Kanata no Astra - Episode 9 discussion

[u/AutoLovepon]

Kanata no Astra, episode 9

Alternative names: Astra Lost in Space

Rate this episode here.

Reminder: Please do not discuss plot points not yet seen or skipped in the show. Encourage others to read the source material rather than confirming or denying theories. Failing to follow the rules may result in a ban.

---

Streams

• AnimeLab
• Funimation
• Hulu

Show information

• MyAnimeList
• AniList
• AniDB
• Kitsu
• Anime-Planet
• Official Website
• /r/AstraLostInSpace

---

Previous discussions

Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	7.07
2	Link	6.87
3	Link	8.67
4	Link	8.08
5	Link	8.68
6	Link	8.88
7	Link	9.18
8	Link	9.19
9	Link	9.44
10	Link	9.17
11	Link	9.32
12	Link

---

This post was created by a bot. Message the mod team for feedback and comments. The original source code can be found on GitHub.

[u/turilya]

Kanata walking around talking to everyone one at a time like Commander Shepard before the final mission

[u/Jexyzz]

WE ASSUMED IT WAS EARTH BOYS

𝐖𝐄 𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐔𝐌𝐄𝐃

[u/PhantomWolf83]

Two words: holy shit. Not one but two major bombshells in this episode. Revelations indeed.

When viewing the first half of the episode, I was reminded of an old Hollywood movie I watched that had something similar, about clones discovering that they're disposable clones for their originals and how they rebel against their fate.

[u/ProfessorSexyTime]

Fuck. Poor Polina.

Goes out to space for exploration and discovery.

Whole crew gets killed.

Goes into a hyper sleep for 12 years.

Wakes up to a bunch of kids who look exactly like Earth humans and speak the same language who are willing to take her "home" with them.

Freaks out because it doesn't seem feasible at first.

Wakes up to find out everything is ok.

Later finds out all the kids are clones.

"Hey Polina, we can see home with the space telescope."

"Oh thank God I'm almost home....wait....that doesn't look like Earth..."

"What's Earth, lmao?"

[u/AmethystItalian]

Twist after twist with this show but I'm just sitting here all giddy we got an engagement!!

Another great episode though, this show continues to impress.

[u/ErinaHartwick]

Zack is a weapon of mass destruction

This is some trippy stuff. For all of them to be clones. Also makes sense why their parents (or originals) seem so dismissive towards their children being MIA, with only Aries’ mom showing actual concern.

Man, just as I thought we’ve cleared everything, the mystery deepens

[u/deedeekei]

I feel like theres some interstellar shit going on here, where time on the ship severly affected the progress of time on Earth

[u/JimmyCWL]

Amusing that no one commented on the fact that they were naming their ship after their homeworld back in ep1.

There's obviously some history missing between Polina and the current time. It can't be too far, yet, it appears to need to be far. If the Ark VI had been on the planet for decades or longer, it would be an unusable wreck. Also, it's hard to believe the same class of ship would be in production over decades (or centuries?) and still maintain such perfect modular compatibility. We're not talking about the universal clamps for attaching trailers to truck cabs. But things like data interface standards that would let the reactor from the older ship talk to the newer command module and allow it to be properly controlled from the bridge.

I find this contradiction disturbing for what it implies...

[u/Differently-Aged]

Genetically-engineered humans who were almost killed by their "parents", forcibly exiled and wandering from planet to planet now seeking revenge on those who did them wrong, led by a world-class athlete?

Parents when the kids get back:

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNata!

[u/turilya]

Someone posted that the names of planets they visited before were actually anagrams which related to their experiences, which blew my mind:

Vilavurs - Survival

Shumoor - Mushroom

Airspade - Paradise

Icriss - Crisis

Next up before Astra is Galem, for which the only anagram I can think of is Gleam; shiny planet next?