However, the show still wonвЂ™t tell us why Mako likes her so much or why she insists on calling her by the wrong name. On the lighter side, itвЂ™s amusing to see how awfully fond Mako is of Sodoko-well, Midoriko Sono-even though she clearly dislikes her. They even went to see her at the Sanders match in episode 5. ItвЂ™s a real shame MakoвЂ™s parents are dead. The only good thing I can say about this sordid encounter is that MahoвЂ™s comrade, to my surprise, actually delivered Mako and Saori unharmed.Д«etween HanaвЂ™s mother, MihoвЂ™s mother, and MakoвЂ™s grandmother, thatвЂ™s three out of the five main girls who have terrible parents. It makes me wonder if sheвЂ™s using Mako as a scapegoat for her own personality flaws. The way she screams abusively at everybody- thatвЂ™s antisocial. MakoвЂ™s grandmother condemns Mako for being вЂњantisocial.вЂќ SheвЂ™s a hypocrite. When her scene is finally over, the show briefly cuts to a much nicer grandmother background character and her happy granddaughter, as if to show what a failure MakoвЂ™s grandmother is at being a good grandparent. Mako doesnвЂ™t deserve to be screamed at for every good thing she does conversely, MakoвЂ™s grandmother does not deserve her love. I think she should just leave her grandmother to rot, since sheвЂ™s so violently insistent on not being mollycoddled. I wonder if taking care of her grandmother is MakoвЂ™s way of atoning for her unresolved quarrel with her dead mother. How can she still care about her despite her intense verbal abuse? How can Miho, Hana, Yukari, and especially Saori, who was in the hospital room from the beginning, just smile and tolerate it, even when itвЂ™s being directed at them? Yet, despite her genius, she canвЂ™t see her efforts are a Sisyphean waste on someone like her. Mako must be a top student (tardiness notwithstanding) because she has to be that good to placate her impossible-to-please grandmother. What an unpleasant way to start an episode. Mako has family problems, too, in the form of her grandmother. I hope sheвЂ™ll resolve this inner conflict before it causes a lapse in judgment in a future match. But I think she now feels conflicted between her motherвЂ™s teachings and her own way. Despite this, sheвЂ™s managed to stay balanced, not allowing her instilled drive to win to overtake her. I was a little surprised her motherвЂ™s strength-and-victory philosophy has continued to haunt her, pushing her to win every match sheвЂ™s participated in as an Oarai student. I agree with Yukari that Miho did the right thing, even if it did cost Kuromorimine its tenth consecutive tournament victory (which Yukari alluded to in episode 5). I bet all her other teammates, Maho, and MihoвЂ™s mother hated her for it, too.

I get the feeling the teammates Miho rescued, rather than being grateful, grew indignant at her for abandoning the flag tank to save them. MihoвЂ™s mother says the Nishizumi tradition is вЂњto value, above all else, strength and victory.вЂќ To me, this implies thereвЂ™s no room for вЂњweaknessesвЂќ like compassion and concern for others. Miho is the nice girl of the family-ironically, this makes her its black sheep.

I think I can see why she wanted a normal high-school life so badly.

She must have pushed poor Miho very, very hard. No wonder MihoвЂ™s tankery knowledge and skill are so great-her mother was grooming her to be an heir of the Nishizumi School of Tankery, together with Maho. Instead, it seems the producers want to fast-track the girls to whatever ending they have planned.Д®pisode 7 is really a breather between matches featuring ample character development, including much more about MihoвЂ™s past. I was hoping for at least one episode on the match and a chance to get to know another schoolвЂ™s tankery team. I was disappointed the entire match happened off-screen, save for the outcome. Girls und Panzer episode 7 may be entitled вЂњUp Next Is Anzio!,вЂќ but itвЂ™s not really about Anzio High. WARNING: The following post discusses spoilers from Girls und Panzer, Episode 7: вЂњUp Next Is Anzio!вЂќ If you do not wish to be spoiled, please stop reading now.

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