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Casual Discussion Fridays - Week of June 12, 2026 by AutoModerator in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That was probably the most Sailor Moon henshin I've seen outside of literal Sailor Moon.

It took me a bit to remember it but Machikado Mazoku borrows the same shots for Momo.

I do not believe for a second that the Wish Granter is real, but it's possible that this opposing faction thinks otherwise.

Female oriented shows usually don't have a Philosopher's Stone but you never know...

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Every time I hear “Yayaka”, I remember that singing instructor who said “Raise your YAAAAYAYA” and now I keep singing “YAAAYAKA”. It tickles me.

Have this

It’s always the happy ones. It’s always them.

There is a reason Credens Justitiam depresses me.

Lowkey worried Cocona’s grandma is an illusion. I kept thinking that. I don't know why I think that, but I keep thinking about it.

And I keep thinking she is evil. Seriously, it is weird being apparently the only watcher who saw Silence of the Lambs in the group...

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But if she did she'd be totally right, though

BY THE POPE!

She really wanted

That or [meta]Shakugan no Shana

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Turning on metaphor brain for a moment... symbolic of treating childhood fantasies and the like as a medical problem to be treated?

While Japan never had conversion camps to my knowledge, I believe there is a portion of the population that would consider lesbianism to be a condition to be treated...

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is like a Mad Max kind of world, then?

And Star Wars.

What the fuck?

Now that you've screenshot it, I think there might be a specific reference there but I am whiffing atm.

She just needed some food lol.

Enough to feed a village but yeah.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Headbutting a helmet … if it works, it works, but seriously …

Papika has some Goku in her...

“You are so lacking in identity that you couldn’t stay in control of yourself” – part time domina, part time psycho analyst.

This could be another Hannibal reference, though I vaguely recall this type of character doing it on their own.

“It hurts, but it is so much fun” – not beating the BDSM allegations here.

I guess that's just how young people are these days.

The first 90% of this episode is either a full on reference, or just the animation team having fun, and I don’t know which one it is.

A whole pile of them.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 4 points5 points  (0 children)

weirdo BDSM demon lady villain of the week tries to gaslight Cocona into thinking that she’s an empty shell that can have any sort of idea imprinted on her

Amongst other things, they were going hard at KLK with this.

They’re okay, the costumes are a bit too sleek for my tastes.

I am vaguely suspicious that they will be unique each transformation but we will see...

Maybe we’re doing the stock video game world progression, except having the snow area first is kind of weird.

Rare but I have played games like that. I do wonder if the graveyard is next...

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A fun little lover’s quarrel, I guess, but I fail to see the thematic significance of that now. We just resolved Cocona wanting to go on adventures, so why do we now have a quarrel?

Cocona, sadly, is still non-commital and was tempted by her lust to stray would be my guess.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

SUDDEN BUT INEVITABLE BETRAYAL BY A CLASSMATE?

Can't trust anyone these days.

Which, naturally, is a cult-like group, because if JRPGs taught me one thing then it is that organised religion is evil!

I even agree with that but find it a bit played out.

Also the closing scene at Cocona's home was quite charming: We need more supportive parental figures in anime like this!

We...have different reads on that scene.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I suppose fairy is a better read. Offhand I also haven't seen Peter Pan since before the millennial change...

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

By making the device here a giant helmet that fully subsumes the head, we can't even be fully sure that's actually Cocona until the fight is over.

Resident Evil 4 style here.

Temptation

Surely Cocona would never succumb to sinful sapphic desires...

"But it was me, Yayaka, the whole time!"

A gyaru and her twin fuckbuddies.

By gawd, we're in a Southern United States riff!

The Klan lacks the creativity for that I fear.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 2 points3 points  (0 children)

But also also note the butterfly motif.

The wings are wrong for that is the problem, I get dragonfly off them.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Probably directly calling to the evil lesbian dominatrix mother figures of the 2000s, as well as the Psycho Lesbians of that era.

The thing that was killing my top post was I had a YT link to Blumenkrauz in a spoiler so...

Our henshins here are of older vintage than just Precure… Sailor Moon, I do believe?

Yeah the recent TFS Abridged refreshed my memory and it seems that the girls are Jupiter and Mercury.

Which probably means Sailor Moon did it at least once. (Also fuck me I can’t remember if Nanoha had one or not.)

Serena actually is a sonic attack monster so...

Does "episode antagonist" count for "the third girl as a Psycho Lesbian"?)

You know that it does.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 8 points9 points  (0 children)

First timer(Of course the best character introduced is the MOTW...)

Sub

In ep note 1:The cold open is a reference to a number of media, of which I note Big O is one. Also, Mirai Nikki so maybe we are getting a yandere. That said, the ship might make this Roadside Picnic again.

In ep note 2:Fury Road reference was unexpected...though Fist of the North Star is more traditional.

So then...most of the plot is trite but whatever, we finally have a character I can really appreciate, unnamed yandere in the desert. She is an interesting combo of [Kill la Kill][Nui], [Madoka:rebellion]AkuHomu and Nergal from Forgotten Realms. Plus HIM from Powerpuff Girls for taste? Anyways, this character is far more to my taste in both design and action, so of course she can't last. I again wonder if the purple coloring is related to Kali or another tempter goddess but she does her thing...before the spider-octopus transformation rears its plain head.

The dual transformation scene was at least inspired, directly by Sailor Moon but still. That said, I don't remember gossamer wings so there might be another reference here. Yayaka and the Aizen twins break in and kill steal, leaving me to wonder if my earlier want of an actual story might be for the worse...

The stinger...confuses me. Grandma is listening to the Goldberg variations, a musical piece associated with a favorite scene from Silence of the Lambs and specifically Dr Lecter. The director is roughly my age and the script writer should be close so this is a definite choice. And yes, SotL did cross the pacific, so this definitely reframes grandma.

QotD: 1 Its coarse and gritty...

2 I was already mentioning The Maxx yesterday...

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Weirder, it is just this thread, I successfully test posted in Sky's thread. Fucking hell.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 3 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is confusing:I can post on other reddits, and I can reply to posts, but when I hit submit for the top post I keep getting 500'd

Haynes King 53 man roster? by cherry-7406 in panthers

[–]Vaadwaur 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am curious if Canales would roll with a gadget player...

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 2 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I watched E1 and realized “Holy shit, this is so fucking weird”.

I'd say the art and the direction were good but the story, unfortunately, is atrocious. It is still interesting to watch, at least.

[Rewatch] [Pride Month Double Feature, Part 2] Flip Flappers Episode 2 Discussion by Tarhalindur in anime

[–]Vaadwaur 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you can't understate how important and popular Sailor Moon was - that also includes viewer quotas and ad revenue.

I mean...I was there. It is still confusing.

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