dreamweaver13

Awesomest episode ever!!! Oh wait, i already said that. Just some other things i noticed (before subs come along) - giant ranka was already shown far back as the first broadcast episode with the triangler OP. and with the flying valk between her arms to boot. heck, i thought it was meant to be symbolic. how could i have expected it to really happen exactly that way? - it was a nice touch that klan took michael's glasses as a necklace. anyone else think her boobs were just too big this time? she seemed to be channeling Nanase (or as gubaba would say it, poornana) - i love that the Quarter and the SMS, ahem, pirate crew didn't show up this episode. it only means that they'll kick ass come the finale, and that the quarter is the real macross "super mech" for this series. i wonder if bilra is really on leon's side, or if he has an agenda (meaning that he supports Wilder's actions all along) - leon looks evil ugly. he looks like a claymore that's about to turn. creepy. - sheryl is fantastic in this episode. perfect blend of strength and vulnerability. not that i understood more than 50% of what she said. but still. perfect blend. - ranka tied up evoked images of nia in Gurren Lagann. but when she started singin, it was a mix of giant rei, and the minmay attack in Macross II. - sheryl's scream still stays in my mind. man to see alto crash and burn like that. and the way she paused before hoping that it wasn't a fatal shot. wow. subs, oh how i long for you now.

cool! thanks for the summaries.

Why? What were they talking about, actually? I didn't really get the gist of theior conversation, and since you know japanese better, could you give me an idea what it's about?

poornana. cute filename. and again, i feel your pain. so it's all the same. must have been the angle that fooled me. in any case, that's good news. hehe. oh yeah. good catch. So the next episode, we'll see alto free-falling towards the planet in his ex-gear, he'll wake up and realize that he can't go back up anymore as the war rages in space, continue downward until he hears Ranka calling to him telepathically. then he'll find ranka, rescue her, and bring her back to the planet's surface and.... wait a minute... i don't like where this is going...

right now, gubaba is looking at the pictures, realizing that the bandages are growing larger, and shouting, "NO, NO, NO, NO!!!!!!!"

Waitaminute. Shin's cockpit? did i miss something? EDIT: oh wait, you're referring to Mac0, aren't you? for a while there, i thought i missed a shin cameo in MacF.

Probably from the same anime show where Shiki Ikari came from.

gubaba, looking at your avatar, i just noticed something... are nanase's bandages actually getting worse? her face seems to be more covered up than 3 eps ago. since you most likely have all those pics with you, you'd be the best one to compare.

well, i heard there were 10 NyanNyan branches in Galaxy alone, so it could still be true.

Nnooooo!!! Or as Sheryl screamed, "Altoooooooooooo!!!!"

Basara: Am I not moe enough for you?

Star Wars type? Hehe. Well, if you insist... Shery: Alti, all I want is your love. Alto: I won't lose you the way I lost my mother. I am becoming more powerful than any SMS has ever dreamed of, and I'm doing it for you: to protect you. Sheryl: ...I don't believe what I'm hearing... Ozma was right... you've changed! Alto: I don't want to hear any more about Ozma. SMS turned against me; don't you turn against me? Sheryl: [crying] Alti, you're breaking my heart! And you're going down a path I cannot follow! Yikes.

oh, that's a given. she most probably did it before waking up, in all three scenarios.

yeah, I've always thought that brera has some unfair advantages, but that Alto is naturally the better pilot. but to justify that, i would have expected alto to defy those advantages and beat brera at least once. but so far alto's been beaten 3 times, so chances of that are dimming. then again, there's still one episode.

Unconscious, maybe. but she actually got more action than Ranka did the past 4 episodes. nanase got a kiss. ranka? zilch.

1. She'll love Luca back, or 2. "YECH!!! I was kissed by a MAN!! ewwww. gross. why couldn't it have been Alto, at least he LOOKS like a girl!" ah, but there's actually a third possibility: 3: "Well... he does act like a girl..."

Nope never heard of Shiki Ikari. hehe. j/k.

Umm... aren't you the one taking my "kidding around/teasing" a little too seriously?

Then that would make 3! and three's the magic number...

Tsk, tsk, i think Alto will have to go down a notch below Brera after this ep...

So it WAS ok with you?? or were you projecting yourself on Luca?

all the same, pity that it WILL end so soon. just one episode left, folks. and then we'll have a multitude of MWers suffering seizures and other withdrawal symptoms. On another matter, hey Luca snuck a kiss in!! you okay with that?? who does that?? i mean, aside from shinji... but he did far worse, of course.

OK here's my take on ranka singing Ai Oboitemasuka, and some people seeing it as the confirmation of DYRL as the true canon: by 2059 (and also 2049 for that matter), Ai Oboitemasuka is probably the definitive Minmay song for the generation. think Minmay, and they automatically think of Ai Oboitemasuka. It's her trademark, whether or not she was the one who actually wrote and sang it (and don't give me that thing about the megaroad disappearing before she could compose it. we're not even SURE if the megaroad disapparead at all, based on recent discussions). Put simply, think of it as Eva Perone. We hear the name Evita Perone, we automatically think "Don't Cry for me Argentina". Regardless that the real Eva Perone didn't sing the song at all. Ok this is me trying to be calm and rational, and taking a long breath after watching this episode. my next post will probably include, again, numerous postive expletives declaring this episode as the best, and Macross Frontier as the Second Coming. See you Next Deculture.

And that would be the guy from roboblog. yes, very VERY good stuff!!

HOLY FRACK!!!!! ok let me backread first, get my bearings, and... and.... HOLY FRACK!! Ai Oboeteimasu! Humanity getting a does of their own proto-culture medicine! Giant Ranka in space! (feels a wee bit like Macross II, don't it?) Alto getting shot down (Saggitarius 1 is down!!)! Sheryl's primal scream! Photo album for the preview! OMG!! Can't i just hibernate this week and wake up for the finale?! I can't stand this wait!! Ok, just to make sure.... that picture that Cathy was holding.... so Sheryl is REALLY a Nome? Mao's grandchild?? Finally! a confirmation of what we've been speculating all along. or kind of. and what was the gist of alto and sheryl's final conversation? Ok really need to catch my breath and backread first. HOLY FRACK!!