{"id":4444,"date":"2011-03-05T18:11:18","date_gmt":"2011-03-06T00:11:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tancos.net\/wp\/?p=3556"},"modified":"2016-01-10T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2016-01-10T15:40:15","slug":"rewriting-history-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/rewriting-history-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Rewriting history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"History revised\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/keroroB01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/keroroB01-600x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"History revised\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3557\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The opening credits of the third <i>Keroro Gunsou<\/i> movie, <i><b>Keroro vs. Keroro: The Great Sky Battle de arimasu!<\/b><\/i>, recapitulate the opening episodes of the TV series. It shows Natsumi walloping Giroro with a bookbag. However, in episode four, she defeats him with a leek. Why the change? Are the writers afraid that viewers will confuse her with Hatsune Miku? (Update: I rewatched the fourth episode, and she does use a bookbag as well as a leek. Never mind.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/natsumileek011.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"What really happened\" width=\"500\" height=\"374\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3558\" \/><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->As in the previous <i>Keroro Gunsou<\/i> movies, action is emphasized over comedy, though there is still lots of silly stuff. This one focuses on Fuyuki and Keroro, a less interesting pair than Natsumi and Giroro, who were the center of the second movie. On a trip to Machu Picchu, Keroro inadvertently triggers an invasion of earth by another, more efficient squad of Keronians led by his clone \u2014 or something like that. I don&#8217;t quite understand the logic of the story, and I suspect that a second viewing will more likely reveal additional problems than clear up misunderstandings. But if you insist on airtight logic, you probably aren&#8217;t going to watch <i>Keroro Gunsou<\/i> anyway.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"This doesn't make any more sense in context\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/keroro011.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/keroro011-600x331.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"This doesn&#039;t make any more sense in context\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3559\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s lots of running through corridors and explosions, and Keroro gets to play with a 1:1 Gundam model. Ultimately the world is saved through the strength of characters&#8217; friendships. It&#8217;s not a great movie, though, aside from a few vulgarities, it&#8217;s a tolerable entertainment for kids. Powered Natsumi does appear toward the end and, for some, that&#8217;s reason enough to watch.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"Giroro and Natsumi\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/keroroB02.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/keroroB02-600x332.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Giroro and Natsumi\" width=\"600\" height=\"332\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3560\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"Natsumi\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/natsumi.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/natsumi-475x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Natsumi\" width=\"475\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-3561\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bonus Natsumi picture:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3571\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3571\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a class=\"lightbox\"  title =\"Gladiator Natsumi\" href=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/natsumiB01.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/natsumiB01-600x333.jpg\" alt=\"Natsumi is not quite herself here.\" title=\"Gladiator Natsumi\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3571\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3571\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natsumi is not quite herself here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The opening credits of the third Keroro Gunsou movie, Keroro vs. Keroro: The Great Sky Battle de arimasu!, recapitulate the opening episodes of the TV series. It shows Natsumi walloping Giroro with a bookbag. However, in episode four, she defeats him with a leek. Why the change? Are the writers afraid that viewers will confuse &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/rewriting-history-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Rewriting history&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,9],"tags":[307],"class_list":["post-4444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-and-screen-captures","category-current-viewing","tag-keroro-gunsou"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4xam3-19G","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4444"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15203,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4444\/revisions\/15203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shuffly.net\/zoop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}