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Aug 30, 2014 8:18 AM
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Back when beach episodes weren't all about the plot.
Oct 3, 2014 5:42 AM
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You can really learn a lot from Gotou. And amazingly, the FIRST beach episode, and it's not even part of the "plot."

HOORAY FOR NOA IN BIKINI!!!
Jan 7, 2016 1:03 AM
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Didn't even need Goto to figure this one out
Apr 11, 2016 8:10 AM
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Even in this anime, missing the episode dedicated to the sea, it is an essential thing for the Japanese. In the end everything is resolved in an ironic way, but it is still enjoyable and fun storytelling, not know about you, but I love the silence and the stillness of the sea.
Aug 4, 2019 12:57 PM
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It was pretty obvious it was hoax but it could have ended either way if we keeping in mind Patlabor's track record.

I really liked this episode. Especially news reporter she had a lot of energy. Oh and girls in swimsuits was great too.
Oct 7, 2019 6:02 PM
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"Behind them is a trail of crying babies and toppled tombstones. Ahead of them lies a penniless fishing village."
Mar 7, 2021 1:39 AM
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For an anime about police robots, this has quite a lot of mystery-focused episodes. Ota and that reporter having developed a rivalry is funny and cute.
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Sep 6, 3:02 AM
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At this point I'm just finishing these episodes because I'm so close to being done. Watching one episode on tv a week for a year probably made the loosy-goosy feel of the plot much less of a problem but being able to watch it on demand ruins that. I like most of these characters quite a bit and the setting is good but ending the show on like 15 episodes of pointless garbage is too much. I don't think I would've been able to tolerate 35 episodes of nothing and then a climax with the Griffin arc either, the show simply needs more real arcs or a sense of purpose, but going back to them just screwing around is not entertaining.

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