[Anime] Muv-Luv: Total Eclipse

I'm pretty sure Yui was tsundere all along, her "tough" attitude being mainly bullshit to whip XJF plan into working faster then intended (which makes sense if you consider that she spent most of her time bitching out one of America's most experienced pilots). Seen it coming, along with her trying to get into Bridges' pants.

COMMUNISTS NOT RESPONDING WHEN THEIR GLORIOUS IDEOLOGY IS MOCKED!? WHAT HERESY IS THIS!?

Hahahaha, that moment when Yui walked in on them was priceless. And it's all your fault Yui. Tchtch, giving away the first move to the enemy.

Yuuya's dad being Yuuya's dad. Although Cryska makes a very fine point of being glad to have parents in the first place, given that....


>>>Major Spoilers<<<




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She has absolutely no parents at all. She was grown in a Soviet lab as a Part of Alternative III. Inia is the same, though from a later, more powerful ESPer generation. Kasumi from game is actually Inia's "sister", since she too is a Sestina (Russian for "600th"). And no, Soviets are not nice to ESPers, because it's goddamn Soviet Union.
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And then Cryska pretends to have no interest at all...hahahahaha, right. Inia and us can already tell it - that American swag and Old Spice have gotten you lady.

She's Fikatsia Latorova, some kind of Soviet ace and commander of Zhar Battlation. Yuuya envies her because of her skill or something, while she finds Yuuya very similar to her own son.

Well, they're being correct about Soviet leadership throwing anyone but themselves to the BETA, which is more or less how real-life Warsaw Pact worked. Little surprise everyone and their mother hates the glorious Party. Too Bad for Scarlet Sisters who pretty much never been outside of a lab or elite experimental ESPer squads, so they have no idea how real life in Union goes.


That said, if you push ESPer like Cryska, you die. Very slowly, and very painfully. Yuuya probably saved those kids. Although, I was hoping he'd put out some Marine CQC shit and beat them to pulp, but I suppose him decking that rapist was enough for now.

Latorova is awesome. Too bad her unit isn't.

Yui getting all mushy. Still, using rather logical justification of pilots and prototypes being expensive as it is to channel your love...good game Lt. Good game.

Next up: glorious BETA slaughter. With chainsaws and railguns. My inner Space Marine is tingling. Can't wait. Aaaaagggaaaaiiinnnn.

Ugh, get to the action already! Seriously, they could have used this episode to get some decent action in, but no. We have to waste 20 odd minutes to learn that Soviet's are assholes. Kinda knew that already. The typical "Corner in an empty building, and strip them group" was so predictable, it was funny. "We're Soviets, and we're mean! GRR!" Oh well. Next episode FINALLY seems to be the action I've been waiting for. It better be good too.

ONE DOWN BITCHES!! 5 MORE!!
still a good ep since Yui's big gun + Yuuya's big gun shooting skills (probably not many could use that gun) took the spotlight + she darn blushed

Ah, gotta love character inconsistency. When Yuuya can jump in and save the day, Cryska is useless. When there's a fence to stop him from being Designated Hero, she's suddenly a badass again. Who doesn't remember the previous day. Amnesia...lovely. Moving on from that, the action was...eh. If they'd have spent more time on the fighting, instead of Yuuya angsting, it would have been better. Though, I will admit, that gun firing was super awesome. And one of the asshole Soviet's died. Woo!

Cryska's behavior is not an inconsistency in writing. It's Soviets literally messing with her brain. Since she's an ESPer, she's not really viewed as a person - but an accessory to Terminator. ESPer pilots are more or less psychopathic killing machines, and once they get going you will have to kill them. Her previous behavior to the brats was a result of her mental blocks fighting off the urge to kill everyone in the room to protect Inia. It's kinda like a safety switch on the gun. It's meant to stop ESPers from going berserk, but also from doing something to their own allies and themselves (like dabbling in minds of high-ranking party members).

After that incident however, Cryska's keepers had to "modify" the blocks to allow her to be rougher towards other Soviet pilots, to prevent something like that from happening again.


And obviously, you can't have Americans saving Soviet personnel.


Again, Yuuya's reaction is a bit less of angst (initially), and a legitimate fear of someone who never was in combat with BETA before. If they asked him to blow up the Soviets, he would probably be more confident, given the USA's moronic decision on focusing and anti-TSF training over anti-BETA training. After that...well, you'd be pretty frustrated too if you had a gun that fires 800 120mm rounds per seconds that can sweep the battlefield in five seconds and save everyone, but you're prevented from pulling the trigger by lolpolitics.

Speaking of which, in Light Novels, Yuuya is considerably politically savvy. The drone incident several episodes back was in fact very different in LNs - there Yuuya on purpose breached Soviet airspace to take shots at Soviet training drones used by Cryska and Inia. He wasn't punished for it, but the entire incident was swept under the rug, leading him to (correctly) assume that someone has a serious hard-on for spying the Soviets and gaining detailed data on Terminator, especially since no-one gets as much as slap on a wrist for downing Tarisa's F-15ACTV in opening segment. In fact, it's never really mentioned again by base command, which is a bit suspicious for friendly-fire accident...unless of course, they deliberately set the whole thing up to observe Terminator under battlefield conditions.

Glorious Terminator is Glorious Terminator. Still, it's not as awesome as MiG-29 (which has four chainsaw blades), but hey, better head design.

Anyone else got chainsaw sword vibe from Warhammer? And even bigger Warhammer vibe from that railgun? That thing is like Heavy Bolter on crack. Even more so since it fires 120mm rocket rounds at 800 or so rpm. That blood mist at the end was delicious. Such a shame it's not a fully practical design.


First kid down. More to go. Don't worry, Kamchatka arc is not ever yet, so our Tank-strain friends will get their desserts yet.

VG's rape face is a sight to behold. And that Turkish guy is already a huge bro. They should put him in more often.


And for the love of God Yui, just have sex with Bridges already. Prolonged sexual tension ca induce stomach problems, fevers and all other bunch of stupid stuff.

in the end, they used the hero title as a sarcasm, they really need some bitch slaps

"Free vodka". Glad to see some things never changed.

So much for Yui trying to keep Yuuya safe...although, he does make a good point about getting real combat experience. If he keeps hiding behind that gun, or Yui keeps holding him back in reserve, he will never become a "proper" pilot.

I just have to wonder, how much power does Heinemann have? I mean, isn't he technically a civilian consultant? And technically, Boening doesn't even make that many TSFs, compared to some other American firms...and why is Sandek (the Putin-esque officer) helping him?


Then again, MuvLuv made a point long-ago that American industries will work with everyone and everything to fuck people over and get paid.

Also, I could have sworn I heard Cave Johnson talking in there somewhere when Heinemann ordered all those TSFs deployed.

Chobi(t) craving some Yuuya should not be a surprise now.

As much as I detest Soviet Union proper, I can't help but wish that all those Soviet kids get CHOMP'd by BETA anyway. And the BETA should CHOMP every other Russian besides Cryska and Inia while they're at it.

Next up though, we should have some proper BETA slaughter. Complete with another base burning.