Nothing to add, this is utterly biased.
This wasn’t even Ranka epsiode and you find the way to crticize her action as if it’s already over for her, she is a traitor and that’s all.
“Hopefully this is the end for the love triangle. Things can only move forward and go up I hope the ride Kawamori and his team have prepared for us is going to be full of win and awesome”
I look forward to see your post when Sheryl will know he stays with her out of pity and will let him go.

Haha, I loved Wilder’s train of thoughts!

“Hurr… if we can’t be a private army, we’ll be pirates! Yarr me maties! We now set sail on the Quarter to plunder the mystical Protoculture home planet! Arrrr, and while we’re at it, we shall find that traitor Ranka and her brother and make them walk the plank! What say ye to that?” *met with loud applause from crew* Must of been a childhood dream come true for him hey?

Apart from that, I, for one, also liked the fact that Alto has finally committed himself to Sheryl in this episode. Seeing them both reveal their feelings felt absolutely wonderful. It was such a shame that a few minutes later, I was shocked and stunned to see Alto pilot that inferior VF-171. It was so strange and… so horribly wrong to see him pilot anything but his VF-25.

Mmm, the story’s almost over… I hope the show wraps up well.

BIASED until the end my folks.. oh welp everyone is entitled to their own opinions..thanks very much

Crusader, why aren’t you criticizing anyone from SMS for abandoning Frontier much like how you criticized Ranka earlier? To abandon the people knowing that there won’t be much defense to fend off the Vajras. This is supposed to be Frontier’s time of need and SMS did the same thing as Ranka did. Didn’t you see that wrong no matter what the reasons are?

“Noe finds these tears of Sheryl to be True Tears.”

lol! Noe <3 Your screencaps might be too pro-sheryl, but they still crack me up.

GO, MACROSS PIRATES! RAID THE UNIVERSE OF ITS BOOTY!

As expected Crusader has a better handle on why Alto was so frustrated at the end of the episode than most people do. Ozma pretty much said “I’m a man and I’m going to protect the woman I love and I have chosen this path”. He said this to the guy who just found out the woman he loves is dying which he can’t do a thing about it, dying just like his mother did. Of course he’s going to be frustrated, people seem to base this on being about Ranka because of the Ranka flash and Ozma’s dialogue but Ozma was using Ranka as an example of someone who found her path like himself. And Sheryl flashed before Ranka did prior to Alto’s scream.

I don’t have much to say, but you know this always completes my weekly Macross F experience, so thanks again! ^_^

Is it bad that I’m more concerned with who Alto ends up with than the whole Vajra deal?

Don’t bother about who Alto will end up with. Ranka’s best case scenario is Sheryl dies and she “wins” by default. In that case, it’s going to be an Alto whose first choice sang herself to death because Ranka stepped out to Find Herself. It isn’t going to happen. Everybody has made all the choices there are to make, Ranka didn’t choose Princess and Princess didn’t choose Ranka.

Doesn’t matter who Alto goes for, both Sheryl and Ranka will most likely wind up dead and Alto will wind up alone!

Hopefully, Alto will end up with Grace. win/win situation.
Evil Mastermind and Immortal Goddess all rolled into one.

I can’t help but point out that since SMS are private contractors, they can’t really go AWOL. That’s the technical side. The practical side of the matter is that SMS leaving with Quarter (technically, private property) is probably one of the smartest things anyone has done in Frontier in quite a while.

Going by the information SMS seems to have (i.e. no sure info on Grace, etc.), the most sound conclusion Wilder and Ozma can produce is this: in a short time Macros will go under regardless of SMS’s presence. This is going by info SMS has because they don’t seem to be privy to the way (if there is one) Leon hopes to save Frontier.

That is one conclusion, the other is less certain, but more reassuring. Given that Vajra attacked seemingly without reason and from nowhere, given they seem to poses intelligence or at least they are controlled by one it might be possible to deal with Vajra with methods other then guns. Moreover, the SMS has observed an incredible number of odd things: fold bombs (one procured by Luca no less), rebellion by Zentradi marines, coup d’etat planned and carried out at exactly the time of Vajra attack, cover-up of Galaxy’s fate and existence of Antares squad, etc. All these odd things force ‘to look to the left’ to quote Wilder. Clearly, with Ozma and Cathy being on the ‘unofficial’ wanted list and given ease with which Leon would have any of the SMS killed, leaving Frontier was the only sensible option if the goal is to save Frontier i.e. to save at least some people from dying. Incidentally, none of the NUNS planes attacking Quarter were shown exploding and it was the NUNS (Luca) who fired first.

While your Macross entries have a high degree of truth to them, I can’t help but think that you’re being too hard on Ranka. I don’t think leaving the fleet was the best thing to do, but at least, unlike Alto, she knows what she’s doing and is sticking by it. I also think she will not be running to Hime’s arms anytime soon.

Alto is being more annoying than Ranka to me. He is way too indecisive for his own good.

As far as the love triangle goes, I hope you’re right. IMO, Sheryl’s been the most likely one to end up with Alto since episode 16.

Crusader is not biased. Crusader was a Ranka fan in the first almost dozen episodes of the series(read his older blog entries on Frontier). It’s just that Ranka has pissed off the fandom except for a small minority. Time and time again, she’s been a disappointment to Macross Fans from around the world. She’s now getting beat by Klan Klan in popularity polls, with Sheryl having a 5:1 vote lead.

Alto will not be making a choice towards Ranka. There’s no way now. Even if Sheryl dies in the end, he will not be running into Ranka’s arms. He’s already made his choice as a adult, it’s just how he fights for that choice, that decides if he’s a true man or not.

Ozma deserves a good bitch slapping for his lame argument this episode. I almost wish Frontier would get wiped out, so they could angst over what a stupid decision they made.

Hmm… I have really bad premonitions for Sheryl.

1 - Alto knows about the illness, so Sheryl cant be sure that is not pity like let’s say in “Kimi ga Nozomu Eien”. Is not the best way of say that he love she.

2 - Alto never say, “I love you” or at least “I like you”. My japanese sucks, but I think that the subs are pretty acurate with the “I’ll be there. If you sing, I’ll be there beside you until that final moment.” and she dont say “love me tonight”, she say “please give me courage for keep singing” (is these platonic love because she is weak?). It look like an ambiguous answer, forced out by terminal illness and tears. Let’s face it, pass the last month or years with she is not like wasting the rest of Alto’s life, he can re-marry with another girl when Sheril dye, the guy is young and good looking. The longer that he dont say “I love you”, he dont lie. The anime team can closed the thing with a clear declaration and a pasionate kiss, more or less like the death of Mikhael, he was impaled side by side and ejected to the vacum of space with no air tank. But no, they chosed words and scenes that I cant say that I am so happy for Sheryl. Do a simple kiss need censorship? After saw Alto kissing both girls in the Zero movie chapter? If these is a victory moment or their prelude, it taste like just hot air to me.

3 - Interesting interpretations about Alto’s confusion in battle. Let’s check some lines from the subs, for the record let’s remember that Ozma have no idea about Sheril Illness:

1) Aren’t you the one who’s just flowing along?
The illness of Sheryl and stay with she.

2) On circusntances! On those momentary emotions!
Saying that he stay with she after he saw shes mask of strenght falling broken in the form of true tears to the futon.

3) Alto. Ranka chose her own path. I’ll choose my own path, as well. Where will you go?
They take dificult decisions, but they followed their hearts. (we can have a long debate about the moral and duty on these one)

All of these battle scenes with Sheryl singing “Norther Cross” ending theme, that is also the name of these chapter, I picked some lines:

…Wont’ anyone gently brush the outline of the void?…
…But I’m afraid I dont have an answer…
…I’ll cry if you arent’t here because it’s all meaningless…
…I wanted to hear your heart…
…Won’t anyone embrace me tightly with the sentiments of the dawn?…
…Called by it’s fate, the Northen Star is crying…

Sadly, I think that when Ozma confront Alto with words. Alto is not thinking about what side take in the rebellion or felling bad because he is impotent to protect Sheril from illness. He is confused because he still cant say clearly to Sheril that he love she. He feel like he stay in Frontier, because is the right thing to do, Sheril need him. The song reflect the situation of Sheril and set the mood, Alto’s reaction reflect the inner confusion that still boils inside. Maybe even the violent conflict of loyalties reflect also the romantic conflict of the relations. Some people find long and boring Ozma talking so much, or maybe they find these kind of details boring in a mecha battle or that all these emo stuff is just really cheap made. Ok, but I dont think that Sheril got a clear declaration of love and we cant sing victory. Alto final resolution, yeah boy, give to Sheril a clear declaration with a pasionate kiss for sealing away any doubt, I dont ask for anything more like fanservice and such.

Am I the only one that thinks chibi-Ranka is fugly as hell?

@Ubi
some how I don’t think Ranka is going to join Grace…

@Shinz
Smiling with Brera is a crime, Ranka can’t have both Alto-hime and Brera…besides we are seeing the consequences of Ranka’s treachery. Kind of hard to ignore the candle light vigils and the wall of lost souls even iwth loli-Ranka.

@justam
Pirates are cool. Alto-hime needs his VF-25 back, hopefully they will get it soon.

@Cherubium
Aside from the belt of hurricanes it looks like a decent enough place to live if the bugs are truly not hostile.

@etineski
Sure whatever just give me some positive Ranka development in the next episode where she thinks about her friend Nanase wand we can go back to being friendly with Ranka despite her crass dereliction of duty.

@grss1982
If Luca got killed then there could be no reconciliation.

Despair and nightmares eh? I like that…thanks editing now.

@ani_d
I geve my reasons one they got weapons that work again, two they seem to be thinking about this more indepth. Third they felt that drawing out and identifying NUNS units loyal to Leon is in their best interests in removing Leon rather than let’s go find the Vajra and return Ai-kun home. The difference here is that I can see that they are thinking and not just going off to abandoning the fleet. More likely they ware trying to lure out Leon’s faction and trash them before they take Leon out.

SMS had good better reasons and they gave the issue thought to the point that Canaria was willing to risk the lives of her son and husband to get rid of Leon. Every one made their own decision hence why 30% of SMS felt that is was better to say to help the people left behind. Ranka left for selfish reasons, SMS is doing this expressly for the most part to help the fleet by trying to get rid of Leon. SMS I can understand ans sympathize with Ranka not so much since she did not even question what she was doing.

@Sagittarius
Perhaps, but I still feel betrayed by Ranka since she is now Minmei in all but name now, there’s just not enough time for her to really grow up since Grace is now one the prowl and things are heating up on Frontier. Ranka was supposed to have been a better person after making it big the hard way but it seems that fame was still too strong a poison for Ranka. It would have been fine if Ranka at least though about the people she left behind, but such as not hte case, she seemed to eager to get along with Brera…I don’t like that so I won;t pretend that I do.

@Omisyth
You are a Pirate!

@d3v
Yeah I don’t think Bilrer has forgotten how Leon cast him aside. Hopefully Richard will set both Luca and Alto-hime straight.

@Westlo
Well they did cut to Sheryl before cutting to Ranka. It just doesn’t make much sense for Alto-hime to be raging about Ranka after passing up two chances to go and bring her back. Besides I don;t think Kawamori is out to make Alto-hime the worst male protagonist in Macross history by making him go back on his oath to Sheryl. Alto-hime has been backed into a corner if he loves Sheryl then he will be likable, if he gos after Ranka now he will be the biggest jerk in the whole franchise for years to come.

@Nellie
It’s called an opinion I am not here to retell the whole episode verbatim, go watch it yourself.

@forgottendiary
Thanks for reading.

@rollchan
Klein is going to be the onee-sama to Sheryl and Alto. Ending up with a Klein ending would be weird but it could happen…

@Blue
i don;t know but at this point I just want things to wrapped up nicely since we are now at the final run for this. It would be preferable if the love triangle is over and done with so that we can have Battle Frontier vs Battle Galaxy.

@vjean
They moved the photo, perhaps its a sign that things have changed since then? Maybe Alto-hime needs a new set of wings.

@jack
I just hope that its over now so we can have more Grace caressing her despair and nightmares…

@manga
I think Alto made a choice he didn’t go after Ranka twice when both chances came up and now he wants to bring her back not for himself but to prevent Nanase from discovering Ranka’s treachery. I think Alto-hime has made a choice but it isn’t one where he can really be a man about it. He chose to stay with Sheryl to the end, but watching her die as she sings her last few songs is not going to make hime more manly.

@Halcyon
We must bow before the Grace the Great, she is as deadly as she is sexy.

@JustinStrife
Yeah if Frontier bites it while Ozma and Quarter are away then they will be the assholes, but I doubt going after Ranka is part of their plans for the first phase, finding out which units are loyal to Leon is probably more important.

Scary thing is they could be riding on Vajra bugs at the end an d it would still be Macross…

@Deckard
They were technically drafted when Glass declared a state of emergency, which also meant that they could not disobey orders. We know that all of Leon’s orders are unlawful, but that will not excuse them if they kill a bunch of NUNS grunts who were ignorant of the assassination and were following orders. Cathy and Ozma have no proof the onus is on them to prove that Leon did it. NUNS can’t be expected to mutiny on the basis of one accusation without proof.

I don’t think that SMS is wrong for trying to oust leon I just hope that they have a good plan on how to get it done, they don’t know that the Vajra are friendly heck Ozma doesn’t knwo why the 117th Fleet was attacked in the first place. They know Leon is not to be trusted, and I hope that their plan to get rid of him is sound, otherwise killing a bunch of people on Frontier to remove on dictator and his coup plotters is rather inexcusable considering how there was no effort to warn the civilian population. If any civies get killed SMS will have to share some responsibility for it.

@jack
Well Grace can still purge Leon for his insolence. Grace thinks Leon will not have a long time sitting in that chair, and Grace is usually right…

@skull_fairy
I think Alto made a choice by staying on Frontier Ranka and Ozma are not longer tied to the Fleet, but Alto still is through Sheryl and his family. Packing up an leaving was possible for Ranka because she really didn’t care enough about the people she left, and Ozma could leave because Cathy and Ranka were not on Frontier anymore. Hence why Ozma asked Canaria if it was okay for her to leave with them since she left behind her kid and husband. Alto and Luca could not pack up and leave because they could not take the people they cared about with them and were not willing to risk them on some vague message by Cathy.

I am hard on Ranka because she has become Minmei when I had such high hopes for her after episode 12 since then it has been one disappointment after another. All I want from Ranka at this point is for even a little bit of regret and self reflection as to whether her choice was the right one.

@anime_lover
I loved Ranka after episode 12, but i can’t pretend to like Ranka when I really don’t because she failed me and became Minmei. For a Macross vet to become Minmei is the basest betrayal possible, if Ranka goes emo on me after finding out that Grace was using her then she will be beyond redemption. If Ranka at least showed some self reflection on whethe her decison to leave was the right one then I could forgive her, but right now playing nice with Brera is not making Ranka any more likable.

I think Ozma overstepped his bounds on this one Mikhail just died and he acts as if Luca and Alto-hime should just forget about it and go with him. For a squadron leader Ozma is pretty thick. He’s a man, but he’s no adult which is why Ranka ended up acting like a spoiled child later on.

@JustinStrife
i believed in Ranka until the debacle of 20 and 21 I think that it was this way for a lot of people who supported Ranka only to find that our expectations were too high for her. It’s sad really to see how basically she pissed on all her supporters by being Minmei. After that I don;t see how Ranka can fully redeem herslf unless she actually takes a swing at Grace.

@Magnus
I am no German though I have a great fondness for German military terms and history. I think that until Alto-hime flat out says it that he will always bee seen as indecisive. I think he has made a choice in staying with Sheryl until the end, if he wanted to go after Ranka that chance came and went twice…

@mareo
I don’t think Alto-hime is staying out of a sense of pity but because he really didn’t want Sheryl to die and realized how much of a jerk he was being to her the whole time. This is probably is about as straight an answer as we are going to get though…

@Haesslich
Well at least they know now tha t 4th Squadron might be in league with Leon, but I I am still hoping hey are made to look like fools when Grace offs Leon in her new VF-27 that way at least they will have accept that mutiny was never a good solution. I think that Luca has put Nanase on such high prioity that he will be the last to turn on Leon.

As for Bilrer I think that given how Grace and Leon are about as evil as they get that one more evil xantos gambit guy is not going to help any story wise. I hope Bilrer is one of the good guys even if he is a bit crazy, he did sort of tip off Wilder, and i doubt that Bilrer has forgotten how duplicitous Leon can be. I hope Bilrer is the one who will reunite SMS and provide the counter weight to Leon and Luca. Besides we need an eccentric Zentradi hero for the series. Given how Bilrer has kept every one but his favorite Kabiki-hime at a distance I think that Bilrer is at least a decent judge of charater. he still gave that blow hard Ozma a job so he can;t be all bad if he knows who to hire and who to fire.

The problem with trying to blast NUNS for following Leon is that the representatives approved of him and there was no evidence left of an assassination. Since Cathy and Ozma have no proof that is not grounds to mutiny for the rank and file. They have a responsibility to obey lawful orders but right now other than SMS no one knows that Leon offed President Glass. Perry-kun didn’t like Leon, but because there was no grounds on shich he could disobey he had to follow orders. What SMS needs to do is prove to every one that Leon is a traitor they cannot simply off him and expect the public and NUNS to treat them like heroes.

Conversely there is no point in getting rid of Leon if all of Frontier dies along with him whether by their guns or the Vajra’s. Hopefully SMS will accept the consequences if they kill too many people in order to reveal Leon as a traitor. If Canaria’s family dies in the process Ozma better man up and accept that he had a hand in their deaths.

I agree that right now Alto-hime has no reason left to fly unless revenge on Vajra is going to count. For the most part every Pilot flew because he has some one to protect, Alto isn’t protecting any one not even Sheryl by flying any more so he needs a new reason to fly. Hopefully either, Klein, Sheryl, or Bilrer will give hime a new reason to fly and be a man.

I still prefer addressing them as despair and nightmares for Grace, just as a play on Sheryl’s hopes and dreams. either way Grae has just been delivering ever since she was unmasked as the big bad. Is there anything Grace can;t do? i just hope she really turns eveil when she meets that traitor Brera and Ranka again. No doubt Grace will take joy in making Ranka cry at the horror of knowing that she helped the real villain of the series.

@Missali
To each his/her own I guess.

@Faris
Do what you want because a pirate is free you are a pirate.

http://piracyrules.ytmnd.com/

I don’t think this episode definitively resolves anything so much as it explores the feelings between Sheryl and Alto.

For Alto’s part, the prospect of losing Sheryl hurt him deeply. To make things even more difficult, Sheryl refuses to simply stay at home and let him take care of her; the closest that she’ll let him get is to cheer her on from the sidelines.

Sheryl has resigned herself to her demise. From episode eighteen onward, she has tried to detach herself from Alto, because she doesn’t want to hurt him. At the same time, however, she still has feelings for him. That struggle was expressed in terms of her initial hesitation to return Alto’s hug; although she wanted to walk her path alone, she finds comfort in opening herself up to Alto and placing her trust in him.

While both characters have strong feelings for each other, at this point, they aren’t clearly defined. While this was never the focus of the interactions between Sheryl and Alto (in contrast with Ranka’s relationship with Alto, wherein the focal point of the relationship was the confession), this will need to be addressed for both pairings in order for the triangle to be resolved.

Although Sheryl has made a big step forward by showing that she’s willing to depend on Alto, she’s still keeping her distance, somewhat. She’s still in a position where she could very easily try to push Alto away, if she feels that she’s dragging him down. On Alto’s end, he needs to decide whether he’s willing to stay by her side as “just a friend”, as she set him up to be, or if he wants something more. How these issues are resolved will dictate the direction of their relationship.

Ozma may not be aware of Alto’s situation, but plot-wise, he serves to illustrate Alto’s dilemma to the viewers. There are two girls, both of whom are walking down their separate paths, and both of whom he cares about in his own way. While he may feel powerless to help either, he needs to step up his game if he wants to make a difference in both of their lives. The resolution of the triangle can come after that.

Crusader: What could they have done at this point? They would’ve likely met the same fate Grace nearly suffered, had they stayed, and nobody would’ve been able to stop Leon afterwards. They did not disobey any orders - as they had not been issued any except at the end, when Luca asked them to stand down and return because they had not been ordered to sortie. That was why Bilrer gave Captain Wilder a heads-up; so they could be prepared ahead of time to leave. Wilder gave everyone some data, and then let them make a decision, whereas Leon and company give everyone false data and then apparently try to kill anyone who doesn’t agree to go along.

Plus, since you’re in the Army, you remember basic training? Heard about how they handle sharpshooter training, perhaps? There WAS no way to shoot to disable, not at those speeds, and SMS certainly wasn’t trained to do so - you train to shoot at the center of mass, because shooting to disable usually means shooting to miss… or shooting bystanders by accident, or killing the subject of the shooting ANYWAYS due to shock and trauma. They were ready to engage, but didn’t attack until after fired upon by Luca, the latter’s comments indicating he was prepared to kill the SMS crew if they did not return to Frontier. You don’t fire missiles to disable a target - they’re meant solely to kill things, or render them combat-ineffective; at that point, SMS had only one response given their training and the lack of quarter given them by the 4th Squadron.

So how do you provide proof when the enemy controls the media more thoroughly than any modern American president can hope for and in a way that makes Soviet presidents green with envy? About the only thing they could do at this stage was to leave, and when fired upon with lethal intent had to return fire. I suspect if the SMS was really serious about killing people versus just delaying pursuit, the Fourth Squadron would’ve been shown with more casualties; Kawamori hasn’t shown any reluctance to show fighters blowing up onscreen… and we didn’t see that this time.

And how would they have been able to defend Frontier if they were all dead? At this stage, their deaths were all but inevitable given Leon knew that someone had information on what he’d done… and if he’d let them live, Grace might’ve used them against him in some manner. As for Alto, he’ll have to discover a new reason to fly… and that should take up a few minutes of the next episode, since all his previous excuses have been jettisoned out the airlock. Either he’s going to be going out there to kill Vajra, which should get Brera shooting at him to Ranka’s horrified disbelief… or he’ll find out he either flies because he wants to, or quits running away from his family.

Grace’ll find a way to scar Ranka, you can be sure of it - maybe she’ll use the ‘nice but evil’ technique that she finished off Sheryl with in 18.

@Haesslich
I understand their dilemma but now that they are out in the open drawing fire from NUNS grunts they better make it quick or more people are going to die as time drags on. I don’t entirely agree with mutiny as a means to an end because what it leads to is one coup after another. They can off Leon if they wanted to but that isn’t the point. They need to not only kill Leon they have to expose Leon. NUNS is in a bad place there are proably a few units that are loayl to Leon, but there are probably many more of the Rank and File who just want to protect the fleet and kill Vajra.

SMS isn’t completely in the right here what they did might have been neccessary but if they fail then they would only make Frontier lose more resources as Leon squanders them in pursuit. They didn’t bother to explain themselves clearly after they left dock to either Alto-hime or Luca. Right now SMS has set themselves in a position against Leon in a manner where a bunch of NUNS grunts and possibly a few civilians will die in the cross fire. I am not saying it was a bad decision, however it was a decision that can have weighty consequences should they fail. Ozma’s demeanor in the fight wasn’t reassuring that they are treating this as seriously as they should, they may be mercenaries, but there are consequences when you start firing off rounds without any real justification. Not once did they state that Leon was a traitor or Glass’s assassin. Right now since they have only confessed to being pirates they have set themselves up as traitors who robbed the fleet of much needed muscle in an uncertain time.

My concern is that this civil war they are fighting might end up critically weakening Frontier with Galaxy still out and about along with Grace. they made a decision, now I just worry that if it really was the right one to enter a shooting war with much of NUNS and Frontier in the crossfire as they deal with Leon. It’d be fine and dandy if Grace just offs Leon for his insolence making SMS and their efforts moot. Hopefully Bilrer will make sure that casualties will be light. I don’t trust a plan penned by the man-child Ozma, but I’d be more comfortable if Bilrer was the one making things happen and making sure things are under control.

In any case this plan of their had better work there’s just too much at stake for this to be a heat of the moment thing.

Grace will have much fun with Ranka…

@Czarina
Alto-hime did not go after Ranka not yet, and hopefully not ever given how leaving Sheryl high and dry at this point is going to be a dick move on his part.

Hopefully this Leon thing will blow over and Alto can get his VF-25 back.

@D.J
For hime to go after Ranka, he would have to be a douche, and I don’t want my Alto-hime to be such a lout that would make Miyo-sama cry in heaven.

If Quarter were going off to find Ranka while the Fleet starves, I think that given how they are trying to lure out Leon and the forces loyal to him that Quarter is out to find out who their enemies are. Going after Ranka makes no sense they have no idea where to look and if they did it would be a dick move on their part. I hope Bilrer is the one doing the strategic planning since Ozma isn’t up to snuff.

They mad a very dangerous decision and more innocent people will die if they can;t make it work. Failure means weakening Frontier fatally.

@tofu
Well…Oh that shy dog…

It’s not like he hasn’t seen hopes and dreams before, so maybe Sheryl won’t be mad…

I’m starting to think the final battle will have Cathy telling Ozma to take the shot on Leon that will avenge Howard. Wouldn’t it be super-sneaky of Cathy if her email had instructed Alto, Klan Klein, and Luca to remain behind as sleeper agents? The Ozma speech suggests otherwise, but I think it’d be pretty cool if this was the case.

The painting of Ranka as some uber-angel was hilarious, as was Alto telling Luca that Nanase would be in the coma so long that by the time she woke up the Vajra would be defeated.

So my hunch is right. Alto will be going to Sheryl after knowing her sickness, his emotions will be swayed d/t what happened to his mom resulting to a neglection of Ranka. Atleast Ranka gave up on him, even if abruptly, but is Alto really planning to let Ranka go like that? That’s the question. Personally, I see him going back to Ranka later on with how Ozma confronted him. Alto is really just flowing along. Be it with the current situation, be it his own emotions. He’s just flowing along, which explains why Ozma’s words got to him so bad.

Once Ranka hits a dead end, Alto will come running back to her. I have a strong hunch. It’s such cliche scenario, but I love it so. =P

I’ve turned from hoping that Ranka and Alto-hime will get together to Sheryl and Alto-hime… I think that there is no amount of people that could have been sent after Grace to try and stop her… I mean she bloodly well set off a boom and escaped…