Suisei no Gargantia Ep 12-13

Suisei no Gargantia Ep 12

Suisei no Gargantia

Moment of Decision

So where were we?

Oh right, Pinion the Jackass decided to sign with Kugel's ship and work on board it so he can have access to cool gadgets.

My opinion of him had never been lower.

Obviously Lukkage thought so too, because she commented that she didn't know he was so cheap.

I've never liked her more XD

It was at this moment, with the gleam in her eye, that she tells Pinion she'll be planning some sort of rebellion. Of course, we're all wondering if Pinion will be a part of it.

Red, on the other hand, as he goes through the biggest dilemma he's ever had to in life, sees a chipmunk that resembled Grace, Amy's pet squirrel.

He chases after it, of course, and for a moment I also thought that Amy was onboard. 

After a closer look, I realised the chipmunks had some differences. He, eventually, noticed too.

It suddenly starts raining, and Red remembers all the things the people on Gargantia did when it started raining. 

As he was busy thinking back, though, these people had a custom of their own.

It's too disgusting to type, so you'll have to watch to decipher for yourselves.

It's at this moment in the episode that Pinion decides to say "SCREW IT!" and join Lukkage's rebellion, though. (He didn't actually say those words, but you get what I mean)

Red also starts thinking hard about what he really wants to do. He consults Chamber, which I think is so cute.

Melty, however, had a mission of her own. Under orders, more specifically Red's, she was to notify Gargantia of the impending attack.

While Ridget and the others think that retreat is the best solution for the time being, Amy interrupts them, asking them why is it when Red who wasn't part of Earth in the first place, fighting a war meant for them.

That sure got them thinking.

Red, now also part of Lukkage's rebellion, decides to confront Kugel and Striker, his robot.

Naturally, the fight was super intense.

I was practically shaking in my seat. And frankly speaking, looking at all these photos is making me eager to watch it again.

Aha~ The cliffhanger for Episode 12 was beyond anything like any other. 

I shan't say it here, though, I'll leave it for the next half of this post :)

But for now, this is where it stops.

Suisei no Gargantia Ep 13

Legend of the Verdurous Planet

Okay, so from the pictures, I'm sure you can see that Kugel's actually dead. 

After finding out, Striker decides to 'let the cat out of the bag' and tell Red that he's been dead for a while now, although the cause of his death was never explained.

Red was pretty pissed because it made him realise that he was being confused over what a robot was saying about duty and shit like that.

Naturally, he felt like destroying Striker more than ever.

With Pinion, Lukkage has finally gotten her Surfing Lobster back on the seas and starts kicking butt.

Pinion also controls the machines and starts blasting stuff away.

The fight with Striker gets more intense as we get deeper and deeper into the episode.

Over here, we can see that by the bottom right picture, Red is getting ready to make a life-changing decision.

And he does.

So what is his 'life-changing' decision? He initiates this neural battle combat technique system that allows him to fight as Chamber. 

It significantly increases his power and everything, but at the expense of the user's life.

So, technically, Red will die. 

As they continue fighting, though, Amy comes into the picture.

I don't remember what importance she played in appearing at this point, but she did, so...

Yeah~~

Meanwhile, Ridget and the rest on Gargantia are getting ready to use another awesome weapon they kept hidden from everybody.

It made loads of explosions too. The sky was a beautiful tint of red.

 

Back with Red, his life is about to deteriorate to nothing when he starts thinking about Amy.

Thinking about how much he wanted to see her again and how although he is willing to die to save his friends, a part of him wants to survive and stay in Gargantia like how they used to.

This is when Chamber becomes the main character momentarily.

The angel Chamber actually ejected Red from the cockpit, saying that he was 'relieved from duty' as he was incompetent.

Haha!

He then single-handedly beat Striker like a drum, though at the cost of his own robot-life. 

Everything was resolved then. Red couldn't believe that Chamber had done all that to save him, but he was thankful nonetheless.

And so, like that, the war with Kugel's army ended and Red was saved.

On a side note, Pinion decided to keep his hairstyle. And Lukkage also joined Gargantia. Well, actually many of Kugel's leftovers went over to live on Gargantia.

Bebel became an archeology lecturer. Lord knows if he has the qualifications, but hey, they gotta start somewhere, right?

And lastly, the moment I've been waiting for since I decided I loved Suisei no Gargantia, Amy and Red's happy-ever-after >.< 

Red became somewhat of an expert salvager and he can even do it without disturbing the Hideauze now. He hopes that one day, they'll be able to communicate with them.

-.- Good luck.

So that's how Suisei no Gargantia ended! Wonderful episode, wasn't it? The battle between Kugel and Gargantia lasted an entire episode! Actually, it would be more than that, considering the previous episode already had part of the battle in it.

Do you know what this means?

This anime has a better war event than Twilight -.-

Special tribute to Chamber

It was such a great thrill following this anime as it ran through all the episodes. I'm also glad that Suisei no Gargantia's the first anime in which I've completed full episodical reviews (although I only started from Episode 3). 

I'm also ecstatic to announce that there has been an OVA release, and that another one will be coming up soon on October 25th. It's my further delight to declare that a second season for this epic anime has been confirmed, although we don't know exactly when the release date is yet.

So psyched!!

That's it, then :)

CIAO!!

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P/S/S: I'll still be doing an anime review for this. Stay tuned :D

Suisei no Gargantia Ep 11

Suisei no Gargantia Ep 11

Suisei no Gargantia

Supreme Ruler of Terror

Alright, so this episode starts off Captain Whatshisface making an oh-so-important appearance on Earth.

Naturally, Red is ecstatic at being able to see him. The feeling is most likely mutual.

On the other hand, Pinion still thinks he's got the stuff to beat him, so he tries his luck and shoots something at the Captain.

Obviously, to no avail. He just bounced one right back.

I'm sure you can see from the bottom right picture that the shot took a huge part of their boat off.

After understanding the difference in their power, we meet the people onboard the Captain's ship.

Don't-get-me-started.

Red officially meets Captain Kugel after that. However, he only met his hologram, apparently because the Earth's air was doing more damage to him.

No idea why.

Pinion meets an old acquaintance too. Again, from the bottom right picture, I don't think I need to tell you who.

Apparently the whole inviting-Pinion-over thing was to get him to agree to being their engineer, since they have a lot of new technology that can be used to develop improved weaponry.

Pinion, the greedy ass, agreed, though learning that he had to sign an agreement and have all the other crew members conform made him think something was up. 

Meanwhile, Red was being 'brainwashed' by Kugel. This is because Kugel believes that the only to maintain supremacy is by establishing authority.

Explains all the zombie-followers -.-

Anyways, Red is in for a real surprise when he realises Kugel's next target is...

Gargantia.

That's pretty much what went down in this episode. Really interesting, this was. There was definitely a major development in the plot, with the arrival of Kugel. Not to mention, they made it clear that Kugel was all for exerting dominance unto the citizens of Earth and making them as brain-dead as his followers.

In this episode you can also see that, even though Red was as uptight as Kugel when he first arrived, he's no longer as strong a supporter for violence as he was previously. This shows that staying in Gargantia changed him.

And duh, we all know it's for the better XP

What the hell, I still think this was an awesome shot of Lukkage XD

I was dying waiting in anticipation for this episode because I wanted to know who was Kugel and how he was doing.

However, now I just wished Kugel never appeared -.-

Unfortunately he did.

Either way, I had a funny feeling that their next target would be Gargantia. It's just something you can sense. It's still interesting, though. I wanted to kill myself waiting for the next episode. 

Ooh, and, I don't care if this makes me sound like a girl, but I loved it when Red saw Amy after he realised Kugel's target was Gargantia. Just shows how much he loves her >.<

Watch out for the last two episodes!! They'll be in the same post :)

CIAO!!

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Suisei no Gargantia Ep 10

Alright, I'm going to start cutting to the chase because I don't want to waste time, so here's the review for:

Suisei no Gargantia Ep 10

Suisei no Gargantia

Island of Ambition

Picking up from where the episode left off from Episode 9, after figuring out what was on the disk, Red became very...

What's the word for it? 

It's not 'lifeless', but he just seemed really confused and in a state of disbelief.

Pinion, on the other hand, after figuring out that Red had helped discovered a whole new array of weaponry, decided to broadcast to the entire world that he had 'em.

From here on out, you'd really start hating Pinion for being the dick that he is. Even if his intentions were not all bad, he's still an asshole.

At one point, Red starts thinking about everything that he has done so far under the alliance's orders. He's beginning to question all the things that he's done, whether or not they were for the right reasons.

So naturally, he'd snap when Pinion disturbs him. Honestly, Pinion deserved it, the stupid blonde -.-

Back at Gargantia, Ridget and the others are wondering if Pinion was really thinking when he was sending a radio message to the rest of the ships that he had found new weapons.

Bebel and the doctor are, of course, worried too, though I'm sure for different reasons.

And naturally, there would be a part of the episode dedicated to our loving heroine. 

She wasn't crying or anything, but Saaya was there to comfort her anyways. She even suggested the Amy go to where Red was, but Amy declined, to her relief.

On the other hand, Pinion was getting full of himself blasting ships away and making slaves of all the losing crew.

I really hated his guts here. How stupid could he get, really?

Dunce as he may be, though, Pinion knows when a man is feeling down, so he decides to cheer Red up.

Many people aboard their ship were glad. I don't think they felt it because they had new weapons, though.

Either way, Red couldn't really enjoy himself. 

He gets a flashback again, and this time he was thinking about the boy that looked like him.

Not long after, Pinion gets the rival who can finally kick his ass.

And I'm sure I don't need to tell you where the rival is from.

I know, I know, it was expected. Well, at least, I expected it. I knew that one day, someone would have to make a move. It was either Red leaving Earth, or them settling on it.

So it was the latter?

This episode was a more relaxed one. The only important things that happened was the new weapons that Pinion salvaged, how he used those weapons and the arrival of another of Red's colleagues.

When he had a flashback of the young boy who looked like him, something got me thinking, though. How is it he can't remember who he is and what relationship he shared with the boy although he knows he's seen him before?

10 episodes in and we still don't know?? Come on!!

Look out for episodes 11, 12 and 13! A possible post-together, just so you know!!

CIAO!!

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Suisei no Gargantia Ep 9

Before anyone says anything, I just want to say: "At least I'm getting started on it."

Yeah, so anyways, here's the review for:

Suisei no Gargantia Ep 9

Suisei no Gargantia

Deep Sea Secret

So this episode is all about what happens after Red and the others decide to leave Gargantia!

Pinion's obviously super excited with everything because he can finally 'salvage' whatever is at the bottom of the sea where the Hideauze live.

I'm guessing Red is quite indifferent at this point.

 Pinion has a flashback, however, halfway into the episode. He starts reminiscing about his brother (whose name escapes me, I don't think it was ever mentioned O.O).

Seems nasty, though, to have to accept the reality that your brother/sibling was devoured by something as twisted as the Hideauze.

-.-

Alright, so Red technically wipes out all the Hideauze there are in the area.

He found like a whole bunch of them – I think they were eggs – and used Chamber to vapourise 'em.

O.O

Midway through, he manages to find something hidden in a crate somewhere and asks Chamber to see if any information may be salvaged.

I shan't tell you the contents of the disk, otherwise this whole thing would be redundant. It's a review, not a spoiler -.-

Yeah, Red wasn't too pleased about what he found, and neither would I. 

He's finally learnt the truth behind the alliance he's from, and from the expressions on his face, you can tell he's really pissed and confused.

Meanwhile, our beloved Amy and Bebel are lounging around back at Gargantia without much of a care in the world 

:)

Other than the fact that whatever was in the disk was exposed, this was quite a laid-back episode. Much of the episode-time was used up explaining the stuff in the disk so you'll have to watch in order to feel the full 24 minutes XD

Either way, this was a pretty okay episode. For one, it didn't focus so much on Amy, which is a relief from her in the previous episode where she was wailing-but-not-doing-anything-drastic-to-stop-Red.  Also, we got information on Hideauze, man!!

Truthfully speaking, I kind of predicted what was on the disk. It's quite predictable in that sense because most sci-fi stories would have some kind of weird-ass experiment in between, right?

Oops, don't wanna spoil it too much for you, eh?

Look out for episode 10, 11, 12 and 13! There's a high chance I might group them together so I can save time and post space XD

CIAO!!

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つまらない~

Today's million-dollar question: Don't you just love Sheldon Cooper?

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Ola :)

Haven't been updating, I know. But remember that I have already mentioned before that I wouldn't be able to update daily before my exams are up.

Nonetheless, I've been relaxing between papers. I've only had two papers so far, but never mind. I'm actually currently working on an outline for a new story. I know, I know, I never finish my stories. In fact, the only one I've actually finished is Undefined Destiny (and that's only the 1st book of the trilogy I planned).

I'm horrible, I know.

I've actually had so many other stories that I've given up on halfway. Most of the time it's because of the lack of ideas when I reach the middle, or I lose interest. Some it's because I realised there were too many inconsistencies in the story whereas some I decided to scrap because it felt like it resembled another story or movie, like Dark Secrets of a Demon Princess resembling Sky High.

Don't ask in what way.

I have a good feeling about this, though.

Anyway, I woke up at 6a.m today. I had set my alarm to ring at 4:30a.m, but for some reason, I couldn't bring myself to wake up, so...

Freshened up and everything then went downstairs to study. Put 'To Believe' by Jackie Evancho on repeat, because for some odd reason, I'm hooked to this song.

If my sister is reading this, she should listen to it >.<

Brother did not want to wake up early today so we only left the house at around 7:45a.m. Reached college at 8:06a.m and I wanted to complain about my brother parking near the temple since it's so far. However, I could already hear what he would reply so I decided against it. I could afford to walk, anyway.

Went straight to the canteen where Pain and Prabha were waiting. Ate nasi lemak + egg + veggie for RM2.70. Drank iced Milo, then chatted a while before going upstairs to the library where Nongnutt was studying.

Together, we studied PACE and other stuff. Beats joined us, as did Gujerati, out of nowhere. Lex came in midway to play Game of Thrones on the computer. She also made me read one of her new Lukas Bondevik reader-insert fan fictions.

I'm not a real fan, but I read it anyway. Anything other than stoic grammar was greatly welcome then.

When I finished reading, we joined Dellie for lunch at the canteen at 11a.m. I didn't eat anything, though. Halfway through something happened and I sort of lost my appetite, so...

Yeah~

After eating, we chatted a little – Ostrich joined us for a while too – and then we continued studying in the library. About forty minutes before our exam, Ostrich joined us in the library and together, we went to the hall. We had the same seating arrangement as Tuesday >.<

Recapped on whatever we could before our exams started. When it was finally time, I realised my phone was still in my pocket so I handed it to the invigilator before the test started.

Whatever we studied for Paper 2 did not come out. However, it was part of what we studied for Paper 1 so we survived.

The exam ended at 2:30p.m and I went out to where my brother was waiting in the car. Upon reaching home, I went out to buy chicken rice for lunch (I was starving to the point where my stomach had growled in the middle of the exam!!).

Watched episodes of Phineas and Ferb while eating.

Bathed after eating and continued watching until my mom and dad went out. After that, I didn't know what else to watch, since I couldn't figure out where my hard drive was. In the end, I watched episodes of Big Bang Theory while steaming siew mai and frying egg for dinner.

Am proud to say the whole two-eggs-a-day thing is still going strong!! >.<

Now I'm plotting the outline for my new story again. It's still got some rough edges that I want to sort out before actually starting it, so... :)

I'm trying to invent some cool names too. I liked the names from my Wilderdale story so I might copy-paste them. They're both my stories anyway >.<

That's about all for now, then.

CIAO!!

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ちょ面白いや!!

Today's million-dollar question: What's your favourite season?

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Ola :)

I'm dreadfully sorry I haven't been able to update daily. What with all my exams around the corner, my social life (or rather, what little social life I have) began dwindling to zero. The only thing I was doing with my laptop these past two, three days was research on statutory interpretation, judicial precedence, equity, delegated legislation, human rights and jury.

I know, right? What a life.

No Detective Conan, no Phineas & Ferb, no Big Bang Theory, no Legend of Korra Book 2. I'm dying here!

Anyway, I woke up at 4:30a.m. Well, actually that's the time I set my alarm to. I actually woke up earlier than that. For some reason I was wide awake in the middle of the night. Must be because I slept at 10p.m the night before. Was still studying Law like mad the previous day, but at 9 something my dad advised me to sleep early and wake up early to study instead of burning the midnight oil.

Besides, I'm not a stress-eat person. I'm a stress-sleep person >.<

After my alarm rang at 4:30a.m, I snoozed it then spent half an hour on the bed thinking about all the quotes I could include in my essays. Yeah, I have to plan ahead so that I don't go through writer's block in the middle of writing.

At 5:30a.m, I finally decided to get off the bed and freshen up. THen I took my papers down to study some more downstairs. Made myself an Enercal and took my supplements. When my brother finally got his lazy rear off the bed, he showered and changed then we finally left for college.

At 7:30a.m -.-

Trust my brother to be an ass.

We reached college at 7:45a.m, miraculously. I went to the library then continued studying. Nongnutt was there so we studied together. I told her my analysis of all the past years' questions and told her that equity and delegated legislation are the 99.9% topics that would come out in our test.

When Pain came later, the studied with us too. So did Beats. Then again, the only problem that guy has is that he can't seem to finish his essays in time. If he could, he would beat me flat.

I think O.O

Studying all the way from 4:30a.m was friggin' tiring and by the time Prabha came at 9 something, I was so exhausted. Went down to the canteen and ate a plate of nasi lemak + egg + veggie and did not buy iced Milo.

I know, right? I just realised too.

Well, thinking back, I only had RM5 in my wallet then so, I couldn't buy much even if I wanted to.

When we finished eating, we talked to Ostrich for a while then went back up to the library. Studied some more. Felt like sleeping some more. Tested Pain and Nongnutt. Tested Prabha and chatted with Beats.

Ostrich came in soon and we chatted some more, talking about various topics, including a guy's new haircut. I got to know something really interesting about Mr New Haircut. Told Nongnutt not to tell anyone else though: didn't want to distract everybody from studying.

We finally 'closed up shop' at 12:29p.m because we were supposed to be outside the hall half an hour before our exam started. Got my ID, IC and Statement of Entry ready, then went up to the hall.

Was absolutely nerve-wracking waiting to go in. All of us got the jitters and it didn't end until we sat down and it sank in that we were finally sitting for the monster paper.

Our first AS Level paper for Cambridge.

I make it sound like an adventure -.-

It's not.

Thankfully, everything we studied came out. Well, at least, the stuff I studied came out. Did SI, Equity and DL.

When the paper ended at 2:30p.m, 'relief' was the only thing I felt. No other words could describe that joy and no-longer-existent fear that I previously had in my heart.

Bleghh~

Unfortunately, I still have Paper 2 to worry about.

Came back with Pain today because I had to tend to an emergency. Upon reaching home, I steamed siew mai, fish balls wrapped in fu chuk and went out to buy chicken rice to go.

After eating, I watched Chris Rock, Detective Conan's 13th movie and then resigned to drafting today's post. I won't be able to properly blog until after my exams are over, but I will still try to update once in a while >.<

That's about it, then.

CIAO!!

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~04/10/2013~

Today's million-dollar question: Did you study today?

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Ola :)

Today I didn't go to school.

Well, honestly speaking I haven't been going to school for two days now so I hardly think it makes a difference. Anyway, I skipped for a good cause, right?

-.-

Anyways, I woke up at 11 something near to 12 today. Why? 'Cause I only slept at 4 something the night before. I was studying at one point, and then I reverted to reading Dance in the Vampire Bund. It's actually a really nice manga, if you exclude all the graphic scenes with lots of beheadings and boobs, that is.

Seriously speaking, I wouldn't mind if they just drew the outline, but the mangaka went into details, so.. -.-

Also, I slept in the music room today. I wasn't about to go upstairs and risk my aunt waking up. She'd just lecture me to no end and talk my ears until I go deaf. So yes, I stayed downstairs.

Upon waking up, I went to freshen up and then use my laptop to do something. Unfortunately, I cannot remember what. I don't recall using it to watch stuff online, though.

Oh yes, I was watching the downloaded 11th and 12th movies of Detective Conan. Haha. I liked them both, and both for the same reason: Ran and Shinichi. They're just so adorable together. Gave me a surprise, though, when I was watching the 12th movie, because Kuwashima Houko voiced Akiba Reiko. For those who are not aware of this, Kuwashima Houko is the one who also voiced Sango from Inuyasha, Allison from Allison & Lillia, Harminia from Gosick, and Chizuru from Hakuouki.

Yeah~ She's really popular.

And seriously, what's with all the Detective Conan cast ending up working together in Inuyasha again? Totosai, Myoga, Inuyasha and Sango made appearances in Detective Conan before acting again in Inuyasha. That's so cool, right?

I think Kaede was in Detective Conan too. Haha.

No wait, that was in Fushigi Yuugi.

Anyways, at around 12 something, if I'm not mistaken, my mom, aunt and I went to Tosaya for lunch. Had the sukiyaki beef set and an orange juice. Didn't get complimentary ice cream this time though :'(

When we came back, I went to bathe before continuing the Detective Conan movies. By 5 something I was done and I went out to buy chicken rice for dinner at around 6:20p.m. While eating I watched episodes of My Wife & Kids as well as Law of Ueki. Poured myself a glass of iced water and Milo.

What? Just to fill me up, you know?

After eating, I washed my cups et cetera, et cetera then did Law revision. Studied up on delegated legislation since that seems to be coming out every year lately. Gotta brush up on Appeals, Sentencing and ADR as well if I'm going to nail the first paper.

Wish me luck.

May I not get distracted by all the interesting new anime from the fall season. Inhale... Exhale...

-.-

Watched a few more episodes of Law of Ueki before finally deciding to draft my post for today. I'm pretty much just lazy to do this, but I wanna remember everything that happens in the future so... bear with me >.<

That's about it, then.

CIAO!!

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P/S/S: I got my driver's license today!! I'm so excited to finally be able to drive myself anywhere~~ Of course, my dad has to teach me how to manoeuvre our cars for that to happen -.-