The twenty-fifth and final episode of Macross Frontier, “Your Sound”, starts off with the explosion of Alto’s variable fighter. But he’s not dead; unlike some of us, Alto clearly remembers that he’s wearing an EX-gear, which is pretty much a man-sized variable fighter by itself, and ejects safely into space. But before anyone else learns about his survival, a Vajura mothership is about to fire its main cannon into Battle Frontier. Macross Quarter arrives in the nick of time and fires off its own main cannon into the Vajura mothership. Brera’s fighter happens to be too close to the blast, though, which breaks something attached to his head, something I suspect was controlling his mind.
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Episode 24 of Macross Frontier, “Last Frontier”, starts off with a flashback to the past as Ranka sings Aimo accompanied by Brera playing the harmonica. It turns out that her singing called the Vajura to Gallia 4, where the 117th fleet were conducting their research, and Ranka, Brera, and Ranshe Mei watched as tons of Vajura folded in above the sky. We also get to see that Grace has a personal vendetta against the Vajura as they killed everyone around her, with herself also being gravely injured.
Episode 23 of Macross Frontier, “True Begin”, starts off with a dream Ranka is having while in fold transit. Ranshe and Grace are having an argument, where Grace presumably wants the zero-time folds that the Vajura parts enable used in cybernetic implants, while Ranshe is presumably against harming the Vajura. Little Brera and Ranka are looking on, wondering why their “mothers” are arguing, but Ranka wakes up when they arrive at the Vajura homeworld. I wonder why the plural? Is it because Ranka and Brera aren’t naturally born children, or is it because Brera is Grace’s son?
Episode 22 of Macross Frontier, “Northern Cross”, starts off with a call by Leon to Grace. Without Ranka around, Macross Frontier might not last long. Grace claims that she was surprised at Brera’s actions when he left Macross Frontier with Ranka in tow. However, considering that she also expressed gratitude for providing a place to stay with the supposed loss of Macross Galaxy, when we saw it was just fine in episode 15, it’s not clear whether Brera acted independently or not. It could be that Brera is helping Ranka by his own will, but it’s even more plausible that Grace is lying her ass off. Hoping for a solution, Leon contacts Brilla right before the opening credits.
Episode 21 of Macross Frontier, “Blue Ether”, starts out with the desperate situation from the previous episode. With the president dead, Leon blames it on the Vajura and takes control of the government. The first thing he does is to order the detachment of Battle Frontier from Island One. Ozma and Cathy were running to Battle Frontier, so I hope they got there in time: the captain wasn’t inclined to follow Leon’s orders, so they might be able to convince him that Leon was responsible for the president’s death.
Episode 20 of Macross Frontier, “Diamond Crevasse”, starts off with the ending of the previous episode, “Triangular”, except we also get to see that Sheryl had nearly collapsed from her sickness, where Alto caught her from falling down. We also get to see Klan demanding where Michelle’s love is, after hearing him say that everyone wants someone to love.
Episode 19 of Macross Frontier, “Triangular”, starts off within Ranka’s dreams, where she is lonely and unable to find her mother. Somehow her dream triggers something in Ai-kun and he runs off. He makes a detour to take a look at Brera before running off to places unknown. Although I’m suddenly wondering whether I’m mistaken in thinking of Ai-kun as a “he”.
Episode 18 of Macross Frontier, “Fold Fame”, starts from where the last episode ended, with Sheryl confronting Grace. The single question she asks is “Why?”. Why did Grace become Ranka’s manager? Why is Grace trying to keep Sheryl tied to a bed? Why is Grace making Ranka sing against the Vajura? “Why” is a good catch-all for all the implied questions. It’s revealed that Sheryl was an abandoned and homeless girl on Macross Galaxy taken in by Grace, who groomed her to be an idol. But now that Grace has Ranka, she is abandoning Sheryl and actually says that “Sheryl Nome” is going to die. I’m not sure if she meant it literally or just figuratively as the end of Sheryl’s career. In addition, I’m not sure if Sheryl’s surname actually is “Nome”, and I wonder if Sheryl got her earrings from Grace or from her actual mother.
I’ve had a FriendFeed room for Macross Frontier set up for a while now. While it currently only shares posts from this very blog and those from the Macross Frontier staff blog (which is in Japanese), anyone is free to use the room to share anything related to Macross Frontier. I personally use it to follow the staff blog, which among other things has given me a powerful urge to get an issue of “Comp Ace” by teasing me with a picture of Klan Klien as a loli-teacher.
Episode 17 of Macross Frontier, “Goodbye Sister”, starts with Ozma contemplating the past with a gun in his hand. He’s thinking about when he took in Ranka eleven years ago. He also recalls when he made pineapple cake for Ranka, which was the first time she really opened up to him. While it’s not pineapple salad and not in the present, his recollection of a food with pineapple in it is an ominous sign. After solidifying his resolve, he walks out of his home with his gun in hand.