GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri

[shinta|hikari]

That's not the way it was presented. The nutso crazy one is the girl who used a bayonet to kill the first few soldiers before shooting the rest down. How do you explain that?

Shooting one or two soldiers would do the trick. The unique thing about the situation is the sheer difference in fighting power, which was demonstrated in that very scene. They weren't in any real danger, at least at the point where the girl decided to massacre the soldiers. It's fine to fire with the intent to kill. It's different when you slaughter obviously defenseless people. And the JSDF know they are defenseless against them after fighting them many times already. The crazy girl could've stopped midway during her killing spree, but only decided to do so when almost everyone was dead.

And again, the bayonet combat. That alone invalidates the idea of them fighting for their own safety. There's also the fact that they let one soldier fight the entire enemy squad when all 3 of them have guns. If they were in real danger, all three of them would have fired their weapons, don't you think?

To use the example you mentioned, it should've been like: Oh, there are soldiers charging at me. I'll shoot to defend myself. OMG, they are dying like flies and can't even come near. I'll stop shooting for a bit and ask them to surrender.

Instead it was like this: Oh, there are soldiers charging at me. I'll kill a few of them with the knife on my GUN, and after showing them how bad ass I can be while risking my safety for no reason whatsoever, then I'll shoot them. OMG, they are dying like flies and can't even come near. I'll just keep shooting anyway. Ok, no one is standing anymore. Time to ask them to surrender!

Just to be clear, I'm fine with Itami punching the prince and asking the girl to defend them. It was the needless killing that really made me dislike that scene. The prince torture made them lose moral high ground, but I personally don't mind him getting his face beat in.