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[Frozenprince]

Isn't Yamagi a little kid? I don't know about that man...

I thought thay were the same age and the other blond kid with the sister was the little kid. Might be wrong. Regardless time skip made them adults anyway.

I just want one time for there to be affirmation of same sex feelings in one these series.

 

[stryke]

Story is finally going to somewhere but whoever directed the ending of this episode needs to piss off. I don't need a narrator to tell me the cliched "Little did we know that we're about to be in deep shit" line...

 

[jgminto]

I am not looking forward to this arc at all, three weeks of the Earth branch of Tekkadan being manipulated by these obviously evil adults sounds like the most frustrating thing possible.

 

[casiopao]

Dead Flag everywhere.T_T

 

[formasymphonic]

Final Vidar colouring?

 

[duckroll]

Man that was a rough episode.

ADULTS ARE BAD!

YO DID WE MENTION ADULTS ARE BAD?

SUP, ADULTS ARE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD.

Tune in next week to find out how bad adults can be!!!

Lolz.

 

[Callibretto]

Final Vidar colouring?

not sure I like that huge booster on the knee. the side skirt also feels like it's way too big and will restrict articulation.

like everything else though, cool head, chest and shoulder piece. also like the color scheme.

 

[sleverfunk]

Spoiler

Rip Earth Branch.
Really like Gali2's voice.

 

[Frozenprince]

This season does not seem like it's going to be good

 

[Luigi87]

First ep of this season I'm kind of iffy on.

Just the way it was handling the plot to get things going. On one hand I guess it's good that it wasn't too dragged out, yet the way it rushed things was annoying.

I think flat out showing us that Radice is just a jerk worked against it. If they want to continue the whole adults are bad thing, then what would have impressed me is instead have him act much more like an ally to Tekkadan the whole time (rather than just his "encouragement" to Takaki near the end there) and have it be more of a mystery leading to who caused the bombing, then reveal.

 

[Devilgunman]

I don't know I like how the story is going with the Earth branch. So there was a bomb in one continent, bad guys spreading news it was another continent's doing, both continents are going to war against each other. Is it that easy??

Also, maybe this should be in OP for those who forget how the economy blocks of IBO are organized

 

[duckroll]

I don't know I like how the story is going with the Earth branch. So there was a bomb in one continent, bad guys spreading news it was another continent's doing, both continent are going to war against each other. Is it that easy??

Have you forgotten how the worker protest arc went in season 1? These writers aren't really interested in realistic or relateable politics lol.

 

[Basileus777]

This episode sucked. Dumb politics is nothing new, but focusing it through the weak supporting cast on Earth just made it even worse.

 

[RangerBAD]

Yeah, it's going to be frustrating until Radice gets killed. They really are dumb. The Tekkadan way is put a gun to Radice and force him to contact Orga. Takaki is way too docile and timid to be part of Tekkadan. Sure, he doesn't want to rock the boat and screw up his sister's opportunities, but still.

 

[Frozenprince]

Just go back to robits in space plz.

 

[GoldCrusader]

I liked this episode and I thought the politic side of things was pretty well explained. There is already a lot of tension on earth, so the most simple of conflict could easily cause a small scale war between factions.

Also, an episode focusing on Takaki and is friend Aston was pretty nice, I like them both a lot as characters.

 

[TheRealTalker]

yeah I really hate that guy who betrayed them

and I was cringing on how gullible the blonde kid was

 

[Rynocirator]

Dead Flag everywhere.T_T

Right? There was at least like 4

 

[Taruranto]

No, not Chad!

Isn't Yamagi a little kid? I don't know about that man...

They are about the same age IIRC (15-16?), it's just that Shino, like Olga and Akihiko Akihiro, looks much older.

 

[casiopao]

Right? There was at least like 4

Aston is going die due to Takaki idiot move huh.TT

 

[RangerBAD]

Aston is going die due to Takaki idiot move huh.TT

Aston won't even care due to loyalty.

 

[Kvik]

Episode 5

Takaki is good for smoothing out internal politics, which is not entirely bad, but I don't think he can do what needs to be done like Orga does.

What would Orga do if he was in Takaki's position? He'll take control of the operation room, by force if necessary, take Radice under custody and contacted Mars base directly. The earth base is ultimately a Tekkadan operation, not Teiwaz. Ruffled feathers can be smoothed out later with Teiwaz-Oyabun.

The way I see it, Takaki has lost control of the situation. 3 weeks ETA before Eugene and the gang gets to Earth, meanwhile this army general will probably stage a coup d'etat over Tekkadan's earth operation.

 

[ThatChairMan]

Not too fond of the idea that Radice betrays them just because he dislikes them being uneducated. I liked the disagreement he and Chad had in a previous episode about the delayed Shiden shipment from Tekkadan HQ, because both of their viewpoints were legitimate. Thought something interesting would extend from that, but it just escalated into Radice being another evil adult. A bit disappointed with this development.

I hope Aston doesn't die though. Not for Takaki's mistakes.

 

[Rymuth]

Man that was a rough episode.

ADULTS ARE BAD!

YO DID WE MENTION ADULTS ARE BAD?

SUP, ADULTS ARE BAAAAAAAAAAAAAD.

Tune in next week to find out how bad adults can be!!!

Lolz.

What guts me is that some of the 'adults' look like they're in their 20s....ffs, I thought were over this nonsense from the first season.

 

[Barajas_201]

Still rooting for Masked men, that voice tho. Chad didn't deserve any of this, he is a good guy, damn adults. Overall, the Earth branch story line fascinates me, its all caused by Gjallarhorn inner fighting and Tekkadan is just being drag into it, hang in there Takaki!

 

[Astral]

I've been watching the show on Crunchyroll even though it's an episode behind because I'm too lazy to go to Daisuki. That preview for episode 30 looked awfully boring and judging from these reactions I guess it is.

Orga and Mika's ruthlessness is refreshing but I feel like it's gonna bite them in the ass hard, or that Orga is gonna do something Mika really doesn't like and Mika's gonna finally snap.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Takakis time to shine is nearly upon us. Ive been waiting.

 

[Frozenprince]

I've been watching the show on Crunchyroll even though it's an episode behind because I'm too lazy to go to Daisuki. That preview for episode 30 looked awfully boring and judging from these reactions I guess it is.

Orga and Mika's ruthlessness is refreshing but I feel like it's gonna bite them in the ass hard, or that Orga is gonna do something Mika really doesn't like and Mika's gonna finally snap.

I don't think Mika is going to snap simply because I don't think there is anything there to snap. He's not like Heero where he's actually conflicted. Mika is legitimately just a sociopath who's bored.

 

[jgminto]

This shit is worse than the DORT saga, I hope the Mars crew reaches Earth early next episode because everyone on Earth is fucking stupid and I can't stand this nonsense.

Edit: The more I think about it, the more mad I get at that episode. We know that at least some of the Earth deployment has served in combat under Orga, they know how he commands the battlefield and they recognise that the situation makes zero sense yet this leads to no suspiscion falling onto the two people obviously limiting the situation. It makes them all look like complete idiots, especially Takaki. He's in the leadership position of his squad, recognises they're being led in a way that doesn't make sense for a victory and is causing excessive Tekkadan losses and yet he has zero doubts at all about the man issuing the commands that he has had no prior experience with and is also doing nothing to try and contact Orga because the desk jockey said no. It's frustrating bullshit.

 

[stryke]

Hopefully the action next episode is good, because this episode still didn't do well enough to be emotionally invested in Takaki or Aston. In fact the quicker they're dead the better.

 

[duckroll]

????????????????????

Instead of political intrigue between the blocs, this entire thing was set up as some sort of political embarrassment for McDonalds? Why? How does that even make sense? This is fucking dumb!

 

[jgminto]

Riiiight, I think the conflict being about embarrassing McGillis was so dumb it actually leaked out of my brain due to some sort of self defence mechanism. I can't believe how totally stupid that episode was.

 

[SliceSabre]

I hope Mcgillis and his crew kill every single person on Earth Tekkadan because they are too stupid to live.

Funny how they keep going back to Orga being like "I trust them." while they are currently sucking some unknown dude's cock because Takaki in fact is a TERRIBLE fucking leader and Orga clearly put his confidence in the wrong person.

 

[Wubby]

Well that was boring.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Commander Takaki with his loyal Aston and other subordinates who care deeply for him is all I needed. Great episode even if the drama kept on the edge. Please dont die TakakiAston.

Also that was a fast three weeks.Kind of want them to be able to get to a dramatic point and Eugene and co swoop in just in time to save TakakiAstona and co.

 

[jgminto]

One of them is 100% dying, those were some Biscuit-tier death flags.

 

[Wuiji]

I hope Mcgillis and his crew kill every single person on Earth Tekkadan because they are too stupid to live.

Funny how they keep going back to Orga being like "I trust them." while they are currently sucking some unknown dude's cock because Takaki in fact is a TERRIBLE fucking leader and Orga clearly put his confidence in the wrong person.

That's more or less what I foresee happening. Beardy Man will send Tekkadan at Charcolate Man. Charcolate Man will try to explain WTF is happening, Earth Tekkadan are too busy with their head up Beardy Man's ass. Then the Mars crew will arrive just in time to see Charcolate Man basically wrecking Tekkadan.


Earth Tekkadan are basically being played like a fiddle, and if Mars Tekkadan were fully aware of the situation, they wouldn't be worrying about going through the right political channels.

 

[Luigi87]

2:1 odds Aston dying
3:1 odds Takaki dying
13:1 odds they both die
50:1 odds they both live

 

[formasymphonic]

Now that Vidar is almost ready, I need the percentage of "Gaelio pursuing vengeance" in each episode to increase drastically.

I'm not invested in anything else.

 

[Jarmel]

How the fuck can't Tekkadan not reach their Earth faction? Can't they just reach out to McGillis WHO IS ALREADY ON EARTH?

 

[Barajas_201]

Damn adults and their stupid reasons to embarrass political rivals! Takaki and Aston saved the episode, really liked their interactions. Masked men being mysterious, love it. Mika better come in time and save the earth branch. The guy that betrayed Tekkadan better have a brutal execution by Mika tho. Chad confirmed to be alive and returning.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

One of them is 100% dying, those were some Biscuit-tier death flags.

Takaki already survived a near death incident so he ought to survive again. Aston, no point developing him if he will just die, so both will survive. Plus both are implicated with Takaki's sister, no writer would repeat the same Sibling death plot that weve covered multiple times now.

 

[RangerBAD]

Takaki already survived a near death incident so he ought to survive again. Aston, no point developing him if he will just die, so both will survive. Plus both are implicated with Takaki's sister, no writer would repeat the same Sibling death plot that weve covered multiple times now.

That's not how it works. You don't need logic! The flags are there.

 

[formasymphonic]

Takaki is gonna die and Aston is gonna raise his imouto in place of him -jk (or am I...)

Edit: part of me actually wants to see some more named Tekkadan peeps die after the "just kidding, everyone is ok and just got some scratches" BS they pulled at the end of S1. But the pursuit of Fujo¥¥¥ is real these days and I doubt Bandai is gonna be killing off any named shotas/shonen before the endgame.

The cynic in me feels they had no problem killing off Biscuit though, because he wasn't bishie and had no BL subtext pairing with anyone.

 

[Frozenprince]

????????????????????

Instead of political intrigue between the blocs, this entire thing was set up as some sort of political embarrassment for McDonalds? Why? How does that even make sense? This is fucking dumb!

I don't understand why they even have the blocs as a thing. It's obvious they're just a useless plot device for Gjallarhorn to manipulate to their whims.

Gali Gali is the only thing left to redeem what I'm just gonna assume is gonna be yet another awful S2 of a Gundam series.

Takaki already survived a near death incident so he ought to survive again. Aston, no point developing him if he will just die, so both will survive. Plus both are implicated with Takaki's sister, no writer would repeat the same Sibling death plot that weve covered multiple times now.

Character development of a side character in Gundam 9/10 times is a death flag.

 

[Andrew J.]

Takaki is gonna die and Aston is gonna raise his imouto in place of him -jk (or am I...)

"raise"

 

[RangerBAD]

Takaki is gonna die and Aston is gonna raise his imouto in place of him -jk (or am I...)

Nah, Kudelia will take her in since they're both going to die.

 

[Frozenprince]

Nah, Kudelia will take her in since they're both going to die.

Kudelia will actually do something other than brood?

 

[Luigi87]

Episode had a significant lack of Atra.
That brings down everyone's moral.

 

[RangerBAD]

Kudelia will actually do something other than brood?

They need something for the 10 years later epilogue!