LAST EDITED ON Sep-02-14 AT 11:07 PM (EDT)
 
>I think this is illustrative of our different approaches to the
>series, Ben, as my favorite Mosquito story isn't actually part
>of the canon proper, nor is it at all funny; it was that PSA they did
>for kids with body issues.(snip)
>I teared up when Mosquito called A-1 "Spad" at the end. Oh my god, the
>feels.

Huh. I don't think I've ever seen that one. It sounds really sweet, though. I bet Mosquito made tea.

My favorite A-1 moment is the bit in that really late manga volume where some of the vets (as they are by then) are watching the new kids do their thing in testing, and when she takes out the whole simulated tank platoon, P-47 and Ilyusha say "I taught her that." in the same speech balloon, then look at each other like, "Homey says what now?"

>Ah, yes, the only decent part of the "Target: <X>!" series of
>episodes. Man, remember "Target: Ploesti!", hampered by stunningly
>haphazard production values, and "Target: Hiroshima!" which featured
>the Allied team using a completely nonstandard piece of equipment and
>a rules loophole to run the score up to insane levels?

There's a worse one than either of those, but you may have scrubbed it from your memory: "Target: Schweinfurt Again!" Yes, it was one of the biggest downers of the entire series, but beyond that, it was boring. How does a story manage to be tragic and boring at the same time? Just like that, that's how.

--G.
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