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Originally posted by Minazuki The following is the narration at the end of ep.46. "Ken felt Joe's strong friendship. And towards Jun, he was feeling something more . However, the thick barrier of duty to save the world stood between the two." Why, oh why, didn't Tatsunoko let Ken act upon his feelings?? Even an initiated embrace would have been nice. I'm guessing that since the ratings of F were going down and they had to end the series a month earlier than planned, the creators weren't able to depict that part of their relationship, though they had initially intended to do so. Wishful thinking, I know.

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I suppose... good thing there are a lot of creative writers around

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"They say the Titanic sank because it hit an iceberg, but that must have been Galactor's fault too."

Wow, that's quite the speech!!! Thanks for the translation, Minazuki!

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Fabulous! Thanks so much for enlightening us, Minazuki!

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You sure can use my translations! I'm eagerly waiting for your next fic.

The following is the "starry night" scene. Actually, it takes place at dusk, hence the orangish color of the sparkling sea in the background. But you know, Jun is so OOC in this scene, this ep doesn't make this Jun fan happy at all... But I admit that scene with Ken and Jun looking at each other is rather nice.

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From episode#37

(This is Jun's flashback)

Jun is standing at the edge of a cliff. About 15 or so goons are lined up, with guns aimed at her. She backs up a little, but realizes she can't back up much further, as part of the ground she is standing on breaks off, and falls into the ocean below. She draws out her own gun, but it's quickly shot out of her hand by one of the goons.

Jun: This is impossible... I can't win this one...

Goon: Hehehe... Die! (The goons get ready to fire.)

(Suddenly, Ken attacks the goons from behind, using kicks and punches. When all of them are down, Jun, smiling with tears of joy in her eyes, runs up to Ken.)

Jun: Ken!

(Ken slaps her. Holding a hand up to her cheek, Jun bows her head.)

Ken: Why did you give up without putting up a fight? Nothing is more foolish than giving up the will to live. I wont allow you to die on your own. When we die, we die together.

(Starry scene here)

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Jun has always fought those goons with ease. I'm wondering why she didn't do anything here. The goons were just regular green goons! No Taicho of the Week or anything. And worse yet, she just stood there and watched while Ken did all the fighting. Talk about Damsel in Distress.

Maybe thats his way of saying "You worried me and I thought I was about to lose you..."

Not very tactful of him was it! I had them fighting equally in my section of the story and the beat off the goons together... not him slapping her. He just his hand on her cheek affectionalty.

It is OOC for her to back down so easily, they only other time I can think of is when she found Joe and was cornered by some goons and the condor took them down with a shuriekn, saving her. Again a damsel in distress....

(I went back over the scene! My guess work wording was closer than I thought, just split up more. I did however justify why Jun gave up so easily, actually it worked out well.) Your translations ROCK!!!!

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All I can think is that the scene with Jun and all the goons is meant to mirror her later scene on the roof with Ken. In the first one, he slaps her for not fighting and tells her not to give up the will to live, and that when they die they'll die together.

I think it's meant to be ironic that later, she slaps him for wanting to fight (which will kill him), tells him not to give up the will to live and that when they die, they'll die together.

So, she uses his own words against him, and persuades him to stay behind. Unfortunately, the way the writers went about setting this up doesn't reflect so well on Jun. I've heard that Gatchaman Fighter gets pretty "dark" and depressing. I can only think that Jun is, this late in a hard war, getting depressed and starting, on some level, to feel that it might be better to just die and get it over with, and that that is why she didn't fight back against the goons after she lost her gun, or help Ken take them down.

What did she do to 'deserve' that? (I meant in Gatch II ep not in the ficcie.)

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