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tintor2
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Well... that was quite an episode.... The cast is so well aware about the Isamu and Smith's tension,........
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encrypted12345
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My favorite part of this episode was Smith's idea to try to communicate with Isami with boxing... only to realize that communication by beating the shit out of each other is something that only happens in fiction.
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MFrontier
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The Braven and Lewis connection didn't seem more obvious to me than seeing Lewis is a tokusatsu fan and the Toku hero he's a fan of looks and sounds like Bravern. They even have Lewis and Bravern pull the same pose.
Also the way he just pulls a 3D Printer out of nowhere and tells Lewis that he'll understand it later but "not now." I like that they acknowledged Hibiki has family in Japan. I'm surprised they didn't do it with the rest of the Japanese cast even if it's a given. All the same I'm glad Isami and Lewis finally connected (through an impromptu and slightly sexual boxing match) and isami seems to be mellowing out a little. Bravern seems to know exactly what needs to happen or what he needs to do to facilitate that. So how many legendary seiyuu are going to say "ga ga pi?" First up is Tetsu Inada! |
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Covnam
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Found out about this today, but according to Mike Toole, "ga pi pi" is essentially the Japanese onomatopoeia for robot noises, like "beep beep boop" in english. Rather than some alien language.
Since we saw the other giant robot at the end of the episode speaking the same way, it's possible this is a race of robots. So Lulu may actually be, a cylon! :p |
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Yuvelir
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Well they haven't been very subtle about Lulu being [from inside of] Superbia. They brought a lot of attention to that escape pod
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TranceLimit174
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...so everyone is going to gloss over that we finally learned why Isami locked himself inside Bravern's cockpit and insists on being closed off? Cause it's some significant insight: it's not just that Isami doesn't want the spotlight that comes with being a hero, but he is afraid of the weight of responsibility that comes with being in a position of authority. It's a substantive & clever way to contrast him from Lewis.
To add to that, most notably Bravern and Spar Kaiser share the same chest. I'm also guessing that Miyu is gonna be the one to take advantage of Build Burn to make the Titanostrides compatible with Bravern. BTW, am I the only one getting Tekkaman Dagger vibes from the 1st boss? |
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Yuvelir
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Now that you mention it, I'm remembering from my elementary school days (which were a couple decades back so forgive inaccuracies) that in Tekkaman Blade the aliens were collecting humans and emptying theirs internals to make them compatible with their battle armors. I wonder if Lulu's atrophied digestive tract is in reference to this.
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Covnam
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Yep, but instead of being a pilot or cargo, maybe she's the next step in their evolution
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Hiroki not Takuya
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Covnam
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Hey now, the reboot was only *checks wiki* oof... 20 years ago 
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Hiroki not Takuya
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Covnam
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The initial mission having a hard timer didn't really make sense to me. Did Bravern set it intentionally to work as some meta narrative plot device? Maybe Bravern knows he's in a super robot show... O_o
I get that they got a lesson on how to defeat the enemies from Bravern, but it's interesting to see that the fodder is already not much of an issue. Guess you can't really do that typical build up when you've only got 12 episodes
Ah, well that was before my time, but I hadn't considered the original since it didn't have the humanoid cyclons. You should check out the reboot if you haven't 
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MFrontier
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It's nice to see Isami, Bravern, and Lewis in action together
The other two ladies from the OP finally show up, Akira and Shelley! And they're already getting romance flags with Smith. I love how Akira's Mecha has an axe. Though without an English dub you really can't get a true value out of Shelley being from Texas. Will Bravern not interrupt a single Goddamn meeting!? I feel for Hal. I honestly was not expecting to see Superbia back so soon or like this before we even properly encountered the other Deathdriver general...but I guess we needed to get to hear Tomokazu Sugita (is Bravern going to tazer punch all the Deathdrivers into speaking normally?), establish Bravern and Superbia as traditional Rivals, and make it clear that Superbia needs Lulu. I'm guessing she is to him what Isami is to Bravern even if she's oblivious right now. (Also of course Miyu would find Superbia's voice hot). Of course Bravern has a full title logo hologram for introduction sake. |
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tintor2
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It's a shame Isamu seems like a generic protagonist when compared with the rest of the main characters.
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Yuvelir
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Daddy came back to life to claim custody.
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