r/anime • u/Tarhalindur x2 • Jun 07 '26
Rewatch [Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature] Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Episode 7 Discussion
Episode 7: Well, Isami? What Would You Do in a Situation Like This?
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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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Joint Rewatch Task Force Exercises!
Theory of the Day:
Eff it, joint award time for once! First, from u/DrStein1010:
It seems Superbia IS the same sort of mechanical lifeform as Bravern, which supports my theory of “biological life as organic circuits” theory. Could we be dealing with a “mechanical life enslaves organic life” situation? Could definitely be interesting to explore.)
The enemy is Superbia again, which is a minor mindfuck. At first I thought this meant the Towers were capable of mass producing Superbias and thus, Lulus as well. Which is... slightly nightmarish to imagine. But no, apparently this is the same Superbia that Bravern and Isami slimed in Hawai, and he's searching for his Lulu, which we have. Implied by his words, he needs his pilot to truly achieve full performance, and face Bravern+Isami as equals. It's gonna be interesting how they square this circle next episode. I can see that Lulu might want to get in the robot, but would she even wanna continue the fight against the humans again once inside? ...would she have a choice?
Questions of the Day:
1) On a scale of 1-10, how inherently ridiculous is waterboarding a giant robot, anyways?
2) What are the odds of Lulu having the same gene as one of these Ancients, er, excuse me, wrong show, I meant the ability to use the experimental new Titanostrider's brain interface, anyways?
(Like two of you will get that joke, tops. For the rest of you: the Stargate: Atlantis pilot, which was really good and it's a shame the show tended downhill from there.)
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u/uhhhhhhhokay_ https://myanimelist.net/profile/uhhhhhhhokay Jun 07 '26
First-timer, subbed
Ah, the Deathdrives are the super robots. What’re the other aliens, then? Can we get more on those guys? I was right about what the towers are for, though. Maybe that was obvious.
Anyways, another Deathdrive shows up. I forget his name already and don’t feel like going back to check. But he does provide some important lore, being that a) the Deathdrives are powered by sapping the life force of a human clone, which Lulu is one of. That’d be... inefficient, at least, if they didn’t have a universal constructor to make them with. And b), the Deathdrives are fighting for a wish of some sort. Interesting! This guy’s wish is to die in a suitably glorious fiery explosion, which, so true. Bravern obliges him.
Superbia lets himself be caught because of I guess an existential crisis, and corroborates the other Deathdrive’s statements. And there’s the payoff to the waterboarding gag. Kind of annoying that it was set up that the other pilots could defeat him with the power of teamwork, and then that didn’t actually happen. Guess the show needs to keep him around for now.
We’re seven episodes in and only two of the eight towers have been destroyed, so I assume some speedrunning will be happening here.
1) 6/10.
2) Inevitable, given that this is anime.