It was the bottleneck, the choke point the aliens had to cross. It was the biggest artery carrying supplies between west and east. The Suez defense line was perhaps the most vital to mankind. Not at Rhodes, not anywhere as far as he knew. The BETA had never done such a thing before. And of course, their communications were jammed.
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The computers said a full twelve million, but that cannot be right. “And you say you saw how many BETA marching from Al-Anbar?” He pinched the bridge of his nose, looking at Tariq, one of his best scouts. Not with the minimum casualties he preferred, and not even burning every last soldier in a futile last stand. He wanted to grimace because he knew that the forces he had weren’t enough to hold it. There’s a lot of interesting things at play in Muv-Luv, and a lot to get excited about, just not all at once.Captain Ibrahim Doğulu looked at the map of the Suez canal one more time. An idea mirrored in the animation quality, soft edges and hard parts the beer swilling of the local boozer couldn’t be further away from the gruesome shoot-ups. As the English dub opts for the most stereotypical accents for each character’s nationality, we suggest – nay decree – that you stick to the Japanese dub.īy balancing and blending all the elements of its source material, the tonal U-turns end up giving you whiplash. The CG animation of the BETA prevents them from being anything but a hulking eyesore, but in the heat of combat, with the blur of mecha and alien action, it’s hard to discern or scrutinise – especially with the rolling snare drum and brass section making everything a march. But because of the stark difference between reality and the more light hearted, ecchi scenes, the two don’t quite sit comfortably together.
Aside from the lashings of gore used to illustrate their point, it’s quite an interesting tangent, and looks at warfare from a humanist perspective. Titled the Refugee Liberation Front, they fight for better treatment and conditions for the Eurasian refugees. This climate gives way for a band of terrorists (or freedom fighters) and their uprising. Factor in Japan, and it’s a volatile trinity. A point best illustrated by the fact the arrival of the BETA put the Cold War on hold, relations between the US and USSR are tenuous at best. Where the aliens have withdrawn, the focus shifts to the political and the bureaucratic machinations behind the front lines. Of the vast roster, it’s bartender Natalie that develops into an unlikely audience ally.įor a narrative steeped in alien invasion, the BETA are fairly absent, as if to say that this is the new present and everyone has grown to accept it. But where Yui wanes, others come to the forefront. Now she’s gurning and blushing, and all at the cost of her character. Teased from the get go, Yui Takamura was in tsundere mode when it came to Yuuya. Even less surprising is how he ends up with a little harem on the go, channelling the central function of the source material. Since the first curve, US test pilot Yuuya Bridges has come to grips with the duality of his heritage, no longer shirking or shaming his Japanese side. With Muv-Luv Alternative: Total Eclipse you get a waft of both, in a bait-and-switch, switch-and-bait formula that’s more difficult to keep up with than a mech-suit hell-bent for the skyline.
What began as a high school dating visual novel morphed into a sci-fi saga packing mecha, aliens, and an alternative world.
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