Dragonaut episode 11

We see the first meeting between Hoshi and Kitajima five years ago as the latter is out shopping at a department store with Yonamine. Nanami Hoshi introduces herself as Kitajima’s new subordinate thus starting their supposed friendship. Fast-forwarding to where the previous episode left off, Hoshi radios Garnet, knocks out Kitajima, and takes Album into Gillard custody.

The remaining members of the Lindwurm unit follow Sakaki’s orders to not pursue Akira and Machina. Kazuki thinks back to his reprimand from Sakaki for making up the blatant lie about a secret mission. However Sakaki lets the matter slide and even seems to encourage the occasional impulsive behavior. Akira takes Jin to an abandoned house on the outskirts of town. Much to their surprise the electricity and water are still working so Akira decides to take a shower to give the viewers some fanservice. She walks out into the living room totally nude much to Jin’s chagrin. When asked about their current course of action, Jin responds that he only wants to see Toa again.

Kitajima awakens on the wrecked submarine and makes a beeline swim to nearby Tartarus to contact the ISDA on the radio. Garnet inquires about whether or not Hoshi killed Kitajima as part of the mission. Knowing full well the she didn’t though, Garnet decides to be lenient and lets it slide. The Agathions blast off into space with the command pod in tow back to their home base on Mars. At his own home Sakaki does a little research on Kazuki in his free time. Meanwhile out in space, Thanatos begins a strange countdown with Toa’s departure from Earth.

Sakaki quickly receives word of the Album situation and is brought up to speed on what’s happening. He tells his daughter to go back to sleep as he heads off to the base. Itsuki and Otohime of the Vritra unit practice a simulation run to destroy Thanatos with a special missile named Dragon Slayer. Itsuki briefs her unit on the special Dragon Slayer and the difficulties in their mission to destroy Thanatos. After the briefing ends, Itsuki’s brother, Yuuya, expresses his disappointment in not being able to participate in the mission.

Prince Asim expresses great excitement upon receiving Toa from Garnet and Hoshi. Toa loudly protests to be released and go back to Earth, otherwise something terrible will happen. Asim pays little heed to her warning but is interrupted from his fun when he is informed that a new dragon has just launched from Thanatos. Toa is left in distress as she hears this information, powerless to do anything.

Liner arranges a date with Itsuki over video conference when the line suddenly dies on Itsuki’s end. Liner and the rest of his unit rush to the command center where they are brought up to speed concerning the Vritra Unit’s space base. A new dragon dubbed as a neo-original has crashed into the base, and the entire Vritra unit has been annihilated. Itsuki and Otohime survive the attack and make haste to escape before the base explodes as Yuuya encounters the dragon face-to-face. Otohime is attacked by the dragon on the descent into earth’s atmosphere and takes a hard plunge into New Ogasawara’s waters. The new dragon perches on the shuttle launcher and does it look pissed.

You know, I just can’t shake the feeling that Yuuuya isn’t dead and that he’s probably with the new dragon. If so, then he would have already surpassed Kazuki in accomplishments. It seems odd to introduce a character, learn about their motivations, and then have them die in the same episode. Yeah yeah, I know mecha shows do that all the time but this is Dragonaut. It’s entirely possible to do that just to show how powerful and ruthless the dragons are supposed to be though. The Vritra Unit got owned before they even did anything; Now that’s a preemptive strike. The show is still dragging but the pace looks to be picking up some steam.

Oh yeah, first minor quip. This show has a terrible track record of introducing characters before giving us their name. It took several episodes to learn Sieglinde’s name when she was introduced in the first episode. It took eleven episodes to officially learn Hoshi’s name. The trend is bound to continue.

Second minor quip. The Gillard female uniform makes them look like a bunch of hussies. It must be Asim’s preference to have all of his female officers with their boobs hanging out. Garnet also has that whole strip dancer thong/g-string underwear thing going on. I personally think she looks much better in the spacesuit, because she just looks like a joke of an officer in her normal attire.

Dragons: 1
Humans: 0
Kazuki: Fails at life

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