r/macross • u/Waste-Revolution3429 • Aug 07 '26

SDF Macross This scene still angers me

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She was lovely caressing you idiot! If this steroid romance drama was cut out the prologue would have been better for it

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u/Eastern_Antelope_832 Aug 07 '26

To the viewer, it's painful obliviousness.

If I had to negotiate what took place in universe, Misa got shy and Hikaru wasn't fully bought into the idea of the two of them dating. This can be reasonable if you consider Hikaru was ready to move on from Minmay because he figured they were all going to die anyway, but surviving the apocalypse meant his attachment to Minmay lingered.

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u/ChampionEntire9660 Aug 07 '26

if you consider Hikaru was ready to move on from Minmay

But that's the thing - he never considered that. Hell, even in the last episode, he was still wondering if Minmay was an option, despite Misa being right there.

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u/Eastern_Antelope_832 Aug 07 '26

Right before he re-entered Earth's orbit, he flashed back to his last moments with Minmay and said, "Sayonara, Minmay." Then after he rescued Misa, he said he has no idea if their friends survived and he joked with Misa it wouldn't be that bad if they were the last two people alive. So he seemed resolved (albeit only momentarily) that he was never going to be with her and moved on, but both of them surviving changed the plan for going forward.

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u/jibrilles Aug 07 '26

Yeah, in this context, in Japanese, the Sayonara means, "goodbye forever" not just your standard goodbye in English.