May15

Hitsugi no Chaika -06

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Yay! More Coffin Princess! Chaika Red brought the confetti!

 Hello and welcome back to the wandering road show that is Hitsugi no Chaika. This week we get resolution, resolve, and  revolution! Well, maybe some revolution…

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Runes. Magic Runes Everywhere.

Why do hostage exchange situations never go smooth? I’ll tell you why! Cause it’s more cool that way! People are already in mortal danger and that just gets more tense when some of them are tied up. Add cockatrices and it just get’s more awesome! Cool aside. Cockatrices were once thought to be the union of a rooster and a female lizard. Which goes to show that even in the sun rise to sun down mad working world of the Dark Ages, people still had some free time. It’s also said the baleful gaze of such horrid beasties can turn one to stone. Which they didn’t do here so much, and was stolen from the Greeks! Huzzah for free time mad culture thieving dung farmers. This was a damn good showcase battle. While it basically amounted to David, Akari, Toru and Chaika Red making lunch meat, I could watch much much more, especially Toru and Chaika Red’s fluid blade work.

And that was some great interference by Matthus and Leonardo. That Matthus can summon the pack, and confuse water wildlife too boot. I think he got a touch to excited with his powers, don’t you think? But it ended up being their undoing, as both parties bid a hasty exit from the scene. About the only thing they got was a bit more to go on with a new Chaika sighting. Did Gaz have multiples wives for multiple kids, ensuring a surviving bloodline? Leonarda has conspiracy brain, I think,

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The twain shall never meet?

And again, things refuse to run totally smooth as they attempt another hostage exchange. This time you only have to blame Red Team for the blunders. They tried to use the same tactics of ranged attack on high. Akari may be an idiot, but she isn’t combat stupid. That was rather the clever feint to use a shapechanger for a misdirect. You have to add more awesome points for giving “Akari” nekomimi and tail!

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Fredrica’s unusual labour negotiations. Also DEM DRILLS!

But between these two scenes we get some rather juicy drama. Chaika Red has become enamoured of Toru and his fighting skills. So, why not hire him out from under Chaika White? That would be fine but for the point of pride. It isn’t just the money, but it is the desire to see the job through to the end. He could work well with Team Red, as she is obviously able to handle herself better than White. But leave poor Trabant in the dust? Unthinkable. And good on Toru. I think Fredrica was there just to make sure he made the right decision. As for that, it seems that working for the one that needs him the most, that does need protection and guidance is what he is truely after. I know we have to be getting some mad shippers on deck, and I wouldn’t blame you one bit. I’ve read some of the manga and Toru’s decision does rather fit what I’ve seen of his past. No spoilers here though.

So where does this leave good old The Corp de Gillette? Well, interestingly enough, we get a nice scene right in the middle of a big capital city, the Meeting of the Six Nations. As you would expect, as with hostage exchange deals, politics is just as messy and confusing. Farmer’s are in an uprise, poverty is nearly everywhere, and it’s all generally dour. And these guys have no patience for a Post War Agency that wastes time following up on rumors and not getting to the business of putting down serfs. No matter where you go the peasants are always revolting. So Gillette and crew are off the Chaika hunt and on dirt farmer duty. Show of hands…how many of you think Gillette is going to skip the peasants and stay on the hunt? Oh, look, that’s all of the hands.

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Oh, White, Red just can’t quit you

…and who can blame her, as White still has Papa Emperor Gaz parts in her trunk remains in her possession. Now, Chaika may not have the physical presence that Red cuts, but she does have the Acrua’s. There was great team work on both sides, but in the end, a well placed Ze Flasher, a timely Iron-Blood transformation, and Akari running spoiler, and Team White comes out the winner. I love how Toru just owns Red. She just can’t win over her would-be employee. Yeah, that’s not going to boil well.

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PWND!

Some lovely sights on the road…

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So that wraps up another week of Relic Hunt, and this two parter was much better than I expected. This show keeps surprising me, and I welcome it at every opportunity. We haven’t seen the last of Team Red, that is for sure. But now we got hints of yet more going on. Will Gillette break ranks, and if so why would he risk it? Saving the Six Nations, or does he have more invested?  What do you folks think?

Happy Trails

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18 Responses to “Hitsugi no Chaika -06”

  1. zztop says:
    May 15, 2014 at 12:42 am
    POWUH: Meta Resident and LN Informant with 1529 comments

    Chaika Season 2 is confirmed for this coming October on the series’ official Twitter.

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  2. Alexandre says:
    May 15, 2014 at 4:42 am
    POWUH: Novice (36-50) with 43 comments

    My theory is that the Chaikas are clones from the emperor’s murdered daughter (the scar around the neck might suggest a garotte mark)whom the emperor himself had murdered and then cloned in several copies with a view at having his remains reunited so he could raise from the dead (perhaps a bit less complicated plan than gathering 7 dragonballs, but I bet it would work in anime!)

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    • skylion says:
      May 15, 2014 at 7:51 am
      POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10998 comments

      …or it could be something else!

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      • Di Gi Kazune says:
        May 15, 2014 at 7:59 am
        POWUH: Meta Team and Meta-Analyst with 3844 comments

        *clears throat*

        Chaika… *I* am your father!

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      • thorgriim says:
        May 17, 2014 at 2:19 am
        POWUH: Lovely-pyon~ with 386 comments

        I have no clue, I don’t know how to read novels, or see manga or anything so this is my guess..

        The Chaikas are parts of her father, in search for the main core parts, sorta like “with you Chiakas combine I am Ultra magaZombie dad!”, Chaika’s inside organs? or piece of their brains! because…frankenstein.

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  3. Highway says:
    May 15, 2014 at 9:21 am
    POWUH: Meta Team and Spammy Tamer with 7115 comments

    Yay! More Coffin Princess! Chaika Red brought the confetti!

    That means White gets to drive the float!

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    • skylion says:
      May 15, 2014 at 5:26 pm
      POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10998 comments

      …LOL…

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    • thorgriim says:
      May 17, 2014 at 2:30 am
      POWUH: Lovely-pyon~ with 386 comments

      tisk…. You know ill figure this comment section out one day, Were is my edit button RAWRS!

      Anyways, LOL Highway, I usually don’t click links, that will teach me. good find! and great, now when i watch this series ill think of RvB, =P but good stuff..

      P.S. love your profile picture, she was my favorite in Stella C3, hehe

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      • skylion says:
        May 17, 2014 at 7:12 am
        POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10998 comments

        …no edit button for commenters, you have to live with your mistakes, same as I did for years. Heck, I don’t have an edit function on other’s posts, just mine.

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      • Highway says:
        May 17, 2014 at 11:53 am
        POWUH: Meta Team and Spammy Tamer with 7115 comments

        It was more skylion’s caption that made me think of my favorite episode of RvB, and the fact that Chaika Trabant DOES drive the ‘float’. 😉

        Rento was my favorite in Stella C3 also, so it was disappointing that they 1) didn’t use her more and 2) really dropped the ball with that series I think.

        And my links are always topical and pithy.

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  4. d-LaN says:
    May 16, 2014 at 10:30 am
    POWUH: Meta Resident and Werewolf Chaser with 1270 comments

    Is that Chaika using her dead father hand to wave at some1 in the ED? XD

    Also dat gravity defying skirt of Frederica.

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    • skylion says:
      May 16, 2014 at 2:59 pm
      POWUH: and LOLi Defender with 10998 comments

      It was in the preview.

      …oh, she had it tucked under her. I did triple check.

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      • thorgriim says:
        May 17, 2014 at 2:26 am
        POWUH: Lovely-pyon~ with 386 comments

        a triple check eh, I’ll take your word on this one, heck, i don’t have a reason to doubt hehe,

        But ya d-LaN, she did wave with her farther hand haha me and fosh though that was funny, and both thought “Damnit Chaika in trouble again but doesn’t seem to mind, too trustworthy damn girl.

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      • d-LaN says:
        May 17, 2014 at 9:15 am
        POWUH: Meta Resident and Werewolf Chaser with 1270 comments

        Typo :V

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