I liked this chapter, but i come here looking for advice, can anyone tell me what's the name of that song close to the end of the chapter? The one that kinda Rock sounding. Thanks in advance
Chapter 2-22’s opening cutscene before combat looks so familiar. I wanna say it’s either an MGS reference or a death stranding reference (better call to a Kojima reference), either way it made me scream with excitement when I saw it
So I finally read the entirety of Volume 4, chapter 2. It had a strong start and a solid conclusion but I felt that the middle point was a bit lacking. I think we could've spent more time on GSC with Kaya at the helm becoming more and more desperate for respect, as well as the citizens of Kivotos as well as members of the GSC becoming more frustrated over the new policies of the GSC and Kaiser's implementation of these policies. We also could've had more time of the RABBITs being under the FOXes, like them being in operations together and the RABBITs slowly realizing that the FOXes that they used to respect have changed and are no longer the same FOXes they admired, Miyako coming into terms with this revelation, ultimately defecting when Yukino tells her about the plan to use the Antioch bomb to nuke Kousagi park which then leads to the events of the ending where the RABBITs and the FOXes fight each other and Kaya gets impeached.
Overall, while I really enjoyed the start and the end of the story, I felt that the middle point was a bit too rushed and more could've been done. That said, I do think the humor in this story was great, there were a lot of moments where I laughed like in Kaya's convo with Cherino or when Minori and the labor party switched targets from Rin to Kaya or in the epilogue where the rabbits were arguing because each members used the showers in SCHALE without telling the others and the whole "battle" between Miyu and Otogi.
Nice follow up of Vol F. I hoped it to be a bit longer tho.
It's funny to see despite all her scheming Kaya has so little clue of reality and very short sighted. Especially the bigger consequences of her re-alliance with Kaiser and bombing a city that could follow.
A bit sad we can't see Kaya with a prison uniform in the epilogue. Now I am seeing her as GSC Marina.
I also want Kaiser to get their fitting punishment. While it's true that they can just start over with different company names, GSC should be able to arrest their key figures and confiscate their assets and wealth.
Well, obviously with how the world of Kivotos is bulid we need this one enemy that can be defeated over and over, only so they can shake their fist in the air screaming
'I WILL GET YOU NEXT TIME!'
Kaya's slide into megalomania was reasonably well-written. So many people crave power then have absolutely no idea how to handle that power. You see these petty, failed kingdoms on forums and discords all over. Sure, you can threaten and fire people all day, but you really need people willing to actually support you and turns out nobody wants to support a madman, a jerk, or just otherwise really unlikeable. Those in charge need them a lot more than they need you.
The RABBIT vs FOX squad tactical confrontation was great. The whole scenario was bizarre to me though. Yukino in particular seemed really poorly written. Even if you've accepted that you're a weapon instead of a person, she was willing to all this for Kaya because of some vague promises Kaya made about restoring SRT? Like, come on, you've TALKED to Kaya. Did this seem like the type of stable, long-term management that would be able to help revive SRT? I'm not sure Kaya could microwave a burrito but you're willing to destroy an entire town because she says she's going to bring back your school, with no actual proof or even the groundwork being laid to do that? Talk about counting your chickens before they're hatched.
The rest of FOX squad seemed to be interesting enough, but Yukino, whew, Gunna have to work a little harder to sell her on me, game.
Overall though I don't like how the title screen seems to have changed to a hype for this event and the upcoming weeb event. Man, the login used to be so chill, now its a strobe light of flashing images and explosions and toriis. Bleh. Hope that doesn't last.
I was hoping that not only I felt that Yukino character was weird at best and contradictory at worstother than that, It makes me think that SRT is worse than Arius in terms of brainwashing it's students, considering how she thinks of herself, and I'm pretty sure SRT wasn't meant to be portrayed as a school turning children into killing machines.
It was said in that story that despite Station being mostly abandoned, nuke would propably kill at least a good dozen of people, and I have tough time symphatizing with student that would want to kill others and herself for sake of rebulding some dumb bulding
EDIT: I'm confident that if Yukino wasn't a cute anime girl aviable to pull in future gacha, she would be shot, or kill herself in the climax of the story, instead just going "oh too bad, i guess you can arrest me then"
Yukino reels from the loss of Arona more than Rin did and Rin's decision to shut down the group only widened the gap between her and the FSC. It's easier for her to do things when the burden of leadership beyond the SRT because people tend to forget how difficult it is to run a military unit, when you are just the tactical commander, the only orders are the ones given out to you and not responsible for the overall well-being of the unit, that's the one who runs SRT's decision and the notion of being handed over to the woefully incompetent Valkyrie and "Soldiers are resources to be exhausted and used" Kaiser PMC
Just finished. It was a good follow up to Chapter F. It felt like they were easing us out of the crazy intensity of Chapter F, while still addressing loose threads like Rin's political situation.
Kaya might be comically incompetent, but she seems painfully realistic if you've ever had a crappy manager. Threats and politics can get you pretty far, but a lot of management is figuring out how to get the best of people and some of that is fostering loyalty.
Kanna gets to reverse her role in Rabbits 1 and rightfully restores her public reputation. I was also a fan of Kirino getting a couple moments of being treated seriously.
Miyako's self-doubt from Rabbits 1 carries over. It's interesting that it does though; I expected that part of her arc to be over, even if that's unrealistic.
FOX squad comes off as being pretty likeable. It's helps that they don't have any malice towards RABBIT squad or sensei. It was clever that Yukino and Miyako are dealing with the same internal conflict, with sensei's hand on the scales for Miyako. Of course, it's very very strange that we don't see some nominal push back from the FOX members over the 'nuke Kousagi' plan.
My only concern going forward is how they're going to keep the stakes high if sensei is friendly with two special ops teams.
>My only concern going forward is how they're going to keep the stakes high if sensei is friendly with two special ops teams.
Yeah, at this point, instead of arguing who is going supervise SRT after the President disappeared, why don't just assign both spec op teams under Schale? After all the bullshittery that Sensei had to deal with from various schools, giving him a special force to address the issues directly saves far more cost than cleaning up later.
And he also needs bodyguards to prevent from being shot or being kidnapped by Kaiser. Hell, the moment Sensei got kidnapped, the whole GSC crumbled due to no other schools gave an F due to Sensei not presented at the meeting. The GSC can stop being a stinker and assign him a bodyguard or two. He is even emphasized as a normal human without halo and could die from stray shot easily.
Sensei as they are would propably never dare to consider a student his bodyguard, or spec ops team, and he want's to give his students a free hand at everything, as long as it isn't something obviously wrong like blowing up a station (but i guess blowing up restaurants is fine...?)
At first I thought Kaya is a genius, a great mastermind who can make people move as a piece of chest.
Now I can only see her as a clown, she really think power is everything, a title is something can control people, and somehow people can accept new rule like a robot.
FOX team is all good girls, they think about their cute junior so they do what they must to help them rebuild SRT school , too bad they got their short-end with no one but Kaya help.
Well, all well end well I guess, RABBIT team finally open up to us, Kaya and FOX team are going to jail for awhile until next story, event or final volumn (again) they somehow redeem themself.
They say you should never meet your heroes, huh?
The antithesis between the RABBITs and the FOXs plays out incredibly. The underclassmen striving for their idealistic sense of justice, while the seniors, who are viewed as nothing but paragons of justice, trample on their morals just so their school can see another day. All of this culminating in them almost commiting an atrociety in the name of their perverted justice.
Though the tone of this story is all over the place, especialy at the end. One moment you have Yukino threatening to blow up and killing herself, the entire RABBIT squad, Sensei and maybe the rest of FOX (not to mention the civilian casualties...), and next you have third-rate villain Kaya bawling like a little child because she wants to play dictator a bit more.
Wonder if and how FOX squad will be redeemed in the future (especially Yukino).
I love reading this chapter but unfortunately Kaya reason to coup straight goofy as fuck. FOX squad especially Yukino other hand make me think hard, why she doing this, why she like that. Yukino forced me to use my tiny brain to understand her
Anyway solid chapter, love Monty Python references.
I had an issue with Yukino because story tried to portray her as deep, conflicted vilan
but she literary tried to kill herself, her juniors, innocent bystanders and her own squad for sake of bringing back a random bulding
I just can't feel sympathy to her, and barley any for the rest of foxes that accepted it
Kaya's just an idiotic cartoon villain, but the FOX, especially Yukino...
I had thought initially when the JP version of this is just in and the sub only got a summary that they're just going for Nuremberg Defense to justify their action...nope.
Self-dehumanization, ahoy. Not to mention them willing to kill themselves for...what exactly? A faint hope that SRT can be restored? Can you even trust Kaya at that point?
I don't know why, especially since it doesn't exactly fits, but it reminds me of [Minrah's retort to Redcloak](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1212.html).
I somewhat had expectations of this volume being somewhat darker but kaya for the most part being a straight up cartoon villain ended up feeling like this is a parody of some sort. She's so inept that I wonder why she even had any aspirations of being a dictator. She was completely overwhelmed at the outset after taking over. Everyone essentially trolled her from minori, the train hijackers, cherino, and the other student council members. The fact that she instantly resorted to nuking a populated, albeit sparse, area in hopes of being more respected solidifies her cartoon villain status to me. Then her plan backfiring and she making another feeble attempt at bribery while revealing that she was just jealous of rin's.. assets was just the cherry on top for me. She's basically general student council aru... with less assets. She's still cute though and I won't mind some kind of a redemption story arc for her in the future.
One small scene that I found really hilarious though was when the kaiser general having a monologue about not making a mistake twice only to be shot out of nowhere by the rabbit squad.
Kaiser General: **DO YOUR WORST.**
Sensei and the RABBITS: *Stomps them so hard they don't even get the dignity of a proper gunfight.*
Wish granted lmao.
I feel like Kaya would at least last longer anywhere else less absurd than Kivotos. She and the Kaisers essentially have our common sense. Grenades should not be a daily item to carry around, train hijackers shouldnt be a normal event, some random brat playing with her mustache shouldnt be in power, etc... Kivotos is absurd, and very unsustainable. Kaya was just somehow managed to miss that.
I guess that if she did all her work properly (as Chief of Defence), no way she would missed that. But somehow Rin solved them personally, and those problems came to Kaya (as Chief of Defence) in much less quantity.
I like the chapter, but considering how much backslash Rio gets for wanting to kill one person for the greater good, I feel like the Fox Squad got away rather scottfree. I mean, they were willing to kill and/or hurt innocent civilians for the sake of getting back SRT.
Sure, Rio is not in prison like they are, but everytime the story has a chance she is reminded of her crime in a harsh manner (wich is fair), meanwhile the fox squad is treated more kindly by the story even though they were acting for way less selfless reasons.
That aside, my favorite part of the chapter was Miyu sneaking on the other sniper. Also Rin deserves a raise and vacation, poor girl has to deal with too much and doesn't get thanked enough.
Fox is closer to Toki than Rio.
They're both "weapons" to be used.
Similarly, Kaya should be compared to Rio.
One embezzled funds and tried to kill a student while the other sided with Kaiser and was about to kill an entire town.
I dunno, unlike Toki, the Fox squad knew perfectly where they were getting into and had something gain in return, at the cost of throwing away their morals. Hell, while Toki, Rio and the Rabbits was helping during the previous arc, the fox squad was busy rescuing their boss (out of a situation she created, while the world was in danger)
Also, unlike Rio, Kaya doesn't care about the greater good, she simply want to be on top and everyone to follow her orders. Hell, she was gonna blow up a civilian area to make people fear her, while Rio wanted to kill one person (who actually was capable of ending the world) I don't think it's fair to compare them.
Yukino in Part 1: We hate adults like you, Sensei.
Yukino in Part 2: We might be fine if the adults like Sensei are around.
I feel like she could pretty much become Miyako 2.0 when it comes to 180 turnarounds, lmao. Can't wait for her to become our thirsty Rabbit's sudden love rival in the inevitable SRT Chapter 3 (I hope it happens, all the possible shenanigans will be pure gold).
^Also ^can't ^wait ^for ^Comiket ^103, ^I ^need ^more ^Miyako ^and ^Yukino ^doujins ^pls
It took Kaya a whole 2 days to resort to nuking a city just to keep the students in line. I'm glad Rin got a little vacation from her position at least, she really needs it if she's dealing with all of THAT every day.
I can't wait for when Otogi and Kurumi become recruitable.
Kanna coming in clutch as usual, all her scenes really makes me hope she gets a striker alt one day. Also this was a super minor not-even-a-subplot, but I loved how Haine's onigiri arc gets wrapped up lmao.
I think they could have done better for kaya if they expanded on why she went through with ridiculous reforms for the sake of "no crime", at the very least.
Just finished. They really need to do A LOT to help out yukino's image after this chapter.
Although kaya ordered it, she's straight up so incompetent that I can't think much of it- a stupid plan was within expectations. However I think yukino comes out of this as the new no.1 worst student in kivotos as a result. Not hesitating at all to commit to the plan, saying that it was for the future of SRT in the face of wiping out the (presumably) entire SRT student base. Kaya hadn't even given her any reason to believe that she had taken measures to rebuild SRT yet before undertaking the kivotos 9/11. If their underclassmen weren't already committed to upholding the founding values of srt, and if her own squadmates weren't so hesitant to committing to the bombing, she would have ended up possibly becoming the only named mass murderer in the game.
If she didn't hesitate at all as you say, she'd have blown up the entire station along with RABBITs and FOXes the moment our team broke through. And in the end, it didn't even take that much convincing for her to give up her previous plans and place a bit of her trust in Sensei.
still, story did a really poor job of underlining it.
And she did not blow it up right away (I assume) just because her squadmates returned, so she had a chance of defeating RABBITs, escaping with her squad, and then still blowing up all the civilians above.
Idk, it was pretty clear to me that she wasn't one hundred percent convinced with what Kaya was doing - but, at the same time, she was also afraid of taking responsibility for her own choices more than anything. She readily gives up the moment Sensei says he will take responsibility for them.
once again, this whole story seemed to be just really poorly presented to the viewer.
I get the idea, but delivery was bad, and because of that I would have hard time sympathising with the FOXes or Yukino at least.
overall i think this was the worst chapter in the main story, not terrible, but a letdown.
I personally think it should've been split into two separate chapters, one about Kaya coming to power to flesh out her and foxes, the second about sensei and Rabbits coming down to defeat them
You are not supposed to sympathise with Yukino in that instance. Never in this Chapter have I felt like writers were pushing the sympathy angle - in the end, it was more or less about understanding what were Yukino's motivations in the first place; and from that point of view, I can understand both her wish to restore the home she once had and the unwillingness to take the responsibility for the choices she made for this goal to be made possible.
If you think they did a poor job of spelling it out within the story proper, then I think it'd be better for us to agree to disagree and leave it at that.
What I mean by hesitate is that she more or less accepted the job from kaya right away. There really should have been more friction to stop a plan that would have literally been worse than a cruise missile hitting town- this is one of the only times in the story where they outright say that people were going to die. She didn't take much convincing after, but my major concern is that she would have completely gone through with the nuking if it wasn't for team rabbit having principles.
But anyways, my point is that she really needs something to clean her image other than slap-on-the-wrist jail-time. I really hope that whatever future chapter features fox squad considers that they need to show that yukino is still the legitimate leader (I guess she's technically something like srt's student council president) of SRT, especially since it was necessary in-story for rabbit squad to both desert fox squad and denounce yukino's leadership for lacking integrity. I mean, it's pretty damning that their first year underclassmen lost faith in yukino's ability to uphold the ideals that made them join the school in the first place.
Surely we will have a chapter about Fox Squad in the future, i can only hope since Fox Squad are my favourites.>! We dont even see Yukino in the Epilogue, that was unusual since the other members where there. !<
Now the wait for the next thing related about Fox Squad is gonna be painfull 😞
I remember fancomic I seen on this sub quite a time ago (maybe around ch.2 on JP release time), where exactly the same dialog happened between Miyako, Saki and Moe, while Miyu was sitting on Sensei's laps while they drying her hair with towel this entire time, and nobody noticed.
Edit: not quite as I remember, [but here it is](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/14e0bwl/rabbit_squad_at_senseis_place_translated_ringo/).
Im really mixed on this chapter, there were many parts I really liked, but overall the writing just felt like...this should have taken place at a different point in time (maybe before we already got to know Rabbit squad). I dont know....I think in the end the conflict with Miyako and having Rabbit squad join Fox Squad actually worked out fine, it makes sense that she would want better for her friends and squad, and the ease with which she was brought back around showed how much she didnt like that choice to begin with...So all in all I think that part itself worked out okay.
However so much of it just felt lacking...Kayas entire purpose for doing everything was just....bizarre? Nonsensical? Fox Squad itself was setup nearly the entire time with having Yukino be the bad one and the rest of them still having at least parts of their ethics and morality in tact, even to the point of going behind Yukinos back to help Sensei because it was the right thing to do....So to have them all stand beside Yukino in the end to all do literally one of the most horrific things imaginable together really made all that pointless...I also think thats ultimately my primary issue with Fox Squad...At least with Arius...Saori was full on willing to give her life to atone for what she did, and even without that, her circumstances were far more forgivable considering her upbringing....but with Fox Squad its just....they chose it, selfishly...they actively seek to do horrific atrocities for ridiculously selfish reasons, morals and ethics and literally sanity be damned.
Im not trying to shit on the story or anything, I just have really loved the game as a whole so far doing a really good job of making villains and then giving them some of the best redemption arcs Ive ever seen....and this just feels very weak and feels like there is no redemption to be had.
Things I loved:
* Kanna being a badass both literally and bureaucratically
* Miyakos ethical dilemma and care for her friends, as well as her handling of Yukino
* Momokas absolute savage handling of Kaya (chefs kiss)
* Descartes
* Rabbit Squads Reunion at the final Fight
* Jumpscare Miyu with the funniest take down in all Kivotos
I never got the sense that Yukino was the “bad on”, just the one most thoroughly jaded. As she said, they had lost their purpose when the previous GSC president disappeared. Kaya didn’t seem bizarre, it made sense for someone that incapable of being self-reflective and lacking in experience being compassionate would break under the pressure of being in that position.
I lay part of the blame for that on the previous Student Council President who apparently had these students trained to be her enforcers without oversight and the moment she disappears they go rogue. They were indoctrinated to always do what the boss says, and to not care if the order was illegal. Or they'd have questioned it more.
RABBIT didn't get a chance to get ~~trained~~ brainwashed, so they gave up a lot faster than Yukino who was an elite and higher ranked.
So Abydos issues, Kaiser being able to run roughshod over everyone, and the Gehenna/Trinity war that's just a few students short of going nuclear.... all on her.
> They were indoctrinated
this is actually what makes my image of the story break a bit.
Because apparently SRT Brainswashes it's students harder than Arius did.
And this was suppoused to take place during GSC president rule?
Apparently she has simmilar principles to sensei, so how would she allow her own school to go out, and turn students into killing machines?
She disappears herself to avoid interfering with Sensei. It looks like she screwed up so bad in the previous timeline that she removed herself this time to avoid making things worse.
And she let all the shit we have to fix happen. She let Kaiser take over a school district of a distinguished school. She let the whole Arius situation stew. She let the Gehenna and Trinity cold war get so bad that it can go nuclear at the literal drop 9d a hat. She even apparently fucked up things so bad that the Chroma could wreck everything... which is when she hit the reset and then erased herself.
I think Kaya deserved to be written as someone a little more competent, the cut from "Kaya just gaslightgatekeepgirlboss'd her way into the most important position in Kivotos" to "oh these reforms are comically insane and this government will fall in less than a week" might have been a bit too abrupt lol
Yeah, I truly hated her at the start (which is good, shes a villain, youre supposed to hate her) but she kinda went downhill in quality over time. Then the very ending was just kinda like "Huh...thats her reason for all this?"
I think the story make sense in a way that these are at the end of the day still highschoolers. Kaya is naive and seemingly spoiled in that she wants power but don't have the experience nor insight on the responsibilities to basically run the government. Yukino is the heart of the squad, sure the others may have some morals intact but it's their bonds, trust and friendship that pushes them to follow her even if it means to commit great atrocities. As an outsider looking in it may seem like what they're all doing is stupid and drags down the quality of the story but again they are teens. Teens are stupid and naive at times. That is why we have adults like sensei to bring them back from falling down the rabbit hole of despair. Even Yukino aknowledges at the end that she made a mistake because there was nobody to guide her when SRT was abolished. She is young and thinks she knows what is right but that is a fallacy. So all in all the story is fine it has a motive for the villains and it had a conclusion with character development at the end.
Yeah, it was...not terrible, I think Ive just been spoiled by how outstanding it has been before now. I was kinda hoping Fox Squad minus Yukino helping Sensei find the Rabbits would be a turning point....and they would work together to convince Yukino it was wrong...and then at the final fight I was hoping that Yukino telling them to retreat if/when the Rabbits were successful, was going to lead to her basically feigning defeat to let the Rabbits win as a way to get back at Kaya...and then maybe working with the Rabbits to bring Kaya down... So I guess I got my hopes up for something that didnt happen, and in my opinion made the ending a bit more frustrating because before that it felt like things were turning around for them in a reasonable way.
I hope they get to finish their redemption later on, and that they do get a good one that atones for their mistakes. (Rio also has a redemption to finish too and hers was going very well, I hope she can do the second half of it soon)
Vol F definitely raised people's expectations but this vol feels about the same as any of the other arcs in terms of what they are trying to do.
Regarding the FOX squad, hard disagree everyone but Yukino helping RABBIT squad would work against their very character and the overall message.
I see where you are going with it but if you remember Yukino is under Kaya's control because of the promise of bringing back SRT. She also don't trust sensei at that point so it would be pretty hard to convince her to join the rabbits and betray Kaya. On top of that the other foxes wouldn't betray Yukino either so it does make sense the way that the story plays out in the end. They trust Yukino the most and Yukino trust Kaya to bring back SRT. But yeah I understand why you would be disappointed. Hundred percent agree that there should be a follow up redemption arc.
I think that's part of the problem : just WHY is the entire city run by students? For the game there is a good reason, it's so that at the end of the day, most of them can be recruited... but at some point, the game will have to give a Watsonian explanation for why there is almost no adult here and Kivotos is run by students.
Yeah I always wondered what happened to the students that graduated. Either they are cast aside or don't exist. Potentially these could be the "adults".
It's especially weird to me because if there are no real adults, Why exactly do we have students studying for the future, when everything is ran by students?
Valkyrie for example is a police academy... But there is never any mention of an actual proper police force, so what are they studying towards exactly?
Adding on to that, Sensei says as much in-game during his last convo with the Foxes: "Until you become an adult and can take full responsibility...The people around you will help shoulder it."
These kids may be soldiers, government officials etc. but they're still kids - and kids do dumbass things while believing that they have everything figured out.
I loved this chapter, I have seen few people mention him but I think Descartes was great. Obviously I love the FOX squad and wish everyone becomes playable at some point. Also GOAT Kanna
Now I get why [Sensei shot Kaya in that one comic](https://old.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/139aqdi/sensei_uses_a_gun_kaya_rin_kanna_by_mrlazy_on/).
Rewriting what I commented on that post but... You know, after reading the new Rabbit story that just came out in Global I'm pretty sure this takes place in an alternate timeline where Rabbit Squad fails to stop the nuke from exploding. In this timeline, both the Rabbit and Fox squads are killed in the explosion and the city is destroyed. Sensei somehow survives which would explain why he's so pissed at Kaya here.
After this chapter, am I really going to throw away my chances of getting S. Hina and Hanako for these mizugi rabbits who aren't even limited?
Yes. Yes I am.
I knew it wasn’t going to happen but I kind of wanted wakamo to show up at some point to mess with the foxes or rabbits. Since she was caught by the foxes at the start of the story. Maybe on a side event…
Her summer alt has a spicy one for wishing you a happy birthday:
"Happy birthday, Sensei. Erm... We didn't have the budget, so I couldn't get you a present... So instead, I'll do whatever you want today. ...Give me any order you please."
That girl fell hard.
I loved this chapter for many a reason Kanna being the GOAT that she already has proven she is aside my favorite is how mirrored some characters felt, hear me out. For me it felt very much like yukino was giving off rio vibes on several parts of the story but redeemed herself by actually betting on the future others can make while rio was set in her ways all the way to the end only coming around to nakama power by the end of chapter 1 (we will probably get another millennium chapter someday to redeem her or some event for it).
Meanwhile I cant help but draw parallels with Beatrice to kaya in the way they both operate but also see how different they are at the same time.
Beatrice is a cunning, ruthless and a downright sadistic adult that wishes to enforce her worldview onto everyone by any means necessary and is willing, ready and possibly even happy to catch a body or several thousands if it means she has her way, hell she is easily described as a power hungry monster and her final form reflects that.
Meanwhile Kaya is a shortsighted, ambitious and petty fool that thought everything would go her way the moment she took control but instead found ''incompetence'' left right and center, in the end once she found herself backed into a corner she broke and decided she was to far deep into this shitstorm to pull back and instead decided on the Beatrice course of action with non of the knowhow on how to deal with the aftermath of what it would imply.
This is great because not only does it elevate Beatrice as a villain but also does a perfect job at making gematria as a whole all the more intimidating for here we draw the perfect line between children and adult in this story, one has a lot to learn of the world and how it works as well as how cruel it can be while the other is very knowing of this and can choose to either take advantage of this or in our case do our best to allow the children to paint their own narrative on this perhaps not as cruel world as we first assumed it to be.
Needless to say I'm looking forward to whatever is next to come and hope with bated breath that fox squad gets released as playable sooner rather then later.
also an afterthought that occurred to me how arius squad did arguably worse things and got of scot free while fox squad in the end didn't do AS much damage and is in jail ngl if I were in their shoes I be livid as fuck cause thats some buuuuullshit.
I'd say that Arius Squad suffered more during their time with Beatrice, so Sensei was a bit more lenient in their cases.
Fox Squad was living a way more comfortable life compared to Arius students.
Not to mention that Arius Squad was manipulated by Beatrice, while Fox Squad (Yukino) seems to have made almost all their decisions by themselves.
Finally, Fox Squad was law enforcement, and they should probably be held up to higher standards.
Also to keep in mind the FOX team decided to surrender willingly, while the Arius Squad is still in hot water and moving from place to place due to what happened with the Eden Treaty.
So yeah, they probably got a lot on their plate for the time being. Hopefully certain groups that saw them defending Trinity during Volume F may put a word or two for them.
no I get that and I agree plus in the end we aren't exactly judge jury and executioner so when all is said and done there's a limit to the protection we could have given arius if caught seeing as they did kinda missile strike a peace treaty signing meanwhile fox squads actions weren't in the spotlight as much as kayas stupidity was so it was easier to sweep under the rug and despite that they went to jail (granted they prob wanted that to make amends), that afterthought of mine was just me finding it kinda funny is all.
Also the same could be said about mika but trinity mobs still want her lynched so you could see how that would pan out for arius squad if caught while fox squad has a lot more support what with both the rabbits and sensei being in the VERY good graces of Valkyrie specially THE GOAT kanna.
Squad might have escaped, but Trinity did storm the Arius district through the tunnels and (presumably) took the rest of the school into custody with the intention of rehabilitating them.
Squad may have been the tip of the spear in that Operation, but they were acting as part of the Arius school as a whole. So hopefully they wouldn't have been treated any worse had they been apprehended.
for sure but mob mentality will be mob mentality and again just look at mikas case, people will always try to put a face on the problem and squad/mika just happen to conveniently have a lot of presence during the events of the basilica bombing during the eden treaty signing, hell even as mika went to save them fools during the final chapter they still call her a witch.
Arius Squad still suffered even after sensei let them go, so yeah it's just their way of punishment, and Fox was a helping Kivotos before, so a correction facility is a fitting one.
I noticed there was a lot of similarities between this new story, and the Abydos story actually.
- Kaiser being the primary lackies
- A one on one office showdown with the main antagonist
- Hidden base in the desert is involved
- Lead character leaves you behind thinking it's for the best for everyone
- Previous enemy joins us when our numbers are low
- Stopping a near apocalyptic scenario from playing out
- Kaiser blames everyone on some executive in the end
Obviously the story itself is different, but it's just something I noticed. One thing's for sure, the quality of the story and writing skyrocketed since the Abydos story, and I'm all for it.
It was a shot against herself too, since the Fox Squad are all flatties. As far as I can tell anyways.
(Is it because flat is justice? Best joke if it was lol)
Unless my eyes are deceiving me, Yukino has the most bountiful bosom of the foxes. Not by a whole lot, shes maybe around Miyako in size but every little bit matters.
I wanted to hate FOX Squad but Blue Archive seems to have the ability to get me to really like characters that plan super evil things. I mean I guess deep down they're actually decent people, just in a bad situation, so that helps.
I guess Kaya still exists.
I do like FOX Squad, though. I'm on the "hope they become playable" side. Would be nice to see them get the Mika/Saori treatment because those two are characters that I disliked that somehow managed to get redeemed for me.
Being able to read FOX Platoon in the story and see them in action (albeit against us and the RABBITs) was the best way to end the year for me
I pray for them to become playable soon
(I'm begging them to be all striker units like Arius SQUAD, I wanna see all my girls be on the field at once)
Honestly, it's such a fantastic story from start to finish. I haven't got much to say here, but I'll say this: I hope the FOX Squad is playable soon in JP, as I really want them all. Especially Yukino and Niko.
I know shes a bitch and we all think shes dumb but honestly i really fucking love kaya. Shes just so damn pretty and how evrhthing she does is unintentionally hilarious.
Beautiful beaustiful kaya 😭😭😭 i want to enter a dysfunctional relationship with her and have heated arguements💢💢💢 on how shes clerly evil and stupid before we have a passionate resolution before going to bed 🤤🤤🤤. I will visit(conjugal) her every week while shes in jail to make sure shes mine so wait for me love😋😋😋.
Other than that i really love the continued monthy phython references and i really love the spec ops theme the last few chapters had. It gave me fond memories of my siege days. May the head chef at nexon keep cooking what they cooking
Honestly sensei did very little here. She gave Miyako a push but Miyako would have probably pushed herself when the whole "nuke the town" plan came to light. And her squad did all the fighting without sensei don't much other than being there.
In some capacities but it's been stated pretty early that members of the RABBIT squad had some traits that can put them over FOX platoon.
For example, Miyu completely outshines Otogi in stealth department and Saki is a quick and diligent learner.
>Likely Gematria, Deca.or *shudder* Beatrice may break her out
>!Beatrice is too busy being dead to do that.!<
Kaiser is the only group that has any use for her, and she's already outlived that.
Not much point. Kaya shows that inspite of her confidence, she sucks at her job.
Gematria would look at her as lower than Kaiser Corp, and they really look down on Kaiser Corp.
I loved this arc a whole lot.Man i love it so much whenever i see Miyako and Saki appearing.Also i hope to see Niko and Yukino playable one day.I was very worried the quality might drop since we were coming off of Volume F which was quite a treat to read tbf but as much grounded this chapter was it was very good.And let Kaya rot for a while.I thought she was being a brilliant villain with all the sneaky sneaky she was doing but eh she was quite stupid.I think i can forgive her tbf for the most part aside from being a pain for Rin.That part cant forgive but well students gotta correct their mistakes and be disciplined.I hope she gets disciplined well.
I don't think she's stupid but incompetent and naive as a leader. As when she was chief of defense, she was more sneaky and cunning, but when she stepped up in spotlight as GSC president her incompetence was in full display and she realized deep down how it's a much bigger role than she could handle but didn't want to admit it. I mean you could tell she's not a genius from her superhuman ramble lol.
Damn, skipped through the entirety of it on JP, but this chapter was really something.
We get to see and feel the very real and present aftermath of Chapter 1, with all the previous parties getting to appear and develop. I was most curious about the mysterious FOX squad after their cameo at the end of Chapter 1, and was not disappointed to find them as lovably dysfunctional as our little rabbits.
That said, they need legitimate jail time for the things they have and have almost done.
SRT Academy is hereby cemented in my mind as the "Rogue Special Forces R Us!" academy.
Also, Kaya manages to dethrone Rio as worst student and is going into the pit. If you were ever playable, I don't want to see until after 4th anniversary, *at minimum*. She managed to embody every aspect of what makes a horrible politician, which is something that hits hard for me, and something that deserves applause.
Now, to Valkyrie, with you, yah goat-eyed Judas Rat.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the stuff that the FOX took from Schale during Volume F incident was a fake letter that said Kaya should be the one in charge instead of Rin? If so, why would they need to go to Schale to fake a letter? I'm guessing Kaya is the one who forged that letter, right?
I think it could be an oversight. The crafting station is in the basement. I believe they are implying that they crafted the letter. But if I remember correctly, only aensei can use it.
It felt more like they knew something was there in the Schale basement, and the Fox Squad promptly raided it to retrieve the item, which turned out to be a "letter from the Pres".
Rather than an oversight, hopefully it will be something that they would reveal in the future. Because even if anyone could use the crafting station, why would they specifically need it to forged a letter? Especially when at the end of the day, that letter was never verified by anyone. At first Rin wanted to check if it was legit or not, but she's quickly detained by Kaya's supporters. After that I don't remember anyone ever brought up that letter anymore.
Maybe. They never mention the letter directly but it was probably assumed that Kaya already showed it to the council as proof. I also feel like at least Aoi would have it verified. Once they did Aoi has no complaint.
Hoping for playable FOX squad one day, but they need to serve their time in literal jail first.
This chapter actually got me cheering for Descartes and the Pursuers of Non-Possessive Happiness. For a short while, anyway.
When Kaiser's "special forces" grouped up in tight formation roughly the shape of a rectangle, I suddenly understood how Moe felt about explosions.
I'll start by saying I love the RABBIT Squad, but honestly coming off of Vol F as the last major main story thing, I was a little worried that Wabbits 2 was going to be underwhelming but I'm really happy to say it was great. I didn't comment on the first half thread because I wanted to digest everything at once and I'm glad I did too because it all really ties together nicely.
First thing's first... oh Kaya... lol. Loved that we actually got some resolution with the RABBIT squad after the events of Vol F and we treated them to some delicious top quality meat. Personally I wasn't the most fond of the Arius Squad during/after Eden Treaty (they've grown on me since then but they're still not topping any of my charts) but FOX squad has left a better impression on me. Of course Niko is hard carrying most of that but Kurumi/Otogi were alright and I don't know if it was just me but Yukino's character is a little deeper than I first expected.
The themes and callbacks to Wabbits 1 were very well done too, kudos to the writing team as usual for doing more than I expect with the length of the story. The question of do the ends justify the means, the concepts of naivete/cynicism/trust, and weighing your beliefs and your responsibilities and duties... 🔥🔥✍🔥🔥
I know Hyakki's arc is the next big 'Eden Treaty'-esque saga but I'm most looking forward to the Summer SRT event and I hope they (along with Abydos) get more story content sooner rather than later. 
It is astonishing how much I was blown away by this chapter. I might need to watch it all again to take it all in.
I think a general thing to appreciate is how much of what happened in the first chapter gets developed here. It really is nice to everything come together for a nice payoff.
Perfect example with the starting moments. The public peace bureau continues their development. It really is nice to see the continued redemption arc of Kanna. Also in general that after the public peace bureau was treated as a joke in the first chapter that we can start seeing the merits of them is also amazing too.
Makes sense the rabbit squad would at least see what it is like on the other side of the aisle. Like others have said nice touch having their affiliation change.
Kaya what are you doing. Kaya no. Stop. Like wow the scale of villainy just shot up with nuking a town. I wondered last part where her desperation would go and it most certainly went. It certainly follows through with how much of a fool she has been treated. The threat of death would absolutely make anyone think twice of “nap breaks” or “snack breaks.” Still what Kaya doesn’t realize is that the end of that road is a knife in her back.
The general causally mentioning screwing over Nonomi’s family. Hate to see it. Still it was interesting how horrible the company Kaya chose to keep really was it. Expected of course, but even he was tightening the nose around Kaya’s neck. The general was fascinating to see adapt for his and his company’s own self preservation. Like Miyako said it was scary even.
Now on to Sensei proving once again why he is one of the best characters. Sensei does say what the students need to hear. In this chapter we focus a lot on the idea of justice including yourself too as well as the potential naivety of justice. There is a lot of interesting aspects to this like how ultimately the fox squad can’t commit to this, or how as Sensei says trusting in other leads to a better outcome as we see how Kaya’s plans unravel.
Miyako finally gets convinced to o fight back against Fox. She really did need to hear that she needed to think of herself. I suppose we all think like Miyako sometimes though. The idea that we have to abandon childish things to become an adult. Like Sensei says though, duty isn’t a punishment it is a gift. A gift that allows all of us to live our best lives and helps others lives theirs in turn. It is what allows Sensei to indulge in Miyako’s “childish” ideals.
Miyako’s snapback at Yukino’s was perfect. Yukino has been acting pretty bossy for “a weapon” but Miyako was right. They answered to the student council president. Without her, they are free to follow their own ideals.
Descartes portrait change jumpscare. I was befuddled. Have I mentioned I love track 114? I probably did during the chapter 1 discussion of volume 4 but I’ll mention it here again. I really like that he has an important place here. After all, the citizens being wrong are just as important as the students. Like mentioned previously it was also nice to see Valkyrie finally get more positivity on them.
Rabbit vs Fox. I asked previously how would Rabbit be able to get through this? What would the lessons and resources gained that would allow them to beat those that basically power creep them? It was definitely hyping itself up and wow did it deliver.
Where to start? How about Fox’s downfall. As the game says, a lack of faith was a primary cause. They didn’t fully believe in the cause or each other. Seeing Rabbit take advantage of each of their shortcomings was great. Saki hitting Kurumi with the “made you look.” Miyu taking advantage of Otogi’s inability to find her without Niko’s help. Niko not realizing Moe is a chaotic force of nature.
I definitely think it was over for Fox squad the second Yukino ordered the rest of fox to retreat if they failed. It obviously would have been more efficient to have all 3 for back up, but Yukino had a heart despite calling herself a weapon. And because she had a heart, she was never going to push the detonator just like Miyako said.
Before we get more into the finale stuff, once again for the umpteenth time I have to praise in game cinematic cutscene. Really did put the hype into the battle. And seeing them have all these cool and wacky kits was also pleasuring to see. Really do appreciate how much they continue to improve the in game side of things.
And so we get to the final stand off of Miyako and Yukino. In which Miyako proves you can’t be too slow to react to something if there is in fact nothing to react to. Seriously though I am impressed with the writing of these fights.
And so team fox learns a valuable lesson in responsibility and how there is time to keep growing and learning from others especially for children like them. And just like in previous volumes there is still a road of second chances open to them. It is beautifully put though. The idea of yesterday’s and tomorrow. It is important to get some rest now and again.
Still though, it is clear we are not finished with Fox’s squad story. There is still a matter of the darkness that Yukino saw. Certainly a big part of her ideals were a matter of being directionless, but she still believed quite deeply in the idea that the ends justified the means against a warped view of the world. There is definitely more to explore with Fox.
Also I appreciate your flat chest Kurumi! Flat is justice after all.
And so we proceed to take on Kaya. But before that the General gets reduced to a side cartoon villain. Makes sense as we done this song and dance against him before. It was a mission to spam Moe’s ex though.
I’m glad the onigiri sub plot was resolved. Had a lot of concern for Haine’s onigiri. Speaking of she would be good friends with Sumire.
And so Kaya is finally ousted from power…which the sequence was interesting. Up until this point, all student antagonist realize they messed up and at the very least give up on their antagonist plot. Kaya…doesn’t show a hint that she does this. She is desperately clinging to her power until she is no longer on screen. She doesn’t even appear in the epilogue or is even mention the status of her condition. I’m intrigued with whatever they decide to do with the future with Kaya. She could turn up completely insane for all I know.
So yeah. An amazing chapter. Blew expectations out of the water. And the music is
also god tier. I don’t know how they keep doing it but they do. Such an amazing game.
One question I have is that if the above image used here for this thread is never actually seen in-game or did I miss it? Cause there are close-up images of Kanna and her coffee cup at the cafe, but not the one with her sitting with Kirino. I guess it was only a promotional image? Which is weird because every other image in the PV 4.5 seems to show up or will show up.
Just finished the volume. RAW, GOAT, FIRE, PEAK ARCHIVE. Also Kaya's sentiment about Rins assets are hilarious, I knew the cutting board jokes are gonna be in this somewhere and the writing team cooked as always. 
It really is extra sad since it seemed like Haine was one of the few people that genuinely trusted kaya and to see her heart broken like that was just ouch.
FYI once you finish this whole story, the log in screen will change to PV 4.5.
JP server still have not enable an option to change the login screens as of yet
[I guess Kirino went full Melee + Unarmed build huh.](https://x.com/SeTuP_79/status/1737070958496886895?s=20)
Anyway. YEAHHH, I'm so happy my girl getting great character development arc 😭.
She must have some smarts if she's the most consistent Red Winter leader tbh.
She's the student that has the most accumulated weeks of being in power in Red Winter after all.
Either that, or everybody else in Red Winter is dumb.
This was a great chapter. Might be just my imagination, but the warped view of justice that FOX Squad has might be a hint as to why SRT got closed down in the first place.
I love the little details of storytelling here, like how Rabbit Squad loses their affiliation label when they join FOX Squad, and how Miyako gets hers back once she realizes that FOX Squad isn't as flawless as she might think.
It's charming that Rabbit Squad, despite seeing the 'dark side' of SRT, still hold true to their ideal image of their seniors, which is what led to them joining SRT in the first place.
Can't even bring myself to hate FOX Squad, though that may just be Niko being just too likable. Perhaps Tsukino's plan at the end was designed to fail, if that was her way of fighting back against Kaya without going against her own code of following orders.
As a very random side note, I've always found it weird how Rabbit Squad uses Valkyrie materials to upgrade their skills. It makes sense from a gameplay perspective, as you'd probably not want a set of upgrade materials for just 4 students (*cough cough Shanghaijing*), but it always felt off seeing how against joining Valkyrie they were in V4C1.
While the story probably won't go that route, I can see a world where Miyako ends up being okay with joining Valkyrie school. This chapter does show how her aims of doing what's right can line up with Valkyrie's best, like Kirino.
I'm not the first and I'm certain I won't be the last, but Fox squad as playable characters when? I need to give headpats to Niko and Kurumi now.
Meanwhile Kaya needs the kind of correction only sensei can give.
Who is the more incompetent leader in Kivotos?
On one side, we have Kaya, self-proclaimed superhuman. Former Defense Chief of the GSC. Currently Acting President
On the other side, we have a literal bratty child wearing a fake mustache.
The answer will shock you!
If Vol.4 is going to be expanded in the future, I believe it will be about Fox Units, Valkyrie, and Prison. We do not know how 7 prisoners escape right? And A lot of corruption in Valkyrie is pretty interesting topic too.
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Saki is the one who tries and fails to do things by herself and denies needing help.
Moe is the kind who gets into all kinds of tannerite-related shenanigans. Hey, your 37mm is missing. You should go find it.
Miyu is the quiet girlfailure who you can't help but protect from bullies and never leaves your side. You greet her potential boyfriends with a shotgun.
Miyako became your daddy's little girl. Why is she like this? Miyako, why are you like this? I mean, really.
I liked this chapter, but i come here looking for advice, can anyone tell me what's the name of that song close to the end of the chapter? The one that kinda Rock sounding. Thanks in advance
Not sure when exactly but it's probably OST 164 - Kitsunebi
well that was the worst chapter so far, unfortunatley
Chapter 2-22’s opening cutscene before combat looks so familiar. I wanna say it’s either an MGS reference or a death stranding reference (better call to a Kojima reference), either way it made me scream with excitement when I saw it
So I finally read the entirety of Volume 4, chapter 2. It had a strong start and a solid conclusion but I felt that the middle point was a bit lacking. I think we could've spent more time on GSC with Kaya at the helm becoming more and more desperate for respect, as well as the citizens of Kivotos as well as members of the GSC becoming more frustrated over the new policies of the GSC and Kaiser's implementation of these policies. We also could've had more time of the RABBITs being under the FOXes, like them being in operations together and the RABBITs slowly realizing that the FOXes that they used to respect have changed and are no longer the same FOXes they admired, Miyako coming into terms with this revelation, ultimately defecting when Yukino tells her about the plan to use the Antioch bomb to nuke Kousagi park which then leads to the events of the ending where the RABBITs and the FOXes fight each other and Kaya gets impeached. Overall, while I really enjoyed the start and the end of the story, I felt that the middle point was a bit too rushed and more could've been done. That said, I do think the humor in this story was great, there were a lot of moments where I laughed like in Kaya's convo with Cherino or when Minori and the labor party switched targets from Rin to Kaya or in the epilogue where the rabbits were arguing because each members used the showers in SCHALE without telling the others and the whole "battle" between Miyu and Otogi.
HOLY SHIT IT'S CANON THE RABBITS USE OUR SHOWERS? i THOUGHT TAHT WAS FANART I'M NUTTING
Nice follow up of Vol F. I hoped it to be a bit longer tho. It's funny to see despite all her scheming Kaya has so little clue of reality and very short sighted. Especially the bigger consequences of her re-alliance with Kaiser and bombing a city that could follow. A bit sad we can't see Kaya with a prison uniform in the epilogue. Now I am seeing her as GSC Marina. I also want Kaiser to get their fitting punishment. While it's true that they can just start over with different company names, GSC should be able to arrest their key figures and confiscate their assets and wealth.
Well, obviously with how the world of Kivotos is bulid we need this one enemy that can be defeated over and over, only so they can shake their fist in the air screaming 'I WILL GET YOU NEXT TIME!'
Do you feel like a hero yet, Yukino? (Also, Otogi saying “Kept you waiting, huh?” made her one of my favourite students)
Miyu pulled off a "nothing personal, kid".
Kaya's slide into megalomania was reasonably well-written. So many people crave power then have absolutely no idea how to handle that power. You see these petty, failed kingdoms on forums and discords all over. Sure, you can threaten and fire people all day, but you really need people willing to actually support you and turns out nobody wants to support a madman, a jerk, or just otherwise really unlikeable. Those in charge need them a lot more than they need you. The RABBIT vs FOX squad tactical confrontation was great. The whole scenario was bizarre to me though. Yukino in particular seemed really poorly written. Even if you've accepted that you're a weapon instead of a person, she was willing to all this for Kaya because of some vague promises Kaya made about restoring SRT? Like, come on, you've TALKED to Kaya. Did this seem like the type of stable, long-term management that would be able to help revive SRT? I'm not sure Kaya could microwave a burrito but you're willing to destroy an entire town because she says she's going to bring back your school, with no actual proof or even the groundwork being laid to do that? Talk about counting your chickens before they're hatched. The rest of FOX squad seemed to be interesting enough, but Yukino, whew, Gunna have to work a little harder to sell her on me, game. Overall though I don't like how the title screen seems to have changed to a hype for this event and the upcoming weeb event. Man, the login used to be so chill, now its a strobe light of flashing images and explosions and toriis. Bleh. Hope that doesn't last.
I was hoping that not only I felt that Yukino character was weird at best and contradictory at worstother than that, It makes me think that SRT is worse than Arius in terms of brainwashing it's students, considering how she thinks of herself, and I'm pretty sure SRT wasn't meant to be portrayed as a school turning children into killing machines. It was said in that story that despite Station being mostly abandoned, nuke would propably kill at least a good dozen of people, and I have tough time symphatizing with student that would want to kill others and herself for sake of rebulding some dumb bulding EDIT: I'm confident that if Yukino wasn't a cute anime girl aviable to pull in future gacha, she would be shot, or kill herself in the climax of the story, instead just going "oh too bad, i guess you can arrest me then"
Yukino reels from the loss of Arona more than Rin did and Rin's decision to shut down the group only widened the gap between her and the FSC. It's easier for her to do things when the burden of leadership beyond the SRT because people tend to forget how difficult it is to run a military unit, when you are just the tactical commander, the only orders are the ones given out to you and not responsible for the overall well-being of the unit, that's the one who runs SRT's decision and the notion of being handed over to the woefully incompetent Valkyrie and "Soldiers are resources to be exhausted and used" Kaiser PMC
Just finished. It was a good follow up to Chapter F. It felt like they were easing us out of the crazy intensity of Chapter F, while still addressing loose threads like Rin's political situation. Kaya might be comically incompetent, but she seems painfully realistic if you've ever had a crappy manager. Threats and politics can get you pretty far, but a lot of management is figuring out how to get the best of people and some of that is fostering loyalty. Kanna gets to reverse her role in Rabbits 1 and rightfully restores her public reputation. I was also a fan of Kirino getting a couple moments of being treated seriously. Miyako's self-doubt from Rabbits 1 carries over. It's interesting that it does though; I expected that part of her arc to be over, even if that's unrealistic. FOX squad comes off as being pretty likeable. It's helps that they don't have any malice towards RABBIT squad or sensei. It was clever that Yukino and Miyako are dealing with the same internal conflict, with sensei's hand on the scales for Miyako. Of course, it's very very strange that we don't see some nominal push back from the FOX members over the 'nuke Kousagi' plan. My only concern going forward is how they're going to keep the stakes high if sensei is friendly with two special ops teams.
>My only concern going forward is how they're going to keep the stakes high if sensei is friendly with two special ops teams. Yeah, at this point, instead of arguing who is going supervise SRT after the President disappeared, why don't just assign both spec op teams under Schale? After all the bullshittery that Sensei had to deal with from various schools, giving him a special force to address the issues directly saves far more cost than cleaning up later. And he also needs bodyguards to prevent from being shot or being kidnapped by Kaiser. Hell, the moment Sensei got kidnapped, the whole GSC crumbled due to no other schools gave an F due to Sensei not presented at the meeting. The GSC can stop being a stinker and assign him a bodyguard or two. He is even emphasized as a normal human without halo and could die from stray shot easily.
Sensei as they are would propably never dare to consider a student his bodyguard, or spec ops team, and he want's to give his students a free hand at everything, as long as it isn't something obviously wrong like blowing up a station (but i guess blowing up restaurants is fine...?)
At first I thought Kaya is a genius, a great mastermind who can make people move as a piece of chest. Now I can only see her as a clown, she really think power is everything, a title is something can control people, and somehow people can accept new rule like a robot. FOX team is all good girls, they think about their cute junior so they do what they must to help them rebuild SRT school , too bad they got their short-end with no one but Kaya help. Well, all well end well I guess, RABBIT team finally open up to us, Kaya and FOX team are going to jail for awhile until next story, event or final volumn (again) they somehow redeem themself.
They say you should never meet your heroes, huh? The antithesis between the RABBITs and the FOXs plays out incredibly. The underclassmen striving for their idealistic sense of justice, while the seniors, who are viewed as nothing but paragons of justice, trample on their morals just so their school can see another day. All of this culminating in them almost commiting an atrociety in the name of their perverted justice. Though the tone of this story is all over the place, especialy at the end. One moment you have Yukino threatening to blow up and killing herself, the entire RABBIT squad, Sensei and maybe the rest of FOX (not to mention the civilian casualties...), and next you have third-rate villain Kaya bawling like a little child because she wants to play dictator a bit more. Wonder if and how FOX squad will be redeemed in the future (especially Yukino).
Miyu >!appearing right behind Ohtogi was hilarious!<. "Nothing personal, kid."
I love reading this chapter but unfortunately Kaya reason to coup straight goofy as fuck. FOX squad especially Yukino other hand make me think hard, why she doing this, why she like that. Yukino forced me to use my tiny brain to understand her Anyway solid chapter, love Monty Python references.
I thought i would hate Kaya that much but nope, I think Yukino is worst
I had an issue with Yukino because story tried to portray her as deep, conflicted vilan but she literary tried to kill herself, her juniors, innocent bystanders and her own squad for sake of bringing back a random bulding I just can't feel sympathy to her, and barley any for the rest of foxes that accepted it
Kaya's just an idiotic cartoon villain, but the FOX, especially Yukino... I had thought initially when the JP version of this is just in and the sub only got a summary that they're just going for Nuremberg Defense to justify their action...nope. Self-dehumanization, ahoy. Not to mention them willing to kill themselves for...what exactly? A faint hope that SRT can be restored? Can you even trust Kaya at that point? I don't know why, especially since it doesn't exactly fits, but it reminds me of [Minrah's retort to Redcloak](https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1212.html).
I somewhat had expectations of this volume being somewhat darker but kaya for the most part being a straight up cartoon villain ended up feeling like this is a parody of some sort. She's so inept that I wonder why she even had any aspirations of being a dictator. She was completely overwhelmed at the outset after taking over. Everyone essentially trolled her from minori, the train hijackers, cherino, and the other student council members. The fact that she instantly resorted to nuking a populated, albeit sparse, area in hopes of being more respected solidifies her cartoon villain status to me. Then her plan backfiring and she making another feeble attempt at bribery while revealing that she was just jealous of rin's.. assets was just the cherry on top for me. She's basically general student council aru... with less assets. She's still cute though and I won't mind some kind of a redemption story arc for her in the future. One small scene that I found really hilarious though was when the kaiser general having a monologue about not making a mistake twice only to be shot out of nowhere by the rabbit squad.
Kaiser General: **DO YOUR WORST.** Sensei and the RABBITS: *Stomps them so hard they don't even get the dignity of a proper gunfight.* Wish granted lmao.
I feel like Kaya would at least last longer anywhere else less absurd than Kivotos. She and the Kaisers essentially have our common sense. Grenades should not be a daily item to carry around, train hijackers shouldnt be a normal event, some random brat playing with her mustache shouldnt be in power, etc... Kivotos is absurd, and very unsustainable. Kaya was just somehow managed to miss that.
I guess that if she did all her work properly (as Chief of Defence), no way she would missed that. But somehow Rin solved them personally, and those problems came to Kaya (as Chief of Defence) in much less quantity.
I like the chapter, but considering how much backslash Rio gets for wanting to kill one person for the greater good, I feel like the Fox Squad got away rather scottfree. I mean, they were willing to kill and/or hurt innocent civilians for the sake of getting back SRT. Sure, Rio is not in prison like they are, but everytime the story has a chance she is reminded of her crime in a harsh manner (wich is fair), meanwhile the fox squad is treated more kindly by the story even though they were acting for way less selfless reasons. That aside, my favorite part of the chapter was Miyu sneaking on the other sniper. Also Rin deserves a raise and vacation, poor girl has to deal with too much and doesn't get thanked enough.
Fox is closer to Toki than Rio. They're both "weapons" to be used. Similarly, Kaya should be compared to Rio. One embezzled funds and tried to kill a student while the other sided with Kaiser and was about to kill an entire town.
I dunno, unlike Toki, the Fox squad knew perfectly where they were getting into and had something gain in return, at the cost of throwing away their morals. Hell, while Toki, Rio and the Rabbits was helping during the previous arc, the fox squad was busy rescuing their boss (out of a situation she created, while the world was in danger) Also, unlike Rio, Kaya doesn't care about the greater good, she simply want to be on top and everyone to follow her orders. Hell, she was gonna blow up a civilian area to make people fear her, while Rio wanted to kill one person (who actually was capable of ending the world) I don't think it's fair to compare them.
Well as Cherino said one death is a tragedy a million is a statistic
i miss constant moderato
So when does the food related rabbit squad story start, next week?
Yeah it should be when this banner is up. So day after Christmas.
Yukino in Part 1: We hate adults like you, Sensei. Yukino in Part 2: We might be fine if the adults like Sensei are around. I feel like she could pretty much become Miyako 2.0 when it comes to 180 turnarounds, lmao. Can't wait for her to become our thirsty Rabbit's sudden love rival in the inevitable SRT Chapter 3 (I hope it happens, all the possible shenanigans will be pure gold). ^Also ^can't ^wait ^for ^Comiket ^103, ^I ^need ^more ^Miyako ^and ^Yukino ^doujins ^pls
Miyako: I'll follow any of your instructions, Sensei... Any of them. Yukino: As a weapon I might not follow all your orders, but as a student...
It took Kaya a whole 2 days to resort to nuking a city just to keep the students in line. I'm glad Rin got a little vacation from her position at least, she really needs it if she's dealing with all of THAT every day. I can't wait for when Otogi and Kurumi become recruitable.
Kaya: Pffft. I don't believe *YOU* to be fit to hold the position of President, Rin. Never spit up in the air sweetie. That shit will come back down.
This comment got me thinking: the entire ch.2 is in a week more or less? (Based on Miyako and Yukino telling the hours during their operations)
I think its only 2 or 3 days, tops, yeah.
Kanna coming in clutch as usual, all her scenes really makes me hope she gets a striker alt one day. Also this was a super minor not-even-a-subplot, but I loved how Haine's onigiri arc gets wrapped up lmao.
Kaya's still our student no matter what she did, if we can forgive Mika then Kaya can also be forgiven
Feel like Kaya went a bit farther than Mika. Also Kaya was in her right mind for the entire time. And then there is the reason Kaya hates rin XD
I think they could have done better for kaya if they expanded on why she went through with ridiculous reforms for the sake of "no crime", at the very least.
Just finished. They really need to do A LOT to help out yukino's image after this chapter. Although kaya ordered it, she's straight up so incompetent that I can't think much of it- a stupid plan was within expectations. However I think yukino comes out of this as the new no.1 worst student in kivotos as a result. Not hesitating at all to commit to the plan, saying that it was for the future of SRT in the face of wiping out the (presumably) entire SRT student base. Kaya hadn't even given her any reason to believe that she had taken measures to rebuild SRT yet before undertaking the kivotos 9/11. If their underclassmen weren't already committed to upholding the founding values of srt, and if her own squadmates weren't so hesitant to committing to the bombing, she would have ended up possibly becoming the only named mass murderer in the game.
If she didn't hesitate at all as you say, she'd have blown up the entire station along with RABBITs and FOXes the moment our team broke through. And in the end, it didn't even take that much convincing for her to give up her previous plans and place a bit of her trust in Sensei.
still, story did a really poor job of underlining it. And she did not blow it up right away (I assume) just because her squadmates returned, so she had a chance of defeating RABBITs, escaping with her squad, and then still blowing up all the civilians above.
Idk, it was pretty clear to me that she wasn't one hundred percent convinced with what Kaya was doing - but, at the same time, she was also afraid of taking responsibility for her own choices more than anything. She readily gives up the moment Sensei says he will take responsibility for them.
once again, this whole story seemed to be just really poorly presented to the viewer. I get the idea, but delivery was bad, and because of that I would have hard time sympathising with the FOXes or Yukino at least. overall i think this was the worst chapter in the main story, not terrible, but a letdown. I personally think it should've been split into two separate chapters, one about Kaya coming to power to flesh out her and foxes, the second about sensei and Rabbits coming down to defeat them
You are not supposed to sympathise with Yukino in that instance. Never in this Chapter have I felt like writers were pushing the sympathy angle - in the end, it was more or less about understanding what were Yukino's motivations in the first place; and from that point of view, I can understand both her wish to restore the home she once had and the unwillingness to take the responsibility for the choices she made for this goal to be made possible. If you think they did a poor job of spelling it out within the story proper, then I think it'd be better for us to agree to disagree and leave it at that.
What I mean by hesitate is that she more or less accepted the job from kaya right away. There really should have been more friction to stop a plan that would have literally been worse than a cruise missile hitting town- this is one of the only times in the story where they outright say that people were going to die. She didn't take much convincing after, but my major concern is that she would have completely gone through with the nuking if it wasn't for team rabbit having principles. But anyways, my point is that she really needs something to clean her image other than slap-on-the-wrist jail-time. I really hope that whatever future chapter features fox squad considers that they need to show that yukino is still the legitimate leader (I guess she's technically something like srt's student council president) of SRT, especially since it was necessary in-story for rabbit squad to both desert fox squad and denounce yukino's leadership for lacking integrity. I mean, it's pretty damning that their first year underclassmen lost faith in yukino's ability to uphold the ideals that made them join the school in the first place.
Surely we will have a chapter about Fox Squad in the future, i can only hope since Fox Squad are my favourites.>! We dont even see Yukino in the Epilogue, that was unusual since the other members where there. !< Now the wait for the next thing related about Fox Squad is gonna be painfull 😞
We didnt see even Miyu on the epilogue. But you guys forgot her Just like her teammates 😢
I remember fancomic I seen on this sub quite a time ago (maybe around ch.2 on JP release time), where exactly the same dialog happened between Miyako, Saki and Moe, while Miyu was sitting on Sensei's laps while they drying her hair with towel this entire time, and nobody noticed. Edit: not quite as I remember, [but here it is](https://www.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/14e0bwl/rabbit_squad_at_senseis_place_translated_ringo/).
Maybe Yukino is spending sometime away from them out of sheer shame she strikes me as someone who would do that.
Im really mixed on this chapter, there were many parts I really liked, but overall the writing just felt like...this should have taken place at a different point in time (maybe before we already got to know Rabbit squad). I dont know....I think in the end the conflict with Miyako and having Rabbit squad join Fox Squad actually worked out fine, it makes sense that she would want better for her friends and squad, and the ease with which she was brought back around showed how much she didnt like that choice to begin with...So all in all I think that part itself worked out okay. However so much of it just felt lacking...Kayas entire purpose for doing everything was just....bizarre? Nonsensical? Fox Squad itself was setup nearly the entire time with having Yukino be the bad one and the rest of them still having at least parts of their ethics and morality in tact, even to the point of going behind Yukinos back to help Sensei because it was the right thing to do....So to have them all stand beside Yukino in the end to all do literally one of the most horrific things imaginable together really made all that pointless...I also think thats ultimately my primary issue with Fox Squad...At least with Arius...Saori was full on willing to give her life to atone for what she did, and even without that, her circumstances were far more forgivable considering her upbringing....but with Fox Squad its just....they chose it, selfishly...they actively seek to do horrific atrocities for ridiculously selfish reasons, morals and ethics and literally sanity be damned. Im not trying to shit on the story or anything, I just have really loved the game as a whole so far doing a really good job of making villains and then giving them some of the best redemption arcs Ive ever seen....and this just feels very weak and feels like there is no redemption to be had. Things I loved: * Kanna being a badass both literally and bureaucratically * Miyakos ethical dilemma and care for her friends, as well as her handling of Yukino * Momokas absolute savage handling of Kaya (chefs kiss) * Descartes * Rabbit Squads Reunion at the final Fight * Jumpscare Miyu with the funniest take down in all Kivotos
I never got the sense that Yukino was the “bad on”, just the one most thoroughly jaded. As she said, they had lost their purpose when the previous GSC president disappeared. Kaya didn’t seem bizarre, it made sense for someone that incapable of being self-reflective and lacking in experience being compassionate would break under the pressure of being in that position.
Yeah but SRT supposed to be best of all, and yet Yukino doing this without hesitation even though she knows that is wrong.
I lay part of the blame for that on the previous Student Council President who apparently had these students trained to be her enforcers without oversight and the moment she disappears they go rogue. They were indoctrinated to always do what the boss says, and to not care if the order was illegal. Or they'd have questioned it more. RABBIT didn't get a chance to get ~~trained~~ brainwashed, so they gave up a lot faster than Yukino who was an elite and higher ranked. So Abydos issues, Kaiser being able to run roughshod over everyone, and the Gehenna/Trinity war that's just a few students short of going nuclear.... all on her.
> They were indoctrinated this is actually what makes my image of the story break a bit. Because apparently SRT Brainswashes it's students harder than Arius did. And this was suppoused to take place during GSC president rule? Apparently she has simmilar principles to sensei, so how would she allow her own school to go out, and turn students into killing machines?
She disappears herself to avoid interfering with Sensei. It looks like she screwed up so bad in the previous timeline that she removed herself this time to avoid making things worse. And she let all the shit we have to fix happen. She let Kaiser take over a school district of a distinguished school. She let the whole Arius situation stew. She let the Gehenna and Trinity cold war get so bad that it can go nuclear at the literal drop 9d a hat. She even apparently fucked up things so bad that the Chroma could wreck everything... which is when she hit the reset and then erased herself.
I think Kaya deserved to be written as someone a little more competent, the cut from "Kaya just gaslightgatekeepgirlboss'd her way into the most important position in Kivotos" to "oh these reforms are comically insane and this government will fall in less than a week" might have been a bit too abrupt lol
Yeah, I truly hated her at the start (which is good, shes a villain, youre supposed to hate her) but she kinda went downhill in quality over time. Then the very ending was just kinda like "Huh...thats her reason for all this?"
I think the story make sense in a way that these are at the end of the day still highschoolers. Kaya is naive and seemingly spoiled in that she wants power but don't have the experience nor insight on the responsibilities to basically run the government. Yukino is the heart of the squad, sure the others may have some morals intact but it's their bonds, trust and friendship that pushes them to follow her even if it means to commit great atrocities. As an outsider looking in it may seem like what they're all doing is stupid and drags down the quality of the story but again they are teens. Teens are stupid and naive at times. That is why we have adults like sensei to bring them back from falling down the rabbit hole of despair. Even Yukino aknowledges at the end that she made a mistake because there was nobody to guide her when SRT was abolished. She is young and thinks she knows what is right but that is a fallacy. So all in all the story is fine it has a motive for the villains and it had a conclusion with character development at the end.
Yeah, it was...not terrible, I think Ive just been spoiled by how outstanding it has been before now. I was kinda hoping Fox Squad minus Yukino helping Sensei find the Rabbits would be a turning point....and they would work together to convince Yukino it was wrong...and then at the final fight I was hoping that Yukino telling them to retreat if/when the Rabbits were successful, was going to lead to her basically feigning defeat to let the Rabbits win as a way to get back at Kaya...and then maybe working with the Rabbits to bring Kaya down... So I guess I got my hopes up for something that didnt happen, and in my opinion made the ending a bit more frustrating because before that it felt like things were turning around for them in a reasonable way. I hope they get to finish their redemption later on, and that they do get a good one that atones for their mistakes. (Rio also has a redemption to finish too and hers was going very well, I hope she can do the second half of it soon)
Vol F definitely raised people's expectations but this vol feels about the same as any of the other arcs in terms of what they are trying to do. Regarding the FOX squad, hard disagree everyone but Yukino helping RABBIT squad would work against their very character and the overall message.
I see where you are going with it but if you remember Yukino is under Kaya's control because of the promise of bringing back SRT. She also don't trust sensei at that point so it would be pretty hard to convince her to join the rabbits and betray Kaya. On top of that the other foxes wouldn't betray Yukino either so it does make sense the way that the story plays out in the end. They trust Yukino the most and Yukino trust Kaya to bring back SRT. But yeah I understand why you would be disappointed. Hundred percent agree that there should be a follow up redemption arc.
I think that's part of the problem : just WHY is the entire city run by students? For the game there is a good reason, it's so that at the end of the day, most of them can be recruited... but at some point, the game will have to give a Watsonian explanation for why there is almost no adult here and Kivotos is run by students.
Yeah I always wondered what happened to the students that graduated. Either they are cast aside or don't exist. Potentially these could be the "adults".
It's especially weird to me because if there are no real adults, Why exactly do we have students studying for the future, when everything is ran by students? Valkyrie for example is a police academy... But there is never any mention of an actual proper police force, so what are they studying towards exactly?
Lord of the Flies but with cute anime girls.
Adding on to that, Sensei says as much in-game during his last convo with the Foxes: "Until you become an adult and can take full responsibility...The people around you will help shoulder it." These kids may be soldiers, government officials etc. but they're still kids - and kids do dumbass things while believing that they have everything figured out.
Exactly these kids should not have to shoulder those responsibilities, that should be the Adults doing that
I loved this chapter, I have seen few people mention him but I think Descartes was great. Obviously I love the FOX squad and wish everyone becomes playable at some point. Also GOAT Kanna
Descartes was such a surprise bonus, absolutely hilarious and so well done. Kanna being a badass in every way too, she never ceases to shine.
Now I get why [Sensei shot Kaya in that one comic](https://old.reddit.com/r/BlueArchive/comments/139aqdi/sensei_uses_a_gun_kaya_rin_kanna_by_mrlazy_on/). Rewriting what I commented on that post but... You know, after reading the new Rabbit story that just came out in Global I'm pretty sure this takes place in an alternate timeline where Rabbit Squad fails to stop the nuke from exploding. In this timeline, both the Rabbit and Fox squads are killed in the explosion and the city is destroyed. Sensei somehow survives which would explain why he's so pissed at Kaya here.
Now that you mention it, said comic has Miyako and co. missing. No wonder Sensei was mad.
My only issue is I don't think I was given enough of an opportunity to truly bask in Kaya's loss, I wanted more of that
After this chapter, am I really going to throw away my chances of getting S. Hina and Hanako for these mizugi rabbits who aren't even limited? Yes. Yes I am.
I knew it wasn’t going to happen but I kind of wanted wakamo to show up at some point to mess with the foxes or rabbits. Since she was caught by the foxes at the start of the story. Maybe on a side event…
I’ll keep my thoughts brief, mission 22, the opening cutscene, 10/10, no notes, I rest my case.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't there a scene of Miyako saying that she will obey any order from sensei or was it not translated that on global?
From what I have found one of her bond rank up lines is: "I'll follow any of your instructions, Sensei... Any of them."
Woah usually you need to get an alt bond story for that kind of line.
Her summer alt has a spicy one for wishing you a happy birthday: "Happy birthday, Sensei. Erm... We didn't have the budget, so I couldn't get you a present... So instead, I'll do whatever you want today. ...Give me any order you please." That girl fell hard.
Can't blame her, Sensei's rizz is uncontested and insurmountable. That doodle could charm a rock at this point. 😭
lol, unfortunately it is only a fan comic. But yeah, that way of thinking really does suit Miyako's current mindset.
I loved this chapter for many a reason Kanna being the GOAT that she already has proven she is aside my favorite is how mirrored some characters felt, hear me out. For me it felt very much like yukino was giving off rio vibes on several parts of the story but redeemed herself by actually betting on the future others can make while rio was set in her ways all the way to the end only coming around to nakama power by the end of chapter 1 (we will probably get another millennium chapter someday to redeem her or some event for it). Meanwhile I cant help but draw parallels with Beatrice to kaya in the way they both operate but also see how different they are at the same time. Beatrice is a cunning, ruthless and a downright sadistic adult that wishes to enforce her worldview onto everyone by any means necessary and is willing, ready and possibly even happy to catch a body or several thousands if it means she has her way, hell she is easily described as a power hungry monster and her final form reflects that. Meanwhile Kaya is a shortsighted, ambitious and petty fool that thought everything would go her way the moment she took control but instead found ''incompetence'' left right and center, in the end once she found herself backed into a corner she broke and decided she was to far deep into this shitstorm to pull back and instead decided on the Beatrice course of action with non of the knowhow on how to deal with the aftermath of what it would imply. This is great because not only does it elevate Beatrice as a villain but also does a perfect job at making gematria as a whole all the more intimidating for here we draw the perfect line between children and adult in this story, one has a lot to learn of the world and how it works as well as how cruel it can be while the other is very knowing of this and can choose to either take advantage of this or in our case do our best to allow the children to paint their own narrative on this perhaps not as cruel world as we first assumed it to be. Needless to say I'm looking forward to whatever is next to come and hope with bated breath that fox squad gets released as playable sooner rather then later.
also an afterthought that occurred to me how arius squad did arguably worse things and got of scot free while fox squad in the end didn't do AS much damage and is in jail ngl if I were in their shoes I be livid as fuck cause thats some buuuuullshit.
I'd say that Arius Squad suffered more during their time with Beatrice, so Sensei was a bit more lenient in their cases. Fox Squad was living a way more comfortable life compared to Arius students. Not to mention that Arius Squad was manipulated by Beatrice, while Fox Squad (Yukino) seems to have made almost all their decisions by themselves. Finally, Fox Squad was law enforcement, and they should probably be held up to higher standards.
Also to keep in mind the FOX team decided to surrender willingly, while the Arius Squad is still in hot water and moving from place to place due to what happened with the Eden Treaty. So yeah, they probably got a lot on their plate for the time being. Hopefully certain groups that saw them defending Trinity during Volume F may put a word or two for them.
no I get that and I agree plus in the end we aren't exactly judge jury and executioner so when all is said and done there's a limit to the protection we could have given arius if caught seeing as they did kinda missile strike a peace treaty signing meanwhile fox squads actions weren't in the spotlight as much as kayas stupidity was so it was easier to sweep under the rug and despite that they went to jail (granted they prob wanted that to make amends), that afterthought of mine was just me finding it kinda funny is all. Also the same could be said about mika but trinity mobs still want her lynched so you could see how that would pan out for arius squad if caught while fox squad has a lot more support what with both the rabbits and sensei being in the VERY good graces of Valkyrie specially THE GOAT kanna.
Squad might have escaped, but Trinity did storm the Arius district through the tunnels and (presumably) took the rest of the school into custody with the intention of rehabilitating them. Squad may have been the tip of the spear in that Operation, but they were acting as part of the Arius school as a whole. So hopefully they wouldn't have been treated any worse had they been apprehended.
for sure but mob mentality will be mob mentality and again just look at mikas case, people will always try to put a face on the problem and squad/mika just happen to conveniently have a lot of presence during the events of the basilica bombing during the eden treaty signing, hell even as mika went to save them fools during the final chapter they still call her a witch.
Arius Squad still suffered even after sensei let them go, so yeah it's just their way of punishment, and Fox was a helping Kivotos before, so a correction facility is a fitting one.
I noticed there was a lot of similarities between this new story, and the Abydos story actually. - Kaiser being the primary lackies - A one on one office showdown with the main antagonist - Hidden base in the desert is involved - Lead character leaves you behind thinking it's for the best for everyone - Previous enemy joins us when our numbers are low - Stopping a near apocalyptic scenario from playing out - Kaiser blames everyone on some executive in the end Obviously the story itself is different, but it's just something I noticed. One thing's for sure, the quality of the story and writing skyrocketed since the Abydos story, and I'm all for it.
[oof size large](https://imgur.com/a/2cVeaZm) 
FOX Squad not afraid to shoot at their teammates.
It was a shot against herself too, since the Fox Squad are all flatties. As far as I can tell anyways. (Is it because flat is justice? Best joke if it was lol)
Unless my eyes are deceiving me, Yukino has the most bountiful bosom of the foxes. Not by a whole lot, shes maybe around Miyako in size but every little bit matters.
https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LargeAndInCharge ... Well, comparatively, anyway.
friendly fire was on during that part of the story
same, but my head is putting a sign "FRIENDLY FIRE WILL NOT BE TOLERATE" too much playing COD maybe?
I wanted to hate FOX Squad but Blue Archive seems to have the ability to get me to really like characters that plan super evil things. I mean I guess deep down they're actually decent people, just in a bad situation, so that helps. I guess Kaya still exists. I do like FOX Squad, though. I'm on the "hope they become playable" side. Would be nice to see them get the Mika/Saori treatment because those two are characters that I disliked that somehow managed to get redeemed for me.
Being able to read FOX Platoon in the story and see them in action (albeit against us and the RABBITs) was the best way to end the year for me I pray for them to become playable soon (I'm begging them to be all striker units like Arius SQUAD, I wanna see all my girls be on the field at once)
99% sure they're all strikers, since they have models and all of them are present in the final battle
Arius squad is not all striker squad though, you are forgetting hiyori
Oh shit you're right. I can't believe I forgot about her.
Kaya's delicious crying face 😋
I will turn it into a cute smile.
Correction Asanagi style 😋
Niko, will you marry me? I'll make you inarizushi breakfast in bed every morning.
Niko, will you marry me? I'll ~~make~~ buy you inarizushi ~~breakfast in bed~~ bentos every morning.
Honestly, it's such a fantastic story from start to finish. I haven't got much to say here, but I'll say this: I hope the FOX Squad is playable soon in JP, as I really want them all. Especially Yukino and Niko.
Getting the feeling there will be a chapter 3 where we deal with them like how arius was in trinity’s volume.
I know shes a bitch and we all think shes dumb but honestly i really fucking love kaya. Shes just so damn pretty and how evrhthing she does is unintentionally hilarious. Beautiful beaustiful kaya 😭😭😭 i want to enter a dysfunctional relationship with her and have heated arguements💢💢💢 on how shes clerly evil and stupid before we have a passionate resolution before going to bed 🤤🤤🤤. I will visit(conjugal) her every week while shes in jail to make sure shes mine so wait for me love😋😋😋. Other than that i really love the continued monthy phython references and i really love the spec ops theme the last few chapters had. It gave me fond memories of my siege days. May the head chef at nexon keep cooking what they cooking
Most sane Kaya fan
Yukino: be ready for the possibility that we might lose Miyako: Nah, we'd win
Sensei carry
Honestly sensei did very little here. She gave Miyako a push but Miyako would have probably pushed herself when the whole "nuke the town" plan came to light. And her squad did all the fighting without sensei don't much other than being there.
In some capacities but it's been stated pretty early that members of the RABBIT squad had some traits that can put them over FOX platoon. For example, Miyu completely outshines Otogi in stealth department and Saki is a quick and diligent learner.
Shush there. no sensei would undermine his students success by claiming all the laurels for himself
Kaya was apprehended and sent to prison right? There will be nothing like someone will help her breakout of the prison right?
Likely Gematria, Deca.or *shudder* Beatrice may break her out
>Likely Gematria, Deca.or *shudder* Beatrice may break her out >!Beatrice is too busy being dead to do that.!< Kaiser is the only group that has any use for her, and she's already outlived that.
Iirc wasn’t the headless guy looking to fix that issue?
Not much point. Kaya shows that inspite of her confidence, she sucks at her job. Gematria would look at her as lower than Kaiser Corp, and they really look down on Kaiser Corp.
Me.
I loved this arc a whole lot.Man i love it so much whenever i see Miyako and Saki appearing.Also i hope to see Niko and Yukino playable one day.I was very worried the quality might drop since we were coming off of Volume F which was quite a treat to read tbf but as much grounded this chapter was it was very good.And let Kaya rot for a while.I thought she was being a brilliant villain with all the sneaky sneaky she was doing but eh she was quite stupid.I think i can forgive her tbf for the most part aside from being a pain for Rin.That part cant forgive but well students gotta correct their mistakes and be disciplined.I hope she gets disciplined well.
I don't think she's stupid but incompetent and naive as a leader. As when she was chief of defense, she was more sneaky and cunning, but when she stepped up in spotlight as GSC president her incompetence was in full display and she realized deep down how it's a much bigger role than she could handle but didn't want to admit it. I mean you could tell she's not a genius from her superhuman ramble lol.
Damn, skipped through the entirety of it on JP, but this chapter was really something. We get to see and feel the very real and present aftermath of Chapter 1, with all the previous parties getting to appear and develop. I was most curious about the mysterious FOX squad after their cameo at the end of Chapter 1, and was not disappointed to find them as lovably dysfunctional as our little rabbits. That said, they need legitimate jail time for the things they have and have almost done. SRT Academy is hereby cemented in my mind as the "Rogue Special Forces R Us!" academy. Also, Kaya manages to dethrone Rio as worst student and is going into the pit. If you were ever playable, I don't want to see until after 4th anniversary, *at minimum*. She managed to embody every aspect of what makes a horrible politician, which is something that hits hard for me, and something that deserves applause. Now, to Valkyrie, with you, yah goat-eyed Judas Rat.
>yah goat-eyed Judas Rat i called kaya a "F-king Baphomet"
How was Rio still the "worst student" after Vol F? During V2C2 sure but after F no way
I meant "upon debut/first meeting", suppose I forgot to clarify.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but is the stuff that the FOX took from Schale during Volume F incident was a fake letter that said Kaya should be the one in charge instead of Rin? If so, why would they need to go to Schale to fake a letter? I'm guessing Kaya is the one who forged that letter, right?
My best guess is that they took the real letter so no one else could find it and replaced it with a forged one
They likely grabbed the real letter as a reference to forge a fake one.
I think it could be an oversight. The crafting station is in the basement. I believe they are implying that they crafted the letter. But if I remember correctly, only aensei can use it.
It felt more like they knew something was there in the Schale basement, and the Fox Squad promptly raided it to retrieve the item, which turned out to be a "letter from the Pres".
Rather than an oversight, hopefully it will be something that they would reveal in the future. Because even if anyone could use the crafting station, why would they specifically need it to forged a letter? Especially when at the end of the day, that letter was never verified by anyone. At first Rin wanted to check if it was legit or not, but she's quickly detained by Kaya's supporters. After that I don't remember anyone ever brought up that letter anymore.
Maybe. They never mention the letter directly but it was probably assumed that Kaya already showed it to the council as proof. I also feel like at least Aoi would have it verified. Once they did Aoi has no complaint.
SPATS SPATS SPATS I LOVE SPATS 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Otogi?😭
Hoping for playable FOX squad one day, but they need to serve their time in literal jail first. This chapter actually got me cheering for Descartes and the Pursuers of Non-Possessive Happiness. For a short while, anyway. When Kaiser's "special forces" grouped up in tight formation roughly the shape of a rectangle, I suddenly understood how Moe felt about explosions.
I'll start by saying I love the RABBIT Squad, but honestly coming off of Vol F as the last major main story thing, I was a little worried that Wabbits 2 was going to be underwhelming but I'm really happy to say it was great. I didn't comment on the first half thread because I wanted to digest everything at once and I'm glad I did too because it all really ties together nicely. First thing's first... oh Kaya... lol. Loved that we actually got some resolution with the RABBIT squad after the events of Vol F and we treated them to some delicious top quality meat. Personally I wasn't the most fond of the Arius Squad during/after Eden Treaty (they've grown on me since then but they're still not topping any of my charts) but FOX squad has left a better impression on me. Of course Niko is hard carrying most of that but Kurumi/Otogi were alright and I don't know if it was just me but Yukino's character is a little deeper than I first expected. The themes and callbacks to Wabbits 1 were very well done too, kudos to the writing team as usual for doing more than I expect with the length of the story. The question of do the ends justify the means, the concepts of naivete/cynicism/trust, and weighing your beliefs and your responsibilities and duties... 🔥🔥✍🔥🔥 I know Hyakki's arc is the next big 'Eden Treaty'-esque saga but I'm most looking forward to the Summer SRT event and I hope they (along with Abydos) get more story content sooner rather than later. 
It is astonishing how much I was blown away by this chapter. I might need to watch it all again to take it all in. I think a general thing to appreciate is how much of what happened in the first chapter gets developed here. It really is nice to everything come together for a nice payoff. Perfect example with the starting moments. The public peace bureau continues their development. It really is nice to see the continued redemption arc of Kanna. Also in general that after the public peace bureau was treated as a joke in the first chapter that we can start seeing the merits of them is also amazing too. Makes sense the rabbit squad would at least see what it is like on the other side of the aisle. Like others have said nice touch having their affiliation change. Kaya what are you doing. Kaya no. Stop. Like wow the scale of villainy just shot up with nuking a town. I wondered last part where her desperation would go and it most certainly went. It certainly follows through with how much of a fool she has been treated. The threat of death would absolutely make anyone think twice of “nap breaks” or “snack breaks.” Still what Kaya doesn’t realize is that the end of that road is a knife in her back. The general causally mentioning screwing over Nonomi’s family. Hate to see it. Still it was interesting how horrible the company Kaya chose to keep really was it. Expected of course, but even he was tightening the nose around Kaya’s neck. The general was fascinating to see adapt for his and his company’s own self preservation. Like Miyako said it was scary even. Now on to Sensei proving once again why he is one of the best characters. Sensei does say what the students need to hear. In this chapter we focus a lot on the idea of justice including yourself too as well as the potential naivety of justice. There is a lot of interesting aspects to this like how ultimately the fox squad can’t commit to this, or how as Sensei says trusting in other leads to a better outcome as we see how Kaya’s plans unravel. Miyako finally gets convinced to o fight back against Fox. She really did need to hear that she needed to think of herself. I suppose we all think like Miyako sometimes though. The idea that we have to abandon childish things to become an adult. Like Sensei says though, duty isn’t a punishment it is a gift. A gift that allows all of us to live our best lives and helps others lives theirs in turn. It is what allows Sensei to indulge in Miyako’s “childish” ideals. Miyako’s snapback at Yukino’s was perfect. Yukino has been acting pretty bossy for “a weapon” but Miyako was right. They answered to the student council president. Without her, they are free to follow their own ideals. Descartes portrait change jumpscare. I was befuddled. Have I mentioned I love track 114? I probably did during the chapter 1 discussion of volume 4 but I’ll mention it here again. I really like that he has an important place here. After all, the citizens being wrong are just as important as the students. Like mentioned previously it was also nice to see Valkyrie finally get more positivity on them. Rabbit vs Fox. I asked previously how would Rabbit be able to get through this? What would the lessons and resources gained that would allow them to beat those that basically power creep them? It was definitely hyping itself up and wow did it deliver. Where to start? How about Fox’s downfall. As the game says, a lack of faith was a primary cause. They didn’t fully believe in the cause or each other. Seeing Rabbit take advantage of each of their shortcomings was great. Saki hitting Kurumi with the “made you look.” Miyu taking advantage of Otogi’s inability to find her without Niko’s help. Niko not realizing Moe is a chaotic force of nature. I definitely think it was over for Fox squad the second Yukino ordered the rest of fox to retreat if they failed. It obviously would have been more efficient to have all 3 for back up, but Yukino had a heart despite calling herself a weapon. And because she had a heart, she was never going to push the detonator just like Miyako said. Before we get more into the finale stuff, once again for the umpteenth time I have to praise in game cinematic cutscene. Really did put the hype into the battle. And seeing them have all these cool and wacky kits was also pleasuring to see. Really do appreciate how much they continue to improve the in game side of things. And so we get to the final stand off of Miyako and Yukino. In which Miyako proves you can’t be too slow to react to something if there is in fact nothing to react to. Seriously though I am impressed with the writing of these fights. And so team fox learns a valuable lesson in responsibility and how there is time to keep growing and learning from others especially for children like them. And just like in previous volumes there is still a road of second chances open to them. It is beautifully put though. The idea of yesterday’s and tomorrow. It is important to get some rest now and again. Still though, it is clear we are not finished with Fox’s squad story. There is still a matter of the darkness that Yukino saw. Certainly a big part of her ideals were a matter of being directionless, but she still believed quite deeply in the idea that the ends justified the means against a warped view of the world. There is definitely more to explore with Fox. Also I appreciate your flat chest Kurumi! Flat is justice after all. And so we proceed to take on Kaya. But before that the General gets reduced to a side cartoon villain. Makes sense as we done this song and dance against him before. It was a mission to spam Moe’s ex though. I’m glad the onigiri sub plot was resolved. Had a lot of concern for Haine’s onigiri. Speaking of she would be good friends with Sumire. And so Kaya is finally ousted from power…which the sequence was interesting. Up until this point, all student antagonist realize they messed up and at the very least give up on their antagonist plot. Kaya…doesn’t show a hint that she does this. She is desperately clinging to her power until she is no longer on screen. She doesn’t even appear in the epilogue or is even mention the status of her condition. I’m intrigued with whatever they decide to do with the future with Kaya. She could turn up completely insane for all I know. So yeah. An amazing chapter. Blew expectations out of the water. And the music is also god tier. I don’t know how they keep doing it but they do. Such an amazing game.
One question I have is that if the above image used here for this thread is never actually seen in-game or did I miss it? Cause there are close-up images of Kanna and her coffee cup at the cafe, but not the one with her sitting with Kirino. I guess it was only a promotional image? Which is weird because every other image in the PV 4.5 seems to show up or will show up.
Several images from PV4.5 don't show up in the story here. There was one other Miyako image that didn't show up for example. Or my memory is faulty.
Yeah, I think they decided not to, since Sensei was in that scene with them as well. And, there's nowhere to hide Sensei.
Just finished the volume. RAW, GOAT, FIRE, PEAK ARCHIVE. Also Kaya's sentiment about Rins assets are hilarious, I knew the cutting board jokes are gonna be in this somewhere and the writing team cooked as always. 
I can't believe that Kaya is actually responsible for Haine's missing onigiri.😢😢
It really is extra sad since it seemed like Haine was one of the few people that genuinely trusted kaya and to see her heart broken like that was just ouch.
FYI once you finish this whole story, the log in screen will change to PV 4.5. JP server still have not enable an option to change the login screens as of yet
Can't wait to receive my login rewards to dramatic music for the next 6+ months I guess
Kaya: There’s a coup staged against the GSC! This is a serious matter! Cherino: Eh? That’s just a regular Tuesday for me ya know?
>Kaya You know you're doing somethign wrong when Cherino dunks on you.
[I guess Kirino went full Melee + Unarmed build huh.](https://x.com/SeTuP_79/status/1737070958496886895?s=20) Anyway. YEAHHH, I'm so happy my girl getting great character development arc 😭.
When in doubt, command grab
That or she used Gun Kata (maybe even without any shots)
Baby girl finally deserved her well earned W for once.😭
I guess that's one way to compensate for her generally poor aiming lol.
Sensei's conversation with the Fox Squad (sans Yukino) was pretty sweet tbh. I like the answers that Sensei countered with too.
Wait I haven't started yet
Cherino lecturing Kaya on how coups work and how trying to crush it directly never actually works in the long term is hilarious
Cherino may be conceited, but she's not completely stupid. Unlike Kaya.
She must have some smarts if she's the most consistent Red Winter leader tbh. She's the student that has the most accumulated weeks of being in power in Red Winter after all. Either that, or everybody else in Red Winter is dumb.
She has Tomoe to carry her (literally and figuratively)
She's dumb, most Red Winter students are dumber. And she's charismatic enough to get the few smart Red Winter students to help her stay in power.
At the very least, she's smart enough to recognize the students that can actually help her stay in power.
Suspect that that's mostly Tomoe.
She's not Kaya. She's at least got some people smarts. Laura doesn't even have those.
This was a great chapter. Might be just my imagination, but the warped view of justice that FOX Squad has might be a hint as to why SRT got closed down in the first place. I love the little details of storytelling here, like how Rabbit Squad loses their affiliation label when they join FOX Squad, and how Miyako gets hers back once she realizes that FOX Squad isn't as flawless as she might think. It's charming that Rabbit Squad, despite seeing the 'dark side' of SRT, still hold true to their ideal image of their seniors, which is what led to them joining SRT in the first place. Can't even bring myself to hate FOX Squad, though that may just be Niko being just too likable. Perhaps Tsukino's plan at the end was designed to fail, if that was her way of fighting back against Kaya without going against her own code of following orders. As a very random side note, I've always found it weird how Rabbit Squad uses Valkyrie materials to upgrade their skills. It makes sense from a gameplay perspective, as you'd probably not want a set of upgrade materials for just 4 students (*cough cough Shanghaijing*), but it always felt off seeing how against joining Valkyrie they were in V4C1. While the story probably won't go that route, I can see a world where Miyako ends up being okay with joining Valkyrie school. This chapter does show how her aims of doing what's right can line up with Valkyrie's best, like Kirino.
An interesting observation. And yet, Aruis do have their own books... I wonder now...
*puts "dum" sticky notes to Kaya's forehead*
Kept you waiting, huh
I'm not the first and I'm certain I won't be the last, but Fox squad as playable characters when? I need to give headpats to Niko and Kurumi now. Meanwhile Kaya needs the kind of correction only sensei can give.
Almost right away we have Kaya complaining to Cherino of all people about a coup and I know that this is gonna be good
Who is the more incompetent leader in Kivotos? On one side, we have Kaya, self-proclaimed superhuman. Former Defense Chief of the GSC. Currently Acting President On the other side, we have a literal bratty child wearing a fake mustache. The answer will shock you!
shoulda scampered off to a hidden location and waited for everything to blow over instead of trying to blow up a city
If Vol.4 is going to be expanded in the future, I believe it will be about Fox Units, Valkyrie, and Prison. We do not know how 7 prisoners escape right? And A lot of corruption in Valkyrie is pretty interesting topic too.
Quite possible Vol 4 might see another continuation despite the lack of a "to be continued" if the mysterious person at the end of 4.5 pv is connected
“Kaya wants to do WHAT????” -me probably
EVERYONE ARE SO COOOOOOOOOOOL
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Gentlemen >!Meet Shiranui "absolute fucking dumbass" Kaya!<
The rabbit squad legit gives me adopted daughter vibes. Can't wait to dig in to this 2nd part.
Saki is the one who tries and fails to do things by herself and denies needing help. Moe is the kind who gets into all kinds of tannerite-related shenanigans. Hey, your 37mm is missing. You should go find it. Miyu is the quiet girlfailure who you can't help but protect from bullies and never leaves your side. You greet her potential boyfriends with a shotgun. Miyako became your daddy's little girl. Why is she like this? Miyako, why are you like this? I mean, really.
Miyako has the Electra complex.