Yuuki Bakuhatsu Bang Bravern Episode 2 Discussion

This is to the mecha anime what Samurai Flamenco was to tokusatsu.

Polyglot robot surprises German officer.

U.S. are waterboarding Isami, he's traumatised after saving the day twice. It was Smith who wanted to be a hero since childhood.

The show is going the Bayformers-style route with Bravern collaborating with Earth military not an Ultraman-style route where Isami has to hide Bravern.

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This show might just be the Anime of the Year and barely no one watches it, people have no fucking taste

We're witnessing actual cinema here, not to mention the 6.80 score. Total BS.

I'm half way through this episode and I'm thinking that this is either Obari reckoning with himself (which I would prefer, but let's get real) or just a weird joke about to robots being chuuni and bored and using humanity as playthings ina big silly game. Knowing that Obari made Gravion and he's using Suzumura again in this, It's probably the later and the way the are tones are colliding is just throwing me in all directions. I wish this was more straight faced and less of an awkward comedy in the face of suffering and death.

Edit: Nope, It's just Obari's big coming out party, Finally telling us what we've always known. He's mechasexual.
It's not real robot, It's not super robot. It's porn.

God bless you buddy.

I really love episode 2. So far the show balances off being a standard more mature spiritual successor to a thing japanese anime fans may have watched as a kid. While also giving the spirit of it kinda being approachable for anime fans in their teen even tween years. The show really does make sense in justifying the clickbait premise of being a real robot show turned into a super robot one with how Bravern is pretty much the Ultraman of this universe with episode 1 making callbacks to Ultraman being red or blue musclebound heroes.

I'm really interested in how this show will expand towards the aspects shown off in the opening and at the end of the episode. Setting up a dynamic with Bravern working with the military mecha pilots. Smith's potential arc of discovering his own power alongside Isami. More pilots being introduced. And the mysterious white haired girl shown off at the beginning and end of the episode. Potentially being a pilot of Superbia.

I would be amazed if this show somehow manages to put all of these expansive plot threads within only 12 episodes. But i genuinely hope that this anime really isn't only 12 episodes. I don't want this anime to have a SSSS Gridman problem where we really do not have time to get the viewer warmed up to the setting and characters. Even if I really liked the show, I just think these kinds of stories really need breathing room for potential storylines to happen naturally.

@HeroicGangster
This is just my theory, but I think she is actually Superbia (or Superbia's "core" or whatever) and Smith will get to pilot her eventually.
As in - it changed into a more human form in order to attempt a power-up like Bravern has with Isami. It will pull Smith to the alien side by manipulating his wishes of being a hero, but after fighting Bravern a few times they will both go back to eath's side. That would be a pretty standard plot for this type of show after all.

He saved us so of course we have to torture him