Meet the vile traitors of the series, thank goodness none of them are bishie.
So with a little down time due to lack of training M1151s that the Army was willing to let us use I decided to start retroblogging Armored Trooper Votoms after having seen Roots of Ambition and Pailsen Files. I hope to blog it in chronological order instead of order of release just to see how it pans out as a whole. With the end of the 100 Year War at hand and the huge expenditure of men and machines at the end of Pailsen Files the war comes to a negotiated end, but there seems to be a few malcontents who are keen on making it big with peace on the horizon. The stealing of gold I could understand but I wonder what was special about that bald lady, though I have been spoiled as to what Chirico is I am sure that what Bald Lady is will provide enough of a mystery. So far it seems the thieves are the being set up to be the primary antagonists with Captian Rochina playing a sort of Javert in his pursuit of Chirico. So far with Rochina he seems to pursuing the Bald Lady and the thieves through Chirico rather than simply wanting to beat the information out of him. I have to give Rochina credit for rebounding from his grand fuck up of letting Chirico escape right off the bat. I wonder how long Rochina is going to play guardian angel for Chirico, but I suppose that for now Chirico has a very efficient protector during his stay in Uoodo.
Speaking of Uoodo It is pretty much hell on earth as IKnight had described I am sure ExecutiveOtaku would have delighted in seeing a post war scenario where domestic issues come to a head when the crooks and crooked cops have to deal with the fact that it is harder to hide their crimes when the war is over. Uoodo has acid rain, biker gangs, street vendors who sell interesting sources of protien, and cops who are all in on the cut from the biker gangs. I like how that its very 1980s in that bikers are the cancer that is killing society, it reminds me of GI Joe when Zartan was rolling with a biker gang, but I digress. So far Chirico shows how much of an unnatural survivor he is by wiping out a platoon of guards, though to be fair many of them were caught completely by surprise and Chirico is a Red Shoulder after all… So far the action is plenty good and I like how Chirico is not completely useless out side of his Scopedog but at the same time is only killing off 2-3 guys at a time at most and not whole platoons like these newfangled mecha pilots. I did have a laugh or two when the Boone Family showed up, man they were some hurt ass fat mother fuckers and I could not help but cheer when Chirico turned them into a bloody mess. Despite Chirico being super human I like how he does come close to death but is saved from it by Rochina and his sniper teams. I hope that they continue to show that while Chirico is super human that he is still a mere mortal and needs someone to save his ass from time to time. Also his Unnatural Survivor ability doesn’t tangibly help him in combat, it just makes him insanely lucky like Patrick Colasour though piloting skills and personalities differ greatly. I wonder if the head of the Boone Family was a nod to LOGH since those robes reminded me of the Terraism Cult. All in all I am pretty pumped to be continuing to watch this show, it might not be as pretty and grand as Pailsen Files right now, but I like the post war scenario they have built up here. If nothing else it sure beats “everything ends at peace” theme that is more common these days, hopefully they will make good on showing how the post war period can be just as shitty as the war which preceded it if not worse.
Damn team killers…
Seems Purple Scopedogs lose out to Green Scopedogs, who in turn lose to Green Scopedogs with Red Shoulders…
Chirico smelled something rotten from the start, making him smarter than most of these n00bs who pilot Gundams.
I wonder if Chirico is going to pwn his ass later.
I guess they were keen on getting CASH FOR GOLD.
AHHHHHHH RUN FOR THE HILLS THAT BALD MAN HAS BOSOMS! WHAT HAS SCIENCE DONE?!
Man what a mess.
Chirico only lied because he was too embarrassed to admit he likes bald women.
Best part it was that it was a suppository.
OH SHI- its the Earth Cult from LOGH…
LOL putting your money where your mouth is, did he have a jijirium grill to go with that?
Nothing surpasses the bond between Chirico and his Scopedog.
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YES some Votoms Love! Shame the final chapter which comes out next year is sure to slip under the radar of most bloggers, but I’ll be sure to try and cover it if you don’t.
I watched the first 15-20 or so episodes of VOTOMS and really liked what I saw, though it’s been years and I missed some episodes (damned erratic On Demand content) so my memory is a little fuzzy on all the details. And I think I’d be able to appreciate it even more after having spent a couple years studying conflict/post-conflict stuff. Plus the Red Shoulders were such a sweet idea, bold yet understated, that I adopted it for all my Warmachine mecha miniatures.
Looking forward to you retroblogging it, I’ll definitely follow along and watch it with your posts!
You covering this? Time to re-start my viewing. I put it on hold after 5 eps or so.
Havent seen the OVAs yet, but boy, does the ending sucks major ass in TV series. NOTHING is properly explained, all the inconsistencies are so jarring its…GAH !!! How can people make 50 episodes and not think things through ?!! Even Gundam shows dont have this kind of pure deus ex machina endings.