dreamweaver13

wow, i can actually feel the pain and hurt coming out of your post. if only nanase knew how much you deeply care for her........ she'll still go with Ranka, of course, without giving you a second thought. but i'm sure you already knew that about her, didn't you?

yeah, forgot to mention that. absolutely wicked!! got a macross plus feel when all the defense sattelites woke up when isamu was nearing earth. and cue everyone falling to the floor.

omg. basara is the root of all humanity. gee, when he finally got that mountain to move, BOY DID IT MOVE!

i'm more inclined to imagine grace spreading oil all over her body (specially that parts she loves to squeeze), but that's just me.

yeah! and we'll finally get to see just what the protoculture's version of "anima spiritia" looks like! (i have a sudden spine-tingling feeling that it was also Basara that time.)

wow. me likee! Macross and zombie movies, my two favorite things in one package!! best.idea.ever.

actually, if sheryl had self-doubt about alto's feelings for her, it's all the better coz i can see how it ends from an alto-sheryl perspective: Ranka runs out the door, and alto starts to follow but pauses for dramatic effect. Sheryl: go ahead, alto. you're finally reunited with Ranka. Follow her. i know i'm dying, I don't need your sympathy. Alto: you're wrong! after i cooked you dinner and carried you to bed (by the way, you're getting heavy, you know that?), and then i saw ranka's picture in nanase's hospital room... i knew. the one who i want to stay by my side forever is.... oh you know the drill.

Too bad the "read ender much shoji?" thread is already far gone. would have loved to add this. the similarities are uncanny. if the interpretations i read in this thread are right... MF: vajra created the fold neural network and the Grace AIs hijacked this network and used its for its own. EG: bugs were the first to use the philotic network, humans used it to develop the ansible, and the ansible network became conscious and became Jane, an AI who lived inside the network. and hey, the DE could still be as bad-a$s as the MD. it did take a big chunk out of galia IV. granted, it doesn't work with a "mass" multiplier, but the DE is close enough, i guess.

I don't know if it was intended, but the alto-sheryl scene did remind me of hikaru-minmay. In fact, when they focused on the single candle, i half-expected them to lean towards each other over that candle and whisper, "merry christmas". but i dare say the squad-chatting was a deliberate nod. it's like saying "Ha! thought you weren't gonna see alto lead a goofy team, huh? gotcha again!" and HEY, no more talk of pineaplle salad when sheryl's involved! that just makes me so saaaad.

Oh man, that's a fantastic way of saying it! so right...

2 episodes left until we know for sure, so i'll just quit speculating at this point and wait. but for what it's worth, i'd like it (so much) to be Sheryl.

Ok then, how about this: one of the colonization fleets has been traveling so long that its citizens are already in despair. Therefore, the government had no choice but to mindwipe and brainwash every citizen to make them believe that they're on earth all the time, so that they won't complain so much, and as a finishing touch, they add a minmei look-alike virtual idol to entertain everyone, and then.... wait, what? .... oh. never mind.

If brera bites it in the next episode, what did he eat?? motor oil?

I LOVE MY MACROSS!! - did they really have to wait for the 3rd to the last episode for the Hikaru-Max-Kakizaki nod? haha. man, the way they were chatting with each other while on duty was hilarious ("sh-she-sheryl-saaannn"). i'm nostalgic all of a sudden. - oh sheryl is so moe when drunk. that part where she holds out her arms to alto, asking to be carried, is priceless. - waitaminute, with the little japanese i caught in the final conversation, i don't think there was anything definite. in fact, it was all vague to me. touching scene, but vague nonetheless. the only thing that's definite is that alto will kill ranka if she's a threat to frontier. i'll stop at that for now. We'll all figure it out (hopefully) with the next 2 episodes. and of course, i'll withhold further comment until i watch a sub version. - leave it to macross to give me an emotional roller coaster all throughout this episode. laughter (vermillion team lives again!), moe (sheryl's drunk! tee hee), suspense (frack, brera's gonna die, and it's all ranka's fault! and why are those vajra attacking?!), revelation (oh i just know there are PLENTY revalations in this episode, i just didn't catch them all yet with the RAW), drama (alto, you're gonna kill ranka?? wow. harsh.) and finally, anticipation (all-out war!!!). - wolfx, did i get you right? Grace's AI's is inside and all around the fold network? hehe, there you have it, it's Jane and the philotic network! - oh man, this is shaping up to be a spectacular last 2 episodes. and the pacing is perfect so far, i'm quite confident it can be wrapped up properly by ep25. oh can't wait for the subs. this one's dialogue heavy, and i need those subs to fully understand just what the frack is going on.

whispo, could you make me a short gif (avatar size, if possible) of (ep 23)? haha, it was really cute. pretty please?

agreed! it will be good to see her in a light-hearted mood again, circa Star Date (and look she's even wearing the same outfit!).

the Scientologists may be on to something...

i just LOVE your new avatar! Ranka: come here and get ya dose of chainsaw, Sheryl 'shippers!!!

short version works for me. thanks all.

wine and dinner. looks like a date to me. and someone seems to be drinking up some "liquid courage". hehe. btw, whose house is this? looks like the one ranka stayed in when she was recruited by the government. EDIT: oops, no dinner. just wine. that alcohol will hit you hard sheryl.

just read the wikipedia entry on Shin Kudo, and whoever wrote it said: "In Macross Frontier, a movie is shot, based on the auto-biography of Shin, suggesting that he returned to earth." Did MacF ep 10 actually say that it was an "auto-biography"? what i remember is that it was based on the events in the life of shin kudo, but never mentioned who the source of the information is.

violent reactions and finger pointing. tsk, tsk. just HOW MANY times did you do it, huh? Don't worry, i'm sure you were just calling to her and trying to wake her up.

How about "Chronotrigger"? some studio should give it a shot.

wow, a skull one marking on my car would be nice. i'd also go for an Ozma skull on the roof of my car.

hehe. well, leonard nimoy eventually accepted his role in pop culture. hopefully, Mari Ijama will come around and get there one day. At least Mari Ijima didn't sing a hobbit song, so i'm hoping she'll come around sooner.