“Kudelia” needs to watch Pleasantville.
Episode 3 – Glorious Misogyny
- Daisuki-DOTTO-NETTO!!
- Double exclamation points are teh bomb.
- “Eating again? – Or(l)ga
- Yes, Or(l)ga. Humans tend to fucking eat. Repeatedly.
- Are you in any way surprised that Augus is eating a lot after a battle in which a Hitler Nintendo NX nearly killed him?
- Yes, Or(l)ga. Humans tend to fucking eat. Repeatedly.
- Augus’ overcoat in no way flatters his ridiculously ripped physique. It looks like something made for the inhabitants of Planet Moscow. Or something.
- That was the most boring and inconsequential opening of an anime episode I’ve seen in a while.
- “Hey, eating again?”
- “Yep.”
- “Huh. Okay. Well then.”
- [cut to opening sequence]
- You know what this means, children: the budget ran ooooooooooooooooooooooooooout. Hee hee.
- PSA: despite this opening sequence’s implications, Iron-Blooded Orphans’ gender ratio does not reflect reality.
- Shocking PSA: there are slightly more women than men in the general population.
- Very shocking PSA: they are people just as much as men, with their own dreams, fears, aspirations, and worth.
- Sorry to blow your mind, Japan.
- (But not really, you misogynist twerps.)
- Sorry to blow your mind, Japan.
- Very shocking PSA: they are people just as much as men, with their own dreams, fears, aspirations, and worth.
- Shocking PSA: there are slightly more women than men in the general population.
- Oh ho ho, Biscuit is in charge of food after the crisis. It’s not like he could be a competent engineer or anything. Fat people love food.
- Ha ha. It’s funny because Japan is still stuck in 1954.
- Great idea, Biscuit: give a giant boiling pot of food to your twin sisters to carry. They’re only, like, eight years old. The pot probably weighs as much as both of them combined.
- Are you trying to give them second-degree burns and a horrific childhood memory?
- World’s Best Brother, AD 23-something: Biscuit.
- Are you trying to give them second-degree burns and a horrific childhood memory?
- ありがとう、アトラ。皆喜んでいる。” -Biscuit
- Oh, of course the woman is in charge of food too.
- Looking past the tired, happy-feely horseshit that Biscuit seems to Chief of Staff for, this scene is clearly implying that women have nothing to contribute to society beyond supporting men.
- Thanks, Sunrise. Thanks for moving our species forward into the future.
- Looking past the tired, happy-feely horseshit that Biscuit seems to Chief of Staff for, this scene is clearly implying that women have nothing to contribute to society beyond supporting men.
- Oh, of course the woman is in charge of food too.
- And of course, Atra blushes and smiles by squinting her eyes at Biscuit’s tired, useless, patronizing compliment.
- Hey, Atra: where’s that guy you’re mooning over that doesn’t give two shits about you?
- Even if he does, he doesn’t show it in any discernible way, so it’s the same thing.
- Hey, Atra: since all these people are horrible idiots, how about next time you poison all the food and watch them die in painful convulsions? That would make your character both way more interesting and useful.
- Even if he does, he doesn’t show it in any discernible way, so it’s the same thing.
- Hey, Atra: where’s that guy you’re mooning over that doesn’t give two shits about you?
- Continuing this show’s brave march into the Land of Misogynia, “Kudelia” naturally wants to help prepare the food, like a good Japanese woman, but like a good token “strong”, “female” “character”, is hilariously inept at it.
- It also reinforces that she’s rich, even though everyone could tell by the fact that she has a personal factory for supplying her with hairspray, which she requires for sustenance.
- Yes, “Kudelia” is so spoiled and pampered that she’s completely useless with a ladle, which requires only the most basic amount of hand-eye coordination.
- She’s acting like it weighs 100 kilograms or something and is a bizarre object crafted by an alien civilization.
- Someday, somewhere, Sunrise will stop treating its female characters like shit.
- She’s acting like it weighs 100 kilograms or something and is a bizarre object crafted by an alien civilization.
- Yes, “Kudelia” is so spoiled and pampered that she’s completely useless with a ladle, which requires only the most basic amount of hand-eye coordination.
- It also reinforces that she’s rich, even though everyone could tell by the fact that she has a personal factory for supplying her with hairspray, which she requires for sustenance.
- No, I’m not getting off this soapbox. All the female characters in this series are in this scene, and they are all delicate objects of desire and support for the men. This is sexism at its most sinister and subtle. It’s so bad that a stereotypically butch female pilot character with the personality of a lead bar and a boringly tragic past would be admirable progress for these writers.
- So no, Sunrise, this scene is no way funny. It’s fucking insulting.
- “Kudelia” is so useless and ignorant she DOESN’T KNOW HOW TO USE A KNIFE.
- Excuse me while I go use a knife on some Sunrise writers.
- Aww, the annoying brat with no distinguishing features gives “Kudelia” cute but absolutely useless advice on culinary preparation techniques.
- “When cutting vegetables, make cat paws”.
- DAWWW, KAWAII DESU.
- Except not. What does that even mean? That doesn’t even make sense as an analogy for cutting vegetables. Have these writers never cut vegetables before either?
- She’s pressing on that knife like she’s performing CPR. So either these are Martian cucumbers with skin as resilient as granite or that knife is duller than a worn slab of granite.
- Except not. What does that even mean? That doesn’t even make sense as an analogy for cutting vegetables. Have these writers never cut vegetables before either?
- DAWWW, KAWAII DESU.
- “When cutting vegetables, make cat paws”.
- Aww, the annoying brat with no distinguishing features gives “Kudelia” cute but absolutely useless advice on culinary preparation techniques.
- Excuse me while I go use a knife on some Sunrise writers.
- THESE WRITERS ACTUALLY THINK THIS PATRONIZING DISCRIMINATION IS FUNNY AND HEARTWARMING.
- Enough talking with women, Biscuit. It’s time for MAN WORK.
- WHICH ONLY MEN CAN DO.
- And they’ll thoughtfully shield them from such harsh, masculine affairs. Women should be unblemished and pretty for the men when they get home.
- WHICH ONLY MEN CAN DO.
- Meanwhile, the men are down in the dumps and struggling with REAL emotional torments.
- Lupin IV actually insults Biscuit by telling him to put his butt meat inside his soup.
- That got odd really fast.
- “Kudelia” has acquired the Skill [Basic Hand-Eye Coordination]! Her DEX increases by +5!
- But she still scales worse than all the men.
- These little brats call her お嬢様 and act like her serving them food is the best thing ever, even though it’s no different from any of the rest of the glop in the kitchen.
- Remember, children: women support men like good mothers. It’s how it works.
- *wink*
- Remember, children: women support men like good mothers. It’s how it works.
- Augus is as personable and likable as ever.
- He’d make a lead bar dance and sing with his stoic gaze and piercing eyes.
- “Kudelia” is so incompetent at cutting things she made big vegetables. HMMM. LET’S SEE IF AUGUS TAKES THEM.
- HE TOOK THEM.
- THIS SERIES IS SO RADICAL AND INNOVATIVE.
- AND “KUDELIA” IS EMBARRASSED TO THE POINT WHERE SHE DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
- EVEN THOUGH CUTTING SLIGHTLY LARGER VEGETABLE PIECES WOULD IN NO WAY RUIN THE FOOD.
- SHE’S SO IGNORANT AND SHELTERED SHE DOESN’T REALIZE THAT EITHER.
- YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. IT’S CUTE.
- THIS SERIES IS A STEAMING PILE OF FLY-INFESTED EXCREMENT.
- YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY. IT’S CUTE.
- SHE’S SO IGNORANT AND SHELTERED SHE DOESN’T REALIZE THAT EITHER.
- EVEN THOUGH CUTTING SLIGHTLY LARGER VEGETABLE PIECES WOULD IN NO WAY RUIN THE FOOD.
- AND “KUDELIA” IS EMBARRASSED TO THE POINT WHERE SHE DEFIES THE LAWS OF PHYSICS.
- THIS SERIES IS SO RADICAL AND INNOVATIVE.
- HE TOOK THEM.
- Augus, of course, treats her warmly and likes her food. In three…two…one…
- BULLSEYE.
- HEED THY PROPHET, YE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
- I SPEAK THE WORD OF THE LORD.
- HEED THY PROPHET, YE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL.
- BULLSEYE.
- And “Kudelia” blushes in shocked surprise.
- SUNRISE, I JUST PREDICTED EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN EVERY SCENE OF THE PAST 5 MINUTES.
- GET. BETTER. WRITERS.
- ALSO, FOR THE BILLIONTH TIME: “KUDELIA’S” HAIR IS FUCKING RETARDED.
- GET. BETTER. WRITERS.
- SUNRISE, I JUST PREDICTED EXACTLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN EVERY SCENE OF THE PAST 5 MINUTES.
- And now she’s rubbing her hands in delicate feminine angst.
- ATRA SEES WHAT’S HAPPENING. SOW THE SEEDS OF TENSION AND JEALOUSY, MY PRETTIES. SOW THE SEEDS OF INTERPERSONAL (and uniquely inter-feminine) CONFLICT.
- BECAUSE WOMEN EXIST TO FIGHT EACH OTHER OVER THE LOVE OF A MAN.
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- BECAUSE WOMEN EXIST TO FIGHT EACH OTHER OVER THE LOVE OF A MAN.
- Now an insightful, gentle-voiced man will talk with Atra about Mikazuki. In three…two…one…
- Atra sheepishly says she’s “imposing” on the manager.
- Which is something only a dutiful Japanese person would say.
- No one else would even give a shit about the manager in their store a hundred kilometers away.
- SHE’S SO JAPANESE IN HER DEFERENCE AND HUMILITY.
- THE PERFECT WOMAN.
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- THE PERFECT WOMAN.
- SHE’S SO JAPANESE IN HER DEFERENCE AND HUMILITY.
- No one else would even give a shit about the manager in their store a hundred kilometers away.
- Which is something only a dutiful Japanese person would say.
- Atra, of course, being a woman, has inexplicable insight into Augus’ mental state, even though he has exactly two facial expressions: bleh and MURDER.
- Side note here: the black guy who’s over six feet tall has the surname of “Yukinojo”.
- ENOUGH OF YOUR LIES, BEELZEBUB. GET THEE BEHIND ME.
- Side note here: the black guy who’s over six feet tall has the surname of “Yukinojo”.
- Atra sheepishly says she’s “imposing” on the manager.
- Oh, are you wondering why I care so much about their names? Because you should, clueless anime fan.
- See, there’s a very good reason why all the potential antagonists (half of whom look like devils for some odd reason) have weird-ass foreign names while the Martian children all have Japanese names. It’s a tried and true psychological trick to make the Japanese viewer more inclined to sympathize with them. Tamaki looks like he went to a private school on Long Island, New York, but give him an absurd name like “Tamaki” and the Japanese brain instantly categorizes him as being part of the “IN” camp as opposed to the “OTHER” camp.
- Tl;dr, racist chauvinism.
- See, there’s a very good reason why all the potential antagonists (half of whom look like devils for some odd reason) have weird-ass foreign names while the Martian children all have Japanese names. It’s a tried and true psychological trick to make the Japanese viewer more inclined to sympathize with them. Tamaki looks like he went to a private school on Long Island, New York, but give him an absurd name like “Tamaki” and the Japanese brain instantly categorizes him as being part of the “IN” camp as opposed to the “OTHER” camp.
- Atra is about to ask “Yukinojo” a favor because she’s so cute and delicate that she doesn’t have the courage to ask Augus herself.
- Even though Augus will probably go “Oh, huh” and forget about it two seconds later because he’s a braindead stoic protagonist with no personality or relatable feelings.
- This is how anime writers developed characters five decades ago, in case you didn’t realize.
- Cut away from the scene without finding out what said favor is.
- BRILLIANT!
- Cut away from the scene without finding out what said favor is.
- This is how anime writers developed characters five decades ago, in case you didn’t realize.
- Even though Augus will probably go “Oh, huh” and forget about it two seconds later because he’s a braindead stoic protagonist with no personality or relatable feelings.
- So the coup has begun. WAIT. IS SOMETHING HAPPENING?
- Lupin IV wakes to realize his…thumbs…have been restrained?
- His THUMBS?
- WHAT THE FUCK? WHAT THE FUCK IS THAT GOING TO DO?
- His THUMBS?
- Lupin IV wakes to realize his…thumbs…have been restrained?
- How wonderful, they did something slightly clever and spiked the food with sedatives. Something IS happening.
- Hallelujah.
- Hey, Or(l)ga: instead of keeping this group of people in a room with a lock, I have a better idea for you.
- It’s called death.
- As in make them die.
- Kill them all.
- Or at least drop them off somewhere in the hellish Martian landscape and have them fend for themselves or something.
- Because this is going to come back to bite you in the ass.
- Or at least drop them off somewhere in the hellish Martian landscape and have them fend for themselves or something.
- Kill them all.
- As in make them die.
- It’s called death.
- Lupin IV, like the good little monster antagonist he is, demands something while in a position to make no demands whatsoever.
- HOLY SHIT.
- Augus just EXECUTED that guy.
- Well, you certainly took my advice, Or(l)ga. Kudos.
- But JESUS CHRIST, that was a LITTLE over-the-top.
- Augus is also a complete psychopath. It’s confirmed.
- But JESUS CHRIST, that was a LITTLE over-the-top.
- Well, you certainly took my advice, Or(l)ga. Kudos.
- Augus just EXECUTED that guy.
- The Caucasian Devil with the Bucktooth and Sunken Face is still here, somehow.
- OMG IT’S BLOOD. IF MY BOOTS TOUCH IT I’LL GET COOTIES.
- NOW AUGUS KILLED THE CAUCASIAN DEVIL.
- DOING THE LORD’S WORK, AUGUS.
- OMG IT’S A GUN. IF IT TOUCHES ME I’LL GET RABIES.
- Of course the craven guy with glasses betrays his comrades.
- Not that they were worthy of anyone’s loyalty to begin with.
- But it’s telling you can tell everything about his character design by his squinted face and huge-ass spectacles.
- NERDS HAVE NO SPINE, BITCHES. That’s what Sunrise believes, anyway.
- But it’s telling you can tell everything about his character design by his squinted face and huge-ass spectacles.
- Not that they were worthy of anyone’s loyalty to begin with.
- His name is “Dexter Culastor”, and he’s in charge of accounting.
- Pardon me for just a moment.
- [loud noise]
- Sorry, I had to go crack my skull on the wall in my study.
- I feel so much better now.
- Yes, that’s good brain damage. Very good. Mmmm. Tangy.
- I feel so much better now.
- Sorry, I had to go crack my skull on the wall in my study.
- [loud noise]
- Pardon me for just a moment.
- Dexter goes “EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEH??” like a good wussy nerd.
- And he’s wearing a tie, for some reason.
- Because all nerd types wear ties.
- Fuck you, Sunrise.
- Because all nerd types wear ties.
- And he’s wearing a tie, for some reason.
- SPEAKING OF WHICH.
- Eugene barges into Or(l)ga’s office muttering something about severance pay and shit. Dude is drunk off his ass.
- Dexter is now released and working for them, because these sluts still need accountants to run shit. Bwa ha ha ha ha.
- Or(l)ga is noble, so he gives these assholes severance pay for leaving.
- I don’t care.
- No, I don’t. There are arguments for this and against it, both legitimate.
- It doesn’t make me like Or(l)ga any more or less.
- No, I don’t. There are arguments for this and against it, both legitimate.
- I don’t care.
- Eugene, for some reason, wants to throw these guys out onto the street with no money instead of changing how they treat them.
- Which is the whole point of taking over due to mistreatment.
- Deeeerp.
- Which is the whole point of taking over due to mistreatment.
- Eugene is also objecting to them doing honest, upright jobs that will give them a good reputation.
- Because reasons.
- Also, that creepy, crunch-faced Italian guy (I’ll call him Il Duce) with the HITLER MUSTACHE is still around.
- Apparently nobody in this future has heard of Adolf Hitler.
- Which would explain why they are so eager to use a Hitler Machine.
- Huh. I just made this series make a little more sense somehow.
- Goddamn it.
- Huh. I just made this series make a little more sense somehow.
- Which would explain why they are so eager to use a Hitler Machine.
- Apparently nobody in this future has heard of Adolf Hitler.
- Il Duce even talks with a stupidly retarded accent, just to emphasize he’s a smelly foreigner.
- Yukinojo is staying and is an old man. Good to know, twats.
- He looks like he’s 35.
- “Old”.
- He looks like he’s 35.
- “Kudelia” waits impatiently for her daily hairspray shipment.
- The fools know not what forces they toy with.
- She then absentmindedly and pointlessly picks up a random nut, heedless to any heavy machine traffic going on around her.
- The fools know not what forces they toy with.
- SPEAKING OF WHICH.
- Or(l)ga is looking for Mikazuki, because we’re supposed to care.
- Now he recognizes “Kudelia’s” tragic existence.
- Or(l)ga is looking for Mikazuki, because we’re supposed to care.
- “Kudelia” gives Mikazuki a compliment in his absence.
- Or(l)ga will now sternly correct her on how mistaken she is (LIKE A WOMAN) and how Mikazuki is somehow nothing special and just an orphan from the streets or something like that. In three…two…one…
- BULLSEYE.
- Or(l)ga will now sternly correct her on how mistaken she is (LIKE A WOMAN) and how Mikazuki is somehow nothing special and just an orphan from the streets or something like that. In three…two…one…
- Japan, you said it again. Tsk tsk.
- “Alaya-Vijnana System.”
- 100. Trillion. Yen.
- Now.
- You wouldn’t want to make India angry, would you? They outnumber you ten to one.
- Now.
- 100. Trillion. Yen.
- “Alaya-Vijnana System.”
- SOMEHOW A SYSTEM BUILT 200 YEARS AGO IS BETTER THAN ONE BUILT TODAY.
- IT MAKES SENSE.
- Or(l)ga rightfully asks “Kudelia” if she has any plans or inkling of what she’s going to do next.
- “Kudelia” calls her father “父” as opposed to “お父様”. She is learning, finally.
- SHE DOESN’T KNOW. SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING SHE COULD DO.
- SPOKEN LIKE A JAPANESE FIFTH-GRADER.
- SHE DOESN’T KNOW. SHE THOUGHT THERE WAS SOMETHING SHE COULD DO.
- “Kudelia” calls her father “父” as opposed to “お父様”. She is learning, finally.
- Now she’s wavering due to the idea that the innocent might suffer or be sacrificed in order to accomplish things.
- Gee, “Kudelia”. Welcome to history.
- Here’s a complimentary fruit basket for figuring that one out, you highly-educated rich girl who seems to know jackshit about anything for no logical reason.
- “Kudelia”, in reality, would be lecturing these morons on geopolitics or how to work the Alaya-Vijnana System or something, but she’s a woman in an anime, so she gets to do exactly nothing.
- What is with this nut? Is it supposed to be a metaphor or something? It doesn’t mean anything.
- “Kudelia”, in reality, would be lecturing these morons on geopolitics or how to work the Alaya-Vijnana System or something, but she’s a woman in an anime, so she gets to do exactly nothing.
- Here’s a complimentary fruit basket for figuring that one out, you highly-educated rich girl who seems to know jackshit about anything for no logical reason.
- Gee, “Kudelia”. Welcome to history.
- “Do you think you’re responsible for our comrades’ deaths?” – Or(l)ga
- Um, hey. Didn’t we already go through discussion this last week?
- Snore.
- Um, hey. Didn’t we already go through discussion this last week?
- SHOCKED LOOK OF COMPREHENSION.
- I’m going to need some more paper for this tropes list I’m assembling.
- SHIVERING EYES OF POIGNANCY.
- Fuck it, I’ll just order an entire ream.
- “I’m just angry at myself.” -“Kudelia”
- Which is the reaction no actual human being would have in this situation.
- “Kudelia”, honey, you were caught up in a treacherous situation you knew nothing about and had no control over. Your own father sold you out or something for some reason, right? So why are you angry at yourself? You should be angry at your FATHER for SELLING YOU OUT.
- And possibly your mother for NOT TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS.
- BUT NO. “KUDELIA” IS THE ONE AT FAULT, NOT THE ASSHOLES AROUND HER. IT MUST BE SOME FAILURE OF HER CHARACTER. DEFINITELY NOT HER FAMILY. BECAUSE JAPANESE HERD MENTALITY.
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- BUT NO. “KUDELIA” IS THE ONE AT FAULT, NOT THE ASSHOLES AROUND HER. IT MUST BE SOME FAILURE OF HER CHARACTER. DEFINITELY NOT HER FAMILY. BECAUSE JAPANESE HERD MENTALITY.
- And possibly your mother for NOT TELLING YOU ABOUT THIS.
- “Kudelia”, honey, you were caught up in a treacherous situation you knew nothing about and had no control over. Your own father sold you out or something for some reason, right? So why are you angry at yourself? You should be angry at your FATHER for SELLING YOU OUT.
- “Over how powerless I really am.” -“Kudelia”
- Yeah, that’s what you should be angry about. Definitely not your own family handing you over to vicious murderers and rapists.
- Fuck you, Sunrise.
- Yeah, that’s what you should be angry about. Definitely not your own family handing you over to vicious murderers and rapists.
- Which is the reaction no actual human being would have in this situation.
- DEXTER WITH GLASSES KNOWS EVERYTHING ABOUT MONEY. HOW CONVENIENT.
- So they have 3 months of solvency left. They could have said that in five seconds. Not two minutes.
- I’m trying to understand how severance pay and normal maintenance costs are eating into their bottom line so much.
- The severance pay can’t be that much, considering maybe five guys are leaving. The maintenance costs can’t be that much either, considering they just lost 110 people and only a few machines, which aren’t in great condition anyway. Their costs should actually be way down.
- Or(l)ga, having found out they have 3 months of solvency, declares they must find work immediately or go bankrupt or something.
- 3 months = nothing, apparently.
- “But with our current situation, people will take advantage of us”. – Biscuit
- You mean how you have a priceless superweapon and just fought off an assault from an elite interplanetary security force?
- Yeah, what a desperate situation that people will take advantage of.
- Go shove food in your mouth, Biscuit. It’s where you belong.
- Yeah, what a desperate situation that people will take advantage of.
- You mean how you have a priceless superweapon and just fought off an assault from an elite interplanetary security force?
- Il Duce has to be the one to point all of this out, because these people are morons.
- BUT IL DUCE SUGGESTS SELLING OUT “KUDELIA” FOR MONEY, BECAUSE HIS SUNKEN CAUCASIAN CHEEKS OF DEVILRY DEMAND IT.
- They are really milking this “despicable foreigner” stereotype.
- Il Duce even has a noticeable beer belly, because les raisons.
- They are really milking this “despicable foreigner” stereotype.
- BUT IL DUCE SUGGESTS SELLING OUT “KUDELIA” FOR MONEY, BECAUSE HIS SUNKEN CAUCASIAN CHEEKS OF DEVILRY DEMAND IT.
- EUGENE HAS NO MORAL OBJECTIONS WHATSOEVER TO THIS SUGGESTION.
- HOORAY, THE ONLY GUY WITH THE NOT-JAPANESE NAME IS AN ASSHOLE.
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- HOORAY, THE ONLY GUY WITH THE NOT-JAPANESE NAME IS AN ASSHOLE.
- Oh boy, someone from Gjallarhorn has come back.
- I wonder who it is.
- CRANK CHALLENGES AUGUS TO A DUEL.
- THIS HAS JUST BECOME AN EPISODE OF YUGIOH.
- GET OUT YOUR DECK, AUGUS.
- YOU’D BETTER PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT.
- (Honestly, a tedious children’s card game would be more interesting than this.)
- Unless this involves more of Augus executing people like a veteran of Stalingrad.
- Then it’d be fine.
- Unless this involves more of Augus executing people like a veteran of Stalingrad.
- (Honestly, a tedious children’s card game would be more interesting than this.)
- YOU’D BETTER PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT.
- GET OUT YOUR DECK, AUGUS.
- THIS HAS JUST BECOME AN EPISODE OF YUGIOH.
- I AM CRANK ZENT (LOL) OF GJALLARHORN’S FRONT LINE TROOPS, AND I AM SPEAKING TO YOU OVER LOUDSPEAKER VIA MAGIC.
- (Seriously, where is the microphone? He has no microphone.)
- Okay, Crank, have you actually thought this through? What is this duel supposed to accomplish?
- No, seriously.
- Yukinojo somehow knows the history of things as they were 200 years ago.
- No, I don’t believe that people settled things in duels before the Calamity War.
- That’s fucking bullshit. Shut up.
- No, I don’t believe that people settled things in duels before the Calamity War.
- Yukinojo somehow knows the history of things as they were 200 years ago.
- No, seriously.
- Hmmm, I have an idea: shoot this fucker while he’s outside his Mobile Suit.
- Or decline.
- Hey, is anyone wondering why this Gjallorhorn asshole is out here by himself without any support? Anyone?
- How about you just capture him or shoot him or ignore him?
- Hey, is anyone wondering why this Gjallorhorn asshole is out here by himself without any support? Anyone?
- Or decline.
- “KUDELIA” OFFERS HERSELF UP AS A SACRIFICE.
- TO YOGG-SARON HIMSELF.
- IN HER DRESS OF BLOOD AND SACKCLOTH.
- Jesus Christ, when did you have time to change into that outfit?
- (Which is still pants-on-head retarded, not to mention it looks like you are ACTUALLY WEARING PANTS ON YOUR SHOULDERS)
- Jesus Christ, when did you have time to change into that outfit?
- IN HER DRESS OF BLOOD AND SACKCLOTH.
- TO YOGG-SARON HIMSELF.
- Golly. I wonder what’s going to happen next.
- Maybe Augus the Stoic will object and offer to fight Crank for her honor and glory or something.
- Yaawn. Someone wake me up when Sunrise does something mildly original.
- Maybe Augus the Stoic will object and offer to fight Crank for her honor and glory or something.
- “Meaningless battles should be avoided, correct?” -“Kudelia”
- Uh, except this wouldn’t be a meaningless battle by any stretch of the imagination, you dimwit.
- Il Duce, like all those of Caucasian, not-Japanese, dishonorable heritage, suggests very cravenly that they let her go and cravenly negotiate for some money in the process.
- No Japanese person has ever sold another out for money, btw.
- Ever.
- No Japanese person has ever sold another out for money, btw.
- Il Duce, like all those of Caucasian, not-Japanese, dishonorable heritage, suggests very cravenly that they let her go and cravenly negotiate for some money in the process.
- Uh, except this wouldn’t be a meaningless battle by any stretch of the imagination, you dimwit.
- “Kudelia” continues to try to solve a problem she clearly does not understand, all out of a misguided desire to assert herself.
- Fuck you, bitch. I hope you die.
- “And I do not plan on just dying.” -“Kudelia”
- Oh yeah, like you’ll have any say in it.
- What are you going to do? Smack them with your hair?
- Pbbth. Like they’re going to listen to you after getting YOUR OWN FATHER TO SELL YOU OUT. IT IS PLAIN THEY ARE IN NO WAY INTERESTED IN WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY, PROBABLY BECAUSE THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL YOU.
- What are you going to do? Smack them with your hair?
- Oh yeah, like you’ll have any say in it.
- Or(l)ga’s face says it all:
- “Holy shit, what am I doing with my life?”
- Or(l)ga, rationally, doesn’t trust this random prick who just tried to kill them all yesterday.
- Augus is perfectly fine with piloting the 200-year-old Hitler Youth Club after it ruptured his jugular vein less than 24 hours ago.
- Wipe them out, Augus. All of them.
- WHAT METHOD ARE THESE PEOPLE COMMUNICATING WITH?
- WHAT DEVICES? HOW? WHY DOES THIS THING EVEN HAVE A LOUDSPEAKER?
- AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
- WHAT DEVICES? HOW? WHY DOES THIS THING EVEN HAVE A LOUDSPEAKER?
- This episode is titled “Glorious Demise”. I think we can guess what happens.
- Or do I have to pull out the Book of Isaiah again?
- Augus’ physique is perfect somehow.
- “Alaya-Vijnana System”. Pay up, Sunrise.
- 100. Trillion. Smackaroos.
- LOL, “Kudelia” actually throws out the idea of her piloting the Hitler Disco Ball so she could help people.
- Yeah, that’s the only way you could help people. Not by putting your educated mind to use or something.
- I hate this stupid, inane, self-deprecating stereotype of a woman so much, let alone the middle-aged men who wrote her.
- Yeah, that’s the only way you could help people. Not by putting your educated mind to use or something.
- “We were just lucky”. -Or(l)ga
- Yep, that sums up the whole series. No logic or sense. Just pure coincidence and bad writing.
- Meanwhile, let’s all stand out here on the battlefield exposed to whatever debris or flotsam that might result from the duel between two towering Machines of Death.
- STOCK GUNDAM COMBAT SOUND EFFECT FROM FOUR DECADES AGO.
- Leave it to Augus the Stoic to only ask how the winner of the duel will be decided after starting the duel.
- “What Coral…No.” -These Incompetent Subbers
- Here’s a translation for us poor English types: “Coral…no, we just wanted Kudelia’s life at first…”
- That’s way clearer.
- Also, listen up, “Kudelia”: these people just want to kill you. Bet you feel smart now.
- That’s way clearer.
- Here’s a translation for us poor English types: “Coral…no, we just wanted Kudelia’s life at first…”
- “Children should not be victimized for adult strifes.” -These Incompetent Subbers again
- Real English: “Children shouldn’t be dragged into the conflicts of adults.”
- I thought subbers had learned how to translate Japanese after almost three decades of experience.
- Real English: “Children shouldn’t be dragged into the conflicts of adults.”
- Crank waxes mournful about children suffering unnecessarily while fighting a child unnecessarily.
- I don’t think you’re really sincere about that, Crank.
- Augus wants to kill this guy simply because Or(l)ga told him to.
- ……….
- Right.
- Okay. That’s not creepy or twisted.
- Right.
- ……….
- “Mika knows that he has to be strong in order to live.” – Or(l)ga
- Incoherent philosophical Japanese babble, AWAY!
- And now they’re going to wax philosophical about risks and strength and blah blah blah blah blah.
- Tl;dr: gambaru-ing solves all your problems, no matter what they are.
- So get back to work, salaryman. Your boss needs those projections by 3:00a tomorrow. Stay late if you have to. Sacrifice your happiness for the company. Gambatte.
- Tl;dr: gambaru-ing solves all your problems, no matter what they are.
- And now they’re going to wax philosophical about risks and strength and blah blah blah blah blah.
- Incoherent philosophical Japanese babble, AWAY!
- “He’s [Augus] boorish yet honorable.” -Or(l)ga
- I’d say he’s just boorish, considering his demonstrated penchant for cold-blooded executions.
- “He’s full of contradictions. But that’s why he’s strong.” -Or(l)ga
- Some Sunrise writer: “My characters are so three-dimensional and well-rounded! Tee hee hee!”
- Neither God nor Satan will take the souls of these writers when they die, alone and unmourned.
- Some Sunrise writer: “My characters are so three-dimensional and well-rounded! Tee hee hee!”
- “He’s full of contradictions. But that’s why he’s strong.” -Or(l)ga
- I’d say he’s just boorish, considering his demonstrated penchant for cold-blooded executions.
- NO. MIKAZUKI IS NOT AMAZING. HE’S THE DULLEST ANIME PROTAGONIST SINCE KIRITO FROM SWORD ART ONLINE.
- “Will I be able to fight like him?” -“Kudelia”
- As if that’s a desirable goal for any sane human being.
- “Kudelia” processes, struggles with, and ultimately abandons the insane idea of having the surgery to pilot the Hitler Hungry Hungry Hippos, all within five minutes of it popping into her head.
- Because now she knows she can fight in another way. Or something.
- Yay, “Kudelia”. That character arc lasted less than fifteen minutes. Congratulations.
- Now get back in the kitchen and cook food for the men. You can use your hair as kindling.
- Yay, “Kudelia”. That character arc lasted less than fifteen minutes. Congratulations.
- Because now she knows she can fight in another way. Or something.
- “Kudelia” processes, struggles with, and ultimately abandons the insane idea of having the surgery to pilot the Hitler Hungry Hungry Hippos, all within five minutes of it popping into her head.
- As if that’s a desirable goal for any sane human being.
- Notice how none of these retards are the least bit concerned about this pitched battle between two towering Machines of Death happening twenty feet away from them.
- It’s almost as if they read the script in advance.
- One also wonders how “Kudelia’s” dress is still immaculate after being exposed to the wrath of the rusty soil of Mars.
- It’s almost as if they read the script in advance.
- “I’ve never been victimized for anything. I’m just doing what I can for me and my comrades.” -Mikazuki Augus
- LOL.
- Sure, kid.
- Sure.
- You know, apart from growing up as an orphan, having a life-threatening surgery forced upon you, being forced to work for assholes, etc.
- Your entire life is the definition of victimhood, you fucktard.
- Tl;dr, gambaru-ing solves all your problems. So get back in the kitchen, Japanese housewife. Make that dinner and don’t worry about your own fulfillment.
- Your entire life is the definition of victimhood, you fucktard.
- You know, apart from growing up as an orphan, having a life-threatening surgery forced upon you, being forced to work for assholes, etc.
- Sure.
- Sure, kid.
- LOL.
- This is the worst Gundam Duel I’ve ever seen.
- It’s beyond boring. I can’t even dedicate a single neuron to caring about it.
- At least Gundam Wing had generals in Napoleonic uniforms flying around in blimps and shouting “INTELLIGENT BATTLE!!!!” and other such bombast to keep me interested.
- This is less fun and exciting than watching Mike Huckabee talk about wholesome Christian methods for paint drying.
- At least Gundam Wing had generals in Napoleonic uniforms flying around in blimps and shouting “INTELLIGENT BATTLE!!!!” and other such bombast to keep me interested.
- It’s beyond boring. I can’t even dedicate a single neuron to caring about it.
- A weapon the size of a house just crashed into the earth literally two feet away from Or(l)ga.
- The only thing anyone suffers from that is a mild pattering of Martian dust.
- Sure, kids.
- Sure.
- Sure, kids.
- The only thing anyone suffers from that is a mild pattering of Martian dust.
- OH MY GOD. IT’S FINALLY OVER. FREE AT LAST.
- “Tekkadan.” -These Incompetent Subbers thrice
- “To call ourselves a rotten name like CGS just irritates me.” -Or(l)ga
- That’s funny, because I still don’t even know what the fuck “CGS” even means.
- So why should I give a shit?
- That’s funny, because I still don’t even know what the fuck “CGS” even means.
- “To call ourselves a rotten name like CGS just irritates me.” -Or(l)ga
- TETSU NO HANA.
- See, it’s a Kanji joke. 鉄 (tetsu) is obvious, but you can’t tell by sound what “ka” means. “Kudelia” thinks “tekka” = 鉄火, but Or(l)ga means 鉄花.
- The Japanese love their puns AND inside jokes. As if this show couldn’t get any worse: now it’s trying to be pretentious.
- Good luck, dubbers. Good luck trying to make that shit work in English.
- The Japanese love their puns AND inside jokes. As if this show couldn’t get any worse: now it’s trying to be pretentious.
- See, it’s a Kanji joke. 鉄 (tetsu) is obvious, but you can’t tell by sound what “ka” means. “Kudelia” thinks “tekka” = 鉄火, but Or(l)ga means 鉄花.
- “The iron flower that never wilts.” – Or(l)ga
- Um, Or(l)ga. It’s not alive to begin with, so of course it can’t wilt.
- That’s a fucking stupid name.
- Um, Or(l)ga. It’s not alive to begin with, so of course it can’t wilt.
- WHY ARE THESE MACHINES BLEEDING? THEY ARE ACTUALLY BLEEDING RED BLOOD.
- WHAT THE FUCK.
- ARE THEY ALIVE?
- WHAT THE FUCK.
- Leave it to Augus, ever the morally upright, to ask what happens if he wins the duel only after he wins it.
- So, basically, Crank achieved nothing and Augus achieved nothing. NOBODY ACCOMPLISHED ANYTHING.
- YAAAAAAAAAAAY. FILLER.
- “If I go back with negative results, my actions will reflect poorly on all the troops.” -Crank Zent
- -And These Incompetent Subbers x4
- Actual English: “If I go back empty-handed, I’ll have disgraced my comrades yet again.”
- Reality: “Shit. I’ve already disgraced my comrades by disobeying orders and throwing my life away for no reason. Fuck me.”
- Actual English: “If I go back empty-handed, I’ll have disgraced my comrades yet again.”
- -And These Incompetent Subbers x4
- “But if I can end my life here, I will carry all the responsibility with me…” -Crank Zent
- ….
- Go fuck yourself, Crank. Go fuck yourself and your suicidal Japanese obsession with honor or something.
- Just fucking die, you worthless piece of shit.
- Go fuck yourself, Crank. Go fuck yourself and your suicidal Japanese obsession with honor or something.
- ….
- AUGUS IS A MONSTER.
- Not only does he execute a man in cold blood the third time this morning, he then erotically SMELLS THE BRACELET ATRA GAVE HIM RIGHT AFTER DOING SO.
- AS IF HE JUST HAD SEX AND IS NOW BASKING IN THE AFTERGLOW.
- JESUS. H. CHRIST.
- WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS SHOW?
- JESUS. H. CHRIST.
- AS IF HE JUST HAD SEX AND IS NOW BASKING IN THE AFTERGLOW.
- Not only does he execute a man in cold blood the third time this morning, he then erotically SMELLS THE BRACELET ATRA GAVE HIM RIGHT AFTER DOING SO.
- Il Duce, smiling cravenly, cravenly whines about not being able to cravenly get any money out of the situation.
- Eugene, being also not-Japanese, agrees for no reason.
- “Kudelia” asks them to keep escorting her, even though they have no reason to do so.
- She even promises them money.
- Except she has absolutely no control over any of her family’s assets.
- The family that just tried to SELL HER OUT TO BLATANT MURDERERS AND RAPISTS.
- Except she has absolutely no control over any of her family’s assets.
- She even promises them money.
- Conveniently, “Kudelia” has gone from being the innocent, naive daughter of the leader of Mars to the leader of the Mars Independence Movement to a dissident with connections to rich people, all as the writers need her to be.
- “Kudelia”‘s character is so misogynist she’s meta-submissive.
- “Nobliss Gordon.” Pbbbbth ha ha ha ha ha.
- These names. These fucking names.
- Il Duce, cravenly obsessed with money as he is like all craven Europeans, cravenly knows about this supposedly super rich guy.
- These names. These fucking names.
- Augus doesn’t give a shit.
- DO THESE PEOPLE NOT REALIZE THEY ARE ADORING AND HARBORING A MURDEROUS PSYCHOPATH WHO APPARENTLY GETS OFF ON KILLING PEOPLE?
- “We Tekkadan will make sure we deliver you to Earth safely.” -These Incompetent Subbers V
- Having already explained that “Tekkadan” means “Iron Flower,” they use it again for no reason.
- Actual English: “The Iron Flower will ensure you are delivered to Earth safe and sound.”
- It’s even fits the deferential, honorific language Or(l)ga is using much better.
- Actual English: “The Iron Flower will ensure you are delivered to Earth safe and sound.”
- Having already explained that “Tekkadan” means “Iron Flower,” they use it again for no reason.
- “よろしくお願いします。” -“Kudelia”
- Look, a set Japanese phrase. IT’S CUTE.
- Maybe something will happen now that we’ve gotten these shitty introductory episodes out of the way.
- Look, a set Japanese phrase. IT’S CUTE.
- AND NOW THEY’RE GOING TO EXPLAIN “TEKKADAN” AGAIN.
- GOD.
- EXCEPT THEY MAGICALLY KNOW WHAT IT MEANS VIA MASS TELEPATHY.
- GOD.
- Eugene has shifted to being a total asshole because puppies.
- That’s a goddamn cross explosion. I knew it.
- Maybe this will end the same way The End of Evangelion does: with everyone dying.
- Whoops, spoilers.
- Maybe this will end the same way The End of Evangelion does: with everyone dying.
st for Fate/stay night, probably because I was still recovering from the visual orgy. I do love anime when it has no budget restrictions. Watching Berserker and Saber clash in a foggy courtyard and Rin/Ilya duel was a sight to behold. I’ll be honest: I was afraid the writers would try to be lazy and copy the first few episodes of the original Fate/stay night, but I’ve been happy to see they didn’t fall into that trap. We’ve met Lancer as follows, but I seem to recall that they encountered Rider next and did not go straight to Ryuudou Temple. Caster didn’t even play a part in the original anime until the very end of the series. Still, that just gives us more opportunity for beautiful animation, and it keeps the plot from losing its luster so quickly.
ankyou no Terror finishes its third episode without heading back into Stupidburg! Hooray! Nah, not really. This has been the least offensive episode so far though, I’ll admit. It was entertaining and didn’t take so many blatant liberties with logic and practicality that I didn’t absolutely hate it. 1 for 2 there, series. You really gotta do better than that. I did roll my eyes more times than I would care to count. Let’s do that now, in fact:
V for Whatever 