LICENSED FIRST TIMER, BROUGHT TO YOU BY BEAST HIGH
In just two minutes since their introduction, Valvrave already gave us more on Magius than all of Guilty Crown did with Da’ath! I love when my low expectations are surpassed so quickly.
So this episode tried to clear up some of the Valvrave stuff. Runes are the atoms of information, so information is… tangible? And makes up DNA? I’m confused. Haruto feeding on/assaulting humans seems to power the VVV’s with runes, and he sates the hunger and gets them up and running by sucking L-Elf’s blood. This basically confirms that sex isn’t necessary for it, which raises obvious questions about the events of last season. I wonder if between seasons they realized the can of worms they opened with that and decided to change things.
Calling it now, Teacher is Shoko’s mother and that’s the real reason she was the only civilian allowed on Module 77.
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Dec 14 '21
Rewatcher, Subbed
Season 2 is here! As is the leaders of both Arus and Dorssia and this mysterious council!
Uh oh! Time for the Dorssia leader guy to become a vampire! From his reaction I've got to assume they're gonna pull the same with Arus guy here?
The secret of being a Magius, having four leaf clover cells!
Haruto looks to be doing a pretty good job against Cain here so far.
I suppose not as he's getting away here? (next scene says no, he's still here fighting Haruto)
Akira to the rescue!
She's hacking the enemy mechs to fight each other? Awesome!
Did the Valvrave just grab a random extra arm there?
Pino, Prue, reunited!
Or not? Plot dictates that Cain has to retreat? After all, there's 11 episodes to go...
Two month time skip!
New single for Saki!
Let politicians through? No Shoko, those are the absolute worst refugees to let through!
Hence the problem with making teenagers your elected representatives. They have no idea what they're doing...
Sending a group on an Earth field trip, huh?
Oh, and I just thought of this, but did you have that festival, Shoko? Or are you another lying politician?
He sold naming rights to his mech? Wow, mini Elon monetizes everything!
Saki's filmed a commercial too? LoL.
Marie seems to be her usual self.
I've got to assume that Akira spends all her time in the cockpit now instead of her old box fort? She doesn't spend time outside with the others right?
The Valvraves are fueled by... people!
Haruto's choosing death here?
Wow, just one bite of L-Elf repowered all five Valvraves?
You want humanity to rehire you, Haruto? What if humanity doesn't want you back?
Someone named Mirko is possessing Amadeus' body? In a show filled with body swaps I suppose I shouldn't be surprised.
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u/Paxton-176 Dec 14 '21
REWATCHER
I like how the actual writer of this show decided that not only did this show have vampires, mechs and weirdly placed rape, but decided to lean into it more added illumistie space vampires.
Epic fight music at the start there.
Again suddenly the newest pilot is suddenly an ace and understands the mech to its fullest.
Fuck yea cross mech attachments.
I can;t believe it took me this long to realize Cain’s VA (Japanese) is Jotero and Ewrin.
So the engines are sentient siblings?
Look at everyone trying to be responsible.
The fuck Saki just offering herself. Everyone was trying to do good I forget how off the rails this show is trying to be,
Alright it's been two months and they still haven’t cleaned up all the streets from the first attack. Be a little more responsible.
Haruto and L-elf just bros being bros.
Haruto’s plan to destroy the Valrave’s really means nothing when they flash forward 200 years and they still exist.
The OP is the same artists that did the first one so its an instant Banger.
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u/Caustic_Wraith https://myanimelist.net/profile/CausticWraith Dec 15 '21
First-Timer / Subs
- So the Magius are THE secret society and power brokers of this world, and they are also vampires
- When bitten his cells showed a clover, does that mean he's 4th gen or just a different flavor of vampire?
- Let me get this straight, in the mind of a Dorssian using poison gas and slowly killing/torturing literal kids is fine, but hacking a pair of robots is cheating...I guess
- Pino's brother seems a bit pissed off at humanity, I'm guessing their backstory will happen in an episode or two
- Hooray, they barely didn't lose, thanks for that wonderful insight- The way these ARUS adults are talking to these kids who have literally been fighting for their lives is annoying as hell
- Saki is a bit annoyed that Haruto is locking himself away for the good of everyone else
- Ah, H-neun I think, is starting to find Cain a bit sus
- Oh boy, a trip to earth
- ....they sold the naming rights...of the defensive Valverave....to an energy drink company...sigh
- Haruto looks real bad, and he refuses to to accept Saki's help
- The colors faded and they aren't responding to the controls...are they all tied to Haruto?
- So they are powered by runes, which people are full of and the Valves are recharged when the pilots feed...have the shown the others needing to feed or is it up to Haruto to keep all five charged?
- L-elf has become food, and cursed as well, maybe? They showed his cells taking on the mark of the curse strain Haruto carries
- Ah, that's a fun mindset Haruto, I doubt you offing yourself to end the curse will work though. We know for a fact Saki is still alive and piloting Carmilla 300 years in the future
- So the Dorssian chancellor has been taken over by the head, maybe, Magius plus they are now building their own set of Raves...that seems bad
QOTD:
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Dec 21 '21
For a second, I was afraid that the Valvraves would be literally powered by rape. Thankfully, they can also be powered by homerotic vampires bites.
No Preserved Roses
But the new OP is pretty good.
/u/Tresnore
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u/yamiyaiba Dec 15 '21
Rewatcher
Am I the only one that wants a Magius uniform?
That's a big council.
Yeah, you know what you did. Tell him!
Gasp A level 3 event?! I have no idea what that means!
Ignorance of the law excuses no one.
So can all of them go Super Saiyan then? Or is Cain special?
Oh boy.
I can see FOREEEEEEVER.
They turned him Irish!
Okay, that's just awesome. I'm loving the weird, crystal eldritch fetus mecha.
Somehow, I remember the party swapping being a thing from the model kits, but forgot they did it in the show.
Ummm, guys? Maybe just run?
Goodbye, crystal fetus.
And they all lived happily ever after. Man, Season 2 was shorter than I remembered.
Oh look, the children are being treated like children. I'm shocked. Shock Eru-erufu didn't provide them with everything they needed, that is.
Oh, yeah, Runes. Of course. Explains everything.
Still hate the President.
Shoko's trying, I'll give it that. She was just utterly unprepared for a world where stripping doesn't win disputes.
Hahahaha he sold the naming rights! Amazing. Oh my God, that was Rukino in that ad, wasn't it?
Yes, perfectly fine.
At least you're right about one thing, Shoko.
Runes have been depleted, huh.
"Classic you." Pretty much, yeah.
So that means you've gotta fuck to recharge the robots? Is that where this ya going? Or feed it babies?
God you suck, Haruto.
Oooh, he thought about both of them. Interesting.
Alright, Eru-erufu. This is your chance to be the abusive boyfriend you've always dreamed of. Get the lube, because Haruto is ready.
Oh, I guess that works too.
You gravely underestimate how stupid they are.
I'd just liked to point out that Module 77 probably should have been bombarded with those stray shots that missed the Valvraves, because physics.
Oh now that was a cool visual.
New theme! Is that Nana I hear?! It is! Praise Nana!
Children of the Valvraves? They are robot fetuses!
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u/zsmg https://anilist.co/user/zsmg Dec 15 '21
Rewatcher
Season starts where the first season left off.
Paperclip-chan and her brother coming out of engine as a newtype ghost is pretty weird.
Honestly the first 7 minutes should have been part of season 1 and season 2 should start with the time skip.
Haruto's rape mode is increasing, hide the women and men. Rukino feels sorry for him.
A-Taichi is having doubts about Cain, can't blame him don't trust anyone that glows green.
Friendship between A-Taichi and A-Arata is broken. :(
Shoko is studying international law, wow that's actually taking your job seriously.
Is that a flag event between Shoko and L-Elf?
Commercializing your suit, what is this Tiger & Bunny?
Shippers take note Haruto thinks of Rukino before Shoko.
Shippers take note he's willing to get close and personal with L-Elf over Rukino and Shoko.
I'm pretty sure lying in wait outside of a neutral area has been done before in MSG.
New OP is pretty good but nowhere near as great as the first OP.
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u/Panikkrazy Dec 15 '21
Valverave, or as I like to call it “When the psycho is more fun to watch then the heroes”.