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| Of course it's good when a story has different types of characters, some which aren't always so agreeable or have different/strong values. I don't typically like the "justice" type of character either (I don't mind it in battle shounen though), but it's how Tanabe is portrayed in the first episode and this episode that makes her annoying. I actually like her in episode 2 when she was practicing and was calm the whole time. But I could not deal with her in this episode. She'd probably get fired in any other professional setting for the stuff she pulled. Just because she's young and learning, doesn't mean she has to act like a child. She can have those ideals and values and fight for justice, but not the way she's been pushing them into others' faces. Do we know how old she is? Someone said coming-of-age...but that's typically under 18. Not saying just because you're 18, you automatically feel like an adult. Anyways, I do like the setting and the humor for the most part, I had no clue this was going to be comedic at all. Hopefully I'll just warm up to Tanabe and she'll become more tactful in her ways, otherwise this might be a difficult watch. While her actions did lead to daughter finding out that her father did love her and her mother, I have to disagree with her about what she wrongfully and without evidence concluded about how the father wouldn't want to be alone in death. Just because that's what you wouldn't want, doesn't mean everyone feels that way. I'm sure it's easier to have buried him on Earth, but he specifically asked in his will to have a space burial. |
| God damn Tanabe was fuckin annoying |
OneofEvilMay 15, 2020 8:28 PM
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| There was some legitimate drama in the climax of the episode and Tanabe's outrageous fantasy about the corpse wishing to come back to earth is arguably dramatically useful in highlighting how Hachimaki's own interpretation of the dead man's wishes isn't any more solidly based and is just reflecting his own mentality and her straightforward rejection of the "noble loner" archetype requires some kind of answer. Still, it was awfully heavy-handed and loud about getting there, which made it hard to tolerate. She really is annoying. It's important to the premise that the space garbagemen are paid poorly but how can that be so when it's dangerous enough that they're required to update a will every year? Dirty and dangerous jobs are typically high-paying. |
| If there is one word I can use to describe Ai Tanabe as a character currently, it would be 'naive'. Idealistic could apply but the problem is that due to her strong sense of justice and expectations of what the world should be and not accept the fact of what the world actually is, she puts herself and others in danger, causes unnecessary trouble that could be nervewrecking to not only her fellow colleagues but even normal people's minds in danger. She is not a family member of Fadlan, the astronaut whose coffin and corpse was in space and died before the rule where space burials are banned. Her daughter knows her father well enough to acknowledge that he loved space so much so the right thing for the debris team to do is help bury him in space. Ai Tanabe doesn't have the right to argue or cause trouble to the astronaut's daughter with her own sense of justice and tries to speak like she is in Fadlan's shoes and how he would wish to be valued as a family member and be buried at Earth, but the truth is she isn't Fadlan and she doesn't know him characteristically. Fadlan's daughter and family knows whats better so its Tanabe's job to respect that and help instead of cause trouble because the world isn't as perfect as she wants/expects it to be. Life's a bitch, people sometimes don't have a lot to say to their family in wills and have different ways of expressing their gratitude too, whether its through a joke to humor or through an emotional letter or whatever else, everyone are different and don't act the same. Tanabe needs to understand that people handle situations differently and there's no set procedure that everyone has to follow when expressing their feelings in a letter to the people they care for (or maybe don't even care for, you don't know their backstory). Ai Tanabe's established as an incredibly flawed character, Hachirouta too. The show may have them both be really annoying in different ways but the show also does that to show some progression and character development over time. Ai Tanabe's been in a comfortable shell and is just experiencing for the first few times, conflicts and issues that she never thought would arise exponentially like this. She is naive in the fact that she feels like everyone has to force emotions in letters to family since that's what they are, or everyone has to be buried on Earth since they're people and even if they want to be in space where they may love more, she disagrees there. The show will eventually have her adjust to moral conflicts and situations like these and help her grow up into being a more mature character once she spends enough time outside her naive shell. It's annoying now but at least I can see it as a starting point for her to understand the reality of how everyone isn't the same and have their own stories, good or bad, and be less forceful on her sense of justice and morality. |
| I, too, find Tanabe's nagging annoying. Still, the concept of uchuu gumi, space burials, space fights and space insurance agents are too intriguing for me to drop the series just because of one character. |
 もろともに 哀れと思へ 山桜 花より外に 知る人もなし. On a mountain slope, Solitary, uncompanioned, Stands a cherry tree. Except for you, lonely friend, To others I am unknown. |
| Can't say I understand all the Tanabe hate, to be honest. She has her heart in the right place for the most part. It's only in conducting herself where she comes off as a little misguided. That being said, the conflict of this episode was dumb. You'd have to be pretty invested in science to want to work in space, which is why the whole sentimental angle Tanabe took doesn't hold any weight. The coffin re-entering the earth's orbit was entirely a coincidence on the part of gravity. |
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| I really like the anime characters except for Tanabe. This episode was so over the top on her constant nagging and shoving her morals on everyone around her, that I am dropping the series. I would just end up more annoyed with myself for watching any more episodes Tanabe did what very few villains have done..... she defeated me with her personality in 3 episodes. |
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| The main character chick is annoying for sure but the rest of the characters are funny and interesting enough to keep me watching. Plus, I think the concept of creating a show around space debris is fascinating and brilliant. Wish they would concetrate more on that part tho at times lol. >.> |
| Three episodes of Tanabe in either subbed or dubbed is my limit. I'd love this show without her in it. Dropped. |
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| Ya Tanabe is pretty annoying right now. Way to head strong and immature. She's obsessed with her own ideals and is constantly trying to force them on others. I hope we see some growth from her because in concept this is a very interesting show. |
| I'm on the fence with Tanabe. Ngl, it's hard to disagree with the vocal group that deems her attitude as annoying, but on the other hand it was pretty nice to see her pulling though with what she thought was the right thing to do. Takes guts to go against your supervisor and senpais. Comedy was pretty nice this episode. The number of replies in this thread led me to believe that someone would die. That would've fitted with the theme of the episode as well. I was kinda anxious because of that xD |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| so 2028 is before space burial will be forbidden? that's not so far lol. tanabe with "it's body came to earth was miracle" thingy gave me interstaller vibes lol. |
Pewdie said: what an annoying bitch holy shit pewdiepie also commented in this thread? what a coincidence for me. I hate the girl too haha |
| Man is this chick annoying. Enjoyed the insurance humour, and the music in this show is good, but I can't with this MC. Strongly considering dropping this. User-Name said: Hey at least with Interstellar, all the "love" stuff could be believed due to timey wimey shennagans, and a 5d tesseract. In this though, all she has is that the coffin coincidentally came back.tanabe with "it's body came to earth was miracle" thingy gave me interstaller vibes lol. XeroBeat said: It's far worse than "a little misguided". Against the clear instructions in a dead man's will (which is echoed by the request of that man's daughter), she was going to yeet his corpse into the atmosphere, to either burn up anyway, or collide dangerously with something on Earth lol. It was absurdly self righteous.Can't say I understand all the Tanabe hate, to be honest. She has her heart in the right place for the most part. It's only in conducting herself where she comes off as a little misguided. |
| Not enjoying this anime much so far. The "drama" is inconsequential, mountain-out-of-a-molehill stuff that's blown out of proportion for no other reason than to pad out the episode, and the comedy is generic slapstick with a few designated joke characters to drive it. Tanabe is especially obnoxious; constantly breaching procedure (being lucky to not get fired by this point) and projecting her own mentality on other people. It's framing this as some endearing token of her strength of will, rather than a selfish rebellious tendency that has no place in a work environment, especially when it pertains to the wishes of other people. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ╔⏤═⏤╝   ╚⏤═⏤╗☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
| Tanabe needs to learn that people can think differently than her and its not a bad think. Because she has a good relationship with her family doesn’t means everyone has. That she wants to buried in earth doesn’t means everyone wants. For now I think she did have pretty easy life on earth and did ha e people that just had her opinions around her. Now that she is in space working with people all around of world with different families lifes , worries etc. She needs to adapt to it and understand it. I want to this anime shown her that being idealistic is okay but its doesn’t mean everything you think gonna happen |
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