Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2199 Episode 14 Discussion

BRSxIgnition said:
Having not watched the original, I was confused for a bit when I first saw this episode.

BRSxIgnition said:
Am I safe to assume that the things the 'hunter/wolf' was deploying were some kind of smoke that would allow the 'witch' to cause hallucinations' within the crew members? If that is the case, the act of killing and defeating the hallucination must've sent the feedback to the witch and killed her.

27CansOfTuna said:
But what wasnt addressed was how the enemy got on the Yamato?

rodac said:
Looks to me like the ghost has found a human host in Misaki. I wonder what her agenda is. She definitely helped Mori to fend off the psychic attack.

BRSxIgnition said:
They mention the amount of time they have left at the end of each and every episode. Also, they are fighting the 'bad guys' - also known as Gamilans - because the Gamilan's are trying to stop them from healing their planet, which is being terraformed by none-other than the Gamilans.

There's not much you can be missing.

Marzan said:

This episode had some Evangelion like flashbacks and moments (when Kodai answers the phone, his face is shaped like Rei Ayanami's in a similar scene). Wouldn't be surprised if old Gainaxer did this storyboard.

parfaited said:
I did not like this being done here mostly because it feels like it belongs in a completely different series.

amateur said:
You can clearly see its the same director as Rahxephon in this episode,old habits die hard I guess.

parfaited said:
I did not like this being done here mostly because it feels like it belongs in a completely different series.
Top-notch creepy atmosphere but still fucking weird.

RedgraveGilver said:
At first i thought this episode looks heart warming and then the mind fuck comes.

Greenx1 said:
The dimensional submarine ship seeded an area of space where the Vixens could astrally ambush the Star Force. The Vixens mention how it was fortunate that Domel brought the UX01. It was all part of a multi strategic plan.

There seems to be 2 entities on the ship, both of them are Queen Starsha's sisters. I believe one's essence is within the wave motion core (the one who died on mars), the other is definitely in a stasis pod in the auto navigation section.

In episode 3, their 1st warp didn't go as planned and aborted abruptly. The navigation aborted the jump and the XO said "An unknown obstacle was detected in our path. It may have been an attempt to avoid it"

It was the Princess in her pod placed in the auto navigation room.

In the hospital scene the Princess looks right at the witch and the witch becomes frightened. "What are you doing here?" The Princess has awakened inside Yuria's body. She sees herself from outside her pod through Yuria's eyes. The Princess at 1st is unware that she is in another body, but she quickly figures it all out. "This is...." she says to herself.

The Princess knows where the ship is warping, knows who is waiting, and she knows how to shut down the engine. She's probably brilliant. "They're waiting for you there. They're waiting for this ship"

In the end Kodai pulls Yuki out of the wave motion core room, but falls to his knees outside the door with Yuki in 1 arm, and gun in the other. He is finished

The Princess, in Yuria's body, seizing the opportunity that Kodai and Yuki have exited the wave motion core room, activates the wave motion engine from the console at the right moment. She kills the "witch" saving everyone.. probably for the 2nd, or 3rd time.

Then she goes to leave the body, returning to her dream state. "Farewell, me. Hello, you. Misaki. Yuria Misaki"

Probably the true unsung hero,
the spirit of the Yamato.

27CansOfTuna said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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The type of episode I never like. Why do writers like to forgo telling flashbacks in an easy to follow manner with questionably innovative storytelling techniques that are just hard to follow and baffling, half the time couldnt tell what was even going on with some abstract imagery of sorts and ultimately, it feels as if some things were never addressed. Kodai looks younger in the present than as a teen and much better in present then back then, which seemed odd. But what wasnt addressed was how the enemy got on the Yamato?

Preview for 15 looks epic.

Zeally said:
kinda reminded me of an ergo proxy mind fuck episode o_o;

the witch's shadow that dashed across the room scared the shit out of me lol

RediceRyan said:
Physiological warfare. This episode was well done.

27CansOfTuna said:
The type of episode I never like. Why do writers like to forgo telling flashbacks in an easy to follow manner with questionably innovative storytelling techniques that are just hard to follow and baffling, half the time couldnt tell what was even going on with some abstract imagery of sorts and ultimately, it feels as if some things were never addressed. Kodai looks younger in the present than as a teen and much better in present then back then, which seemed odd. But what wasnt addressed was how the enemy got on the Yamato?

Lorezhno said:


I agree, and what was the goal of the attack? Removing the engine core making them unable to move? But once she removed it she was told to put it back in. The ship was defenseless for quite a while before Yuki and Kodai returned, yet it wasn't attacked.