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What is Trigger's best previous anime
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chiasaur11
Oct 22, 2012



Kyte posted:

A terrible opinion!



Honestly I just don't find 02 interesting. Her character archetype is the overpowered loner that is isolated because of said overpoweredness. And possibly some wacky antics involving dicking around with the people around her because they can't do anything about it. I've seen enough of those.

And wish 16 had asked her why she chose to wreck the other kid. That wasn't cool.

Why would he ask?

In character, he has no reason to think that wasn't just a natural byproduct of riding with everyone's new favorite 0-ni, so there's no question involved. The viewer, meanwhile, already knows it's because the dumbass was poo poo-talking Darling, so again. No new information.

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Diabetes Forecast
Aug 13, 2008

Droopy Only

Cao Ni Ma posted:

i will not be satisfied until someone gets pegged

the worm did, so

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

Never quacked for this

chiasaur11 posted:

Why would he ask?

In character, he has no reason to think that wasn't just a natural byproduct of riding with everyone's new favorite 0-ni, so there's no question involved. The viewer, meanwhile, already knows it's because the dumbass was poo poo-talking Darling, so again. No new information.

I was under the impression he heard their little conversation in the cockpit, since he was in the same room as the adults. Am I misremembering?

LostRook
Jun 7, 2013
So at least two of the kids are gay now what with Ikuno's little thing this episode and Goro's in the last, right?

Hunt11
Jul 24, 2013

Grimey Drawer

Kyte posted:

And wish 16 had asked her why she chose to wreck the other kid. That wasn't cool.

That guy was a complete rear end in a top hat who was talking poo poo so she decided to show him his proper place. Considering what he seemed to be doing with his original partner I could only feel so much sympathy for him.

Ranzear
Jul 25, 2013

LostRook posted:

So at least two of the kids are gay now what with Ikuno's little thing this episode and Goro's in the last, right?

Ikuno I was beginning to suspect, but what was the Goro thing besides being a third wheel?

Hargrimm
Sep 22, 2011

W A R R E N

ZenMasterBullshit posted:

Need a gif of this.




And have an mp4 of the whole attack because I thought it was pretty cool.

https://my.mixtape.moe/bmrlxi.mp4

dat impact frame

AnacondaHL
Feb 15, 2009

I'm the lead trumpet player, playing loud and high is all I know how to do.

puschel posted:



Yes, yes he does.

Understanding posted:

Hey guys, I think this show's about sex.



this show may be about sex

chiasaur11
Oct 22, 2012



AnacondaHL posted:



this show may be about sex

Let's not draw insane conclusions from random screenshots. I mean, next you'll be implying FLCL is about sex on some level.

tsob
Sep 26, 2006

Chalalala~

LostRook posted:

So at least two of the kids are gay now what with Ikuno's little thing this episode and Goro's in the last, right?

I suspect this may be another case of people reading too much in to little things and hoping for a twist that isn't coming. If for no other reason than it involves some plot contrivance to work out. If one pilot were to be gay then they would have no-one to partner with and their old partner would be left with no-one either, so at least two pilots would have to be gay for each other really. And if two pilots are gay for each other, then that means there's two non-gay pilots left over who have no-one to pilot with unless the show introduces two more new secondary characters. Barring that, which isn't likely since the show already has 8 secondary characters which seems like enough to fill out the show beyond tertiary allies and villains, then that would mean that there would need to be two gay boys and two gay girls attracted to each other; or else that two gay people of the same gender would need to be killed in rapid succession while their partners are left alive and come together. It just seems a little complicated for a show that's already laid out that the real power of a FranXX is drawn out when an X and a Y join together. Not when two letters join together. Laying that on thick at the start of the show and then half the FranXX be used by gay couples seems unlikely.

tsob fucked around with this message at 07:19 on Feb 4, 2018

Alpha Kenny Juan
Apr 11, 2007

Hargrimm posted:

dat impact frame



If I could I would make a vinyl decal out of this frame and put it on my macbook.

gimme the GOD DAMN candy
Jul 1, 2007
the gay couples can have non-robot sex

The Modern Sky
Aug 7, 2009


We don't exist in real life, but we're working hard in your delusions!

AnacondaHL posted:

this show may be about sex

c'mon now, it's too soon to tell.

Alpha Kenny Juan posted:

If I could I would make a vinyl decal out of this frame and put it on my macbook.

You just gave me a fun little project idea

Crabtree
Oct 17, 2012

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Dinosaur Gum

gimme the GOD drat candy posted:

the gay couples can have non-robot sex

What if, and let me throw this out there, that some of the robots actually don't care about male and female only pilots and its just some BS from Father/Papa? But sure, go ahead and just have non robot sex, I guess. If you wanna be a non Hyperporn normie or somethin.

tsob
Sep 26, 2006

Chalalala~
Why would the robots have opinions on things given they only exhibit life or personality when someone is piloting them? Why would their opinion over-ride the numbers issues even if they had an opinion? Why would Papa care about the sexuality of the pairings if leaving the robots to choose meant having more units in the field?

pray for my aunt
Feb 13, 2012

14980c8b8a96fd9e279796a61cf82c9c
Papa is Shinzo Abe and the end goal is to reverse the declining birth rates of Japan.

LostRook
Jun 7, 2013

tsob posted:

I suspect this may be another case of people reading too much in to little things and hoping for a twist that isn't coming. If for no other reason than it involves some plot contrivance to work out. If one pilot were to be gay then they would have no-one to partner with and their old partner would be left with no-one either, so at least two pilots would have to be gay for each other really. And if two pilots are gay for each other, then that means there's two non-gay pilots left over who have no-one to pilot with unless the show introduces two more new secondary characters. Barring that, which isn't likely since the show already has 8 secondary characters which seems like enough to fill out the show beyond tertiary allies and villains, then that would mean that there would need to be two gay boys and two gay girls attracted to each other; or else that two gay people of the same gender would need to be killed in rapid succession while their partners are left alive and come together. It just seems a little complicated for a show that's already laid out that the real power of a FranXX is drawn out when an X and a Y join together. Not when two letters join together. Laying that on thick at the start of the show and then half the FranXX be used by gay couples seems unlikely.

That's a lot of weird fanfiction you just wrote.

Ikuno is pretty obviously into Ichigo what with the shoulder touch and all. Goro is less explicit, but the way the naming scene is laid out seems to be hinting at something.

Angry Grimace
Jul 29, 2010

ACTUALLY IT IS VERY GOOD THAT THE SHOW IS BAD AND ANYONE WHO DOESN'T REALIZE WHY THAT'S GOOD IS AN IDIOT. JUST ENJOY THE BAD SHOW INSTEAD OF THINKING.

Crabtree posted:

What if, and let me throw this out there, that some of the robots actually don't care about male and female only pilots and its just some BS from Father/Papa? But sure, go ahead and just have non robot sex, I guess. If you wanna be a non Hyperporn normie or somethin.

I think you’re giving his show too much credit.

The Modern Sky
Aug 7, 2009


We don't exist in real life, but we're working hard in your delusions!

Alpha Kenny Juan posted:

If I could I would make a vinyl decal out of this frame and put it on my macbook.



I spent far too long on this.

sincx
Jul 13, 2012

furiously masturbating to anime titties
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0w5x1PdSds

Looks familiar

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Helter Skelter
Feb 10, 2004

BEARD OF HAVOC

Speaking of names, I'm gonna make the easy prediction now that Hiro just calls her Honey.

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

It's getting figures and robutt model kits

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Droyer
Oct 9, 2012

El Burbo posted:

It's getting figures and robutt model kits



None of those are model kit brands. Do not deceive me Burbo.

Zark the Damned
Mar 9, 2013

No idea why the shadowy council are being so dickish about Hiro being a perfect match for 02, you'd think they wanted a stamen for her who wouldn't burn out after their 3rd ejaculation.

Interesting that they mentioned 'the nines' who I'm assuming are some kind of elite unit who all have the 09 designation, which further reinforces the idea of the number not being serial numbers but some sort of measurement of power level and there could well be multiple people with the same number.

I'm liking the show so far and glad they resolved Hiro and 02 without letting it drag on for too long, even if she has the cliche trope of falling for the first guy who treats her as a normal person and not the freaky monster she is.

Erg posted:

the fight was bad (like why did ichigo go from pinning down the middle of the monster to immediately almost getting eaten???) but i liked the scene where they destroy the worm so w/e i guess

Ichigo has 2 spears, she left one of them pinning down the middle of the worm so she could force the jaws open with the other.

Erg posted:

i'm including the probably 10 minutes of talking and getting the robot hiro and 02 had to do between when the kids were first in danger of being eaten and getting saved. the klaxosaur spent that whole time drooling on them i guess???

Talking is a free action. Also for dramatic pacing reasons it isn't very interesting to show the other robots freeing themselves from the spiky things.

My main bugbear with the episode is Hiro's piloting suit already having the red stripe indicating he's the stamen for Strelizia. His stripe should still be white as per episodes 1 (when he's failing the test with Naomi) & 2 (when he's jacking off in the fleshlight bot).

Grouchio
Aug 31, 2014

Zark the Damned posted:

His stripe should still be white as per episodes 1 (when he's failing the test with Naomi) & 2 (when he's jacking off in the fleshlight bot).
PHRASING

Kanos
Sep 6, 2006

was there a time when speedwagon didn't get trolled

Zark the Damned posted:

No idea why the shadowy council are being so dickish about Hiro being a perfect match for 02, you'd think they wanted a stamen for her who wouldn't burn out after their 3rd ejaculation.

I would assume that Strelizia is a pretty pivotal part of their war planning and that they're more willing to burn out an infinite amount of confirmed, qualified pilots on 02 than they are willing to potentially risk Strelizia being damaged or destroyed by putting an untested pilot who can't seem to function in any other franxxes in the seat. You could go "well why don't they just test Hiro out with her" but there seems to be a time sensitivity thing preventing that since the Masked Council of Doom were talking about needing Strelizia back on the "front lines" ASAP.

Zark the Damned
Mar 9, 2013

Kanos posted:

I would assume that Strelizia is a pretty pivotal part of their war planning and that they're more willing to burn out an infinite amount of confirmed, qualified pilots on 02 than they are willing to potentially risk Strelizia being damaged or destroyed by putting an untested pilot who can't seem to function in any other franxxes in the seat. You could go "well why don't they just test Hiro out with her" but there seems to be a time sensitivity thing preventing that since the Masked Council of Doom were talking about needing Strelizia back on the "front lines" ASAP.

I'd buy that if maybe Hiro hadn't already piloted with her in the first episode and showed that he doesn't need to even be conscious to allow 02 to use her full power. They could literally just duct tape him into the chair and let her do everything.

Which reminds me of another thing I thought of. We know the female suits have neural interfaces which connect with the robot, maybe the male suits have similar functions (or possibly even feedback dampeners?) and the reason Hiro was unconscious during his first time piloting was due to the fact he wasn't wearing the suit?

Alternate plot twist: There's actually nothing special about Hiro physically. The reason he doesn't get drained by 02 is simply that she likes him and hates all the other men who've piloted her, so she kills them (either deliberately or subconsciously).

The Modern Sky
Aug 7, 2009


We don't exist in real life, but we're working hard in your delusions!
Or maybe Hiro can pilot with 02 because he already saw her naked?

El Burbo
Oct 10, 2012

Droyer posted:

None of those are model kit brands. Do not deceive me Burbo.

vOv

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013

LostRook posted:

That's a lot of weird fanfiction you just wrote.

Ikuno is pretty obviously into Ichigo what with the shoulder touch and all. Goro is less explicit, but the way the naming scene is laid out seems to be hinting at something.

I don't think Ichigo putting her hand on Ikuno's shoulder means Ikuno's gay for her automatically

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013
Oh yeah,

DisDisDis posted:

Now that we've confirmed there's no pegging I think I can safely drop this

Zark the Damned
Mar 9, 2013

DisDisDis posted:

I don't think Ichigo putting her hand on Ikuno's shoulder means Ikuno's gay for her automatically

:same:

I think she was just reminding herself she needs to take one for the team and play along with her rear end in a top hat of a partner for the sake of the mission.

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013
I will say, I love that 02's taller than Hiro (i don't care if it's just the heels)

Kyte
Nov 19, 2013

Never quacked for this

LostRook posted:

That's a lot of weird fanfiction you just wrote.

Ikuno is pretty obviously into Ichigo what with the shoulder touch and all. Goro is less explicit, but the way the naming scene is laid out seems to be hinting at something.

It could just be something like hero worship. it's pretty clear that 15 and 16 were the group's aces during the backstory and objects of idolization and/or envy for the girls and guys, respectively.

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013
What's the reason the guys are gay and which guys? didnt pick up on it

Crabtree
Oct 17, 2012

ARRRGH! Get that wallet out!
Everybody: Lowtax in a Pickle!
Pickle! Pickle! Pickle! Pickle!

Dinosaur Gum

DisDisDis posted:

What's the reason the guys are gay and which guys? didnt pick up on it

There's a reason people are gay?

Eela6
May 25, 2007
Shredded Hen

DisDisDis posted:

I will say, I love that 02's taller than Hiro (i don't care if it's just the heels)

:yeah: I think they are a very cute couple! I like that Hiro needed to step up and say he wanted to ride with 02, full stop. Just because he's not the dominant partner, doesn't mean he gets to sit back and let her do all the work (IT IS A RELATIONSHIP METAPHOR)

I did read that interaction between the girls as a little gay, fwiw.

Kanos
Sep 6, 2006

was there a time when speedwagon didn't get trolled

Zark the Damned posted:

I'd buy that if maybe Hiro hadn't already piloted with her in the first episode and showed that he doesn't need to even be conscious to allow 02 to use her full power. They could literally just duct tape him into the chair and let her do everything.

Which reminds me of another thing I thought of. We know the female suits have neural interfaces which connect with the robot, maybe the male suits have similar functions (or possibly even feedback dampeners?) and the reason Hiro was unconscious during his first time piloting was due to the fact he wasn't wearing the suit?

Alternate plot twist: There's actually nothing special about Hiro physically. The reason he doesn't get drained by 02 is simply that she likes him and hates all the other men who've piloted her, so she kills them (either deliberately or subconsciously).

He didn't really pilot with her in episode 1; that was the core of his insecurity about himself and Mitsuru being a dickhead to him. He was present in the cockpit while she did the thing but the only one 100% saying that he "piloted" was 02 herself. This matters because the people who make decisions didn't agree with her assertion that he was capable of piloting with her and they have all of the data to make decisions with. They went "oh, that's potentially interesting", but it wasn't until this episode where they went "yeah this changes everything, he can actually pilot with her for real".

That plot twist wouldn't actually surprise me, to be honest. We've been given a lot of examples of how important mental state and well-being are to how the robots function and how the relationship between the two pilots is a huge factor in how they function, given that the two pilots basically perform a mind meld. Since everyone else either treats 02 as a convenient tool/weapon or as some kind of terrifying inhuman freak, the mind meld might not work as intended, whereas Hiro treats her like a person.

DisDisDis
Dec 22, 2013

Crabtree posted:

There's a reason people are gay?

Well fursonally I wanna get railed by leather daddi-sorry sorry I mean what indicates that they're gay?

^^Ikuno looked really unhappy but resigned to what Ichigo was telling her (to ride with the dude even though he tried to ditch her and is an rear end in a top hat)

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Davincie
Jul 7, 2008

have none of you ever had friends of the same gender. you know people can touch each other without it being romantic right

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