Summary:
Grace reveals that Sheryl is just a street rat that got made into an idol. Even worse, Grace injected young Sheryl with a V-type infection which will eventually kill the Galaxy Fairy. The pills that made Sheryl sick are receptor blockers that mitigate the V-type infection so that Sheryl will not start using excessive alliteration. Rather than pass this info on to Alto, Mikhail tells Alto to check on Sheryl; as usual, however, Alto gets there late and his step-brother Yasaburo scoops up the unconscious Sheryl instead.
Meanwhile, President Glass sends the military and SMS out on a suicide mission to buy time for the emergency ultra-long-distance fold jump. The Vajra are early, but Ranka heads out (in spite of the danger) and enables the Frontier forces to implement Luca’s Operation Cinderella’s Horn strategy. The Vajra are rounded up and eliminated by a single huge blast from Battle Frontier’s main battery, and the rest of the fleet makes the jump. However, someone forgot to check the undersides of the fleet, and it looks like a nest made the jump with the rest of Macross Frontier.
Reaction:
Now it makes sense why Ozma survived. They need Ozma to have a flashback of when he was hanging out with Dr. Ranshe Mei (and her pet Vajra in a tube), shouta-Brera, and loli-Ranka. It wasn’t too crazy that Dr. Mao Nome was in charge of the research on Management and Prevention of V-type Infection, but it was surprising that Dr. Grace O’Connor was a lead researcher on the team. What also intrigues me is that Sheryl said earlier that her Fold Quartz earrings were the only reminders she had of her mother. Does Sheryl mean her real mother, or did she get the earrings from Mao?
As for Grace, her evil knows no bounds! Not only is she dumping Sheryl (those discounted CDs were so sad!), but Grace seems to be stealing Ranshe’s experiment! I wouldn’t be surprised if Grace purposely set off reaction engines or fold waves to attract Vajra to the 117th Research Fleet. This episode had a lot to love, from plot twists to sale fights between Monica and Bobby. The only thing that was a bit sketchy was the bottom-less, unclipped-top image of “Monster Girl.” Is that any way to treat the hope of the fleet?!
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Grace is probably the most evil character this season she doesn’t even bother with excuses like any one else this season she just does things because she can…Poor Sheryl though she was utterly demolished by Grace though now Klein is vouching for her. I can see why Sheryl likes Alto-hime so much seeing Pilot-hime in Sheryl Vision was an eye opener.
Well next time Sheryl gets to visit Alto-hime’s house. Hopefully in addition to some serious talk between the two there will be some Solid Sheryl action. I look forward to seeing Sheryl poke around Alto-hime’s room. I do hope the price for letting Sheryl stay will some how involve Sakura-hime Azuma Bunsho.
I wonder what Ai-kun’s siblings are gonna do on Frontier. My they will help out cause Ai-kun likes Ranka?
There is something worse than death for a singer and that is to find her CDs discounted at half price.
Sheryl’s CDs should have been for free. Then I could finally get one. I know .. I am SO cheap
What I found quite moving was that, after the battle was over, Ranka started singing again: not the version of the song she was told to sing by Grace, but her own ‘original’ version of the song. It said a lot more to me than any amount of dialogue could.
And poor Cheryl. Seriously.
I think Ranka isn’t wearing any pants because pantsu shots are forbidden in the age of Macross Frontier. Or maybe someone watched it away.
Crusader: I just know Sheryl will have her revenge on Grace, and when it happens it will be glorious. Soon, researchers everywhere will be using Grace’s thesis papers as toilet paper, and the scientific community will consider Grace a failed quack. I think this is only fair. Make it happen, Sheryl!
macross4ever: OMG if Ranka starts commanding Vajra like Pokemon, I might lose it. We shall see just how powerful Ranka’s VF-cookies are…
The Sojourner: That part just made me angry! Plus, why the heck are they still using CDs? I am just going to tell myself that everything is going on sale, and it’s not because everyone has forgotten Sheryl
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blissmo: I just realized that Grace is probably stealing all Sheryl’s sales money too! Damn Grace!!!
Martin: I don’t think anyone likes Aimo Grace-remix. Also, why doesn’t Brera ever chime in with his harmonica? The Vajra wouldn’t know what hit them!
Chris: For some reason, this made me think that Sheryl is an example of not reading the instructions. Like, you are supposed to put the fold quartz INSIDE the experimental kid, not dangle the fold quartz on the kid’s ears… I’m waiting for someone to show up with a glowing purple nose, so we can tell that he/she has been snorting the fold quartz crack.
@Kabitzin: I like the pulsating synth that accompanies the ‘Grace Aimo remix’ but Ranka seemed to be singing her own (better) version after the battle, almost as if she was trying to apologise or make amends somehow for the carnage she felt responsible for. I can’t put that feeling into words really. *scratches head* As for the harmonica thing, thanks to you I now have an image of Brera as Charles Bronson’s character in Once Upon A Time in the West…exacting revenge on those who wronged him with nothing but a Macross Cannon and his harmonica! If he is indeed working for Grace, I’d love to see the gorgeousness of Aimo melt his heart and turn him against her.
Maybe the pantless pinup Ranka was meant to incite Ozma into a rage so he’d go knifing some more Vajra.
All it’s doing, though, is causing the Vajra to try and hump Kanaria’s ship…
Dr. Ranshe and Mao wanted to use the Vajra research for the good of mankind but Grace had a different idea (or maybe they wanted to stop) and killed them both. Mao probably adopted Sheryl and try to cure her, but Grace had a different idea and try to experiment on her.
either way Grace reached a new level of ebil…
Now I know why the Vajra treated that ship like a dakimakura in Ranka’s flashback of the attack on the 117th Research Fleet.
Just a note, Sheryl Nome’s CDs were not 50% of… only Sheryl NOAM’s CDs were
If Sheryl dies then I’m Ai-kun’s uncle.
I don’t want to speculate on the
incestinsects in your family history, but there is no way she’s dying.Evil Devil, Sojourner: I figure that Mao isn’t really Sheryl’s mom so that is why I want to know if Mao gave the earrings to Sheryl. Clearly experiments with the Vajra went awry when the Vajra started humping all available ships in the sector.
Epi: Damn, so those were just normal Chinatown ripoffs that were discounted anyway. Macross is so misleading! This is worse then the time I thought Nunnally died.
Shin, otou-san: No way Sheryl’s dying. BTW, yo momma’s so fat, scientists can make TWO earrings out of her belly! Oh wait, that’s not funny…