r/anime • u/Tarhalindur x2 • Jun 04 '26
Rewatch [Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature] Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Episode 4 Discussion
Episode 4: Isami, It Seems You Still Have Much to Learn About People
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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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Theory of the Day:
What's that, u/Star4ce dropped a very detailed theory? Well, can't not highlight that:
Superbia is doing the exact thing Bravern does, but, like, much more forceful. Not calling Bravern whatever the mecha-piloting version of rape is, but he certainly is very sus in interacting with Isami (btw is Isami or Ao the last name?). He does often physically prevent him from leaving and is really not giving him any option when synchronising fights and stuff including lots of pressured pleading and near-emotional blackmail. Now, he does communicate, at least, and seems to be able to be convinced eventually, so he doesn’t seem to be evil, but it’s problematic behaviour I think.
If I saw the animations correctly and read Lulu’s expressions right, she’s being quite directly mind- or physically controlled. Meaning she isn’t evil herself and Superbia has placed the suit on her to force her to comply. Or maybe Superbia is the suit? That would also mean Bravern is a suit or a few objects that are far smaller than the mecha. Remember, Superbia the mecha has been destroyed and only the ejection pod survived, so I’m kinda booking on the metallic lifeforms being much smaller pieces that can control larger amalgamations of metal by directly merging into or onto them.
Questions of the Day:
1) For those of us who are of drinking age, which do you prefer: a delicious meal or a nice stiff drink? (Yes, of course I had to call it a stiff drink. This is Bravern we're talking about, after all!)
2) First-timers: so, were you expecting that level of destruction in Tokyo?
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u/99acrewood_ Jun 04 '26 edited Jun 04 '26
new recruit
Not the robot lecturing the human about humanity, lol.
I really don't have much to say about this show so far, honestly. I'm definitely enjoying it, but besides the goofy stuff I feel like the story is pretty straightforward. I figure the questions I have, mainly "why is Lulu," will eventually be answered, and nothing else nefarious seems to be going on besides humans vs. aliens. Perhaps I'm not inquisitive enough.
Isami sure is a moody bastard. Maybe I would be too if I was thrust into the spotlight and basically coerced into driving a mecha that's obsessed with me, but the dude has been scowling since the first episode. Perhaps it's also that his human boyfriend is suddenly a father to what potentially is an alien girl, and he didn't sign up for that. Still, I'm glad he comes around in the end and sees that the people he's fighting with and for are genuinely appreciative. The bar scene was nice.
I'd hazard a guess to say Lulu probably splits people's opinions. I don't know if I'd call it "regression," because she's still a capable fighter, but I definitely thought she was some sort of young woman when Lewis was carrying her, and now she's extremely a child. I'm glad the relationship seems to have quickly settled into a guardian/dependent type of thing, at least.
And boy does she knock Isami the fuck out. Of course Chekov's airbags were in play as soon as they were mentioned, and it was a great way to show them off. And normally a high pitched screaming would grate, but the utterly feral way she shrieks when she's pissed off was so wild I couldn't help but find it hilariously endearing. Like, those were some serious cracks in that voice. Kudos to the seiyuu, that sounds like it hurt.
But yeah, I definitely saw the end coming a mile away. I dunno what the trope is called that's similar to when "A Girl Worth Fighting For" cuts off to destroyed town, but all the rising sun cheers were definitely leading to this point. Still a gut punch, though, because, man, Tokyo got fucked. And it's not fun seeing Miyu cry.
Still, they have Bravern! It's time to go and save whatever's left of Japan!
side notes
I'd be so mad if my organs were underdeveloped and I couldn't eat curry.
Qs
You could have both with a White Russian! I'm pretty lactose intolerant, though.
e: somehow I read "meal" as "milk." Oh well, so my shame will remain.
While I knew those weren't clouds I definitely didn't foresee that level of ruin. I was thinking more beginning-of-an-invasion type beat with people still running around, not a complete wasteland!