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Has anyone from the brave series ended up in axiom nexus or anywhere else in the multivere for that matter

Dear J-Asker,

On one occasion, Galvatron attempted to flee arrest by the Autobots through an augmented transwarp gate, escaping to a parallel world. Optimus Prime rallied the Dimensional Patrol alongside Koji and pursued, arriving in Nanamagari City. The group split up to search for Galvatron and his forces, which quickly went awry as Side Burn sped off to check out that universe’s red sports cars. It was here that he was stopped by the police robot Deckerd, who was shocked when a second living police robot, Prowl, arrived to pick up his brother. All parties baffled by the revelation of a completely different set of robot life-forms working for the Japanese civil service, the Autobots convened at the Brave Police headquarters in order to explain the situation. Though surprised by this tale of alien robots, Commissioner Juuzo Saejima committed to helping the “super cool” Autobots take down Galvatron. 

The two robot units spent some time together to train while Saejima and T-AI pooled their resources to track down Galvatron. The Autobot Car Brothers marvelled at Gunmax’s Gun Bike and Shadow-Maru’s six-changing abilities, while the two Build Teams sparred after Wedge teased the similarly youthful Drill Boy over their discrepancy in rank. Of course, Koji and Yuuta, Deckerd’s young friend and boss, became fast friends. All was not well, however, as the callous Ultra Magnus made a snide remark regarding the Super AI of the Brave Police, muttering to a furious Optimus that as they lacked sparks, they were not truly alive. Upon hearing this, Deckerd had a crisis of faith, wondering if he was truly alive, leaving him without the confidence to fight or form Fire J-Decker with Duke.

Galvatron chose that moment to resurface, having used Predacon super-science to construct a drone army of the Chieftain robots who had once menaced the Brave Police. Though the combined Brave Dimensional Patrol unit fought valiantly, the army’s sheer numbers left them overwhelmed, not helped by Deckerd’s diminished fighting spirit. It was then that Optimus Prime, angry with his brother, merged with Magnus into Omega Prime, who peered into Magnus’ heart and revealed that he had been envious of the Police for their strength and teamwork. Realising that he shouldn’t let the comments of one rude ‘bot get him down, Deckerd merged with Duke to form Fire J-Decker, and the two combiners defeated both Galvatron and the Chieftain army with their combined Fire Matrix Blade attack. 

With Galvatron in chains, the two teams bade farewell with a warm handshake between Optimus and Deckerd. Though neither team would see the other again, they would keep their passion for justice alive in their home universes.

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Seen: HEISEI - TOKYO  Snap Shot Love

Who: 有元伸也、ERIC、大西正、大西みつぐ、オカダキサラ、尾仲浩二、中野正貴、中藤毅彦、ハービー・山口、原美樹子、元田敬三

Shinya Arimoto, ERIC, Tadashi Onishi, Mitsugu Ohnishi, Kisara Okada, Koji Onaka, Masataka Nakano, Takehiko Nakafuji, Herbie Yamaguchi, Mikiko Hara, Keizo Motoda

Where:  FUJIFILM SQUARE, Roppongi, Tokyo

When:  June 21 - July 10, 2019

May 1st, 2019 marked the beginning of Japan’s new imperial era- Reiwa. However, the country- from the mass media down to individuals- spent much of April 2019 reflecting upon the previous thirty years that made up the Heisei period. 

Fujifilm has sponsored a vivid look back at street photography of the Heisei era with an exhibition of “snapshot” work by eleven photographers.  This show is a fine opportunity to see some great work up close.  In terms of participating artists it’s a pretty good overview of the street photography scene in Tokyo- and the difference in approaches to the city, materials, and the camera which each photographer applies is clearly shown. 

This is probably the best street photography show of the year. If you love photography, it’s not to be missed. And if you really love photography, it’s to be seen more than once.  I know I’m going back. 

Note: I’d love to have been able to post some installation shots of the show- but he only part which visitors are allowed and encouraged to photograph is the colorful title wall featuring an image from Konji Onaka’s Tokyo Candy Box (2001) accentuated with neon lights. The neon Fujipet camera is a nice touch, too.