On this day, The Philippines got fucked.

"Wheelerguy" (wheelerguy) 12/08/2015 at 02:30 • Filed to: Japanese occupation of the Philippines, Never Forget

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OK, not like PHI was already tangled in an unnecessary but surprisingly beneficial affair with ‘Murica, but the level of screwing !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! is unnerving and devastating.

Good thing MacArthur did return and kept supplying guerillas by sub until it was prime time in ‘44.

And also, PHI and JPN are good friends now, and work together to stand long enough against earthquakes, tsunamis, and hurricanes, along with varied bullshit and high-level Kaiju.

Car and two of my favorite Gundam for your time.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Wheelerguy 12/08/2015 at 02:59

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mmmmmmmm.

racecar!

Berang > Wheelerguy 12/08/2015 at 03:27

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It feels like the Philipines just can’t get a break from bad governments.

Wheelerguy > Berang 12/08/2015 at 03:51

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Filipino here, can confirm. But hey, it’s a bit livable somewhat. Either you adapt or beat the system or stay stuck at beyond impoverished.

I do think that we had a good government, under this man, Ramon Magsaysay . Too bad his good term got cut short when his plane crashed.

Wheelerguy > pip bip - choose Corrour 12/08/2015 at 03:52

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Also, Surtees.

Jilkon > Wheelerguy 12/09/2015 at 04:21

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Strike Freedom? Really? I mean Unicorn sure, but Strike Freedom? Reform now, and replace it with God Gundam.

Wheelerguy > Jilkon 12/09/2015 at 07:57

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Hey, now, that’s not right. And the first Gundam show I saw was SEED (dubbed in Tagalog, naturally), SEED Destiny, Wing, 00 and no more because the local free TV network stopped airing.

Strike Freedom is just no. 5 for me. I just saw the art and thought: Oohhh, multi-beams.

Full ranking, based on what little I know:

Turn A Moonlight Butterfly

God Gundam

Destroy

Unicorn

Strike Freedom

(tie) Raiser and Sefer Rasiel

whatever Athrun Zala is having

Pretty much there. The rest are unranked because I haven’t seen them all and I ain’t got time for dat.

Jilkon > Wheelerguy 12/09/2015 at 08:32

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Okay, fine :P. Is that Destroy as in Destroy Gundam (the wonky thing from Seed)?

Athrun uses the Infinite Justice Gundam (usually just called Justice).

So basically, more beams = better?

Menandz Mags > Wheelerguy 12/10/2015 at 03:00

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Oh man. Every time I pass the Lawton area, I try to imagine how beautiful Manila was before the war.

Then these evil Japs came and poured blood all over the place. The horrific stories make me cringe.

Wheelerguy > Menandz Mags 12/10/2015 at 03:11

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I do, too, when I do these far-out bike trips where I bomb streets, intentionally getting lost and do the Clarksonian “Loser” signs to everyone stuck in gridlock (please do not try this!). When I encountered Escolta and the enighboring districts I was struck by the beauty of it all, and then imagined myself in ‘43 frenetically hiding and running, scared shitless of the invaders.

Menandz Mags > Wheelerguy 12/10/2015 at 03:18

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It will be more painful if you compare old pictures of Manila. It was then called the Paris of the East.

Well, even if they hide, the Japs sought them out and killed them brutally. Thank goodness we were not there at the time!