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Oct 2, 2009 3:14 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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What?



No, seriously. What?
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Dec 21, 2009 6:54 PM
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LOLWUT

Great episode aside from that little bit of insanity though. Nice mecha action, nice plan and nice character development (Oba-san isn't as frigid as we thought).
Sep 20, 2010 4:05 AM
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Nice battles and a bit of drama from Misa's side. Seriously, episodes without Minmay are much more interesting~
May 1, 2011 7:01 PM
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Wow, I like how they handled this episode. The drama wasn't in your face and it was very understated which is effective storytelling.
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May 3, 2011 8:09 AM
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Beatnik said:

What?



No, seriously. What?

lol,didn't notice that while watching.

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May 13, 2011 4:41 AM
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Beatnik said:

What?



No, seriously. What?


I found that weird too, so I checked the ISBN as the screen showed it. It turns out to be real life book titled If Mice Could Fly by John Cameron published by Andersen Press in 1979 and not 2000 as the info on the screen shows. As part of the coded message of the automatic telemetry signal from the Salla, I don't know what it means too, maybe it's suppose to be an Easter egg of some sort. :)

At least Kamjin was interesting.
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Nov 22, 2011 4:28 PM
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ChaosLegion said:
Beatnik said:

What?


lol,didn't notice that while watching.


same lol
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Jun 1, 2012 9:49 AM
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I love how that screen is interspersed with direction-temperature-percentage readouts. "The West is 18° C and 65%", what the hell does that even mean?

I agree with insan3soldiern though, I liked this episode a lot because of how they didn't over-state the drama. So many other series would milk a scene like that one with Misa in her dead lover's room for all it's worth.
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Jun 20, 2012 1:43 PM
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I think it's pretty clear that the the signals were coming from a robot on base made to advertise book samples and weather to anyone nearby.
May 20, 2013 2:11 AM

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Misa :3
When did Hikaru become that badass?
Everyone got invited for Minmei b-day party :D
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I just don't think that Hikaru is going to get any clear signals for a while. Maybe he should start looking elsewhere.
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Jul 26, 2014 3:47 AM

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We find out a bit about Hayase's past here. Tough to watch her just sit in her "missing" lover's room and just mope there.

It's nice to see that Hikaru has gotten pretty good in combat.

Yeah I also think Hikaru should give up on getting into a relationship with Minmay. Unless something significant happens I won't be shipping these two.
Aug 4, 2014 4:41 PM

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Great episode, nice development of Hayase's character. Agreed the drama was simple but effective. I'm really enjoying this series.
Jan 24, 2015 5:20 PM

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Well I guess he's gonna' get used to touching girls with his mech.
Aug 3, 2016 5:38 AM

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It felt like gundam moment (not a good thing) when Hikaru was taking so many of the enemies by himself.

Also it's bit iffy that the enemies couldn't detected anything wrong going on the base but it's not too outrageous to think that they couldn't see it.
Oct 9, 2016 5:32 AM
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Riber, is alive??? No, is death.... It´s the same, a trap xD
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Decided to a rewatch of the whole franchise, as I'm going to a public screening of the Plus movie soon. Most of my contact with Macross for the past year was playing the rhythm game.

Quamzin the Ally Killer

Really like the Beautiful Place instrumental when Hikaru and Minmei were having tea.

Hikaru stuck between a schoolgirl and and "old lady".

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Really felt bad that Misa was about to die good thing Hikaru helped her out just in time

Also damn Hikaru starting to slowly rise up with the body kills
Feb 20, 2020 2:14 PM

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Good episode. Nice to see more about Misa.
Jul 11, 2020 5:40 AM

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Minmay continues to friendzone poor Hikaru, he thought that he was somehow "unique" after receiving the birthday party invitation, but no xD Will Minmay sing there?
Aug 5, 2022 12:19 AM

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What do you bet that Hikaru won't be able to go to her Birthday because of the military and she'll get pissed at him, even though he joined the military because of her...
Oct 26, 2022 3:49 AM
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You might call the drama cheap, but it really had deeply touched me. Poor Hayase :(
Jun 25, 2023 8:27 PM

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lol

"Boss I can't wait anymore" *goes fight*
"You bastard! Even I am waiting." *shoots* "Nobody disobeys me."

That was funny xD



I'm in awe at how textbook this feminine pose is.



St0rmblade said:
Minmay continues to friendzone poor Hikaru, he thought that he was somehow "unique" after receiving the birthday party invitation, but no xD Will Minmay sing there?
Minmay friend-zones him, manipulates him into joining the military, and then Hayase gives him trouble almost getting both of them killed because her old love died xD

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This is an old long-running show so having a few lines about the backstory of a character is a huge event compared to what happens on the other episodes. It may sound sarcastic

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