Alexis encouraging Akane here becomes much funnier once you remember his motivations for giving her power in the first place.
He's deliberately setting her up for failure and disappointment in order to make her feel maximum despair.
Hahaha! Indeed, Akane-kun!Mazinger Z? Getter Robo? Aren't these, like, old-ass Showa era robots? Hehehe (lol)As if my kaiju could ever lose to that (lol)