World Conquest Zvezda Plot

Smoking is bad, m'kay?

What the hell did I just watch?

An anti-smoking campaign.

I think they were smoking something when they made it.

God that was great; Even though it was more sympathetic to non-smokers I love that it kinda shat on both sides.

That was the best smoking PSA I have ever seen.

Episode 1: Sci-fi action/comedy

Episode 2: Slice of life comedy

Episode 3: Something that feels like an extended Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei sketch

I have no idea what this show's deal is

Is that a bad thing?

This episode greatly reminded me of November 11 for some reason. What am I saying, the reason's in my face.

It also reminds me of Masayoshi's early hero days.

Kate has the charisma required for world conquest, indeed.

Nice transformation sequence. Or should I say, nice suit up.

Also, smoking's one of the things she can never conquer. Ever.

edited 25th Jan '14 11:40:51 PM by Diamite

Sticking to a theme of family and belonging, through the lens of a cursory examination of Yasu's past and motivation. As I predicted earlier in the thread. The show is meeting my expectations fairly precisely. Yasu's "I just want to look cool" is of course a joke, but it's reflective of the cheap sense of belonging that Asuta's first episode speech was aimed against, as well as what Kate seems intent on refuting. The patterns of the show have been very closely entwined for these first three episodes. In terms of the superficial plot, it also follows up on Kate's habit of taking every little thing extremely seriously.

Well, I did think it was a bit surprising that they got citizens involved so deeply in their activities, since previous episodes have been relatively small scale (giant monsters aside).

edited 26th Jan '14 11:11:02 AM by Clarste

I am non-smoker and I dislike when smokers are nearby, but somehow I couldn't help but be on their side this time...

edited 26th Jan '14 11:36:46 AM by Tenzen12

I dunno, man, I spent the whole time cheering for Zvezda...

Well, they were portrayed as a small persecuted minority. It's natural to root for the underdog.

I think there was nothing wrong with the smokers having one place they could smoke.

Proper response to when that guy in the restaurant asked offhandedly if he could smoke would be to look him in the eyes and say no. Then take further action if needed.

But that wouldn't be evil would it

But they're not evil.

I think Kate is a sentai villain. Reasonable response isn't in her vocabulary.

She's probably going to conquer the world to right some minor social injustice.

edited 26th Jan '14 2:22:15 PM by kiukiuclk

You think? What was your first clue?

I think to a certain degree, though the makers of the show obviously aren't big fans of smokers themselves, but it seems like they were lampooning overzealous social warriors.

Was it just me or did the 'good guy' team outright say that the majority of the people who were still smokers by the end of the episode weren't human. Could be some foreshadowing there.

And they were walking like zombies.

After misery they were putten through they lost all their humanity, They are dead inside now.

First episode, at credits, kyakuhon(writing): Hoshizora Meteor (Type-MOON)

Type MOON

Type FUCKING MOON

No wonder this has such a disastrous opening, and now we are looking this from the past.

He's a new writer at Type Moon, and his most famous works weren't published under that label. Anything you associate with Type Moon most likely has nothing whatsoever to do with him.