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>Sadly, they were going for "dependable, strong, reliable" and ended up
>with "boring and stale." Remember her spotlight episode? It was 22
>minutes of Ju 88 concentrating on the fundamentals and achieving
>solid-but-not-flashy victories before getting shot down by P-50.

She had two! She shared the other one with Me 410 and Do 217, admittedly, and 217 kind of stole the show with the Fritz-X scene, but still, "Twins for the Win" is one of the best Axis episodes of the whole series, and 88 was front and center for most of it.

>I'm sure you've seen the OVA starring the Pacific Conference torpedo
>and dive bombers, and I'm sure you hated it, because it was a
>tragedy that didn't present as one at first glance, but it has a
>special place in my heart.

Actually, my biggest problem with that one wasn't that - I didn't like it, but I have to admit it was well-done, for the most part - it was...

>their teammate Zero (her shrieking tirade at them from her hospital
>bed after she took a lot of injuries creating an opening for them in a
>match they then proceeded to blow is heartbreaking)

... this. It was so jarringly out of character. I mean, that Zero would give them hell for that isn't, but the way she did it. Zero does not shriek. Or use words like "dipstick" other than in their technical context. The animation for that OVA was done by a different studio, and I've always sort of hoped that they thought they were drawing Hayabusa there (although, yes, I know that's Zero's voice). You'd expect that kind of behavior from her. From Zero it's just... wrong. That said, I like the fanon "No-Prize" explanation that she was having a bad reaction to her pain meds. :)

>That OVA was by far the finest of the bomber-related storylines.

I will always have a special place for "Mosquito Plays It Straight", but then, I will always have a special place for Mosquito, full stop. Rrrowr.

>Probably because the fast-attack bombers are just inherently more
>interesting than the big girls, you know?

Except for "Target: Edersee Dam!", I will have to agree with you there.

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