{"id":685,"date":"2023-09-16T16:29:38","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T15:29:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrongeverytime.com\/?p=37277"},"modified":"2023-09-16T16:29:38","modified_gmt":"2023-09-16T15:29:38","slug":"yuki-yuna-is-a-hero-episode-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/16\/yuki-yuna-is-a-hero-episode-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Yuki Yuna is a Hero \u2013 Episode 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I\u2019d like to check back in on Yuki Yuna and her continuing heroic escapades, with the team having just secured a victory against three simultaneous invaders. Yuki Yuna\u2019s second episode answered some questions and raised others, affirming and expanding on its internal mythology while leaving the mechanisms and larger motivations of this conflict conspicuously vague. This ambiguity stands in contrast to the show\u2019s highly specific sense of place: as one of my readers helpfully explained, Yuki Yuna is specifically grounded in the city of Kan\u2019onji, on Shikoku Island.<\/span><\/p>\n

Aside from overt reveals, last episode\u2019s emphasis on Fu and Togo reconnecting, as well as the gamified resolutions of its final battles, made it clear that explicating personal bonds and illustrating strategically grounded conflicts are also among the show\u2019s top priorities. I\u2019m a little wary of the show\u2019s emphasis on \u201cnational defense\u201d (no Togo, high schoolers are not deserters if fighting monsters seems outside their comfort zone), but we\u2019ll have to see if that\u2019s an ongoing thread or just a few odd turns of phrase. We\u2019ve got Vertices to bash, so let\u2019s get to it!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Episode 3<\/b><\/p>\n

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We again open in the closed battle realm, with the Divine Tree looming in the distance. This shot makes it clear that all these variably colored root systems are expanding outwards from the tree, presumably representing its life-bestowing power. Everything flowing from this one central point is an interesting wrinkle on formula; rather than casting magical girl battles as something happening everywhere all the time, Yuki Yuna seems to be implying that this particular island is the source of all life<\/span><\/p>\n

We learn it\u2019s been a month and a half since they were selected as heroes. Interesting pacing of their enemies\u2019 attacks here, emphasizing constant vigilance over a quick gauntlet of fights<\/span><\/p>\n

Tomoyo Kurosawa can\u2019t really stretch her full gremlin capabilities as the squeaky-voiced Itsuki, but I\u2019m still happy to have her<\/span><\/p>\n

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Suddenly a new magical girl appears, bearing a red uniform and brash confidence that seem to mark her as the Kyouko of our group<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBehold my power!\u201d She seems pretty great<\/span><\/p>\n

She introduces herself as Miyoshi Karin<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIn other words, your work here is no longer needed.\u201d I\u2019ve watched a fair number of magical girl anime, but not so many as to know whether this is a broader archetype within the genre. \u201cBrash, red-themed magical girl who arrives late and attempts to take over for the team\u201d seems pretty explicitly Kyouko<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cMoral Poise\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Very amused by Yuna\u2019s light \u201cwaaaah\u201d as Karin is introduced as a transfer student<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently this is the only episode aside from the first and last that was personally scripted by series composer Makoto Uezu, so I imagine it\u2019ll be an important one in terms of setting out our overall conflict here<\/span><\/p>\n

Her mascot is a little floating samurai, matching her no-nonsense warrior attitude and manner of speaking<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Taisha used the battle data from you advanced troops to make a perfectly calibrated, completed Hero\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Karin of course gets huffy and defensive when Yuna refers to her by first name. A classic dynamic, with Yuna performing the standard protagonist role of being the earnest glue that holds the group together<\/span><\/p>\n

Yuna successfully browbeats her with friendship into joining the club. In spite of her efforts, Karin can\u2019t help but get drawn into the pace of the other club members<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently Gyuki is prone to chewing on the other faeries<\/span><\/p>\n

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Considering Uezu wrote this episode himself, it seems this focus on personal bonds as an essential complement to and even motivation for your official duties is integral to his conception of the show\u2019s themes. Quite interesting how he personal wrote the episodes that are actually least focused on the supernatural conflict, further implying it is the bond between these heroines that is most essential<\/span><\/p>\n

Given this is only a twelve episode production, I wonder to what extent our appreciation for these character relationships was supposed to be supplemented by our engagement with Yuki Yuna\u2019s larger media mix. This show still seems perfectly coherent without that, but we\u2019re definitely seeing an increase in productions that assume you\u2019re already fully invested in character relationships before they even begin (like the various Fate\/GO adaptations). This era\u2019s going to leave behind some curious aesthetic artifacts once the economic ecosystem propelling these IPs begins to shift and degrade<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Apparently Karin can just text the Taisha directly<\/span><\/p>\n

Karin\u2019s private life is characterized as ostentatiously lonely, her private dinner contrasted directly against the club going out for udon<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHeroes <\/span>have<\/span><\/i> to be impressive to save the world. A Hero\u2019s combat ability is influenced a lot by her basic fitness.\u201d Karin\u2019s proclamations are deliberately contrasted against Togo in the pool, seemingly providing an immediate counterpoint to her philosophy<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cTogo-san is a snack-making genius.\u201d And then the very next scene offers a different way to be strong, one that naturally lends itself to establishing the sorts of personal bonds that this show so venerates<\/span><\/p>\n

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Another nicely understated comedy beat of all the other club members enjoying Togo\u2019s snacks while Karin continues her lecture<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cBy gaining battle experience, you can level up and become stronger. We call that \u2018Mankai.\u2019\u201d \u201cI didn\u2019t know that.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s written in your app!\u201d It\u2019s an odd feeling seeing the segments that would in Pretty Cure be dedicated to selling plastic tchotchkes here applied to explaining gacha game mechanics<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hero Club\u2019s Fine Tenets are all about the importance of putting in an effort no matter the result, a charitable ethos that Karin of course finds wishy-washy and weak<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStop overthinking things. You\u2019ll go bald.\u201d Fu has at this point established herself as a font of random old man aphorisms<\/span><\/p>\n

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Itsuki introduces their next topic of discussion, helping with the attractions at a Children\u2019s Festival. Karin\u2019s arc here seems clear – she\u2019s currently fighting for pride and \u201cbecause it\u2019s her duty,\u201d but gaining friendships and engaging with the community will presumably teach her to fight in order to protect the people and places she cares about<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI happen to have that day off.\u201d Karin of course has nothing else going on<\/span><\/p>\n

Another cycle through Karin\u2019s daily life further emphasizes her isolation, now tempered by the prospect of the coming festival<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI-I should call back, right?\u201d Karin is as uncomfortable with personal relations as she is confident in battle<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Her anxiety over calling Yuna back, and subsequent attempts to convince herself it\u2019s correct to ignore this festival meetup altogether, ring very true to the experience of social anxiety. It seems her embracing the identity of a gallant, isolated Hero is a defense mechanism, a way of justifying her insecurity and loneliness through the necessity of focusing on her training<\/span><\/p>\n

In spite of her attempts to isolate herself, the hero club stop by anyway<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently today is also Karin\u2019s birthday. Does she even have a family?<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had a birthday party!\u201d What <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> her history?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

And Done<\/b><\/p>\n

And so our proud, reluctant Karin joins the club, and is immediately overwhelmed by the warm fuzzy camaraderie of her fellow Heroes. This episode didn\u2019t offer us any new hints regarding the nature of our overarching conflict, which made it all the more interesting to me that this was the only non-bookend episode that Uezu personally scripted. That implies the personalities and relationships between these girls are Yuki Yuna\u2019s most essential features; that said, Karin\u2019s unknown history and archetypal personality didn\u2019t really provide the texture necessary to invest in this drama on a personal level yet. At three episodes in, Yuki Yuna is still holding quite close to the imbedded assumptions of its genre space, meaning I suspect we\u2019ve got a twist or complication arriving soon!<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0article\u00a0was\u00a0mad<\/a><\/em>e possible by reader support<\/a>. Thank you all for\u00a0all that you do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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