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May 22, 2011 3:04 PM
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THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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"Wow! we both know the same awesome song and know we're humming it together, we're totally bros!" -.-"
And what's the deal with Marlene? she came to rescue them, shoots the monster without making sure he was dead,then leaves and finally appears again to finish the job?
Mar 30, 2012 8:52 AM
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Aww. Yuji finally made a friend, through mutual humming.
May 19, 2013 5:37 AM
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Not bad...
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Jan 15, 2014 1:03 AM
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Pretty awesome
Feb 19, 2014 8:51 AM
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Yuji needs a haircut.
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Sep 7, 2016 6:01 AM
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I hope that Joey won't die, he finally found a humming friend.
Jun 3, 2017 9:15 PM
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That's a lot of extended awkward humming scenes lol . I get the point though, he's finally found a friend and start to feel comfortable/normal to some degree.

Well especially considering he just started to learn to pilot that mecha he did pretty damn good with his first blue fight. Got a good counter, good hit on it, managed to hook one of its eyes or something . Least he stalled it long enough for Marlene to get there and save him AGAIN

Aug 14, 2017 7:20 PM
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ROFL, the MC runs like a super wimpy geek up the boat ramp at 15:22.

Hahahahaha! The guy is utterly useless. Wow. Keep humming terrible songs fella... Jesus.

I'm not sure if the animators have seen anyone run before or have even done it themselves, but my god. Perhaps they really wanted to show him as being that uncoordinated? Or maybe they are just terrible at animating human movement in general? I don't know but it's damned funny sometimes.
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Nov 13, 2018 7:51 AM
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I am always open for recommendations of stuff to watch. And this one came from 4chan /m/, the only good board. A paragon of good taste and virtue those fine /m/ people are. Once again they do not disappoint.
Mar 23, 2019 3:04 PM

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I thought the humming scene would never end. I think I’ve seen enough of this on, parachute on, and bailing.
May 6, 2019 8:56 AM

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Gotta love how shooting the Blue's gaping prolapsed facial anuses basically insta-kills them.

Also, that humming duet. So emotional; I couldn't hold back my tears.

LOL
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Jul 30, 2023 4:32 PM

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The fucking humming, lmao. They're like birds chirping in the morning XD

Yuji got some development in this episode, in theory. He aspires to be useful in some form, and he befriended the mechanic with blue hair through his l33t humming skillz. His combat proficiency has a long way to go, but there's 26 episodes, so there's plenty of time.


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Oct 17, 2023 3:58 PM

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Yuji's finally being useful instead of just constantly cowering in fear. Like I get it, he's just a normal guy who would reasonably freak out after being put in such a nightmarish situation but at some point your survival instincts have gotta kick in. Guess all it took was the power of friendship.
Sep 4, 2024 12:12 AM

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Yuji you got a long way to go. You almost busted the mech cause you panicked...again.
Aug 30, 2025 3:56 AM

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Yuji got a little bit of a training arc this episode. Nice that he's been promoted from dame in distress to an amateur combatant against the blue!

Him and Joey becoming humming buddies is a nice development. I hope they're able to get through this horrible apocalypse together.
Sep 26, 2025 7:49 PM

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Out of nowhere it turned into an episode of Cromartie LOL

It was realistically awkward how at the end as he is leaving he looks at her as if about to say thanks but then he doesn't (probably because she would dutifully deny any intentions of doing so) but then she does look back as if relieved that he is in good health.



“We also rejoice in our sufferings, because we know that suffering produces perseverance; perseverance, character; and character, hope”
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Dec 31, 2025 10:01 PM
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Episode 3 has a couple of things that make so much sense. The part where Yuji was hesitant to shoot makes sense, because he was shaking just trying to load a magazine into the gun. Good on them for not just having him pull a shounen protagonist and suddenly become a badass. They start him off with basic stuff like aiming a gun and not closing your eyes because the speed takes getting used to do.

In the next fight at the port, Marlene actually asks him to keep the ground Blue busy while she deals with the flyers. "Don't engage because you barely know how to fight, instead use the movement controls which you learned so far." That is certainly sensible.

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