Season 10, Episode 10: In the Ruins of This Beautiful Place (Patreon)
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This week on MSB, Uso makes a serious error and it nearly costs him that which he holds most dear (the opportunity to see Katejina again), Haro demonstrates remarkable emotional intelligence, Dupre discovers the price of humanity in wartime, and Oliver gets some practice acting like a husband and a father. (Imagine that I said that last part in a really ominous tone of voice.)
Research this week focuses on sub flight systems and wear they get their names (it's mostly shoes).
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Show Notes
The Nishimura Nobuyoshi (西村誠芳) interview by Matteo Watzky that Thom mentioned during the opening is available translated into English here, or in the original Japanese here.
The 'Setters' as they appear in Victory:
General information about sub-flight systems in the Universal Century can be found on the 「サブフライトシステム」 Japanese Wikipedia page. There are individual pages for the 'Base Jabber' (ベースジャバー) and 'Dodai' (ドダイ).
Bandai made a toy of the Setter (セッター) in 1993 as part of the 'MS in Pocket' line of pre-assembled action figures:
The Japanese Wikipedia page for setta shoes (雪駄) has basic information about their design.
This English-language page from Tozando, an exporter that focuses on selling traditional Japanese handicrafts to the international market, talks about the different origin stories for setta.
This English-language page from a different importer of Japanese goods, Nihon Ichiban, offers some more practical information about setta, like how to wear them, and a different version of the story about their invention by Sen no Rikyuu (千利休) (they'd also be happy to sell you a pair).
This page from the Nara-based setta manufacturer YAMATO KOBO has some neat photos of setta in production and in use as everyday shoes by a variety of people on the street.
The purported invention of setta by Sen no Rikyuu comes up briefly in Japanese Tea Culture: The Heart and Form of Chanoyu by Kumakura Isao (trans. Martha J. McClintock), available online here.
Japanese-language pages about setta include:
This one from festival supply company Hashimotoya
This one from rival festival supply company Matsuri Sumitaya.
This one from specialist sandal store Getaya
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