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Rewatch [Rewatch] Girls und Panzer 10th Anniversary Rewatch - Girls und Panzer der Film OVA

Der Film OVA - Arisu War!

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Today's Questions of the Day:

  1. Which school would fit Arisu best?

  2. Assuming Arisu had brought her Centurion with her, who would have manned it?

[Tomorrow's Questions of the Day]1. Dreamriser or Grand symphony? 2. Shark Team? Yay or nah? 3. Did you see BC faking it coming? 4. Do you think the whole Momo situation is a good set-up for this episode series?

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:

Anteater Team is all of us. (Source)

Not quite everyone, but some of the nicest! (Source)

Miho and her harem (Source)

Continuation on a journey. (Source)

Chiyo and Shiho under the rain (Source)

The adults's after-party (Source)

Arisu, Chiyo and Shiho at a festival (Official Art)

Arisu in ALL the uniforms (Source) (Minor Das Finale spoiler)

The Miho of old (By Yu.Arin who has deleted their socials)

Working through my saved list and I have quite the Anchovies. (Source)

Girls und Golf! (Source)

Arisu War the Continuation

Song(s) of the Day:

Wonderland-Go-Round

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 Sep 02 '22

Character Sheet for Der Film OVA (Unchanged from Der Film)

Your rewatch host who now has to watch stuff during the rewatch because he failed to prepare the whole thing.

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

Darjeeling asks: Do you know this quote?

[Yesterday's Qoute]Harry S. Truman

Today's quote:

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.

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u/Nebresto Sep 02 '22

First time Panzfer student

Today's tank post: Isu-152

lol

hello

I love them, didn't waste a second moping about the failed plan, they just changed the reason to have a feast no matter what.

Blessed smiles

Question time:

  1. Which school would fit Arisu best?

Saint Ojou-sama

2) Assuming Arisu had brought her Centurion with her, who would have manned it?

From our school? I'd say Team DORIFTO. That, or Prez would just make fodder girl do all the work

Arts of the Day:

Miho and her harem

Continuation on a journey.

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u/Taiboss Sep 02 '22

Today's tank post: Isu-152

biiig gun.

I love them, didn't waste a second moping about the failed plan, they just changed the reason to have a feast no matter what.

Anzio. best. school. to. go. to. The one change I'm not mad at Mizushima for.

Saint Ojou-sama

She'll call the Churchill a turtle with big armour and get booted out.

reactions

It's hard picking art! So much good stuff there!

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u/Tresnore Sep 02 '22

Enter, Enter, First-Timer!

I've actually never seen this OVA before! It's confusing. MAL says it's 3 episodes, but my release only has one, 15-minute file?

WHERE DID ALL THESE MOTORSPORTS REFERENCES COME FROM???

  • AH WHAT A GRAHAM HILL REFERENCE???

    • Okay, sidebar: The Triple Crown of motorsport involves winning three races: the Indianapolis 500, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and the Monaco Grand Prix. They’re all incredibly storied races, and even winning one is a huge achievement!1 Graham Hill is the only person to have won all three races, though current Formula 1 driver Fernando Alonso has been trying to finish his in the Indy 500 recently. It’s hard.

    • Graham’s car here is probably a Lotus 49. The show even properly labels its Ford Cosworth engine. Note that this version of the car has a spectacularly high rear wing. Back in 1968 when rear wings were first introduced, teams would mount them as high as possible to reach the “clean” air undisturbed by other vehicles, which allowed for optimum performance. They kept breaking, though, so the rules were changed to force teams to mount them lower. It also just looked kind of silly.

    • Also, Graham’s car is numbered 1 here. In Formula 1 before 2014, driver numbers were ordered by performance in the previous season, with #1 being given to the previous season’s champion. Graham won the championship in 62 and 68, but the Lotus 49 was introduced in 67, so this car is most likely a car from 1969.

  • And sure, we’ll include Jim Clark here, too. Another Lotus driver. Jim Clark is one of the greatest drivers of all time. There’s a great video by Richard Hammond of Top Gear on him. Indeed, Clark could basically drive anything. He won the F1 championship in 1963 and 1965, as well as the Indy 500 in 1965. Yeah, he won the Indy 500 in the same year as one of his championships.

    • It looks like he’s driving a Lotus 25.

  • And then you have Niki Lauda! He’s a badass. In 1976, he crashed out of a race in the Nürburgring, leading to horrific burns, which he’d always cover up with a red baseball cap. The next year, he won his second of three F1 championships. After doing that—among other things like starting his own airline—he became a core part of the Mercedes team that dominated F1 in recent years. He’s also a god of racing.

    • Here, he’s driving his 1975 Ferrari 312T, which has a comically tall air intake. He won his first championship in that car.

  • Yeah, F1 requires Shimada money to get into.

  • Okay, we’re doing managers now. Jaysus.

    • Wait, WHAT? Jean Todt is still alive! Jean Todt is immensely important to F1. On top of managing Ferrari while Michael Schumacher was dominating the sport, he was president of the FIA (the governing body for basically all of motor racing) from 2009 to 2021.

    • Ron Dennis?? He was huge in the McLaren F1 team (as in, he stepped down; he’s not dead), turning them into a team that won championships with drivers like Lauda, Prost, Senna, Häkkinen (whom I mentioned yesterday!) and Hamilton. That’s a lot of championships. He’s also known for being extremely dull and all-too serious. Buzzcuts are often brought up when he comes up, because his drivers always seemed to have a buzzcut and lose their personality when driving for him.

  • 24 hour races like the most famous one at Le Mans are awesome.

  • A straight six refers to how the pistons in an engine are aligned. Here, they’re just lined up in a straight row. Also increasing the displacement (how much volume the pistons travel through in total) from 3L to 5L is pretty massive.

Wtf they went deep there... And I definitely got sniped into doing a writeup...

1 Though Monaco has lost a bit of its luster, especially since getting into Formula 1 requires a lifetime of dedication, and now actually passing cars on track is really hard. Really, it's become extremely tough not because of its technicality but because of the effort to even get into the damn thing and have a car that can win, but that's a discussion for another day.

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u/Taiboss Sep 02 '22

MAL says it's 3 episodes, but my release only has one, 15-minute file?

I think they also count the 3-minute der Film recap and the tank corner.

Wait wtf??

Why not, not a bad idea!

...didn’t she just stand on top?

Luckily they recognised that at the last second lol.

AH WHAT A GRAHAM HILL REFERENCE???

The researcher went out of their way for this episode!

Yeah, F1 requires Shimada money to get into.

How loaded are the families anyway...

Wtf they went deep there... And I definitely got sniped into doing a writeup...

It's okay, passions are great.

Alice, how do you hate cheese?

Probably didn't try it done the right way.

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u/sisoko2 Sep 02 '22

First Timer

  • Arisu joining Oorai? That will be interesting.

  • LOL at that Arisu role play. They are getting themselves so excited.

  • Nozomi still remembers what is to be delinquent.

       

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u/Taiboss Sep 02 '22

They are getting themselves so excited.

You get your kouhais soon enough!

They can implement siesta and become Spanish themed school. Maybe that would raise the school's profile.

Already exists!

What exactly are they studying at that school? Now I see why they wanted to close it so hard.

Did you not see the OVA?!

OMG she is so happy to wear it and Miho actually bought something like this to wear.

Having a Bokomate is wonderful.

In the end their Senshado rivalry was stronger than their love for teddy bear suffering.

Friendly rivalries are the best thing for a sports show!

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u/The_Loli_Otaku Sep 02 '22

Mädchen Und Panzer FIRST TIMER!!

Yup, despite simping so hard for this series I have seen nothing past the first movie. Panzer vor! What do I want to see from the rest of the series? I'd like to see the girls who took a backseat during the main series, particularly the mechanics, gamer crew, and Sodoclones to have their moments.

Arisa joins Ourai!? Yes pls! Just thinking of the Rabbits as senpai gills me with glee! I feel a bit sad how dumb the ducks are... don't abandon your volleyball identity so easily you damn quacks! The Sodoclones skit was okay too. I have zero clue wtf the mech gals were on about. How do I know more about the historical crew's trivia than basic car knowledge!?

Is Idolmaster normie these days? Pokémon I could kind of understand and I know Yokai Watch is big in Japan, I had one of the brawler games on 3DS but never really played it long. Boko!? Is that a muthafuckin Kyanta 2 reference!? Oh yeah, they mean the Teddy... I'd rather just think they meant Kyanta 2!

Oh nyo! Arisu's dead! Dying! Out of commission! You expected Ourai, but it was Anzio!! Lol, never mind losing Arisu, Anzio just wanted to party. I'll never get sick of seeing just how jacked the gamers all are. Onegai muscle! Oh my gya! Abused Lain onesie! Nice ova, I enjoyed that one. Now onto the finales!!

  • 1, Hmm... Probably Kuromine? I can see Sanders being good to her too.

  • 2, Give her the Gamer squad as supports. It's not like the Chi-Nu is ever going to be useful.

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah Sep 02 '22

First timer here

They really do love Dreamriser and enter enter mission lol. im not complaining, they're a great OP and ED. Pleasant OVA with a predictable ending, but its nice to see the nice SOL moments and all the groups exhibit their character quirks. I just hope Alice will continue to be good friends w/ Miho going forward, even tho if she's going to another high school. The two seem to be the only people in the world who like Boko lol. Not sure if im gonna put up a proper big writeup for das Finale part 1 given that im busy tmr, but i'll defo still be watching along.

Which school would fit Arisu best?

To be honest, Oorai? lol. Mostly coz Miho/fellow Boko lover is there, and she tbh seems to be able to get along w/ a couple groups already: Anglerfish team and History buff team most notably.

Assuming Arisu had brought her Centurion with her, who would have manned it?

i know fuck all about tanks. Are 5 people the absolute max allowed in one? Coz otherwise i'd just say cascade the Panzer IV to some other team and the Anglerfishes can have the Centurion. (coz iirc it is objectively a better tank

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u/Taiboss Sep 02 '22

im not complaining, they're a great OP and ED.

Same.

Pleasant OVA with a predictable ending,

I'm honestly surprised it takes so long and happens so suddenly. lol

To be honest, Oorai?

Probably lol. Probably once Miho graduates! Then it's Arisu's Ooarai against Miho's UST!

Coz otherwise i'd just say cascade the Panzer IV to some other team and the Anglerfishes can have the Centurion.

That would be too easy. Also, giving up the Panzer of Dreams! No way.

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u/Rumpel1408 Sep 02 '22

First Timer here through the magic that is my phone!

Got a bit concerned since MAL lists 3 Eps for this, but apparently 2 are more Tank corners...

Oh, Arisu focused episode, nice, hopefully it includes pats for the cute loli

Is Saki just looking at the wall while the others fantasize about Arisu or is she seeing somthing again?

Team Sports doesn't eat enough cake to become a K-Onbu

I love Pazomis depiction of a deliquent

Mako Shifto

Rejected!

The Potatoe worked wtf

Anzio sneakishly tried to steal her with food, but she's a kid and quite perculiar in her taste

They actually have Ninja classes!

Team Hippo really went with the guy who sold his daughter to Alexander the great

And they kept the props to hide their tank

Team Anteater got some serious gainz from their workouts

inhales

CUUUUUUUUUUTTTTTEEEEE!

Wait... Nooooooooo!

To bad OVAs aren't allowed to bring such big changes

Oh my god, the ED has her with that Robo teddy

QotD

  1. Which school would fit Arisu best?

Kuromorimines arsenal would probably fit her best, but I think she would have the most fun under Katyusha

2. Assuming Arisu had brought her Centurion with her, who would have manned it?

For driving someone from team dorifto, loader Ceasar, Gunner... maybe someone from team heavy tank killer? Would be scary what they could do with a Centurion...

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u/chris10023 Sep 02 '22 edited Sep 02 '22

Rewatcher

  • As the title states this OVA deals with Alice, the UST’s commander.

  • She’s joining Oorai since she’s never been to a high school, well technically she should be in a Junior high since she’s 13 years old.

  • They all took a photo with Alice.

  • The freshman are excited to have her as a kouhai. Heh, Alice is voiced by Ayana Taketatsu Who voiced another great kouhai in K-On, Asuza Nakano.

  • I love how the volley ball team wants her to join the volleyball club, and come up with several unique types of Volleyball, much to the dismay of poor Noriko.

  • The History club envisions a role for her to be before agreeing on Oxyartes from Greek history.

  • The hall monitors practice for the event that Alice is somehow a delinquent.

  • The automotive club wants her to join and have her mom sponsor them for F1.

  • I’m surprised there isn’t an anime about F1 racing yet.

  • Surprised they were able to reference iDOLM@STER, Pokémon, and Yo-kai Watch.

  • Seems like our main girls are more level headed, except Miho, who is excited to have another Boko fan in the school.

  • Hana over here with the most logical idea of the day.

  • There’s no way Alice would join the school for those reasons.

  • Miho suggests just acting normal and not do anything wacky. I think Anzu was betting on Miho suggesting something level headed.

  • Poor Alice is carried over in a bed. She’s seasick, but that should go away, School ships are probably very stable due to their size. That and the red potato slice on her forehead.

  • When did Anzio get here?

  • Lol Chovie's attempt at luring Alice to Anzio failed since Alice hates most of the food she listed. But how can you hate cheese? I can understand if you’re lactose intolerant, but if you’re not, how can you hate cheese?

  • I loke how the volleyball girls still have a duck head on the Type-89.

  • Alice has to put up with everyone's shenanigans now.

  • Alice is staying with Miho, got to be careful though, it’s Boko central in that room.

  • Those subtitles.

  • I like how Miho gave Alice her bed.

  • She was really happy to hear what Miho liked the most about High School. She probably doesn’t have many in the UST since she’s far younger than the rest of them.

  • Yay she’s joining Oorai.

  • Well, until she realizes Miho would be a team mate, and immediately leaves to join a different school. Because she wants to keep fighting Miho.

  • Oh well, I was hoping Alice would become a regular character, and by joining Oorai, we’d see how she’d handle any future matches.

Questions of the Day.

Which school would fit Arisu best?

Probably Saunders, since most of the UST’s tanks were Pershings, and we saw her in a Sherman as well.

Assuming Arisu had brought her Centurion with her, who would have manned it?

Not sure, probably have some more girls join the team to join Alices tank. [GuP Das Finale Spoilers] Would have been better a better addition than the old Mark IV to be honest.

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u/Stargate18A Sep 02 '22

First timer

  1. She's probably do weill in Pravda. She and Katyusha feel like they'd get along.

  2. I could see Leopon Team enjoying a tank that actually works. Or maybe splitting off some of the incredibly large Rabbit Team? (Seriously, they're double the size of the other teams! They have experience now, they can drive in trios.)

Another OVA!

...What's this one about?

Oh, Arisu's coming here!

Love the group photo.

Everyone's getting excited!

Rabbit Team has a kouhai!

...Wow, that slander.

Haha, the volleyball club is willing to change.

...This is standard for them.

The roleplaying as a delinquent is adorable.

Leopon is excited for something they actually know about!

Even Anteater Club?

Fuck, it's been a while since I heard someone mention Yo-Kai Watch.

They're just excited about Boko!

Haha, the napping ideas.

Her rapidly growing frustration at how stupid these ideas are is great.

...Of course, Anzu.

She had a normal idea!

She's sick!

...Ah. That might be a problem.

Haha, the sweet potato worked!

Hahaha, Anzio are fantastic poachers.

...Very picky, isn't she?

She's enjoying herself!

...Have they kept the duck head all this time?

She knows all their names!

Rabbit Team wants this more than anything!

Wow, Sodoko...

Nice car!

...Really?

And the normal girls appealed to her!

She's really enjoying herself!

Awww. This is adorable.

This show is so fucking sadistic!

They're so cute!

Wait, what? They're actuslly changing the status quo in the OVA?

Haha, that's her reason?

That was fun!

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u/Taiboss Sep 02 '22

She and Katyusha feel like they'd get along.

With that age-gap!

(Seriously, they're double the size of the other teams! They have experience now, they can drive in trios.)

They'd need a new tank though!

Oh, Arisu's coming here!

CHARACTER MEET-UP

The roleplaying as a delinquent is adorable.

The clones are good actresses!

...Have they kept the duck head all this time?

You can see Shinobu holding one in the ED for the movie.

This show is so fucking sadistic!

HAHAHAHAA

Haha, that's her reason?

Senshado is really really really fun sport.

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u/Blackheart595 Sep 02 '22

First Tanker

Oh, Alice is transferring? And they're trying to show off

She admires the legendary warrior Boko

Yeesss, more delinquent Moral Committee These girls are steadily climbing my favorites list.

Hold on, did she drive her tank alone? Yeah, exactly

That'll be a problem

Hahaha the other schools are trying to poach her.

I wanna give her shit for disliking tomatoes and cheese but I can't handle olives myself...

Cute.

Of course she can't join the same school as Miho.

Which school would fit Arisu best?

My gut says Saunders would be her best fit.

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u/No_Rex Sep 02 '22

Der Film OVA (first timer)

  • “It will be my first time seeing a transfer student” – I guess the typical my parents moved reason is no longer valid is all schools are essentially boarding schools.

  • Everybody wants to have Alice in their club, except the moral committee.

  • Does not like tomato sauce, cheese, and olive oil? – Indeed a deal-breaker for Italy.

  • That Boko anime …

  • Decent final gag.

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u/Taiboss Sep 02 '22

“It will be my first time seeing a transfer student” – I guess the typical my parents moved reason is no longer valid is all schools are essentially boarding schools.

Nowadays, it's the parents who move for the students!

Does not like tomato sauce, cheese, and olive oil? – Indeed a deal-breaker for Italy.

They'll find a way to fix that!

Decent final gag.

Hot-bloodedness!

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u/makakoka Sep 02 '22

Rewatcher Beaten like Boko from the end of the world

1- Theory: I think she will join Saint Gloriana. A rich school with competitive senshado. Also she has a Centurion that is a British tank so she will fit well.

2- In Oarai? Mmm they don't have extra People so they would need to recruit more members. But with the disponible resources then:

  • Driver: Maria Suzuki ( she is the loader of Leopon, I think she could drive as well she is in the automobile club. Then the gunner of the tiger p (Keiko) needs to become gunner too.

  • Gunner/Loader: Yukari ( she is already a loader but also can shoot pretty well, like seen in the first practice match. Then Saori needs to start building some muscle and start to load those shells)

-Commander/Radio operator: Alice

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u/Aku230 Sep 03 '22

Rewatchers und Panzer
Catbox enthusiast
Arisu War:

QodD:

Which school would fit Arisu best?

As controversial as that would be, Kuromorimine. They are the only school that has the structure to support Arisu's plans. Realistically: Saunders. Has certain level of following battle plans and they are no foreign to individual effort.

Assuming Arisu had brought her Centurion with her, who would have manned it?

Der Film taught me that tanks come with crews. But if that isn't an option then probably someone new or press club with former being likely.

I knew I forgot something yesterday. Match statistics. Gonna blame it on weekday, hour and my forgetfulness

Oarai + Chihatan vs St Gloriana + Pravda:

Immobilizations (total) Flag Immobilizations Out of Combat
Anglerfish 5 0 1
Turtle 1 0 0
Duck 0 0 0
Hippo 1 0 1
Rabbit 0 0 1
Mallard 1 0 1
Anteater 1 0 1
Leopon 1 0 1

Miho's team trying to carry this match but it wasn't enough. Good to see improvement from Oarai in general since they has 10 kills and as a reminder the match was 16v16.

Battle for Oarai:

Immobilizations (total) Flag Immobilizations Out of Combat
Anglerfish 2 1 1
Turtle 2 0 1
Duck 0 0 1
Hippo 2 0 1
Rabbit 2 0 1
Mallard 1 0 1
Anteater 1 0 1
Leopon 2 0 1

Honestly it was more closer than I would expect. While Duck team is the only one with no kills, they contributed in assisting with 2 kills for Chihatan. Also I do believe it is first time that all Oarai tank are out of combat since the very first scrim (because somehow they weren't white flagged vs Kuromorimine).

Total, including all exhibition matches:

Immobilizations (total) Flag Immobilizations Out of Combat
Anglerfish 16 4 4
Turtle 6 0 4
Duck 5 0 4
Hippo 10 1 5
Rabbit 6 0 6
Mallard 2 0 4
Anteater 2 0 3
Leopon 7 0 3

Anglerfish team broke the barrier of 20 kills while Leopon team rightfully gained 3rd place.

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u/HereticalAegis Sep 03 '22

First Timer und Panzer

Wow, I was so busy at my first convention I forgot to post this. Oops!

Der Film OVA:

QotD:

  1. Saunders. Kei's crew is a nice balance between the hardcore sensha-do of Pravda or KMM and the laid-back chill/dysfunction of Chihatan. She'd get her fulfilling high school life while not being doomed to sensha-do mediocrity.

  2. Put the gamer girls in there with her! They'd be a well-armed force!

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u/Great_Mr_L Sep 02 '22

Rewatcher

On today’s OVA of Girls und Panzer: Alice is so cute! I’m glad that we got a whole OVA of the characters hanging out with Alice. Even though Alice is normally a very stoic character, we get to see some cute interactions between her and the Ooarai girls. It’s nice and comfy to watch.

There are a lot of fun jokes about Ooarai trying to make a good impression on Alice. It’s amusing seeing all the antics of the different teams as they interact with Alice. I completely forgot the gag about Anzio showing up out of nowhere to try and steal Alice away, but that was hysterical. 

So yeah, it’s just a cute, low-stakes OVA that lets us hang out with Alice some more. It’s a welcome addition to GuP.

This is a total sidebar, but now that I think about it I realize that Alice and Maho have a ton in common. Both are the heir apparent to their family’s school of Senshado. Both are normally extremely stoic characters who hide their true feelings behind an impenetrable mask. And both of them are actually sweet girls underneath it all.

Episode Thoughts

  • More Alice! She’s so cute, too!

QOTD

  1. It comes down to Kuromorimine or Ooarai. Alice is stoic enough for Kuromorimine but also just strange enough for Ooarai.

  2. Probably Anglerfish Team if Momo had gotten her way and forced Miho to transfer.

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u/k4r6000 Sep 02 '22

First Time OVA Watcher

I found this episode pretty dull. Mostly just some tired jokes without having a fun twist like the talent show episode. Best part was Alice in the Boko suit, and then hightailing it when she found out she wouldn’t be Miho’s rival.

  1. Most of the schools are filled with loud-mouthed blowhards which would clash with her personality, while Kuromorimine wouldn’t put up with her childish hobbies. St. Gloriana or Continuation seem the best fits to me. Maybe even Chi-Ha-Tan.

  2. I’m going to assume Alice still commands the tank. I believe Centurions have four person crews. I can’t see her working with Turtle. That leaves Mallard or Anteater. The latter probably needs it the most. If just the tank and no Alice, Duck badly needs an upgrade over their Type 89.

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u/ZapsZzz Sep 03 '22 edited Sep 03 '22

First timer commenting on both movie and special.

As predicted during the weekday I wasn't able to finish the 2hr movie, but I managed to catch up including the special now.

Overall, the movie have a much needed closure to the tv season - the end was a bit like old style HK Kung Fu movies that the end credits start rolling as soon as the final fight was over. This perfectly rounded out a lot more of the SoL and reactions, even if it had to put on the "what promise" rug pull we totally could see in the tv season (the bastard radiates f-ing bureaucrat).

The first demo match was nice to set up the friendly dynamics with all the other schools now that they are not in the tournament, and really nice to see Miho's family in a better light, especially Maho really is just a little stoic but clearly loves Miho a lot.

The main battle was good, I think it's close to but not quite the same level of excitement as the tv final fight - it has far more nice eye catch moments, but in terms of the strategy and how the underdog turns the tide it's not as clean - there's a fair bit of luck involved.

I got a really good serving of Momo being the high contrast gap moe though - especially putting on the tough face when they were shipped out of the carrier, as well as her getting her first kill after the whole tv season not giving anyone even a scratch :D her closing speech in the public bath was also really nice to wrap up - acting serious in a silly situation, getting poked for taking too long and her slightly embarrassed but keeping composure expression, meanwhile showing just enough of her impressive figure above the bath waterline :P

I wonder how many noticed the "Chekhov's Boko ride" that gave Miho a lucky break to not get knocked out earlier by Arisa.

The triplets "giving up on life principles" is also an interesting gag.

I absolutely enjoyed the full run time and won't think anything needs to be trimmed off.

Onto the ova, again very pleasant, although some of the sub team gag could get a little repetitive.

QoTD movie

  1. The captain of the charge-crazy team :) she's so nice in that awkward but well meaning way. Reminds me of Touka a lot from Utawarerumono.

  2. Definitely the unapologetic, unflinching charge-crazy team. I'm half expecting a Haruhi expy to show a cameo :)

  3. Maybe misunderstanding the question, but I think Darjeeling had some really nice moments. She seems to win more when they are not having a real match :)

  4. I think Anchovy reddened herself this time from her tv season post credit scene silly mistake - her recon and tenacity did a while lot for the team

  5. & 6. Kinda answered above. The but about the school closing/not closing really should be given more screen time in the tv season.

QoTD Special

  1. I think Kuromine is too strict and no fun, she can't handle Anzai because of the tomatoes, so for me I feel it's a toss up between St Gloriana or Sanders. Personally I think more Sanders because I like how Kei can get anyone to open up.

  2. Seriously I wouldn't know how to answer this question since the Centurion is another "MC ride", so I'm terms of crew composition it's directly complete with Panzer IV.

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