#cliff voltron

Keats is sensing something bad and Aki tries to calm him down. Walter finds this quite ironic. It sets the basic characterization between the team captains and I think it's was a very neat interaction.

What intrigues me however is Walter and Aki's attitude throughout the episode.

When Keats is sent into a destructive region Aki is on edge and is very worried about Keats and the others. He thinks they should have sent Aki Team as well. He is being calmed down by Walter who is being quite chill about this because he has full trust in Keats and his team.

Walter also basically makes fun of Aki here as well due to Aki's reputation as a hothead.

However, once it's confirmed that Keats Team is in trouble and Ise sends out Aki Team and Walter Team to find them their attitude flips.

Aki, now that he has some control over the situation, is calm because he can see Keats' status for himself even if it will take some time before they find him. Walter on other hand is worried and constantly asks Aki if he's detecting Keats Team's presense.

It's only when they confirm that Keats Team is in one piece Walter can relax and go back to his usual laid back self.

Because I've exceeded the limit for pictures you will have to trust my word on the rest.

This episode is the first one (I think?) to indicate that Keats and Haruka are on the first name basis (there's more in some of the next episodes).

Ise: DaiRugger, can you hear us? Aki: That voice.

This episode has the most Baros content out of any other DaiRugger XV episodes. This one goes to every Baros stan out there.

It's also one of the earlier episodes where Izumo is shown to be idealistic and righteous as he refuses to abort the rescue mission even though it might mean the end of them. The other instances include some of his lines during the Achilles Arc. I might make a post about that...

Katz is also incredibly loyal to his captain - Keats. He was shown defending Keats from accusations thrown by other Rugger Team members.

Kirigas always looks after Keats whenever she feels as though something is bothering him. She seems to have a high emotional intelligence even if her premonition abilities are not as good as Keats'.

A presentation about the argument often thrown against Vehicle Voltron/DaiRugger regarding the large cast of characters. And while I do agree with some of the points, a lot of people like to make it out to be a bigger problem than it actually is. Especially considering the times the show was created in and the genre itself.

But alas, the link to a presentation because I'm too lazy to convert this into a text post. Better viewed via demonstration mode.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/12-95O6aKFdZHExGdQvJBxn2u0i29lvSk/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102148388049692755773&rtpof=true&sd=true

Feel free to call me a clown who doesn't know how writing works. I think the bigger problem regarding characters should be the fact that almost all "bad" Galveston officers are underdeveloped and produce little food for thought. The only exceptions I can think of are Barataria (his rebellion caused me to look deeper into what Galveston military conditions their officers to) and Captain Marius. The latter is the captain of the fleet from that one episode when Galveston and Earth Fleet had a joint survey mission. But everything went wrong not because of Marius' own ambitions or him being evil but because he was powerless to Laffite who at the time was given full authority over the survey mission. Something Teles knew was a bad idea but had no say in the situation.