MACROSS MEGA MARATHON | EPISODE 33: A Rainy Night

Iconic Scene: Roy and Claudia with the VF-X test models

Quotable Quotes: "Every time I go out there, I'm a little afraid."

Best Character: Roy, for baring his soul to Claudia.

Best Death: The Karyovin pilot that Roy shot down.

Probably the absolute best episode of the Reconstruction Arc... which is kinda weird since it's mostly flashback

This is also the only episode where we see these Unification Wars-era non-transforming fighters, the Unified Forces F-203 Dragon II and the Anti-UN Alliance MiM-31 Karyovin. You can read more about them at the Macross Mecha Manual

MACROSS MEGA MARATHON | EPISODE 32: Broken Heart

Iconic Scene: HI-HO MONSTER! AWAY!

Quotable Quotes: "Aw, just when the culture was getting good..."

Best Character: Laplamiz, for turning Kaifun into a marrionette.

Best Death: Again, none worth noting


An interesting point is made here by Kamujin but I think it's more just that you can't expect a race like the Zentradi to wholly change and especially not in just two years. Plus if you follow expanded material this won't be the last Zentradi uprising and will even be something of a plot point in Macross Frontier.

Again, pity this didn't kill him... or at least cripple him permanently.

MACROSS MEGA MARATHON | EPISODE 31: Satan's Dolls

Iconic Scene: Aw gee, looks like that miclone chamber got stolen anyway. Where's your Kaifun to make a fancy speech now, ya mooks?

Quotable Quotes: WARISBADMILITARYISBADGOAWAYWENOLIKEYOU. (et cetera, ad nauseum, more Kaifun babbling)

Best Character: Hikaru for being the bigger man, one of the few smart things he does in this arc.

Best Death: Hopefully all the poor stupid fools who listened to Kaifun and Kamujin squashed on his way in.

The one where Kaifun and Kamujin are allowed to win. And everyone else loses.

Also: Karma sucks, don't it?  (yes I'm intentionally using bad grammar)

MACROSS MEGA MARATHON | EPISODE 30: Viva Maria

Iconic Scene: THE BABY OF POWER!!!

Quotable Quotes: "This is the power of the protoculture!"

Best Character: Komilia, just for being the representation of the power of Protoculture or whatever.

Best Death: Nobody notable, really




Otherwise known as that episode where Max and Milia stick their baby in a space capsule and take her into the middle of a warzone.

MACROSS MEGA MARATHON | EPISODE 29: Lonely Song

Iconic Scene: We will heroically clean your laundry!

Quotable Quotes: "You suck but keep making me money!" (OK that's not what Kaifun really said but it's what it sounds like to me.)

Best Character: None really, this episode.

Best Death: Oh it's coming, I can feel it.




So these guys should be considered kinda like war heroes right? They did kinda help spread culture around the Zentradi, right? And the best they can do is bounce from job to job?

MACROSS MEGA MARATHON | EPISODE 28: My Album

Iconic Scene: Misa's pictures

Quotable Quotes: So even out in this wasteland, new life can grow?"

Best Character: Minmay for sassing back to Kaifun. Unfortunately we'll only sort of see this one more time before it all fades away...

Best Death: None this time.




Suffice to say, the Reconstruction Arc or After-War Arc has become a decidedly mixed bag for me. We'll see why as we go through these episodes.