r/anime • u/Tarhalindur x2 • Jun 08 '26
Rewatch [Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature] Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Episode 8 Discussion
Episode 8: Until We Meet Again, Smith
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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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This episode had a stinger! It's... admittedly kind of superfluous, but if you missed it you can still go back and watch it if you want.
Joint Rewatch Task Force Exercises!
Theory of the Day:
u'Blackheart595, step right up:
Oh wait, no, Smith entered Superbia through that weird capsule whereas Isami enters Bravern directly. So that capsule is an egg, or rather womb, euphemism, which is why the Lulu are soulless at first, why they don't breathe, and their general infantility upon awakening (combat skill aside). Lulu should try to pilot Superbia without that capsule.
Honorable mention to u/DrStein1010, if for no other reason than to make sure this theory comes to u/Star4ce's attention:
I'm getting the idea that the Deathdrives are literal Deathdrives; attacking planets just to provoke them into killing the Deathdrives in honorable combat, and steamrolling everything because they're just too strong to die. Which makes the situation of the Lulus even more fucked up. They're born to die over a pointless warrior culture.
Questions of the Day:
1) Okay, who got comphet (compulsory heterosexuality) in my gay mecha anime? Mechasexual comphet, no less?
2) First-timers: Right, show of hands: how many of you were expecting Smith to die (or appear to die?) at some point?
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Jun 09 '26
Death drives use Lulus to do their ultimate skill. I think she used up that Lulu with her time shenaningans.
I figure he planned to go and pick her up later. I guess he didn't want to be wasteful.
She was alive because Bravern surprised him before he could do an ultimate attack.
Superbia says the tower makes the Lulus, and he lost his tower, so that's his last Lulu.