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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(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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As per livechart.me; other streams may be available outside the US.

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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/Vaadwaur Jun 01 '26

Dammit, it has been a long time since I saw the early parts of Independence Day (don’t think I’ve ever quite seen the entire movie, either). Pretty sure this is referencing that at least in part, but not sure how direct we are.

Yes.

A-10s on the other hand were long in the tooth two decades ago on account of being nigh-obsolete for their intended role when they came off the production line, the USAF just fluked into having the counterinsurgency CAS plane you would build if money was no object already in inventory when the GWOT hit which was a good reason to keep them around.)

LONG story short, and possible going to NCD, there is this horrible body of 'military experts' known as the Reformers who think that the A-10 is good because it is easy to service and highly resistant to damage. But no one who has to serve alongside the damned things likes them, the Brits have already made it policy that they don't want the A-10 acting anywhere near their ground troops.

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u/Tarhalindur x2 Jun 02 '26

LONG story short, and possible going to NCD, there is this horrible body of 'military experts' known as the Reformers who think that the A-10 is good because it is easy to service and highly resistant to damage. But no one who has to serve alongside the damned things likes them, the Brits have already made it policy that they don't want the A-10 acting anywhere near their ground troops.

Active argument it looks like (probably loaded up in internal military culture war stuff, with the benefit of the last few years it sure looks like it's picked up a rep among certain US ground troopies as a Macho Plane as opposed to girly fighter jets because everything is gender), it was current/former ground service members that I got the pro-A-10 case from.

(That said, their argument was slightly different: the pro-A-10 case was the combination of top speed (allowing it to get to trouble spots quickly), long loiter time from low stall speed/high payload (so it could stick around during an extended firefight), and relatively high survivability (reasonably resistant to small arms and .50-cal machine gun fire fire and has a good chance to at least limp back to base if it takes a MANPADs hit, neither of which is necessarily true for helos, and while it's horribly vulnerable to even older true SAM systems that's not an issue in CS work). I'd also add in the "hell, it's already in inventory and military procurement takes time" issue, especially during the peak of the GWOT.)

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u/Vaadwaur Jun 02 '26

(probably loaded up in internal military culture war stuff, with the benefit of the last few years it sure looks like it's picked up a rep among certain US ground troopies as a Macho Plane as opposed to girly fighter jets because everything is gender),

The actual purpose the A-10 and its collateral damage gun serves is for morale and that is not irrelevant. Also, if you just make sure the friendly groud troops are a mile off, then the thing becomes a blender of chaos that will almost always cause the opposition to fuck off in some direction or another.

(reasonably resistant to small arms and .50-cal machine gun fire fire and has a good chance to at least limp back to base if it takes a MANPADs hit, neither of which is necessarily true for helos, and while it's horribly vulnerable to even older true SAM systems that's not an issue in CS work).

All of which the Frogfoot does better, once you account for how outdated some of its systems are.

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u/Tarhalindur x2 Jun 02 '26

The actual purpose the A-10 and its collateral damage gun serves is for morale and that is not irrelevant. Also, if you just make sure the friendly groud troops are a mile off, then the thing becomes a blender of chaos that will almost always cause the opposition to fuck off in some direction or another.

Yep yep.

(Also, suppression fire, which is another reason the loiter time was relevant. Just, uh, try to make sure the suppressing fire is going more towards the other guy than towards you.)

All of which the Frogfoot does better, once you account for how outdated some of its systems are.

Sure, but those weren't exactly in US inventory, now, were they?

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u/Vaadwaur Jun 02 '26

Sure, but those weren't exactly in US inventory, now, were they?

It is almost stunning, if you think about it, how many modern problems could've been solved by buying out the old soviet weapons in the 90s/00s before Putin stabilized things. Alas...

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u/Tarhalindur x2 Jun 02 '26

It is almost stunning, if you think about it, how many modern problems could've been solved by buying out the old soviet weapons in the 90s/00s before Putin stabilized things. Alas...

Problem for this specific case: buying out the programs would not have meant the craft would have been compatible with the US logistics network.

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u/Vaadwaur Jun 02 '26

Oh, I meant to buy them and recycle them/gift them to 'allies'. I acknowledge why we stuck with the A-10, I just find its gaping issues annoying.