And we see how he’s just downright not honest with himself (e.g. like when he knows that what Yui’s trying to do is the right thing). We see how he’s stubborn, how he doesn’t give in even though he knows better (e.g. And we see the frustrations that build up as a result-frustrations that get compounded by the fact he’s unable to pilot the new Shiranui properly, even though he’s an elite American Eishi. We see that it’s something that results from a want to ignore and erase his Japanese origins. What do I mean? Well, from this episode, we can firmly conclude that Bridges is someone who we see is clearly skewered toward the ideologies of the Americans in the Muv-Luv universe. I mean, not only does this battle give us the resolution of major plot point involving Yui and Bridges and their inability to work with one another, as well as Bridges struggles as a test pilot… it’s also the culmination of a lot of character development. I mean, the battle at the end just wraps together all the developments up until this point in such a marvelous way, that you can’t help but admire at least a little, how everything works out.
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Moving on, if there’s another thing the battle really emphasized, was how great this series can be. The preview seems to hint at this and well, it’ll be nice to see how they all work together. You’re both not honest to yourself.” Hopefully though, this battle will become the catalyst that eventually leads them to work together properly. And I think Vincent’s quotes really hits it on the nail as to why: “You guys are both the same. Either way, I think the thing we can all agree on is, both of them definitely have their own share of the blame. Granted, it’s questionable the methods she used to do so… but one can also argue that, considering his personality, the way Yui went about it was also probably the best and most effective way.
Regardless, if there’s one thing that the battle showed, it’s that I was right in predicting that all her goading and “being bitchy” were just things done intentionally to bring Bridges’ true potential out. Yui ultimately is “defeated” by Bridges… but defeated is a bit of a stretch though, considering how Yui definitely held back and was also missing her alternate sword. And seeing Yui easily dispatch all of the members of Argos other than Bridges in one hit, just shows how she definitely had the skills to back up her talk from the previous episodes.
At least though, it does fit quite nicely with her personality and the way she’s been doing things.Īnyway, what can I say? The amount of CGI and budget that went into these final few minutes must’ve been quite something, because it was one pretty darn nice battle. I had always pictured it being a kind of officially sponsored sparring match of some sort or Bridges being the one to initiate, but alas… can’t get everything right. Surprisingly enough though, it’s actually Yui that initiates the confrontation. And well with all this frustration, combined with the continued disagreements with Yui over the quality of the TSF and his piloting in general… it’s no wonder things eventually escalate to the point where there just ain’t any other way to settle the score except via the old-fashioned way: fisticuffs.
Sadly though, Bridges struggles continue this episode for the most part, as he tries to adapt to the drastically different Japanese TSF design. This week, Project Prominence starts revving into gear… bringing with it some pretty awesome shots of the new Type-94 Shiranui (known as the XFJ-01a Shiranui Second Phase).
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