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February 26, 2012

I just made another contribution to Japan's economy

I just ordered the first BD of Moretsu Uchu Kaizoku, deluxe edition (which includes a OST CD). It's due to ship in March 7.

That's what CD Japan calls it. Why is everyone lousing up "mouretsu"? I swear, this series has a thousand names.

It's interesting; mouretsu uchu kaizoku means "violent space pirates". So far there hasn't really been a lot of violence, and I don't actually expect there to be much at the beginning of ep 9, either. Most likely

The biggest unanswered mystery so far is One thing that bothers me about it is that the government of Sea of the Morningstar surely must know.

Why haven't they told Marika about it? Even worse, I think it likely that

We heard the formal titles of the bridge crew in ep 8, but it looks like they all have other duties. Kane and Misa seem to be the public faces of the ship, for the time being. Misa's formal position is ship's physician, but if so, why does she have a station on the bridge? I think she is also the ship's business manager. She's the one who does the negotiation for routine jobs. ("For thus and so extra, you can have a sword fight.")

Schnitzer exposed a different side in ep 8, and now I'm getting Giroro vibes from him, which I like a lot. He's big and ugly (and knows it) but I think there's a soft spot in there, too. Looking like he does, and with his capabilities, it isn't really too surprising that he chose to call a pirate ship his home. They all like him and accept him, and where else can he find that?

I very much like the fact that Gruelle

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 07:36 PM | Comments (12) | Add Comment
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1 Mouretsu generally only means violent in the sense of "violent opposition"; "intense" might be a better translation.

-j

Posted by: J Greely at February 26, 2012 10:11 PM (2XtN5)

2 I think you're right about Misa.

Posted by: Dave Young at February 27, 2012 10:32 AM (DYR2Q)

3 I got a bit of kick out of the optional "kidnapping suite." On the other hand, I had a "WTF?" moment when Schnitzer flatly refused an order from the captain. It was a bad idea, but still, he cut her off at the knees. Marika's authority seems much more tenuous as a result.

Posted by: ubu at February 27, 2012 10:36 AM (i7ZAU)

Ubu, I'm not so sure about that. I think the idea here is that this isn't really like a military unit, where orders really are absolute, and refusing to follow them leads to court martial. It's more like they're employees of a corporation. And as employees they can quit at any time. Nothing forces them to remain. Likewise, the only real punishment available for refusing to follow orders is being fired.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at February 27, 2012 01:28 PM (+rSRq)

5 Space is a very unforgiving master, and the captain of a ship, even an airplane, has to have absolute authority (though hardly in the sense of a dictatorship). I expected him to try to convince Marika it was a bad idea, not just refuse.

On the other hand, given her rather low-key reaction and immediate selection of one of the two obvious candidates to do the job, I considered the possibility that she's just pulling Schnitzer's leg. If so, it speaks volumes for how comfortable she already is with the bridge crew.

On the third hand, I was interrupted about five times and needed two hours to watch the whole episode, so I might have missed a few subtleties. Re-watch definitely required.

Posted by: ubu at February 27, 2012 02:13 PM (i7ZAU)

There actually is some of that going on. Later in the episode she kids Kane, for example, and shoos the other members of the bridge crew back to their stations.

I think you might be right: she may have been teasing Schnitzer.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at February 27, 2012 02:39 PM (+rSRq)

7 I thought the Lightning 11 was an unmanned drone. That's why it had such a big receiver antenna, so it could get instructions from its masters off in god-knows-where.

Posted by: tellu541 at February 28, 2012 02:27 PM (pJ1uW)

8 The unmanned drone was what generated the radar signal that the Odette II first detected; then it was used to launch the EW attack. Then it was hijacked to launch the counterattack. Lightning 11 was a manned ship... and yes, the crew's total absence from the storyline is a bit curious.

If there's one thing I don't like about this show, its the lack of questions from the characters that we as viewers find logical to ask.

Posted by: ubu at February 28, 2012 02:57 PM (i7ZAU)

Lightning 11 is

And, everyone, please remember to use spoiler tags.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at February 28, 2012 04:19 PM (+rSRq)