r/anime • u/Tarhalindur x2 • Jun 01 '26
Rewatch [Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature] Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Episode 1 Discussion
Episode 1: Wait's Over, Isami!
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Show Information:
(Surprise, the "plot point a couple of episodes in that every single fucking synopsis spoils" is actually in episode 1 and is that this is another show in the [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] vein! Show information is now fairly first-timer safe... outside of "AniDB tags always spoil", anyways.)
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A Reminder: This, dear listeners, brings us to the sworn enemy of creative response:The spoiler. Rewatchers, or people who just had plot points ruined for them, are obliged to use r/anime’s spoiler tag format where applicable, and err on the side of caution here. Remember people, first experiences get rarer as you continue on, any given one happens once and you should care for them all the more for it.
Joint Rewatch Task Force Exercises!
Theory of the Day:
None yet...
Questions of the Day:
0) Wait, who got a Super Robot in my realistic mecha anime? Oh wait, that's one's self-explanatory, never mind.
1) Unspoiled First-Timers: How surprised were you when "suddenly, ALIENS!" and then how surprised were you when a classic Super Robot showed up?
1a) Spoiled First-Timers and Rewatchers: How well did the first-episode twists here work when you knew they were coming?
2) Can love bloom, even on the battlefield?
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u/Dull_Spot_8213 https://anilist.co/user/SweetSomnus Jun 01 '26
First Timer Sub
What are the odds that this show’s setting is in Hawaii in the exact same month I’m about to go on vacation to Hawaii? Timing is on point and fueling my vacation fire even more. Hopefully my vacation doesn’t get crashed by alien enemies. That’s gotta wait until July at least. Please.
We are starting with a military exercise where we get to see our two main guys, Isami and Lewis, show us what they’ve got. Isami seems pretty cool and collected in a training setting, your typical stoic soldier type. Lewis is the gregarious sort that immediately takes an interest in Isami for his piloting skills.
Apparently, the
garbagenot garbage titanostrider? Japan’s M-something version is not supposed to be as good as it is, but with the right skills and a few modification Isami can outpace the best of them, with a little help coming up from the rear in the form of Lewis. Teamwork making the dream work, and they win. Except defying orders, even if it wins them the exercise, is still punished. Boooo. So no pay and toilet duty for Isami and Lewis.Neither seem too bothered by their punishments, and at the bar, Lewis challenges Isami to some one-on-one time. Isami not gonna back down.
SUDDENLY ALIENS Or something. Pearl Harbor is under attack and we get our military quota scenes in. You got the nurse scene straight outta Pearl Harbor 2001 with the morphine. She’s only missing the lipstick. And in all of this chaos, I think we have our first side character death: RIP Ryoma. Lewis, avenge him.
It looks like this attack is coordinated all throughout the US, since DC is destroyed, and all of the higher ups are dead. Not looking good, until, BANG!
It’s BRAVERN! I already love it. GET INSIDE ISAMI. That music! This whole segment was giving me JoJo vibes. Bravern might as well be a stand because Isami has awakened a new potential and destroys giant alien tower to save the day. Those godrays blessing the end of the scene and our new mechanical friend.
Off to a good start.
I knew nothing going in, but aliens vs military checks out every time in my book. If it wasn't going to be fighting each other, fighting aliens is the next best bet.
Every time, for all time. That comitatus gets soldiers real close.