Total Eclipse’s unpromising arrival seems to been a portent of things to come – its bevy of sexy maidens is all that is keeping it afloat in its first episode, as it appears nobody unfamiliar with its source eroge has a clue what is going on with its confusing Strike Witches meets mecha storyline.
The kind of questions being asked about its setting (and the answers garnered in response) are not proving very reassuring to hopeful viewers:
Why can’t men ride the mechs?
They can, but they all died in the war.
What are the enemies? Aliens?
Weird lifeforms which came from space.
Why are all the characters so old-fashioned?
That’s just the setting. Deal with it.
Is there only Japan left on the planet?
A few other countries may have survived.
Why do they have to wear those suits?
…
Understandably, with story and exposition on this level, hopes rest on it being a decent oppai anime, and indeed it does reasonably well in this regard:
Fortunately, with its long-standing eroge pedigree, ero-omake abound (and at least some must surely be original):
I came here for that SUIT, damn… Must be my dick boner.
Why are people so dumb? The setting makes sense if you actually read the novel.
Aliens attacked in the late 60s which means all of the social changes since then are completely different. Japan didn’t become the technology heaven it is today. It stayed more traditional in it’s culture.
America is probably similar.
Humanity has been fighting a losing war for 30 years. The first to fight were all the men of course, but this late in the game all that are left to fight are women and children. All the men have already been drafted. Also, the world population is down to 1 billion or so and mainland Asia is more or less done as a human habitat. It is completely taken over by BETA. Japan is important because they are between the BETA and that side of the world.
As for the pilot suits, I think they explained it in the novel but I don’t remember. Besides, this was originally an eroge. As far as that goes, skintight suits are about the worst of it for the most part.
If I got something wrong I hope someone with more knowledge corrects me.
gunbuster rip off
Why can’t men ride the mechs?
They can, but they all died in the war. <- Poor excuse of a plot
What are the enemies? Aliens?
Weird lifeforms which came from space. <- You fail at biology forever
Why are all the characters so old-fashioned?
That’s just the setting. Deal with it. <- Complete ignorance of design
Is there only Japan left on the planet?
A few other countries may have survived. <- Complete ignorance from the plot
Why do they have to wear those suits?
… <- Complete lack of an actual plot
Result: TKO, GTFO
Crawl back to your SJW hellhole, lmao
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