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| the middle part kinda retarded...basically there is a disease that motivates people to rebel |
audian said: It's the Var Syndrome Windermerian is trying to invade earth. |
| The Hunt for Rodents The Hunt for Red Umbrella The Hunt for Red Rat The Hunt for Red Rabies The Hunt for Cat Food Das Rodents Das Rabies Das Hamsters Join the Hunt! Try to Enjoy the Hunt! |
ernstApr 30, 2016 8:33 PM
| "Why do I always realize it... when I've already lost it..." -Guts, Berserk "Some things are beautiful because they cannot be obtained." -Gilgamesh, Fate/stay night "We are constantly living in a peaceful world that somebody else won for us. Even if it were only a day of peace, I will be grateful for its value." - Minashiro Tsubaki, FAFNER "Screw you, future me!" -Makise Kurisu, Steins;Gate "We used to show off by waging wars and whatnot." -Watashi, Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita "Call me Moses. I'm going to part the sea of students before your eyes." -Moses?, Valvrave "Time is guilty." -Andō & Tomoyo, INOU-Battle |
| Godammnit kyubey, go back to your own series! Well this is an interesting development. The rats seem like a kind of bioweapon hate plague. |
"Fortress Maximus has come himself. Okay! Then I shall get Fortress Maximus to fight me, huh huh huh!" |
ScoomKun said: Individually each flag means center flag - X-ray- Stop all intentions and pay attention to my signals bottom flag- India - turning to port I have no idea what the top flag means. I couldn't find it in international signal flag codes. It could be Delta(which looks pretty close), which would mean maneuvering with difficulty. All together they will have a different meaning, since hoisting multiple flags on close proximity will give them a different meaning entirely. Something which I hope a navy man here could help with I think I find the meaning of the first flag. It means the number "2". Yup, no special meaning. It is a flag use by the Japanese Navy to represent the number "2". Just like the ICS flag next to it ( in the image/graph )  |
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| Two main points I got from this episode which some users here has talked about: MihoWittmann said: But I had a sense from the beginning that this was more than just a human conflict, and all the 'mutinies' had something with the Blue Mermaids' past… I feel like the lack of the Blue Mermaid's past explanation in the anime is setting up for this theory. In the first episode, we are only introduced (if I remembered right) to them as the first navy "force" that serve to protect the sea or something similar. Not much else was discussed. There might be some internal problems with the first-generation's crew that, while they're known for starting the infamous Blue Mermaids, create hatred between them (like a civil war sort of thing, which also lead toward my next point later). Since this anime is both serious plot-wise and light-hearted on the surface, there can be two directions this anime can end into (assuming the spirit-possess theory is right): 1) The spirits of the first Blue Mermaid's forces are just bitter about ships preferences. They possess the current fleet girls just to show each other which ship is the best. Happy and plain ending. Also lame (but can totally happen if this show is going for the slice-of-life light-hearted path). 2) Internal conflicts between the crew members. Some want to be captain but aren't able to despite their skills. Maybe conflicts with other ships in the same squad. Happy end but lessons learned (I think this ending is more likely to happen). Now again, this is just my thoughts with little to support. There are many ideas out there, and I think that maybe the existence of a German ship (in episode 2 when they save its captain) means this can be something on an international level. In general though, I lean toward the possessing theory that the original Blue Mermaid's members can possess and jump from vessel to vessel than the infection/going berserk theories. gust11 said: Also, I feel like some internal conflict is gonna come up between Mashiro and Akeno, probably Mashiro feeling insecure and blaming Akeno? Or her insecurities somehow being used as a source of conflict until her mother tells her why she's in the Harekaze. Episode 4 also have this little theme running in the background of all the toilet paper emergency (glad this show can also be light-hearted, I'm a fan of slice-of-life too). The scene can be taken as a simple trying-the-captain-hat-on thing, with the brown-haired crew member (who I totally don't remember the name of) complimenting her. Or it can be that a mutiny is starting to take roots, even with supporters (if it's just the deputy captain then it's another story). This can tie in with the first theory above if this is also the original Blue Mermaid crew's problem. While the anime shows that what we need to focus on right now is to investigate the Musashi, it is probably just another supporting event to create the distance between Akeno and Mashiro... Woah, that's really far-stretch isn't it... Either way, this anime has really been underrated in the West (heard it was really popular in Japan) even though it balances the plot and comedy really well in each episode. What I can imagine as the ending is something related to internal conflicts between Akeno and Mashiro which can be reflected to way back to when Blue Mermaid just started. Let's see how wrong I can be... |
kn1000aApr 30, 2016 9:26 PM
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| Show keeps getting better and better! There seems to be a rat problem eh? Mashiro trying on the captains hat scene was cute. |
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| Hahaha. The toilet paper fiasco... and of course our Captain getting a one year supply of it. Hahaha. They just have to put that weird hamster. I really hope that we will not get anymore supernatural stuff here, since this is not the kind that should have one. |
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| Did the rat affect silver-haired girl's personality? Anyway. The sudden supernatural thing threw me off. 3/5 |
| Wow, mind controlling gerbils... |
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You were close to the truth, but not close enough ;) Nice episode btw. Funny to see how people are dependend on toilet paper. When I am on vacation in Thailand I stay in areas with no toilet flushing and no toilet paper.. No problems whatsoever! Also, I must say: for a crew being that lax when the captain is gone. At least I would have expected the vice captain to maintain order. Anyhow, I am curious what happens next! |
audian said: Ouch that's what happened and they had that yandere eyes bcoz of this syndrome and also Ako of Netoge will had that too :P and anyway that rat should be killed :| and i don't want this show to end like the Black Death in the middle ages :(It's the Var Syndrome |
| The current game that i play: Azur Lane :3 |
| There seems to be some kind of mind controlling going on through these lab/alien mice. I agree with the folks that the hamster (except it is not) is part of something big. Someone is purposely sending these to the ships (through those abyss boxes?) and making them hostile towards whoever approaches them for whatever reasons (an experiment, framing the principal/school or causing instability in the country etc). This will be cleared in the next episodes hopefully now that they have the hamster and the instructer is awake too. So now it is Moka and Musashi's turn. Should be interesting. And the encounter seems inevitable. |
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| The element this show needed the least has arrived. WTF with the rats possessing people in a advanced technological show?! Akeno has a very damn good luck with the toilet paper for a year... |
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| Rat/hamster usually use for medicine test ,so I think the people behind the rat is already put whatever thing in the rat for the real usage. It is probably something that can make the target do what the user want to do. That would explain why Tama move around like that under mind control. Maybe the teacher put this "virus" inside her and used mind-control on all her crews and ordered them to fire at Harekaze. That would explain why she doesn't have red eyes. I think this is still the "military conflict/drama". Maybe a higher-up want to take the control of the nayy or making perfect soilders that obey all order. __________________ |
| how did the rat/hamster thingy affect tama? and it's good to see that a ship finally helps the harekaze instead of attacking them. |
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| Lol maybe the reason they ran out of toilet paper is the cat? Cats are obsessed with those rolls they can't stop playing with it :3 That part where Tama was possessed was weird. Hope the explanation behind that would make sense |
| Episode that is characterized by a fairly articulated narrative, this element mitigates the lack of a new naval clash that would have made much more engaging story, the context is quite varied and complicates the search for the culprit within the Harekaze, provided that is a crew member. You feel almost a climate where you have to be suspicious of everybody, the whole episode is quite interesting, and the fact that the characters increase, is a factor in favor of the anime series. For now, it's unnecessary to draw conclusions, it could also be a farce that we saw today, only to lead us to believe that the perpetrator has already shown, I would await some other episode. |
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| A woman using only 12.5 cm of toilet paper? lol That's a single square sheet. Or less than 10% (11 sheets) of the average per-visit use by women. (In the west at least) Whatever their secret is, I wish they'd share... I'd save a lot of money on toilet paper. |
thaumxMay 1, 2016 7:00 AM
| What the hell with the cursed hamster lol! I'm still enjoying this one. 5/5 |
"What do you want to do tonight" "The same thing we do every night, *** try to take over the world!" |
"Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain" Friedrich Schiller |
| that hamster reminds me of that one villain from lilo and stitch. |
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| So... um... this was about toilet paper? What was up with that hamster? |
| "I lost all of what you could call feelings of love. They weren't sealed, so they can't be released. They weren't broken, so they can't be fixed. That which is lost, cannot be recovered." Shiba Tatsuya "There are no regrets. If one can be proud of one's life, one should not wish for another chance." Saber "No matter what happens, no matter how crazy things get, I'll always try to restore balance." Korra "It's madness to let others take what's yours and accept it blindly." Baatar Jr "Instinct is a lie, told by a fearful body, hoping to be wrong." Zaheer "Partner in crime, partner in time" Chloe Price and Max Caulfield |
thaumx said: A woman using only 12.5 cm of toilet paper? lol That's a single square sheet. Or less than 10% (11 sheets) of the average per-visit use by women. (In the west at least) Whatever their secret is, I wish they'd share... I'd save a lot of money on toilet paper. I think that was a mistranslation. More like 12.5 m. |
| Probably my least favorite part of this show is the soundtrack, at least during the more peaceful parts of the show, like the intro part before the credits on this episode. bluebear_tora said: The element this show needed the least has arrived. WTF with the rats possessing people in a advanced technological show?! Akeno has a very damn good luck with the toilet paper for a year... It's my assumption that the rats are actually some sort of bioweapon. While it was loose inside the shipping box, its cage was also included in there so it's reasonable to assume that a person put it there. It isn't clear whether the rat is possessing her or just making her super aggressive. Obviously, ships with cats have some measure of protection against rodent infestations. Does being under the rat's effects give a person superhuman abilities? Not only did Tama basically leap out of the ocean, but she also easily shook off several people trying to restrain her and she was leaping from rooftop to rooftop on her way to the gun... thaumx said: A woman using only 12.5 cm of toilet paper? That's a single square sheet. Or less than 10% (11 sheets) of the average per-visit use by women. (In the west at least) I'm pretty sure they actually say that a woman uses 12.5 METERS of toilet paper, which seems just as ridiculous, but certainly explains why they might run out so fast! (You should watch GJM-Vivid's version of this show. There's fewer mistakes like that, and one of the guys working on it is a huge nautical nerd so terminology and jargon is usually translated better) |
| Mind controlling rats... Didn't see that coming. There's still more questions though, I feel like the next big question is going to be who's controlling the rats? The soft toilet paper is apparently too irresistible hahaha. |
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| The lost me with the supernatural stuff, also it seem this will be the cause of everything, i know its a light-hearted anime but they could come up with something beside its because "magic", it just seems lazy to recoure to that trop. audian said: It's the Var Syndrome I also thought that they look very similar, plot twist this is a prequel to macross zero. |
TsuiIzumiMay 1, 2016 5:21 PM
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| The whole rat ordeal was weird. |
Agreed on that, she seemed like a cool character to follow |
 "If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick."- Oreki Houtarou |
Marina2 said: Rat/hamster usually use for medicine test ,so I think the people behind the rat is already put whatever thing in the rat for the real usage. It is probably something that can make the target do what the user want to do. That would explain why Tama move around like that under mind control. Maybe the teacher put this "virus" inside her and used mind-control on all her crews and ordered them to fire at Harekaze. That would explain why she doesn't have red eyes. I think this is still the "military conflict/drama". Maybe a higher-up want to take the control of the nayy or making perfect soilders that obey all order. __________________ This makes a lot of sense. They used the rat for a test subject on mind control. Explains why Tama acted like it was the rat. But the Instructor did not. |
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| I thought it was okay, just like the series has been for me so far. |
VR-Yan said: Aside from the whole mind controlling rodent thing, I'm more surprised on how they didn't gave a fuck on how Tama fell underwater then got spit right back up aboard their ship. Seconded. The ocean basically just said, "Nope," and threw her back. Besides that, the whole mind control/disease thing was really strange. And that thought lead me into doing a bunch of image analysis to figure out how she actually got from the bridge of the gun like she did. Lots of pictures and stuff: |
TigersightMay 2, 2016 1:12 AM
TragicRomance said: I'm surprised they didn't disguise before going for shopping. They could dress up in casual clothes at least. They did wear their casual clothes. Didn't you notice that? bluebear_tora said: WTF with the rats possessing people in a advanced technological show?! It's an advanced technological rat. It's probably full of nanobots. Ajunky said: I forgot to point it earlier, was the Harekaze stationed on a particularly strong current or is there a lot of trash floating around in that world? to be found so easily on open sea... I wonder if I'm naive and the real world is in fact that dirty. It's the future, so the seas must be even dirtier than usual. Still, someone must have sunk a cargo ship nearby, otherwise the not-hamster would not have survived for that long. With so many agression-infected ships nearby, it's quite possible! |
| It must be hard for Mashiro, her mom is the big boss and her sister is in a successful ship, and she ended in the "loser" team... So, the little hamster possessed Tama? and something like that happened to the instructor that shoot them too... |
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Toilet paper is serious business. So I'm guessing the rodents possessing people are the cause of everything. Well that kills one of the reasons I was interested in this. |
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| The realistic side + the girls make "High School Fleet" very enjoyable to watch. Why they put supernatural in this anime, it seems so out of place ... |
| Well, this show jumped the shark. Supernatural hamsters/rats. Sure thing, anime. |
ReaperCreeper said: Toilet paper is serious business. So I'm guessing the rodents possessing people are the cause of everything. Well that kills one of the reasons I was interested in this. Zimbabwe! That's how Coco got her name lol! What was funny about Euros? German girl doesn't get it either. Alien Hamster Var mind control surprised me. Though I did expect some hypnotism/mindcontrol since the attacking Sarushima teacher. Might not be supernatural, just scifi, if it's a drug/virus causing aggression, like rabies, kakugo virus, or even alcohol for some people etc. But Shima also gains superhuman strength & rodent behavior. Wat? Poseidon hates rats & kicked her out? Akashi captain with white hair looks so cute & cool. Abyss box: that a radio tuner? |
| Demon possessing rats/hamsters are a bit off for this series, but I'll continue watching to give it it's due watch-through. The show has more than earned it thus far. However, the Musashi lurking over the horizon at the end of the episode like The Black Freighter does pique my interest. |
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