(CR) Sora Yori mo Tooi Basho: A Story That Leads to Antarctica

[Top Sergeant]

Originally Posted by Stark700

Wow I love the characterization and storytelling in this show.

I wholeheartedly agree! t the start of the season, just going by the description, my preconceptions were entirely wrong. This show is outstanding. I think its been a long time since I've seen an actual coming of age combined with adventure anime, not to mention one done this well.

[Kismet-chan]

Beautiful episode, especially the entire last third. I continue to be amazed by how good this show is.

[BBOvenGuy]

The scene with them going down to set foot on the ice made me think of the Apollo moon landings. Except I don't remember Armstrong and Aldrin yelling "In your face! In your face!"

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by BBOvenGuy

The scene with them going down to set foot on the ice made me think of the Apollo moon landings. Except I don't remember Armstrong and Aldrin yelling "In your face! In your face!"

They did! In Russian! There's no way they didn't.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by BBOvenGuy

The scene with them going down to set foot on the ice made me think of the Apollo moon landings. Except I don't remember Armstrong and Aldrin yelling "In your face! In your face!"

You know that story about the Moon landings been faked? That's real. It's not that they didn't go to the Moon, they did. They simply had to reshoot the landing though in order to have Armstrong say something more dignified and memorable than "IN YOUR FACE!" .

[Liddo-kun]

Watched episode 9:

Another good episode. Shirase good at jump rope. Funny when she was a kid, her mom's friend told her not to give money to people she don't know.

Oh, and I was a bit worried the ice might break if they all jump on it.

[Gan_HOPE326]

Originally Posted by Liddo-kun

Watched episode 9:

Another good episode. Shirase good at jump rope. Funny when she was a kid, her mom's friend told her not to give money to people she don't know.

Oh, and I was a bit worried the ice might break if they all jump on it.

Well, they're in Antarctica now. So supposedly what they're walking on is several miles worth of ice crust covering up solid bedrock.

[ScrewySquirrel]

well, technically, that was just part of the ice shelf, not yet solid ground.

[areyoubaka]

We're only on episode 9 and only just now reached Antarctica. I'm guessing the last arc will be about Shirase finding her mother's body, then Takako's funeral.

[Verso Sciolto]

Originally Posted by Gan_HOPE326

You know that story about the Moon landings been faked? That's real. It's not that they didn't go to the Moon, they did. They simply had to reshoot the landing though in order to have Armstrong say something more dignified and memorable than "IN YOUR FACE!" .

Voluntarily re-recorded because there was no article eleven of a moon treaty to compel them to speak in terms of the whole of mankind. To expect that... well ... some might say "giant leap" and that puts us back in the present and on the thin ice of Antarctica - this entertaining episode.

March 3 - Edit to add:

Originally Posted by Gan_HOPE326

Mmmm. It felt weird. I guess it could be interpreted as a nationalistic argument, but then again, it also makes sense that the scientific community might have felt a bit annoyed at that, considering how unrelated to war matters it was. It's not like giving Japan a larger access would have allowed it to build a lethal army of penguins .

... speaking of Antarctic wildlife... En route, this particular expedition, traveling along ancestral routes cast as Shirase family history, encountered whales. Given that our teenage protagonists and the rest of the crew have entered the Southern Ocean we might well consider it fortunate for the whales that their path intersected with this particular Japanese scientific research vessel there. Shall we leave it at that?

[rladls2121]

I laughed a lot at a one certain scene.

Actually I didn’t actually watch this series start to finish.
It was a coincidence that because i was looking for an anime/manga series that have characters’s views of certain things.

In truth, I myself cannot really tell if this scene can give lot of people good examples.

Being "bullied" and doesn't really know why.
Some people might know what I mean by mentioning this.

This episode aired in near end of Feb 2018.
This is bad, I mean really bad.
I don’t have a good feeling about this.
And me laughing a lot at this is a huge mistake.

[Mistyclear]

Hm this was an okay episode. I wasn’t very impressed with it and will freely admit it’s my least favorite episode so far, but nearly every series has a not so good episode. So still looking forward to the next episode!

[SeijiSensei]

They need to spend less time on the ship and more time outside. I want to see them exploring Antarctica already.

Also last week's cliffhanger

Spoiler:

remains unresolved.

[Kazu-kun]

Not as good as episode 9 but it was okay. Definitely better than 8.

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

Also last week's cliffhanger

It was resolved. The message was from Yuzuki's mother.

[Anh_Minh]

Originally Posted by SeijiSensei

They need to spend less time on the ship and more time outside. I want to see them exploring Antarctica already.

Also last week's cliffhanger

Spoiler:

remains unresolved.

You mean the message? It was Yuzu's mother telling her about the drama.

[grecefar]

shirase and penguin was so cute, I love how she get when she see one.

[FlareKnight]

That wasn't bad. A bit more focus on Yuzuki is fine. Her big thing has been on that friendship concept so good time to work on it. And hey get a bit more focus on Kimari and how things are going after that emotional farewell she had a few episodes ago.

Still feels weird to think it is colder where I am than where they are.

[Mistyclear]

^True I was honestly shocked they arrived on Antarctica with so little on, I honestly never really considered (okay I never really thought about it too begin with) that it ever rose above freezing there.
And I’ll admit that the penguin scene was cute and the table scene where Shirase kept shoving the explanation onto Hinata was funny, then again Hinata’s my favorite character and I particularly adore her when she interacts with Shirase, those two together are hilarious.

[BBOvenGuy]

The pacing of the show still feels off to me, as if they're writing it with a second season in their back pockets - or at least the hope for one. The tag after the credits pretty much told you what next week's episode is going to be (the New Year's communication), and after that there will be only two episodes left. That means either one heck of a fast-forward to get them all home, or they reach some resolution point while they're still in Antarctica.

[Kazu-kun]

I don't see a pacing problem. This show is 13 episodes, not 12. 3 episodes is enough to finish the show properly. Remember this is a coming of age story with Shirase's character arc as the core storyline. Kimari had her character development in the first half of the show, Yuzuki got hers this episode and Hinata will get her moment in episode 11 as foreshadowed by the tag after the credits. That will leave us with 2 episodes to finish Shirase's character arc. Plenty of time.