#Talho Yuki

[bonath]

[historyman101]

Yeah, I know, I said I would never talk about this again. Well, these spoilers changed my mind. Before you all get mad and call me a hypocrite, two things: 

One, I shut off my ask box temporarily, so anyone looking to give me shit can piss off. (For those of you with non-e7 related questions, please contact me privately for now). 

Two, I held my tongue for almost two years. There was plenty that happened with Eureka 7: Hi-Evolution in that time that I could have weighed in on. I could have talked about the first real teasers, the shitty looking character designs, or the revelation that Dai Sato and Kenichi Yoshida unceremoniously left the project. You can’t be angry at me for holding back for so long, especially in the wake of these spoilers. 

Even when I did keep my mouth shut and retire the topic, people still gave me shit, like when I unveiled my horror story for Halloween 2020. Since I can’t win no matter what I do, I might as well unload and go balls to the wall anyway.

With that being said, strap the fuck in. We got a lot to talk about.

Not long after I initially decided to retire Eureka 7 as a topic for the blog, someone wrote me an email saying that I wasn’t giving the trilogy a proper chance. The final movie had yet to come out and there wasn’t any information as to what it would be about. And I thought, “You know what? That’s fair.” I may have been too hasty to abandon ship, not least of all because I was just tired of getting blasted online every time I weighed in. So, I waited. For all I knew, movie 3 could have pulled off a miracle and turned this around. There was always that possibility, even if I thought it was incredibly small and unlikely. 

When spoilers were posted on /m/ and shared on reddit, I had to see for myself, especially since it was incredibly unlikely the films would get pirated online or come stateside until at least early 2022. 

Well, I hate this trilogy even MORE now, and I think I’m going to hate this movie the most of all. 

It’s bad enough that the movie cuts out all of the things that made Eureka 7 unique and is essentially just a mashup of Terminator 2 and Gundam: Char’s Counterattack with some Ghost in the Shell and Eva sprinkled in. It’s bad enough there is not even a smidgeon of romance to be found anywhere and is just a generic scifi action movie. 

But this confirms something I’ve said for the longest time: Tomoki Kyoda hates Eureka 7. He despises it. The whole movie is just overflowing with contempt for the property, the characters, the lore, everything. Want proof?

How about the fact that Sumner and Ruri (protagonists from the PS2 games) are brought into this just to die (and Ruri has an unrequited love with Dewey, gross), just like Holland? Yeah, you read right. Holland dies in this too, and leaves Talho a widow and a single mother. How about Dominic, and how he’s been written out of this (yet again) despite featuring so heavily in movie 2? Oh, and Gulliver isn’t here either, despite there being tons of merch for him. Ironic, I know.

The Gekkostate are basically nonentities who might as well not even be in the movie (much like throughout this whole trilogy). 

Even Dewey gets the shaft. Before he was a cold and ruthlessly efficient rogue military officer trying to take over the government. Now he’s a katana-wielding comic book supervillain. Oh and they really amp up the pedo vibes with him by having him bind and gag Iris, the girl Eureka is trying to protect Terminator 2 style, in this creepy gown that resembles a wedding dress:

Are you angry yet? Because that’s not all.

The worst part of it all? EUREKA DIES stopping what is basically the Axis drop from Char’s Counterattack. AND GUESS WHO SHOWS UP AT THE LAST MINUTE?

Renton. 

And he’s only there to join her in death, basically acting as the grim reaper. This is not just Tomoki Kyoda kicking E7 in the nuts. He’s beating it up when it’s already down until his fists are bloodied and the corpse is rendered unrecognizable.

I never thought anything could top my anger with Hi-Evo 2. But this is on a whole other level. Yes, the original show could get dark, and it wasn’t afraid to kill off characters, but never to this extent! This is nothing short of meanspirited and spiteful. It shows an outstanding level of disrespect not just for the characters, lore, and legacy of Eureka 7, but the fans who have done nothing but try to support this property, myself included.

If there was any doubt in anyone’s mind that Kyoda hates Eureka 7 and everything associated with it, this movie should dispel those doubts entirely. No wonder Sato, Yoshida, and even Kawamori bailed. I would have done it too. Seriously, how bitter and angry do you have to be to essentially kill your property and characters by your own hands? 

This is the end of Eureka 7. This is the end of Kyoda’s career. I’m done supporting this shit. Even if they make another one after this several years down the road, I won’t be there to see it. Hi-Evolution 3 is my last stop on this train. 

Expect me and my friends to rip this movie a new one in a podcast like what we did with Anemone two years ago. In fact, expect it to go on Youtube. The world needs to see this. 

As I read through the thread and reflected, I remembered when this trilogy was first announced in 2017. I remember the hype and excitement around it, and how this represented a real chance to right the wrongs of all the post-series content. Hell, I even remember the posters. You know what the poster for Movie 3 was?

Renton’s face. 

Now, not only was he written out of the trilogy and made into a plot device, but he acted as this franchise’s Grim Reaper. Just....what the hell.

I hate this with every fiber of my being. It’s almost confusing to me how badly this trilogy screwed up and possibly killed the franchise forever. 

Let Eureka 7 rest. I’m done.

[trapar12006]

[kokorohoko]

[unilust]

Eureka Seven movie character designs of Renton, Talho, and Eureka.

October 2017 issue of Newtype

artbooksNat

[purpledragonsart]

In the end, nothing had changed.

How I felt before. My emotions from my past.

It’s just that everything went back to the way it was before.

[otakuoasis]

Eureka Seven

Opening 3 - "Taiyou no Mannakane he" by Bivattcher

[gifs made by Hikari]

[bonath]

[trapar12006]

[unilust]

I didn’t notice that the poster girl in Renton’s bedroom was Talho til now *im watching ep 35*!

[otakuoasis]

Eureka Seven

Opening 2 - "Shounen Heart" by Home Made Kazoku

[gifs made by Hikari]

[bluebird167]

Odette (Human) - Juvia Lockser

Odette (Swan) - Luna

Derek - Gray Fullbuster

Rothbart - Sir Crocodile

The Great Animal - Mard Geer (Dragon Form)

Jean-Bob - Sonic

Puffin - Baron Humbert von Gikkingen

Speed - Panther Lily

Lord Rodgers - Holland Novak

Queen Uberta - Talho Yuki

King William - Fujimoto

Bromley - Natsu Dragneel

The Chamberlain - Sanji

Hag/Odile - Charlotte Pudding

This is for sale, free of charge if anyone wants it. I'd make it myself but I'm not too good with video editing.

[bonath]

[valenshawke]

Never mind that I thought Holland’s actions towards and related to Eureka were creepy as fuck, but nearly all the adults there are so incompetently angry at Renton for being... well... a kid. Things that should have been explained to him get delayed, nearly everything he does is shat upon.

I was kinda liking Talho. Now, not so much.

Should’ve stayed with Charles and Ray.

[plutojester]