Ep 0012 - The Price of Smiles (2019) - Pt 3

01/08/2024

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This time around we're discussing Nanomachines! No, not Metal Gear Solid, we're covering Egao no Daika (The Price of Smiles)!

Content warnings for this episode: Discussions of manipulation, warfare, visualizations of blood and violence, depictions of child soldiers, references to trauma and representations of PTSD.

Our theme is “She Loves Your Fusion” by PartyFactor on Pixabay. Other sound effects also sourced from Pixabay. Any and all clips of copyrighted media are included for transformative use or commentary, and On the Shoulders of Giants makes no claim of ownership on the sampled audio.

Mechs Discussed

Kingdom of Soleil

Guard

Main Battle Unit

Squire

Multi-Purpose Unit

Kilbanov

Artillery Unit

Kingdom Carrier

Ship of the Line

Empire of Grandiga

Krahe 1

Main Battle Unit

Krahe II

Advanced Unit

Empire Carrier

Ship of the Line

Cool Factor(tm) Score

Alice

Brian

Niko

9

6

4

Other Images of Things Discussed

Team Kingdom
Kingdom Uniforms
Team Empire
Empire Uniforms
royal blessings
quality animation
war... war never changes...
the senate
well guess my daughter was smooshed
MAPS MAPS MAPS
poor people soup
NANO MACHINES
subtle metaphors
out on the prairie
defensive emplacements
this shit owns
scale
lily tells a child her parents are dead
"art"
this is "war" apparently
children bully lily (justified)
mechanical work
ccw
stella (not) shining
gun, but big
poppy fields
SPECIAL forces
"ur dads ded""
STEALTH MISSION
computers typing
water skies
got u in my sights
"can you walk it off?"
the two meet peacefully
deploy the homosexuality
epilogue
sunflowers: thriving

GAME TIME!

This time, we played "Family Fued"! Our hosts had to put together their squad of mech pilots, or their family to go to war with. They are also a member of the crew, had to pick their line up, to be arbitrarily rated by the host.

Team Brian

Team Niko

Asuka Langley
Captain
Evangelion
Stacker Pentecost
Captain
Pacific Rim
Lelouch Lamperouge
XO
Code Geass
Akito Tenkawa
XO
Martian Sucessor Nadesico
Cheng Wufei
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing
Zhi
Hard Reboot
Anemone
Eureka 7
Li Shimin
Iron Widow
Simon the Digger
TTGL
Galo Thymos
Promare
Brian
OSG
Niko
OSG