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Why did the Selection University Team accept the match with Oarai in Der Film?

Someone needs to give the University Team in Der Film a good long What the Hell Hero Speech ... they're the heroes of their own story, but playing with the ridiculous set of advantages they do — thirty-to-eight odds and much more advanced equipment, in an annihilation battle — isn't remotely sporting behavior. Basically, they've agreed to be hit-women on behalf of a Obstructive Bureaucrat from MEXT. It seems none of them thought to complain, "Wait a minute! These odds make it look as if we can't win fair and square!" and refuse to go along with the official's scheme. So much for tankery making them better women.
- The head of the team, Chiyo Shimada, is much like Shiho Nishizumi, a powerful matriarch of a major tankery style with a drive to win above all else. She is using this match as an opportunity to put one over Shiho -- she calls her daughter Alice (commander of the University team, and similar in many ways to Maho and Miho) ahead of the match and specifically instructs her to "destroy the name of the Nishizumi style". The rest of the University team may be similar in character to Kuromorimine (prior to Oarai's victory), composed of enough students who believe in victory as the ultimate goal (as Erika Itsumi did -- Azumi, Mayumi, and Rumi behave this way) or who pretend to out of fear (as many other Kuromorimine commanders did) to keep the rest in line. As for tankery making people better women (or not)...yeah, the more we see of the tankery world, the more it seems that girls turn out okay in spite of it.

Why was Yukari unable to make friends until now?

Tankery is a big thing in Japan — or worldwide. There are lots of tankery fans. Yukari is cute, friendly, smart and well-read, good to have around when civilization collapses, and her interest in tanks ties into a major sport. Even though Oarai didn't have a tankery program before her second high school year, shouldn't she at least have been able to find some girls (or boys) who liked being tankery spectators and would discuss panzers with her from that angle? In the manga, particularly, other girls in the Oarai area, NOT members of the team, are shown Squeeing madly at the mere sight of St. Gloriana's "Noble Sisters" trio. "I can die now!" one of them exclaims.

Why is Saori's love life apparently non-existent?

She's pretty, with a good figure. She's a good cook. She's got a maternal personality. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her intelligence. And she's eager for male attention. What is wrong with the boys of the Oarai region that Saori doesn't have trouble deciding which young admirer to date? Has her dad maybe been doing too good a job of giving the If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her... speech?

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 * Someone needs to give the University Team in ''[[The Movie|Der Film]]'' a good long [[What the Hell Hero Speech]] ... they're the heroes of their own story, but playing with the ridiculous set of advantages they do — thirty-to-eight odds and much more advanced equipment, in an annihilation battle — isn't remotely [[Let's Fight Like Gentlemen|sporting behavior]]. Basically, they've agreed to be hit-women on behalf of a [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]] from MEXT. It seems '''none''' of them thought to complain, "Wait a minute! These odds make it look as if we can't win fair and square!" and refuse to go along with the official's scheme. So much for tankery making them better women.
 ** The head of the team, Chiyo Shimada, is much like Shiho Nishizumi, a powerful matriarch of a major tankery style with a drive to win above all else.  She is using this match as an opportunity to put one over Shiho -- she calls her daughter Alice (commander of the University team, and similar in many ways to Maho and Miho) ahead of the match and specifically instructs her to "destroy the name of the Nishizumi style".  The rest of the University team may be similar in character to Kuromorimine (prior to Oarai's victory), composed of enough students who believe in victory as the ultimate goal (as Erika Itsumi did -- Azumi, Mayumi, and Rumi behave this way) or who pretend to out of fear (as many other Kuromorimine commanders did) to keep the rest in line.  As for tankery making people better women (or not)...yeah, the more we see of the tankery world, the more it seems that girls turn out okay in spite of it.
+== Why was Yukari unable to make friends until now? ==
+* Tankery is a big thing in Japan — or worldwide. There are '''lots''' of tankery fans. Yukari is cute, friendly, smart and well-read, [[Crazy Prepared|good to have around when civilization collapses]], and her interest in tanks ties into a major sport. Even though Oarai didn't have a tankery program before her second high school year, shouldn't she at least have been able to find some girls ('''or''' boys) who liked being tankery '''spectators''' and would discuss panzers with her from that angle? In the manga, particularly, other girls in the Oarai area, '''NOT''' members of the team, are shown [[Squee]]ing madly at the mere sight of St. Gloriana's "Noble Sisters" trio. "I can die now!" one of them exclaims.
+== Why is Saori's love life apparently non-existent? ==
+* She's pretty, with a good figure. She's a good cook. [[Team Mom|She's got a maternal personality]]. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her intelligence. And she's eager for male attention. What is '''''wrong''''' with the boys of the Oarai region that Saori doesn't have trouble deciding '''which''' young admirer to date? Has her dad maybe been [[Overprotective Dad|doing too good a job]] of giving the [[If You Ever Do Anything to Hurt Her...]] speech?
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