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- "Vive la... BC!"
- ―Marie, Oshida & Andou
Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 (ガールズ&パンツァー 最終章 第2話) is the second part of the six-part theatrical film series.
Plot
Ooarai vs. BC - second round
- Main article: Ooarai Girls Academy vs. BC Freedom High School
The episode starts from where episode one left off, with the BC team marching in formation on the battlefield. Commander Marie discusses strategy with her two vice-commanders Andou of the Examination faction and Oshida of the Escalator faction. The latter two exchange compliments and apologize for the insults they gave to one another in the past. The talk is put to an end when Ooarai tanks hidden in the forest open fire on them. BC Freedom suspect Ooarai of trying to provoke them and lure them into a trap, so they disengage and withdraw into a bocage, an area of mixed woodland and pasture.
Meanwhile, the Ooarai team regroups to discuss on how best to proceed. Yukari theorizes that, despite the fact that the BC team's quarrels were just a farce to deceive them, outside of the sensha-dō team the Escalator and Examination factions still harbor animosity. The unity displayed so far may be limited solely to shared interest of beating Ooarai. Saori notes that the Char B1 of Mallard Team looks very similar to the SOMUA S35. With this in mind, a plan is formulated to deceive their adversaries.
The bocage where BC decided to make a stand
The BC Freedom deploys to key points around the bocage, while Marie leaves her team to it and enjoys a picnic with her crew in a safe location. Andou spots Ooarai team approaching from one of the main roads, expressing surprise at their apparently simplistic approach. Leopon Team, Rabbit Team and Shark Team exchange fire with BC's tanks. Unbeknownst to the BC students, this is just a smoke and mirror tactic. Ooarai shoots passages into the hedge rows to create alternate passages with which to flank around undetected. BC Freedom's tanks are carefully scouted out, and from that, Miho deduces the likely location of the enemy flag tank
Mallard Team sneak deep behind enemy lines. With their turret repainted with the colours of BC Freedom and the high bushes concealing the rest of their vehicle, they begin taking non-lethal pot shots the ARL 44 tanks from behind. The Escalator students fall for the ruse, and conflict erupts between the two factions of the French school. Two SOMUA and two ARL 44 are knocked out, with any thought of fighting Ooarai completely forgotten.
Marie realizing her teammates are fighting among each other
It takes some time before Marie realises that the sounds of combat in the background is actually friendly fire. Leaping into her FT-17, she rushes to literally put the tank between the two factions to prevent them from wiping each other out. Mallard Team takes another shot, but Marie is now able to have Oshida count the Examination tanks that are have been knocked out and remain, uncovering the ruse. The remnants of the BC team chase down Mallard Team and knock it out shortly after. Both Andou and Oshida apologize to each other for the misunderstanding.
Marie's flag tank moments before getting knock out
At this point, the severely depleted BC force is completely surrounded, hemmed in by the bocage that should have been their fortress. Multiple breakout attempts are blocked by Ooarai's tanks, and Marie's escorts are knocked out one by one. Although Rabbit Team, Duck Team and Anteater Team are lost in the fighting, at this point Marie knows that her only hope is to land a hit on Ooarai's Hetzer flag tank. She latches onto the tail of the Hetzer, but succeeds only in running into an encirclement of Anglerfish Team, Leopon Team and Shark Team. With the match but a single shot away from its conclusion, Marie only has the time to eat a forkful of one her sweets in her usual calm and dignified attitude before being knocked out.
Aftermath
Shortly after the end of the match Andou and Oshida apologize to Azumi for losing the match despite the fact that BC Freedom High School was among the top four schools when the latter was attending. Azumi encourages the two girls, saying that if they keep working together and trusting in each other they will become many times stronger than they are now. Oshida wonders aloud at Marie's absence; the commander is busy offering a banquet full of sweets to the Ooarai students. Miho thanks Marie for the fun match, the latter replying it was as fun as the “beginning of a revolution" and promising next time her school will be “offering a revolution" to Miho.
A break before the next battle
Miho and Alice talking at the Boko Museum
There is still some free time to burn before the Ooarai school ship departs. Mallard team is on attendance duty. Anteater Team plays videogames. Shark Team goes fishing whilst the Rabbit Team observe critically. Turtle Team visit a Zaza Coffee. Leopon team checks out a car on sale. Anglerfish Team go out for crepes, with the exception of Miho, who has gone to the Boko Museum with Alice. After enjoying several themed rides, at dinner together Miho asks Alice if she has already chosen a school. Alice hasn't picked one yet, though she expresses her desire for a re-match with Miho when she does.
Duck Team sharing food and talking with Fukuda
In the meantime, Duck Team meet Fukuda of the Chi-Ha-Tan Academy in a diner for tarashi-yaki. Fukuda congratulates them on their victory in the first match and asks if they have any advice for Chi-Ha-Tan Academy's upcoming first round match against Koala Forest High School. The Duck Team decide that such a difficult question is best answered on a full stomach, and they talk about the preparation of the tarashi-yaki instead. Regardless, Fukuda hears the conversation as nothing but metaphors on how to do better in Sensha-dō.
Chi-Ha Tan vs. Koala Forest
Wallaby asking orders from commander Koala
Soon afterwards, Chi-Ha-Tan enter battle with Koala Forest. Inside an AC Sentinel Koala's vice commander, Wallaby, listens to her commander, who is an actual koala. The commander advises them of Chi-Ha-Tan's immemorial frontal charging strategy, and suggests that Koala Forest find an advantageous place from which to ambush them. With Koala Forest's tanks thus deployed, they soon spot Chi-Ha-Tan tanks charging towards them. As the Chi-Ha-Tan tanks disappear in a shallow dip, the Koala Forest gunners prepare a salvo for when they crest the ridge. No targets reappear, however, leaving the Koala Forest students with nothing but a suspicious silence.
Momo's family
Saori spending some time with Momo and her siblings
Back on the Ooarai school ship Saori accompanies Momo to a copy shop for some work for the student council. Inside the shop they are welcomed by a middle-aged man who tells Momo where to find the stuff they need. Shortly after a woman, apparently in a state of ill health, approaches and welcomes the two girls, with Momo addressing her as "mom", followed by five kids of various ages greeting Momo with joy. It is only at that point that Saori realizes they are Momo's family, having never met them before now. Saori spends some time with Momo and her family. She observes Momo's care towards her younger siblings and notes that her family is not a wealthy one. Hana, Mako, Yukari and Saori later talk about Momo's situation regarding her family and comment that she'll have difficulties attending a university under those circumstances.
The Ooarai students soon learn that Chi-Ha-Tan Academy will be their next opponents, having defeated Koala Forest High School. Yukari praises the Chi-Ha-Tan girls for managing to pass the first round after a long time of defeats while Momo stated it will be an easy win since all they can do is charge. Miho however suggests not to underestimate Chi-Ha-Tan Academy as they did with BC Freedom; Momo agrees with Miho and apologizes for her overconfidence. Yukari wonders aloud how the rest of the tournament is proceeding.
The other school's matches
Maginot tanks knock out by Kuromorimine
On a distant battlefield, Kuromorimine Girls Academy, now commanded by Erika, overruns Maginot Academy's fortified position. In a snow landscape filled with tree pines Pravda Girls High School conduct a radio-silent ambush on Viking Fisheries High School, swiftly knocking out their flag tank. On a rocky desert terrain, a the last Pz. IIs of the Blue Division High School retreat through the wrecks of their immobilized teammates. Saunders' Shermans are hot on their tail, but it is Naomi's Firefly which snipes the Blue Division flag tank at extreme range.
St. Gloriana defeating Waffle Academy
On a road leading to a bridge, Waffle Academy fend off a charge from a St. Gloriana Crusader, but lose their flag tank immediately after to a shot from Darjeeling's Churchill. Out in a sandy desert terrain a handful of Yogurt Academy's Pz. 38(t)s charge head-to-head against Jatkosota's BT-42, which manages to bypass all its adversaries and knock out Yogurt's flag tank from behind. In an urban area Bonple's flag tank is swarmed by Anzio's CV. 33 tankettes, holding it in place until Anchovy's P40 drives up into point-blank-range and finishes the job.
Ooarai vs. Chi-Ha Tan
- Main article: Ooarai Girls Academy vs. Chi-Ha-Tan Academy
The match grounds of the second round of the 41st Winter Continuous Track Cup.
The match between Ooarai and Chi-Ha Tan is about to begin, with the crowds filling the stands and Miho and Nishi greeting and wishing each other a good match to each other before starting the battle. The terrain is a dense tropical forest, making the movements hard for Ooarai. Miho agrees with Momo's proposal to going up a hill and taking a defensive position against Chi-Ha-Tan's charges, but the latter harass them with hit-and-run tactics, managing to knock out Shark Team in process. Ooarai, surprised frustrated by the unexpected strategy, decide to give up on the hill and take a stand at the shores of a lake.
Chi-Ha-Tan trapped!
However, Chi-Ha Tan surprise Ooarai once more when a couple of amphibious Type 2 Ka-Mi open fire from the lake at their back, forcing Ooarai to split their fire on two fronts and thus allowing the Chi-Ha-Tan main force to get within range of Ooarai's flag tank. The sacrifice of Leopon Team and Mallard Team keep the flag tank alive, although Hamada is taken out in return. Chi-Ha-Tan withdraw back into the jungle, with Ooarai in pursuit. Eventually, Ooarai manage to lure the entire Chi-Ha-Tan team into a deep and muddy trench. Ooarai tanks fire down from the high ground, with the Chi-Ha-Tan tanks struggling to advance up the steep walls.
Chi-Ha-Tan retreat to fight another day
Nishi surprises everyone in their team when she orders to retreat, claiming that they need to change their way of fighting and that a battle is about seizing opportunities and buying time. Taking advantage of their tanks' speed, Chi-Ha Tan escape up the unengaged side of the trench, getting out just before Ooarai can complete an encirclement. The episode ends with the match between Ooarai and Chi-Ha-Tan still unfinished.
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Characters Introduced
Main Events
- Ooarai defeats BC Freedom and advances to the quarter-finals
- Miho and Alice visit the newly restored Boko Museum.
- As continuation from events in OVA 8, Alice still hasn't decided to which school she may go.
- Momo introduces her family to Saori.
- During a short montage, the tournament proceeds as follows:
- Maginot is defeated by Kuromorimine.
- Koala Forest is defeated by Chi-Ha-Tan.
- Viking Fisheries is defeated by Pravda.
- Blue Division is defeated by Saunders.
- Waffle is defeated by St. Gloriana.
- Yogurt is defeated by Jatkosota.
- Bonple is defeated by Anzio.
- Ooarai faces Chi-Ha-Tan Academy in the quarter-finals of the Winter Continuous Track Cup.
Tanks Appearing
- PzKpfw IV Ausf.H
- SdKfz 138/2 Jagdpanzer 38 'Hetzer'
- Type 89B I-Go Otsu
- SturmGeschütz III Ausf.F
- M3 Lee
- Renault Char B1 bis
- VK4501 Porsche Tiger
- Type 3 Chi-Nu
- M4 Sherman
- Renault FT-17
- ARL 44
- Panther
- Jagdpanther
- Tiger II
- Jagdpanzer
- Jagdtiger
- Panzer III
- M24 Chaffee
- T-34
- IS-2
- Panzer IIF
- M4 Sherman
- M4A1(W) Sherman
- Sherman VC Firefly
- Crusader
- Churchill
- Panzer 38(t)
- BT-42
- CV.33
- Semovente da 75/18
- P26/40
- 7TP
- Sentinel AC.I
- R35
- Neubaufahrzeug
- CV.35
- Verdeja II
- Panzer I Ausf.B
- AMC-35
- T-15
- TK Tankette
- Type 2 Ka-Mi
- Laffly W15 T (Non-combat vehicle)
- Kurogane Type 95 (Non-combat vehicle)
- Kawasaki Ki-78 Ken III (Non-combat vehicle)
- Yokosuka P1Y2S Ginga "Frances" (Non-combat vehicle)
- Fi-156 Storch (Non-combat vehicle)
- Kawasaki OH-1 (Non-combat vehicle)
- Type 10 (Cameo, not participating in the match)
- O-I Superheavy tank (Not participating in the match)
- Cierva W.11 Air Horse (Non-combat vehicle)
- Mitsubishi Ki-46 III Kai (Non-combat vehicle)
Trivia
- The opening is the same as Part 1, with the exception of the addition of both Shark Team and BC Freedom Academy.
- BC Freedom's motto "Vive la... BC!" (Long Live... BC!) is a reference to the French motto "Vive la France!" (Long Live France!) and "Vive la Resistance!", which was the motto for the French Resistance.
- The bocage maze is a reference to the Normandy Bocage where German defenders effectively fought Allied forces due to the thickness of vegetation.
- The house with the watermill where Marie has a picnic is a reference to Hameau de la Reine, a rustic complex located in the gardens of Versailles that Marie Antoinette used as a respite from the daily life at court.
- BC Freedom engaging in friendly fire caused by a false-flag operation by the B1 bis having the same turret as a SOMUA S35 is a reference to Ribbon Warrior's version of BC Freedom, who fall for the same trick by Centipede Team.
- Similar to the after-credits scene of the Anzio OVA, the Anzio girls have slept through the entire match and only wake up after it is over.
- The café visited by Momo, Anzu and Yuzu, Zaza's Coffee, is based on the real life brand "Zaza Espresso Bar Gelato".
- Many of Boko Museum attractions are references to real Disney attractions:
- Big Thunder Bokontain: Big Thunder Mountain
- Star Boko: Star Tours
- Boko of the Caribbean: Pirates of the Caribbean
- Boko Electrical Parade: Main Street Electrical Parade
- Boko Museum Annual Passport: Disneyland Resort Annual Passport
- When Miho and Alice are eating together at the Boko Museum, Alice is sitting sideways on the Wojtek/Boko ride that she found and claimed from the amusement park in Der Film, and is later seen donating to the Museum.
- During the meal between Duck Team and Fukuda, there is a poster of a 0% Dark Rum Bocordí - a Boko reference from the real life rum Bacardí.
- One of the posters feature the unrealized Project Habakkuk, a British project to build an aircraft carrier made out of Pykrete.
- During the meal, a Pravda recruitment poster inspired from a 1920 Russian Civil War propaganda poster can also be seen.
- Another poster behind Fukuda shows the Brandenburg Gate, the Arc de Triomphe, the 1911 revision of the 1906 HMS Dreadnought and the Finnish Parola Tank Museum.
- When Momo returns to her home to see her family, all her young siblings cheerfully call her "Momo-chan" without Momo appearing upset at all, though the same pet-name infuriates Momo when Yuzu and Anzu use it.
- The area where Maginot Girls' Academy tanks are entrenched during the match against Kuromorimine Girls Academy bears a striking resemblance with the school's namesake, the Maginot Line.
- Rounds retractable MG turrets can also be seen, which was a feature unique to Maginot Line.
- The bunker in the back looks like a Maginot Line bunker's ammunitions entrance.
- Dragon's teeth fortifications were also used by the Maginot Line to impede tanks movement, although it was more extensively used by Germany on the Siegfried Line.
- The shot where Viking Fisheries' Neubaufahrzeug is destroyed is similar to when the KV-2 is destroyed during Episode 8.
- The Neubaufahrzeug being destroyed by Russian tanks might be a reference to unfounded rumors stating that, after the Battle of Norway, the Neubaufahrzeug were used during Operation Barbarossa and destroyed.
- During the Saunders vs. Blue Division High School match, Naomi knocks out the flag tank with a long shot fired from atop a hill. This is reminiscent of Anglerfish Team's white-flagging Saunder's flag tank using a similar strategy in Episode 6.
- The bridge featured in the match between St. Gloriana Girls College and Waffle Academy is very similar to the Arnhem Bridge, called the John Frost Bridge in honor of the British Commander that defended the bridge during the Battle of Arnhem - it is also the titular bridge in the 1977 film A Bridge Too Far.
- Anzio pinning down Bonple's flag tank by dog-piling CV-33s on top of it (Operation "French Curve") could have been inspired by how Duck Team blocked the Maus's turret in Episode 12.
- The Mark IV is taken out due to its flag being highly visible, just like Hippo Team in Episode 4.
- When eating during the battle against Chi-Ha-Tan Academy, the Anglerfish Team have a few real-world canteens. From left to right, they use a British WWII model and 1950s American and West German versions.
- Miho mentioning that Chi-Ha-Tan might attack at night is a reference to the Battle of Guadalcanal, in which Japanese forces had a few decisive nighttime naval victories.
- The "Charge Ballad" sang by Chi-Ha-Tan is based on a song by The Drifters.
- The Ka-Mi is the first amphibious tank to be shown in the series.
- The B1 bis is destroyed via a shot through the air duct, an alleged (but infamous) weak point of the tank.
- The ending song presents a chibi version of Marie, Andou and Oshida with their FT-17, SOMUA S35 and ARL 44.
Gallery
| Girls und Panzer Anime | |
|---|---|
| First Anime Season Episodes | Episode 1 ♦ Episode 2 ♦ Episode 3 ♦ Episode 4 ♦ Episode 5 ♦ Episode 6 ♦ Episode 7 ♦ Episode 8 ♦ Episode 9 ♦ Episode 10 ♦ Episode 11 ♦ Episode 12 |
| Recap Episodes | Episode 5.5 ♦ Episode 10.5 |
| OVA Episodes | OVA 1 ♦ OVA 2 ♦ OVA 3 ♦ OVA 4 ♦ OVA 5 ♦ OVA 6 ♦ OVA 7 ♦ OVA 8 ♦ OVA 9 ♦ OVA 10 |
| Animated Movie | Girls und Panzer der Film |
| Final Chapter | Part 1 ♦ Part 2 ♦ Part 3 ♦ Part 4 ♦ Part 5 ♦ Part 6 |