So tonight my friend and I dug out the second Stratos 4 DVD:
As with the previous DVD, an unordered collection of my random thoughts, though this time written shortly after watching instead of weeks later.
- Mikaze does indeed get a bit more likable this time around, probably due to the fact that things are less exclusively focused on her.
- All the talk about how the Comet Blasters/Meteor Sweepers organization isn’t the military does kind of raise the question of why this isn’t a military (international, but still military) operation. And why there are emotionally unstable teenage girls as pilots.
- The investigatory committee scenes are… interesting. I’ll reserve comment until we inevitably find out The Terrible Secret of SPACE. Err… what’s really going on, rather.
- I’m not sure whether time just dulled our memory, but the level of completely unapologetic fanservice seemed to rise significantly this time around…
- Of course, the Comet Blasters team are all jerks, it seems. Such a surprise.
- My friend and I are in complete agreement that the episode focused around Admiral is by far the best episode thus far.
- We are also in complete agreement that Admiral is no Earth cat, but is instead a spy for the alien invaders.
- Oh, yes, the alien invaders. Well, I assume that’s what they’re hinting at. It’s obvious that something is up, and that’s the obvious answer.
- This show really does remind me of the first half of Stellvia. I really do need to finish getting those DVDs so I can rewatch and finish that series…
- Man, the sudden lesbian rape subplot came out of nowhere.
- My friend and I have therefore reached the conclusion that the aliens’ evil plot is to use Space Rays to turn all of humankind into homosexuals, thus dooming us to extinction. The atmosphere blocks out most of the effect of the rays, but the minor, sustained dosage has lead to the gender segregation we see throughout the show. The “meteors” are just an excuse to get more humans into space and further exposed to the Space Rays. Also, Karin was infected when she blacked out at the end of the last DVD.
- I would post a thought about it being odd that no one seems overly concerned by that, by the way, but the last next episode preview hints that they’ll be addressing it shortly.
- They actually test-fired the engine for the old space-plane they’re renovating! I’m pleasantly surprised.
And I believe that’s about it for now.
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I formulated a few replies dealing with Karin’s infection, but I was unable to discuss it without revealing major spoilers about infection and (future) role of Karin as the carrier.
It’s a big pity that you’re not an airplane otaku, because I think that Stratos 4 offers a lot in that respect. The fanservice annoyed me, and I largely yawned in the screen between the flight sequences.
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“I formulated a few replies dealing with Karin’s infection, but I was unable to discuss it without revealing major spoilers about infection and (future) role of Karin as the carrier.”
Hmm. Interesting. :)
I could do without much of the fanservice myself. Thus far, the really egregious stuff has been spaced out enough that it hasn’t been too bad, but it does get a little tiring.
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Watch more, and we’ll discuss. Or rather you’ll discuss… In many bullet items ^_^
To elaborate on the point about the airplanes, here’s an old link:
http://zaitcev.livejournal.com/57513.htmlI may be forgetting things, but my impression was that Stratos 4 was not famous for many upskirt shots. In fact, I only remember ONE in the whole series – when someone was washing some kind of gigantic pan (in the restaurant?). Lots of fanservice, but not much of pantsu, at all. But maybe I do not remember well.
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Pete, you blew it. He isn’t supposed to know that about Karin yet.
There’s lots of panchira in this series!
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I didn’t blow anything. It’s obvious from the entry that Aaron formulated the infection hypothesis, only he was unclear on the details (which I didn’t fill in).
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