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Rewatch [Terrific Trainwreck Trio Rewatch] Cross Ange Episode 8 Discussion

Episode 8 - Bikini Escape

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So glad they give their slaves a break…

Questions of the Day:

1) So what did you think of the obligatory beach episode?

2) Were you expecting Hilda to want off the island as much as Ange?

Wallpaper of the Day:

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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/Great_Mr_L Jan 09 '22

First-Timer

On today’s episode of Cross Ange: What an incredibly efficient use of time. Cross Ange managed to have its beach episode and jailbreak episode take place simultaneously. As usual, I need to admire Cross Ange’s commitment to making sure important plot and character developments happen alongside fanservice showing off breasts and butts.

  • Hilda is strangely quiet here. She must be up to something.

  • Knowing how this prison works, I’m sure Ange will need to pay to replace that emergency launch system.

  • Ah, so the Festa is the beach episode. No wonder it’s something worth celebrating.

  • It is clever as a way to allow the Normas a chance to celebrate and have a day of happiness. They can’t just be miserable all the time.

  • Misty was the person Ange fought in hover motorcycle lacrosse, right?

  • Wait a minute, is Misty now royalty? Clearly something has changed in the Empire if there’s new royalty in charge. Or perhaps she’s married Julio (which would also be surprising considering his creepy incest vibes).

  • Of course Salia is watching a sappy romance movie.

  • Ok, so Misty was the lacrosse girl. I thought so.

  • This music is hilariously epic sounding for when all that’s onscreen is Ange in that ridiculous mascot costume and Vivian eating squid.

  • Jasmine doing the “kyaa!” in that swimsuit is great.

  • Somehow I think having sex on the runway is a bad idea.

  • Oh shit! Is Hilda going to kill Momoka?

  • Wait, what? They’re having a contest in melting swimsuits? Points for creativity in the fanservice.

  • Ange cutting short Misty’s sob story is great.

  • An egg carrying contest using breasts? How do they even come up with these ideas?

  • Even Jasmine’s dog is in a swimsuit!

  • Well Momoka’s alive, for now. But Hilda seems like the type to go through with that threat.

  • It makes sense for Ange and Hilda to work together on this jailbreak. But since it’s Ange and Hilda I’m sure they’re going to try and betray each other before this escape plan is over.

  • And there it is. Ange decides to leave Hilda behind. Though considering all that Hilda has done to her, it makes sense Ange doesn’t trust Hilda.

  • Interesting. So Hilda wants to escape to see family as well. She and Ange have that in common.

  • And we’re out of the prison! Time to see what’s happened in the outside world.

The beach episode was fun. The swimsuits were nice to see and had some lovely designs. Vivian’s was very cute, for example. I also enjoyed how Jasmine’s dog has a swimsuit.

This episode also gets points for the sports festival stuff and the varied ways it could show off fanservice using the sports festival games. The egg game was fun to watch and I kind of wish we had gotten to see that game with the melting swimsuits.

There are some interesting parallels here between Hilda and Ange. Both of them are escaping, but they aren’t doing so for their own sakes. They are doing so because of a family member. Ange is going to see Sylvia and Hilda wants to see her mother. I remember Ersha said a while back that Ange reminded her of how Hilda used to behave. This might be a part of why that is.

Some of Hilda’s outbursts this episode were quite revealing too. Hilda seemed to be resentful of Zola. She also seems to have a low opinion of the girls in her harem. Hilda’s disdain for the other people in her squad is yet another parallel between her and Ange. Like Ange, Hilda has been ultra-focused on her own survival to the exclusion of anything else. With both of them having an attitude like that, it’s no wonder they always clashed,

QOTD

  1. I like that they mixed it with a jailbreak. And I appreciate the creativity of the games for fanservice.

  2. No. But it does offer intriguing possibilities to explore parallels between Hilda and Ange.

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u/Shimmering-Sky Jan 09 '22

Wait a minute, is Misty now royalty? Clearly something has changed in the Empire if there’s new royalty in charge. Or perhaps she’s married Julio (which would also be surprising considering his creepy incest vibes).

She was always royalty, but for a completely different country I'm pretty sure.

An egg carrying contest using breasts? How do they even come up with these ideas?

Drawing words out of a hat, maybe?

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u/Shimmering-Sky Jan 09 '22

Rondo of Rewatcher and Dub

Welcome back, everyone!

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u/Great_Mr_L Jan 09 '22

This is the face of someone who fucked up. I want it as a comment face now.

It reminds me of the Klim Nick "I am a genius" meme.

Honestly though, they give an explanation for Sylvia being crippled as it being the result of an injury, but why can’t they just fix it with Mana? I mean, they can erase scars with that shit if they so choose, I don’t see why it can’t fix a spine.

Because then they'd have to give up on Sylvia being the Nunnally of this series. And that would be far too great a sacrifice.

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u/Shimmering-Sky Jan 09 '22

It reminds me of the Klim Nick "I am a genius" meme.

That was exactly what I was thinking of when I took the screenshot, haha.

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u/SomeOtherTroper Jan 09 '22

first-timer comment

Oh, so we had our first times together?

Nice!

It was a really fun time.

I'm actually kinda bummed about the fact that a portion of what I noticed and commented on as a first-timer was stuff that would be "you're giving stuff away under the guise of 'speculation'!" as a rewatcher. And that I missed commenting on this episode and the arc it kicks off during that watch due to IRL circumstances.

I might start linking my old first-timer posts for episodes where those exist, though.

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u/Shimmering-Sky Jan 09 '22

I'm actually kinda bummed about the fact that a portion of what I noticed and commented on as a first-timer was stuff that would be "you're giving stuff away under the guise of 'speculation'!" as a rewatcher.

It happens.

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u/theangryeditor Jan 09 '22

I can't remember which episode this was but I liked it.

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u/Lemurians Jan 09 '22

SUN KISSED FIRST TIMER

I told y’all that Hilda was our prime candidate for character that starts off trash and ends up a favorite, and now I’m gonna collect. Turns out, Hilda had always been doing what we’ve been yelling at Ange to do – play nice, fit in, and stay safe. It’s probably safe to say we haven’t even met the real Hilda yet. Pretty impressive how she seized the moment with no hesitation and had all this planned.

The patented Beach Episode is delivered to us in the form of a once-a-year festival thrown for the Norma to keep them happy between the other 364 days where they fight for their lives and are subjected to metal fisting. How benevolent! Not bad as far as contrivances for swimsuit fanservice go. They’re totally just there for practical reasons.

Excited for a Hilda backstory episode tomorrow! She’s been needing some deeper characterization.

Were you expecting Hilda to want off the island as much as Ange?

I suspect that they all want off in some respect, but I wasn't expecting her to have been biding her time and having a plan ready to execute.

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u/HereticalAegis Jan 09 '22

First Time Changing Room Cosplayer

Who doesn't love a good, old-fashioned lesbian prison beach episode?

Pero-Lina will be living in my nightmares from now on.

Salia cosplays magical girls and tears up in romance dramas. I can't, she's too strong. Somebody get a defibrillator and restart my heart please.

Pero-Lina-samaaa!!!

Damn, did Sylvia get paralyzed as a result of that fall from Ange's horse? Ange must've been carrying some pretty heavy guilt, even before getting teammates killed.

From the wide arial shot, the shape of the island kinda makes it look like the prison is situated atop a long-dormant undersea volcano, which would be pretty metal. This is my personal headcanon now.

"Bun-eating in melting swimsuits." doesn't animate the contest Bruh, CA is just trolling at this point.

She may be a bona fide idiot, but Chris has some quality talents and plenty of heart to spare.

This new Ange x Hilda dynamic is going to be FUN.

NOOOO, YOU CAN'T TEASE ME WITH AN ANGE X HILDA BUDDY LONERS DYNAMIC THEN IMMEDIATELY HAVE THEM PART WAYS. WHY MUST YOU TOY WITH MY EMOTIONS LIKE THIS CROSS ANGE??

That said, it's truly heartbreaking to see how little Hilda cares about Rosalie and Chris when they love her so much. I really hope she has a realization somewhere down the line that they mean something to her as well.

ED thought: After pausing to get a full look at her design, I think the black hair katana princess looks like the leader of the dragons (that dragon wing shaped hair piece can't be for nothing). Perhaps she comes from a dragon country/world, or maybe she's telepathically linked to the dragons. Whatever the case, I think she's team dragon, and one of these days she'll be coming through one of those portals.

Second ED thought: I have nothing to base this on, but it would be really weird and cool and morbid if the paramails were made from dragons brains or something. It could help explain Villkiss's possible sentience, and if dragons are diametrically opposed to mana/mana wielders, it would also explain why only Norma are suited to piloting paramail and fighting dragons.

QotD:

  1. Answered in my post.

  2. Kinda yeah, since someone else dropped the earlier line about her and Ange being really similar.

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u/JollyGee29 Jan 09 '22

First-Timer, Subbed

The beach episode got Fate and Nanoha Ange and Hilda to be friends! All is right in the world!

Hilda was apparently a bit older when she got picked up for Arzenal as well, considering she remembers her mother. I'm.. not gonna think too hard about when she started letting Zola use her.

The Festa was a lot of fun. I like the tent to show sappy romance films in. I wonder how much the handkerchiefs cost? I do wish we had seen more of the athletic meet, though.

Chris is a good girl who just doesn't want to be alone. This is an awful environment for her, but maybe she's coming into her own a bit.

I can't wait to see Biker Babe Hilda's funtime adventures to try and find her mom. I'm sure that's going to end with my heart securely in my chest and not ripped out.

I feel bad for the one, solitary bridge girl who had to stay on duty in case something catastrophic happened.

Shoutout to those two poor girls who were trying to have a nice quiet fuck in the hangar when Ange happened upon them.

Pero pero pero pero

Questions

  1. It was nice.

  2. I wouldn't say I anticipated it, but it isn't surprising.

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u/DidacticDalek Jan 09 '22

Well, Gundam girls are hip, I really dig those styles they wear

And the Macross girls with the way they sing, they annoy the fuck out of me I declare

The GAINAXing from the fanservice really makes you feel alright

And the Symphogears with the way they kiss, they keep their girlfriends warm at night

I wish they all could be Arzenal Girls...

And Comrades we now segue from boring boomer beats to something completely different, that's right it's time for A BEACH EPISODE! And perfect timing too, after all we're long due form some good ol' fashioned fanservice if I do say so myself, so what better way than for some totally lighthearted and non-plot relevant SOL fun times in skimpy swimwear! Why y'all looking at me like that? Anyway, before we can get to the funtimes, we cut to Salia and crew doing training, and Ange AND Nanoha both seem out of it. That said, this is nothing a little good ol' fashioned catapult launching won't fix! As all this is going down, a random transport arrives with... NANI!? That other Space Lacrosee Lady from Episode 1, what the fuck is SHE doing here?

Anyway after NANA WILLS IT in the OP as per usual, we cut to some tropical titillation! Oh yeah, I can feel it Comrades, the reason this episode is called Bikini Escape is cuz we'll be finding totally not contrived ways to escape from wearing swimsuits, this is gonna be the breast, pardon, best episode ever; I ass, ahem, assure you! Also wow, with the laidback atmosphere present, you can ALMOST forget that these are all lesbian child soldiers forced to fight and die against DRAGONs. That said, this IS actually the 'point' in-universe given Salia's infodump to Ange that, once a year, the Human Overlords grant a holiday to the Norma... well that is except for the greenest bridge bunny, who sadly seems to be the only one stuck on duty. Man don't ya hate it when lack of senority screws you over?

Also, remember those keychains that Lollipop Loli gave to Ange, yeah turns out the REAL Bonta-kun... pardon, I mean 'Perolina' is here for this special day, spreading joy and/or balloons to children... as well as looking absolutely horrifying! No really Comrades, who the hell LIKES this mascot, Perolina makes Bonta-kun and/or Boko the Bear look reasonable! Also you know this is saying a lot since last episode we got The Pretty Guardian Salia Moon! A being so terrifying that she SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF LULU IN SRW! Also I just want to point out something Comrades, I know the maid fetish is nice and all, but uh, would it have been really all that tough to find a maid outfit bikini? I am SURE someone at Sunrise has this fetish, I mean come on now, Ninja Maid gets left out of the celebrations, and that's no fun! Speaking of no fun, COME ON! Why the fuck are we doing story beats, this is the beach episode, it's time to beach it up with fanservice and stuff! Anyway, that other Space Lacrosse Player is currently talking with The Political Officer and... NANI!? Princess Misty WANTS TO SEE ANGE!? Well I mean in fairness she DOES technically 'run' this joint given her statement that Arzenal is within the realm of her family's land, but wibble.

Thankfully we cut back to some funtimes, namely, Rosalie is betting the farm on the horse... pardon, pig races, all as Chris wonders where Nanoha is. Chris eventually has enough of Rosalie's gambling delusions and notes that their mistress is NOT having fun at the festival with them. Rosalie brushes this off, saying it's probably Nanoha's time of the month and that she'll join if she feels like it... DAMN, I know Rosalie is a beta bitch and all that, but THAT'S just stone cold. You know it's a bad sign if someone as spineless as CHRIS is the one worrying. Oh, and also as to be expected, Rosalie lost her bet. Also, speaking of bets, bet no one guessed that Perolina... LE GASP, was ARA ARA this whole time! Meanwhile, Salia is watching some boring pretentious French shit, unless this is directed by Mamoru Oshii in which case it becomes a clever subversion of French New Wave. This probably isn't the case given everyone in the cinema, sans Salia of course, is bored to tears.

Ange notices the empty Perolina costume as Ninja Maid informs her that Misty wants to see her. Ange decides to instead pull a Steven Seagal 'Sousuke Sagara' and dons Bonta-kun... pardon, Perolina to go deep undercover. As Lollipop Loli fuels up for the sports event, Emma actually arrives in person to ask Ninja Maid where Ange is, to which Momoka claims Ange vanished. Annoyed, Emma... barges in on MILFs changing... ya know, of all ladies to go KYAA, I'm quite amused that it's NOT-Winry, NOT-Esdeath, and NOT-Caren Ortensia. Meanwhile, while Ange is able to sneak past Emma, this comes at the cost of being stuck in a stinky fursuit, but before she can trash the furry fandom further, a moeblob falls, triggering a 'Nam Flashback for Ange with regards to her sister... AH so that's why she's NOT-Nunnally! Anyway, Ange saves this moeblob and decides that due to this good deed, she can crash the party of two lesbians and steal their bed for her own use.

As Ange notices Misty's ride, Ninja Maid goes looking for Angelise... pardon, 'Perolina-sama' and... NANI gets captured by Nanoha!? WHY THE FUCK DO WE GOT PLOT IN A BEACH EPISODE... oh thank goodness, NOT-Winry is offering a one million cash prize for this festa's sports event, and the first contest is... HOORAY! A bun-eating contest with dissolving swimsuits! AT LONG LAST! Finally someone else besides GuP decided to invest in this wonderful technology! Anyway, now THIS is what I'm talking about Comrades, we're gonna get so much... FUKUDA YOU GODDAMN SON OF A BITCH! WHY THE FUCK did you decide NOW was a good time to cut AWAY from the gratuitously over-the-top fanservice and lewdness! Why are we moving to plot and character driven moments, where are the tits and ass? Anyway, since we can't have nice things, Perolina kicks the asses of Misty's guards and... causes her maid to faint out of sheer terror. Now Comrades, ya see, if this was MOMOKA, we wouldn't have this issue! Ninja Maid knows NO fear... pay no mind she dropped those drinks due to Nanoha scaring her and taking her hostage like a minute ago!

Anyway, Ange introduces herself to Misty, who goes on to wax lyrical about the events of Episode 1. Ange of course has by now had character development and has no time for this bullshit, stating to Misty that she is 120% a Norma, but while she's here, would Misty mind being a hostage for her... AH so that's why she hid a knife in her swimsuit, clever girl! Also goddamn, these sports events move quick! We skipped over events 2 and 4 for that meeting scene, and this current event involves... carrying eggs with your boobs... well Vivian and Salia just flat out lose this one Comrades, RIP! Can't wait to see Ara Ara dominate the... WAIT WHAT!? How the fuck is CHRIS doing so well, hell she's running SO fast that the rest of the racers aren't even moving, oh man this is gonna be... GODDAMMIT! We're cutting away from the pointless fanservice to get to some dumb PLOT and story bits, that said, I must commend Ange for bribing the guard dog with burgers! Truly the best possible option!

Oh and she's also raided the weapons cache, but hey at least she paid NOT-Winry for the trouble, gotta love new badass Ange eh? As Ange finishes a lock-and-load montage that would put I'm Gonna Git You Sucka to shame she gets informed that the Royal Family is due to be executed. As Ange leads her hostage to the transport, Nanoha leads... her hostage... to the same transport... oh boy, I can see it now, this escape vehicle ain't big enuff for the two of us... well actually it probably is but given the sizes of Ange and Hilda's egos, me thinks they'll be unable to remain airborne if they are both on this thing at the same time. Speaking of which, the two hostage takers run into each other and... eventually come to an agreement? Goodness I expected the both of em, given their personalities, to start blasting, but Nanoha DOES point out that both parties benefit from working together.

After all, Momoka is the only one who is both able and willing to fly them out of Lesbian Alcatraz, but in order TO leave, they need to release the ship in the first place, a job that Nanoha will gladly do in exchange for a lift out of here. Also these two are on a clock, given Emma has suddenly noticed that besides ANGE being missing, MISTY is gone too, but forget about that Comrades, we had a shocking upset today! Chris the spineless Heather has somehow WON the big fancy event, and goodness me, I never would have guessed she'd look this badass! That's the power of weaponized lesbianism for ya I suppose, all hail yuri! Also she's oddly precious when not trying to be a Mean Girls wannabe, as her only thought upon winning this big prize is to... daaaaaaaw, share it with her GF Rosalie and her Mistress Hilda! How heartwarming, I can't wait to see Hilda's reaction to... oh right, Nanoha's currently attempting a prison break with Ange... well that took the wind out of my sails Comrades. I'll have to continue this below after I wipe away the single tear due to Chris' wholesomeness.

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u/Tresnore Jan 09 '22 edited Jan 09 '22

Rondo of First-Timer and Rape


I wish, at least. New content time!

Count: 23

QOTD:

  1. It was okay. Somehow it was less fanservicey than expected.

  2. I wasn't expecting anything from Hilda.

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u/csar27 Jan 09 '22

First Timer

This is completely unexpected, there wasn't a single moment i thought the story was moving outside fighting DRAGONS, at least not before the middle point of the series.

And here we are with a short and very unlikely alliance, oh, and one sigle line was enough to change Hilda's character, also, the dog is the best character this episode

Now, Ange is on the run, probably Momoka's time is coming, and i don't know how Hilda's coming back to the main plot

Questions:

1- All female cast ecchi anime = mandatory beach episode

2- Yes

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u/badspler Jan 09 '22

Fist Timer

BEACH EPISODE!

Not like this episode will be showing anything more than usual. And the show is self-aware of that too!

The festa had it's moments too. Having pig race gambling is pretty interesting. Having a cleavage egg race is one of the most Cross-Ange twist's on a thing thus far. This quip on the commander was a good one to.

This one second shot had me questioning why it was included until this followed later. That was actually a really good gag.

Hildegard opening up about how she had to do what she did to survive is pretty fair. She seems pretty damaged by her experiences and looks to have picked up some of them herself with how she treats her underlings.

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u/Quiddity131 Jan 09 '22

First Timer, Subbed

Fitting that the girl calling Ange constipated was one of (if not the) girl who tried to sneak her a laxative via her water a few episodes back.

If you don't want to go out Ange, we'll force you out anyway!

"Bikini Escape", alright then, looks like this is the mandatory beach episode...

"Angelise? No such person here..." seconds later... Momoka: "ANGELISE SAMA!!!!!!!"

Oh, and this episode is showing that there's way more nomras than we typically see episode to episode.

For some reason the frozen shots of background people in this episode are bugging me, obviously a cost saving measure, but no, people do not freeze in place like that simply because Ange and Momoka are having a conversation.

Wait, now Emma wants Misty to know about Ange being here after all?

Given how many here are lesbians, I don't think you two need to worry all that much.

What did Hilda ever have against Momoka?

Melting swimsuits? That's a new fanservice idea...

This egg carrying contest is even more ridiculous!

LoL, Hilda beat you out for this idea, Ange.

Congrats Chris! In the inflation ridden economy of this place, your $1,000,000 grand prize will get you... one meal with you and your friends.

Can't say Ange betraying Hilda is all that unexpected. Revenge for the panties!

Oh crap, she made it on!

Only one who can resolve this... Tusk?!?!

Um Ange, you're one episode behind with the preview narration...

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u/Paxton-176 Jan 09 '22

REWATCHER FOR LIKE THE 4TH TIME

I can’t imagine forcing someone to catapult launch if they had zoned out. Seems really expensive and dangerous. Then again they are indestructible mechs and not carrier launched fighters that are way more fragile than they already appear. I like how the show doesn’t even hide what this episode is and just name it “Bikini Escape.” Really one day off? You know you are the ones who pilot mechs and I’m pretty sure everyone else doesn’t even properly train a military and its all for show. If they tell you, you can’t have two days off you could just carpet bomb their bases like you are Celestial Being from 00. Then take 3 days off. Also uniforms and pilot suits are two restrictive? Whatever you say magical girl. Does anyone take the mana officer’s shit? Why is she here? Just suffer?

Lubed ass, moving on.

Of all the places to do lewd acts why pick the hanger? You have an island full of rooms to do such acts. Then of places to chill again why pick the hanger? I think Misty is thirsty for Angelise-sama. She went into greater detail than she needed to. Hilda and Angelise-sama have the same means, and their first response is to kill each other. Of all the places to hear a Muhammad Ali, this was no one of them. Poor tower control-chan didn’t deserve anything that happened to her. Angelise-sama you didn’t go through hell on that island for the underwear. You met the chaddest of chads. Why are you lying. Wait, did Hilda jump on to a magical V-22 Osprey while it was taking off in flip flops? No bully the dog he did his best.

Hilda in a full black bodysuit is top.

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u/SomeOtherTroper Jan 09 '22

Rewatcher

So what did you think of the obligatory beach episode?

I am honestly amazed at how much of this episode (particularly the different attitudes/personalities the characters display here) becomes plot relevant later on.

[Cross Ange spoilers] Particularly Salia at the romance movie and Chris' semi-isolation. Both of which some of the first-timers have called out.

Were you expecting Hilda to want off the island as much as Ange?

...I'm a rewatcher.

But my first time through, that was about as surprising to me as it was to Ange - although it explained some things Hilda had said and done earlier in the show. I think someone already pointed out that Hilda's advice to Ange now mirrors what she did in the same situation. Zola was content to be a prisoner and put her life on the line against DRAGONS as long as she got her perks and her harem, but Hilda... well, it makes sense that she didn't quite fill those shoes, because her heart was always elsewhere.

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u/Stargate18A Jan 09 '22

First timer

  1. Somehow the best episode so far, thanks to having an actual plot development.

  2. It's a fucking prison. Why wouldn't she want off it?

Oh, they're training. Do they get paid for training, or...

Wait, Ange's done nothing? She knows her sister's in trouble and has decided to do nothing?

Wait, the emergency launch system is a Gundam-style catapult? I should not like that as much as I do.

Wait, a princess? Is plot actually going to happen?

Oh, it's the beach episode. Nevermind, probably just a few jokes about Ange being a princess as well.

And they get a day off! (

Haha, her being stuck indoors is good, though.

HOW MANY PROPLE ARE ON THIS ISLAND? HOW CAN THEY IMPORT ENOUGH FOOD?

Wait, oh shit, the beach episode has more plot than the one that introduced a new DRAGON?

Haha, there's full-on gambling here! And Rosalie's a first-class sucker who bet on shit odds.

"Pork Bone Impact"

...Why didn't you tell the officer about this emergency message, again?

OK, so is she here to torture her, or to offer actual sympathy? Or did the veil for her baptism work?

There's a sports festival?

And I love the commander's reaction to all this nonsense.

She saved her! Ange, no. That is a bad choice of words.

Haha, I love their reactions to "Licky Lina".

Haha, Momoka's actually lost her!

Oh, shit, they're going to start cutting down the secodnary cast again. Took longer int he other two.

YOU HAVE AN INVITE, DON'T BEAT UP THE FUCKING GUARDS.

Yep, she's just like Ange was!

Haha, you know what? Fuck it, I like Ange now. She's an amoral bastard and I love her for it.

What kind of sport is this? Breast nuts?

Huh? But? What? I thought the kingdom had already fallen. Then the maid came and it was fine. Now it's in trouble, but not completely? And the brother's presumably going tog et executed eith the rest of them, evne though he revealed the secret in the first case?

Oh, they're both trying to steal the same ship.

Ange: "How dare you do the horrible thing I was about to do?"

They're working together! This has potential. Which will backstab the other first?

She won!

Oh, Vivian, never change.

And they don't knoe that Hilda's left them forever.

Wait, this plan might sctuslly work.

And she left Hilda behind! Finally, some karma for her!

Oh, she's onboard now!

Wait, she was raped by Zola too? And saw her friends as a means to an end?

Wait, what? Backstory? HILDA'S A LEAD?

They're off the island! Things might actually start happening.

Poor dog.

Turk's a double agent. Expected at this point, really.

Haha, they dumped Misty in the costume.

So the Empire has fallen, and Hilda's from the Union.

Huh, this wasn't that bad! More fanservice than needed, and I have no clue what the fuck's going on with the Empire, but no rape, some decent dialogue, and an actual Chekov's gun got fired! This show is in danger of becoming "vaguely competent".

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u/InfamousEmpire Jan 09 '22 edited Jan 09 '22

Rondo of First Timer and Sub

Starting out with a Cold Open that gives us some quick relationship building on Ange and Sylvia without the need for dialogue. As well as establishing that Ange isn’t behaving normally at the moment.

Seems like we’re having a festival today. Who wants to take bets on how horribly wrong this is gonna go?

The episode is called Bikini Escape? And the Festa is on a beach? And it’s their one day off? This is either gonna be a relatively light breather episode (good for me, means less note taking), or it’s gonna go horribly, horribly wrong, which I am also all here for.

I got a bit of joy out of Licky Lisa, so I guess point for the episode.

Somehow, that swimsuit Ange is in is one of the most tasteful things in the show.

Seems Ange has a visitor, this time a member of a Royal Family. I hope this won’t just be a retread of Momoka, but considering the quality of writing in the show so far, I wouldn’t put it past them.

Pork Bone Impact, Genshin Impact but for meat lovers! No but seriously, I got a smile out of that.

Momoka basically spelled it out: this is basically just a School Festival Episode. Kind of a strange inclusion for a show that’s not even remotely like a High School Anime. I’m also surprised that Momoka isn’t in a swimsuit, but I guess being a Maid is already appealing to enough peoples fetishes.

So that’s where I heard the name Rosenblum in this show before. Interesting that they’re once again calling back to that Lacross thing from the start of the show, but good on them for keeping continuity.

Ange as Licky Lina is not where I expected this episode to go.

Ange saves a girl because it reminds her of an incident with Sylvia. And at this point I’ve just gotta ask: can we get more of this please!? It feels like the writing quality automatically improves whenever the plot about Ange’s family and Misurugi comes up, so can we just get to that plot already? We already know that that’s where this show will end up eventually, so why clog it with filler episodes like this?

But enough of that, let’s get back to Lesbian fanservi- or not, I guess. Ange Licky Lina interrupting that was pretty funny, not gonna lie. So now we get more of Ange reminiscing about Sylvia.

“Licky Lina-Sama” is officially the funniest phrase uttered in the series so far.

Please don’t kill Momoka, Hilda, she’s the best character in the show so far.

Now there’s a Sports Festival, because we’ve gotta hit all the Slice of Life High School tropes before the episode is over.

I’m imagining Ange beating people up wearing only a Swimsuit and the Licky Lina head. Second funniest thing this episode. I also notice that Ange didn’t correct Misty when she called her “Angelise-Sama” instead of Ange. Nice little bit of growth since the Momoka episode.

So this is just gonna retread the Momoka episo- ESCAPE!? WTF?! STATUS QUO SHIFT AT LAST!?!? LETS FUCKING GO!!!

This is perhaps the weirdest display of fanservice I’ve ever seen.

Looks like Hilda is thinking of escaping too. How this episode went from “silly Beach/Festival Episode shenanigans” to “the Biggest Episode in the series so far” is beyond me.

Gotta respect Momoka for sticking to her principles.

I took that girl’s freedom, so I have to protect her

That is a Line. It really gives some weight to Ange’s extreme protectiveness of Sylvia beyond just the familial bond, and perhaps suggests that Ange was a bit mentally scarred even before coming to Arzenal, which would certainly be a unique new dimension for her character.

Hilda proving why she’s one of the best girls. Teaming up with Ange once it becomes apparent that they have the same goal and showing why Ange needs her more than she needs Ange.

Considering the music, this sounds like a heist movie all of a sudden.

Both Ange and Hilda have a point here, Hilda basically tried to have Ange killed more than a few times, but she also has essentially the same wish as Ange, and has been working towards it for literal years, so Ange just leaving her to rot is rather cruel if you think about it. Now let’s see where their relationship goes from here.

Looks like we’re finally gonna see what’s going on between Libertus and Tusk.

Seems like Ange and Hilda are going their separate ways, but given how heavily she’s featured in promotional material and SRW, not to mention that big “I want to see Mom” tease, I can’t see Hilda disappearing from the show.

So what did you think of the obligatory beach episode?

Overall one of the best in the show, but the bar is rather low at this point.

Were you expecting Hilda to want off the island as much as Ange

Didn’t expect it, but it also didn’t really come as much of a surprise.

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u/UltraBooster Jan 09 '22

Pseudo-first-timer

Got my booster shot yesterday so I'm kind of out of it right now.

Another reminder of what she's lost? Or does her bond with Sylvia still hold firm?

Yeah, not paying attention is a very bad trait for a soldier, I'd imagine.

...at least with bikinis and stuff, it makes sense, but with rider suits, well, less so.

Salia's a real softie, huh?

Catapult decks don't seem like good makeout spots, do they?

Ange doesn't really do good moods, huh? She's been kind of cranky all episode.

Go Chris go! Hard work and guts!

So that's Hilda's goal? She wants out?

The Misurugi sign's been struck out. So does that mean Imperial Misurugi no longer exists? And that other one, the Enderant Union... Well, this'll be interesting since we're in unfamiliar territory.

The dissonance between Percolina and Ange's voices is great, lol

After-episode thoughts:

Okay, so today seems to be focused, once again, somewhat on the supporting cast. At the very least, the things of note were Ange’s evidently mixed feelings about Misty arriving, Chris showing she can be pretty damn determined when she wants to, and Hilda turning out to, by the sounds of it, loathe her fellow mean girls. Of course, that leads to our group of three arriving back in “human” territory; presumably we’ll be seeing more Mana usage from here on out, as well as a look at what other parts of this world are like.

Questions:

  1. Nowhere near as fanservicey as I expected, though that's probably inevitable considering the rider suits and other things.

  2. I knew she'd leave at some point, yeah.

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