2012-10-25, 09:12 | Link #821 |
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So CIA sees Jonah was Koko's weakness.
Didn't know R was an undercover spy. Him admitting it to Koko was an even bigger surprise. A shootout in the middle of town was as cool as ever ^^ Koko had a little crisis after all that with R, but she regrouped fast. Well, guess that's expected from an arms dealer.
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2012-10-25, 14:27 | Link #822 | |
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2012-10-26, 01:01 | Link #829 |
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Everyone's talking about R's death, which is understandable given that he gave up everything(being a CIA agent + part of Koko's team) to protect her, but despite how crazy she was, I felt a bit of sympathy for Hex as well. At first, I thought she was just a nutjob that liked killing, like Chinatsu, but towards the end of her life, when she was shoveled inside that cave wondering what went wrong, I got the impression that, despite her exterior personality, all she wanted to do was protect what was important to her. I guess I'm just a sucker for an attractive lady (>.>)....
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2012-10-26, 01:12 | Link #830 | |
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Also, I really didn't give two hoots about R. Lehm is the only one of Koko's brood (outside of Koko herself and Jonah I guess), who'd bring a tear to my eye upon his death. And, yes, Hexx was fighting for what she believed was right. But, she was a complete psychopath about it. Ok, not complete. She was level-headed enough to know it was time to retreat. But, there's the Jack Bauer way of ruthlessly doing what you need to get the mission done, and then there's the psychopath way. Hexx falls into the second camp. It's easier to sympathize with the one over the other. That said, I did admit to shedding a metaphorical tear over her death. Such an impersonal way of being killed was like one big birdie from Koko to Hexx.
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2012-10-26, 07:27 | Link #832 |
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This season has been really great so far. Episode 3 in particular was amazing. My only gripe was that they started to develop R too late in the game, so his death didn't make that much of an impact on me. It sure did on Koko though. Underneath her cold exterior, she is actually a very fragile lady. Given her reaction to R's death, R was right to fear what would happen if she lost Jonah of all people.
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2012-10-26, 08:03 | Link #833 | |
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Speaking of Hex's personality...I wonder how she was really like with Bookman...
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2012-10-26, 14:45 | Link #834 | |
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Another explanation is that there're hundreds of deactivated B-52s lying around in the middle of the Arizona dessert. So I'd think it's relatively easy to smuggle one out and bring it back to operability...but not likely considering how you're gonna hide such a huge bomber without anyone noticing. |
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2012-10-26, 17:52 | Link #835 | |
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2012-10-26, 21:49 | Link #836 |
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From reading all of the manga up to the last volume 11, the B-52 which was never sold to any allied country was part of the US airforce.
HCLI has the largest intelligence network that rivals and in some cases exceeds the CIA, and that is why Bookman and the United States is after Koko and HCLI. They want her connections and intel network for themselves. Basically Koko's company has access to virtually any piece of technology, weapon, or piece of intelligence so calling in a request/favor and to direct a air strike in a war zone the US is already in should be easy as pie. |
2012-10-26, 21:54 | Link #837 | |
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If it's much older bomb tech, then HCLI has itself a B-52 stored someplace in an old East Bloc country. |
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2012-10-26, 22:20 | Link #838 |
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They were using conventional unguided bombs you can tell they have no Jdam kits attached, besides it was clear weather and why would you carpet bomb with a smart bomb it defeats the purpose of being guided ie less needed because it's more precise.
As I said earlier HCLI can't exactly sale/buy US equipment like a B-52 since the tight government controls on such items, but with foreign or Russian equipment they will sale to anyone who has the money. Best bet they have someone high up in the US military in their pocket to authorize or redirect a air strike within a active warzone. Last edited by dfens; 2012-10-27 at 16:56. |
2012-10-27, 16:38 | Link #840 |
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1. I thought Bookman was too easily convinced by R.
2. Inertial bombs are much cheaper per unit than smart bombs? Or else the redirection of an official US strike. In any case, loved the episode. The voices continue to be miraculous, too. Konishi Katsuyuki as R. Hisakawa Aya as Hex. Isobe Tsutomu as Bookman (Dutch in Black Lagoon, Boiled in Mardock Scramble). And of course Itou Shizuka, above all.
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