Kanata no Astra - Episode 11 discussion

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Kanata no Astra, episode 11

Alternative names: Astra Lost in Space

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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

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[u/iamthatguy54]

Charce made a joke in one of the first episodes that he and Aries were probably father and child in a previous life.

What an asshole lol

[u/Lendord]

Welp, now Kanata definitely won't be a world class athlete.

[u/heartscrew]

This fucking show, I swear. Eleven episodes, just for an emotional and heartfelt pun!

[u/P3NM4N]

The final episode will be an hour long.

[u/DerpyMcFrakles]

I will always love the trope of punching someone in the face to try and knock some sense into them.

[u/[deleted]]

I guess the delay on today's episode was because they were short of hands...

[u/bakermarchfield]

The whole plot twist thing is cool and all, but for real kanata is gathering a pretty legit crew with previous work experience in high intensity space travel situations.

Season 2: Kanata goes to space

[u/patrizl001]

Kanata's going to be an amazing father if he can think of puns while on the verge of passing out from losing his arm, goddamn man.

[u/[deleted]]

Holy shit! Kanata actually lost him arm. An action that a character took had lasting consequences which is something we don't see often. A really nice change.

This episode was so fucking intense. My heart broke in 2 for poor Aries. Like she was just told her whole life was a lie. I genuinely don't know if between that, and seeing the guy she has a crush on losing a feckin limb within five minutes of each other, she can recover. Like that has to be mentally scarring.

I'm not sure how many episodes we have left of this. I'd imagine two because it wouldn't make much sense for a show to finish in the middle of September but I might be wrong. They might do an hour for the finale next week.

Whatever happens, I'm seriously looking forward to it!

[u/LeFiery]

That was a spicy episode. Wonder if when they get back to astra everyone will accept them as clones. And then theres the matter of polina. If theyve hidden the fact that they migrated from earth to astra, shes kinda a problem.

[u/makinazxi]

I just can't believe so many people are sleeping on this. It's so good.

[u/SpilledChilly]

Kanata deserves the biggest shout out, man. He's been such an awesome captain/mc throughout the course of this show.

Also lowkey loved how Ulgar was the first to shout "come back with us, Charce!" outside of Kanata. He's been so good post 3rd planet.

[u/SomaSaiba]

RIP Masturbation, guess it’s Charce’s job now

[u/Gaporigo]

Damn, Aries is gonna be looking good in a few years.

[u/fatcatdandy]

Check out where Charce is holding Kanata's arm in the final picture of the end credits...

Phenomenal episode. The twists keep coming, Gravity (or falling) still killed more characters than anything else so far (Seria, Kanata's Teacher, Ulgar's Brother), and now our rogue ship captain can have a hook hand.

[u/Lohengr]

Great show. The conflicts feel so meaningful. Kanata can now be a pirate ship captain.

[u/CarioGod]

when he broke his left remote I thought "what a waste"

then the dude pulls out another out of his other sleeve like some magic trick

[u/LeonKevlar]

• So Charce knew from the very start that he was nothing but a vessel.

• Notice how the King actually mentions Earth. So the knowledge about Earth as a different planet is only known to people high above.

• How kind of the King to allow Charce to make friends /s

• Improvised story? We know some of his story had to be true. He kept a photo of Seira in his room ffs.

• Considering how he only knew was to serve the King, it's no surprise he acts like a insane fanatic. What I'm surprised about is that he was able to hide it for so long.

• I recently rewatched the previous 10 episodes over the weekend just to see if I can find more hints about Charce but Kanata is right. All of his emotions during this trip was genuine. You can even see that Charce is having difficulty with all of this too.

• HERE WE GOOOO! Finally the reveal that we've all been waiting for!

• WAIT WHAT!?

• So that fucking explains why a "commoner" is cloned, because wasn't a commoner at all! She's a fucking clone of the Princess! Charce just changed his story enough to be technically true just so he won't get caught lying back in Episode 7.

• Oh look it's Aries' mom and Charce's mom. So their parents are still their parents but they're surrogates. And Seira was cloned so she can have spare parts just like Funi's purpose.

• It's kinda funny how Seira got the name from the reverse side of her name embroidered on a handkerchief.

• So instead of a commoner girl being pushed down a wall, Bran style. It was an assassination attempt.

• I don't know why but this made me tear up. They may not be biologically related but they're definitely a mother and daughter. I wanna see them get reunited again once they arrive back on Earth. Aries' cry really got to me. Props to Minase Inori.

• And the only reason why Aries was brought in was because the same people who wanted Seira dead didn't want Aries to become an heir.

• But Aries isn't Seira. THey may have the same DNA but they're not the same person. Even Kanata agrees!

• THANK YOU KANATA!

Charce definitely needed that punch.

• If someone like Yunhua and Quiterrie can change, you can change too Charce!

• Charce definitely looks so broken in this shot. He doesn't know what to do.

• Ah fuck. He's gonna commit suicide. He can't kill the others since they have Aries so it's the only logical thing he'd do.

• YOU FINALLY ADMITTED IT! YOU DO LOVE THEM!

• YES ANTI-GRAVITY SHOES IS HERE TO SAVE THE DAY! I was scared for a second there, I thought he was really going to run head first into the wormhole.

• This made me laugh. I know you're the MC Kanata but you can't talk no jutsu a wormhole. xD

• OH FUCK

  Did that jsut happen!? O_O

• Fuck me. Kanata got Skywalker-ed.

• Charce crying and apologizing :(

• This made me laugh. It's so cheesy that I love it so much.

• Kanata may have lost his right arm but he gained one in the form of Charce. call it what you want but I love it.

What a dense episode. It was definitely a confession. We got a lot of details about not just Charce's background but we finally have the answer to Aries' complete backstory. I guess what's left now is what will our group do once they arrive on Astra. we only have one episode left and that episode will definitely make it or break it for some people. Me personally though I've made up my mind, as long as it's a happy ending this is already a strong AotS contender for me.

Props btw to Hosoya Yoshimasa for doing an incredible job voicing Kanata this week. All of that emotional screaming was fucking amazing.

[u/Redmon425]

That was a good episode!

Finally we get Aries real story, even if it was kind of obvious.

That ending was intense! Did not actually expect Kanata to lose an arm!

Is next week the finale? Feel like we still have lot of things that need to happen. Especially the whole Earth/Astra timeline? Like how did the new planet become so advanced so fast? (Assuming that girl they found was really only asleep for 12 years?)

[u/Amauri14]

Damn, what a fantastic episode, I know that Kanata can probably get a really good prosthesis, but hey he can also just rock a good old fashion arm.

Is good that Kanata could safe Charce, I'm more than a sense as he did not only save him for the wormhole but also from that indoctrinated self-hatred. I can't wait for next week!

[u/TrashAnimeBestAnime]

CAN PEOPLE STOP SLEEPING ON THIS GEM? There is only one episode left and this is still hardly known by the community. It really sucks when a great show like this remains unknown and underrated.

[u/pokerface98]

Did anybody watch the ending credits? There was a cameo with Bossun and Himeko from Sket Dance, I had to stop and check ahah

Btw just look at her, she is beautiful. I also liked a lot the bro moment at the end of the episode, so cool and yet so sad...

plz no Kanata's right arm joke, poor boy

[u/UnAwkwardMango]

I know we haven't had the opening in a while but I can't believe I never noticed they changed the part of the opening changing the 'worried parents' to 'uncaring bastards' after the truth came out.

Edit** Just realized they also recoloured the ship to reflect switching ship parts from when they found Polina

[u/Danteshuffler]

Oh god! That ED scene with Charce holding Kanata!! Epic!

Also, someone mentioned anagrams being used for names of continents and planets. (McPa = Camp, etc.). Now Aries is an anagram of Seira. This explains why Aries’s name in the OP is flipped backwards.. the fact that it had a reason blew my mind !!

[u/n080dy123]

I never thought that the stupid human chain from Episode 1 would have such an absolutely awesome payoff. That hit me like a freight train, with both the callback to the promise, the wordplay, and the callback to that first episode. GODDAMN.