It's possible that Sucy in episode 8 knew she wasn't really poisoning Luluco, and did that on purpose, in order to get her closer to Nova and prompt her First Kiss. After all, in the film she comes from, she melted a minotaur into nothingness with just a small potion, so it's unlikely that she misjudged so grossly the effect of her mushrooms. Also, she smirks a little after their kiss.
Alpha Omega Nova seems smart enough to understand exactly how Luluco feels about him, but he's so passive and calm that it's rather unclear whether he's an example of Oblivious to Love or if he's actually being manipulative in some way. What is he thinking? Turns out his passive pretty-boyness creating a shallow attraction was entirely part of the Blackholeians' plans.
invoked Also, given the nature of his species, is he more of a Neutral-allingedPunch-Clock Villain who doesn't have any emotions towards the Blackholeians either?
One that the show actually discusses: Is Luluco's crush on Nova a pathetic and superficial one as The Commissioner said it was, or is it just a harmless, pure-hearted middle school crush?
Some have taken the Commissioner's speech in episode 10 as criticizing both male and female otaku for having an attraction to shallow characters that don't have much to them beyond a pretty face. In other words, equating it to a middle schooler's worthless one-sided crush.
Thanks to Luluco's reveal as Trigger-chan, The entire series inspired the idea that it could apply to TRIGGER as a studio itself. It fell in love with something anime fans would deem "worthless" - i.e. something with all style and no substance, and, through looking back on its old works, managed to pump it full of so much love it came into its own.
Epileptic Trees: Three theories spawned from episode 12 on who Nova really is, based on the scars all over his body:
Nova is a First Generation Kiznaiver. This is explained by the scar on his back that resembles a Kizna Emblem, which explains why he has no emotion to begin with.
Nova is a resurrected Panty Anarchy. His identical scars make it seem like he had wings that were ripped off, which alludes to Panty's Fallen Angel nature, and the scar on his forehead is the same place where Panty got stabbed by Stocking. Not to mention he shares the same hair and eye color as her. That one ended up being Jossed, as Nova actually meets a fully resurrected Panty in a later book. Although it's possible that he's just a Fallen Angel with his wings ripped off, perhaps to disguise the fact that he used to be one. Panty did mention that there were guys in heaven, after all.
Nova is a member of Southern Cross. Fans use the aforementioned scar on his forehead as proof, since all Southern Cross members carry a similar mark.
Fandom Rivalry: Luluco fans have a one-sided rivalry with fans of Kiznaiver, the other Trigger anime that's been airing during its run. Fans who like Luluco exclusively are very hostile towards Kiznaiver'sDarker and Edgier premise, but fans of Kiznaiver tend to also like Luluco.
Fan Nickname: Thanks the sheer amount of references and crossovers to other works, the show started getting the nickname "Trigger Phantasm", with the world the show takes place in known as the "Trigger Cinematic Universe". Not helped by that Luluco is LITERALLY Trigger-chan.
The mere implication of a shared Trigger multiverse alone has opened a ton of possibilities for fanfic writers and has kickstarted many crossover fics with the many characters from Trigger works interacting with each other and tying the various works together. Many of these works often also include the likes of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt as well due to them being made by the same creative team, including it's director, despite neither being owned by Trigger. The fact that Nova ends up landing in the latter's world in an unofficial sequel comic by the staff definitely helps.
Keiji telling Luluco to go find Nova and bring him back, even if he's really stuck up on Luluco getting a boyfriend early.
Akko and Luluco high-fiving at the end of the series. As this show comes during the fifth anniversary of Trigger, the girls' enthusiasm matches the audience's own, as we see just how far it has come as a studio.
This parody article "confirmed" that Luluco is a sequel to Kill la Kill. Come episode seven...and that would be exactly confirmed by showing a planet full of life fibers.
The show's art style drew some comparisons to Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. Then it was revealed that Nova ended up in the Panty & Stocking universe after the final episode via a dubiously canon doujinshi by the staff.
The fact that Lalaco is a pirate becomes hilarious when you consider the fact that the Japanese voice actress for Luluco has also portrayed a pirate-themed character.
What's more, later on, her voice actress will go on to voice a Galactic Savior Sentai member as well, meaning that she now voices Sentai alumini with her father and her mother's occupations.
The unofficial sequel doujin by the show's staff has Nova land in the world of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt, acting as a Stealth Sequel to it. Several years later in 2021, TRIGGER (the studio behind Space Patrol Luluco) would quietly acquire the rights to Panty and Stocking from Gainax and then go on to announce a proper second season of the show a year later.
The fans who joked and actually theorized about Kill la Kill finding a sequel in this series turned out to be right, after the heroes found themselves at another Life Fiber controlled planet and Lalaco having access to a Life Fiber coat.
The fans who thought that the series would just be an advertisement for their next animated work were also right, as the show ended with Luluco high fiving Akko Kagari, along with the announcement for the Little Witch Academia TV Series.
Inferred Holocaust: When the Space Patrol burn up the planet KLK-X, they are the only ship seen escaping from the disaster, even though there were crowds of innocent bystanders on the planet. Did the heroes leave all of them to burn to death?
Luluco eating toastExplanation The brief shot of Luluco uneasily munching on a piece of toast caught on as a template for memes with other characters substituted.
Moe: Luluco is so adorable it hurts, especially with her pure and naive crush on Nova.
Shocking Moments: Between something spoilerific or just weird happening every episode, and the episodes' short lengths, this show is naturally highly saturated in "holy shit" moments.
Episode 12 in its entirety: Lalaco shows up for her daughter's supposed funeral, she and her crew obliterate the Blackholian guards, then she restores to normal her ex-husband Keiji, whose Gunmorphing form is a cannon with a Wave-Motion Gun, and then lends her daughter her entire spaceship to try and find Nova! While the others, including the secretary who wields a morphed Over Justice as a shotgun, annihilate the remaining Blackholians, Luluco meets Nova and a more mature and determined Luluco uses The Power of Love on him to let him finally experience emotions, gain an Aflutter Jewel of its own and break free from the Blackholeian leader's clutch. Not to be undone, the B-Hole turns into a huge monstrous form during the credits, but now that Luluco confessed and Nova accepted her declaration, their Jewels have merged and they will arrest him as a Battle Couple. Wow!
Episode 10 in which Luluco learns she's been utterly manipulated and betrayed by Nova and that her first love was completely shallow and worthless, so that she literally dies of a broken heart. Poor girl cries so pitifully before having her life end at 13 in such a cruel fashion.
Midori has an interesting visual design, Mayumi Shintani's iconic raspy voice, but for being a main character her role in the end is a minor one. Sure, her illegal black hole app was important to the plot, but we almost never see her in action, the Love Triangle she was a part of lasts a very short time, and the fact that she's both a Half-Human Hybrid and descended from royalty is inconsequential (in fact, it's not even mentioned in-story). Partly justified in that the series narrates a love story, and this is not her story.
Given that Episode 8 is a crossover with Little Witch Academia, it is a bit disappointing that Sucy is the only LWA character to appear in the episode, as it would have been interesting and potentially fun to see how Akko and Lotte would have reacted to Luluco and Nova's presence. While Akko does appear in the very last scene of the show, it was a very short and quick appearance that primarily served as a teaser and announcement for her then-upcoming series.
In episode 9, Luluco goes to the world of SEX and VIOLENCE with MACHSPEED, a lesser-known short directed by Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Considering she didn't appear at all in the episode set in her world, many were surprised to see Akko high five Trigger-chan in the very last scene of episode 13.
The unofficial sequel doujin by the staff reveals that Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt is also a part of the Trigger shared universe, which while unofficial (for obvious reasons), is still rather surprising to see, given that at the time, they weren't officially owned by Trigger, but by Gainax (Trigger would eventually acquire the rights to the show in 2021).
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