86 Episode 12
Added 2025-11-07 23:54:12 +0000 UTCComments
There are a lot of spoilers in the opening, so I recommend watching it after the last episode. They're not direct, they're vague, but I know Wes will catch them all 💀
Rostislav
2025-11-09 18:22:12 +0000 UTC19:35 Your theories are wild as always, I love them 🤣
Rostislav
2025-11-09 18:04:01 +0000 UTCHey, Captain here. So yeah, it was Rei who saved Shin and the others. Rei was dying when his unit was burning after the fight with Shin, but while that was happening he got transferred to a nearby unit. After that when they were about to get killed he transferred into a nearby Dinosauria and turned against the Legion drones. He carried Spearhead to Federacy territory while being attacked by the other Legion units as he was recognized as an enemy and shot down right before the Federacy rescued Spearhead (for full info read Volume 2 chapter 2). It was more straightforward in the novel, however the anime did such a great job portraying it using symbolism of Rei carrying little Shin... in the end, he did protected his little brother. Well, if you think about it, he also protected Shin during his entire war campaign because he "gave" Shin the ability to detect the Legion, which allows him to survive for this long... This is the last we'll ever see of Rei. RIP best brother.
Zen
2025-11-08 11:20:14 +0000 UTCPrinz Lena. If you know you know.
Iriza
2025-11-08 11:16:50 +0000 UTCI agree with the other comments that OP doesn’t spoil the story really but it does give away a little surprise from episode 14. I don’t mind either way when you watch it , it’s such a great OP so definitely should watch at some point.
Sei_2002
2025-11-08 04:56:17 +0000 UTCThe new OP is one of the best OPs of all time. However beware, due to the way you always hyper analyze the OPs, this one has super duper uber mega spoilers, watch only after you've finished the season.
Infinite Winds
2025-11-08 04:55:14 +0000 UTCLove that you guys always try to end the recording, but keep discussing 86 anyway lol. Literally how I felt when I had to do homework, but 86 was the only thing on my mind.
JamJamJam
2025-11-08 04:46:43 +0000 UTCI am skeptically hopeful. 😅 I think the government is gonna wanna go to free the 86 and maybe the 2 will have to unite to beat the legion, because the Alba have technology the Giadians don't judging by what they were saying, and the Giadiand have more trained fighters than the Alba
Chels
2025-11-08 04:14:33 +0000 UTC4:18 why does Lena's commander have the photos of him with children facing away? Seems like he cares more about image.
Random
2025-11-08 01:46:47 +0000 UTCYou guys caught so many things that I missed on my first watch! A couple points of clarification: Rei, Shin's brother, transferred to another legion before he was destroyed. He rescued them and took them to Giad before he was destroyed. If you look at EP 11, you can see a bright light in the final seconds before it looks like Shin is going to be taken (which is presumably Rei shooting at the legion). That's why they're talking about the old dinosauria model (this is the type of legion that they fought him in) that was with them. The show chose to show this symbolically, which leads to a lot of confusion. The original light novel was a standalone novel where the ending was the end of episode 9, with a epilogue that occurred later. EP 10 and 11 are from short stories, later compiled into Alter 1. I think the reason the author was so comfortable "baiting" the audience with the 86's death is that the fact that they were still alive was already spoiled by volume 2. Good catch that Giad would know of the "certain family" that the Para-raid ability comes from. Good catch that Frederica is loyalty. It retrospect it's obvious because she uses all these big words and calls the PRESIDENT a lowly bureaucrat but I missed it the first time. The reason the toys are for such young children is that they are donations from the people of Giad. The people know that children were rescued from San Magnolia, but the 86's personal information has not been disclosed.
Jacob
2025-11-08 01:12:08 +0000 UTCOP is fine to enjoy just don't try to read into it. Nothing to spoil the story. It would just lead you guessing things. It's an amazing OP though.
Renaud Nadeau
2025-11-08 01:02:08 +0000 UTCThat and they know now that all of them were fighting on the front lines for about 5 years, so while some of the toys are childish. They gave them a large variety to pick from to play with if they wanted.
Renaud Nadeau
2025-11-08 00:59:16 +0000 UTCThe reason why they gave out toys is because they are still kids technically, they are in their teens
Bobby N
2025-11-08 00:53:27 +0000 UTCYeah, the OP is fine to watch. It's funny about Ernst because most everything he says is perfectly reasonable, but the way he's framed every other scene is ominous as fuck.
wyggles
2025-11-08 00:52:49 +0000 UTCYou have to watch the new OP. It's miles more cinematic and emotional than the first OP.
Nejy
2025-11-08 00:34:53 +0000 UTC
