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Oct 29, 2014 5:20 PM

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Aaaawww man, looks like shits about to go down next episode >:D
Dec 18, 2014 6:12 AM
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Reinhard, you motherf*cker.

Screw the Empire.
Feb 4, 2015 10:16 AM

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Damn that ending :/ pretty rough but quite interest development so let's see what's next.
Feb 7, 2015 12:25 PM

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WOW! That was the best strategy I've seen in an anime in a long time. That worked out so well and it didn't even seem a tad bit unrealistic. That was some good philosophy at the end about how common folk are used during wars just as they were in this episode. The ending of the episode was also kind of sad because that hold town was just destroyed. The plot of this series has yet to cease to amaze me. It seems that this next episode is gonna be when the real fighting starts!
May 7, 2015 8:36 PM

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It can be a bit confusing over what time period this episode took place.
Fairly good episode
May 22, 2015 5:36 PM

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The Alliance sure screwed up their occupation lmao. At this point it looks like Reinhard has a better chance of victory but maybe Yang can pull through..
May 23, 2015 4:17 PM
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LMAO Fork deserved that one. The alliance people in this episode was so facepalmed worthly, they completely played right into Lohengramm's hand and I won't be surprised to see them getting fucked in the next episode.
May 25, 2015 12:49 PM

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Most of the higher ups Alliance are such douchebags. Poor Franz he worked so hard to give the people their harvests back and he was a generally nice guy.

Wenli is still my favorite character overall in the series so far while Reinhard is the best. xD
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD"
Jun 20, 2015 8:54 AM

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Alliance were pretty stupid taking ALL of the food. Of course they would riot!
Jul 1, 2015 11:03 AM

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Man fuck Fork again.

It really annoys me how stupid they all are it's a battle of who fucks up more and what they think was going to happen when they literately take all their food.

The admiral taking an afternoon Nap is he trying to lose the war?
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Jul 19, 2015 6:42 PM

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Wow !!! I didn't like 6->13's stretch it was a tad borng but this oh god this is too good !!
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Aug 11, 2015 12:44 AM

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avrc said:
tainteddonut said:
Commodore Fork passing out was unexpectedly funny for me. He would make a fine commander for the front lines :P.
I never thought there'd be a moment in this show where I'll laugh my ass off. that fainting of his is killing me. xD
Indeed XDD
Oct 28, 2015 2:05 AM
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This episode truly depicts the greatness and brilliance of the show. The alliance is just being played into the empire hands. Excellent scheme. I love how the conflict between citizens and soldiers is juxtaposed with the unity at the end of the last episode. I can't wait to see the Empire attack, Alliance struggle and Phezzan's plans.
Jan 13, 2016 12:55 PM

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Fork passing out was hilarious. 3/5.
Jan 18, 2016 12:14 AM

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Y'know, I'm actually interested in seeing more of Franz and Therese. Boy how the tables turned with one fell swoop. Ironic how the liberators became even more dastardly oppressors once it was their supplies on the line. A real shame too since I was starting to like the Alliance for thinking to cultivate the land and provide the citizens with tools for prosperity. As always, even among these dire conditions one can't help but laugh at the irony when the farmer blew up the truck full of supplies with a Molotov cocktail.
Apr 26, 2016 5:24 PM

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Pretty boring little one-shot. Kind of blunt with the point it makes.

Fork frothing out might have been funny but it was also awfully clumsy storytelling; the mentally or morally weak man is also physically infirm as a metaphor. It lacks nuance.

The most interesting thing is softhearted Siegfriend's discomfort at the callousness of Reinhard's plan. This is the first thing they've really disagreed about, although Siegfried barely shows it.
May 30, 2016 1:53 PM

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Shit, if I was Reinhard I would be celebrating as well...A truly well executed plan my friend.

Lol the show is surprisingly funny at times and I love how subtle it is about it.
What makes the scene hilarious to me, is the reaction of the admiral that was arguing with Fork. He was more concerned about learning what had just transpired rather than Fork's well-being. After they told him what was up, he was all "ah cool, anyways..." xD
Oct 18, 2016 5:33 AM

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Another excellent episode, Reinhard's plan is almost perfect.
I like how the anime is not biased towards anything, it all feels natural.
Oct 19, 2016 2:30 AM

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That ending works great as an insert.
I feel this episode solidified this show as a 10/10.
Dec 20, 2016 12:02 AM
🥊 CHAMPION 🥊

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The Reinhard´s contrivance gives the first fruits, and now the alliance has a big problems!!!
Jan 8, 2017 9:08 PM
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I really love how this show makes it so you really don't want to root for either side. Both sides are evil and corrupt and you just enjoy watching them kill each other. It's quite different from most anime where there is obviously a good and an evil.
Apr 15, 2017 9:33 PM
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Too many cruel things happening.. :( **Sigh**
Feb 6, 2018 11:07 PM
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That old guy berating fork was absolutely priceless.
Apr 1, 2018 9:39 PM

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"How you do it is at your discretion. I am only communicating orders from commander Lobos." What a slimeball. Fork makes a mistake, the citizens pay the price, and Lobos takes responsibility.
Aug 29, 2018 4:07 PM

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Quote of the episode: "This war is too stupid to die in."
Nov 22, 2018 3:16 PM

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Rubinsky is definitely gonna play a huge role in reviving the Alliances chances, that bald head bastard
Jan 28, 2019 3:38 AM

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Poor Franz.

A rebellion against the rebel.
Oct 22, 2019 5:48 AM

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Seems like those freedom guys never learn any history
There are lot of tactics like this and they just go straight to the hole

Never underestimated the power of hangry and stupid people
Especially the high-ranking one's stupidity

That's just cruel Reinhard :(
I guess just like other wars, sacrifice is necessary. But not the soldiers' sacrifice
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Dec 29, 2019 1:36 AM
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So the alliance is as evil as the Empire. That ending scene was amazing with Reinhard and his men.
Jan 29, 2020 5:08 AM

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I don't get how the empire magically took out the grain transports? From my understanding in this universe, the space that the spaceships can fly through is pretty narrow. So how did the imperial get past the frontline military fleet to attack the grain transports??? In fact it doesnt even really show the imperial fleet travelling to the grain sports, they teleported to them.
Jan 29, 2020 5:27 AM

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Dhaarok said:
I don't get how the empire magically took out the grain transports? From my understanding in this universe, the space that the spaceships can fly through is pretty narrow. So how did the imperial get past the frontline military fleet to attack the grain transports??? In fact it doesnt even really show the imperial fleet travelling to the grain sports, they teleported to them.


Space is really big; the Alliance even with tens of thousands of ships, could not conceivably occupy all the star systems it captured. All the Empire need to do is to wait until the Alliance transport fleet exits the Iserlohn Corridor (the narrow chokepoint) and then strike it before it can reach any Alliance occupation zones
Apr 19, 2020 7:37 PM
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Dhaarok said:
I don't get how the empire magically took out the grain transports? From my understanding in this universe, the space that the spaceships can fly through is pretty narrow. So how did the imperial get past the frontline military fleet to attack the grain transports??? In fact it doesnt even really show the imperial fleet travelling to the grain sports, they teleported to them.


The whole danger of the Alliance plan was that they invaded too deep into the Empire territory. This is what Yang was worried about and warned Fork about. The narration also described it at some point, that the Alliance invaded deeper and deeper into the Empire territory while feeling victorious. And this was because von Lohegramm "allowed" them to invade far in without being interrupted. So when the delivery supplies were arriving they would be past Iserlohn and well in range of attack by nearby Empire areas, I assume.
Aug 30, 2020 10:04 PM
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Yet again Yang Wenli proves that a good soldier must also be a good historian. I wonder if his defense plan will be of any use, given that he had for see the next move of von Lohengramm. Hats off to the Count.

Another episode showing us the cruelty of war, and it will surely not be the only one.
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Apr 4, 2021 8:40 PM
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this episode highlighted that war doesn't necessarily happen on the battlefield
Apr 18, 2021 2:08 PM

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2021 Rewatch

Great OVA, great story arc. Really showing the consequences of the actions of big players in this war. But it looks like to me their planet was kinda dead long before the Empire's attempt to counter this invasion by taking supplies off the planet so the FPA would be forced to give them theirs.

Any way, as Thomas Sankara put it:
Those who come with wheat, millet, corn or milk, they are not helping us. Those who really want to help us can give us ploughs, tractors, fertilizer, insecticide, watering cans, drills, dams. That is how we would define food aid.


Valleymunt and FPA do bring some agricultural expertise so the civilians on the planet can grow food on their own. But to paraphrase the civilians, that was only good until the next harvest.

So Franz Valleymunt likely got into the FPA military academy only to study what he wanted for free, much like Yang. In Valleymunt's case, he wanted to do Botany. Like Yang again, his knowledge was applicable to the war effort (though only in the short-run due to the Imperial Scorched Earth strategy). I love that Yang-the-Historian brings out the comparison to Napoleon's failed invasion of Russia.

The ending theme playing over the burning house was quiet emotional.
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Jul 10, 2021 2:35 AM

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bruh every1 fucking sucks lmao
Jul 10, 2021 5:19 AM

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Bengofo said:
bruh every1 fucking sucks lmao
lul same reaction
Aug 30, 2021 1:07 AM

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damn that was a great episode

also fork fork. no one likes fork
Sep 1, 2021 4:02 AM

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there's nothing more evil than people trying to sell you some kind of moral crusade
Dec 15, 2021 9:27 AM
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This whole invasion was doomed to fail from the start.
Apr 4, 2022 12:06 PM

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reinhard plan: starving the planets, blasting their supplies, and then some of the alliance's soldiers will start civil wars in the planets. pure genius lol.

folk passing out was the most lol scene happened for some time now.
Aug 29, 2022 3:13 PM
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As it is known by all war brings tragedy, something human species has experienced and probably will soon experience again. Also when 2 battle the 3rd wins, right?
Nov 11, 2022 4:38 AM
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What a wild and heart breaking episode.
Nov 13, 2022 4:26 PM

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lol Forks couldn't handle it. Anyways are Franz and the girl going to elope now lol

Also Rubinsky is the true gigachad, doing nothing and making all the money
Jan 4, 2023 11:05 AM

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Fork was unfit for his role from the beggining it seems

Council is literaly a joke this whole battle just shows certain flaws of democratic country where upcoming elections are more important than millions of lives, alliance is just a mess once again along with another old fart admiral taking a nap in the middle of it all

Besides those problems this was a very great episode, next one might be even more intrresting in terms of how much more alliance will suffer
May 22, 2023 7:39 PM
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Good episode, the empires strategy worked surprisingly well. 
Jun 21, 2023 1:54 PM

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Fork got forked... This episode's tension grew fast. Let's see how Li will strike back Reinhard's smart attack.

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