Anime Discussion Thread - Page 5116

Mars and Earth are at peace, Mars is sharing their OP plotdevices. Slaine is firmly in the dumpster, and Inaho is now Big Boss. Most everything is resolved.

One thing that was constantly being mentioned in Season 2 was how Aldnoah could only be activated by the Royal family - which shaped the feudal system for Vers Empire. There was even a bit of Clausewitz/1984 there about why Vers was looking for war.

One crucial factor that would shake up the system would be Inaho, who somehow was able to activate the Aldnoah Drive. The show itself mentions blood as the vector, but I actually think it might be the kisses. Since Slaine kissed both Asselym and Lemrina, can Slaine activate Aldnoah Drive?

So no, this is not going to be Aldnoah Zero Destiny. There are so much stuff that hasn't been developed yet. In fact, if the current form of A/Z is the end of the story, then the following characters were not needed for the show and shouldn't have been included:

Inko
Lemrina
Klancain
Mazuurek

The fact that these characters are in the show and have not been killed off suggests to me that the writer of the show has more things in mind.

I enjoyed season 1 more than season 2 and enjoyed Inaho being imba but didn't really like the ending. Would've preferred they just killed Slaine rather just keeping him imprisoned for life while the public thinks that he has been killed. A fate worse than death imo.

I personally felt that the show ended as well as it could've have. Inko was there for support which is fine imo. Not every single character needs to play a grand role. Lemrina was there to help impersonate hime-sama so that he can continue his grand plan of forming his own kingdom on earth or w/e he had in mind. The show did a great job of showing how calculating and sly Slaine was so props there. Mazuurek's purpose was to help hime-sama remember what happened. Remember, she woke up from her coma and didn't know what's going on then she saw the necklace and that helped joggled her memory. It was part of Inaho's plan, mostly to find out if she's alive (he believed so from what I recall). As for Klancain, well, merely as someone from Vers who pledged loyalty to her after Slaine asked him to bring her back (helped her flee) and as someone who became her husband. Not sure how the last part isn't important. All of these characters you listed had certain roles to fulfill and they did that well imo.

Anything else?

Inko: my general expectation for Inko was that she was going to die in the show. Not only did she raise death flags at least on a couple of occasions, I really failed to see the purpose of her existence in the story beyond the possibility of killing her to possibly illustrate a more human side of Inaho. Maybe I was just trying to extrapolate what happened in Code Geass / Guilty Crown and stick it into A/Z, but that was my impression about Inko: her existence was pretty much pointless (she had too little meaningful interaction with Inaho or the other characters) and yet she got too much air time for a supporting cast.

Mazuurek: my impression here is that Mazuurek and Klancain could have been the same character. I'll say it right here: the fact that the princess and Klancain were going to get married was extremely difficult to swallow. Not only is Klancain an unknown character who was introduced in like episode 19, Mazuurek seems clearly superior in terms of interests, idealogy, and loyalty. Now, you are right that Mazuurek played a crucial role in awakening the princess, but that kind of plot development does not require spending almost an entire episode introducing Mazuurek. Anyone could have delivered that locket; or the locket simply wouldn't be required at all and Asseylum could have waken up herself. Also, remember Mazuurek was explicitly told by Inaho to do the following:

1. Protect the princess
2. Find out what Slaine was trying to do.

Mazuurek basically failed at both. He didn't protect the princess (that task went to Klancain) nor did he manage to stop Slaine (again that went to Klancain). It's a really awkward outcome and really makes me question why Klancain and Mazuurek are different characters.

Lemrina: my issue with Lemrina goes back to Aldnoah. She repeatedly said in the show that she believed her existence was only due to her activation factor - but her inner conflict could have been resolved by the fact that Inaho could also activate the Aldnoah Drive. But this was never spelled out in the show and it's not even clear if she knew about Inaho - it's an extremely unsatisfactory ending for her that left me with nothing but a bitter after taste. Either keep her in the show and spend more time on her, or just remove her from the show. There was really no real need to have a pretender.