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Things I like about Shinei Nouzen

1) His Girlfriend

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Captains who misses and cares deeply about their fallen comrades, often being the one left to survive over the years

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Fuuuuck i really wanna rewatch The 86 for this song alone

The series climax was so special and this like the PERFECT song for it

Psych, this just became a review post.

I love this series. It has its shortcoming with somewhat tired tropes and predictable deaths.

It suffers slightly from what I would call Second Season Syndrome (think 7 Deadly Sins) where they add some shit no one asked for instead of developing our already large and complex cast of characters any further. They introduce a new mcguffin character whose really just an annoying tag-a-long until the finale.

For context, our new mcguffin character is a child that tags along as moral support. Thats their whole bit.

Aside from that its a really solid series with solid themes and characters with a phenomenal ending, so dont let my tiny criticisms dissuade you from watching it!

The mech design is unique, interesting, well thought out, and really fun to watch!

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Undertaker

[avuck]

*It's you!

*Despite everything, it's still you.

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The Main 6 ☆

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Happy Birthday

Shinei Nouzen (19th May)

86 -Eighty Six-

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𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙣 𝙉𝙤𝙪𝙯𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙀𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙮 𝙨𝙞𝙭

𝘐𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦/𝘳𝘦𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘴����𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘶𝘸𝘶

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86 Eighty-Six unveiled the cover for volume 12 of the Light Novel, drawn by illustrator Shirabi. The volume is set to release on February 10,2023. Kadokawa’s Dengeki Bunko is publishing the series.

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The Republic of San Magnolia has been at war with the Empire of Giad for nine years now. Though it initially suffered devastating losses to the Empire's autonomous mechanized Legions, The Republic has since developed its own autonomous units, called Juggernauts, which are directed remotely by a Handler. Hence there is no more loss of human life – at least officially, anyway. In actuality, the Juggernauts are piloted by 86s, the designation given to minorities whohave been systematically dehumanized and forced to live in internment camps in the unofficial 86thWard. Only military service gives them any hope of bettering their lot.

Lena is a purebred Alba (the dominant race of the Republic) who at the mere age of 16, has earned the rank of Major in the Republic's military. She is assigned to be the Handler of the Spearhead squadron of the eastern front, an elite unit composed entirely of 86s veteran enough to have earned names. (86s are not otherwise allowed names officially.) It's also a unit known for scaring off previous handlers and even driving some to suicide. As she interacts with the squad and its leader, nicknamed Undertaker, she starts to learn the truth about the harrowing extent of the Republic's actual predicament, the horrifying extremes to which the Republic has violated the principles on which it was founded, and the dire reasons why the Republic can't afford not to take its persecution of the 86s to the logical endpoint.

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Undertaker take the time when he get free with his handler.

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Mi Shin ♥

"Goodbye, brother" 86 eight-six - episode 9

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Day 6 of Otakutober: Don't Forget to Double Tap! Luna's Anime team for the Apocalypse

If there’s one thing that I’m always thinking of in the back of my mind, it’s the Apocalypse. In particular, the Zombie Apocalypse. Being a kid growing up in the looming era of 2012 (aka the end of the Mayan calendar) a lot of our conversations were about how in the world we’d survive the inevitable apocalypse. In particular, the zombie apocalypse. One of the most common conversations was about…

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Eighty six - 86! Undertaker

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I think the most depressing thing about Whisper Me a Love Song's production meltdown is how not even low-effort anime is safe anymore.

Like, say what you will about the infamous delayed productions we've had in the past- Wonder Egg Priority, 86 Eighty-Six, Gundam Witch, Zom 100- at least all those shows were grand undertakings. They were big, showy works of art with complex animation and ambitious direction that demanded a massive amount of effort to meet their creators' vision. And while that doesn't excuse the awful scheduling that led to them all needing delays, you can at least understand how a show that required such consistently top-tier visuals might need to slow down and take a break for the sake of maintaining that standard of quality. But Sasakoi? Even back when it was still functional at the start of this season, that's all it was: functional. It was a modest adaptation without too much flair, banking on the strength of its source material and smart direction to get away with not needing to animate too much beyond the concert scenes. And even that was too much for Cloudhearts to keep from falling apart. This industry is a fucking garbage fire.

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I was gonna start this with "I wanna talk to you about" but quickly realized its more like this:

I'm gonna talk and you can't stop me.

Anyway, I want to talk about a book I've been reading. I've already discussed a number of my thoughts on Youjo Senki, a book with a much larger following in Tumblr than I ever expected. I think that book is actually pretty fun. The apparent idolization of 20th century Germany is... concerning and it kinda feels like it was written by that kid in highschool that claims to be a history buff but only knows WW2 military history. That said, it is a book that goes into the logistics of war and is chock full of flawed characters. Even Tanya herself, or rather especially Tanya. But this isn't a post about Tanya, or rather it's a comparison with Youjo Senki as a reference frame. I want to talk about a little something called...

86

Eighty-Six is similarly a light novel with a war setting, however it's set is a purely original world sci-fi setting compared to the alternate history / urban fantasy setting of Youjo Senki. The story is very complicated to summarize to a point where the one thing I want to talk about is. Essentially:

The story is set in the Magnolia Republic, the fact that it's a republic is interesting in the setting but not that relevant to this little rant. The neighboring empire declared war on all of it's neighbors and began waging an autonomous war that drove the Republic to the brink of extinction, crushed to the 85 sectors of the capital city. During this, the dominant ethnicity in Magnolia declared all other ethnicities to be little more than "pigs in human skin" as a way to deny their citizenship, seize their property and conscript them to serve in the military as front line soldiers. These peoples, the 'Colorata' as they are referred to in the story as a generalization of not Alba, are forced into internment camps or serve 5 year military service to get their citizenship back, all outside the 85 sectors, the de-facto 86th sector making them "the 86". I'm not gonna pretend the racism plot is not sloppily handled, oh boy is it extremely messy and I definitely think it could have and should have been handled better, but once again, not the point of this rant so I will leave that extremely loaded minefield for another day. This military service is piloting these mecha spider tanks which are pretty fuckin rad but also are flimsily constructed and handle poorly. Inside the 85 sectors, these are referred to as "unmanned drones" because if the pilots aren't considered human, then there are no casualties in the war.

Okay, summary out of the way. Let's do this. (Btw, I'm not fully through book one yet, but I had to talk about this.)

Our main characters are split in two, an ace squad of "Processors" (86 Pilots) led by Shin aka Undertaker, and Lena, their Alba 'handler' with her heart... mostly in the right place unlike most of the upper brass of the military. I'm again not going to dig into too much, please go read it yourself it's very good, but there is one bit I want to talk about that made me go 'holy shit' and it is a spoiler so fair warning. The scene comes after a pivotal moment in Lena's character arc that forces her to confront her own biases and realize some of her own shortcomings, while also showing the uncompromising divide that exists between the her and the 86 that she can't overcome just by being friendly with them. In fact, it showed how her efforts were at best in vain and at worst actively harmful to everyone involved. She realizes for the first time the true extent of the damages done, and in a way this is the first time where the plot point about racism becomes more nuanced in how it relates to the oppression of marginalized people and how it takes immeasurably more effort to make things right than it does to fuck them up in the first place. After all of this, and then a few more slightly horrifying revelations for good measure, Lena and Shin are speaking over comms when Shin says:

"You're going to lose this war, Major."

Now, I think Asato Asato has a tendency to overexplain some of her really good bits and this is one of them. Shin explicitly uses the words "You're gonna lose this war," despite being a soldier of the republic, if not on paper because of the aforementioned dehumanization. Asato Asato specifically calls attention to this wording, and while I think it could have hit harder if she didn't, I'm in a way glad she did because people that may not think too deeply about it will at least know the gravity of this line. While Shin is not in any way a representative for the 86, this line delivers a perspective that seems to be held by a lot of the Colorata. In no uncertain terms is he telling her that he has no allegiance to the Republic, he is not on her side. Sentiments of this sort are shown to exist in a lot of their squad, and in a way became the catalyst for Lena's character growth, but how this line is delivered, and when it's delivered adds so much to it that is hard to put into words. This one line perfectly highlights the difference in perspective between the 86 Processors and the people and military of the Republic.

It also brought to mind Youjo Senki when I read it, not because Tanya doesn't also have good lines, but because it shows how the two books talk about war drastically differently. Youjo Senki is, at it's core, a book that has a one track perspective on war, awe. There is some talk about how war is bad and the conditions are miserable, but it is mostly covered by Tanya being inhumanly good at war. The Empire in Youjo Senki is highly nationalistic and is supposed to command respect and awe for it's military and strategic might. But 86. Eighty-Six at it's core is about the human cost of war, in more ways than I'm explaining here because spoilers. The Magnolia Republic is a mess. And worst of all it's a mess in ways that are sometimes frighteningly similar to the real world. There's the rampant discrimination, wealth inequality, there's about to be a food crisis, a lack of funding, and that's just the start. Basically everything is sucks, but the powers that be are hellbent on putting up the illusion of utopia, and most of the citizens believe it. And that's saying nothing of the autonomous war drones that seemingly have no programming of international wartime law or the concept of sparing civilians. The war in 86 is shown to be hell, yet the people living through it are given humanizing character moments which makes the awful shit they have to deal with seem that much worse. It helps that the cast is more than just one person, but each of the cast of 86 feel so much more human than Tanya... although her characterization is intentional too.

Long story short, I think 86 Eighty-Six is very good, and I recommend it. I loved this moment and wanted to talk about it, and I really said like nothing. Is it perfect? No, but the only book that's perfect is... well I haven't made up my mind. Like with Youjo Senki, my opinion is open to change and whatnot, and I definitely should read more of both so I have a more informed opinion but my backlog of books is endless and I picked these up preowned at my local comic shop.

I would love to hear your thoughts on this, and also Id love to hear about how the anime handled this scene. I never really got into the show, but it's been on my reading list for a while.

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Visited my aunt's house yesterday and my cousin had left a bunch of anime stickers when she left the country and told me I could take some if I wanted AND I FOUND ALL THESE 86 EIGHTY SIX ONES!!!!!

I actually knew about the Undertaker one because I literally visited my aunt and saw it A WEEK before I started the anime and I cried myself to sleep with regret that I didn't take it back than. But I had no idea about the other ones I was so surprised!

Look at shinlena!! Look at theonnette!! LOOK AT THEO!!!!!!!! (yeah I have favorites)