Saturday, November 9, 2013

Duffy the Disney Bear Adventures: Dapper Day Duffy Style!

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Are you ready for some more Duffy adventures? Of course you are!
Weee another weekend of fun. We went to Disney back to back weekends. What a lucky bear I am indeed!!!! A bit tiring though. Good thing I have tons of clothes for the occasion.
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This hotel looks like familiar...as does this magazine.
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Mom had blurry vision on the camera today. Keep it still!
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Also it is way too early to be up. I am going back to bed until we are ready to go.
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Dad was able to come on the trip this time weee. This way to the Magic Kingdom.
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The theme for the day is Dapper Day. That is when everyone dresses up very nice, like when people used to come to the parks a long time ago. Like my outfit?
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First thing we did after we got to the park was get in line to see Mickey. Dad was dressed as Dapper Mickey so of course we had to do it.
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Last time we were in this line there were Princesses too. But they got moved to a new location now....
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Mom guessed right woohoo!
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It is almost our turn to meet Mickey. How do I look?!
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Almost like how much email mom has in her box....
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After we got to see Mickey we got in line to see Pluto while Dad tried to get cards for his game. This is when he found out the rules changed. Sad dad. :(
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The line for Pluto is out in the sun. Don't melt!
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Do you spy the little pumpkin?
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We took a lot of pictures in our Dapper clothes. We got a little hungry so we went to a restaurant no one has ever eaten in before.
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It was themed for Lady and the Tramp. I have never seen the movie.
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How long would it take to eat all this cheese? So yummy!
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More blur vision by mom. XD The statue is pretty though I promise.
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Here is mom's meal. She is kinda picky though. She doesn't like tomato sauce at all. She said it was very meaty. Too bad they didn't have cheese ravioli, she likes those.
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This is Dad's food. He likes tomato sauce. XD
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Someone asked if I was Frank Sinatra. Is he handsome like me?
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The seating area for Tony's. So plush and cushy.
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People watching Lady and the Tramp. There were too many kids though, I was afraid of being grabbed.
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Time for more pictures! We get to see the circus!
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I am the Dashing Duffy!
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The snake is making mom's pictures even blurrier!
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So many pink poodles. Can we have a pink cat instead?
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Oh now we can see them!
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After we got Goofy, Donald, Daisy, and Minnie to visit with us Dad got us all in the car and drove us over to Hollywood Studios. That is the park that Dapper Day is happening at. There are pics of me in the castle...but mom is in them too. XO What about me alone?!

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Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Co-worker Delusions: The Suffering of Tenchi

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I don't know if I am the girls or the angry lady....
This is my face too. Do you see it? Every single day this is the face I make. Not at the person that is causing me to feel this way of course. No no I turn away and make it at the wall, customers who sense my pain, or in the bathroom when I run away to silent scream. This is the face I make every day at work. The face I will probably make every week as long as I work at this job.  

Since I am trying to get ready for work I will make this brief. A bit of an update about my work life. When I first started this new job at the dry cleaners I thought it was going to be smooth sailing. The morning shift was so slow and easy and the afternoon shift I shared with a make coworker. Thought much blogging would get done in the off time. WRONG. I was put only on the afternoon shift and the male coworker was fired. Not giving away my location but after 3 the entire area is released from work and come to drop off dry cleaning, pick up dry cleaning, or both. The only other coworker at this store works the morning shifts and conveniently leaves right before said rush. I sometimes just stand in one place for 2 hours as piles of clothes are thrown upon me at the speed of fast. Add in the fact I have to work every other Saturday and my poor anime blogging has fallen so far behind. 

The purpose behind this post isn't to list all the evil, rotten, and lazy things my coworker has done in the past 5 months. No it is about what she did Saturday and what she did that will affect the rest of the week. Or really what she DIDN'T do. On Saturday my coworker admitted to me she was taking it easy. Upon investigating (since I write things down to have my own back) I found out she ONLY took in clothes on Saturday. She didn't tag or process anything. She said she wanted to leave herself something to do on Monday. I don't understand the logic in that as one should prepare for the worse. Why leave yourself something to do on the busiest day of the week? There is no reason to do that. 

Well what the hell happened? Monday was busy. It would have been normal busy but since my coworker did NOTHING on Saturday all the clothes she didn't do Saturday added in with the clothes we got Monday and it was chaos in the streets. WE RAN OUT OF BAGS! I literally using the giant bags we use to sort clothes in and I almost ran out of those! We were so behind the wait time for clothes was getting pushed more and more back. Again without revealing my location some people...have certain time needs for clothes and by my coworker not doing ANYTHING on Saturday this was setting them back as well. 

The point of the post is my coworker is so delusional and stupid she has know decided this is ALL my fault. See when she leaves in the afternoon it is just me trying to combat all the afternoon pickups and drop offs. It is hard for me to process any clothes. Since the mornings are slow she can get a lot more done than I can. Most people are working between 7:30 to 2:00 with the exception of lunch time but that is when I get there. So it LOOKS like she gets a lot more done than I do when in reality she is making less sales and taking in less clothes than I do. So when she comes in the morning and sees these giant piles of clothes on the floor she gets super pissed. Quietly though. With small digs at me. Like oh I see you left me with more clothes than yesterday. For example when she left the store there were about 25 bags still to do from the chaos. When she came in there were 58 bags total. She thinks that I am sitting around doing nothing but hello how do you think those bags got filled with clothes? How do you think all those sales happened? 

But the scariest part of this whole thing is she truly believes I am the cause of this. She doesn't see that her doing NOTHING on Saturday has created this snowball disaster. She even went as far to clock in early yesterday under the guise of working while there was no customers but she really spent that hour complaining to the manager that I didn't do enough the day before. THEN she left early, telling me that there better be less clothes than today. If you are leaving EARLIER than yesterday and I have MORE clothes than yesterday how is it going to be any better than yesterday? Won't it be worse? How can I logically get all of this done alone when we aren't having a great time getting this done together? I am genuinely pissed off and confused on how stupid/delusional one person can be. And I only have one coworker. ONE! So I hate her and there is no one else to talk to or complain to or run to. It is just me and this woman who thinks she knows everything but really should have retired and gone to Country Cabin for the early bird lunch a long time ago. It is a total no win situation.

I really can't wait to go to work today. I mean...there is so much more about this woman I want to say, all the mistakes she makes and the way she picks on me when all I am doing is what she TOLD me but I must fly. Fly to work where things are still snowballing out of control. Because of her. But because I cannot handle all the clothes she leaves for me in the afternoon clearly I am the reason we are behind and the customers are being told they have to wait. Can't you see how this is all my fault folks? When she has 10 customers in a 4.5 hour time span and I have 30 customers in a 2.25 hour time span I AM THE PROBLEM! Clearly folks! The more you know.

Oh and P.S. I got in trouble for leaving all those bags on the floor. Like where the hell am I supposed to put them?!

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Monday, November 4, 2013

Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova episode 3

One more post weeee! Thought my eyes were going to melt after spending so much time in front of the computer. I should do that thing called exercise...go outside...move. You know, all those things. It would be easier to do the right thing if it wasn't boring. XD I mean how can I watch TV outside? Craziness.
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Like those are ideas and such right?
So here is the second post that should have been up last night but my brain was like nooo go to bed. Me thinks the coding on this post got messed up for some reason as I all I see are well if I type it the computer gets mad. The divs. Hopefully this works out. Then it is on to breakfast and getting ready for work SO MUCH FUN. Up now is Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova episode 3. Spoilers for super warm welcomes yay!
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This is one serious dock here folks....
Episode Summary: Gunzou and crew have arrived at the Port of Yokosuka. This is most of theirs home town although one of the crew seems impressed. Things have changed a lot since they last were here. There are huge walls that protect the bay and a super eleborate process into docking inside the underground harbor. All the navy soldiers are on super guard as they point guns at the crew as everything is checked. Nothing is said about the gravity gun they have on board so Gunzou assumes that his connection Vice President So and So is on their side. Still the inspection is lengthy and no one goes out of their way to make them feel wanted. More like get your supplies and be on your way. Gunzou orders the crew to do certain things, from making sure things are supplied right to making sure that the weapons are looked after. Gunzou takes Iona out as everyone else is guarded by the navy who is like hmmm we have to do our jobs so don't judge us. As the crew works Gunzou takes Iona on a side trip through his old town. Iona notes that there are more shops and people since they were last here. Gunzou thinks that since the wall has been built some people must have come back to the bay. Iona thinks that is illogical as being near any water source is dangerous, no matter how amazing the wall is. Gunzou says that some people just want to be near the sea, no matter how illogical it might be. Gunzou and Iona run into a rich girl running away from her maids. She is shortly taken away by said maids and Iona scans the girl, stating she lives alone. Gunzou thinks that it is odd that Iona has taken an interest in someone other than the crew and Iona looks like she wants to say more....The illogical train continues as Gunzou stops by a graveyard to pay respects to those lost in the Fog War, probably his dad. Iona doesn't really see the point of this place as dead people are dead and it's not like they died at this spot. More illogical behavior. But as Gunzou sees people crying over a grave he realizes this is a spot for the living, not the dead. And being illogical is a sign that people have evolved. Back at the docks final preparations and supplies are being loaded on the 401 when the crew looks up...and the army has arrived and taken the navy and them captive. They set to work capturing Iona and Gunzou. Iona wants to fight but Gunzou asks her to stay her ground. They are invited to a dinner party at some fancy place. As they wait Kita, some super important past member of the Navy and current super important politician, joins them. Everyone is hmmmm at this situation.
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Please go on and make more sense please.
Elsewhere Kongou and her tea set are drinking along with another Fog Ship. As they drink their tea they talk about the situation that Takao has found herself in and how Kongou has sent two submarines to investigate her. When the other Fog Ship questions why Kongou is doing something like tactics she explains that they have to adapt. That Fog Ships were used to following orders and doing things directly. That it was easy to take on humans because they lacked the superior technology. But if humans got a Fog Ship like oh I don't know Iona....the tide would turn. Thus the avatars are able to learn and grow from their experiences and Kongou is able think of tactics. Meanwhile Takao has gone to shore and bought a magazine about being a captain of a ship. She has a love moment imagining that Gunzou is...riding her. The two spy submarines 400 and 402 appear and question Takao why she has left the fleet. She tries to explain she wants to be the best weapon possible and for that she will need a captain. The two submarines think there is something more but Takao marches off, saying she will meet up with Gunzou at this next location. The two submarines let Takao leave as they sense Fog is changing and they will need to study Takao to make it through this. Back at the dinner the crew is watching as Kita takes his seat and mainly talks to Gunzou. Basically Kita just wants Iona back in military hands. Kita says a lot of crap and it contradictions himself in the conversation. He thinks the ship is too dangerous in the hands of kids, that it needs to be in trained military soldiers hands. That they have just been lucky all this time and this ship could turn the tide for the human race. Then he switches gears, saying that Iona and her little human body can't be trusted. She is still the enemy, still can't be fully controlled. That she might turn on the human race and she needs to be in military hands if that happens. Gunzou listens to this all and is like....um no we will not be leaving Iona with you, especially if you call her a monster. A ton of men gather around to shoot everyone full of lead when an explosion happens at the wall. Two Fog Ships have started to attack. Gunzou orders to Iona to bring the ship around. Iona over rides all the systems and poof the ship arrives. Iona points her lazer beams at the military men as the crew safely boards the system. Kita says that Gunzou is going down a dangerous road, he might die because of this ship. Gunzou doesn't know the future but this is what he feels is right. Iona says that she exist as a weapon and to keep Gunzou alive. She has no idea what Fog wants and she is on Gunzou's side only. Everyone boards the ship and off they go. Iona identifies both ships and the crew is like two at once? That doesn't stop Gunzou from declaring it battle time. THE END!
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Who cares, time to reload!
This show is moving right along. Maybe a little too fast as some things were glossed over. At certain points in the show I had to check to make sure I wasn't watching the wrong episode. Like um when that was discussed? I guess as long it gets explained later it is okay. Trying to get through all the ships I see....
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Home sweet home!
The group has made it to Port Yokosuka. Welcome home!!! I mean...Gunzou did leave on a bad note. Super bad note. So I guess it makes sense that they haven't been home in a while but that begs the question where they get supplies. They can raid all the Fog Ships they want but they can't eat missiles. Tea and sugar cubes can only go so far. So they are getting refueled and replenished somewhere. Just not here....
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The bullets would have tickled too.
This Yokosuka port is serious business now. I guess after the large attack 7 years ago and Gunzou basically floating away with a major assets has caused them to up security. Super security. Good to know most of the world is screwed yet there are still enough supplies to build giant walls and sacred doors and everything. The process was rather quick but everything was so extensive. Like whoosh this section and whoosh over here. Safety first in the Fog Apocalypse. But it was sorta laughable that the navy had guns pointed at their heads. I mean Iona can't be killed right? I guess she could fail to protect everyone in time but still...a tiny bit laughable.
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Do humans like getting bombed?
While the rest of the crew gets to experience this amazing treatment Gunzou takes Iona for a walk. I am surprised this is allowed. Or that they are even resupplying the ship at all. That dude that hired Gunzou has pulled some strings but I can see Gunzou and the others being ordered to stay on the ship. No extras for you! But he does get to walk around. Which was important as we got to see how...off Iona really is. Despite being around Gunzou and the crew for two years she is still very robotic. Not that wouldn't disagree with her on the staying away from the ocean front. Like oh I love the ocean so much I have to come back. Gunzou should have said something like people want to stay/die in their home town.
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Look at me, I might be important.
There was a brief scene with Gunzou and Iona running into some random little girl. Really she almost ran into them. She is a little rich kid living alone in some huge mansion. Alone meaning with maids but still. Maids are not parents. I guess they can become family but still. This will probably lead to something later. Iona actually carrying about someone not in the crew was new to Gunzou. Why is that? Is she a relative of Gunzou? Someone she could eventually listen to? Or does she not have parents at all? A Fog Ship with amnesia? HMMM folks!
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It is necessary to let go. Or grow more sad....
That moment didn't last long though. Gunzou has to teach Iona more about being human. Because I guess all they do is run around and disable Fog Ships. Not much of Iona getting to know much about the human world when there is combat all the time. And this band of misfits are...odd. So I guess Iona hasn't had much chance to learn about social norms and hat death is really like. She views herself as a tool and when she is destroyed that is it. She doesn't seem to understand how humans view death even thought there seems to be a lot of it around her. You would have thought someone would have opened up to her about it before now but whatevers. Iona is coming from an alien place. Our ways are very different to her. To her funerals and memorials are weird. If people are dead they are not in the ground or in the rock at this area. Dead is dead. Instead of Gunzou being upset over Iona's accidental harshness he realized she was different than him and moved on. Graves are for the living, not the dead. 


Before Gunzou got too far gone in the mush he and the rest of the crew were captured. The army and navy were like....you know what. We don't have enough problems in life. We really should work hard to make life as miserable as possible. Working together is for chumps. So the army took hold of the navy's operation and Gunzou and company were cordially invited to be kidnapped. How amazing.
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....you would be out of luck?
Elsewhere Fog is having some problems. Off camera Takao has left the fleet. Like poof see ya bitches. Kongou seems to be in charge of all the Fog vassals we have seen so far. We know some other force is using these avatars and ships as weapons so she really isn't super in charge. Still she seems to be in charge. And addicted to tea. She and the other ships have been on this planet long enough to start learning. A bit faster than Iona which is odd since she has a human crew. But Kongou sees how Iona's maneuverings and fighting has improved. I am glad this was brought up as Kongou also talked about how the ships are developing personalities now. They have human avatars to guide the ships and as a result they have turned almost into people. So that makes me happy, that this is attempting to be explained. Also I like that Kongou is going to investigate what is wrong with Takao rather than blow her out of the water. That signifies growth. More learning!!
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See? LOST MIND!
So what is Takao doing? Um losing her mind. All over the place. I am just going to randomly pull up to a harbor and buy a magazine about captains. How she wants one. How she needs one. How sexual things are getting in her head. But when 400 and 402 show up (looking creepily like Iona) they were like um you crazy. Takao tries to explain it away, that she is a weapon and to be the very best weapon she needs a pilot. That is going against everything Fog stands for but again Takao is not killed. She is allowed to leave so they can learn from her. But 400 and 4002 are right...change is coming.
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And then it went downhill from there.
So how did that dinner go? Amazing apparently. See it is hard to really hate on Kita. I mean I guess I can since in the end he wanted to cap everyone to get what he wanted. And I am sure his intentions weren't as pure as he was making it out to be. It was probably to advance his career more. But that doesn't change the fact that his words made sense. That they were practical. Iona IS a Fog ship. It's not like Gunzou has explained Iona has been reprogrammed to follow his and only his orders. To everyone Gunzou just took the ship and has been on his own ever since. Iona could be a great asset to the humans. If Gunzou allowed her to be studied what could they learn? Torture no, Gunzou will be around to prevent that. But in Kita's mind these kids have a dangerous ship that could turn on humanity at any moment. Slip into a harbor and goodbye humans. So Kita makes a lot of good points.
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Thus I am right and you are wrong!
Sadly it is his approach that really sucks. Calling Iona a monster, kidnapping the kids, and putting guns to their heads...not a great way to look like the sane one. Gunzou was never going to say yes and I wonder how that all would have ended had the two Fog Ships hadn't shown up. Like SURPRISE! But yes....Kita made some good points but this was never going to go his way. Gunzou wants to go to that bright future and do things his way. Which seems to be not killing Fog ships as he might think of them as human. That seems to be the theme this season anyway.
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But I don't abandon my people...LIKE RICK!
I have been super distracted by the Walking Dead. Sorry episode. XD But the episode ends with the entire crew getting onto the ship safely as there is an attack. Like thanks for kidnapping us, we are going to go rescue you now. Only there are two new Fog Ships coming to attack. Um two? We have a hard enough time with one. Come on weapon Iona. We can do this...right?


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Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova episode 2

Good morning lovely readers. Is it morning? Usually I like the Fall Back portion of Daylight Savings time. But now my body is like um no you needed to be up an hour ago. How dare I not sleep in. No it is more important to wake up and attempt to go back to sleep only to have a scary dream about a spider and a restaurant full of people trying to hurt me. X___X
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Yay for overkill!
But it is morning and not late at night. I am feeling slightly more awake than last night. I was like zombie Tenchi after watching the Walking Dead. So here are the two posts I should have had up yesterday. Up first is Aoki Hagane no Arpeggio: Ars Nova episode 2.Because posting episode 3 first would be silly. Spoilers for so many terms all over the place.
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Peace out little decoy.
Episode Summary: Fog Ship Takao is sitting in the ocean looking for Iona and her crew. She fires a missile but it is determined she sunk another decoy. Frustration. Back at 401 Iona reports another decoy has been sunk. The crew is trying to determine long big Takao's range is which apparently is rather large. They are trying to reach a certain port and Takao has planted herself in the middle of said water way. Add in the tropical storm that is approaching/there and things have to be planned rather seriously. Various crewmen talk to Gunzou about what they think he should do. Iona and her pod of energy is busy giving stats and input as well. The original plan was to use the decoys and go around Takao's range at the bare minimum. But since Takao is acting a bit odd given her stats perhaps it would be better to use the decoys in a different way and take a longer way around. More terms are thrown around, how they should use missiles and attacks and what. Gunzou decides that if they go with route B, the longer way around, she could still follow and their destination might be bombed as collateral damage. Instead Gunzou suggests using the storm and decoys and attack Takao directly. There is slight WTF as Gunzou's main idea is using a weapon they haven't tested but off they rise. Takao then almost blasts them into pieces but Gunzou realizes at the last second Takao knows exactly where they are. They manage to escape but lose all the decoys in the process. Takao is shocked she “missed” while Gunzou starts to put it together. Takao is a war ship, not a submarine. But a submarine would be the only thing that could detect them as such a distance. Gunzou comes up with a new plan. The 401 comes close to the surface so Takao is like okay time to attack. Missiles are flying all over the place and exploding but eventually Gunzou reveals his secret weapon. He has taken a Super Gravity Cannon from one of the fallen Fog Ships. This forces Takao into the air, exposing the submarine that was attached to her. She was unable to prepare for this as she was hitched to the thing and slow moving. Floating helpless in the air Gunzou fires...on the submarine, leaving Takao weaponless for 24 hours. The group continues on their way towards the port. Iona does question why Gunzou is concerned about her as she is a weapon, she should be used as one. Takao then has a “meeting” with Kongou to discuss her failure. Takao had started off the battle strong and almost stoic. But after her lost and meeting with Takao she slowly has started to lose her little battle ship mind. She wants revenge as she floats along in the sea. She knows that Gunzou had the chance to destroy her but he didn't. Why? Then Takao decides she wants want Iona has, a human crew that can help her reach her full potential as a weapon. Or a woman. Either way.
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I understood the word decoy though so yay?
That was....super technical. Super duper technical. But I guess that is what you get with this kind of show. Also when was the last time I watched this show? I am surprised I remembered anything but then again I only watched episode 1 so it wasn't like I could forget a lot.
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I am sure that board is full of confusing terms too.
But yes this Arpeggio of Blue Steel show...I foresee a lot of terms and situations and a LOT of terms and situations that might be confusing. Confusing to me and everyone else who is not familiar with submarines. Or alien run submarines. I mean it wasn't like I was totally in the dark. Putting what was going on into context was easy to do. I think. But if you had to ask me to repeat what they were saying I would laugh in your face. It was sink submarine and torpedoes this. Flank that and fire this and a lot of thingy things going on. If you are looking for a post full of super duper explanations of what is going on...this is not the post you are looking for. This will be the post that will break it down in simple terms. My poor little brain.
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Do the Fog Ships ever run out of ammo? I mean...no one is refueling them you know?
So what happened in this episode? Gunzou and his crew were hired by someone to get to America. The Japanese have grand plans for a super weapon but won't be able to put it together themselves. They need someone with the space, equipment, and land locked ability to create said super weapons. That means traveling by sea to get to the United States. I am assuming that even though Fog has taken over the seas air travel is also not possible. You know, with missiles able to blow them out of the sky and satellites being knocked out. So by sea it is.
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And then we have a ship that looks like a high school student....
Despite only having a high school education (and not even finishing) Gunzou and his crew are amazing at piloting Iona. Although I am sure her highly advanced intelligence and self awareness helps. And it wasn't like these kids were in school for their health or fluff. They were all going to go into the military, to work on and be on subs. This new world needs soldiers, not sales people or photographers. So maybe it makes sense that they are so smart and job focused. That and it has been two years since Gunzou took over the ship. Plenty of time for Gunzou and his team to get their act together with Iona and look amazing yes?
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It doesn't appear that they are going very far yet with Fog Ships all over it takes forever.
To make it to their next stop (not the United States because that is way too much ocean/sea) the group must pass through Fog territory. Okay I got jokes since all of the water is Fog territory. The Fog ship in question this episode is Takao. The group has been sending out decoy ships to see what her range is and what her capabilities are. Not all Fog ships are created equally and Iona has been separated from the group for quite some time. Got to play it safe or everyone is going to get blown up. I was going to ask where the heck they came up with all those decoy subs from. Are these kids rollin in the dough? But then I thought to myself...am I questioning where they are getting the never ending supply of missiles from? Wait I am? Okay maybe this will be explained later. You know, Iona can create....holograms that are real and stuff....or maybe this is a bit of military backing. I don't know.
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What is up with this rule?
What I do know is the kids had lots of plans. And what I like about Gunzou was he was listening to his crewmates. He might be Captain but he wasn't flaunting around his power. Clearly he is a thinker but he needs people to help make these plans possible. The idea of skating by Takao by using the decoys and the tropical storm probably wouldn't work. That would be the safest plan but Takao's range was getting rather large. Shizuka suggested several things. Why not just go around the known range and use the decoys as we create a large path towards our goal. Kyouhei and Sou suggest several things too, on why that might be a bad idea. Gunzou weighs down the ideas and theories and realizes that everything sucks. While there is a Fog rule that they can't attack the land directly if there is collateral damage when chasing a ship that is okay. So clearly this Takao Fog Ship wants them to go to their destination so she can attack said destination.
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Any objections? Okay time to attack!
There were a lot more words than that but that is the gist of it. Gunzou has decided....time to fight!!! They have a secret weapon after all. They will use the decoys to get closer to Takao and BAM! They shall use said weapon that hasn't been used in combat before. Iori has the most problems with this plan as she is in charge of energy but in the end everyone is like okay time to go. You too Iona. Thanks for all the input.
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Almost was toast there.
Gunzou's plan doesn't work oh so well. Mainly because Takao had something going for her that Gunzou was able to figure out in 5 seconds. Well 5 seconds before they were almost blasted. She saw through the decoys and almost poofed them. Takao was....well rather a blank slate during most of the attack. I said almost because at times it looked like she was getting off on attacking and destroying Iona. But Takao got more aggressive and excited as the battle went on. Gunzou managed to save everyone from being squished which is great. All the turns and dives and missiles and suchies. He correctly guessed that there must be another ship involved because Takao wasn't built to detect things with such precise and distance. A lot of this has to be due because Iona can identity the ships and what not. And she used to be with them so you know.
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And why not destroy Takao too? Oh ships are people too duh.
After a lot of terms and explosions Gunzou and gang use a giant weapon from a previous Fog ship to destroy the second ship that was located directly under Takao. Which shocked Takao as the group could have fired on her but didn't. They destroyed the tiny ship and only took a little damage themselves. All this planning and strategy paid off as Takao was forced to lick her wounds in the ocean with no weapons for 24 hours.
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But not just any human right?
Takao really started to show a lot of her personality after that defeat. I am sure that Iona is a real traitor in her eyes. However there are a lot of puzzling things going on. As Iona stated she and Fog Ships are weapons. So why not use the weapon to defeat the enemy? A robot ships girls real people too in Gunzou's mind? Kongou rubbing it in that Takao lost really didn't help the ship's mental state. She must have been hiding the crazy inside her soul. Now Takao is teetering on revenge and waiting a crew herself. I am sure she will pass it off as she wants to be a better ship as Iona has a human crew helping her develop strategies. But really hommie is probably in love with the Fog Saver Gunzou. Interesting. Who is the real enemy and what does Gunzou really want if he doesn't want to destroy Fog Ships? Guess we will find out next time!

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