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May 23, 2011 8:46 PM
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Wow Chirico's actually a Red Shoulder, so that's why he said he doesn't die easy. Melkian Strategic Armored Trooper Special Operations Corps X-1, "Bloodsucker Battalion" sounds real bad ass. I haven't watched the other VOTOMS series yet but I wonder if Gotho's story about the Red Shoulders' reputation are true?
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Aug 12, 2011 2:29 AM
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Well, if hundreds of troopers died there, and only 3 red shoulders survived, does that mean the rest were 'weaker' red shoulders, or that the 3 survivors were only assigned there alone?
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Nov 28, 2013 9:21 AM
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Not a surprise that he was a red shoulder. Not sure what Chirico has done to make these guys so attached to him, speaking that he has barely said a word to any of them during their duration together.
Jun 6, 2014 6:49 AM
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To be honest I knew about the red shoulder thing from the start, it was one of the few plot points I accidentally learned about before I started watching.

So was Gotho trying to bait Chrico into admitting it because otherwise that little random infodump doesn't make any sense.
Dec 18, 2014 5:57 PM
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Looks like things are about to pick up.
Jun 2, 2015 10:55 AM
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tofei said:
Melkian Strategic Armored Trooper Special Operations Corps X-1, "Bloodsucker Battalion"

Such a long name haha. Glad we found out more about Chirico. I don't mind slow paced shows, but it seems like Votoms takes a really slow path when it comes to the reveals. This was the first thing we found out about Chirico in general.

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Jun 26, 2015 1:26 PM
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ZetaZaku said:
tofei said:
Melkian Strategic Armored Trooper Special Operations Corps X-1, "Bloodsucker Battalion"

Such a long name haha. Glad we found out more about Chirico. I don't mind slow paced shows, but it seems like Votoms takes a really slow path when it comes to the reveals. This was the first thing we found out about Chirico in general.


Indeed. Shows back then really could take their sweet time to expose the characters secrets.
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Aug 28, 2019 4:44 PM
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So, Chirico's a "Red Shoulder."

He's really souping up that Votoms unit.

Jul 31, 2025 7:38 PM
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The "prototype" chick apparently likes Chirico, and is "emotional", despite showing no apparent change in expression or behaviour? Is that priest guy some sort of telepathist?


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so when they did the sweep it was only for part of the city right? i got confused with that part. and the blonde guy is not hte police but the army itself right?
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