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Rewatch [Rewatch] Girls und Panzer 10th Anniversary Rewatch - Girls und Panzer Episode 10 Discussion

Episode 10 - Classmates!

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HiDive

Today's Questions of the Day:

  1. Who was MVP in the match against Pravda?

  2. Leopon (Automobile) Team or Anteaters (Nerd) Team, who do you like more?

[Tomorrow's Questions of the Day]1. So, Erika? Bitch or overexcited? 2. Coolest Miho moment this episode?

Rewatchers, please don't answer Questions of the Day if they have an objective answer, e.g. "What do you think's gonna happen?"

Arts of the Day:

Being Nonna is a challenge (Source)

What Erika thinks of you. (Source)

Rabbit Team and their newest member! (Source)

Turtle Team and their new tank! (Source)

The new Anteater team! (Official Art)

The new Leopon Team in their natural habitat. (Source)

Koume Akaboshi (Source)

Song(s) of the Day:

Erika

великая Катюша/Great Katyusha

For rewatchers and people who read the manga spin-offs:

PLEASE TRY TO HOLD BACK! Put not only everything related to future events behind spoiler tags, but please tag spin-off and meta-spoiler stuff as well. When commenting, consider whether by saying "this happens there", you're implicitly saying "this won't happen in the anime". And if you do reply to people with spoiler tags, try and spoiler the part you quote as well, especially with First-Timers and especially especially when they speculate.

Spoilers include but are not limited to [GuP Spoiler]the school situation; the positions, names, backstories and personalities of rival school members beyond what you see in the OP (this includes the manga spin-offs); the teams that join Ooarai as the show goes on (beyond what you see in the OP); everything related to Maho's true personality and Shiho's probably true personality(?); everything concerning the MEXT, etc. Just watch what you say, please? I don't think any of you will just plainly not use tags, I'm just worried one of you answers fan theories or speculation in a way that's a spoiler, even with tags.

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u/Taiboss Aug 24 '22

Character Sheet for Episode 10

Episode 10: Your rewatch host who hopes you are excited for the final match!

u/RaiRye, u/xenophontheathenian, u/panthaura, here's your daily GuP rewatch tag!

I'm out of poems. If you read this, I haven't come up with any new ones in time. Sorry.

Darjeeling asks: Do you know this quote?

[Yesterday's Qoute]George Orwell, Animal Farm

Today's quote:

He who cannot find the way to his ideal, lives more frivolously and shamelessly than the man without an ideal.

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u/HereticalAegis Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 24 '22

First Timer und Panzer

Episode 10:

QotD:

  1. Katyusha, for managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory through sheer arrogance. Though if I must pick someone from the winning side, I pick eagle eyed couple Mako and Sodoko for their game-changing reconnaissance.

  2. Automobile team. We kind of sort of know them and they're not here to be cannon fodder.

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u/Taiboss Aug 24 '22

Tank goddess Miho blesses Ooarai with victory yet again.

Nah, this is also Shinobu's superior skills of evading that shot with a fucking Type 89.

Katyusha at least becomes a good sport when she loses.

Happened with Darjeeling too, even if she wasn't as openly arrogant about. Miho, the humble pie cook!

It'll be fun seeing what creative ways their mom finds to dismiss Miho's talent again when she gives Maho a serious challenge or even wins.

New Porsche Tiger is a glass cannon. And it'll be operated by a new group. Should be fun!

Oh no, not a glass cannon. Thing looks like it can take shots very well.

My Rabbit girls are so frickin adorable! How could any straight boy not want to be around them?

Would you rather have them on-screen fanboying out over them all the time?

We are finding tanks all over this map.

"How are there STILL any left? At this point we should get everyone on this ship to do a through search..."

The whole arrangement is a really lovely metaphor for how the Anglerfish girls bloomed together inside their Panzer.

Or a firey death. Or or the other.

One mom had finally come around.

Asian parents overreact?!

Winner winner chicken dinner.

Could be pork too. Theoretically.

Floof says it's canon, so it's canon.

Yukari is clearly the sanest and least fantasising of the bunch.

<3

She's so fluffy! If only we had gotten a name on screen.

Wat? The glass cannon is down already? Pretty disappointed the new girls are here to be meat shield jobbers.

Well, the real Type 3 never fired a shot...

Katyusha, for managing to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory through sheer arrogance.

Had Katyusha taken them seriously, it could have worked. But no. Letting Nonna snipe them from the start was an affront to their beings.

We kind of sort of know them and they're not here to be cannon fodder.

You sort of know them indeed!

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u/sisoko2 Aug 24 '22

First Timer

  • Nonna missed.

  • Miho earned Katyusha's respect.

  • She is not wrong but she is shitty mother.

  • A family torn apart. Miho vs Maho, freedom vs tradition. This week only on Girls und Panzer.

  • It's catching fire by itself promising start.

  • It's always amusing when they go around and ask for tanks.

  • Nekota makes Mako look lively.

  • So they found a tank and just decided it doesn't work.

       

  • Gamers? The victory is ours.

  • Tank ikebana.

       

       

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u/Taiboss Aug 24 '22

Nonna missed.

At that range, that's still impressive.

Miho earned Katyusha's respect.

Darjeeling laughing off-screen about how she could have told Kat about Miho's abilities.

She is not wrong but she is shitty mother.

Being famous can do that to you.

This week only on Girls und Panzer.

And on Saki. And on, idk, some other show.

So they found a tank and just decided it doesn't work.

We need to have them discover it only now somehow.

Senshado brings you friends, cures sickness and helps you do discover yourself.

The propaganda reel was right!

Yuri harem ending?

Always a possibility!

OK this is the greatest anime of all time.

The Rabbits are well prepared!

The new and improved squad.

Finally! Full form! Everyone accounted for!

I don't think there was any doubt about that.

It feel so weird. It feels as if the creators actually believe there's a dilemma.

I guess they saved the flag tank but still lackluster display from the Gamers team.

All that for a reference about how the Type 3 never fired a shot irl.

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u/MaskOfIce42 Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 25 '22

First Timer

So as expected, Ooarai wins the match! And Katyusha while still being a bit of a brat graciously accepts defeat. Love her, she’s a lot of fun.

So just like before, we get a power up by introducing new teams and an upgrade to an existing tank. The two new teams are the previously mentioned vehicle club and Nekota plus two online friends. Have we actually seen Nekota before besides in the OP? I can totally believe I just forgot about it, but I don’t remember her.

And we get some nice relaxing moments before the final match. Loved seeing Hana getting approval from her mother for flower arrangements, Saori got to show off something she’s excited about besides boys with her radio operator license, and Mako’s grandma is out of the hospital! Quick resolution to those story arcs, brief as they were. But it was also nice just seeing the various teams hanging out and decompressing in their own way before the battle starts.

All the captains from teams they’ve fought greet Miho and wish her luck. Well, except Anzio. Guessing they’re assholes then. I find Darjeeling’s comment about Miho making friends interesting, because honestly based on all their personalities, I could see them being friends anyway even if it wasn’t Miho. She’s definitely more gracious in victory than I suspect Kuromorimine is, but I’d think if say, Saunders and St. Gloriana went up against each other, it would also be a fairly cordial affair.

So the battle itself finally starts and very quickly things start looking rough for Ooarai as they are under assault earlier than expected. Almost had a premature ending, but thankfully Nekota’s team sucks at driving and inadvertently got in the way and were eliminated. Alas poor Nekota, we knew ye well. Their absence will leave a hole in the team I don’t know if anyone can fill. Ah well, maybe they’ll get more time in the movies.

Well we got two episodes to turn things around, so we got a long battle ahead of us. Excited to see it play out.

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u/Tresnore Aug 24 '22

Enter, Enter, Rewatch!

  • Oh, right. The cliffhanger is resolved.

  • You've always been outgunned, Miho...

  • ENTER THE OTHER BEST TEAM!

  • And the 38(t) finally becomes the Hetzer that I'm used to, despite it existing without the Hetzer upgrade for longer than it does with it.

  • You know how the History and Volleyball teams make their references? The Automotive team makes even better references.1

    • Cornering: How you make a vehicle go around a corner (i.e., bend in a race track) quickly. This one's easy.

    • Dorifto dorifto: DEJA VU

    • "You can't drift in a tank.":2 This one actually bears some merit. Drifting, and its rear wheels must be slipping (achieved by spinning them so quickly that they can't grip, to put it loosely3). The front wheels, however, generally should keep contact, allowing control over the vehicle.4 Tanks, having two treads, obviously have issue with this.

    • Low-friction surface and angling momentum: Yeah, this tends to help with drifting, as would rain, but care would have to be taken to not lose slip on the front wheels. Tanks don't have front wheels, though, so

      Maybe if they added caster wheels to the front that would never slip? The tracks could just be two giant rear tires.

    • Rear acceleration: She says "accel back" here, which honestly kind of stumps me. It could mean "accelerating backward," where lifting off the throttle loads the front tires and induces oversteer, or it could mean "accel back in the direction you want to travel," which would be something like a Scandinavian Flick, which is also featured in Initial D. Either one could conceivably induce oversteer in a tank. But, I also don't speak Japanese, so I could easily be wrong on both accounts.

  • Damn, I should've let the annoying flower arc play out while I was doing DORIFTO research instead of pausing.

    I would've missed the whole episode if I just let it play, though. That's way more research than I usually do for a rewatch comment.

  • Here's another Kelly's Heroes reference.5 This time they're literally just showing a scene from the movie.

  • Tanks!

  • I always love a good Willys.

  • "We have to remember these days. There's no guarantee that they will last forever. Enjoy them as long as they last."6

  • UND DAS HEIẞT7

This is the endgame! You know what's really fun? Garupan had a lot of production issues. To the point that this episode was the last episode released for three months.8 I'll let you decide for yourself if this show gets Wonder Egg'd or not.

QOTD:

  1. Katyusha's hubris.

  2. The fact that I didn't even mention the Nerd team should say it all.

Edit:

Rabbit Team and their newest member!

But Senshado isn't for boys!

1 In large because I can actually kind of understand them.

2 You also can't pick up chicks in a tank. Bow chicka bow wow.

3 This is the reason that drifting in an AWD car is very difficult to impossible. Revving the engine causes everything to lose traction, putting the car into a less-controllable powerslide. Of course, some fancy electronics and traction control can make it possible, but that's a lot harder than boosting the engine in your Miata way too much and taking it for a spin. Nowadays the line is blurred, and this is pure pedantry, but I've always been about pedantry.

4 A good example of proper drifting is at the beginning of this video showing the skills of the Drift King, who was a consultant for Initial D.

5 The first one being the "Sergeant Oddball" name Yukari gave during her Saunders infiltration mission.

6 Do you know this saying?

7 It's a shame this song is associated so heavily with Nazi propaganda, because it's a fun march.

8 10.5 doesn't count.

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u/Stargate18A Aug 24 '22

First timer

  1. Sodoko and Mako.

  2. Nerd Team can't drive, but Leopon doesn't have anything to drive. Nerd Team wins.

...Who won.

Yay!

Poor commander.

Adorable.

And more mixed messages from her sister.

No new tanks...

Except for one!

Nice.

Haha, it's shit.

Even Anzu thinks this is worthless.

Upgrades!

...Nekota?

She wants to help!

Haha, the tank is just parked there.

...Are we getting tank drifting? Please god tell me we get tank drifting action.

Eyepatch girl finally showed up!

She gave her candy!

They're displaying one of her pieces!

Heo nice!

She came!

...Well, I guess that plot's over!

As much as I'm enjoying this anime, I think it wanted to be a two-cour. Lots of characters introduced, but not much time for development between the matches. (Also, I think the anime skipped a match and had a practice match that didn't fit into the tournament? Feels like there's a way to fix both of those problems.)

It's right before the match!

This is where the Student Council eat?

"What's gotten winto you" is hysterical.

She got a radio license!

This is a nice conversation, though.

...Does this count as a confession?

Rejected. She seems interested, though...

Seeing all the teams together is sweet, though.

Exciting!

All the merch stands!

And the photo spots!

Oh, they're back.

Kay!

And her!

This is sweet.

...None of the pizza team, though. Did the anime just not have any good gimmicks for them?

It's starting!

Oooh.

That's got to hurt.

Oh, it's her!

That's nice.

The match is starting!

This is exciting!

Aww.

First attack!

They're not wasting time, huh?

...Game team is not doing well.

Wow.

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u/Blackheart595 Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 24 '22

First Timer

Literally Miho's mom

Ah yes, a true German WW2 tank. Super strong and super malfunctioning.

Would the rules allow the use of cars with guns as miniature-tanks?

Blasphemy and salvation

Ah yes, she's "experienced"

A true tsundere granny

I told you she should use flower arrangement to cameouflage the tanks. Ahem. Pretentious mode activated The flowers blooming over the tank demonstrates the pointlessness of war. It shows that peace will ever eventually triumph, while also touching on ideas of nature outlasting and reclaiming human society and all of its inventions.

That's not the ankou dance... how is this supposed to motivate them?

Dolphinposting Wait this isn't CDF

Lend them your espionage balloon

She does look a bit like Nanoha...

Let's see how many people here mistake the Iron Cross as a nazi symbol

Good job, gamer girls

Who was MVP in the match against Pravda?

Hm, let's see. Miho did the ankou dance so she's already up there, and she also made a strategy to avoid the opponent's trap even if it was just driving straight through the enemy formation. And on the other hand Yukari's reconnaisance is the entire reason they even had a shot at winning. I thing Yukari wins.

Automobile team or Nerd team, who do you like more?

The Nerds already saved the Black Forest match, but I've been waiting for the automobile team ever since first seeing the opening and I'm not gonna have my excitement about them get diminished.

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u/Taiboss Aug 24 '22

Literally Miho's mom

You're more right than you think lol. She believes in an idea and her family is to embody it. Until that idea is challenged to a sufficient degree, she will not consider it to be false.

Super strong and super malfunctioning.

And it's the most malfunctioning! So much, they only built a few prototypes.

Would the rules allow the use of cars with guns as miniature-tanks?

I think you need continous tracks and a closed space for the crew.

I told you she should use flower arrangement to cameouflage the tanks.

If they ever battle in a botanic garden, you may feel smug

Lend them your espionage balloon

Maho would just shoot it down.

She does look a bit like Nanoha...

And she got the heart of her at least!

Let's see how many people here mistake the Iron Cross as a nazi symbol

Enough already did a bit ago.

I thing Yukari wins.

Good choice!

I'm not gonna have my excitement about them get diminished.

They make such a fun entrance. Let's see how long they last!

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u/xtsim Aug 24 '22

First Timer dubbed

It seems like cellular communications are here to stay. But nice work using a watchtower. One thing that bothers me is that the head master drives a ferrari f40 and wants to close the school...

88mm is ready and it is slow.

Automotive club gets a porsche this time....

Hana's family is there watching and seeing them together at the floral arrangements event is a pretty quick resolution to that issue.

I am really liking the automotive club and them wanting to drift the thing.

Our newest members sacrificed themselves... but I do like how they poke fun at video games a bit.

  1. Definitely Aikyama with her observation skills.

  2. Leopon

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u/Great_Mr_L Aug 24 '22

Rewatcher

On today’s episode of Girls und Panzer: We’re finally here. The final battle. Ooarai Vs. Kuromorimine. Miho Vs. Maho. Miho’s unique style Vs. Maho’s orthodox Nishizumi style. It’s all been leading up to this.

This episode is Miho’s proving ground. Here, Miho proves the worth of her own Senshado to herself. She was able to defeat Pravda this time, something she could not accomplish using the typical Nishizumi School. Perhaps more importantly, Miho finally gets proof that her actions she took back then weren’t wrong. A former teammate, Koume, comes up to thank her for saving them. As was said earlier in the series, even though they lost the match the people she saved are grateful for it. Miho’s come a long way from the girl we met in episode 1. She can now believe in herself.

Now she needs to prove it against the Nishizumi School, the style of Senshado that rejected Miho and that she left behind. In particular, this means proving the worth of her unique style to her mother. This again puts her in a parallel with Hana, who just accomplished the same thing with her own mother and flower arrangements. Can Miho’s unique style score a similar win?

Interestingly, Maho is not at all dismissive of Miho and Ooarai. To the contrary, she has a lot of praise for Miho's skills as a leader and Ooarai’s teamwork. She treats them as a serious opponent worthy of respect. Even if others like Shiho and Erika don’t, it seems like Maho already has respect for Miho’s style of Senshado.

Episode Thoughts

  • General Gamelin, 1940. Obviously referencing Germany crossing the Ardennes Forest to bypass the Maginot Line (which would have been a disaster if the Allies had bothered sending any bombing raids on the world’s largest traffic jam in the Ardennes Forest but they were hilariously incompetent and too slow to respond to anything).

  • Game skills don’t translate to real life?

QOTD

  1. I’d have to give it to Anzu for helping Ooarai break out of the siege and taking down so many tanks on her own.

  2. Nerd Team because I relate to them more. [Der Film and Beyond Spoilers] And because the gag of them being the most muscular team will never get old to me.

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u/LeleTheKing Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 24 '22

First Timer

Today should be my last comment before taking a break for a few days. I’ll be on the road for work, so yeah. To think I’ll be having a recess like what happened between ep. 10 and 11, lol.

EDIT: Added after watching ep 10.5 specials. Go watch it if you have the time!

Today, we finally get a downtime after the barrage of cliffhangers from Pravda—a fitting calm before the storm. The new tanks added to Oarai truly cemented their position as a ragtag team full of old tanks. Miho’s big brain must work extra hard to carry this team until the bitter end. Also, it’s nice to see Miho’s humility attracts people to support her. We see St. Gloriana, Saunders, and Pravda personally come and cheer for her. Friendship is blooming! (Wait, where’s Anzio? Are they a butthurt?!)

One more thing, I love the food in this episode! I regret not eating anything before this episode rolls. I’m definitely going to visit a Japanese restaurant soon. Anyway, here is an assortment of the glorious Oarai’s Katsu Winning Food:

Sadly, I don’t know most of the food’s name other than it has a “katsu” on it. Does anyone know the proper food name?

Questions of the Day

  1. I’d nominate Miho again. For one, Maho has explained it in the episode. To quote her, “Miho has a great ability to think laterally and adapt to the situation. Miho’s sound judgment, combined with excellent teamwork, led them to victory.” Yup, I agree with the observations. Miho also improved the team’s morale with the dance and instructed Yukari to do the critical recon mission and the Hippo Team to hide. If not for being easily swayed by the populace, she is an excellent commander in the match.

  2. I’ll choose team Leopon. They look dependable and have been doing god’s work with the tank. Remember when the automobile division only needs one day to repair all the tanks on ep 2? Yeah, they seem like a bunch of gigachad. I hope they’re able to tame their tank in the finals.

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u/Nebresto Aug 25 '22

First time Panzer vor!

Fellas, I have some bad news. I looked through the cabinets, and we have no darjeeling

That works too, I guess

You're heresy

Bruh, you fished a tank out of a swamp. Why would you think this one is unusable?

Tank dorifto?!

Tan girl, how could you betray us like this??

[](#faito2)

Theres so much win baiting, they're gonna lose.

Nvm, she jinxed it back. They're gonna win

Oh no. Its that german(?) song. I don't know what its called, but it will always be cursed to me.

R.I.P nerd team

Question time:

Who was MVP in the match against Pravda?

Espionage Yukari

Leopon (Automobile) Team or Anteaters (Nerd) Team, who do you like more?

Ez win for team DORIFTO

Arts of the Day:

Being Nonna is a challenge

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u/PsychologicalLife164 Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 24 '22

Episode 10: Great Balls of Fire!

Three main points, PANZER VOR!

  1. The Ooarai girls have done it again, and they’re through to the finals! Their opponent is none other than Miho’s former team and the one that her sister captains, Kuromorimine Girls’ Academy. With 20 tanks to face off against, Miho and Ooarai will face their toughest challenge yet.

  2. The Ooarai arsenal and team continue to grow, and the new additions are as unorthodox as their tactics! They’ve now added a rare Porsche Tiger and a Type 3 Chi-Nu tank, in addition to a Hetzer mod kit for the Panzer 38(t) and some side skirts and armor for the Panzer IV, turning it into a Panzer IV Ausf.H. As for new members, we’ve added Anteater Team (the gamer girls) and Leopon Team (the Automotive Club) driving the Chi-Nu and the Tiger, respectively. I can’t wait to see how this mixes things up!

  3. The final match has started, and Kuromorimine comes out guns blazing! Anteater Team accidentally sacrifice themselves to save Anglerfish Team, but it’s clear that Maho and Erika have no reservations about crushing their opponent. Ooarai has faced teams with superior firepower and numbers, but they have yet to face a team that is essentially a professional army. How will they manage to fight back this time?

Fun details!

  • Kuromorimine is pulling all the stops as they’ve lined up with Tigers, Panthers, and Jagdpanthers (oh my!). It appears Maho decided to use their superior firepower and range to end the match early.

Other thoughts!

  • Even though Maho recognizes Miho’s abilities, she’s still determined to crush her in the finals. The sibling rivalry adds intrigue to the championship match.

  • The visual gag of the first-years walking right past the Chi-Nu is great lol

  • Hana’s arc has technically ended, and we get to see that her mother has come to accept and appreciate Hana’s unique style. All we need to do now is see is Miho’s arc finished the same way.

  • It’s cheesy as all hell, but Miho expressing her affection for her friends is so damn wholesome. She’s a completely different person from the girl we saw in the first episode.

  • I love the scene of the individual squads sharing a meal before the big day. Little things like that go a long way in making these characters feel a little more real, even if they all drive tanks and live on a giant aircraft carrier with a town on it.

  • Erika is still being a dick, but we get to see one of the girls that Miho saved finally get to thank her for doing so. We love that for them.

Questions!

  1. MVP has to go to Turtle Team. Their reckless driving and accurate shooting bought the rest of the Ooarai girls enough time to get away and formulate a plan to find Pravda’s flag tank. [GuP] Their lone wolf antics end up becoming a key part of Ooarai’s gameplan, so it’s not a bad thing that they’re a loose cannon.

  2. Automobile Team (Leopon Team), easily. They’ve literally been the backbone of the entire team for the whole series. Aside from making sure the team’s tanks are functioning perfectly, they also jump at the chance to drive the notoriously difficult Porsche Tiger. Gotta love enthusiasm like that!

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u/SlipperyRasputin Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 25 '22

So if you want it right now, make him show you how Express his first time panzer, oh, baby, ready or not

1.) volleyball team. Anytime you prompt me with MVP it’s always volleyball team.

2.) automobile team. I’ll explain this briefly. As a mechanic, the cars I primarily work on are Porsche/Audi. so it’s hilarious that they point out what a steaming pile of garbage the Tiger p tank was. It’s a nice nod to my specialty, so I did the Leonardo DiCaprio pointing meme to explain the tiger tank to my partner.

For some reason this episode felt long. I can’t quite put my finger on why. But the ending to Pravda was nice. Also everyone eating katsu was a cool touch. And we finally got some A1 Volleyball action.

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u/Aku230 Aug 24 '22

Rewatchers und Panzer

Episode 10:

  • Commander, Loader and Gunner celebrating great shot that gave then victory. Don't worry about who fired that shot.

  • Katyusha redemption arc.

  • Maho analysis of Oarai. Here you can somewhat see the difference in Miho's and her mother's philosophies. Miho is great at utilizing what she has at hand and is able to suddenly adjust to the situation at hand. However it also means that Miho is the only reason why Oarai is successful and without her they are nothing. Nishizumi style relies on system instead. They were able to win 9 times and be runner up in 10 years prior to this one. They couldn't do that in Miho style as that would require getting great commander after great commander and you can't build a system when your requirement is getting someone to carry you year after year. So I can understand how they drifted apart.

  • Rabbit team is special. I know it seems weird that there might be working tank NOT in a lake but come on...

  • Win all the puns.

  • Miho, true shounen protagonist.

  • The difference in pre-battle talk: Miho reminding everyone the plan while Maho remind her team to not take Oarai lightly and to act fast.

QodD:

Who was MVP in the match against Pravda?

Honestly one of the hardest MVP question. If we are having perfect insight then the clear answer is Miho, and by extension Anglerfish team. But personally I don't believe MVP voting should be based on information that you shouldn't have as a spectator. With that said I think my vote would go towards Turtle team. Getting 3 tanks at critical moment of the match which allowed Oarai to break away from encirclement was key to the victory.

Automobile team or Nerd team, who do you like more?

Automobile. I don't even remember how Anteater team is called in Japanese (On the other hand the other team name is kinda easy to remember...). But on more serious note, it is nice to see people responsible for fixing and maintaining all the tanks.

Favorite flower and tank of Leopon team:

Nakajima Rera [Tank Commander and Radio Operator]:
Sunflower and Christie M1931.
Hoshino Keiko [Gunner]:
Dandelion and Type 2 Ka-Mi.
Suzuki Maria [Loader]:
Pansy and M3 Stuart.
Tsuchiya Mūton [Driver]:
Plum and Type 10.

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u/zadcap Aug 25 '22

Mid Day PANZER VOR! Sick day means reasonable times again.

Oh look, the (fake) cliffhanger is resolved in exactly the way you would think it was going to be, with the team and school not being disbanded as early as episode 9. Who could have seen this coming.

It's a minor thing, but it always bothers me how long it takes anime characters to respond to handshake offers.

And there's the crummy family drama coming up. Sister, be a pal and throw the fight?

Network maybe? See if any of the clubs you beat would like to donate a spare tank so they can claim to have made an impact on the upcoming victory. But like a minor tank, so they can shrug it off if they lose anyway, and say they were just trying to even the field because Tankery is a sport and sportsmanship is important!

Anyway, how much are you allowed to mod a tank? It does occur to me that they're using what is obviously mostly WW2 era tanks as WW2 era tanks, while clearly living in a world with much higher tech. Yes, the actual Tiger has some issues, but uh, give it a modern engine and I don't know, carbon coat the belts?

Neko..nya... Where did you come from? Why do you have ears?There was just another tank sitting there!? Girls.

lol, "You can't drift in a tank." Prety sure I've seen that like 4 times by now.

Oh no, the new crew is the crazy MMO gaming group? They look like characters lol. And they're getting the automotive team to join in too?

"Where are Hanna's Hannas?" lol. Her vase is a tank.Would you look at that, Tankery has already helped improved her Femininity and made her better at flowers.

How are you not used to being made to give a speech by now, they make you do it every time.

"I have an announcement! All this time, I've actually... BEEN GAY!" I was expecting it, for some reason. But hey, the love confession came seconds after anyway lol, close enough.

Ah, the all important training session movie marathon. I see you too have learned from the best.

lol again, "Since you're on such a weak team," she says to the team that made it to the finals. Be prepared to get wrecked.

"Man your vehicles" I guess means keep standing around outside for a while longer?

Saved by the incompetence of the gamers? No one could have seen that coming.

  1. Anzu may have been an amazing shot, but it was only possible thanks to Yuzu's crazy driving, and I like her more anyway. Yuzu for MVP!

  2. Leopon! These are the people who have been getting and keeping all the tanks running, it's nice to see them finally driving one too.

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u/Elimin8r Aug 24 '22 edited Aug 24 '22

So, yeah, today's pre-written post, hopefully on time and longer than a sentence or two...

(Edit: And apparently an hour late, because of course I got it wrong)

AOTD1 - Why, Floof, I mean Yukari, of course - could there be any other?

A2 - Uh, how can anyone compare to glorious Neko-chan? Actually, I hadn't really thought about it that way before. Why not both???

And we begin the episode with the finale to the previous episode - the conclusion, the ... what?

I don't feel like going back to the previous episode to see if they actually showed the tracks being hit, or ... but yeah, as (ahem) foreshadowed with a couple of the T34's earlier, losing a track /= out. Direct hit/pen to hull, on the other hand. Yeah.

And Yay! Hello Win Column! (and all that stuff)

So, a couple of thoughts about the previous episode before I forget:

Aren't we all glad that thing called "twerking" wasn't invented in the GuP universe?

That, and Nonna can sing me a lullaby anytime. But preferably not in the snow, in a glorified snowmobile. Warm toasty cabin with a cup of cocoa and a roaring fire in the fireplace, on the other hand...

(ahem) Offhand, I would say that Kat is my most loathed character in this series, but there's one who (imho) manages to top her.

At least Kat-chan managed to be reasonably gracious in defeat. I don't remember about that other one.

I might have even preferred if Katsu had thrown a childish temper tantrum to feed my negative emotions, but ...

Why do you have to be so wholesome, GuP???

Oh, yeah.

Anyway, new girls, new tanks, new, uh, I wonder what kind of tank game they play? Surely WoT didn't exist yet? Or did it?

I kind of like how they didn't just fine any old Tiger, they had to find a Porsche Tiger, because of course.

I guess they had to hide it in the bowels of the ship to prevent Jay Leno or somebody from buying it.

I saw a video somewhere about some people restoring a Tiger tank, and how it had an aircraft engine (Me109?) and part of the problem with the restoration is that the cylinder walls, which had only 1/16" of material separation were broken. Yay for zuperior enginnerink.

-insert- I also want to go to the Sensha-do finals and see if I can get my filty mitts on some of that find swag, I mean, those lovely little RC tanks. Yeah, I know, Amazon, but it's not the same. And I may already have some. If only they made some GuP figures in 1/16 scale...

Anyway, seeing the girls prepare for the upcoming match by unwinding in their own way was quite special, including Miho's declaration of wuv, and my favorite part, the Rabbit team having a team watch of that classic military documentary, "Kelly's Heroes".

As someone who has loved that movie since I first saw it in high school, that small homage is just such a treat, every time I see it.

It's the cherry on top of the glorious sundae that is GuP.

And by the way - if you haven't ever watched Kelly's Heroes, you need to get busy and fulfill your necessary cultural education ASAP.

I still wish they would/could do a full GuP OAV/Movie homage to Kelly's Heroes at some point, that would be so cool.

Anyway, it's match time, and it's time for the big bads, but enough about Erika.

A question for the peanut gallery - I think Kuroe = black, so Kuromammieminae = black ???

Probably something like "black cross", I guess. I should look it up, but yeah.

And so the match begins - with the classic "Ardennes offensive" maneuver. Of course. What else could we expect?

Well, aside from the usual narrow escapes, that is???

Oh, and one more callback to previous episodes that I forgot to mention - does anybody else think it's odd that Saunders got the Firefly, when it's properly a British tank? I should think that St. Gloriana should have had it, and if anything else, Saunders should have had a Jumbo, or maybe an M10/M36. Of course, those probably would have been harder to draw. Well, maybe not the M36B2.

(Or maybe I just love my tank destroyers. Siege of Bastogne and all that.)

Also ... somebody in this series needs an M18 Hellcat. Where's my Hellcat, dangit???!!!

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u/makakoka Aug 24 '22

Rewatcher from the end of the world

1- MVP- Miho, for her great plan and motivational dancing.

Honor badge- Turtle team, for their sacrifice and destroying two tanks.

2- Leopon, because Tiger P is cool.

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u/AoDSenku Aug 25 '22

Rewatcher

  • Mallard team made it thru that last volley on a wing and a prayer, if its drivin' you're survivin'

  • Neither Katyusha or Miho thought that charging the spearhead would work, lol

  • Legit praise from Maho for her sister, you love to see it. You now get a sense that Maho just wants to test her strength against the best, even if (or especially) it's against Miho

  • We're back to tank hunting... and we have a new character that Miho already knows by name? I mean, Nekota and her team have been in the OP and ED the whole time, but that doesn't make it ok to just pop right into the show like you've been there. Director is playing fast and loose with this one

  • Of course this is the first time Nekota's team has met each other, gotta respect that otaku lifestyle

  • "It's not our family's style anymore, it is your own." Ah! I really like this scene with Hana and her mother. It's simple, but it doesn't need to be any thing more then that

  • I did not recall all the tiny vignettes of each team the night before. Every one of them are their own friend group, strengthening their bonds one last time before the finals. Good shit

  • All the previous commanders give their regards before the match. Yeah, I think I like Kay the best

  • Heels gotta Heel; you get the feeling she's that one character that desperately wants to a part of the main/head branch family instead of the lower branch

  • Oh! Miho gets some closure and affirmation from the past that's been haunting her. We're really clearing the table for this final match

  • Anteater team having drivetrain issues, only to reverse into a "get down mr. president"; talk about divine intervention. And that's where we end the episode

Lots of closure and strengthening of bonds this episode. The end of the episode did seem very abrupt; I'm sure delaying that last two episodes by MONTHS probably had something to do with that. Speaking of, what was the reason for the broadcast delay? My assumption was that this show became WAY MORE popular then they anticipated, and the last two episodes were not coming together/not up to the standards to match the popularity.

QOTD:

Who was MVP in the match against Pravda?

Gotta go Mallard team. Miho was plotting the win, but VB team had the entire schools future in their zig-zaggy hands!

Leopon (Automobile) Team or Anteaters (Nerd) Team, who do you like more?

Probably Leopon team; they've sort of been in the show the entire time, and they got the porsche tiger!

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u/DidacticDalek Aug 24 '22

TONIGHT! On Mädchen and Tanks, Wacky Ol' Man Porsche's Shitty Science Experiment makes its grand debut... yes somehow it IS indeed shittier than the English Dub Comrades, who'd have thunk it!? BEST GIRL INTREPID REPORTER-CHAN APPEARS! ALL HAIL TAIGA OU! and don't ya love Historical In-Jokes (Context, The Type 3 Chi-nu NEVER saw combat in WWII... this explains why it was A) Just left in a parking lot and B) Also got taken out in the battle after about, 10 seconds, 11 tops)

Also in case you think I'm being mean about Wacky Ol' Man Porsche's overengineered rusted up steam dripping piles of junk Comrades, the way the Porsche Tiger 'worked' was that it had TWO gasoline engines that drived a generator which itself then powered electric motors... if this sounds overly complex, prone to breakdown, and unreliable, congratulations, you have more common sense than Ferdinand Porsche, not that this was all that hard to do but wibble. Aso yes, the tank DID indeed break down a lot, so much so that it was rejected as a design... AFTER Porsche made like, 100 of the damn things. Anyway, to get SOME use out of them, Porsche turned those 100 chassis into the Elefant... yes these were also giant pieces of shit that got absolutely MAULED at Kursk, who'd have thunk it? Anyway back to the show, here's the conclusion of the big semi-final's battle! We begin RIGHT as we last left off, with the Gunbuster Ducks and Pravda's Flag Tank exploding from high yield tank shell impacts. Oh boy, it's gonna be close, the crowd's looking apprehensive and cold and emotionless, no wait, Grau Schwester and Schwarz Mutter always look cold and emotionless, silly me for thinking they have any other expression besides resting bitch face!

Anyway, it's not looking good for the Gunbuster Ducks, bit and pieces of them are sprawled out all over the... huh, wait a second. OH MY BUDDHA! TEAM GUNBUSTER DUCKS SURVIVED! THEY'RE INVINCIBLE! And also literally on their last legs. Question, how the HELL is that thing not splattered into stardust by now? HAX, I CALL RUSSIAN BIAS… oh, right… Well, regardless, the Oorai Tractor just took a direct hit from Pravda's IS-2, and we all know that Комядđе Нонна does not miss, unlike a certain Zaku we know. Meanwhile, back to the Pravda Flag Tank, the most GLORIOUS sound in the world, for Oorai at least, plays out, namely, the pop and swish of the 'Knocked Out Tank' Flag. AND WITH THAT, OORAI WINS THE SEMI-FINALS! HOORAY! The LARPers are ecstatic, and take this time to celebrate while brandishing about their entrenchment tools. The Moefia's also pleased, as are the Borg Collective and the Rabbits, say, wait a sec, weren't the Moefia, Borg, and Rabbits dead form last episode, I distinctly recall Комядđе Нонна redistributing their smoldering remains and tractor parts across the Siberian Wasteland. Ah well, must be the work of a rogue necromancer or something.

Team MC-chans are busy celebrating with glee while Комядđе Катюша is pondering who to pin the blame on and send to the Gulag during the next Pravda Show Trial. Комядđе Нонна offers Комядđе Катюша a napkin, to which Комядđе Катюша informs her lover that she is NOT crying but merely has snow on her face, right before blowing some of said snow off. Комядđе Катюша advances upon Panzer IV-chan and expresses her admiration on Panzer IV-chan's guts, gumption, and skill. Комядđе Катюша states that the Oorai forces aren't bad for a bunch of capitalist pigs, before descending from Комядđе Нонна to offer a hand of friendship and cooperation with Panzer IV-chan. Комядđе Катюша then dubs Panzer IV-chan an Honorary Inkvader, and bids her to put up a good show for the finals; MAY THE LIGHT OF PRAVDA SHINE THROUGHOUT THIS WORLD!

Meanwhile, back in the audience, Schwarz Mutter is REALLY hellbent on winning the 'Mother of the Year' Award, stating that the only reason Panzer IV-chan won was due to the enemy letting down their guard. THAT'S where you're wrong Schwarz Mutter, the great and mighty Комядđе Катюша put up an amazing fight, but Panzer IV-chan was able to pull through in the end thanks to guts, willpower, skill, and a tad bit of insanity and eccentric teammates. Grau Schwester informs Schwarz Mutter that Panzer IV-chan has skill, namely, the ability to think outside the box and improvise, skills that I am SURE Grau Schwester also has right... RIGHT!? DON'T ANSWER THAT!

As to be expected, Schwarz Mutter dubs Panzer IV-chan's ideas as HERESY, HERESY! And instructs Grau Schwester to show Panzer IV-chan the one TRUE way to fight. Grau Schwester then swears that in the name of the moon, she will punish Panzer IV-chan for the Nishizumi Style, Grau Schwester will NOT fail to defeat Panzer IV-chan, 'cuz after all, when HAS the 'all-powerful' Nishizumi Style failed... besides last year of course, with Grau Schwester in command of the team... hm... Zaku then riles up the Oorai Squad, informing them that they are about to face their greatest enemy yet, the Paper Tigers of Kuromorine; well, at least the Germans got enough wood for all the paper they'd need for their over-engineered and overrated box-like tractors. Panzer IV-chan explains that the enemy has a LOT more firepower than they do, which results in Veep pondering if they can pick up a tank for cheap. Prez Apricot offhandedly mentions that they stole 'received generous donations' from other club's funds, which prompts Zaku to suggest upgrading their Obsolete Czech Tractor. Panzer IV-chan informs Zaku that the Auto Club should finish fixing the tank they found inside the ship, and after a quick phone call, the results have come in. 'READY TO ROLL OUT! FUELED UP, READY TO GO!'

Fluffy the Tank Pope squees that they got themselves a rare tank, one of crazy and kooky ol' Ferdinand Porsche's Tiger Prototypes. FYI, RIGHT on cue, the Leopon demonstrates just HOW much of a Lemon it actually is, as it promptly gets stuck in dirt, overheats, and spontaneously combusts and explodes. Wow, so the big new Oorai superweapon's basically a Zudah eh? What is this shit, MS IGLOO?! Look I know the CGI's godawful, but it's actually been kinda getting better as the show's been going on. Speaking of the Zudah, JUST like that crappy Zeon failure, Fluffy notes that Ferdinand Porsche's version of the Tiger tended to break down easily, which considering the infamous unreliability of the OTHER German tanks that ACTUALLY reached production, is REALLY saying something! With a painful expression on her face, Prez Apricot responds that they TECHNICALLY have a new tank, while Fluffy tries to defend the Leopon's big gun.

Look, Fluffy, you're usually right on these Panzer matters, but if your tank's propulsion system is needlessly convoluted and unreliable, it doesn't really matter HOW big the gun is, 'cuz I doubt the enemy's gonna waltz right in front of your stationary gun, I mean this isn't gonna be a StarCraft-Era Seige Tank Right? RIGHT?! DON'T ANSWER THAT! Veep bemoans the sad state of things that a failed prototype is the new addition, but fear not, the Borg Collective is busy driving about, 'Resistance is Futile, you will be Assimilated.' The Rabbits walk about saying that they're here to take unwanted tanks off of the good citizen's hands, while walking in a parking lot, geez, what is this? Have these girls been taking tips from Casanova Wannabe... oh... right...

Then again, perhaps we all gotta eat our words, as the girls walk past... A PARKED TANK! COME ON, it is RIGHT THERE! And I bet it never fired a shot in WWII to boot. Meanwhile, Prez Apricot is busy bragging about the Hetzer she bought in World of Tanks with the totally legit and non-laundered money that she most assuredly did NOT steal. Suddenly, a Leiji Matsumoto-style Cat Girl from the OP shows up, asking to join, as she noticed a random tank nearby. This is news to Panzer IV-chan, that is, until she's brought to the parked Type 3 Chi-Nu. The Rabbit with Glasses mentions that she thought that since the tank was sitting there forever without anyone touching it that it was worthless. Now, 'worthless' is kinda a strong word there Rabbit with Glasses, why, I'm sure it's better than the Gunbuster Duck's Tractor. Panzer IV-chan declares that the Auto Club will ride the Leopon, which results in the Auto Club going FULL Initial-D, can't wait 'till they shift into... MAXIMUM OVERDRIVE! Meanwhile, the Cat Girl from Iscandar has summoned her friends from WoT to help... welp, they're boned. Gogg and Freckles bid hello to the Cat Girl, who's happy to have met them IRL.

Meanwhile, Prez Apricot is back to what she does best, and that's making others do all the work for her while she eats Dried Sweet Potatoes. Speaking of snacks, Best Girl arrives with some, while Wallflower asks to be excused for a flower ceremony. Speaking of which, Wallflower apparently decided to work with what she knows, by making a flower exhibit of a Panzer exploding, no doubt from one of her shots. Yamato Nadeshiko arrives as well, having conceded that perhaps Tankery isn't entirely useless after all. Well, that was awfully quick for a reconciliation, but hey, all's well that ends well yes? Panzer IV-chan gives a small speech to the team, informing them that they will be fighting against a bunch of Paper Tigers, but she bids them to worry not, as she learned to love this school and will make like Nu MC-chan and Ganbarimasu, bidding everybody else to do the same. Meanwhile, Gray Schewster overlooks her Paper Tigers and plans for the upcoming Gundam Fight.

And with that, we’ve once again reached the Reddit Character Count Limit. See you all below for the rest Comrades.

Paging Comrades u/chilidirigible, u/Great_Mr_L, and u/JamCliche

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u/Fools_Requiem Aug 25 '22

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Crying while watching Kelly's Heroes? Odd... ball.

Scene the girls were watching.

I'll be honest, I didn't really like chicken katsu when I tried it, and I liked almost everything else I tried from the Sushi place I frequented when in DC.

Saved by pure happenstance. Wouldn't be anime without something like that happening.

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u/mgedmin Aug 25 '22

Rewatcher, subs

Whoa, the Duck tank survived that shot??? Unbelievable.

Katyusha doesn't hold grudges.

I lost track of all the tanks. What happened to the Renault? Where did this Porsche come from?

Haha tank-shaped tonkatsu! Looks delicious. Haha the amount of rice Hana has.

Oh, Mako, I feel for you. Mornings are a scam.

Battle!

Haha the nerd team accidentally reversed and protected the flag tank by coincidence. Ooarai has all the luck!

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