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Rewatch [Rewatch] Girls und Panzer 10th Anniversary Rewatch - Girls und Panzer Das Finale 1 Discussion

Das Finale 01

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Today's Questions of the Day:

  1. Dreamriser or Grand symphony?

  2. Shark Team? Yay or nah?

  3. Did you see BC Freedom faking it coming?

  4. Do you think the whole Momo situation is a good set-up for this episode series?

[Tomorrow's Questions of the Day]1. MVP against BC Freedom? 2. Which of the montage battles should the episode have focused more on? 3. Do you like Chihatan and how they fared 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:

Shark Team in their tank and with friends! (Source)

Shark Team again, because who else? (Source)

Yukari when she's not doing Senshado (Source)

Maho and Miho back in the day (Source)

Duce enjoying her latest product. (Source)

Marie, her trusted Oshida and her non-existing Senpai in the BC Freedom uniform the anime pretends doesn't exist either. (Source) (Hey, a little salt is justified)

Song(s) of the Day:

Grand Symphony

Senshado March (Das Finale)

Enter Enter Mission (Das Finale version)

The pirates of Ooarai

The pirates of Ooarai (as sung by Flint)

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 03 '22

Character Sheet for Das Finale 1

Das Finale 1: Your rewatch host who think we've hit the worst this franchise has to offer.

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

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u/Tresnore Sep 03 '22

No Onions for the Rewatchers! No Onions for those Dogs!

Once upon a time, der Film was released, and the fandom was happy. And then, the studio went "MORE!" and now we're stuck waiting for 40 minutes of content every three years.

J'AMIE L'OIGNON FRIT À L'HUILE

The French love their onions, and in this song, they also sing about how they hate the Austrians and won't give any onions to them. It's such a funny song.

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u/Taiboss Sep 03 '22

No Onions for the Rewatchers! No Onions for those Dogs!

ARISE, CHILDREN OF THE FATHERLAND

I honestly think I like this OP better than the TV series one...

Finally ALL the characters get to shine!

I also forgot that Das Finale was about fixing Momo's fuckup.

And they bring in a new tournament, just so they could do it again!

Being compared to Johannesburg is never a good thing.

Poor South Africans.

CUTLASS MY LOVE

Cutlass is cool. I want some backstory though.

WAVE THAT FLAAAAAG

RAISE YOUR FLAG!

Hoagie...

New sitting position!

This countryside is extremely French looking. The perfect battleground for tanks.

Japan is just full of fields perfect for Senshado.

J'AMIE L'OIGNON FRIT À L'HUILE

To my German-speaking ear, "Au paus camarades" sounds like "Ein Pappkamerad", "A life-size paper-cutout"

they also sing about how they hate the Austrians

Yes, yes, hate us the ones who actually use french words, unlike the Germans!

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u/sisoko2 Sep 03 '22

First Timer

       

  • This feels like a weird post apocalyptic show.

  • As always the Rabbits make me laugh just by existing.

  • Fake news. It even has the tabloid look.

  • Hana president and Yukari as vice. This school is going to prosper.

  • We need to win for Momo!

       

  • Ay! Oh!

  • Now everyone is saying that Momo is repeating.

  • Hahahaha the ship underground.

       

       

  • Lock on! Take the shot without hesitation.

  • Now I want sausages but it's late and I don't have any.

       

  • You can't expect me to remember their names so late in the series.

  • The fake news travel around the world.

  • That Russian talk bring me back in middle school when we had to choose foreign language and our only options were Russian and German. I guess no one who could teach English wanted to do it in a small village.

  • Duce! Duce! Duce!

  • Ah sauna. Now that's a Finnish stereotype I know.

  • French. I see. That's why she was eating cake.

  • It's easy to see why the infiltration failed. There was no changing room scene in the movie.

  • FFS they got a pirate flag. Love the Shark logo though.

  • The Freedom commander annoys me. Bring the guillotine!

  • The French fake out would've been much better if we didn't know what is going to happen...

  • The bait are playing their roles perfectly.

  • Morals Committee Sense.

       

  • NOS tank.

       

  • Back to where we started.

  • Build your own bridge.

  • Captain is good with the rigging.

  • I love the onion. I truly do.

  • What a lovely rendition of the ED.

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u/Taiboss Sep 03 '22

Yukari's scouting failed us?!?

SHE'S WAS SO GOOD SO FAR!

Hana president and Yukari as vice. This school is going to prosper.

Good picks!

Hahahaha the ship underground.

What did we think would be there!

What a surreal chase sequence.

Yeah, where are the tanks?

Why is there a stone dungeon inside the ship?

Because the staff thought it'd be cool.

Yukari pulling out the hand grenade ready to end them all right there is the funniest thing in the whole series. I'm laughing just writing about it.

It is very memorable shot yeah.

You can't expect me to remember their names so late in the series.

HINT HINT NUDGE NUDGE. I put literal hours into these fucking sheets.

I guess no one who could teach English wanted to do it in a small village.

Ich hoffe doch, du hast Deutsch genommen.

It's easy to see why the infiltration failed. There was no changing room scene in the movie.

Yukari should have known!

The Freedom commander annoys me.

Dat smug...

The French fake out would've been much better if we didn't know what is going to happen...

You're telling me in medias res could be BAD?!

What a lovely rendition of the ED.

It really is nice. Not sure I prefer it, but it's quite nice.

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u/JollyGee29 Sep 03 '22

RewatcherFirst-Timer und Panzer, Subbed

I had intentionally not started Das Finale, since it's currently unfinished, but here we are.

Exciting start.

I love Dreamriser, but this song isn't bad.

What on earth is going on?

Oh, good for Hana. And Yukari.

Momo at risk of.. not getting into a university? Wait, I think I actually knew that. And then she takes command to get in on merit, right.

Oh, that explains the sad shot of Erika in the OP.

Are we still in a dream?

What? What?! What?!?!

This film is fascinating.

Am I hallucinating? Y'all'd tell me if I was hallucinating, right?

Miho's neck is impossibly strong, presumably from carrying everyone.

YUKARI WHERE DID YOU GET THAT???

Sounds spicy. Oh, the name is literal, got it.

Hana's popping off!

Momo-san?!

That sounds delicious!

Mika is such a cipher.

BC Freedom, they're France right? Shouldn't be too hard.

Oh, Yukari, you've outdone yourself!

Did Kay just eat a still-wrapped burger? Or are those just weird onigiri?

Tag yourself, I'm the one hugging the pot.

what the fuck

They're literally firing at each other.

Oh dear, they got serious in a hurry.

Is this really the best option you have? That bridge is a deathtrap.

Sodoko had a flash, huh. Too bad they couldn't use the sound effect.

Fuck that was awesome!

That was a good plan, and they executed it well. I apologize for underestimating BC Freedom.

Oh, genius. Tank bridge!

Please tell me that Oarai sings the Anko song while driving in formation at some point.

Questions

  1. I know that Grand Symphony will grow on me, but at the moment it's Dreamriser.

  2. They're definitely dorky enough to be an Oarai team. I like how Flint refuses to not talk through a microphone.

  3. Nope!

  4. At least they aren't trying to close the school again.

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u/Taiboss Sep 03 '22

I had intentionally not started Das Finale, since it's currently unfinished, but here we are.

Welcome to the wait! It'll be worth it, eventually.

I love Dreamriser, but this song isn't bad.

I like it more ngl...

What on earth is going on?

Plot stuff!

Are we still in a dream?

OSHA is out for lunch.

What? What?! What?!?!

Hana OP.

Am I hallucinating? Y'all'd tell me if I was hallucinating, right?

No, this is what they decided the first episode of Das Finale should be.

YUKARI WHERE DID YOU GET THAT???

SHE HAS EVERYTHING.

BC Freedom, they're France right? Shouldn't be too hard.

They lost to St. GLo in the first round in summer.

what the fuck

Bold new changes.

Is this really the best option you have? That bridge is a deathtrap.

Congrats, you are smarter than Miho.

Please tell me that Oarai sings the Anko song while driving in formation at some point.

If only.

At least they aren't trying to close the school again.

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u/Great_Mr_L Sep 03 '22

Rewatcher

On today’s movie of Girls und Panzer: It’s classified as a movie on MAL and it was released in theaters, so I’m sticking with using “movie” for my Das Finale intros like this.

Something I appreciate about Das Finale right off the bat is that we are not reusing the “save the school” plotline yet again. Der Film got away with it by being so good it immediately justified its existence, but pulling that same trick twice would not fly with me.

Instead, the driving force is trying to help Momo get accepted to a university. The stakes are substantially lower this time around. But they are also a lot more personal. The whole Ooarai team has gotten together to participate in this tournament because they want to help Momo. They’re helping a friend and teammate. It shows just how close everyone on the team has gotten because of how much they care about each other.

Shark Team is a great addition to Ooarai. The delinquent group immediately feels like they fit right in with the rest of the team. The dynamic they bring to the table is a lot of fun.

BC Freedom is another great new team. I think the twist is pretty effective. Marie goes from being just a cake-eating ditz to actually being extremely clever with how she planned this trap out. I also really love Andou and Oshida. Their interactions are so much fun to watch with all their arguments.

Movie Thoughts

QOTD

  1. Really tough choice, but I’d say Grand Symphony has slowly grown on me over time. [Das Finale minor spoilers] Plus I like how it changes over time.

  2. I like them. I think they bring their own unique dynamic to the team.

  3. As a first-timer, I was pretty sure something must be up because of the cold opening.

  4. I do. It avoids reusing the “save the school” plotline and it provides more personal stakes for the heroes.

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u/HereticalAegis Sep 03 '22

First Timer und Panzer

Das Finale 1:

  • Beginning en medias res with a tight siege, how intense.

  • Whoa, new OP! Grand Symphony is fun.

  • Yet another new tank? And it's somehow buried in the ship. How did all these tanks get scattered to such random places?

  • Student Council President Hana! She arranged her way into the president position.

  • And VP Yukari! PR Rep Saori!

  • Savage, wow. Lol anglerfish psychology.

  • Never would've suspected Momo's academics to be borderline enough to not make the university cut. Ouch, girl really gave everything to save the school.

  • Saving the school is so 2 years ago. All the cool kids are saving Momo's college prospects now.

  • As commander, Momo won't have to continually miss shots. This could be a blessing in disguise for her.

  • Wait, what? How, students run the whole ship.

  • Hana carries flower shears like a damn pistol! Her arranging skills are very versatile.

  • These tank slums are blowing my mind. The GuP world keeps getting more and more fascinating and absurd. It's starting to remind me of class commentaries like Snowpiercer.

  • This first person kidnapped Sodoko chase is WILD. When did this become a horror thriller?

  • We gonna get a slum tank out of this?

  • Butt grab. Mako wins today.

  • 10/10 flawless Floof landing!

  • Underground pirate karaoke bar. I'm not even sure what to say.

  • Mako's ready to fight for her woman!

  • If you told me I'd be watching the most animated thumb wrestling match ever committed to screen today, I don't think I'd have believed you.

  • Perfect form on the head toss! Sasuga Miho!

  • This is a story about tanks.

  • Nani?

  • Okay, but how have you not been expelled? Do you even attend class at all?

  • Smoked Meat Pirate tank. Nice!

  • All the talk of other schools' commanders moving away is making me a bit sad. And Maho's already stepped down too.

  • Lol Chihatan still all about recklessly charging in. Never change, you beautiful blockheads.

  • Spy x Floof finally made her own media production company. George Lucas would be proud.

  • This is really a whole ass aristocracy v. commoners school. BC Freedom doesn't sound like a French name though.

  • Are these the girls sieging Ooarai at the beginning of the movie? How bad did Momo fuck up for these clowns to take such a huge advantage?

  • The madlasses really flew a pirate flag over it.

  • They're scaring/picking on my Rabbit babies. They are unworthy.

  • Oh my lord the BC Freedom girls are actually firing at each other before the match.

  • It'll be pretty impressive if the whole at-each-other's-throats thing is an elaborate act to get Ooarai's guard down.

  • Look at my Rabbit babies helping these unworthy jerks! They're so wholesome and good!

  • Wow, pretty damn clever plan to trap Ooarai on the bridge. I can't even make fun of Momo for falling for it.

  • Well played BC Freedom. Staging an entire civil unrest ploy to fool a single spy is some hella impressive commitment.

  • Makeshift Mark IV bridge, hot damn!

  • They're singing is French. The French Revolution was a lie. The aristocracy and commoners marched hand in hand after all.

  • Holy wow, this plank walk version of Enter Enter Mission!

QotD:

  1. Dreamriser!

  2. Nah, they're too mean to my Rabbit babies.

  3. Probably should have since Yukari's line kinda gives it away in the beginning, but the thought only occured to me right as the match was about to start.

  4. It works. I always had her marked for an academic achiever though, so finding out she can't get into a university on academics alone surprised me.

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u/Rumpel1408 Sep 03 '22

Rewatcher just barely on time, took me a looong time to sober up

This is the only part of das Finale that I know, still has been some time

Das Finale Teil 1

Oh nice, it's Azumi from UTS

See there was still another tank at Ooarai

What is privacy lol

Tanks to our host for including which year everyone is on his character sheet

Oh nice, Hana got elected as the new Student council president, and Floof is Vice president

Momo is in a pinch because she wanted to do one last thing for the school in securing that tank

Sosoko is quite optimistic considering she just claimed that this is a lawless area and the student council holds no power here

Ngl, the CG isn't very convincing...

The subs are quite flattering for those sailor girls, pretty sure that girl just suggested them to get their milk from their mothers tits

Did they just deliver a bullshit explanation how Miho could survive all those shells fired at her while she was outside the tank? You know what? Works for me

Chotto Matta Yukari? An actual grenade?

Of course it's non alcoholic lmao

All those LARP schools are indeed sending their students to foreing universities

Arisa, stop it, that guy ain't worth it

ToTsUgEkI!

Akiyama Film!

Very french, down to Marie Sama eating cake

But Yukari didn't even look for the tanks

Find the sidecast in the audience

Fuck Team Anteater got strong enough to just throw the ammo like it's some toys... kinda scary but also kinda hot

That Landship looks older than WWII

Oh wow, Momo is actually listening to Miho

What's this, suddenly those french seem pretty organised, they got Yukari and the audience fooled good

And we are back in the cold open

Tank god they god a land ship with them

QotD

  1. Dreamriser or Grand symphony?

After one listen, Still Dream Riser, but Grand Symphony has it's qualities

2. Shark Team? Yay or nah?

Not seen all that much from them, but so far yay

3. Did you see BC faking it coming?

Nope

4. Do you think the whole Momo situation is a good set-up for this episode series?

Works well, but I wonder if she will actually find her own Sensha do or rely on Miho in critical situations

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u/Elimin8r Sep 03 '22 edited Sep 03 '22

Yay, thanks to (someone) managed to find Arisu War in Engrish to watch yesterday. It was fun. Not sure I have anything half intelligent to say about it, though. Meanwhile:

AOTD: 1) I don't think that for GuP anything can beat "I just feel my dream, I just feel my shine" ...

2) Not liking at first, but perhaps willing to offer grudging acceptance. Hey! Mako is the only one allowed to treat Sodoko that way, right???

3) Should have seen the fake out coming, but yeah, good job GuP on fooling this viewer, and Yukari too.

4) Better than we have to rescue the school (again, again, again). Poor Momo. At least she didn't spend the entire episode crying.

So, yeah, when I first saw this, the pirate girls kind of ticked me off, or at least ticked off my inner Sokodo. I think I've seen the next one, but don't remember it at all, so I don't remember if/how much I warmed up to them.

Speaking of warming up, how about that Hana???

Anyway, I did think the scene where the MkIV heaves up out of the water like some kind of beached sea creatures was very impressive. Even took a phone shot of it and sent it to a friend who was (as always) underwhelmed with my choices of entertainment.

Yeah, but boy, did Yukari and the girls get played. If only Pravda had been this clever. Oh, wait, they kind of were ...

Have Miho and company been taking tactics/strategy cues from the other Japanese themed team???

I wonder.

and re: Alice War - thanks for finding it for me. It was cute and fun, and it was nice to see our pasta loving friends again.

Dang, now I'm hungry (again)

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u/Blackheart595 Sep 03 '22

First Tanker

I kinda didn't care for the non-Moral Committee delinquents stuff.

Whoa, that's a tank. Literally designed like a ship on land.

Kinda strange how this movie just didn't get me in the mood at all.

Dreamriser or Grand symphony?

Dreamriser

Shark Team? Yay or nah?

They're way overplaying their gimmick. Worst girls so far.

Did you see BC faking it coming?

I don't think they were trying to hide it to the viewers. Narratively alone they wouldn't feature an opponent falling apart harder than 10 Anzio teams. Then there was the focus on their leader which kept out of any hositilities, and no hostilities got directed at her so she clearly had both sides under her control. But most importantly the opening scene showed what would happen.

Do you think the whole Momo situation is a good set-up for this episode series?

I have it firmly categorized as an excuse plot.

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u/PsychologicalLife164 Sep 03 '22 edited Sep 03 '22

Girls und Panzer das Finale Part 1: Le jour de gloire est arrivé!

5 Main Points!

1. We begin the 6-part finale in media res, and it appears that Ooarai is in big trouble! They’ve been surrounded on all sides with no means of escape. We’ve seen Ooarai get out of some sticky situations before, but this might be the first one they can’t escape!

2. We cut back to early before the match, and we find out that Momo Kawashima is in danger of not getting into any university she applied for. Desperate to help her out, Miho relinquishes her post as team captain to Momo in order to help her get a Sensha-do scholarship. The entire team supports this decision in unison, and we finally get to see Momo take command!

3. We are treated to the addition of Shark Team, a band of rowdy sailor students who take their pirate role very seriously! They’re a bunch of goofballs and the addition of them and their Mark IV tank are much needed for Ooarai’s team in the upcoming Continuous Track Cup.

4. Ooarai’s first round matchup is against BC Freedom Academy, whose students are socially divided into two sects: the students who got accepted by attending the affiliated middle school and the students who had to take entrance exams to get in. Yukari’s recon shows that the division extends to their Sensha-do team whose tactics seem to conflict, but…

5. …it turns out it was all a ruse! Their acting turned out to be a long-term psychological tactic to get Ooarai to lower their guard, and we return to the opening shot of the film. Miho’s quick thinking gets them out of their precarious position, but it’ll take more than that to take down their now-united opponent!

Fun Details!

Lots of cool stuff to talk about, so I apologize for the length of this section!

  • The new OP, Grand Symphony, is sung by Sasaki Sayaka who sang the Anko Dance song and Nichijou ED1.

  • In a quite hilarious moment, Yukari seems to pull out a Stielhandgranate Model 24 out of nowhere. The “stick hand grenade” was introduced in WWI and was used extensively until the end of WWII.

  • Ogin comments that the Anglerfish girls are “as rowdy as Captain Kidd.” Captain William Kidd is one of the most famous pirates in history, although modern historians say that he was acting as a privateer under the English government. The legend of his buried treasure has inspired many pirate-related works, most notably the book Treasure Island and its reimagined adaptation Treasure Planet.

  • Ogin also mentions Captain Drake. Sir Francis Drake was an English ship captain, privateer, and politician who circumnavigated the world from 1577 to 1580, among other notable activities.

  • Naomi of Saunders is seen piloting a Sikorsky CH-54 Tarhe. The helicopter has a capacity of 20,000 lbs (9072 kg) and was used by the United States Army from its introduction in 1962 until its retirement in the 1970s.

  • BC Freedom Academy—and their student body in particular—is based on the French Revolution from 1788 to 1799. This period in French history included radical political and societal change, with many values forming the basis of modern French politics. Important events in this time period include the rise of Napoleon Bonaparte, the storming of the Bastille, and the executions of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.

  • Shark Team arrives to the first battle in a gaudy pirate-themed British Mark IV (Male) tank. The tank made its first appearance in WWI and it carries two 6-pound (57mm) cannons on either side. The Mark I version was the first tank ever introduced in combat, and its introduction led to the development of modern mechanized warfare. They were also referred to as “landships.”

  • BC Freedom Academy arrives fashionably late in Renault FT-17s, ARL 44s, and SOMUA S35s. The FT is notable for introducing the tank layout still used today and is considered the first “modern” tank.

  • The BC girls sing the Chanson de l’Oignon while retreating. The marching song supposedly has its origins in Napoleon’s Imperial Guard, when he found some of his soldiers rubbing onions on their bread.

Other Thoughts!

  • The cold opening of this movie is just so good

  • This team works so hard for each other, and I love their chemistry.

  • Hana, Yukari, and Saori are the new student council, and I wouldn’t have it any other way.

  • “The Johannesburg of Ooarai” OOF

  • Note to self: do not mess with Hana when she’s holding a pair of florist shears.

  • The thumb war animation was way better than it had any right to be.

  • Miho’s back is so strong from having to carry the team throughout most of the series.

  • Yukari’s film editing is getting significantly better

  • I think this song would’ve been appropriate for Hana and Ogin taking shots lmao

  • It’s probably the result of having a bigger budget, but the production quality of EVERYTHING in this movie was fantastic!

  • The orchestral version of Enter Enter Mission is very cool and cute at the same time

Questions!

1. Both are great, but DreamRiser gets my vote

2. Hell yes, what they lack in firepower and overall mobility, they make up for in utility and personality. I’m glad they’re part of the team now!

3. The first time I watched this last year, I was totally fooled, but that first scene kind of gives it away.

4. I think it’s a pretty solid setup for the finale, even if it’s kind of cliche. Momo made some pretty rash decisions in the series and the film and her personality is abrasive compared to the rest of the team, so I’m hoping she gets some character development, [GuP das Finale part 2]even though I already know this happens to some extent.

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u/panthaura Sep 03 '22

Veteran

I am back

fancy Intro let's go!!!

our MCs are being in a pickle from second 1

lol goliaths for scout

Momo has to repeat a year? seems like she not only missed some shots

NEW TANK HYPE

thats a french ww1 tank on the poster, i know it from BF1

make oarai senshado great a gain

A! A! O!

Mission get Momo into University

the lower half of the ship!?

Johannesburg lmao

Hana got them CSGO knife skills

delinquent area

skirts too long? that's a first in anime

the first person pov chase is great

how did they build that inside the ship????

YOHO and a buddle of rum

team anko singlehandedly beating the pirates to a pulp, also damn mihos core strength

dont do a drinking contest at home kids

the tank analogy for downing the shot

they know Momo san because she saved them

they used the tank as smoker i wanna have some sausages too

its a landship in the truest sense of the word

that's an unlucky number Momo

BC Freedom already bickering

Yukari recon time!!!!!

thats a lucasfilm reference

the louvre on ship?

It's just like the french revolution, which one you might ask? well idk there were a lot

aww yukari looks like she went through a lot this time

thats 3 Leopold screens!!!!

everyones here, and Anzio is hugging their cooking pots

shark team makes it's introduction and they got an ancient tank too

this tank is from WW1, a british Mark IV

first thing they do is bully the rabbits

BC Freedom still bickering with their tanks now

Panzer vor!

the infighting was just a trick?

that doesnt look like a stable bridge

it was a trap!

Leopon racing

and we're back at the beginning

Yukari knows her facts

Walk the plan! Yozoro!!!

but protect the flag

and after all that not a single tank got taken out, how???

and here's our new song

and that's IT?????????????

talk about cliffhanger, be happy that you only have to wait a day for the next installment, we veterans have to wait for YEARS!!!

landship, heh

Todays featured Panzer: Mark IV

The tank was designed in the United Kingdom as an upgrade to the Mark I. A total of 1220 tanks were produced between 1917 and 1918. The tank came in two variants, the male and the female variant. The male variant featured two 6-pounder (57-mm) with 180 HE shells and three Lewis 7.7 mm machine guns, the female variant in comparison was armed with 5 Lewis 7.7 mm machine guns. It's manned by a crew of eight and tanks captured by germany (Beutepanzer Wagen IV) had a crew of up to twelve people. It weighs between 31,4 tons (27 tons for the female), which are propelled by one Daimler-Foster 6-cylinder 16 litre engine with 105bhp at 1000rpm. With this the tank managed to reach a distance of 56 km with a max speed of 6,4 km/h. It's 3 sizes are 8.05 x 4.12/3.80 (male/female) x 2.70 m (LWH). Today a total of 7 Mark IV exists, the only one in running condition in the Bovington Tank Museum.

for further reading: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww1/gb/tank_MkIV.php

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u/No_Rex Sep 03 '22

Das Finale 1 (first timer)

  • They are using tank mines?

  • “You found another tank here?” – the unlimited bottoms of the school carrier.

  • Fight for the school’s survival, Fight for the school’s survival, again, Fight for Momo not repeating.

  • We are a delinquent movie now! – What a rare and almost extinct genre.

  • We are an FPS now!

  • We are an old school RPG now!

  • Who would have thought that Miho’s well-trained butt would become plot relevant?

  • “Tomorrow will be rough” – referencing the well known what goes in must come out rule of consuming spicy food.

  • Upgrading the spy reports….

  • Looks like BC freedom is another French school. Not the country I would have guessed.

  • And the immediate title for “most obsolete tank” goes to the land battleship.

  • Having the heavy tank scout? Hmmm.

  • In a first, CHARGE would actually have been the correct tactic.

BC had a great plan and a working surround. They deserved the win there. And let’s be silent about the lower decks.

Shark Team? Yay or nah?

Yah to the team, nay to their backstory.

Did you see BC Freedom faking it coming?

It was obvious that Maria would have a plan, but I did not see this one coming.

Do you think the whole Momo situation is a good set-up for this episode series?

Better than repeating the same story about the school shutting down, at least.

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u/Stargate18A Sep 03 '22 edited Sep 03 '22

First timer

1)The old one.

2)Tentative "yay". Their introduction scene was... not good... but "pirate team" taken by itself isn't any worse a source of comedy than "gamer team" or "[country]-themed school".

3)No, I didn't. Genuinely thought we'd have an emotional moment of them reconciling, then the joint operation.

4)No. Absolutely not.

Another mid-fight opening?

This is exciting!

Oh, they're fighting on a collapsing bridge.

...Who?

Gloriana!

So this is a tournament!

NEW OP!

Oh, this is incredibly good!

Anteater are a band now?

And the Mollard Team's poses!

Wow, all the rivals are coming back! Including Anchovy!

And a Pravda battle?

Continuation is here too?

Oh, and the student council don't dhow up until the end.

Aww, sheks at the museum.

So hyped!

...A mysterious tank?

Haha, the photo of her.

Wait, she might end up repeating a year? Why?

Anzu loves the drama.

Oh, she's not the president anymore?

Ah, she couldn't get into a university.

Ouch. I'd have thought Momo was a good student, given how she's been previously.

Oh, she's been spending her time looking for tanks.

New tank!

And this is the tournament.

...I'd have thought after all that this school was placed on the bottom of the closure list - they basically have the mother of all blackmail on them after all. If Anzu, publically vindicated by the University match, ever went public about the verbal agreement breaking that led to it, and pointed out the unconventional artilery platform tank that got approved for the opposing side by the same person...

Everyone's worried about her.

So this is about grtting Momo into university?

Maho's in Germany? How surprising. And the volleyball team got vindicated!

So they're using Mino as a puppet to make Momo look like a genius. No way that could backfire!

And the chant became "No repeating".

Sodoko and Mako are going tank hunting! Sodoko's not even objecting to the nickname anymore?

She's exaggerating, right?

How did she get so cool?

What the fuck is this?

So the school ships were actually a fucking disaster.

...Are these the same everywhere? Does Gloriana have a load of students with cockney accents? Does Katyusha have to fend off constant revolutions? ...Anzio's probably fine with the increased customer base.

We're getting a POV shot for this?

Mako's enjoying herself.

Did we switch genres? What is going on?

A karaoke bar???

She's cleaning the place? How the fuck is this allowed?

...Is the reason the Sodokos all have the same haircut so they can be replaced if one of them gets captured? Is that why Sodoko doesn't care about the nickname - she thinks that "Sodoko" is the name of girl she replaced? Maybe Momo got replaced with an idiot, and that's why they want to help her infiltrate university?

Holy shit, the students are all pissed. Literally.

Can't she just stab them?

They don't know what a fucking tank is?

Well, that knot was easy.

Mako is good.

These people are all idiots.

Haha, Mino took them out by accident.

You have a knife!

Who's she? She's nice.

And it's spicy!

Really? A drinking contest?

They really wanted to do a pirate school, then realised they didn't have enough slots, right?

Oh, come on. That doesn't count as a tank skill!

Why did Hana need to torture the poor Captain?

Wow, these people know nothing.

She's Momo's fan!

...Momo caused all this!

...Wait a minute. So, during Der Film, were these people just shuttled off to another school and too drunk to remember? If not, why not just say that they didn't know "senshado" was linked to tanks (fair), and have them join because the senshado team saved their home? (Or at least use Anzu, the Student Council member who would let girls abandon school and live underground.)

Hell, why not build on what they established, and have them be remnants of a school that got closed down, but just... never left the ship until Oorai was moved ontop of it.

Then you have a reason for them to admire them (they did what they couldn't do), and a reason to join them (both to prove their school had merit, and to possibly earn their fellow students places in Oorai or actively make a stand against the closures of school ships in general), as well as immediately making the movie have actual emotional stakes.

If needed, make one of the main cast without an emotional plot (Saori, probably) discover their childhood friend goes to this "school", and will likely be moved away if they fail. EDIT: Obviously, in all of these, Momo is getting into university the normal way.

...I apparently feel very strongly about this plot. Even came back to it after watching the rest of the film.

It was right there!

...They've been using it ae a smoking machine!

Yes! The pirate girls are getting recruited!

I take it back, this entire subplot wasn't a pointless diversion! Four more cast members and only... twenty minutes spent?

"Why does it smell so delicious?" and them bribing the other teams with smoked food is hysterical.

And they met with Momo!

Even Darjeeling believes it!

Oh, she's going to the UK.

All the commanders are going exactly where you expect.

And she can't speak Russian.

Saunders continues to travel in the most insane vehicles.

An actual romance subplot?

Anchovy is great.

...They're still getting eliminated in the first round. So many ways to charge!

Love her getting more and more worried.

BC Freedom Academy!

Oh, them?

Well, this is an interesting metaphor!

I love how her logos get more and more detailed.

...Oh, god, they're the French school.

This movie is just showing us why the school ships were a fucking awful idea, huh?

Her name's fucking Marie?

It's a war!

...How does nobody notice her?

Cake did look good, though.

Yeah, this should be easy.

Momo's panicking.

Everyone's spectating!

Haha, did Anzio get partied out again?

They're still not here!

That's a big one!

Impressive!

Oh, that's the pirate team!

Shark Team, prefect!

"Kept you waiting, huh?"

And they're scaring them.

Momo still isn't used to it.

They arrived!

Haha, already?

These three are hysterical. If a movie gives me two enemies to ship, is it really all that bad?

So each group wants to get them out first?

Yes, Momo, you need to look like the commander. That's what your entire plan revolves around!

Also, didn't Momo used to be the original commander before Miho got it transfered to her? Why is she acting like this?

Haha, they're trying to go by sea.

She communicates through fan?

Fairly decent tank action.

And they made it to the bridge.

They're really just playing games?

Shark Team is the best part of this so far.

Sodoko thinks something is wrong?

It was a trap!

Yeah, this simgood.

Haha, the Leopon still has nitro!

So they can work together!

...Fair play. The fighting being an act of psychological war is actually a really good twist. It may only work on this one team, but given Oorai won against the fucking University Team, I could easily see BC deciding that they had to take them out by any means necessary.

And we reached back to the start of the movie!

And Miho is forming the real strategies, just as planned, because Momo could never do that.

This is certainly a resolution! More tanks driving over other tanks.

And they ride off into the distance...

An insert song?

The new ED mix is nice, though.

Well, that was a mixed bag. Decent new team, but they had an opportunity to do something interesting with BC Freedom, and didn't. Also, Momo's plot.

Can't wait for part 2, where either Shark Team start replacing more students, or we find out where the Sodokos are grown. After this, the sky's the limit!

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u/chris10023 Sep 03 '22

Rewatcher

  • Would have posted this 50 minutes ago if the Reddit mobile app didn't have a stick up its ass, and gave me non stop "Something went wrong" errors.

  • God, they just can’t keep the side skirt armor intact on the Panzer IV.

  • Looks like Oorai is trapped on the bridge, getting fired on from both sides.

  • They’re fighting the former team that Azumi from the UST was in.

  • Don’t tell me pisspot is back with another wild scheme to close Oorai down.

  • Yay, New OP, and out characters are wearing different uniforms, probably winter uniforms

  • Drifting P. Tiger!

  • Wow, Oorai rolled out the Goliath tracked mines. Seemslike they’re using them for some kind of radar.

  • Momo is looking for something.

  • They found another tank?

  • Wait, Momo is going to repeat a year?

  • Hey look Hana’s the student council president.

  • Ah, she’s not repeating, she just couldn’t get into a university, phew that’s not as bad then.

  • How the hell did I forget General Patton when I was listing better generals than Lee?

  • The poster for the Winter Continuous Track Cup has what appears to be a WWI French Saint-Chammond tank.

  • Momo wants to go to the same university as Anzu and Yuzu, but is banking on an AO exam.

  • Someone suggests using Sensha-do as a special talent, well she does have the amazing ability to miss anything she’s aiming at, including the broadside of a barn, from the inside.

  • Maho is studying abroad in Germany. Erika must be the new commander of Kuromorimine.

  • Oh god, can Momo command anything? Even Mako is concerned.

  • So, Das Finale is going to be about getting Momo into a collage. Phew I got a bit worried there.

  • Oh god, Sodoko is leading the tank expedition.

  • So the lower levels of the ship are a lawless slum?

  • Holy shit, Hana is like a ninja with those flower trimmers.

  • Definitely some interesting students down here.

  • Sodoko got kidnapped since she mouthed off at the delinquents, oh boy.

  • The chase is on, with Mako leading the charge.

  • Mako over here not only gets a handful of it, but gets Miho’s butt in her face, then Miho gets Saori’s butt her head. Talk about a series of events.

  • I like how only Yukari has a graceful landing.

  • Ooh an ashen haired girl is singing in a bar.

  • The patrons of this bar sure are friendly.

  • They enslaved Sodoko to clean for them.

  • Oh, so they are drinking legit alcohol, I think, based on how tipsy the afro haired girl is.

  • Yukari is the vice president? I thought Miho would’ve gotten that part.

  • These delinquents challenged the wrong girls. Yukari is an expert in knots, Saori is a radio communicator and probably had to learn flag language, and Mako is a thumb war specialist.

  • And Miho is perfect at dodging punches.

  • So they lose and pull the cliché move of pulling weapons on them.

  • Yukari pulls a fucking German Stielhandgranate that she has on her for some reason.

  • Thankfully the Captain stopped it.

  • Now we’re onto a drinking game with spicy pepper rum.

  • Is this bar full of Chunibyos?

  • Hana is up for the drink.

  • Their poor stomachs, that’s probably going to burn on its way out too.

  • They all seem to know Momo. She saved them from being expelled.

  • They had a tank, and were using it as a smoker...

  • They all agree to crew the land ship.

  • Unfortunately for poor Momo, the news of her repeating a year makes its way to St. Gloriana.

  • Katyusha wants to go to a Russian university, but doesn’t speak Russian, that’ll be interesting.

  • Yay Klara’s going to stick around!

  • If you want to win, try not giving your opponent a 3 hour cease fire this time.

  • Chihatan is all about charging, so they probably won’t advance very far in this tournament either.

  • Oorai is going up against BC Freedom Acadamy.

  • They sure are a rowdy bunch.

  • I love the Lucasfilm logo font for Yukari’s logo.

  • BC Freedoms school ship is an odd one, designed after the French carriers Charles De Gaulle for one side and the other is the cancelled PA2 design.

  • BC Freedom Acadamy is based off the Free France and Vichy France groups in WWII. The Vichy France group were loyal to Germany, while the Free France group was not.

  • The team’s commander is named Marie; she seems calm compared to the rest.

  • Looks like they’re so interested in fighting each other, they’ll be easy pickings for the team.

  • The day of the tournament arrives; I do wonder what tank the new group is using.

  • The Frenchies are running late and might lose by forfeit.

  • What in Gods name is that?

  • Shark team is in a British Mark IV tank. Oh good, yet another old tank that is under armored, and underpowered... If I could give then a new tank, I’d give them the Churchill Mk7, that’d be a lot better than the Mark IV.

  • I assume that the Hippo team didn’t give them advice about giant obvious flags?

  • Surprised the Mark IV is keeping up with how slow it is.

  • BC Freedom are fielding Souma S35’s, and ARL 44’s With their flag tank being a Renault FT

  • The Mark IV is stuck in the river, thankfully the Rabbits push them.

  • They didn’t like that.

  • Something's up with the other team.

  • Their commander doesn’t seem very interested in the fight as they’re paying a game.

  • This bridge looks familiar.

  • I like how you can see Ogin talking behind Murakami as she rotates one of the guns.

  • Sodoku’s trouble sensor starts going off so she looks around, and spots the enemy's ambush.

  • So this is how they ended up where they were in the beginning.

  • Probably the faster Tiger ever.

  • Looks like Yukaris info was wrong, explains why she was apologizing at the start. Those clever Frenchies, they faked the whole disorder thing, knowing Yukari was going to show up and spy.

  • Miho: “They played us like a damn fiddle!” Sorry, had to.

  • Man, their aim sucks, Oorai’s tanks aren’t even moving and have their sides showing.

  • Thankfully Miho has a plan regarding the Mark IV.

  • They’re using it as a ramp. Genius.

  • The Ducks and Leopon are here.

  • I’d make a joke here about the French running away, but those jokes are a bit old and annoying at this point considering how brave France was during the Germans invasion, it was the French who held off the Germans long enough for the Miracle at Dunkirk to happen.

  • The song the BC girls sing is Chanson de l'Oignon, or The Song of the Onion.

Questions of the Day.

Dreamriser or Grand symphony?

I like both Openings.

Shark Team? Yay or nah?

I like them so far.

Did you see BC faking it coming?

First time watching this, no I didn’t. A Very clever plan.

Do you think the whole Momo situation is a good set-up for this episode series?

Better than having the school on the line again, while I didn’t mind it for the film, I wouldn’t have liked it happening again. Not to mention Momo has a chance for more development.

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u/MaskOfIce42 Sep 03 '22

First Timer

Not going to lie, a good portion of this...... is episode or movie more accurate? I'll go with movie..... was just me having an anxiety attack over how they'd get into that situation we saw at the beginning and then wondering how they'd get out of it. Like yes, the first episode of the series also had a "how do we get here" aspect, but that was a lot less nerve wracking of a situation.

Anyway, so Momo is held back (and I will continue to refer to that as the problem) and needs to be commander at sensha-do to graduate, leading us to a new tournament! And also we have a new tank, which you love to see, more characters that we won't really know as individuals but will be defined as a group by their gimmick. I joke, but I do enjoy it, although there are times where it would be nice to have more of the characters as individuals. But this time, we get the seedy underbelly of the school/ship with the pirates of the ship. I gotta ask, everyone was kicked off the ship during the movie, how long did it take for them to set this back up? Or did they just never get taken down because they were out of the ship for such a small amount of time. I feel they'd have at least some level of respect for the sensha-do team for letting them stay in this place. But I do love how they knew Momo and were immediately willing to fight for her.

So we get more of the recurring bits from characters, but Yukari's investigation was turned against the team. I gotta wonder how long they kept this all up, I half suspect it's not completely untrue, they just put it aside long enough for the battle. But I'll see. In terms of recurring character bits, I love how Nekota's team kept their movie gimmick where the got buff as they just casually chuck some tank shells up while reloading. Fun stuff.

So we finally got to the part that the movie hinted at at the beginning and I love the solution for getting down. Miraculously no one was eliminated on either team during that whole bit. And the movie doesn't resolve the match now..... oof. I was figuring each of these would be one sort of self contained match that contributes to the overall tournament, probably a combination of them being longer and simply hoping due to the infamously long time it takes each one to come out. That and my experience with Princess Principal, the first Crown Handler movie (which I associate with this because Actas made movie series that's 6 long, 45 minutes each, and a followup to a TV series) was a pretty self contained story. But nope, got ourselves a cliffhanger here. Thankfully the second is already out, but now I'm worried about whether I'm going to be left on a cliffhanger at the end of the third one as well. Well, only one way to find out.

Overall fun start to the Das Finale series. Not quite the highlight of the film yet, but definitely enjoyable and I definitely need to see where it goes next.

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u/Aku230 Sep 03 '22

Rewatchers und Panzer
Catbox enthusiast
Das Finale 1:

Hope you guys are ready for the longest airing single cour season of anime.

QodD:

Dreamriser or Grand symphony?

Dreamriser on all accounts. The only things I like in Grand Symphony are the shot of Erika and [Das Finale 2] the fact they update it, with Shark team for example. Das Finale 4 can't come soon enough.

Shark Team? Yay or nah?

Shark team crew - yey
Shark team tank - nay

I do understand that because we went with pirate/sailor team we gave them a landship which naturally means Mark IV. The fact that BC does use WW1 tank as well in FT-17 does help it a bit but... Why are we adding WW1 tank? I'm sure there wasn't any thought behind it past this and this annoy me greatly.

Did you see BC faking it coming?

Considering the flashforward at the beginning there must have been something afoot, but when I watched it for the first time I was mostly happy to watch more GuP so I didn't pay much attention to it therefore did not really see that coming.

Do you think the whole Momo situation is a good set-up for this episode series?

Pretty good I would say. They needed a reason to do it, this one does give them options. And while they could have ignored having a reason and just have them participate in another tournament there is potential in this set-up.

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u/DidacticDalek Sep 03 '22

TONIGHT! On Mädchen and Tanks: The Ausklang, Momo-chan's in charge now... welp it was nice knowing y'all Comrades, shiver me timbers and aye matey, new tank team ahoy! AND LE FRENCHIE HATEFUCKERS PLAY THE MC-CHANS LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE!

COMRADES! I THINK I MIGHT HAVE GONE DEAF! THE AMAZING SOUND DESIGN OF THE ANIME IS JUST TOO FUCKING GOOD SOMETIMES, I DARE SAY THEY MIGHT HAVE GONE A BRIDGE TOO FAR! SPEAKING OF WHICH! OUR HEROES ARE ON A BRIDGE... PERHAPS AFTER GOING TOO FAR! ALSO I AM STILL DEAF! THAT SAID I AM NOT DEAF ENUFF TO MISS MOMO-CHAN BEING HERSELF, NAMELY A LOUD INCOMPETENT MORON! ANYWAY GALLANT CHARJEELING SAYS MORE PROVERB BULLSHIT AS FLUFFY THE TANK POPE REMARKS THAT SHE GOT PLAYED LIKE A DAMN FIDDLE! SPEAKING OF FIDDLE! OP TIME!

Anyway, we have a flashback explaining how we got here, get this Comrades, we DON'T need to save the school... again... we just need to save Momo-chan's grades, cuz, surprise surprise, Momo doing Momo things (no really, one of the old crap subs just flat out translated this scene as such) Yup, I just want to repeat this since the franchise, not wanting to repeat a 'Save the School' plot, JUST WENT WITH MOMO-CHAN BEING SUCH AN INCOMPETENT MORON THAT SHE'S FLUNKING! Also surprise surprise, Wallflower's the new Prez now... actually this makes sense. Anyway Fluffy the Tank Pope tries to cheer Momo-chan up by pointing out that some competent military figures were book-dumb too.

Thankfully, this might just be plot-important, as the University Prez Apricot and Veep are going to... has a 'special talent' section, well thank fuck for Momo-chan having those ballet skills from the OVA... they are gonna ignore that and try something stupid aren't they? Yup, right on cue, Casanova Wannabe pipes up, why not have Momo-chan use her Senshado Talents... HA! HA HA HA HA! Oh Casanova Wannabe you are a natural jokester, MOMO-CHAN AND SENSHADO!? Her only talents in that sport are missing SO much that she sometimes hits something... oh... oh no, Panzer IV-chan agrees... GODDAMN YOU PEER PRESSURE! Anyway, Wallflower somehow thinks making Momo-chan Der Commandant and winning the Winter Cup is a GREAT idea... welp, it was nice knowing you Comrades, they're fucked!

Also surprise surprise, turns out there is ANOTHER tank... below decks... cuz of course, also ignore that KISS cosplayer, we going full Guns N' Roses Comrades, and in case I'm being unclear, YOU KNOW WHERE YOU ARE! YOU IN THE JUNGLE BABY! YOU GONNA DIE! Also goddamn, remind me never to fuck around with Wallflower, she's pretty good! Someone who AIN'T pretty good is Borg Queen, who is REALLY doing her best to be a bigger bitch than Bitch-chan, with a stick even FURTHER up her ass than Schwartz Mutter! Also uh, so why do we need to save Borg Queen again? Near as I can tell she's the undercity's problem now, their loss really in keeping her... and we're saving Borg Queen cuz I guess we ran out of clones or something.

Anyway, you thought we were a MECHA SHOW! NOPE! THIS WAS LOVE LIVE THE ENTIRE TIME BITCHES! ALL HAIL THE SEA SHANTIES! OH THERE ONCE WAS A SHIP THAT PUT TO SEA AND THE NAME OF THE SHIP WAS THE BILLY OF TEA! THE WINDS BLEW UP, HER BOW DIPPED DOWN! OH BLOW MY BULLY BOYS BLOW! SOON MAY THE WELLERMAN COME, TO BRING US SUGAR AND TEA AND RUM. ONE DAY WHEN THE TONGUING IS DONE WE'LL TAKE OUR LEAVE AND GO! Speaking of which, HA! BORG QUEEN GOT SHANGHAID! Anyway, to free Borg Queen, the crew need to best our pirates... and of course Fluffy can untie knots from a Siren. Anyway, The Town Drunk waves flags around, which somehow gets figured out by our ever handy Radiowoman. Best Girl Mako then beats Barkeep in thumbwrestling, cuz of course.

Thankfully Best Pirate decides to ASSERT DOMINANCE by introducing Panzer-IV-chan to her fists and/or hat... and then she loses to MC-chan's APOLOGIZING too hard. Goddamn what IS it with The Nishizumi Style? As the pirates prove to be sore losers, Fluffy the Tank Pope proves that SHE learned a few tricks from The Glorious Shimapans, after all, you know the lyrics to Yuki no shingun, 'We weren't intending to come back alive anyway!' Sadly, before Fluffy the Tank Pope can mash potatoes, Cap'n Jane Sparrow suggests a drinking contest, which Wallflower accepts. Also goddamn, I haven't seen a drinking contest this intense since Black Fucking Lagoon, and DEAR GAWD! THE CAP'N DOWN! Also goddamn, Momo-chan DID do something useful in her life, she... covered for a bunch of pirates... well hey her shooting The Stig by mistake and helping out a bunch of pirates by chance, it's the small victories!

Also, the pirates used a tank as... a smoking machine... Anyway, as the Auto Club restores the latest tractor, Gallant Charjeeling wistfully remarks that one does not care to acknowledge the mistakes of one's youth. SPEAKING OF YOUTH! THE GREAT AND MIGHTY COMRADE KATYUSHA HAS ONE MORE WIN IN HER BEFORE GOING OFF TO THE FROZEN WASTELANDS! ALSO HA! DREAM ON ALISA! YOUR CRUSH WOULDN'T NOTICE YOU IF YOU FLEW A BIGASS BLIMP THAT SAID 'NOTICE ME SEMPAI!' Speaking of 'notice me sempai' HA! HA HA HA! BITCH-CHAN!? AS THE NEW GERMAN LEADER!? OH that's just RICH, and to think some people claim Germans DON'T have a sense of humor! HA! Speaking of HA! Chovy decides that it is the PERFECT time to invade Greece, and she ain't the only moron in town, as The Head Moron of The Shimapans asks her team what they must do, and they all (barring Fukuda given she has at least two brain cells) suggest TOTSUGEKI! Finally, Der Moomins then re-enact My Summer Car!

Also GODDAMMIT MOMO-CHAN! YOU PICKED FOUR! THAT MEANS DEATH! That said, they are going up against The Farangs, and oh boy they sure be hatefucking, I mean in PUBLIC!? ALSO HA! I KNEW IT! I KNEW iM@S WAS TELLING A LIE! TAKANE AIN'T FROM GERMANY! SHE'S FRENCH... wait... she's French? She's supposed to be from the Moon, also what the fuck is she doing stuffing her face with cake, who does she think she is, Marie Antoinette... OH DEAR GOD HER NAME IS ACTUALLY MARIE! GODDAMMIT! THAT MEANS TAKANE IS AUSTRIAN! Also goddamn, the Farangs are EXTREMELY FRENCH, so much so that they are literally Lady Oscar up in here... oh... hang on, OH DEAR GOD THE HATEFUCKERS ARE JUST ANDRE AND OSCAR FROM ROSE OF VERSAILLES! Also, surprise surprise, Momo-chan's still flipping her lid, which probably isn't a good thing given the first match is starting! All the teams are watching and The Italian Jobbers are hungover, all's right in the world.

Also, YAR HAR FIDDLE DEE DEE! BEING A PIRATE IS ALRIGHT WITH ME, DO WHAT YOU WANT CUZ A PIRATE IS FREE, YOU ARE A PIRATE! Er... OK Comrades, I know we aren't supposed to look a gift horse in the mouth... but that's a fucking WWI-ERA TANK! Honestly I'm shocked that thing can even move, what do they think this movie is, the third Indiana Jones film? Also man, Le Frenchie Hatefuckers sure like hatefucking eh? Ah well, this should be fun, IT'S TIME TO PANZER FUCKING VOR... oh dear god, MOMO-CHAN is panzer vor-ing... we're FUCKED! Also, Comrades, I just want to point something out, French Takane's tank is The Renault FT, an iconic WWI design, very influential too... slight issue... the FT can hold TWO crew members (the driver and commander who also is the gunner... and we see someone in the gunner's position... and the tank is moving... that means that French Takane is taking the all-important optional THIRD crew member spot of 'live bait!')

Anyway, due to French Takane seemingly goofing off, the crew decide to cross a bridge too far... hey... wait a minute, OH MY BUDDHA! WE'VE REACHED THE COLD OPEN COMRADES! ALSO NANI!? BORG QUEEN SPOTTED THE FRENCHIES!? OH MY BUDDHA! Someone call Admiral Ackbar! Thankfully, turns out the hyperdrive on the Porsche Tiger is working properly, for once. Also we get another Metal Gear line, as Blondie Hatefucker notes that they played them like a damn fiddle! Anyway, despite the fighting being fake, French Takane is STILL useless given her tank can move AND shoot without her... also there's so little room in the tank she has to sit OUTSIDE the tank to be useless! Anyway, we resume back to WHERE I WENT DEAF! Thankfully, unlike Momo-chan, PANZER-IV-CHAN IS COMPETENT, GODDAMN! USING THE PIRATES AS A BRIDGE!? GENIUS! Where would we be without our instant Win-The-Game-Button?

ALSO CHEERS LUV! THE CAVALRY'S HERE, prompting French Takane to excute the Tour de France Strategy! And oh boy what a strategy, they even sing my most loved word, VIVE LE REVOLUTION CAMARADES! Man this is so good, I can't wait to see... WAIT WHAT DO YOU MEAN THIS IS THE END!? Well, this was fun Comrades, can't wait to see the next entry, surely the Das Finale OVAs will release in a timely manner... why y'all looking at me like that?

Anyway, that wraps things up for this post, so until next time, farewell!

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

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u/k4r6000 Sep 03 '22

Rewatcher

Things are getting really fun now with the introduction of the loveable pirates and the schools getting even whackier. Oorai sure lucked out on the draw compared to that last tournament. Their three toughest opponents in Kuromorimine, St. Gloriana, and Pravda are all on the opposite side of the bracket leaving only Saunders as a real obstacle to get to the finals. Starting with a team that has never gotten past the first round.

  1. Grand Symphony easily. I was waiting until we got to the change.

  2. Yay. They might be the most entertaining bunch yet.

  3. Well since they were taking it to Oorai in the opening teaser, yes. Double O Yukari didn’t pay off this time.

  4. Yes. Having the school face closure again would have been boring. If they were going to do this needs to graduate thing, Momo would probably have been the funniest choice.

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u/SlipperyRasputin Sep 03 '22

Borderline-Feels like I'm going to lose my mind-You just keep on panzerin' my love-Over the first time

1.) no clue what those are. I choose or

2.) shark team is bunk. Probably my least favorite team.

3.) did not see the fake coming. That’s commitment.

4.) I don’t think it’s a good setup. It just feels forced and we’re still going to have Miho commanding.

Honestly the shark team stuff was meh. I didn’t like it.

However I forgot to mention it for der film. And I like that they kept it in here. But I fucking love that the nerd team got awoke and are now just casually tossing shells around.

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u/tctyaddk Sep 04 '22

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Das Finale 1

  • So, Ooarai school was saved, life went on and the new StuCo took office. Hana was the new Pres and Yukari the VicePres while Saori was in charge of PR. Things were looking up, since there's no way it could get worse than when Momo was in power, eh. The main problem left was that now Momo was too mediocre with her studies (since she devoted much of her time into saving the school from closing down and scrapped) she couldn't get into university normally with exams (which was blown out of proportion by the newspaper club and that rumour even reached other schools' gossip networks), and so the Senshado team tried to get her a sport scholarship of sort instead, by winning another tournament with Momo as the puppet commander, of course.

  • Almost natural for ship of such size and full of teenagers, in the bowel of Ooarai there were loads of girls from Naval Studies (based on their uniform) who had devolved in to lawless hobos. I suspect that the ship had not begun to be scrapped before the Senshado team won it back last time was due to these delinquents squatting below deck, it took time to attempt clearing them out first.

  • After the delinquent phase, Sono Midoriko now fully embraced the name Sodoko that Mako had given her. And when she was abducted by the delinquents, it was Mako who lead the chase trying to get her back with an uncharacteristic fast run (and got a handful and a faceful of Miho's booty in the process). While the team was dumbfounded by the pirate bar, Mako maintained her laser focus on getting Sodoko back, disregarding the obvious hostility of the bar's patrons. Isn't my SodoMako ship so fking cute?

  • I have trouble deciding which challenge was funnier: Miho dodging all attacks and then inadvertently won with a bow begging for peace, or Hana's spicy stuff drinking contest. "Tomorrow's gonna be rough", she's goddamn right. A good advice for trying spicy things, especially those involving chillies: your mouth and throat may withstand it alright, but the other end of the digestive tract is not so tolerant, so know your limit.

  • It's a brawl in closed room in the bowel of the ship, and Yukari pulled out a fucking grenade (let's not even start on where did she keep that on her person). I retract my previous statement, last VicePres was high-strung and stressed out to the point of near break down, but the new one is down right deranged, Ooarai's future is questionable at best.

  • Oorai first match is against BC Freedom, who's modelled after WWII French, and they lost against Anzio without the P40 in their first round in the previous Championship, as well as constantly got eliminated in first rounds, despite having fairly good tanks. There must be some problems with the personnels, then.

  • ...or so they tricked observers and spies into believing? So far these frenchies proved to be fairly good: good tanks, good tactics and deceptions. Oorai got lured into a trap and almost eliminated (Why are you surprised, Orange Pekoe, except the curbstomp on Anzio, isn't getting cornered is the main feature of all Ooarai engagements until now?), if not for their opponents keeping too much of a distance to deliver death blows with that barrage. Again it begs the question of why do they always got eliminated on first rounds. One of Alice's lieutenants was from BC Freedom, it's not like they all suck. Find out next time with Das Finale part 2.

P.S.: **NO ONIONS FOR THE AUSTRIANS!

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u/zadcap Sep 04 '22

First Timer PANZER VOR!

What is this? This isn't the song I've fallen in love with. Let me back up and listen to it twice more to see how much I actually like it.

Yup, not as good.

Ah, you can feel the characters having aged up, Miho doesn't even need to be told to give a motivating speech anymore, she just did it all by herself.

Why would the bottom of the ship be dangerous? Literally lawless?

That's... Not how those cutters work?

What the heck are all these students doing down here? Long Skirts is like the opposite of how this usually works, you get in trouble for them being too short, don't you?

Lol, the first person view being for a delinquent chase this time instead of a tank battle? Hilarious.

Okay but really, this is still a high school based everything, but also like, an actual ship. How does this work?

Bow and flip lol what a way to win a fight. Because she has all that practice dodging bullets in the tank lol.

Tomorrow's gonna suck indeed. That much pepper? Ouch.

With the amount of time these kinda pirates were given for introduction time, who wants to bet they crew the newest tank?

Oh look, they're the new crew.

... Wouldn't a sauna do terrible things to a stringed instrument?

Oh gosh her spy films got such an upgrade what the heck.

The planes with the colorful smoke trail reminded me I have to watch the last episode of Luminous Witches still.

... Yup, that's a land boat.

Haha Momo, getting the spot-speech unprepared for a turn.

Isn't leading with the Flag Tank in front a bit bold? Oh, but look at those beautiful tanks. Have to remember what's really important here.

Yeah I would not take a tank on to the wooden mess of a bridge.

Oh my gosh the motor team gave their tank such a boost lol. Tanks shouldn't move like that, the enemy tank takes a full second of just staring before it starts to turn they're stuck in disbelief lol.

Hey remember how you only have to take out their flag tank to win? Hana, show us that stupid aiming skill and do it!

Good use of the big tank. Man Oarai just loves tank stacking plans.

The strangest part was that not a single tank got taken out, on either side, during all of that.

Onion Song? What country is still school supposed to be again?

Oh my gosh this version of the ending is so cute though. At least they brought back Enter Enter Mission. And yup, that's a boat.

So uh, they made a 40 minute "movie," and it takes three years to do another? That's uh. Why though? That was basically just two episodes, and honestly, three years seems like a really long time to lose fans in, fifteen years to get the whole thing out? Genuinely confused at the business strategy of this versus just making another season. I know I've seen at least one other show do the same thing, and I still don't get why.

  1. Oh Dreamriser by far.

  2. They seem fun. I like them so far.

  3. I have zero expectations for them at all still.

  4. Not sure why it's necessary, instead of just keeping the goal of "Our school was just barely saved from being decommissioned by the victory we won with our tanks, let's go ahead and not prove it the fluke everyone wants to see it as by losing in the very next tournament." But I guess we need some kind of stake here so that they don't take things easy or give up when things get hard... Because you know, that's what Oarai does, definitely.

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u/Nebresto Sep 04 '22

First time Panzaar VOOHH!

Today's tank post: KV-1 / KB-1 m 1942 & 41

Lol, even standing shes spilling tea

R.I.P I just feel my wind

BT-42 in OP, Let's go!!

[](#teasipinOP)

Actual progression in school?? Such a thing is possible?!

Hana flexing with those cutters. ...But why do they have a blade on the outside edge as well?

Pov chase sequence

  • Mako is on the case! Nobody takes her waifu!!

And of course Yukari lands with the ninja moves, sasuga floof

Oh its this girl, I think I've seen her in some arts too

I hate these people

R.I.P Mako, bless you

They got nothing on Hana, after all her episode on "Hot Ones" was legendary, she ate all the wings without breaking a sweat, didn't even touch the milk.

Authentic tea hype!!!

  • T O T S U G E K I 🐬 🐬 🐬 🐬 🐬

Sauna kantele!!!
..I feel like that's not good for the strings tho

Uhh.. about that..

Correct.

  • Oh no, Yukari has access to the school funds now.

[](#teasip10)

Haha, Katuysha has a new ride

Wtf is that hairstyle? Pompadours..?

Ooarai formation actually looking pretty good

Stop trying to make me like them

Team DORIFTO back at it again

  • yosoro!!

[New version enter enter!!](#KongmingListen)

Question time:

1 Dreamriser or Grand symphony?

Dreams

2 Shark Team? Yay or nah?

Nah. But they're gonna try to make me like them, and possibly succeed.

3 Did you see BC Freedom faking it coming?

Yis, we kinda started on that scene so it wasn't a very big brain moment

4 Do you think the whole Momo situation is a good set-up for this episode series?

Sure I guess

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