I just finished this series which was recommended to me by both Maxxius and Artemyst. This series was really good and funny. Had a slight resemblance to Full Metal Alchemist, but maybe because both are comedies and relating to the military.
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The overall story is about Section III, a war relief group that is trying to help people continue on with their lives after the war and stop war aggravators.
They introduce Oland who used to be part of Team 901-ATT (Anti Tank Trooper). His history is still fishy, but we learnt there were more than one group of “special” people. They were call the “Invisible 9s” which included chemical warfare and flame throwers. Anyway, Oland is trying to cope with this new peaceful era and tries his best to make the world a better place.
Hunks is the head of Section III, but really Alice is like the boss. She’s currently the successor of one of the 13 appointed families (families which contributed a lot the war and the creation of this country). She’s basically quite idealistic in what she hopes to accomplish with these war relief efforts.
There’s really 2 story lines going on. On one hand, we’re trying to figure Oland’s past and the other Invisible 9s. Apparently the university that was conducting the research is still research Oland and he doesn’t seem to mind.
On the other hand, we have the Silver Wheel, a organization similar to the Illuminati we always hear about or the Soldats for Noir, and underground group, but very powerful. We’re not too sure what their purpose is, but they’ve been improving weaponry and distributing it.
I can’t wait for Season 2.
Any way, episode 18 contained a bunch of hilarious scenes with Stekkins, the little Sergeant Major girl. There are 2 versions of each video (large: 640×480 and small: 320×240), displayed respectively in that order.
Welp, I learnt a new Japanese phrase today: 一人上手 (hitori jouzu) which translates to literally “alone skillful”. However, according to the captions, it’s slang for masturbation. Stekkins goes and calls Machs the one-man machine! In fact, he’s the best one-man machine in the Empire. However, everyone hears it as he’s the number one masturbator in the empire. Check out this clip (work safe):
Then I found Stekkin’s finishing move to be awesome! And to name it Pumpkin Scissors and chop the guys head. Haha!
Finally, she has the Lunatic Dance, where she goes Pa-Pa-Pa-Pumpkin, La-La-La-Pumpkin. There’s 2 versions of this song and one during the episode where she gets caught doing the dance and in fact, they used this song as the ending in this particular episode:
Just seen this ep and had to rewind and check that I’d read the sub right. Also found what Machs was doing during that scene to be amusing…