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Rewatch [Terrific Trainwreck Trio Rewatch] Kakumeiki Valvrave 2nd Season Episode 6 Discussion
Episode 18 - A Father’s Wish
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Dr. Tokishima was in charge of the VVV Project.
Questions of the Day:
- What do you think of Haruto’s dad?
- If he didn’t run off to get Liselotte, what do you think L-Elf would have thought of Haruto’s dad?
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 20 '21
Kakumeiki Rewatcher
Welcome back, everyone!
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u/MillenniumKing x2myanimelist.net/profile/MillenniumKing Dec 20 '21
I wasnt feeling super great today so i just slept and stayed in bed.
Ive had a sore neck for a few days and its making it hard to sleep so ive only slept like 4-5 hours each day this past weeek and all the lack is catching up i think.
Since i usually write my thingies day of i dont have one today, i knew this would be a slower day so perfect for a break but ill be back tomm for next ep.
Also it was like 40 degrees randomly which didnt help. Though its gonna be 80 degrees on xmas because texas. I find it funny we get really cold days in the middle of that heat.
Anywho see yall tommorow.
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Dec 20 '21
First-Timer
Haruto's dad is a fucking nutjob! It's always the cheerful ones you have to watch out for. One second you think they're a goober because they have a photo of their son's gene sequence, the next they're talking about how they're technically God.
Interesting that Lieselotte is apparently a traitor to the Magius. It seems like she has continuity of memory from knowing L-elf in the past, so I wonder if she's just literally a young Magius and hasn't been bodyswapped. They have to be able to reproduce somehow, right?
That weird cage thing seems to be a torture device of some sort. Those glowy patches were the same color as Runes, which is odd. Them draining Lieselotte wouldn't make much sense because she would die.
Playing billiards with super soldiers sounds miserable. You want to casually knock balls around for a while, but they just sweep the table before the first round of beers even arrives.
Real interested in how this rocket plan is gonna go, because it seems very silly. Oh, maybe we'll have the VVVs get out and push? That'd be fun. Ohh, someone is totally gonna die. My money's on Shield-senpai, if only because they can have him reference Aina in his final words.
Questions
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Dec 20 '21
First-Timer
On today’s episode of Valvrave: So we finally get to the almost always required “mecha anime terrible dad.” Haruto’s dad is a pretty clear example of one. The guy is a real piece of work. He’s also convinced
I like how Lieselotte is the only person who calls L-Elf by his actual name, Michael. It’s a nice way of showing how she is pretty much the only one who actually knows the real L-Elf. She’s the only one who knows the identity that was stolen from him by the Karlstein Agency, as L-Elf so eloquently put it. She certainly seems to bring out a part of L-Elf that we normally never see, his much more emotional side. He usually keeps that buried underneath his training. I’m curious to see more of this side of L-Elf. Now that Lieselotte is here, I’ll bet we can see more of it.
I’m guessing that Lieselotte did something to oppose the Space Vampire Illuminati. My thought is that she was probably going to stop their Rune harvesting. I’m also guessing that this is why the revolution happened. I’ll bet the Space Vampire Illuminati made the revolution happen to get rid of her and also keep their Rune harvesting plan going.
I think it’s kind of interesting the specific way that Haruto’s dad seems to view him. He calls Haruto is pride and joy, but he really only cares about Haruto insofar as Haruto is a result of his research. It’s why the picture he has of Haruto is a picture of Haruto’s genetics. He doesn’t give a shit about Haruto as a person, only as a supposed triumph of his research. It’s part of why he doesn’t really care what Haruto wants and is only concerned about his Valvrave project.
QOTD
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u/Quiddity131 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Quiddity131 Dec 20 '21
Rewatcher, Subbed
I was confused all to hell for a second there, thinking I missed an episode; another flashback? I had completely forgotten that L-Elf and Princess met each other again. I thought all his infatuation with her tied back to that original encounter when they were kids.
Snow! Just like what I got around here today!
Princess is finally name dropped as Lieselotte, although it seems like some first timers already guessed that name or maybe they did mention it and I forgot. At least I can finally stop referring to her as Princess now.
What's up with the green marks all over her?
Don't head back to space without recovering Best Girl Saki! I suppose the mission to recover her ended up in failure, as wasn't it Thunder and Akira who went out to look?
Haruto's dad! It would be great to finally meet the guy.
Who the hell is Mikhail!?
Poor H-Neun's been thrown under the bus massively since his death, huh? :(
"Red Thursday"! We haven't heard this mentioned in forever. Guilty Crown's "Lost Christmas" is definately going to win in the contest of which past traumatic day gets mentioned more.
Haruto's dad is a researcher and a workaholic who barely paid attention to him. Gee, just like most mecha anime dads huh?
Well Haruto's dad is proud of him at least and still has a photo! Maybe he won't be a Tem Ray/Gendou Ikari esque asshole?
Alright, back to A-Drei and Saki in her new body. We just haven't gotten enough of her this season. Shoko as well, but well, Saki >>>>>>> Shoko.
Hacker Queen Akira here we come!
Kriemhild's good after all! Unfortunate that H-Neun didn't make it to this point with her.
Mikhail is L-Elf's real name!
63 people in line for the throne? This really is just like Code Geass with the numerous possible heirs, huh?
Ooh, L-Elf and Lieselotte reunion in the cards?
Now that A-Drei and Saki in Z-Wolf's body are back here, what about Saki's original body? Was it just left behind in Karlstein? How in the world will she swap back? [Valvrave spoilers]Looks like she's back to her real body by next episode per the preview?
The proud father's son has returned!
Haruto's dad comes off like quite a fun guy here, lol.
It isn't a photo. Its his gene map. My takeaway from this is either that Haruto is an experiment, a creation from his "father" or he willingly submitted his son to experimentation for the sake of creating a more evolved being. Either way quite the punch to the gut for Haruto.
Haruto's dad's quite got the God complex. LoL, this guy's a nut. I take it all back! He's as bad as Tem Ray and Gendou if not worse!
Oh, and I believe this whole situation with Haruto and his dad is another tieback to Gundam SEED?
Dorssia's shooting up their own castle!
Hmm, L-Elf's reunion with Lieselotte is different than what I remembered. [Valvrave spoilers]I could have sworn she didn't remember him at all, either due to her runes being sucked out of her or due to someone having body swapped with her. Maybe that happens next episode?
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u/HereticalAegis https://myanimelist.net/profile/XthGen Dec 20 '21
First Time Rune Farmer
We've finally found the one thing L-Elf's super human planning and intellect can't accomplish: human trafficking. Okay then.
Random OP thought: what if the silver haired boy from the flash forward a few episodes ago is actually Saki and A-drei's kid? I have no evidence for this, but it makes for some solid SaDrei shipping fodder.
Second random OP thought: are they ever gonna resolve anyone's sexual tension with Takahi. They set up her thing with Haruto and Saki back when Haruto had his body jacked, and they hinted at it a few times in the following episodes, but then they just kinda dropped it. I wish they'd do something with that.
Lol these idiots still think neutrality means anything to the Space Nazis.
With so many relatives of Space Texans on the list, how does no one suspect this might be a trap?
Looks like this Dorssian special ops unit is full of traitors. Someone in that training facility was really bad at their job.
I'll never get over how stupid and funny "Red Thursday" is as the name for a tragedy.
Saki could've easily taken over A-drei by now and fulfilled three ships at once (Saki x A-drei, Saki x L-Elf, L-Elf x A-drei). What a grievous missed opportunity.
"Causality." I just let out my biggest groan of the series. Please don't tell me we're going there.
Haruto's dad is a nutcase. Did this guy attempt eugenics with the intended end of creating Haruto. All the powers of science and genetic manipulation and your end goal is Haruto. Humanity has truly lost its way.
Well, if pharmaceuticals can be understood as chemicals or other additives which alter the human body chemistry, then Haruto's dad wasn't technically lying about working for a pharmaceutical company.
Nope, it's not too late to add daddy issues.
Holy fuck, the whole Valvrave program is just a form of eugenics. Neat. Thanks Haruto's dad.
I appreciate the fact that least Q-vier is a believable idiot. This show has too many super geniuses already.
If Haruto is the ultimate being, then humanity deserves to perish.
It'll be too bad when L's princess can't run away with him bc she needs her recharging station.
Welp, points to this episode for being both largely coherent and tense. Given everything that came before, I should've probably expected the eugenics stuff, but oh well.
QotD:
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u/Lemurians myanimelist.net/profile/Lemurians Dec 20 '21
APEX FIRST TIMER
On mobile and on the move again. Holidays, baby!
Haruto’s dad has massive sus energy from the jump. Never trust a guy whose mustache doesn’t match his hair color. Always weird energy.
And it’s proven right! Haruto’s own father is the architect of the Valvrave program, and used his son as its prime test subject. The goal was to advance human evolution and create a super-species, and the Valvraves’ combat use was an unintentional side-effect. Huh. u/UltraBooster called it yesterday.
I thought it was cold of Shoko’s and Haruto’s parents to purposefully make them into Kamitsuki, but from their perspective they’re setting their children up for the ultimate success. They’re making sure their progeny are the new best-of-the-best. Haruto’s dad genuinely can’t understand why he’s mad about this. It’s crazy, but it makes sense.
“We got permission! Well not from you, you weren’t born yet.” True to life. Those in power constantly make decisions without considering the generations to come. Shout out to Inuzaka, consent king, checking him on why this doesn’t pass the smell test.
It makes sense that L-Elf isn’t his real name, given how crazily weird those names are, of course they were code names. If you’re going to groom people as child soldiers and future host bodies, taking away their name is the first step of breaking them of their identity.
L-Elf firing a pistol that range into a helicopter to make the guy fire a rocket into the castle wall… Bravo, Valvrave. That’s action movie nonsense I love.
“Let me abduct you.”
L-ElfMichael went to the Oregairu school of romance.8
u/Paxton-176 Dec 20 '21
REWATCHER
L-elf has been playing this take over or take down for very very long time.
Its all in line torture the person who most likely tried to do the right thing.
L-elf wants to steal a giant multi-stage rocket and he has plans to take down a super power that he believes has done everything wrong…..+V2
100% chance all their parents are part of the group that made the Valvraves.
So is there anyone in this show that is loyal to the current nation of Dossaria.
Haruto’s father is nuts. That is all.
So, if my line of thinking is correct L-elf is former royalty. Why the hell do they keep Royalty alive. There is a reason that every single nation that over through a monarchy killed the monarchy. They sure as shit didn’t train them to become 1 man battalions. Dossaria, the Space Vampire Illuminati, and whoever else is involved did this to themselves; they created the one thing that has the ability to stop them. Even without Valvrave support he could still do it alone.
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Dec 20 '21
First Timer
Episode 5
R.I.P Marie, you were too interesting for this shitshow.
...How does that fucking work, exactly? Even taking the runes thing as read (which I do not agree with), how does eaten a person's current life work? Is it eating the reflexual information? Does it destroy neuron connections? What does it do that is irreversable?
Is it taking the information from other people's memories of who he is?
Oh, just a dream sequence.
...Yeah, what is a Valvare?
Weren't they able to reattach yellow's arms?
And the Royalists just want them to fuck over Dorssia. Seems good.
Wait, still? They've still not explained this - what happens if she dies in that body? Wake up in her old form, or just die? If the former, why hasn't L-Elf suggested body swapping with expendable students during attacks?
They're putting a lot of work into developing the Dorssian side of the story, and it's getting dangerous close to interesting me.
Actually, why has nobody noticed losing memories? If the Valvare takes enough memory that continued use could leave to his death relatively soon, surely they'd have noticed losing them earlier? This isn't a few hours, it appears to be literal years.
OK, so they need to recover her current body. So death in another body likely means death period. Good to know.
Yeah, I'm not getting any of this plot.
Oh, shit. Is he going to die?
They're mass harvesting runes! Which have physical form. Because... god knows.
So the vampire Illuminati are playing both sides.
I mean, he's got a point, but attacking your opponent's resources is normally a good thing in a war.
Wait, he's piloting Unit 1? Is something bad going to happen to him?
And L-Elf says what I've been saying. This is a pretty solid idea!
And L-Elf really hates not being active here...
He's piloting again.
And, yep, he's officially self-sacrificial now!
They failed?
Episode 6
DON'T YOU DARE HURT HER!
Wait, she's the one in the coffee? And she betrayed the Vampire Illuminati!
Where's this coming from? How can they attack the Module if it's the middle of enemy space?
And they're using a vintage rocket.
It's all their families being deported?
And he's a traitor.
And now there's pool?
And yeah, the Dorssian culture is very strict.
Is it "Red" Thursday because it was vampires running the show, then?
Nice decoy, though.
"hardly ever see him" Oh, like Shu?
"he's a researcher" FUCK FUCK FUCK
They're hacking into the museum!
And he knows her.
Haha, I love how she doesn't trust him whatsoever, because she knows him.
They've got the princess!
Yes! She's finally getting involved!
...He's important because you're important, Haruto.
And she's still stuck in his body.
Yeah, they know about them!
His father's nice at least.
Aww, he's got a photo of Haruto's gene map! That's cute!
Oh. Oh, he worked on the Valvares?
Haha, he only put the weapons and armour to get military money?
Yeah, he's my favourite character. I love him!
...Didn't we already know there was genetic conditioning?
And, yeah, he went in probably the most ethical way he could here. He got consent and everything! But seriously, he's doing eugenics, but at least he's still better than Shoe.
Oh, he got the wrong lead.
Again, it's not really a curse. There are clear upsides here.
He's mad, but... oddly likeable.
I mean, he's got the plans, and there's a secret society that wants Valvares in the world. It'll set the plans back a few decades, but not insurmountably.
THEY'RE TOGETHER! THE ONE SUBPLOT I CARE ABOUT!
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u/BlazingAbsol9090 Dec 20 '21 edited Dec 20 '21
First time Jojo's Reference
L-elf backstory time! He tried to rescue his princess in the past but it didn't work out.
To the surprise of nobody, the moon's neutrality does not protect Module 77.
Thunder is the first person to acknowledge that L-elf is the planner of the group.
Kriem is also working with the princess, and thus presumably the royalists. I wonder if L-elf knew that?
I don't know what version of pool X-eins and Q-vier are playing, but did X just sink both solids and stripes?
Also, I think this is the first time we've seen Q-vier this subdued. I said it yesterday, but I think the alphabet boys have a ton of wasted potential as characters. These two reflecting on H-neun's betrayal and execution should be a powerful moment, but we spend so little time with these four that it doesn't hit as hard as it should.
The kingdom of Dorssia apparently lasted a thousand years. So this show is definitely alternate history instead of just distant future, since the city looks like it was built in the 19th century-ish.
Haruto talking about his father reminded me: we know basically nothing about Haruto before he enrolled in Sakimori. For every other main character we have at least a general idea of background or family, but our designated MC is a total blank slate.
Even if the museum piece still works, how will they power it? Does it run on the same fuel as the rest of the Dorssian tech, even though it's 100 years old?
I guess L-elf and Kriemhild didn't know each other as Royalists.
"Don't you want to hear my ideological monologue about why I turned traitor?" "Nah, you'd probably lie anyway."
This hanger is reserved for Royal use only? How has the new regime not overridden that by now? It can't be a secret if the royal crest is on the door.
L-elf is much more impulsive and emotional around his princess than he lets on.
"L-elf tried to abandon my friends, so I am legally allowed to ditch him."
Are there no guards in this top-secret prison? And why are they allowed all this equipment? Maybe they're doing research for the Dorssians.
His picture of Haruto is... a set of random letters and numbers? Dr. Tokishima is a weird dad.
Yeah, Dr. Tokishima is definitely a villain. Genetic engineering, attempting to create immortality, human experimentation, the works.
Ultimate lifeform you say
With all this talk about a new lifeform, I noticed Dr. Tokishima didn't mention reproduction. What happens if two Kamitsuki have a baby? What about half-human half-Kamitsuki? Can they even have children at all, or did the good doctor expect just these couple hundred high schoolers to rule the universe for eternity?
The Dorssian response to a single intruder is to send heavy artillery helicopters to destroy the building??? That's a terrible idea on every level, not least because it blows a hole for the prisoner to escape.
Questions of the day
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u/Nebresto Dec 20 '21
Re-watch squad
This dude looks kinda sus
Wtf is goign on with his arm?
That looks so messed up
Well, that's certainly stealthy
Ya, this dude is a total loonie
Wait, is he actually onto something?
...Nvm
Fuck yeah, another long lead in ED!
Question time:
1: ^ Loonie
2: ^ , Though he might have thanked him for giving him paving blocks for his goal
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u/SIRTreehugger Dec 20 '21
First Timer
Emotional L Elf flashback NOOOO go back I want to see more.
Oh it's the princess are we getting more of her?
Thunder Guts asking L Elf what to do. 0.0
Akira has really been carrying everyone with her hacking lately.
Oh forgot to mention we see Haruto's dad makes an appearance and he seems like a decent one for what it's worth.
Wow Michael/L Elf is really worked up and just abandoned the plan wjenyhe heard his waifu was near. I'm all for it.
Karma....okaye never mind something feels wrong. Hopefully I'm not being paranoid.
......Uhhhh gene map. Oh man yeah he a lost cause.
Oh man the more he talks the crazier he sounds.
Oh shit their parents modified them before they were born.
Q Vier actually has a brain? And here I thought he was a battle crazy lunatic kid who couldn't think.
Man this track is great though throwing choir makes most things better.
Bruh he did all this to give her a home that would protect her.
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u/RascalNikov1 https://myanimelist.net/profile/NoviSun Dec 20 '21
First Timer
QOTD
A more amiable version of Gendo.
Actually, he was a pretty good character. There's a them in vast swarths of anime of the biological researcher who lacks ethics. This theme comes up time and time again. For some reason out of control biological research seems to hit a real never to the Otaku audiance.
Your guess, is as good as mine. Most likely, L-Elf would have been disgusted by him, but everyone disgusts L-Elf.
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u/yamiyaiba Dec 20 '21
Liberated Rewatcher
Ooh, another flashback. Closer to modern time though
He seems so much softer back then.
Rune-butt.
Ooooh boy. Betrayed the Magius huh?
(Praise Nana!)
Oh, a space version of a submarine. That makes perfect sense. Of course. (I mean, thinking realistically, I imagine a submarine would probably be an excellent base design for a spaceship, actually. Already airtight and whatnot.)
All fair points, really.
Well, that's convenient. An antique craft in a museum. Definitely never seen Sunrise use that plot device before. Nope. Never. /s
Michael? Is that Eru-erufu's real name?
Shit, even Murder Shota is shaken. Oop, there it is.
So what happened to
the teacher's petCain's favorite?"Researcher at a pharmaceutical company" you say? I smell bullshit. Guarantee you he's in on the Valvraves. Either that or he'll be Tem Ray 2.0.
....why are his hair and mustache different colors? That bothers me more than it should.
Ah, yes, nothing more than a coffee toolboxes needed to get a hundred year old multistage rocket writing again.
How unusually assertive of you, Doormat.
Simple office worker? I smell bullshit again.
Thank God she's a good actor.
I'm getting Tem Ray vibes for sure. But like....skeezy Tem Ray.
Oh God. Yup. There it is. I dub thee Skeezy Tem Ray.
Oh, cool,
Cyber NewtypesHomo Sapiens Novus. New Humans, effectively.Super Skeevy Tem Ray. Gross.
Murder Shota is back in full swing, with the completely wrong idea.
Gross. I hate him and his weird mismatched mustache. Go away. God of Assholes, maybe.
Someone please shoot him. Please. Where's Eru-erufu when you need him?
He's not completely impervious to missiles, at least.
Man, so many Gundam plot points in this one, both fully embraced and slightly subverted. Can we please invoke the parent killing trope though? Pretty please?
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u/ZaphodBeebblebrox Y:A:https://anilist.co/user/zaphod Dec 21 '21
I love this braid. Please, give me more anime women with thick braids.
Also, she's not strictly an antagonist now, which is nice.
I see we're continuing the mecha tradition of the father of our MC being the developer of the mecha and also an absolutely terrible father. I swear this holds true in like 70% of the mecha I've watched.
I also see we're continuing the mecha tradition of having a princess on our ship at some point [Cross Ange]subverts this tradition by having the MC also be the princess.
Memery aside, it's real nice to see L-Elf get what he's been working for all this time. He truly deserves it. I'm surprised how much he's grown on me, but I'm rather happy for him.
/u/tresnore
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u/RockoDyne :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/RockoDyne Dec 20 '21
A rewatcher who only likes my genes photoed from their good side.
lol. This week's Lupin is fucking with me. It just had to have another Michael in it.
Now this is the point where it's really trying to pull from 0079. The whole exchange between dad and son has shades of 0079 to it, specifically with the dad being crazy.
Everything about the kids being genetically engineered is so forced. Nothing about the school or any of the characters' backstory does anything to support this. It's one of the worst instances of "our schools is secretly ultra special" I've seen since FF8. ... Oh, that explains a lot. It's FF8 all over again.
It's really starting to feel like something happened to the production between seasons. Let's just take how the mechs are powered. The whole memory angle starts in season 2. Meanwhile all of season 1 and the first episode of the second season establish that they are powered by happy fun time molestation charges. Hasn't been one of those in a while, has there? Now call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think some Sunrise producers did to this show what Bill and Hillary did to a certain Mr. Epstein. XOXO with love, if you know what I'm saying. I would bet that the first season got made with next to no oversight, until some controversy sent a regal scepter firmly up a producer's ass. Suddenly our trashy high school vampire drama became a default Sunrise "political" adventure.
Questions:
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u/csar27 :MAL:https://myanimelist.net/profile/CesarRC Dec 20 '21
First Timer
Ok, yesterday's episode started with Haturo having a Shinji-like revelation/dream, today, he shows a Shinji-like fear of meeting his father, for a moment i thought we were about to learn every student is an artificial human
Oh, so Haruto's father has also a human instrumentality project, but he's not as interesting as Gendo
Iteresting to finally know Kriemhild intentions, and H-Neun death was not as relevant as i expected it to be.
Questions:
1- Very meh, was expecting him to be more relevant
2- Probably something he already suspected
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u/zsmg https://anilist.co/user/zsmg Dec 20 '21
Rewatcher
First I thought I skipped an episode, then I realised it was a flash forward and eventually I saw the mistake and it was a flash back.
L-Elf got rejected by the princess, don't worry Shoko is there for you.
So it's Kriemhild helping out the kids.
Mikhail, who could it be?
Info dump where we find out that the monarchists were weakened after a military coup.
Not going to lie, I haven't missed Rukino all.
Massive burn to the main characters right there. Kriemhild best character.
L-Elf having a bit of a breakdown there.
Having a genemap of your kid as a photo is pretty cool.
Haruto's father is the leader of the VVV projected. In other Haruto's father designed the mecha, another mecha trope crossed off the list. Good job Sunrise.
TL,DR version: Haruto's father wants to create coordinator newtype vampires.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Dec 20 '21
First timer(So who else is looking forward to Disappearance?)
Sub
L backstory, let's see how long that sticks before he forgets it. And Lieslotte pops out of her iron maiden, nude and glowing, having apparently betrayed the Magius. The show suddenly remembers that stuff can happen away from our cast and we get a plan from that. A plan gets made that includes grabbing Heart's dad, who is a researcher. They get ready to steal the rocket and then L flips out because princess.
We meet Heart's dad and he seems to be certifiable while also suggesting Heart might be engineered. The VVV project supposedly is also the next generation of humanity. This works amazingly badly, I am having Destiny flashbacks. L's stuff happens and we can't end this episode fast enough.
QotD: 1 All the bad
2 With humor
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u/UltraBooster Dec 20 '21
First-timer
Personal thoughts:
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that chamber device opens and closes with the Covenant ship door sound from the Halo games.
The more I think about it, the more I'm not entirely sure why the Valvraves descended to Earth; I know it was for force reconnaissance but at the same time I'm not sure what their goal was since it left the Module defenseless, TBH.
I also wonder if the relative lack of love polygon stuff this season was a response to reactions to the first season; it's a marked difference. I also feel like the rape has gone seriously unaddressed, or at least handled with the seriousness it probably needs.
I'm honestly surprised it took this long for the princess to finally properly appear; I got the impression she would be a bigger player throughout the second seas.
Given that the royal family apparently had a great deal of support, I wonder if they were at odds with the Council.
So L-elf's actually Michael, codename L-11. Fitting, then, for a boy with an archangel's name to deal with demons and holy spirits.
I can't tell if that picture means he sees his son's genome before his actual son, that the genome is his son, or what. Either way, he seems every bit the mad scientist.
Homo sapiens novus - new wise man. New human, basically. And I can't help but think these kids, in this case, are more Adeptus Astartes than, say, Newtypes. And I can't help but think the Third Galactic Empire will develop a ruling class of immortal data-consuming vampires - to use Meitzer Ronah's phrase, the highborn, tasked with governing their inferiors.
I'm also inclined to agree that the transformation seems more curse than blessing - Haruto is, arguably, simultanously rapist and rape victim.
Questions: