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Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse (TV).

They're both being racist jerks.

But I do agree they both deserve each other, as I might not be the only one here thinking,"OMG both of you just shut up and sleep together already." But that only happens in American shows lol.

And someone who insults politicians is anti-democracy? That's the army, and they have reasons to be angry at each other. Racism is about hating a person for their ethnicity, not country of birth. You're thinking of discrimination.

All these laws protecting coloured people really made the masses even more soft and shallow when it comes to definitions.

Racism is a subclass of "discrimination". While Yuuya's probably not technically fitting the definition, Yui sure as hell is.

Polycell wrote:

They're both being racist jerks. Yes, Yui's right that spoiler[he should learn how to use a weapon how it's meant to be used], but she's also the one who keeps making a deal out of his bloodline.

I agree that they're both sort of racist but I think it is more of nationalism on Yui's part. She just has too much YAMATO DAMSHII so it's very annoying. I can understand Yuuya's "racism" because of his childhood but Yui keeps instigating arguments with him because of her nationalism. Yuuya's just bitter about his heritage due to spoiler[ his father abandoning him and his mother. Plus he was bullied because of his heritage.]

In fact, Yui also insults Yuuya and blames him. Yui refuses to accept Yuuya's criticisms of the TSF and blames him for lacking skill. Yuuya's job as a test pilot is to point out the flaws of the machine but Yui just disregards it and tells him to "get over it". Her leadership is questionable.

Nothing really happens until the second half of the episode. There's the same arguments between Yuuya and Yui. Yui does raise a good point with her comment: spoiler["A man and his horse are one."] While I understand the philosophy behind that saying, I think it's a bit stupid because of Yui's past actions. Sure, you've got to understand a machine to handle it but when you give the test pilot nothing to help him understand the machine, how does that work out?

She's entirely hung up on the fact that he's genetically half-Japanese and continually derides him for failing to act Japanese. How is that not racist?

It doesn't matter if you understand why he is racist towards the Japanese, he is still completely in the wrong with the attitude he has shown.

And Yui also rightfully called bs on Yuuya's criticisms of the machine as worse pilots have done much better with worse machines. Its a matter difference of styles and Yuuya's own refusal to adapt as to why he kept crashing so hard.

Yuuya was too busy acting like a racist ass to give her the time of day outside of complaining. She might have given him advice if he didn't start to crap on her country. Simply put he wasn't anywhere near ready to listen, and Yui herself lost her patience with him the first few times they argued.

They were more outstrategized and outgunned than their ability to use the machine sucking.

I'm particularly consfused on where I was a hypocrite.