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HIKARU'S TRILOGY (EPISODES 37-39)
EPISODE 38
Umon was right: driving the Double Spacer was exactly what Hikaru wanted in order to be of help for Daisuke and her planet. Daisuke's reaction in ep37 was not unexpected for sure, and she knows him enough to be sure that a simply discussion with him would not change his mind. Actually, also Koji and Umon agree on her desires. So Hikaru decides to go on secretly for a while in improving her abilities as a spacer driver. She has no intention to lie to Daisuke, but only to postpone a bit the discussion. So, with the aid of Koji and Umon, Hikaru secretly learns to drive the Double Spacer, probably while Daisuke is working at the farm.
The opportunity to reveal to Daisuke the truth arrives during a horse riding with him (please note: she has enough physical power to break a horse in, no wonder she is taking Double Spacer driving lessons without any special training... 1). He suggests her to pay attention, and she understands this could be the opportunity to start the discussion she had in mind.
Hikaru: I have fear of nothing. I am even able to drive Koji’s Spacer, for your information.
Daisuke: Eh? What?
 
Hikaru: Didn’t you know? (ah, Hikaru, you knew very well he didn’t know, eheh...  ) Koji has taught me how to depart, and he told me also that as soon as it’s ready I will drive it by myself. Then I will challenge you.
Daisuke: Do you really want to challenge me, Hikaru?
Hikaru: Of course.
Daisuke: Okay. So... follow me!
Daisuke launches his horse at maximum speed along difficult paths in the forest, followed by Hikaru, who is able to challenge him for a big part of the riding. They meet Danbei who is disappointed seeing his daughter “wasting time” in horse ridings with his farmer (“I don’t understand what she finds in him”) but they both don’t care.
 
Seeing he cannot defeat Hikaru, Daisuke launches his horse in perfect timing to jump a river, while Hikaru – who follows him so she can’t see the obstacle in due time – is forced to stop her horse suddenly and she is not able to let it jump the river too.
Daisuke turns to watch Hikaru, thinking:
Daisuke: Please try to understand, Hikaru. The war is going to become harder and harder, and I don’t want you to be involved in it.
 
Yes, my friends, this is the only and real reason why Daisuke does not want Hikaru to fight at his side: very far from being a misogynist, he worries because he loves her2. He is aware of the reasons behind her desire of fighting, he knows she could be helpful in the war, but nevertheless he is available to continue to fight alone with Koji instead of letting her risking her life.
From her side, Venusia is delusional. The task to let Daisuke changes his mind has revealed to be even harder than expected. Plus, now she must face her father’s anger for her behaviour (she left him alone working at the farm for the horse riding). Sitting on a chair, she listens to Danbei’s complains:
Danbei: So, would you answer me or not? Would you try to understand me, eh? Or do you believe there’s nothing wrong in fooling around with that guy... without my approval? Remember, you are still minor age! (please note: in Japan the older age was reached at the age of 21 years). You should search for something better than the company of such an ordinary guy like Actarus. What do you find so special in him? He’s only a lazy and good-for-nothing guy, I can tell you as I know him well! (LOL!!!  )
 
But Hikaru does not reply her father a single word. How could she explain to Danbei about her relationship with Daisuke, his real identity, her willing to fight? She is aware that Danbei is talking that way because he loves his daughter and he wishes she could have the best in life according to his own tastes. Unfortunately, she supposes he could not appreciate to know what she believes to be the best for her own life. Danbei instead is going to surprise her very soon...
It’s true that, a lot of times, the sender reveals the addresser. The Japanese title of ep38 is “Hikaru’s tearful connection”, clearly referring to the moment when she interconnects for the first time Double Spacer to Grendizer. Please note: she is able to connect the Double Spacer to the robot at second tentative, and probably without a special training at the Centre; we are not told exactly neither how long lasted Koji’s lessons, nor if she tried also the operation in the special room, but I personally tend to think she could not had enough time available for a complete training giving the need to act keeping Daisuke in the dark and taking care anyway of her duties at the farm.
  
So, Hikaru has clearly some special personal abilities, which are even better than Koji’s. Respect to Koji, Hikaru is a better driver, she is physically stronger*, she has a more rational personality. And Daisuke is perfectly aware of this. When he understands that Hikaru is driving the Double Spacer instead of Koji, he is surprised, but not upset.
Daisuke comes back at the farm (after having faced Danbei’s disappointment for Daisuke’s lack of trust in him as he was the last one still in the dark about his real identity – that was the reason behind Danbei’s playful harakiri tentative)
 
Daisuke looks at Hikaru riding a horse under the sunset, and he reflects about the fact that, despite his tentatives to keep her far away from the war, she has been involved in it anyway; then, he thinks they could fight together.
  
So, at the end of ep38, it could seem that Hikaru has succeeded in breaking the wall. Well, in reality Daisuke has still to overcome completely his idea to keep Hikaru away from the war involvement. He has no doubts about her abilities, but he still prefers to continue to fight without her aid. His hate for the war will take the lead in his approach to the issue for a while still. Hikaru will need to fight a little bit more to get what she wants. It’s still to be seen who is the most stubborn person between them...
JOE7'S NOTES
Please note in the images about the end of the episode: Daisuke clutches his hands between one sequence and another, almost as if to reproach himself for failing to keep Hikaru out of this.
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1 Hikaru's physical strength: It is necessary to explain this observation. First of all, for anyone who does not know the subject, it may seem anything special, but in reality, taming a horse is a difficult task and requires physical force outside the norm. In addition, a woman who tames a horse was certainly not common in Japan in the '70s. You might think why physical force is important to drive the Marine Spacer: in fact, you only should pull levers and press buttons. But the three planes of Team Grendizer are very similar to the acrobatic plane specialty, style Tricolor Arrows: a special athletic training and a great physical strength are needed to drive them, because their speed is much higher than that of a normal plane and these aircraft also perform sharp change of direction and screwdrivers, which undergo the rider with accelerations/decelerations heavy to bear. In fact, only a few pilots selected and trained in special training can pilot that type of aircraft. The Double Spacer also resembles aesthetically; the Marine Spacer, also, has to withstand underwater pressure bars. One might object that Maria is a little girl, yet she piloted the Drill Spacer: but one must consider that the Drill Spacer was created as the last one, so she had already embedded some possible constructive improvement due to experience; it has also been built with the aim of moving into the subsoil, where there are certainly no screwdrivers to do or sudden accelerations / decelerations. In fact, Maria will almost always be in trouble whenever she is driving a vehicle other than the Drill Spacer.
2 I'm referring to various threads on the forum due to bad adaptation of the VF, French Version.
Edited by joe 7 - 25/11/2019, 17:14
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