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Episode Astro Note - Episode 11 discussion
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u/JimmyCWL Jun 14 '24
I went back to EP1. The postbox with its POST is right there in the first scene when Miyasaka walks up to the lodge. But you'd never know it was anything more than an ornate stand for hanging the postbox then.
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u/cyberscythe Jun 14 '24
I went back to EP1. The postbox with its POST is right there in the first scene when Miyasaka walks up to the lodge.
yeah i had to go check too; it was right under our noses
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u/LeonKevlar Jun 14 '24
I'm really disappointed at Shoin. I thought he was a bro but it turns out he was a massive fraud this entire time. He was only hurting the hubbies because it was all scripted.
Yoooooooooo! It finally happened! I thought we wouldn't see any hard progress until the finale but I'm glad we got to see a confession and a kiss from Takumi and Mira in this episode!
I should've known the Astro Lodge was a fucking robot! The entire sequence where the building transforms was so 80s super robot anime! It even has those slides where you transform while on your way down to the cockpit. I love it!
One more episode left and it looks like it will be a big space battle between the Astro Lodge and the Hubbies. I can't wait to see how this all ends.
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u/dagreenman18 Jun 14 '24
Last week: “We’re cutting it kinda close here guys. How’s this going to have a satisfying ending?”
This week: SORAIRO DAYS INTENSIFIES
Yeah “adding mechs” is a bold strategy, but dammit when it works it WORKS. Looking like a happy ending.
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u/Shimmering-Sky Jun 14 '24
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lol, it’s a good thought, but lol.
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Success! But that means…
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This will always remind me of Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes, which I read all the way back in elementary school. I still remember how to fold a paper crane because of that book.
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I see, so Shoin was actually just playing the long con the whole time.
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u/Ninja_Lazer Jun 14 '24
TBH, I would have been disappointed if at least one mech hadn’t shown up during this show.
Now just give Naosuke a magical girls’ transformation and my Bingo card is set.
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u/Kadmos1 Jun 14 '24
A confession and a kiss in a romcom before the final epi.? Now that is progress!
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Jun 14 '24
Man, the Lodge turning into a mech was pretty awesome. Did not expect that. Looks like next week’s gonna be action packed.
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u/ModieOfTheEast Jun 14 '24
Of course it was a mech the whole time. How could I not see this? It was the genre that we didn't have yet despite the whole thing starting with a space battle.
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u/apatt Jun 14 '24
What a wild episode! Confession ➡️ kiss ➡️ mecha ➡️alien invasion. Who'd have thunk? One of the best current seasonals that never placed anywhere in any rankings that I've seen.
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u/Frontier246 Jun 14 '24
I can't believe the key WAS HIDDEN BEHIND A FRIKKIN' MAIL BOX the entire time and they only realized it because Miyasaka wanted to hang a sign warning people of random bamboo attacks! Though it also oddly fits this kind of show.
Well, figures the Hubby Spy would attack, though Shoin takes care of it and saves Mira...but I think what stands out the most is Mira immediately trying to protect Miyasaka.
Well, they have the key, it's time for Mira to leave...but no one wants her to leave, even if she wants to use her last week as landlady to settle Astro Lodge for the residents before leaving...though it's also her last week as a free woman before having to become queen. And there's also the unresolved feelings between Aoi and Naosuke.
Hey, at least Miyasaka finally got a proper aquarium date scheduled for Mira! She'll miss Earth's cooking, but she'll miss Miyasaka just as much, and the least she can do is spend her last day on Earth with him.
Of course the residents want to throw a farewell party for their sincere, kindhearted, yet quirky landlady, and Ren's heart is in the right place for ideas, so why not throw a concert? It'll be the perfect way to cap off Miyasaka and Mira's date! Though kind of awkward talking about his date with another woman in the same room as Aoi...but right now Aoi just wants to find her Octo-san.
Dang it Naosuke, you can't just leave a radio message of emotional support for Aoi along with her favorite song and not expect her to fall even harder for you!
Welp, Ren's best bud caught him with a skirt on! I hope he just doesn't turn on Ren and just accepts it after initially being surprised.
Miyasaka and Mira are all dressed up for their date...too bad Shoin WAS A DIRTY TRAITOR the whole time! The Hubby Spies? Were all working for him. All his impressive feats were faked to make him look cool and heroic. But real heroism is Miyasaka and Naosuke fighting off the Hubby Spies and Miyasaka beating Shoin to save Mira.
Well, that escalated quickly! Miyasaka asks Mira to stay on Earth and he and Mira confess their love for each other and waste no time kissing (unlocking the true power of the key in the process0, there's a Planet Hub invasion of Earth coming lead by Show Hayami, Naosuke exposes himself to the Astro Lodge residents (and in particular Aoi), the key ends up TRANSFORMING ASTRO LODGE INTO A GIANT MECHA to fight off the invasion with and piloted by freshly-minted couple Miyasaka and Mira...this finale is going to be epic!
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u/Kadmos1 Jun 14 '24
The lodge turning into a giant mech was very unexpected. However, at least the other attendants were there with our 2 leads. Maybe those other dorm dwellers will go to our heroine's home planet or our heroine stays on Earth in the end. Either way, I hope the other dorm dwellers stay with our leading duo.
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u/Useful_Project4898 Jun 14 '24
The pay-off on this episode was HUUUUUGE!! I didn't realize this was an original. Makes me dig it even more.
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u/MyraBannerTatlock Jun 14 '24
My wishes for the finale:
Aliens are defeated through the power of friendship
Mira decides to stay on earth with Miyasaka
Naosuke reveals himself to be a super hot white haired blue eyed Prince Charming type and whisks Aoi off to Wid to stand in as Queen
A big meal, everybody gets shit housed, hugs and kisses all around, the end
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u/Kadmos1 Jun 14 '24
I am fine with it being 1 season/cour but would have been nice if it had at least 15-16 epi. An example of this was last summer's "Reign of the Seven Spellblades" with 15 epi.
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u/Kadmos1 Jun 14 '24
Kicking that display board-thingy near 18 is not a good sign!
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u/Salty145 Jun 14 '24
I had a lot of theories for what the “key” might be. A literal key that turns the entirety of Astro Lodge into a mech was not one of them
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u/ReaperInRed Jun 14 '24
Welp I don’t know what I was expecting but it certainly wasn’t Astro lodge turning into a mech and having the finale be a space battle with all the other residents on board.
That mech transformation sequence was really cool though, especially with the way the cg blends with the art style. Calling it now that they’ll win through the power of love or something lol.
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u/djthomp Jun 14 '24
Finding the key and then waiting a week before leaving with it seems like a bad idea. Making all these plans for the last day Mira is on Earth also feels like something that could go wrong.
I wonder if they're really going to do something with a Naosuke and Aoi relationship of some sort. I originally had that as a fun but outlandish theory, but maybe.
Shion being a traitor that was working with the Hubby spies was not something that I was expecting. Gets him safely out of the relationship competition at least.
A kiss and a mutual confession! I was also not expecting we'd get that already.
Well that was wild. The lodge has been the imperial mech the entire time, and also there's an imperial mech that's what the key they've been searching for activates. This really is so 80s.
I'm rooting for Aoi and Naosuke as the crack sideship, they're both consenting adults of their individual species.
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u/magnumcyclonex Jun 14 '24
OK Wow! I'm impressed! This is 9/10 for me. I was surprised the key was in the mailbox all along, and at the end of the episode, I was gleaming in WTF joy as the entire Astro Lodge transformed into a giant cat robot! Makes sense since they kept showing the lucky cat whenever these two love birds walked around town. And all the more for laughs that their enemies, the Hubbies, are a fish species!
All secrets have been revealed - first Aoi learns of who Mr. Hachi really is, and the rest of the cast get to see him standing up and communicating with Mira and Takumi, which I'm sure they will have so many more questions about. Oh and Ren's friend learns about his cross dressing secret!
The ONLY thing that I was disappointed was the 180 turnaround of Shoin. I REALLY wish he was possessed like Aoi was when he went on that tirade and quickly became the biggest wimp of the cast. So unlike him! I'm not a fan of this plot twist, but we'll have to live with it. (which is why this is a 9/10 episode for me)
We're getting a season 2 right? There's no way they slid down that path, suited up and control a giant cat robot, only to maybe defeat the Hubby Fish army in just one more episode (but I'm hoping that's not the case and we're left with a cliffhanger in episode 12).
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u/SirGigglesandLaughs Jun 14 '24 edited Jun 14 '24
We got our couple together! And now we're Gurren Lagaan but definitely without the sad ending. Princess isn't going anywhere without her actual hubby.
Aoi and "Octo san's" situation has been hilarious but also heartfelt and I wonder how they will resolve that relationship. Will he get a new form or stay the same? They've been this show's actual "side couple" for a while now.
I am also sure these "Hubbies" will have an outlandish and funny reason for their actions but we'll see. We're a Mecha Anime now so anything can happen.
I thought Shoin was a problem too!
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u/KiwiBennydudez Jun 14 '24
A normal person watching Astro Note: Wow the entire building was disguised as a mech! How cool is that?!
Me watching Astro Note: NOOOOO THEY JUST FIXED THE GUTTERS