Armor Hunter Mellowlink Episode 12 Discussion

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Nov 21, 2011 5:27 PM

Fronzel

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It addresses the hypocrisy of Mellowlink killing random people but doesn't deal with the actual consequences.

I don't understand why Mellowlink was so intent on killing the intelligence officer other than that he was a jerk.

And how was Captain Schwepps supposed to have been involved in the conspiracy? Wasn't he sent to die with everyone else?

A finale that doesn't make much sense, unfortunately.

Again, maybe the translation is the problem. Hilariously, it managed to mistranslate "Balarant" as "Blackcurrant", so maybe there's other problems.

Not really important but we see the only regular female soldier in the entire VOTOMS franchise so far in this episode.

Sep 17, 2019 8:33 PM

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A war is starting, but Mellowlink's war is over. He's thrown down his anti-AT rifle, and now will perhaps live in peace, along with Lulucy.

This was pretty good. Unlike Votoms, this showed that a man can stand up to an AT, without ever needing an AT to do it.

Sep 2, 2020 8:45 PM

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So ends this journey of a damn great show that I was lucky enough to find out about!

The animation, the art style and action really hooked me. The one downfall is the story. I was following it the best I could, but it just had no pay off and did not make much sense at all. Oh well.

Feb 20, 2021 1:56 PM

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just checked this out after seeing a 'help me find this anime' type post about the series.

I had fun watching it, though the romance was pretty cringy. last episode was kind of confusing because of the translation I think. pretty sure the intel officer was trying to say the original captain was only really interested in his military rank, and that's why he stopped caring after he was demoted to LT - so Mellow was fighting all along for someone that didn't really care about him. the last episode was definitely the weakest of the series!

Mar 12, 2021 5:12 PM

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Revenge is simply uninteresting - it's a loser's fantasy. For the majority of the show we watch the boring Mellow as he kills obviously evil people. There's no real tragedy and no strong emotions as everything is straight-forward, black-and-white. The final episode seems to understand all that, but it doesn't change all that much, as Mellow continues to kill lots of (basically) innocent soldiers after a tiny hiccup. War sucks too btw, so the whole base gets obliterated...I don't think this series is an idea driven one. (Maybe it was my fault for expecting Tekkaman Blade levels of angst)

Cool man vs. mech combat though.

syncrogazerMar 12, 2021 5:27 PM

Apr 12, 2021 11:30 AM

Kuruwin

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I think the first four episodes were pretty decent but after that the show start's to decline in quality and ends up being generic.

Dec 10, 2021 2:51 PM

qwertybob300

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I struggled with this one. Got very repetitive early and there were no interesting characters to keep it afloat. Probably my least favourite entry in the Votoms franchise.

"I will transcend God" - Black Star

Oct 31, 2022 1:44 AM

FatChicken9999

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i picked up the show again to try and properly finish it, i shouldn't have wasted my time tbh. the story is lousy and uninteresting, the pacing is dreary and makes it feel like it's 3 times it's length, and the characters were paper thin. 5/10 overall

Jan 27, 10:47 AM

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Ah, this classic hero grunt revenge story. War starting in the background to mess things up at the end or rather everything went according to plan and Mellowlink cuts lose ends and kills all the involved. And in the end achieved pretty much nothing but reliefing his soul.

Interesting. I kinda wanna know more about Votoms now.

I like this, shame it only got really good last two episodes. I even stopped watching it on 1,5 speed to enjoy the finale.

Martin_TaylorJan 27, 10:52 AM

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