Where I watch Episode 11 of Simoun
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cypsiman2Major highlight of the episode, Mamiina being all tsundere with Rodoream.
Okay, okay, this episode is basically focused almost exclusively on Floe and explores more of the themes of the militarization of the sacred and holy. The plot of it is that Choir Tempest is called upon to transport troops to reclaim the town of Ulba, and Floe connects with one of the soldiers, Mastif. Mastif is very nervous throughout, Parietta and Alti tell Floe to knock it off, and all throughout I keep thinking that there's a big bulls-eye on Mastif's forehead. Doesn't get much better when he tells Floe that he joined the military to take back his hometown of Ulba and starts describing how beautiful the tower dedicated to Tempus Spatium in the middle of town is.
Oh, and the means for the transports is for them to get into these big metal boxes and have the Simoun carry them to the drop site, which is about as undignified and un-sacred as you can be, but hey, that is the inevitable consequence of war, now isn't it? After dropping the troops off, it is quickly discovered that the enemy was prepared and was lying in wait for an ambush. The Sibylle Simoun try to back the troops up, dropping the big metal boxes on enemy tanks and firing their machine guns, but in the end, in order to win they'll have to use the Ri Maarjon, which will trash the town. Floe is caught between wanting to protect Mastif and wanting to protect the town that he loves, but ultimately goes for protecting Mastif.
The enemy is wiped out, but so is a huge chunk of the town, including the aforementioned tower. Mastif falls to his knees and declares that the Simoun are not "Chariots of the Gods", but are demons, and then his commanding officer orders him to get up.
So there's a bit of a 'break the cutie' thing going on here too, where Floe and Mastif's idealism about who they are and what they're doing gets shattered into a million pieces. Now, to see what the fallout of all this will be, that's the interesting part.
Okay, okay, this episode is basically focused almost exclusively on Floe and explores more of the themes of the militarization of the sacred and holy. The plot of it is that Choir Tempest is called upon to transport troops to reclaim the town of Ulba, and Floe connects with one of the soldiers, Mastif. Mastif is very nervous throughout, Parietta and Alti tell Floe to knock it off, and all throughout I keep thinking that there's a big bulls-eye on Mastif's forehead. Doesn't get much better when he tells Floe that he joined the military to take back his hometown of Ulba and starts describing how beautiful the tower dedicated to Tempus Spatium in the middle of town is.
Oh, and the means for the transports is for them to get into these big metal boxes and have the Simoun carry them to the drop site, which is about as undignified and un-sacred as you can be, but hey, that is the inevitable consequence of war, now isn't it? After dropping the troops off, it is quickly discovered that the enemy was prepared and was lying in wait for an ambush. The Sibylle Simoun try to back the troops up, dropping the big metal boxes on enemy tanks and firing their machine guns, but in the end, in order to win they'll have to use the Ri Maarjon, which will trash the town. Floe is caught between wanting to protect Mastif and wanting to protect the town that he loves, but ultimately goes for protecting Mastif.
The enemy is wiped out, but so is a huge chunk of the town, including the aforementioned tower. Mastif falls to his knees and declares that the Simoun are not "Chariots of the Gods", but are demons, and then his commanding officer orders him to get up.
So there's a bit of a 'break the cutie' thing going on here too, where Floe and Mastif's idealism about who they are and what they're doing gets shattered into a million pieces. Now, to see what the fallout of all this will be, that's the interesting part.
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Date: 2010-06-04 02:45 am (UTC)Still, carrying troops around in big metal boxes carried by your most powerful weapons? The theocracy probably should have branched out its defenses more...or maybe it wouldn't have helped. Sometimes differences in power are to great to overcome, at least head to head.
Seems the characters have stumbled across one of the classic dilemmas of war...to preserve the soldiers...or the cause the soldiers are fighting for?
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Date: 2010-06-04 03:02 am (UTC)Well, in a way the Simoun are too powerful for this sort of operation, as even the weakest Ri Maarjons will do massive property damage, something they were adamant about avoiding.
Yep, big time.