Hoshikuzu Telepath Episode 11 Discussion

how are you lot watching it? it's not showing up on crunchy?

Bonavuuu👋,
Matataki-chan is finally back. How nice. Feels really good to have her back on the team.😍 What a relief.

Some of you have already said it, but I think it's really cool how real technical approaches are shown in the series (thanks also to @leonardobarba for the simulator). Kei was really cool again in the episode - how she explained to Umika and her friends how to progress step by step and keep improving. Man, I really feel like building a few “Modelo raketos” myself.🚀 The holidays are just around the corner, so something like this can probably be arranged.😄

The highlight of the episode is definitely Raimon-san's comeback.I like how the parallels to Umika are drawn here. How both of them were looking for a home inside and have now found it. I really liked that. Raimon has done such a incredible character development. It's nice how they showed it - without it being cheesy or overrushed. Like Umika, she's just a girl who couldn't express her feelings properly and felt misunderstood - in her own way. Umika's speech really touched me and when she hugged Raimon, it was a firework of emotions.✨

When I read that in the manga, I thought to myself "uh, that scene could be considered a potential season finale" - but it's only episode 11😅

So true. Now Raimon has her ambition and spirit back - I'm so happy for her. 🤗This was definitely a highlight of the whole series. The whole setting, the beach scene, Raimon opening up - it's so beautiful it makes me cry.💫

By the way, today was the Christmas party at my university - we chatted about this and that and I also recommended Hoshikuzu Telepath to a few fellow students. So not only has our model dream rocket club regained a member, but the series may also have gained a few new fans?

Anyway, it's so nice that our Maruobeev tereev is back again.☺️
Mativuu🌌☄️

The girls are back together for more rocket activities...just without Raimon, and adding Kei into the mix at her school. Being introduced to her group members of 2nd year Neon Teruya and 1st year Michiru Yuugumo, Kei exhibits the Senpai aura teaching the girls how to make effective rockets, though the results of her achievements also come from past failures. And Umika wanting to impress Raimon, Kei takes the time to teach her the ropes...though Neon and Michiru sure have their own rivalry to boot. With the knowledge in mind, Umika challenges Raimon to the rocket re-duel.

The re-duel between Umika and Raimon, it's of significance to see if Umika has the guts to back her dream, and she did win by a landslide. However, this win feels unearned because Raimon didn't actually go all out, and this feels like her own karma for holding her facade that she is "the best of the best", realizing that her own battles are one and the same. No matter how much she tries to hold her ground with her egoism, one by one, Haruno, then Yuu, then Umika, gave her a place and reason to belong. Words and feelings that have weight in them as opposed to the lies Raimon's been feeding to her ownself, to eventually realizing the wrong of her ways to give everyone a chance to be with her.

Raimon a.ka. the Tsundere alien's goggles is quite the significance when you reference it back to the OP. And yelp...Umika's down with a cold...

IDK which is better, this or Koisuru Asteroid...I think this by quite a mile...

So indeed Raimon wanted to win to maintain a place where she belonged amongst common ilk. The club instructor/teacher was on point in getting the girls to get Raimon to a commonplace as it is what only friends could do. I still may be giving Haruno too much credit but I think she let Umika take charge in this secret plan because she already went out and touched base with Raimon and could not reason with her. I think that Umika and Raimon are too pure in their wanting to belong so they were bound to be on the same page when all the negativity went away. The forehead attack was amazing.

@leonardobarba Ahhh...I wondered about that software. It seemed a little too detailed for it to not be product placement. It looked really cool. It's impressive what you can do with simulation software these days.

As much as I enjoyed melodrama I didnt feel it as much as I think is meant. I totally get how Matataki feels about wanting to not get close to people if she just winds up alone which I started isolating myself to the extreme too and not trusting things people say but her original reason for being left behind is how she treats others neglecting their feelings and being too slow to apologize. I get it, some people have trouble with their emotions or act out from insecurity but there is a certain point someone is just toxic to be around. Id understand more if there was more to it like something that happened to her before what we were shown. She is better than she was though where she is actually catching herself being too harsh, so character progression. I wish I had someone like Umika, Haruno, or Yuu to care about me.


@leonardobarba
I don't know why I never thought of the use of simulations for model rocketry. While not too related to model rocketry this ties into space, you may want to check out Stellarium if you havent heard of it which is good for astronomy.