Thoughts
on episode 21:
Character
revealed:
Yabu
must be some kind of technical genius, approaching Spark level. There’s no other justification I can think
of for his being part of such an important mission … unless someone in the
Personnel Bureau, insane enough to believe they were in an anime, thought the
ship needed a “Cowardly Comic Relief” character.
Heyni,
the “submarine” officer under Flakken (Fraken?
Curse the transliteration issue.).
I’d begun thinking he might be some sort of Political Officer. He seemed only marginally competent; there’s
that one scene where he actually looks surprised when Flakken agrees, more or
less, with something he suggested.
Heyni being a zampolit would explain why the sub’s captain didn’t
— couldn’t — have him replaced with a more effective officer. But then Flakken feels free to criticize the
expansionist policy to him, and Heyni responds with what appears to be bitterly
jeering humor, “Where have you gone, invincible Garmillas?” (Curse the … oh, I said that already.) Not a Political Officer, then, I
should think.
He was
also clearly very disturbed, more visibly so than Flakken, at the sight
of Domel’s wife being treated as a servant … and unmistakably outraged when the
prison warden abused the Zaltzi trooper.
Granted, that might have been because it was a fighting man being pushed
around by a bloated bureaucrat, but it’s still an intriguing revelation about
him; more hidden depths to characters.
A
speculation:
Perhaps
Yuki’s resemblance to Yurisha isn’t coincidence. Suppose Yuki originally looked a bit like
Yurisha, but not nearly so close, and was surgically altered to increase the
likeness as a security measure against assassination attempts. The incident that left Yuki amnesiac and
Yurisha comatose was speculated to be a terrorist attack. If the authorities didn’t think any would-be
assassins would have the resources for an attack that could get both girls at
once, making their liaison with Yurisha into Yurisha’s double might have been
intended as a confusing measure; "Which one are we supposed to shoot?". (If
so, it didn’t work.)
Possibility
for an “imaginary” triangle, if Yuki starts wondering whether Kodai is coming
to like her princess look-alike better.
Wait,
some of the prisoners were from Gatlantis? Doesn’t that mean they’re POWs?
How do the Gammies (ethnic slurs of the enemies’ name; gotta love ‘em) who’re
still loyal to their people, if not to the regime, expect to cooperate with
enemy soldiers?
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Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.
on episode 21:
Character
revealed:
Yabu
must be some kind of technical genius, approaching Spark level. There’s no other justification I can think
of for his being part of such an important mission … unless someone in the
Personnel Bureau, insane enough to believe they were in an anime, thought the
ship needed a “Cowardly Comic Relief” character.
Heyni,
the “submarine” officer under Flakken (Fraken?
Curse the transliteration issue.).
I’d begun thinking he might be some sort of Political Officer. He seemed only marginally competent; there’s
that one scene where he actually looks surprised when Flakken agrees, more or
less, with something he suggested.
Heyni being a zampolit would explain why the sub’s captain didn’t
— couldn’t — have him replaced with a more effective officer. But then Flakken feels free to criticize the
expansionist policy to him, and Heyni responds with what appears to be bitterly
jeering humor, “Where have you gone, invincible Garmillas?” (Curse the … oh, I said that already.) Not a Political Officer, then, I
should think.
He was
also clearly very disturbed, more visibly so than Flakken, at the sight
of Domel’s wife being treated as a servant … and unmistakably outraged when the
prison warden abused the Zaltzi trooper.
Granted, that might have been because it was a fighting man being pushed
around by a bloated bureaucrat, but it’s still an intriguing revelation about
him; more hidden depths to characters.
A
speculation:
Perhaps
Yuki’s resemblance to Yurisha isn’t coincidence. Suppose Yuki originally looked a bit like
Yurisha, but not nearly so close, and was surgically altered to increase the
likeness as a security measure against assassination attempts. The incident that left Yuki amnesiac and
Yurisha comatose was speculated to be a terrorist attack. If the authorities didn’t think any would-be
assassins would have the resources for an attack that could get both girls at
once, making their liaison with Yurisha into Yurisha’s double might have been
intended as a confusing measure; "Which one are we supposed to shoot?". (If
so, it didn’t work.)
Possibility
for an “imaginary” triangle, if Yuki starts wondering whether Kodai is coming
to like her princess look-alike better.
Wait,
some of the prisoners were from Gatlantis? Doesn’t that mean they’re POWs?
How do the Gammies (ethnic slurs of the enemies’ name; gotta love ‘em) who’re
still loyal to their people, if not to the regime, expect to cooperate with
enemy soldiers?
-----
Big Brother is watching you. And damn, you are so bloody BORING.