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[king-of-better]

Brave Musume GaoGaiGirls

As I have previously discussed, this is a webcomic released intermittently by Hobby Japan from June 2019 through July 2023, with a total of 31 parts.

number.01: The Braves of GGG are lost in the Trinary Star System, however Bionet have developed a Zonder Virus to attack cyberspace so to counter them data of the Braves has been used to create Virtual Mechanoids, the GaoGaiGirls. The lead is Shishioh Rukio, saved from death as an electric fusion, however her laziness annoys her partner Galeo.

number.02: It started a month ago, when Rukio saw a mysterious net broadcast, and was suddenly dragged naked into cyberspace by what seemed to be a Zonder Robo.

number.03: Rukio ran while not understanding what was happening, then came across a naked boy, who tried to get her to run, but she became distracted from the Zonder by the nudity.

number.04: Rukio awakens, and the boy flies to her, apologising she got caught up in this, but offering her a way to fight back. As she aggressively shakes her, he calls for LinerGao(M0.95)

number.05: Rukio is now transformed into the Virtual King of Braves, derived from GaoGaiGar. The boy used a lot of power to affect the change, become Galeo, and has her use Broken Magnum to defeat the Zonder Virus.

number.06: The Zonder Virus will keep regenerating as long as the Virtual Zonder Core survives, so Galeo has Rukio use Hell and Heaven to extract the Core, however doing so uses up the power of the Virtual GS-Ride, cancelling Final Fusion and leaving Rukio naked.

number.07: Rukio has continued to use the Brave Armour to fight for GGG. A ZOV appears on the servers of Nitto General Hospital, Rukio is sent to fight it.

number.08: Rukio is struggling against the giant, captured in a claw, so Galeo calls for backup, Rukio's predecessor Virtual Mechanoid. The arrival crashlands, freeing Rukio, but is then herself crushed by the roller.

number.09: Rukio pulls the newcomer free, and she introduces herself as Homura Azusa, the crash is due to her inherited traits from EnRyu. She claims to be more a support and and tank role, so Rukio should engage head on.

number.10: The other backup appears suddenly with a sword slash, having held back to gather intel, she is Shizuku Kanae, Azusa's twin sister. Rukio is very put off by the talk of the sister docking.

number.11: With time running out, Rukio has Azusa and Kanae create an opening for her to recover the Core.

number.12: The three GaoGaiGirls meet up to discuss their victory, unaware of a mysterious cloaked figure spying on them, confining Rukio, as the GaoGaiGar-type, as the biggest obstacle, before being embarrassingly exposed by the wind.

number.13: Rukio has met with National Police Agency Planning Division Director, Inugama Saori, currently on loan to GGG. Rukio wants to quit being GaoGaiGar, in response Inugami shows her candid pictures of her she's recovered, and gushes over her, begging her to stay. Also Ushiyama Tsuguo appears to be working there.

number.14: Rukio's attempts to quit are hampered further when Azusa (as a maid) and Kanae (as a carrot), also working at the restaurant, overhear and are upset, both because of the betrayal and because Rukio was the first person found compatible with Shishioh Gai's data, and they hug her and beg her to stay, Inugami takes advantage of the opportunity for more photos.

number.15: Inugami gets a call from Hirata, reporting a new ZOV threatening to takeover all of G-Island City. Inugami orders the GaoGaiGirls to deploy, Rukio begging to at least be able to get class credit for this.

number.16: Narration on the GaoGaiGirls and their duties, Rukio is annoyed at being forced to deploy in a swimsuit.

number.17: The GaoGaiGirls arrive and witness the ZOV flying, making the sisters unable to do much, as Azusa's attacks are too close range and Kanae is a meles combatant, leaving Rukio stuck.

number.18: Rukio charges after the ZOV using Ul-Tech Engines to pursue, but suddenly a giant robot hand appears and punches her.

number.19: Rukio looks up to see the cloaked figure descending from the robot hand and gloating, only for Rukio to freak out because her foe isn't wearing underwear, trying to preserve the girl's modesty.

number.20: With no sign of the ZOV being stopped, Hirata requests permission to unlock Galeo's power, but Inugami needs to delete confidential files first.

number.21: The robot hand fires anti-mason cannons, the girl laughing about her power over the GaoGaiGirls, gloating her barrier makes her invincible.

number.22: JJ2, the girl, laughs about her victory. Rukio wants to give up, but isn't prepared to let them bring devastation, but wonders if rather than fighting, she can negotiate friendship with JJ2.

number.23: Azusa and Kanae try to buy time while Rukio talks to the Bionet agent, Rukio explains her struggles with the job, JJ2 implies she could give her an in with Bionet. At last though, the 4th hero appears.

number.24: Inugami appears, with power derived from Volfogg. She fires a Melting Siren to disrupt JJ2's clothes, leaving her open to attack by the sisters, though Inugami is a little too ecstatic at the opportunity she's been given.

number.25: Rukio uses the opportunity to finally defeat the ZOV, saving G Island City from becoming a Zonder. JJ2 acknowledges her loss, but promises to have revenge, though Rukio wants to be friends and tries to warn about Inugami.

number.26: In a meta chapter about the manga resuming, a her heroine, Kurogane Hiro, introduces herself.

number.27: Rukio explains to Hiro about JJ2 and her hope they could be friends. Hiro is annoyed at unnecessarily raising flags, but agrees to help Rukio, taking on Goldion Hammer form to be used by Rukio.

number.28: Inugami lectures the girls on how the specialised ID Armour for cyberspace use was developed to oppose Bionets ZOV use. The first developed were the J-Jewel based JJ2 and Hiro, who were meant to work in tandem in imitating the Silverion Hammer. Replicating G-Stone technology was harder, and by the time Rukio's VID and Galeo were finished, JJ2's systems were overtaken by Bionet. The girls are wondering what to do about JJ2, but it turns out she has already been invited to this GGG Data Center.

number.29: JJ2 cannot comprehend the reason for inviting her, but has initiated a ZOV infection, triggering a firewall trapping everyone in that data space. The GaoGaiGirls charge, but are overwhelmed easily.

number.30: JJ2 tells Rukio not to throw her life away, but Rukio refusing to give up, fulfilling her mission as a member of GGG, unleashes her power via Hiro's Goldion Hammer, defeating JJ2.

number.31: A few years later, this branch of GGG are still pursuing cyber threats. Intelligence Officer Kanae and support Azusa note electromagnetic waves coming that threaten the network, so Commanders Inugami and Hirata order GaoGaiGirls to deploy, so accompanied by Galeo, Rukio, Hiro and JJ2 leap into action.

[a-robin-among-thorns]

The noodles aren’t quite as good study partners as they think they are.

Shout out to @gaogaigirl for helping me with this drawing!

Bonus:

[recentanimenews]

New GaoGaiGar Figure Reimagines the King of Braves as a Cute Girl

  GaoGaiGar has been returning to the fan consciousness in recent months—which means it's time for new merchandise. In this case, a GaoGaiGirl.

  Kotobukiya's Crossframe Girl GaoGaiGar figure reimagines the Sunrise robot as a cute armored girls, with transformable pieces just like the mecha from the series. She can be displayed as Galeon (seen above), GaiGar, or full-on GaoGaiGar thanks to included Gao Machines:

    She can also use the Gao Machines separately:

    Hook up the Dividing Driver to create a battlefield:

    Or just forego any of that:

    The figure is currently available for preorder for 8,100 yen, and is expected to ship out in June.

  >> Crossframe Girl GaoGaiGar Product Page

Source: Anime! Anime!

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  Kara Dennison is a writer, editor, and interviewer with bylines at VRV, Sartorial Geek by Jordandene, We Are Cult, and many more. She is also the co-founder of Altrix Books and co-creator of the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. Kara blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.

By: news+feed@crunchyroll.com

[king-of-better]

Coming back to this after so long. I still plan to cover King of Kings last the first two chapters, but I think I will look to GaoGaiGirl first. As a reminder, this was a webcomic released sporadically, loosely set in the gap between FINAL and King of Kings.

[king-of-better]

I'm now in the homestretch. Sort of.

Obviously the main thing left to cover is King of Kings: GaoGaiGar Vs Betterman, which was originally published in prose across 3 volumes between 2016 and 2021. It's now also releasing as a manga intermittently, with the 5th Volume coming soon. At least some of the collected volumes have new chapters not included in the serialisation, I don't know yet if those are original, and won't until I look at the manga. I'll be covering the prose version first.

There's also the separate matter of a webcomic I didn't discover until I started this project, Brave Musume GaoGaiGirls. O originally assumed this would be a tie-in to the CrossFrame Girls figure, but apparently not. This launched in 2019, and when I learnt of it, hadn't been updated in over a year, so I planned to cover it before King of Kings, as it's officially set in the period after FINAL. However, after the King J-Der manga it's started receiving monthly updates again.

My current thinking is that I will probably cover GaoGaiGar Vs Betterman in prose form first, followed by looking at both manga and GaoGaiGirls intermixed based on release date.

[justasmallbravereblogger]

(I totally feel like this is like our girl Abel just wanted fun.)

Brave Musume GaoGaiGirls

As I have previously discussed, this is a webcomic released intermittently by Hobby Japan from June 2019 through July 2023, with a total of 31 parts.

number.01: The Braves of GGG are lost in the Trinary Star System, however Bionet have developed a Zonder Virus to attack cyberspace so to counter them data of the Braves has been used to create Virtual Mechanoids, the GaoGaiGirls. The lead is Shishioh Rukio, saved from death as an electric fusion, however her laziness annoys her partner Galeo.

number.02: It started a month ago, when Rukio saw a mysterious net broadcast, and was suddenly dragged naked into cyberspace by what seemed to be a Zonder Robo.

number.03: Rukio ran while not understanding what was happening, then came across a naked boy, who tried to get her to run, but she became distracted from the Zonder by the nudity.

number.04: Rukio awakens, and the boy flies to her, apologising she got caught up in this, but offering her a way to fight back. As she aggressively shakes her, he calls for LinerGao(M0.95)

number.05: Rukio is now transformed into the Virtual King of Braves, derived from GaoGaiGar. The boy used a lot of power to affect the change, become Galeo, and has her use Broken Magnum to defeat the Zonder Virus.

number.06: The Zonder Virus will keep regenerating as long as the Virtual Zonder Core survives, so Galeo has Rukio use Hell and Heaven to extract the Core, however doing so uses up the power of the Virtual GS-Ride, cancelling Final Fusion and leaving Rukio naked.

number.07: Rukio has continued to use the Brave Armour to fight for GGG. A ZOV appears on the servers of Nitto General Hospital, Rukio is sent to fight it.

number.08: Rukio is struggling against the giant, captured in a claw, so Galeo calls for backup, Rukio's predecessor Virtual Mechanoid. The arrival crashlands, freeing Rukio, but is then herself crushed by the roller.

number.09: Rukio pulls the newcomer free, and she introduces herself as Homura Azusa, the crash is due to her inherited traits from EnRyu. She claims to be more a support and and tank role, so Rukio should engage head on.

number.10: The other backup appears suddenly with a sword slash, having held back to gather intel, she is Shizuku Kanae, Azusa's twin sister. Rukio is very put off by the talk of the sister docking.

number.11: With time running out, Rukio has Azusa and Kanae create an opening for her to recover the Core.

number.12: The three GaoGaiGirls meet up to discuss their victory, unaware of a mysterious cloaked figure spying on them, confining Rukio, as the GaoGaiGar-type, as the biggest obstacle, before being embarrassingly exposed by the wind.

number.13: Rukio has met with National Police Agency Planning Division Director, Inugama Saori, currently on loan to GGG. Rukio wants to quit being GaoGaiGar, in response Inugami shows her candid pictures of her she's recovered, and gushes over her, begging her to stay. Also Ushiyama Tsuguo appears to be working there.

number.14: Rukio's attempts to quit are hampered further when Azusa (as a maid) and Kanae (as a carrot), also working at the restaurant, overhear and are upset, both because of the betrayal and because Rukio was the first person found compatible with Shishioh Gai's data, and they hug her and beg her to stay, Inugami takes advantage of the opportunity for more photos.

number.15: Inugami gets a call from Hirata, reporting a new ZOV threatening to takeover all of G-Island City. Inugami orders the GaoGaiGirls to deploy, Rukio begging to at least be able to get class credit for this.

number.16: Narration on the GaoGaiGirls and their duties, Rukio is annoyed at being forced to deploy in a swimsuit.

number.17: The GaoGaiGirls arrive and witness the ZOV flying, making the sisters unable to do much, as Azusa's attacks are too close range and Kanae is a meles combatant, leaving Rukio stuck.

number.18: Rukio charges after the ZOV using Ul-Tech Engines to pursue, but suddenly a giant robot hand appears and punches her.

number.19: Rukio looks up to see the cloaked figure descending from the robot hand and gloating, only for Rukio to freak out because her foe isn't wearing underwear, trying to preserve the girl's modesty.

number.20: With no sign of the ZOV being stopped, Hirata requests permission to unlock Galeo's power, but Inugami needs to delete confidential files first.

number.21: The robot hand fires anti-mason cannons, the girl laughing about her power over the GaoGaiGirls, gloating her barrier makes her invincible.

number.22: JJ2, the girl, laughs about her victory. Rukio wants to give up, but isn't prepared to let them bring devastation, but wonders if rather than fighting, she can negotiate friendship with JJ2.

number.23: Azusa and Kanae try to buy time while Rukio talks to the Bionet agent, Rukio explains her struggles with the job, JJ2 implies she could give her an in with Bionet. At last though, the 4th hero appears.

number.24: Inugami appears, with power derived from Volfogg. She fires a Melting Siren to disrupt JJ2's clothes, leaving her open to attack by the sisters, though Inugami is a little too ecstatic at the opportunity she's been given.

number.25: Rukio uses the opportunity to finally defeat the ZOV, saving G Island City from becoming a Zonder. JJ2 acknowledges her loss, but promises to have revenge, though Rukio wants to be friends and tries to warn about Inugami.

number.26: In a meta chapter about the manga resuming, a her heroine, Kurogane Hiro, introduces herself.

number.27: Rukio explains to Hiro about JJ2 and her hope they could be friends. Hiro is annoyed at unnecessarily raising flags, but agrees to help Rukio, taking on Goldion Hammer form to be used by Rukio.

number.28: Inugami lectures the girls on how the specialised ID Armour for cyberspace use was developed to oppose Bionets ZOV use. The first developed were the J-Jewel based JJ2 and Hiro, who were meant to work in tandem in imitating the Silverion Hammer. Replicating G-Stone technology was harder, and by the time Rukio's VID and Galeo were finished, JJ2's systems were overtaken by Bionet. The girls are wondering what to do about JJ2, but it turns out she has already been invited to this GGG Data Center.

number.29: JJ2 cannot comprehend the reason for inviting her, but has initiated a ZOV infection, triggering a firewall trapping everyone in that data space. The GaoGaiGirls charge, but are overwhelmed easily.

number.30: JJ2 tells Rukio not to throw her life away, but Rukio refusing to give up, fulfilling her mission as a member of GGG, unleashes her power via Hiro's Goldion Hammer, defeating JJ2.

number.31: A few years later, this branch of GGG are still pursuing cyber threats. Intelligence Officer Kanae and support Azusa note electromagnetic waves coming that threaten the network, so Commanders Inugami and Hirata order GaoGaiGirls to deploy, so accompanied by Galeo, Rukio, Hiro and JJ2 leap into action.