Kenzen Robo Daimidaler Episode 11 - Distraction! The Emperor's Sexual Harassment

Yeah. We all knew this was coming. I've got to see how this turns out in the end. It's the kind of show where the only thing keeping you watching is the fact that you're literally right at the end, and you just need to know how far gone it gets.

I'm not watching it because it's good. At this point I'm watching it because it's so unbelievably shitty, I cannot tear my eyes away from its awfulness.

Fly up, buttons down people. We're doing this. We're making it happen. Daimidaler ends THIS WEEK. THIS I DECREE.

As usual, the episode picks up right where it left off, once more. With Kouichi announcing his re-arrival, which I am sure they will spend the next ten minutes covering how that happened.

Or ten seconds, it's really hard to gauge this show sometimes.

Of course Ritz is surprised, then he does some teleporting stuff, kicks her into the water, and everyone back at the base is like "the hell is up with that candle?" And the Emprah is all "OH SHIT A CANDLE." And Kyouko is all "I heard your voice" and he's all "IMMA FEEL YOU UP AFTER THIS INTRO."

Cue... intro I guess?

I got no words for this show at this point. And I just know it's going to somehow get even crazier. The question here is how?

We come back with Kyouko gasping over the title card as she is now suddenly in the new old robot? And I pause for a moment to question this episode's title. Because... they're straight up calling it sexual harassment now.

It's kind of a ridiculous thing.

Anyways Daimidaler looks all cool and whatnot, beams some fingers, and Ritz gets all happy having an opponent she can totes take on at full blast. But he doesn't have the strength to fight her off so he shows off his 'revamped cockpit' to Kyouko for the express purpose of grabbing them tig ol' bitties.

That's what she said.

He wastes no time groping the shit out of her, charges himself up, and Ritz kinda goes 'oh shit'. Also, she says Jesus again. It's still as amusing as last time.

But now she gets knocked out of her transformation, falls into the sea, and Daimidaler appears to be triumphant. Also, bullshit particles go all over or something. Meanwhile, penguin and new penguin are all 'we should go back to base' and that other girl is weepy and shit. Time for everyone to go back to base I guess.

Not that there's much left of it up above but whatever.

And then we learn this new old robot's name.

I would point out how stupid this is, but at this point,
I'm only pointing out the obvious.

Blah blah it's powered by thermal energy, and that frees the system up to use that other stuff with those other things.

But ignore that, commander crazy wants to know where the hell this thing got fixed up at. It's flashback time! Turns out he wasn't blown up, he just went to some parallel universe where he got picked up by some other dudes who work on robots.

I might be willing to give this show a pass, provided
the commander dies by the end of this.

So who were those mysterious people? He has no idea. Can't seem to remember. OH GEE. WHERE HAVE WE SEEN THIS BEFORE. All he remembers is that he was told if Daimidaler's left arm and Sonan were still around, he could somehow miraculously come back, and so he spent months sitting in his robot hoping that would someday happen.

Then that other girl gets up, all wrecked and shit, and Kiriko gets introduced. Also, turns out they go to the same school. Boy oh boy what a twist. Now that they know that, we learn the old robot will be able to move after some fixing since the frame is intact, and the Commander is all "cool we can wipe out them Penguins soon". Kyouko gets chased by that horndog, and we check in with new Penguin over at the other base.

Which is where the Emprah realizes where he's seen that candle before. Ritz talks to him about this a bit, and he points out that when Ritz went crazy last time, it must have done that transfer thing, and then they did it again to bring him back. So yeah.

Also, the emperor puzzles over the whole people becoming penguins and penguins becoming people thing. At least someone is acknowledging all the weird shit going on.

Then passes out from thinking too hard or something? Nah, it's just him sitting in the bath too long.

Construction crews do a thing, and some weird folks are wondering about what the hell is up with Daimidaler. Also that new porn store, didn't they ban those or something? Oh noes, people like porn.

That this is actually supposed to pass as a plot point makes
me just incredibly sad.

Commercial break porn time.

So now Kiriko is feeling much better, misses her boyfriend, and the newly-returned hero is trying to get his partner to wear a new 'battle suit'.

I miss when this show actually looked promising. Oh how I
yearn for the bygone age of just last episode.

But Kiriko is all 'you lucky bitch, your boyfriend came back' and Kiriko is like "oh hell no he's not my man or anything" and he's like 'so are you gonna wear this or what?' Then they walk off to try on the new outfit, leaving her somewhat confused.

Now the Emperor worries about the new Daimidaler some more, Ritz tries to cheer him up, and dude just has no clue what to do. Daimidaler is nothing more than a pale imitation of their giant robots, but for some reason humans keep kicking the shit out of them with their own tech. According to the emperor, the Hi-Ero particles were never meant to be used to fuel weapons of war. Yet that's exactly what's going on here, and he proclaims to have royally f***ed up everything.

Like everything?

Ritz walks away confused, and one of the Penguins walk over to ask what's going on. She tries to explain, but he's gone before she can ask what the dude meant. Now the entire army is hearing that their leader has...

Well.

To quote a famous news man: "That escalated quickly."

Also, they declare that 'rape' is 'sexual harassment'.

No, it's rape. That. That doesn't even.

Oh my god this show makes me so furious you have no idea. It's actually a type of ASSAULT. Harassment is grabbing someone inappropriately, or saying lewd things to them. RAPING THEM IS NOT A TYPE OF HARASSMENT IT IS WAY WAY WORSE.

My god. It's already become intolerable again.

I didn't expect the show to go this far off the rails. I think we are now on course for Jupiter.

This is sapping my will to live. Why god. Why.

Back at that other base, turns out they've found the enemy's stronghold.

Even if this is, in fact, a translation gag, it's probably got
the exact same meaning in Japanese.

So yeah basically the Penguins weren't even trying to hide or whatever and also the science ladies think Kyouko looks really good in that outfit she forgot she was wearing. Then Kouichi shows up to grope the shit out of her, and the commander approves, as always.

Meanwhile, an entire boardroom watches the whole thing going on via 'secret camera installed in their lair', and hold... a meeting where they talk about some report?

I don't think that means what you think it means.

All of these changes happened because of that new Daimidaler so it must be having an effect. They thought Beauty Salon would save their world, but according to the board the Penguins 'purified' the world instead. Which is kind of stupid?

Anyways, who wants to see girls get molested some more? You did? Well lucky you, because that's exactly what you get to see. The old couple is full up on power and stuff, and Kiriko asks to go as well, so they okay it and she gets her machine ready. However without Shouma to regulate her output, however will they keep her stable?

Not a problem, says the commander.

Not. A. Problem.

So the robots are ready to launch, but the pilots want to come up with a plan. Kouichi has the best plan. First, he fondles the boobs of Kiriko, then he climbs into his robot and grabs Kyouko's ass, and then he wins the day or something.

Kiriko is all 'screw that, I'll just do my thing my own way so screw you.'

Now they go to school, where Kyouko talks to that one crazy teacher bitch about how Shouma isn't going to class anymore. She comes up with the best excuse for why he isn't showing up.

I told you a bold-faced lie. Sorry.

Then they all leave the school and drive back to the base.

They notice how quiet everything is, with no people, and then giant robot shows up. A Daimidaler-type even, and it's trying to kill them. Radio says they are evacuating, because some assholes named Beauty Salon are trying to commit some terroristy acts or whatnot and so must be stopped?

Even the Commander is like "what the f**k is this shit."

Gee, guess it was a bad idea building giant robots after all.

Turns out, these were the mass-produced military variants that were made, which were supposedly destroyed but not actually, and are powered by a 'plasma system'. Which means anybody can use them.

... I don't. Oh whatever.

Some uniform with a megaphone calls for them to throw down their weapons and surrender because they say so.

Imagine me beating my face against my desk, to the tune of
some Ode to Joy.

But the military does wind up making one great point: Every f***ing time one of those robots goes out, shit gets wrecked and they have to spend a shitton of money rebuilding everything. They are sick and tired of this shit, and just want to get on with their lives.

Since they don't look like they're going to surrender without being given the chance, the commander realizes this was the whole plan and oh crap, they're probably all about to die. The shop blows up just as the car zooms through the streets and... we're at the end of the episode.

One more. I can handle this. I think.