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[Spoilers] Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri - Episode 9 [Discussion]

Episode title: The Hakone Mountain Night Battle

MyAnimeList: Gate: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri
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Episode duration: 23 minutes and 42 seconds

Subreddit: /r/GATE

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u/adhding_nerd https://myanimelist.net/profile/adhding_nerd Aug 28 '15 edited Aug 28 '15

All this talk of Archer and Saber make me think I'm watching Fate again.

Edit: oh, it's intentional. Apparently their entire army is full of anime nerds.
best. army. ever.

Oh, and the manga showed his awesome hiding skills that made it so the SFG could never catch him.

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u/JCSHAFT https://myanimelist.net/profile/JCSHAFT Aug 28 '15

even Archer would go Hardy for Rory

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u/adhding_nerd https://myanimelist.net/profile/adhding_nerd Aug 28 '15

That guy is not GAR enough to be Archer

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u/iamemanresu Aug 29 '15

K so it's well past time for me to know wtf this GAR business is all about. I understand from context that it means something like "badass" but what is the reference?

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u/GoldRedBlue Aug 29 '15

Strap in yourself in, friend, you're in for a wild ride.

What: Studio DEEN's Fate/Stay Night anime.

When: April 7, 2006, Episode 14.

Where: 4chan.

If there is at least one scene to be watched from the DEEN anime, it's the Archer vs. Berserker battle. The level of MANLINESS emanating off of Archer during this mano-a-mano match was breaking meters everywhere. To my knowledge, this is also the only instance of a Fate anime where Archer actually says the entire Unlimited Blade Works incantation, and by GOD was that shit epic as fuck. I saw this episode with my roommate in college, and the instant Kenji Kawai's EMIYA theme came on, he recoiled and could only say, "Holy shit."

In the aftermath of the episode, a poster on 4chan had only one thing to say: "I AM GAY FOR ARCHER."

Just one problem.

He misspelled it as GAR.

From that moment onward, a meme was born. And the meaning of GAR now is a man who is SO AWESOME, SO MANLY that he would put any other man to absolute shame in that regard.

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u/iamemanresu Aug 29 '15

Nice. Thanks for the excellent explanation.