GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri

[shinta|hikari]

I actually agree with most of your points, though I'm a lot less emotional about it. It could've been much better is the biggest issue for me in this episode.

And didn't Itami's truck have a radio equipped? Were they so far away that no one in the entire military was able to radio them that help was on the way? I don't think planting the C4 took Itami an entire day.

And you don't give rocket launchers to amateurs. Period. I was already imagining the chaos the moment he started giving them "lessons."

Itami, you shit head. How dare you hurt Rory like that. Fucking dumbass.

[Kraco]

And didn't Itami's truck have a radio equipped? Were they so far away that no one in the entire military was able to radio them that help was on the way? I don't think planting the C4 took Itami an entire day.

Lots of mountains and canyons. The fighter pilots could have established a radio contact, but they weren't on the move before Itami had left the car behind.

And you don't give rocket launchers to amateurs. Period. I was already imagining the chaos the moment he started giving them "lessons."

There are thousands of rank amateurs with rocket launchers in their hands in the world at this very moment. They are usually called freedom fighters, resistance, terrorists, or just regular soldiers of certain third world armed forces. It's the beauty of modern small arms that even an ape could use them. No need to be a soldier, knight, or a mercenary with a decade of training and experience to be able to kill efficiently.

Itami, you shit head. How dare you hurt Rory like that. Fucking dumbass.

She'll regenerate. Plus you can bet she has gone through worse many times during her long, long life.

[shinta|hikari]

Lots of mountains and canyons. The fighter pilots could have established a radio contact, but they weren't on the move before Itami had left the car behind.

Oh right. I'm not familiar with military tools enough to know the range and how interference works. However, shouldn't Itami know that? Then why the hell did he come up with the plan of having Rory inform him of the dragon's arrival if interference could block the signal?

Or is the very idea of the interference in that scene bullshit? I mean, the volcano had a gaping hole on top. I'm no expert, so which is it?

There are thousands of rank amateurs with rocket launchers in their hands in the world at this very moment. They are usually called freedom fighters, resistance, terrorists, or just regular soldiers of certain third world armed forces. It's the beauty of modern small arms that even an ape could use them. No need to be a soldier, knight, or a mercenary with a decade of training and experience to be able to kill efficiently.

I don't get the point you're trying to make with rocket launchers. The episode itself showed how stupid it is. Those who give arms to amateurs don't do it because it's ideal. They have no choice but to arm them. And can you really say that no one on their side has suffered from them doing that?

Moreover, Itami's situation and your analogy is completely different. An hour long lecture with no practical training for dark elves who don't even know what guns are before fighting a gigantic monster is different from arming terrorists. You seriously underestimate how dangerous friendly fire is with your statement here.

To top it all off, Itami decided to enter an enclosed cavern with a whole group of elves with launchers. Smart man.

If he had any brains, he should have left a few more elves with rocket launchers outside. Then they could've fired their launchers at a safer place (than a friggin cave!) and informed Itami of the dragon's arrival by way of the explosions. He already knew the dragon wasn't there before entering, yet he decided to bring every single elf inside. Why..?

Then again, he brought a crazy person on this mission and inside the cave too...

I'll give you this though. When I said amateur, I didn't mean non-soldier. I meant those without sufficient training.

She'll regenerate. Plus you can bet she has gone through worse many times during her long, long life.

So it's okay to hurt others because of your stupidity because they'll regenerate? And it's even more okay because she's been hurt before, apparently. Just a reminder, Rory does actually feel pain.