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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- A vampire having a fear of heights...lol Well, at least Irina did well from her training. At any rate, she'd have to get used to high places if she wants to be an astronaut. It seems they're still building her character through training and personality. |
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| So... it's been ten whole days since Irina has started the Astronaut training program and so far she has shown great results. Tho, there's one thing that's really hard for her is parachute training which is one of the most common things that an astronaut should definitely know. But, since she has the fear of heights, she will have to overcome this weakness of hers. As usual, Lev is there to support her in any way possible. More Anya is always a good thing in this show. She's a cutie just like Irina. Obviously not cuter than her tho. Also, that secretary is goddamn hot and beautiful. |
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| Irina keeps progressing more and more, we got to see more of her backstory this time, and there must be a really strong reason for her to want to go to space. Also that scene where she flies for the first time was pretty cool. |
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| Irina can ace all of her tests, that is everything except those that puts her Acrophobia to the limit. The USSR being the USSR, people can be tools to be disposed of if not suited to the country's growth, that includes Irina as well. Since both Lev and Anya aren't treated as fellow candidate and mercenary anymore, they're free to do what they want to help Irina. The night flight testing of Lev for Irina to overcome her acrophobia, and it's wings of freedom soaring into the sky to add to the training. Going higher and higher, Lev places importance on Irina in case she goes into relapse. The memories of young Irina shows a really grotesque experimental effort, and she would do it all for her sake, which is nice. But still, I can foresee Lev slowly falling for Irina. |
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| She became pretty good after all the training but seems like she has a fair for heights. Understandable, so do I.. The test with Lev went pretty good and we all know that they'll fall for each other sooner or later. But well, it will be some kind of forbidden love cause I'm pretty sure the USRR won't allow a human to fall in love with a vampire lol. Aside from that, pretty good episode. |
   “You yourself have to change first, or nothing will change for you!” ' |
| When the premier already is getting enough of purges. Good for Irinyan getting somewhat over acrophobia. So the vampires are hostages,probably. And Irinyan looks like have fast regeneration, like the vampire legends. |
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| ^ This anime is pretty enjoyable albeit extremely underrated I love the realistic 30-40's USSR background and music imo.. reminds me of the war movies and i freaking love them! Irina is getting more and more cuter Her body was violated by the doctors :( but we seeing some glimpse of flashback as to why Irina wants to go to space.. |
| I’m undaunted by scenes involving the worse shit you can imagine. I lost my shit over the muzzle scene. I don’t say this often but this anime is setting me off. |
| This show has Plastic Memories vibes. |
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BestMillimeter18 said: This show has Plastic Memories vibes. For fucks sake bruh! I’m dropping this shit if it’s like PM. I don’t wanna suffer through another anime I like. The ending was harsh af. I’ve watched PM once and it was also the last time I watch it. |
tos_kaOct 17, 2021 12:57 PM
| Scenes of Zirnitra's equivalent of the Kremlin. Lev flies together with Irina to help her overcome her acrophobia by letting her know how beautiful it is to soar in the sky. It successfully made Irina smile :) Even though last episode they explained that the spacecraft would be automated, it is still very good experience for cosmonauts to have experience flying in the atmosphere. I think the politician that suggested that Irina be disposed after the project was the one that sabotaged the ICBM launch. |
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| Its been pretty good so far, I mean the premise is a little crazy. Love the ED song though, its so chilled |
fryadre11 said: a good anime without fanbase Unfortunately so. It’s a shame because it’s a well done series with a lot going for it, but the lack of hype around it just makes it go unnoticed. Maybe if they’d made Irina a loli , more otaku would have noticed it, lol… |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Amidst all the outrage, discrimination, high stakes, and disdain that these two characters are in right now, they push forward in the name of the space race, and I love it. Thanks to Lev's assistance, Irina is finally conquering her fear of heights, and her witnessing the moon from thousands of feet above was magical, damn that scene was good. Also Anya is too cute for my liking, but hey if it makes Irina blush, I'll excuse it. This show, though it may be good by now, is waiting for the ball to drop, where all the madness, despair, and drama arrives...so for now I'll enjoy every single sweet thing that is happening in this anime. |
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| Irina getting over her fear of heights was a sight to see and in the end she was smiling. I even loved the fact she wanted to go again after jumping from a plane to do a proper parachute test. Lev is a good and patient teacher for her. Can't wait to see that develop into more and I am most curious on what the whole program will think about their relationship. Ganbare Irina! |
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| So Anya has given Irina a nickname of Irinyan xD. This episode was mostly Irina training to fly in the air without being scared and Lev helped her get rid of her phobia by showing her the freedom you get when flying. Looking forward to the next episode! |
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IMMABEAST said: For uninteresting premise How alternative history show about a vampire cosmonaut with human prejudice, totalitarianism and political intrigues can be uninteresting as premise? |
| Proposing Irina's execution and orchestrating the ICBM's ''accident'' make that baldie quite dangerous. |
| Love this episode. I even was thinking how interesting Lev has been as a character that he has not fallen head over heels in love with Irina yet (cause I know damn well I have) but they even mention to him he better be careful not to obtain feelings for her. I am interested what will happen going forward. |
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| Another solid episode. I'm really enjoying the historic references they make throughout this show. I believe the ICBM explosion that was brought up is referencing to the Nedelin catastrophe, which was a real life event. Also loved the music in this episode. Looks like we'll have further development between Irina and Lev next episode so I'm looking forward to that. |
| First call-out to Lev: don't relate to the subject. Yeah, about that... |
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| The flight was absolutely beautiful and Irina is becoming stronger and stronger against her fears and the training, but she's still traumatized by her past, and seems like things aren't doing well inside the country with the conspiracies and incidents |
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Paulotronator said: Avvenirista said: Proposing Irina's execution and orchestrating the ICBM's ''accident'' make that baldie quite dangerous. We can't be so sure that he was the one that orchestrated that plan. It is a risky move, very risky. That one close-up on his face kinda implied his involvement in the missile's sabotage but maybe you're right and it's someone else pulling the strings, someone like the newly introduced Lyudmila. |
kietedward said: KANLen09 said: Irina can ace all of her tests, that is everything except those that puts her Acrophobia to the limit. The USSR being the USSR, people can be tools to be disposed of if not suited to the country's growth, that includes Irina as well. Since both Lev and Anya aren't treated as fellow candidate and mercenary anymore, they're free to do what they want to help Irina. The night flight testing of Lev for Irina to overcome her acrophobia, and it's wings of freedom soaring into the sky to add to the training. Going higher and higher, Lev places importance on Irina in case she goes into relapse. The memories of young Irina shows a really grotesque experimental effort, and she would do it all for her sake, which is nice. But still, I can foresee Lev slowly falling for Irina. Man, the USSR wasn't that bad. Seems like you got brainwashed by media shit. Every countries have their darksides, also the USA. The Soviet Union did absolutely use people to such an extent in that way though. The U.S. is also no different historically or whenever or wherever the need arises to advance the interest of its ruling clique. The USSR being portrayed in such a way isn't false. It's just then that if those same people turn a blind eye or try to twist or spin the U.S. and other Western countries' comparable historical acts then they are just hypocritical ideologues. It's not really an Eastern vs. Western or Slavic vs. American thing though. Any country that has the resources, will, and capacity to become even a regional power, let alone world power, empire and superpower, has behaved this way. It doesn't matter if it's those two or Britain, Japan, China, Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands or whoever. |
| It is an ok episodebut the portray of russian people and officials is extremely insulting. Especially considering how far worse the americans are . The California americans even served as the model on which Hitler designed his ideology. WatchTillTandava said: kietedward said: Man, the USSR wasn't that bad. Seems like you got brainwashed by media shit. Every countries have their darksides, also the USA. The Soviet Union did absolutely use people to such an extent in that way though. The U.S. is also no different historically or whenever or wherever the need arises to advance the interest of its ruling clique. The USSR being portrayed in such a way isn't false. It's just then that if those same people turn a blind eye or try to twist or spin the U.S. and other Western countries' comparable historical acts then they are just hypocritical ideologues. It's not really an Eastern vs. Western or Slavic vs. American thing though. Any country that has the resources, will, and capacity to become even a regional power, let alone world power, empire and superpower, has behaved this way. It doesn't matter if it's those two or Britain, Japan, China, Germany, Turkey, the Netherlands or whoever. exactly! |
| Glad to see Irina's training is doing well and she's showing some great improvement! This episode was p good. I'm starting to develop some attachment towards Irina as well so I'm in the same boat as Lev lol :< I feel like this one's underrated. The story's quite interesting (at least for me). |
| Really good episode! The plane scene was so good and the soundtrack was especially great in that moment as well. I forgot about the enemy from within dude until that explosion incident, it's definitely that dude that caused that incident. I like that these events are pretty much inspired by real life events itself, I don't really know much about the USSR's history or just history in general, but I feel like this is such a unique setting for an anime, I am really loving it. Plus we get a super cute tsundere vampire. Looking forward to the next episode. |
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nightcrawlercyp said: It is just a representation, in an alternate reality, of the history of the Soviet Union.It is an ok episodebut the portray of russian people and officials is extremely insulting. Especially considering how far worse the americans are . The California americans even served as the model on which Hitler designed his ideology. |
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Rachiba said: I know, but since the parallels between URSS cold war race and the anime are so many and precise you can understand the problem I hope. They changed minor things , nothing really significant.nightcrawlercyp said: It is just a representation, in an alternate reality, of the history of the Soviet Union.It is an ok episodebut the portray of russian people and officials is extremely insulting. Especially considering how far worse the americans are . The California americans even served as the model on which Hitler designed his ideology. |
| Oh cool! Next episode's called "Deathflags by the lake!" |
| Flying was a nice idea to take Irina's fear of heights. Took 3 episodes, but I think I'm sold now. During the episode I noticed how invested I am in these characters. BestMillimeter18 said: This show has Plastic Memories vibes. Lol, now that you mention it, lowkey. |
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| The OST is great and probably the best part of this anime. The narrative and characters are still solid, nothing that really stands out, but I like that they’re showing some of the country’s politics as well. The art and animation are fine. The direction helps out considerably when it comes to the presentation. This anime has been pretty under-the-radar so far, but I expect more people to start picking it up soon. |
kietedward said: KANLen09 said: Irina can ace all of her tests, that is everything except those that puts her Acrophobia to the limit. The USSR being the USSR, people can be tools to be disposed of if not suited to the country's growth, that includes Irina as well. Since both Lev and Anya aren't treated as fellow candidate and mercenary anymore, they're free to do what they want to help Irina. The night flight testing of Lev for Irina to overcome her acrophobia, and it's wings of freedom soaring into the sky to add to the training. Going higher and higher, Lev places importance on Irina in case she goes into relapse. The memories of young Irina shows a really grotesque experimental effort, and she would do it all for her sake, which is nice. But still, I can foresee Lev slowly falling for Irina. Man, the USSR wasn't that bad. Seems like you got brainwashed by media shit. Every countries have their darksides, also the USA. From the “Excess mortality in the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin” wiki article: “After the Soviet Union dissolved, evidence from the Soviet archives was declassified and researchers were allowed to study it. This contained official records of 799,455 executions (1921–1953), around 1.7 million deaths in the Gulag, some 390,000 deaths during the dekulakization forced resettlement, and up to 400,000 deaths of persons deported during the 1940s, with a total of about 3.3 million officially recorded victims in these categories. The deaths of at least 5.5 to 6.5 million persons in the Soviet famine of 1932–1933 are sometimes, though not always, included with the victims of the Stalin era.” Sounds kinda bad. |
| About the event, mentioned in this episode as explosion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedelin_catastrophe BTW, I never thought I'd live to see khrushchyovkas in anime.  |
Gigas001Oct 19, 2021 4:27 AM
| Liked this episode, glad to see Irina getting over her fear of heights. Really tempted to read the light novel or the manga, but I know if I do I'll end up reading on past the parts that have been adapted lmao |
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