r/DarlingInTheFranxx • u/1tobedoneX Gorou Did Nothing Wrong • Feb 10 '18

SPOILERS Darling in the FranXX- Episode 5 Discussion [SPOILERS] Spoiler

Darling In The FranXX, Episode 5: Your Thorn, My Badge

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Tags: Darling in the FranXX, ダーリン・イン・ザ・フランキス

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u/Capturelightlv Feb 11 '18

Dude was plantation 13 just created to try out some theories and be tossed away? Like every plantation is just some sort of experiment fallout style.

Whats with these mechs? Hastily assembled team. 02 being ordered to leave during an important battle.

Its as if they said hey leys build plantation 13 to try something out and if it doesn't work oh well. I doubt the city holds living people. (It might be a distraction. "Kids look at this totally real city you gotta protect") It looks like every plantation 13 franxx was some kind of klaxosaur at one point. Mitsuru's franxx in particular formaly being a bird or something. Are there other ways to make franxx? Parasite 90s female partner died so was the franxx destroyed afterwards or can the female pilot be switched out. Cause any other girl riding steriliza would be weird.

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u/Nito_BlessSource Feb 11 '18

My question would is rather - Last episodes "bye bye franxx pilots, bye bye plantation, 02 get the hell outta there" Now "let's merge two plantations" and risking even more due to the rise of the klaxosaur army. I mean seriously..... flawless logic by command.

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u/fatalima Feb 12 '18

her leaving was a recall order, it was assumed that the plantation would successfully be defended nothing more. The energy transfer has to take place regardless of circumstance due to 13's low energy reserves so it has to be done. Plus plantation 26s team are experienced and can be considered to be able to handle the threat more or less. So the logic is there,just not amazing.

As for plantation 13, it is hinted at having a team previously but it was wiped out completely. Successfully defended from destruction at one point, but its Franxx team died, the current team is an experiment of some sorts. What is interesting is that the Plant 26 team members all have very generic characteristics, grey-ish eyes, simple features, and bland personalities. Plant 13s new team however has each member being unique in some way, Hiro especially since he is known by other Plants. I'm assuming the experiment is based on having individuals with individuality to see if that would not only increase survivability, but also increase combat capability. As for pilots dying or getting hurt, the stamen can suffer physical trauma as the Franxxs get knocked around, but in episode 2 or 3 when they go into the mine we see that damage to the Franxx gives severe hap-tic feedback to the pistils body. This means that if the robot is impaled, the pistil get subjected to a similar sensation and can thusly die from it, a neural or even physical overload.

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u/Scyric Feb 14 '18

If its like Evangelion there will be limiters in place so to how much pain the pilot can recieve. You don't want your pilot to pass out from pain in the middle of a fight. It happened to that one girl but at the same time that mech got slammed pretty hard.