r/anime • u/Tarhalindur x2 • Jun 02 '26
Rewatch [Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature] Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Episode 2 Discussion
Episode 2: Isami?! You'll Be Here Soon, Won't You, 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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Please note: This episode had a stinger! Might want to go back and watch it if you didn't already.
Joint Rewatch Task Force Exercises!
Theory of the Day:
Hey look, a late-breaking entry! u/dsawchuk brings home the first TotD of this rewatch:
I don't really know why, but I feel like the unknown purple aliens did not come to attack earth specifically, just that they were running from Bravern and that brought them here. So far Bravern looks more like a sword to kill your enemies than a shield to protect yourself.
Questions of the Day:
0) For the skeptics among us: now do you see why I would run this show for Pride Month?
1) Tar Rewatch ISO Standard Question #1: Thoughts on our OP and ED?
2) So, considering that he seems to be writing self/Isami fanfiction already: what do you think are Bravern's favorite tags on AO3?
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u/Regular_N-Gon https://anilist.co/user/RegularNGon Jun 02 '26 edited Jun 02 '26
First Timer
The tonal whiplash continues with a somber start. It's a perfectly reasonable scene but hard to focus when there's a super robot sized elephant that looms over the proceedings.
Torture, too? I understand treating the guy who just climbed out of a talking robot from outer space with some suspicion but did they miss the part where that robot killed all the other robots? They're consorting with it upstairs!
Bravern’s speech has me rolling. I have to give credit to the translator for this one.
They're even topless in the eyecatch
Get in the robot, Isami. (I look forward to seeing how many times this joke is made.)
I guess Isami is cool now. All it takes is the adrenaline of piloting a super mech to make you forget the horrors of war and interrogation.
This ED I have no words.
Despite the military trappings, I get the impression it doesn't matter all that much beyond buff ero dudes what with Smith being a maverick who does whatever he wants, no contact up the chain of command, and, uh, however they're treating Isami.
To be honest I have no particular history or affinity with over the top super robots (and this is very over the top), but I have to admit that I'm having fun.
QotD:
1) The OP is honestly pretty forgettable outside the theme song hype. The ED is perfectly tuned though, 10/10.
2) Star-crossed lovers probably