History Headscratchers / PumpkinScissors

** Apparently,the Imperial Army has a pretty big corruption issue, and Section 3 was supposed to be PR stunt; a way for the Army to pretend they are serious about reconstructing the Empire. It's only thanks to Alice that the unit could overstep its original purpose,and her family connections means that there's no overt way to quash or disband her unit without an epic fight/

* I get that they're a "public relations stunt," but why the hell are the members of Pumpkin Scissors constantly sent into the field completely unarmed? The only members who regularly carry any form of weapons are the guy who brought his anti-tank pistol from home, and the LadyOfWar who brought her "sword" (I mean, other than the impractically huge one, it's more of a big knife) from home too. Even though nearly all of the members of the unit are actually officers, none are even carrying a sidearm most of the time. The fact that they ever ''survive'' missions is generally 75% luck, 25% Randel. Though admittedly, even on the very rare occasions anyone thinks to arm an intelligence unit that constantly gets shot at, it's rare that they ever fire a single shot in their defense.

** The pumpkin and the will-o-the-wisp go pretty well with each other. (A will-o-the-wisp inside a pumpkin = Jack-o-lantern...) Also look at the design, the scissors are placed below the pumpkin, like to cut it from it's (imaginary?) throat. On top of that the traditional Irish Jack-o-lanterns look rather frightening too, compared to the American version. Take a look [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Traditional_Irish_halloween_Jack-o%27-lantern.jpg here]]. Might be fridge brilliance -or just me hallucinating - but a pair of scissors is a pretty dangerous thing, despite not being made as a weapon / for combat, just like the "Public Relations Section 3 - Pumpkin Scissors".

** Well considering the things they probably pumped inside him, (And [[FreudWasRight I'm not saying it that way]]) it is possible that [[WildMassGuessing he is younger than he looks]]. Also, if you try to imagine him without the scars, he isn't that old. I'd give him mid-20s.

** Well, with Studio Gonzo now pretty much dead in the water, I'd say it's pretty unlikely, although I guess there might be a slim possibility of AIC putting together a second season like what they're doing with StrikeWitches. Although they obviously set it up for a second season, my guess is that there's probably nothing in the works, at least now.

* Just who the hell cuts halloween pumpkins with scissors? Is this some japanese thing?

**** Actually, the burn cream formula seems to have been authentic, just finished too late to be put to any use ''she'' would consider worthwhile. The anaesthetic seems to have been a makeshift, to hold until they got the real thing developed. Having your flamethrower troops be unable to take off their suits is a ''serious'' problem, especially if they'd been a bit less eager to get ''out'' of their suits. Can you say 'RoaringRampageOfRevenge'?

*** It's been a while since I've read or watched the series, but I thought it was because there was no burn cream formula. It was some sort of anaesthetic so the soldiers didn't notice that they were slowly burning to death...or am I thinking of something completely different?

** Because she didn't care about anyone who wasn't one of "her" supersoldiers. To her, only ''they'' are important.

* Why, in God's great name, did Kauplan decide to toss out that burn cream formula when it could be used to save peoples lives?

** Well, with Studio Gonzo now pretty much dead in the water, I'd say it's pretty unlikely, although I guess there might be a slim possibility of AIC putting together a second season like what they're doing with StrikeWitches. Although they obviously set it up for a second season, my guess is that there's probably nothing in the works, at least now.

* So is the series over now, or are they planning more?