J-Decker: Part Deux!

For my previous (and initial opinion) on Brave Police J-Decker, check it out here: neoyi.deviantart.com/journal/S…

So I guess this will be a frequent thing. I took a lot of screenshots of the next set of episodes, so, um, okay, guess I'm doing this shit.

PREVIOUSLY ON NEO YI's LOOK AT HOT ROBOT COP SHOW: Little girly boy befriends a super AI cop robot. M. Bison is a comic relief villain. The only thing more stereotypical that could have been done with Indian guy was if the creators gave him a job in the Quik-E-Mart. Deckerd's other robot buddies are construction crews which makes me wonder if I should count this as some sort of pre-Rescue Bots coincidence. Oh, and everybody has bad hair.







Why does everyone have hair strands sticking out in every direction? It's bad enough 80s anime gave us giant shocks of rock star hair, 90s hair fashion apparently involves them sticking their head out the window until the wind has their way with 'em. These are atrocious.

Last time I stopped, I was only three episodes in. I've reached up to Episode Ten, so what crazies did I spot this time? Well, I forgot to mention this guy from the first post:



Azuma serves as Yuuta and co's primary antagonist. As far as I'm concerned, he isn't an evil villain (even if he smirks like one). Instead he is a representative of those who oppose the idea of advanced human-like behaviors on the robots. Yuuta especially gets up his craw for some reason and he spends the majority of the episodes dishing them. General Saejima is usually his opposite rival and will often vouch for Yuuta and crew against Azuma's slanders. The reason why I don't think he's a baddie is that even he seemed shock when an obvious villain in Episode Ten gave Kagero (read more below) super, but non-sentience intelligence.

Granted, I should expect this from an anime, but the series does a pretty damn good job establishing character traits and developments. Episode 4 - 6 individually specifically gives personalities and spotlight to the Build Team.

The first one (Episode 4) deals with Power Joe's curiosity over humans, so he follows Yuuta to his school and tactlessly invades the classroom, much to the excitement of the students and the exasperation of both Yuuta and his teacher. Joe is a well-meaning guy, he's just a colossal idiot. His weapon of choice is nunchunks and he screams like Bruce Lee whenever he gets hotblooded. It's fucking hilarious.

Power Joe ends up connected to three of Yuuta's friends:


Girly Girl, Brainy, and Brawn. I don't even remember their names, but I figured out their stereotypes in seconds.

This is the main Villain of the Day:



He's a French spouting assassin sent in to kill Yuuta. He also says creepy shit like this.



For FUCK'S SAKE, he's a ten-year-old boy, you loon!

Episode Five's title is this:



HO SHIT SON THIS IS GOING TO BE THE GREATEST EPISODE EVER.

Episode Five focuses on McCrane. He's a hell of a lot more sensible than Power Joe. And he's a pacifist. "Pacifist" in their definition means he won't use a gun in battle.


Oh yeah, total pacifist here.

Episode Five is insane. The main characters fight a man-made dinosaur. I don't think Japan should be creating "Jurassic Park;" a good portion of them would probably spout tentacles. Gawan (as this dino is nicknamed) has the ability to turn into any other dinosaurs as long as it has a new environment to change it from. Oh shit, never mind the tentacle thing, this is worse. Seia Onoue is introduced: a tough-as-nails soldier who is conflicted between her duties and her own personal feelings. She character develops by learning from the robots and their own human-like feelings and support them as best as she can until they finish their task.

And just what is their task? Only the most What the Fuckery plan in existence. It starts off with her brother (also in the military) getting swallowed by Gawan. Yuuta volunteers to enter Gawan and rescue him. But Yuuta, Princess Ruto is in another beast belly. While the dinosaur goes on a rampage, McCrane attempts to literally create a hole in him to free the two, but its skin is too tough. So their genius plan is to push him off a bridge and into the water. And they do this by trying to destroy the fucking bridge. At no point does anyone think to get all four robots to push the fucking dinosaur over the edge. No, that wouldn't be ridiculous enough; they have to cause unnecessary collateral damage. Surprisingly, Azuma does question this and uses it as part of his criticism, but that's okay because Seia essentially tells him to shove it and learns a valuable lesson about humanity or some shit.



Episode Six is BALLS insane. Yes, it somehow tops the fucking dinosaur.



It focuses on Dumpton (snicker) and his conflict with passing fads as well as a nosy reporter named Ayako Kimizuka. And a clown.




He's the villain of the day. With his assistant, he spreads gas around Tokyo and essentially influences the people to try various fads (bald wigs, Groucho glasses, and skintight suits respectfully) until the entire city goes nuts over them and create unruly mobs. He also likes to be called "God". ...........Right. Sure. Whatever you say, Crazy.


Also, Saejima's bodysuit is pink. Whatcha staring at? Real men wear pink; this dude is manly as hell.

By the end of the episode, the only thing I got out of this is that Dumpton is the only one to really criticise Yuuta. It's not like Azuma, but more out of stubborness as he questions some of the kid's decision. Ultimately, he wants him to be a great leader. Hey, someone had to eventually wonder why the hell anyone would let a ten-year-old in charge of four police robots; it just had to be one of the Bots themselves! I mean, that's a legit criticism. Not that Yuuta isn't doing a bad job or anything, but logically speaking, if he can humanize Deckerd, surely the Brave Police force can send their own men to interact with the Build Team, no? Also, I think Dumpton totally has the hots for Reporter Chick.

Episode 7 and 8 is a two-parter involving a space elevator.


..............


Space Elevator.




SPACE. ELEVATOR.




SPACE. ELEVATOR.



It's a very tall tower built to reach a space station. LOCATED IN. FUCKING. SPACE.


Actually, these two episodes rock. The Build Team are able to combine into one mega form, but they can't quite grasp it and slip up much like Deckerd did way back in Episode 2. I'm beginning to think this is a metaphor for erectile dysfunction. Thinking they're useless (and damaged from the current situation), the Build Team are forced to step out from the main field and help evacuate the citizens. The space elevator is crumbling and the Brave Police force are tasked to gently bring it down. If it fell on its own, the impact would trigger a massive tsunami that will wipe out a significant portion of the nearby city. Dude, that's fucking intense. It's up to Deckerd in J-Decker mode to gently elevate it down, but one bot can't do it alone. But don't worry, the Build Team has the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP! The three kids, Seia, and Ayako all arrive to cheer on their robot friends. ...Wait, where the HELL are the three kids' parents? They're suppose to evacuate from the possible tsunami and nowhere in the fucking episode do we EVER see their moms and dads. What the HELL kind of shitty parental neglect is this?

Any who, the POWER OF FRIENDSHIP gives the Build Team enough to transform into BUILD TIGER.



The next scene only further justifies Saejima's BADASS credentials.





FUCK YEAH.



I mock the friendship thing, but it genuinely works because they established the bond the Build Team separately made with their respective human(s). Getting past the space elevator stupidity, these two episodes are pretty damn awesome and perfectly combines story, action, and character.

Episode Nine involves art thieves. Also, Yuuta is an idiot.



Yeah, pick up a piece of police evidence with your bare hands, fucking moron.

Also this happens:



Okay. Villain with a phallic Robot Penis mobile, Magical M. Bison, silent one-eyed rock alien, a creepy pedophile assassin, a shapeshifting dinosaur, clown with a God complex, space elevators, and a delivery man who possibly fucks statues. How the hell can Episode Ten top this?





NINJA ROBOTS, THAT'S HOW!

Goddamn it Japan, you can't go two steps without adding ninjas, now could you? Any who, the first guy is Kagero; he's a prototype built shortly after the main four. He was meant to continue the Brave Police line (mostly in stealth work because hey, ninja) and can transform into two different modes. The other is Shadowmaru, the completed version. He can shift into three different mode: car, jet, and robot dog.




I suspect these two are the fangirl favorites. Any who, Kagero is causing shit everywhere because he doesn't want to be transferred to another station because it means reformatting his memories like they did to Deckerd back in the first episode. Wait, why do they have to reformat his memories? If he's meant to be part of the Super AI Brave Police robots, why not let him learn and interact like the rest? What the hell does traveling to another location have to do with memory reformatting? I'm aware Episode 1 established that new data needed to be absorbed, but fuck that. It happened to Deckerd and he still got his previous memories of Yuuta back and all was better. Either way, it hits Kagero badly because it also means he'll forget Shadowmaru. So the robots are lovers. Ahh, they are the fangirl favorites. Shadowmaru lets him go in secret, but Kagero is captured by Villain Of the Day who tampers with his processor and...that's it. Goddamn it, this is a two-parter! *sigh* Ahh well, I'll see you guys for Episode 11 and beyond.

Until next time, kiddies, always check under your bed for finger snapping clowns.

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