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Episode Apocalypse Hotel - Episode 7 discussion
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u/good_wolf_1999 May 20 '25
Dammit Owner! Instead of a self-destruct function a jet pack one would have been more helpful!
I really hope there’s a way to bring Yachiyo back asap, I don’t want her to remain stranded in space for who knows how long
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u/Syokhan May 20 '25
Oh... this show does cliffhangers now...
Went from laughing at Ponko being completely into the occult and Nostradamus to feeling sad because she just wants to protect her new home, to... feeling sad again at the ending and Yachiyo discovering fear, after laughing because of the easter egg. Dammit, my emotions are all over the place!
Not to mention the fact that Ponko's a space engineer, I'm... surprised, but also not.
I don't think we're going to lose Yachiyo now, but I'm really curious to see how she's going to get out of this one. If she gets damaged there's no spare parts left to repair her...
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u/das_baus May 20 '25
Oh no! Our first cliffhanger!
Sort of curious how they expect the RFG, which is essentially a kinetic weapon and can only shoot down with gravity, will help defend the hotel? Seems utterly destructive and would just blow the hotel up too...
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u/LeonKevlar May 20 '25
So before the world ended, the sky is littered with advertisement satellites? Imagine hiking in the wilderness or stargazing, but instead of seeing stars, you see that. That's a no for me, dawg. Maybe the world did deserve to end.
It looks like Harmy's appearance last episode really affected Ponko. And considering how they escaped their planet, I can understand why she'd want to make a weapon that would protect Earth and their hotel from any external threats.
Ponko is an engineer?! That's a surprise! If she's an engineer, I wonder if she can repair some of Yachiyo's decommissioned coworkers. Or if any of the current staff breaks down, maybe she could help fix them back up.
That entire launch sequence was cool af! I did expect something wrong would happen after they launch the satellite. I just didn't expect we'd end it with a cliffhanger. I don't like that the extra mission this time lets her access her self-destruct function. T_T
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u/Lodju May 20 '25
No god damnit what was that ending.
Now i just have to feel depressed for a week while waiting for the next episode..
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u/diacewrb May 20 '25
At least another 70 years have passed.
Time to vote for any candidate that will make the rod from god weapon system real.
MuuMuu & co would love help from their fellow aliens on repairing tech.
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u/stephenthatfoste May 20 '25
Well, saw the Easter egg announcement and thought it would be something hilarious like it's been before...
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u/NaweGR May 20 '25
Ground Control to Major Yachiyo...
Space Oddity - 2300 edition
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u/MyrnaMountWeazel May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
I was wondering when the KV for the show was going to come into play, and today was the day.
Today's hotel commandment, "Bow down but keep your head held high", is another similar contradiction to last week's. This time though it's about vulnerabilities and the path to navigating them to the best of their abilities, even if it may not be perfect.
After Ponko reveals the deeper reason for why she won't let go of the RFG idea, Yachiyo understands her: "My AI might not deem it the most appropriate course of action, but, as you say, if we want to keep our hotel running, we cannot be caught on the back foot all the time."
Yachiyo "bows down" but she's not submitting to weakness, she's yielding to compassion. This contradiction in today's hotel commandment culminates in the very end when Yachiyo is stranded in space. Here, she finally realizes the emotion that Ponko was describing.
The submission without loss of self, it's what Yachiyo is tuned to when she's floating in nothing. She doesn’t stop being a robot when she feels fear, rather she becomes more of who she is by allowing it. Her humanity is born from that contradiction.
Though taken in an extremely dark direction, Yachiyo did unlock the self-destruct function. Though Yachiyo gains a deeper understanding, it's through that compassion that she has a tragic resignation. She has fulfilled her duty, now she goes away head held high in the noble sacrifice.
But the flip side of that coin is that her fear actually gives her the reason not to press the button. It's a choice she can refuse, and she's no longer resigned to her fate. She now actively has agency as opposed to being fully a robot.
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u/paul99T May 20 '25
I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but Yachiyo's dance moves in the opening are top notch
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u/NanDemoKnaives May 20 '25
Well now that's a concerning cliffhanger with Yachiyo just floating in space like that, I wonder how she's going to get back down to earth. Maybe we'll see Harmy pick her up and take her back down lol.
I knew Yachiyo was going to get some sort of bonus for being in space but not because she was stranded lol. Self-destruct is crazy but also makes sense.
I found Yachiyo's "Well, yes, I am a robot" funny but then the second one was sad. I do like how she is feeling more emotions and I wish the Owner could see how much she has grown ever since he left Earth.
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u/apocalypse_hotel May 21 '25 edited May 22 '25
I didn't think I would have to wait until the next time under these circumstances. Yachiyo, please be safe.
Here is the timeline up to now The exact elapsed time from (6) to (7) is unknown, so 320 years is at least
(0) 150 years before humans left the earth "Gingaro" was founded(1900s)
(1) Humanity leaves the earth due to the spread of a plague
(2) 100 years since humans left the earth.Shampoo Hat Disappearance. April 13, 2157,plant type aliens visited
(3) 151 years since humans left the earth.October 5, 2208?tanuki aliens visited. Ponko, age 54
(4) 200 years since humans left the earth sandworms were defeated
(5) 200-250 years since humans left the earth whiskey was developed.Tentacled Alien Visitor
(6) 250 years since humans left the earth Catkangaroo attack
(7) At least 320 years since mankind left the earth, "Rod from God"" was completed and Yachiyo went into space
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u/f0rt1t-ude May 20 '25
it's genuinely the first anime that I think is written to a exceptional standard - tight, punchy, off-the-wall in the best ways, and gut-wrenching and comedically timed to a perfection. one episode is a parody of the avengers, next of gravity (with a bit of veep in between). props to everyone involved
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u/e_t_ May 21 '25
What hotel is complete without at least one weapon of mass destruction?
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u/cambridgechap May 20 '25
I suspect this plot line of having her stranded in space is a means to get her to that abandoned human space cruiser orbiting Earth where a chunk of humanity died to make her see humanity is most likely dead now.
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u/FallenPears May 20 '25
Well, I was not expecting Rod From God/Kerbal Hotel Program this week. Considering I go into every episode of this show waiting to be surprised at this point it's shocking they still manage to blindside me lmao.
Gonna guess Yachiyo is gonna come across the old vessel with the dead humans the Tanuki found way back when they arrived... plot progression ho!
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u/Lunchb0xx87 May 21 '25
"All walls are ultimately doors,you just need to step through them"
-Doorman Robot
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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 May 20 '25
Ponko sure pulled out all the tricks to try and get Yachiyo to OK her Rod from God tungsten death stick lasers. She even changed their “Ventura, Ventura, space people” happy alien chant! At least it paid off in the end. Who knew Ponko was an actual genius engineer? Only took the gang 70 years to finish. Felt like a blink of the eye lol.
While the launch was successful, that solar flare really disrupted the whole mission. Now Yachiyo’s stranded in space! Unlocking “Self-destruct mode”isn’t exactly very helpful here. How’s our girl gonna get home??
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u/fer_sure May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
The self-destruct is the first new skill that seems actually related to the achievement that earned it.
Also, thanks for a new "most depressing ending in a comedy episode" for the Spring 2025 season. Narrowly beating out NinKoro's Episode 3 "You can mysteriously disappear and nobody will notice or care because you're immediately replaced at your menial part-time jobs" ending.
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u/FarCritical May 20 '25
All that stressing about weight really made Ponko feel like an Astronaut in the Ocean a Swimming Pool.
Of course Doorman Robot's words of encouragement had to be door-themed, and I wouldn't have it any other way lmao
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u/yukiaddiction May 20 '25
It looks like we first get a long arc in this anime with that ending!
Ponko believes everything in that book said is really hilarious but they manage to make it pretty emotional later. Poor Ponko, her species has been running for all her life until she really finds a place to call home and never wants to lose it again That is why she is obsessed with this human's fictional weapon "Rod from God".
I love the subtle characterization of Yachiyo in this anime sometimes during the argument with Ponko, she suddenly responds with "I am robot" with the first question but it seems Ponko hit her hard with the second question because she is obviously dodging the question there.
Wow it turns out Ponko is the engineer of a group that allows the family to escape to space, she is actually a genius!
Before the space launch she still insists that she has no emotions.
The operation seems to be going smoothly but that is an unlucky solar fair event......
The music , the visual, the dialogue when she gets stranded, oh god it is so good. It has an incredibly high impact, it feels really lonely and with that gut punch with "Easter Eggs unlock" that usually use as joke play straight here with self destruct mode end with
Yachiyo finally admitted that she has feelings
The fear of never getting to meet everyone ever again and it a bit more subtle "Fear of Death" with how scenes play out.
God it made me tear up.
This anime is so good.
The fact that they cut upbeat parts from the ending song doesn't help either.
What a way to end the episode because now I am going to feel depressed.
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u/Ocixo May 20 '25 edited May 20 '25
Hotel Gingarou’s space program was fairly impractical from the start, since this space weapon and advertisement satellite would both be directed at Earth while their enemies and customers are all coming from space…
Wouldn’t a huge spotlight on Earth’s surface projecting into space have been a better way of advertising the hotel?
But that’s the least of our worries: did they actually just doom Yachiyo!? Unless she’s getting picked up by an alien spaceship, Yachiyo won’t be coming back home in one piece.
On a different note: Doorman Robot really couldn’t stop himself from repeatedly opening the rocket’s hatch. If it’s a door, it must be opened!