Unlikely, IMO... some dialog between Freyja and Reina earlier in the series established that you can't reproduce biological fold wave effects from a recording. If they were gonna replace him, I'd wager it would be by capturing Freyja and forcing her to sing the Song of the Wind (ala Grace and Ranka way back in the Macross Frontier series).pirx wrote:They could be working on technological replacement for Heinz, which would eliminate their need in Wind Singer altogether.
Dark Duel wrote:Still need to watch the latest episode, but my main question right now pertains to Hayate and the VF-31.I'm really mainly just curious as to what y'all think.Spoiler
As by now I'm sure we all know(though I'm spoiler-tagging it just in case), in Ep13 Hayate's VF-31J was destroyed, and he soon afterward "borrowed" the late Messer's VF-31F.
This in itself amuses me because of the "Delta-02" and "Delta-04" markings on the -31F and Mirage's -31C, which is the inverse of their respective callsigns in that sortie(Mirage as "Delta 2", Hayate being addressed as "Delta 4") - but that's immaterial.
My main question, really, is whether Hayate will continue to operate the -31F(which I think is likely), and whether it will retain its black color scheme and "Grim Reaper" markings, or whether its color scheme will be changed to reflect its new pilot. The latter, while IMO fairly unlikely, is not entirely unprecedented - a machine being recolored after passing on to a new pilot has happened before, IIRC.
I'm biased, because I liked the blue/purple color match between the -31F and -31C, which I felt was a nice callback to the blue/red color pairing of Mirage's grandparents. So I would prefer to see the -F sporting a blue color scheme. But honestly, the black/purple color match works fine too, so I'd be happy either way.
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My suspicion, given how prominently Hayate's VF-31J features in the merchandising and the advertising for the series, is that Kaos will either just happen to have another VF-31J kicking around (the way the Macross seemed to have several VF-1J's for Hikaru) and they'll repaint that in Hayate's now-distinctive livery... or Messer's VF-31F will receive a new monitor turret and new paintjob so it's effectively converted into a VF-31J.
Though it would be rather amusing for Hayate to continue rustling Keith's jimmies by flying the Grim Reaper everywhere.
Though it would be rather amusing for Hayate to continue rustling Keith's jimmies by flying the Grim Reaper everywhere.
The VF-31F's cameras kind of bother me, the texture looks really cheap. But I've never gotten the impression it was asymmetrical... asymmetry in Valkyrie monitor turrets is RARE.Dark Duel wrote:One other comment: much as I like the -31J's almost Nirvash-esque head design, I do also think the -31F has a really interesting head design - Looked somewhat asymmetrical, which you don't see that often IMO.