{"id":525,"date":"2006-07-31T11:10:52","date_gmt":"2006-07-31T16:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=525"},"modified":"2006-08-01T13:31:07","modified_gmt":"2006-08-01T18:31:07","slug":"full-metal-panic-disk-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=525","title":{"rendered":"Full Metal Panic, Disk 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Having given us the basic premise on the first two discs, the next disc is another variation on the same established theme.  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/fmp_sousuke2.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Sousuke is still rigid, stoic, and fun to watch.  He&#8217;s spent most of his teenage years as a soldier, so he doesn&#8217;t really know how to be a teenager.  This makes him a bit inept socially.  His attempts at being a gentleman usually go awry or are misunderstood.  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/fmp_kaname2.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Kaname is still tiresome and uninteresting as a female lead.  <!--more-->She knows Sousuke is part of an anti-terrorism group and that he may be called away to risk his life in defense of innocent civilians, yet when he misses an appointment with her she goes sideways and becomes enraged.  She shouts, she hits, she broods, and generally has a tantrum  totally disproportionate to the percieved slight. Then he presents her with a gift in an attempt to make up, despite the fact that she&#8217;s the one who should be apologizing.  But when she finds out the gift (a pair of earrings) also serve as self-defensive flash-bang grenades, she goes back to being enraged.  So he&#8217;s bad at gifts.  So what?  <em>He gave you a gift you ignorant cow. Most people say thank-you even if the gift sucks. Barring that, the <strong>least<\/strong> you could do is not throw another stupid tantrum.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s clear that she&#8217;s at <em>least<\/em> as socially inept as Sousuke, but he spent his formative years in the military.  What&#8217;s her excuse?<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/fmp_testarossa2.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Sixteen year old Tessa is still preposterous as the sub Captain, although she is otherwise a fun and interesting character.  She&#8217;s quite witty, and manages to have some fun at Sousuke&#8217;s expense, which is always good for a laugh.<\/p>\n<p>And the plot is still focused on gut-wrenching conflict and high-tech terrorism, with life-and-death battles serving as a means to place the characters into situations where Kaname and Sousuke can have romantic tension.  <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/fmp_shower.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>At least, it would be tension if I cared about Kaname.  Go Sousuke!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/fmp_as2.jpg\"\/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>So, disc 3 is more of  what we&#8217;ve already seen on the first two discs, but it&#8217;s fun and interesting. And the robots are cool.  <\/p>\n<p>I wish I could have one of these robots.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having given us the basic premise on the first two discs, the next disc is another variation on the same established theme. Sousuke is still rigid, stoic, and fun to watch. He&#8217;s spent most of his teenage years as a soldier, so he doesn&#8217;t really know how to be a teenager. 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