Oh Please Kawamori for the love of Misa please let Grace be the one who kills Leon.
At least that is what I hope it was… Well that was one episode that was firing on all cylinders, lots of plot progression all around and much to my elation my Alto-hime has finally given Sheryl an answer of sorts. Congratulations Sheryl you will have Kabuki-hime by you’re side until you can sing no more! Unfortunately with her condition being terminal as Sheryl is a long term carrier her seemingly last moments of her career will mean that she will die for the safety of the fleet. I salute her resolution and resolve to put volk and fatherland above her personal safety, and taking up the duties and responsibilities that traitor Ranka cast aside as if they were but trifling things. We will defeat the bugs and burn them out of their nests! So say we all!
Sort of new toys…they still look sexy though.
So it seems that Leon gets to be the fifth President of Frontier, but if Grace has anything to say about it will be one of the shortest presidencies in Frontier’s history. Since Leon had the gall to try and off Grace it is clear Leon is underestimating Grace and will be very shocked to see Grace roll up to his office in her VF-27 (possibly gold plated) and fuck up his office with an Itano Circus. At the very least it seems Grace is the most evil and dead sexy Cylon of the year, looks like Klein has some competition in the smexy female pilot category. Heck Grace grasping her hopes and dreams gives poor Alto-hime a good run too. The new fold quartz based weapons seem to be working and this time they are taking extra precautions to prevent the bugs from rapidly adapting. The modified VF-171, the VF-171EX is still a beautiful machine though still not as sexy as that VF-25. Nice to see how they are using SMS to train the rookies for the VF-171EXs, instead of just letting the rookies learn the hard way.
Hmmm… I still prefer the VF-25 hopefuly Alto-hime and Luca will get them back.
Sheryl starts singing again for free with the help of Elmo. Elmo doesn’t seem to mind as he now approves of Sheryl’s songs because there is love in her songs now. Mina, Monica, and Ram also approve of this new Sheryl. Their taste in music is about as good as how they look, god I love these girls. Klein is still mourning the loss of Mikhail and decides to tell Alto-hime the truth about Sheryl’s illness. Luca and Leon ask Sheryl to take Ranka’s place after explaining how after being terminally ill Sheryl’s songs have the power to create small fold waves, not nearly as powerful as Ranka’s but still better than nothing. While there is a cure for Sheryl’s illness, she is past that point and in the end decided to sing for the sake of Frontier which is still in ruins with its people still mourning the loss of the last Vajra attack.
The blue-haired alliance. Might as well be brother and sister.
Bobby finally finds Cathy and Ozma again and gets all teary eyed when he sees them. Ozma and Cathy tell Wilder, Bobby, and Canria how Leon orchestrated the assassination of Howard Glass and has by now destroyed all the evidence. Wilder was tipped off by Bilrer about the impending integration of NUNS with SMS. Canaria also informs Ozma about how Ranka has gone rogue and regained her memories. SMS is now at a crossroads try and do something or quietly go along with Leon’s integration plans. Wondering if they are doing the right thing Cathy sends out a call to arms of which we know nothing about to all of SMS. 70% of SMS soldaten answer including Mina, Ram, and Monica who has wedded her fate to that of Wilder. As for the other 30% they all have their reasons to stay behind.
Yakk Deculture! Ranka is Minmei, she even has a doll!
Sheryl gets back to her new home and shortly collapse in front of Alto-hime. Alto gets the call from Cathy but before he reads it he turns off his phone when Sheryl is awake again. Sheryl struggles to keep a brave face and conceal her illness thanking Alto-hime fore making her see that she must sing again. Under the full weight of his knowledge of Sheryl’s impeding fate hime begs Sheryl to stop for the sake of her health and to stop putting on a brave face. Sheryl insists that her songs are the only legacy she has left and is proof that she lived. Alto-hime relents and wipes off her tears reassuring Sheryl that he will be with her until the end. Sheryl admits that she is scared and asks Alto-hime to give her courage. Meanwhile Ranka and Brera find the Vajra homeworld where the once and future queen of the Vajra lives, much to the delight of Grace and her cabal.
Bobby loves them both. Cathy is so lucky to have a sister like that…
The Glass faction of SMS decides to become pirates and seize Macross Quarter and make off with all haste. NUNS along with Luca and Alto sortie off to stop them in their inferior VF-171EXs. Ozma is contemptuous of all of them and gives his reasons for being a pirate as the best way to protect the women he loves. Ozma then accuses Alto-hime of just going with the flow and attributes his stubbornness as the reason why he’s not running off with Quarter. Ozma says he’s not and adult but a man and asks Alto what his wings are for. After shooting each other in a charge Ozma remarks that Alto has improved. Fleeing the battle Ozma tells Alto that Ranka has chosen her path as has he, but asks where Alto will go. Despite a lot of Ozma’s big talk it was a good dogfight with Northern Cross blaring in the background.
Elmo is the Duke of Deculture.
First off I think I might be the only one who doesn’t approve of everything that Ozma says in the dogfight. I agree that Ozma is a man, but he is not an adult. In fact I think Ozma won’t be an adult until he fathers his own kids. One of the reasons why Ranka turned out the way she did was because he was not being an adult with her, nor is Ozma being much of an adult by proclaiming to be leaving Frontier to protect Cathy and Ranka. I say Ozma is about as thick as Alto-hime when it comes to knowing his wingmen. Ozma didn’t seem to understand that Mikhail’s death inflamed both Luca and Alto. I know that Ozma was busy and all but he could have at least tried to meet with both of them personally to try and address the issue, Mikhail was his wingmate too. Since Luca seemed utterly ignorant of what they were doing Cathy’s message must have been vague indeed. I think Alto has already chosen his path but unlike Ranka’s or Ozma’s he can’t protect Sheryl and has to watch her die while he is unable to save her no matter how much he flies. Had Alto been “going with the flow” he would have been there on Quarter after reading Cathy’s vague message, but instead hime mounted a sortie in an inferior fighter. The thing I agree with most in Ozma’s big talk is that Alto has improved, for an inferior pilot Alto did very well considering he was also flying the inferior Valkyrie when Ozma was aiming to kill. Alto at least has finally decided to do something for Sheryl even if Ozma is ignorant of it. I really want to know what the master plan is for Quarter now that they have left since it just reeks of self indulgence and self righteousness at a time when all of Frontier is under the hegemony of Leon. Ozma was not playing nice since he clearly shot at Luca for a kill. Whatever they have planned it better be good enough to excuse leaving everyone on Frontier to Leon’s machinations and actively trying to kill the pilots who are unaware of Leon’s treachery. At least the plan was good enough for Canaria to endanger her husband and child by becoming a pirate with Leon in charge. hopefully their plan will not be “ally with Ranka’s Vajra”, but rather identify which NUNS units are loyal to Leon and which aren’t before advancing to phase 2.
Sheryl has decided to defend the fatherland until death. Honor and Blood for the Northern Cross.
Hopefully Bilrer is playing his own games and did deliberately tip off Wilder about the integration of forces, hence the unofficial memo. Otherwise you have to feel sorry for the man he’s only every done good to help his crew and at least deserves some respect for giving those people a job and letting them run their own operation without much interference from him. I suspect that Bilrer will be having a little chat with both Luca and his favorite kabuki-hime. We know that Bilrer is aware of Grace so he’s probably wary of Leon as well. I don’t think we need a third maniac in the series, besides I hope Bilrer is more cautious given how Grace has proven as invincible as she is sexy. I can understand why Klein stayed behind to help Luca and Alto mourn the loss of Mikhail since their hatred has given them tunnel vision. I like how Klein wasn’t just weeping for herself but was also trying to take care of Alto and Sheryl to have them avoid her fate. Luca would never leave Nanase behind and resolved to stay and protect her going off on some vague message from Cathy wasn’t going to change that. Alto might have left, but he promised to be with Sheryl who decided to stay and sing until she dies for the people of Frontier. Out of everyone in SMS I think that until we see the master plan the boys and girls of Quarter have, that Klein acted the most like an adult.
For once I agree with Leon. Ranka how could you go off with Brera you filthy traitor?!
Poor Cathy has lost her dad but at least she still has her surrogate family in Bobby and their daughters Mina, Ram, and Monica. I like how Cathy is an adult about this and choose the time and place where she cries. The decision to ask 70% of SMS to mutiny for the sake of her father was a hard choice. In the end though even if they had good intentions, it won’t mean shit if taking down Leon means slaughtering the people who chose to stay and protect the Frontier Fleet. Again I hope their master plan is good since going after Ranka is pretty much a pipe dream since they have no idea where to look. Hopefully they are still taking input from Bilrer or Klein who can act as their eyes on Leon. If Ozma never grows up into and adult, then at least he has Cathy to be the adult for him, forever if need be.
Kabitzin just make banner for Ram, she likes snails, those are almost like slugs…
Not much on the Ranka front, but I do hope Ozma learns the truth about how his Ranka has been acting as of late so he can apologize like a man for spoiling her to the point that she would run off with Brera. Given how disingenuous Grace was about Brera leaving without her knowledge I highly suspect that given how Grace also found the Vajra homeworld that Brera is not acting entirely on his own. I bet Grace was the one who manipulated Ranka into leaving or at the very least bugged Brera and was able to see what he sees. Grace is just awesome, I hope this will be one of Kikuko Inoue’s most memorable roles for years to come. It’s hard to believe that the voice of Belldandy is the same one as the super evil Grace. Ms. Kikuko Inoue, you ma’am are awesome.
I am glad it hurts, traitor…maybe Brera will make it all better.
Sheryl has over awed me once again, she sang for charity and was content with that. Unlike Minmei who took food and money to support her Kaifun, Sheryl did the exact opposite. This is why I have taken a liking to Sheryl she has improved and has done everything right where Minmei fucked up. While Kurogane would have us all believe that Sheryl sings only for Alto this is false since Sheryl thought about the grieving people of Frontier before she thought of Alto-hime. Ranka sings for Alto, Sheryl sings for the poor citizens of Frontier in their darkest moment. Like I stated before I admire Sheryl’s resolve to put the people of Frontier before her own life. This is the exact opposite of the Sheryl we met in episode 1 where she cared only about Sheryl Nome. She wanted to tough it out herself and spare Alto-hime and every one else the ordeal of having to watch her waste away. Sheryl has every right to be scared at time when she has fully accepted the duties and consequences of being Ranka’s replacement for the fleet. I am glad Sheryl did not ask Alto-hime to stay with her because she was lonely she only asked for the courage to see things through to the very end. I am also glad that Elmo, Monica, Ram, and Mina also like her new songs. The scared little girl who Grace found on Galaxy has grown into a fine woman. Sheryl as she is now is the anti-thesis of Minmei, I just hope Alto-hime not only sees that but loves her all the more for it.
Poor Elmo can’t get a break from MIB for the last two clients…
I think that Alto-hime has made a decision, its by no means definitive, but given how in the post Canvas 2 world is Alto-hime might pull off a jerk move by leading Sheryl on only to get with Ranka in the end. I hope it won’t come to that since at this late in the game I want these plot threads resolved sooner and don’t want more love triangle stuff mucking things up or slowing things down since the action has really heated up now. Regardless of whether or not Sheryl and Alto-hime got intimate with one another is pretty much moot. All we know is that while hime was in there with Sheryl giving her “courage” it must have gotten really hot in there. Hot enough at least to take off his jacket… In any case I think it was as good as an answer as we are going to get from Alto-hime. Hime has decided to be with Sheryl and give her the courage to see things through. The tragic part is that other than that there isn’t much else hime can do for her. The parallel with his mother Miyo-sama is important because when Miyo-sama died Alto-hime probably had no idea that she was on the verge of death; hime’s life was forever altered by that tragedy and now the imminent loss of Sheryl will be a severe blow to Alto-hime. I don’t think that Alto wiped away Sheryl’s tears and hugged her out of a sense of pity, I think he did it because he cared that much for Sheryl. For most of the series hime has been really tolerant of Sheryl’s antics and teasing, when Sheryl was kicking herself Alto-hime wanted to revitalize her spirits, and now that hime knows that she isn’t going to live into old age hime showed the most emotion he ever has for the entire series.
Klein you should just adopt yourself into Alto-hime’s family that way you can help all of them sort their problems.
Alto-hime probably never did say good bye to his mother who kept things hidden from hime. Now that he knows that Sheryl is slowly wasting away I think Alto-hime is doing what he would have done for his mother. Alto doesn’t want Sheryl to die, her songs and the public be damned if they don’t get their idol, and that I think is the real indicator of how much Alto-hime cares. It was not the most perfect “I’ll be with you until the end” thing ever but it was for the most part genuine in the sense that there was something between them when they showed each other how vulnerable they really were for the first time. There was no pretension of strength or façade of nonchalance it was two people who confessed their fears and uncertainties to one another. Sheryl was afraid and lonely, and Alto did not want Sheryl to die. In his heart I think that hime has come to a decision. If Alto wanted to find Ranka then the opportunity to run off after her came and went with Quarter. It’s much more telling how Alto-hime did perceive Ranka’s flight with Brera as nothing less than a betrayal. Alto and Luca are out to kill Vajra and they seemed quite willing to bring Ranka back in chains if they had to so Nanase would never know how Ranka had betrayed them all for the bugs. Hime chose to stay behind because he wanted to honor his promise to Sheryl to be with her until the very end. Hime wasn’t screaming because Ozma was right, but probably because he wasn’t protecting much of anything by flying any more. Brera was better able to protect Ranka, Ozma was able to protect Cathy, Mikhail was able to protect Klein, but Alto cannot protect Sheryl no matter how many times he sorties. All three of them Ozma, Brera, and Mikhail were flying to protect the person they loved. Alto can’t even do that, so how much of a man is he when the person he cares about is dying and hime can’t do more than give Sheryl the courage to sing and die?
Your new life starts today Klein-sama.
Hopefully this is the end for the love triangle. Things can only move forward and go up I hope the ride Kawamori and his team have prepared for us is going to be full of win and awesome. Now I want to see Grace vs. Brera, Grace vs. Ozma, and Grace vs. Alto-hime, any of those will do Mr. Kawamori I just want to see Grace fly her VF-27 gracefully until the end. Here’s hoping Quarter has a sound plan and that Grace will have revenge on Leon. It would be funny of Grace assassinates Leon making the whole pirates on Quarter plan moot with Ozma looking like an idiot… In fact Mr. Kawamori and crew I give you free license to make that happen because Grace is just that awesome I don’t want credit I don’t want anything just do that and I will fork over money for your Bluray release in NA in what ever collector’s/limited edition thingie you plan on dropping here.
That she’s all Nanase’s would be a start.
Should have made Ranka Judas…
Not to mention run off with Brera…
Hime’s first reaction to Ranka.
I like simple.
In short kill Ai-kun.
That’s like joining the US Navy to study nuclear engineering…
Like every other college student.
Yeah and we all know who to thank for that…
Hey look there’s Capt. Wilder!
Well that peaked her interest.
Great job Elmo!
Sheryl’s in love, and got rid of Grace.
So say we all.
Can we change the “one of us dies part”?
I want to see AltoxSheryl because that would make Klein happy, and she deserves to be happy more than any one.
Leon tried to, trust me Cathy only an idiot would try and call of a marriage with you.
Cathy is so lucky ot have a sister like Bobby.
Except the ones involving Grace.
So did Bilrer tip them off? I hope so, given how duplicitous Leon is…
Let’s hope its not a spur of the moment thing.
Better than nothing, right?
Only you’ll be doing it for the Fleet.
We will be counting on you Sheryl to make sure this does not happen again.
Some day Sheryl this will be your home for good.
This how adults make decision we think about them before we do something stupid.
Good now all you have to decide is if the 4th Squadron is really in league with Leon or if they are just a bunch of rookies who follow around Sakura-hime…
Alto felt otherwise…
Never give in, never give up!
You have more than that I assure you…
Alto-hime leads the way!
…
She has but she wants to do more for volk and fatherland.
Beacsue Sheryl doesn’t want Alto to care out of pity.
You Sheryl Nome, and you will do great things.
A genuine laugh is so much better.
Well that was a 180… guess living a bit longer means that much to ya, hime?
Miyo-sama will protect you both…
Because you certainly can’t have kids…
Noe finds these tears of Sheryl to be True Tears.
Noe also wants to see hime cry True Tears.
Everyone who is that close to death is.
Not any more…
You better uphold that oath Atlo-hime.
Really to go after Ranka after making this oath would make you the biggest prick in the history of Macross.
It’s Sakura-hime and she loves you.
Alto-hime you better be there to wipe away her tears until her untimely death. For Men do not mak such oaths lightly.
Yes… courage.
Hime will, at least he better.
Oh just you two?
Oh there’s more…
That’s it?
Leon should have sent more…
Mina wink is okay…
Oh yes “ready for marriage” Monica is moe.
Okay kids play nice okay?
Cathy has such wonderful imoutos.
Klein stayed for her imoutos Alto-hime and Sheryl, along with that idiot Luca.
Klein respects what you are doing Ozma so don’t be a prick about it. Also make it fast.
Alto stayed for Sheryl, not that hime could do much for her…
Yes she did alright…
She chose to elope with Brera…good going Ozma.
Final destination Protoculture homeworld?
Leon should have sent more men…
Grace’s new ride.
I for one welcome our Cylon Grace Overlords.
Aww…such a shame Ranka made me dislike her som much later in life…
I know…how about kill Brera? Now that is a resolution!
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@Luke
Well it is the first time we had a lead like Alto-hime…
@LurkerJay
No Ozma has earned hime’s ire…
@d3v
That image of Sheryl cosplay as Basara must happen, indeed Sheryl will be wearing that for the final act on Battle Frontier.
“I for one welcome our Cylon Grace Overlords.”
All Hail Grace!!!
@Crusader:
actually, for sheer theatrical showmanship, why not Bobby? he has his GAR moments, ja? and a character like him can do with more airtime!
… Is it just me, or everyone here seems to have greater imagination than Kawamori regarding the ending? ^^;
Either way… *prays for Luke’s Scenario (even JUST PARTIALLY)and Basara cosplay Sheryl to happen* (Hell, they could do “Fufonfia” version of the ending, or maybe just DYRL Frontier version of Gender Bender.)
Alto’s Sakura-hime bunsho would, indeed, have greater effect on vajras than the happy-go-lucky Anata no Oto. Oh and also Sheryl. But I must crosses finger on Sheryl dies of “moe-ness” part. “Beautiful-ness” and “submissive-ness” would do better. And we do have seen the anime portrays hime-sama as the best girl physically.
… Minus the “hopes and dreams”.
@LurkerJay
But Bobby-okaasama is part of the Oh!-Oh!-Ozma club and not the Ai-Ai-Alto-hime.
Well, before she was a traitor of the humans, Ranka was a traitor for the Vajra.I guess you can’t make everybody happy.It’s the Vajra’s turn now to have some Ranka love.
“So say we all!”
Speaking of BSG, the wait is making me twitchy.
Found Yousei full LEAK:
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm4581634
TT_TT I don’t know which is more emotional, Azure Ether or Yousei now…
@EvilDevil
Grace is as terrible as the dawn as treacherous as the sea. All will love her and despair.
@Nakki
No Kawamori is by far more imaginative, we are merely asking for our scenarios, I am sure Kawamori will make it much better…
Sakura-hime is at least more awe inspiring than another rendition of Seikan Hikou and Northern Cross. The only other alternative is Lion. It would be a shame if we never see Alto-hime as an oyama even once in the series.
@d3v
Bobby has earned the right to be part of many camps…
@ZeusIrae
Assuming Grace doesn’t get to Ranka first…
But Bobby still wont beat up Basara cosplay Sheryl… Unless he comes in as Basara cosplay Bobby.
Yeah but can Bobby sing?
Somewhere in the net… I hear Ninjin song… In *cough*”passionate”*cough* voice… I wonder…?
Perhaps there may be Bobby’s version of “Ai Oboete Imasuka?” in the future?
Preview images for this weeks ep. are up at the official site.
http://www.macrossf.com/image/story/story_pic_23_01.jpg
http://www.macrossf.com/image/story/story_pic_23_02.jpg
http://www.macrossf.com/image/story/story_pic_23_03.jpg
Hmm, a intoxicated Sheryl is fine too.
@Nakki
Actually, I believe we can find Bobby singing the My Boyfriend is a Pilot and Triangler in addition to the Ninjin song on the net.
@Nakki
Okay now we need to hold auditions for the last concert on Battle Frontier.
@d3v
Well Sheryl seems awfully happy about something, and it also seems as if Leon and Bilrer are about to duke it out for posession of Alto-hime…
@Crusader
The way you word it (possession of Alto-hime) sounds almost dirty, then again, you can’t blame them for being as broken as record in the middle of a hurricane.
Also, since the Quarter and crew have gone pirate, does this mean that Leon will send Ninjas against them?
@d3v
Leon will be sending in ninja infiltration teams, but as to their future success…
They both saw Sakura-hime Azuma Bunsho, it’s just that since Leon became pres he thinks that he can snatch Bilrer’s protege like that. Foolish Leon Bilrer is still capable of Zentradi battle rage.
@d3v
o_O
Wait a minute, I knew he sing “Watashi no Kare wa Pilot”, but… Triangler? JOY!
@Crusader
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/912/hime4kn2.jpg
I imagine this would be the Young Sakura-Hime?
@Nakki
My mistake, there’s no Bobby Triangler (there is however Bobby doing Nyan-nyan).
Anyway, to make up for the mistake, here are a few scans from the latest Newtype I believe.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h4/the_d3v/VF171EX.jpg
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h4/the_d3v/MinmayRanka.jpg
The second one kinda makes me wish Haruhiko Mikimoto illustrated the cast of Frontier.
Finally as much as I like how cute Alto-hime looks in that pic you posted, I believe that most of us are broken enough as it is.
@d3v
Aww… So no Bobby Triangler… I was hoping he would change the lyric into more… “awesome” to say at the least ^^’ But then again, Ninjin and Nyan-nyan sung by Bobby has scarred me to the core, so I would have die by combustion if Bobby ever sing “Diamond Crevasse” or “Ai Oboete Imasuka?”.
I’ve got my hand on the latest Newtype, but thanks for sharing them
As much as I like seeing cool mechas like VF-25 and VF-171X, I would have to refrain from commenting them as technology confuses me a great deal ^^;
Haruhiko-sensei is one of my all-time favourite illustrators. I believe his water-colour technique is on par with Hayao Miyazaki, be it the soft stroke or the gradiation technique. It’s a little disappointing, really, for him not to be able to participate in Frontier Project, but we must give a chance to the newbies, ne? And… You know, I have to wonder how Minmei in that scan is mistaken as Alto by some people… *snigger* I mean.. *points at Minmei’s middle area* and they still said “Alto pass as a drag queen”.
Hehe, we need to be broken more, so that Kawamori may hear our wish of getting Sakura-Hime one last performance^^ Anything for it.
I love Battle Frontier! if anyone has more pictures please send them this way!!
@Nakki
It must have been hime, I am sure of it.
Alto-hime is still prettier than most girls for two seasons running.
@d3v
I just saw the raw and Alto-hime got his own vic with complete with a Kakizaki!
Ranka kind of looks well like a cheap floozy. I guess Ranka isn’t built to be sexy.
We must celebrate our brokenness and pray for Sakura-hime to save the day.
@Luke
I am sure Kawamori will deliver on some hawt Battle Frontier action.
Well, it looks like I was right about Alto not feeling like rescuing Ranka – not when he talked about killing her instead, especially if she was with the Vajra (which, given that she’s now linked to the Vajra network, could be technically seen as ‘on their side’). This seems to settle the question of whether Alto sees Ranka as a traitor or not – he does, and enough to want her dead.
You know, Klein’s been on like four or five ‘dates’ with Alto, compared to Sheryl’s two and Ranka’s zero. If this was a dating sim, Klein would be ahead on ‘love’ points.
PS: Grace is in her business suit in cyberspace because that’s her avatar – she’s probably wearing her pilot suit ‘outside’.
Here’s a pic from ep. 23 showing us some hawt Meltran goodness.
http://img58.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ne01zt5.jpg
Personally, I’m waiting for proper subs since just about every fan who translates in the forums seems to be overly biased one way or another.
Indeed Alto-hime loves her so much that he will fire off a fold bomb to kill her out of his love. Still I am thinking that in choosing volk and fatherland that by extension means both Klan and Sheryl. Good to see that hime grew up and decided that volk an fatherland came before the lives of traitors such as Ranka. I applaud hime for deciding the since Ozma wants to be a man that hime had to be the adult along with Sheryl. Still it was awfully sweet to see Sheryl and Alto-hime playing hose. Too bad Ranka is going to wreck their home.
Ranka needs rescuing again after Ai-kun made off with her. Grace taisa was just awesome though, she made clear who was boss. Since Ranshe was a wet blanket I hope Ranka inherited some spine and courage from her father, because Grace will be taking off the gloves and there will be hell to pay.
@d3v
Oh those lovely meltrans so as that they will be single for a while.
I am sure we’ll get a clearer picture, but for now hime and Sheryl playing house was pretty adorable. Alto-hime is willing to kill Ranka so that will not change.
It’s funny that when Alto said he would kill Ranka, Alto/Ranka fans overjoyed at the words “love” only. The scene was meant to be ambiguous by all means. WTH, kill because love and “YEI!! ALTOXRANKA END!!”? I really don’t understand what happens in shippers mind.
Anyway, anyone got major DYRL vibes in ep 23? Why, oh why, Kawamori, you like to play with our feelings, by giving that dinner scene?!
Bah, Brera is the actual Ranka’s brother… Crusader, I plead you shalt change your elopment theory to something else, since it would be incest to look at it that way…
Also.. We need more Meltrans in Frontier!
@Haesselich
Try another analogy than dating sims games, since I played that kind of game and the guy that I date the most does not give me love confession at the end ^^;
@Nakki
Clearly they want to see Ranka fold bombed to get their ending.
Ranka found out just mere minutes before the ED she eloped with Brera-san who turned out to be Brera-nii. Just beacuse she realized that it was wrong does not change the fact that she did it. Personally I am hoping for and Ai-kunxRanka end. That little bug is sneaky he just snatched Ranka from right under Brera’s nose.
whoa… the return of the Other Meltran! the poor girl never gets enough screen-time, it almost made me feel like Pixie Squadron was put in for transient eye-candy and forgotten in favour of the awesomeness that is Double-K sama. *eagerly awaits subs*
Lurker: That’s Nene, the one who was hiding behind Chibi-Klein and nuzzling her hair while Mikhail beat Alto like a little girl.
Crusader: It looks like Alto’s promised to kill Ranka to protect his people, even though he’d joined SMS initially to protect her because he felt responsible for her since he saved her in Ep 1. I guess we know how he feels about her now – protectiveness doesn’t mean a relationship automatically, nor does it mean love unless you’re a stalker. If he’s talking about killing her without even trying to rescue her, the chances of a relationship are practically in the negative numbers.
It’s starting to look like Alto’s going to get his Normal End: “Goodbye Girl” instead of a Ranka “My Boyfriend’s A Pilot” or Sheryl “Do You Remember Love” ends.
@LurkerJay
Nene is back and she’s ready to kill some bugs.
@Haesslich
I see this development as being similar to that of Hikaru his priorities changed when he became and adult and so has Alto-hime. I cannot wait to see the next ep its going to be chock full of Valkyrie action. Hopefully Grace will take on a few fighters as well, personally I want her to tear Ozma a new one.
Since I will kill you isn’t the best way to declare one’s love for every one else beside Heero, I don;t think that lumping Ranka along with his bug enemies is some how indicative of love. You are right there is not talk of rescue no pretension of finding a third option, Ranka will die if she dares threaten the fleet.
I still hold out hope for Sheryl to be with Alto-hime since it would be such a waste since they have been developing it for so long. Watching them play house was sweet and nostalgic bringing back memories of Misa’s live in with Hikaru before that home wrecker Minmei showed up. I don’t think Alto-hime was staying with Sheryl out of obligation, but out of genuine concern. Hime was not willing to lose Sheryl then and he will protect Sheryl and every one on Frontier, Ranka be damned.
Ranka may have lost her chance at love long ago when she dithered, dallied, and broke, Sheryl still has a shot. Macross 7 was the odd ball in the franchise, and since Zero had a end pairing we might see it again. Still the old romantic in me still would like to see Sheryl and Alto-hime be together since they suit one another.
Ranka looks to be the perpetual damsel in distress and if Ranshe is any indication Ranka will grow up to be a wet blanket. Now for some reason I want to see an OVA special of Grace bullying Ranshe, it could be epic like Haruhi-sama and Mikuru, and it would make science fun again.
@Nakki
Yeah, it’s almost as if Kawamori is doing an extended “room scene” from DYRL with episode 23.
@Crusader
And they will say : “How tragic is it, for the one who he truly loves must die at his hand… DRAMA MACROSS!! EPIC END CONFIRMED!!” Sheesh, this is getting ridiculous. As much as I hate Ranka, she has only few deathflags, so I will not count her out even until the end.
As much as Ai-kunxRanka end seems plausible, I was rooting RankaxBrera from the deep shadow of my heart
The thing is because he was suspected to be his brother that I don’t actually fully consider that. Too bad this episode shot down any possibilities of RankaxBrera (I see some pro RankaxBrera cried for the lack of romantic pair fanart of them in the future).
@Haesselich
I guess we know how he feels about her now – protectiveness doesn’t mean a relationship automatically, nor does it mean love unless you’re a stalker. If he’s talking about killing her without even trying to rescue her, the chances of a relationship are practically in the negative numbers.
Try to tell that to the Ranka those slaves in RC, if they even reconsider protect =/= love, then pigs would fly. I really don’t like shippers who can’t even get even the most basic misconception be it Sheryl’s nor Ranka’s.
@d3v
And there are more homage from SDF… The playing house from Hikaru/Misa… Kakizaki… and Hikaru’s nod?
I found it kinda interesting that Alto was channeling Max back there quite a bit^^
@d3v
I hope Kawamori isn’t toying with us…we were kind of asking for it with the pineapple salad but not playing house.
@Nakki
I hope Kawamori does a Ranka Ai-kun end just to troll. Still the only EPIC END is if Alto-hime gives one last performance of Sakura-hime Azuma Bunsho to end the war while fold bombing Ranka from Battle Frontier.
@Crusader
Still the only EPIC END is if Alto-hime gives one last performance of Sakura-hime Azuma Bunsho to end the war while fold bombing Ranka from Battle Frontier.
Well said, especially the Sakura-Hime Azuma Bunshou end *still hoping for performance with all of my heart*. And like I said, Kawamori would not give Ranka death flag (AS MUCH AS I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT) since he is “Love and Peace” person, we know how Zentraedi and Protodevlin end don’t we? I get the feeling he would do the same with Ranka and vajras now…
On some another note, try to tone down the anger at Ranka on Episode 23 a bit (even if I do understand where it comes from). I missed your entertaining “Macross weekly Blog” which is full of the sarcastic yet funny comments with interesting takes on Macross scenes! Love your Blog as always
(Twiddles thumbs in waiting your blogging and theories)
Tch… Before I got flamed, I need to make an amendment to one of my post…
Kakizaki… and Hikaru’s nod?
How in the heck did I mix up Hikaru’s chat with CF squad and Kakizaki’s nod curse to the reverse? Geh, sorry for the double post Crusader… *plops down to bed*
I would love to see a spinoff being done for the SMS’ adventures as space pirates ala Vandread!
@Nakki
Other than the obligatory fold bomb joke…fine.
Well at least with the two new underlings that Alto-hime has just got if they survive perhaps its time to get Mina and Ram to start dating, Monica can;t be the only one with a significant other.
@Shin
After I get my Science with Grace and Ranshe spinoff where Grace bullies Ranshe.
I enjoyed 23, because its nice to see Hime speak with such conviction about something.
Not hawt Meltran but definitely cute, I can’t wait to see the finished version –> http://www.moeyo.com/2008/07/post_5583.html
http://www.hlj.com/product/MEG71167
I think this is the finished version you’re talking about?