Anime Discussion Thread - Page 837

Chapters 1 and 4 were great. We got lots of land combat, which is something we didn't ever get in the main OVA. Land combat means that we get to see Reinhard and Kircheis be badasses in person, rather than with fleets. It really is a different flavor of LoGH, but its still great!

Chapter 4 they even throw in a Rosenritter Subplot! Schenkopp establishes himself as the best character on the alliance side. You remember in Braveheart, where before that one battle, William Wallace goes up to the English generals, who have a much bigger army, and says "If you march out here, and kiss your own ass, we will let you live" (paraphrased)? Schenkopp gets his own opportunity to do that, and it was great. We even got + Show Spoiler +. Not sure if you guys remember Blumehart, but he was one of the more important Rosenritter guys. He was the guy from the Rosenritter who was with Yang during episode 82... Yeah, now I feel more connected with the guy. They did alot more to flesh him out in this gaiden. I had to go back and watch episode 82 just to make sure it was the same guy.

Chapter 4 isn't even limited to Land Combat. It still has the great fleet battles that the main OVA has. We get to see Mittermeyer and Reuenthal do some stuff for a bit in battle (basically, they have small numbers, but they own anyway because they are Mittermeyer and Reuenthal), even though its mostly just cameos for them. Bittenfeld got a bit of screentime as well. Reinhard sees his ship destroy a few enemy ships single-handed, and goes like "that guy must be a badass".

The minor character on the Imperial Side who got the most screentime was Kesler. While he didn't particularly do anything that makes him a badass, he got to do [relatively compared to other non-Reinhard/Kircheis Imperials] a lot that makes him such a great character.

Chapter 2 was alright, it was a murder mystery where Reinhard and Kircheis solve a crime. It was alright, but as far as mysterys go, it wasn't that great. Chapter 3 was Kircheis alone helping solve a criminal case, and featured Kircheis beasting like 5 guys in a zero-gravity knife fight. Those two chapters weren't nearly as strong, and didn't really grab you like other parts of LoGH. If they were a bit better, I would have given Gaiden 1 a 9/10, but as it stands, I have to settle on giving it a 8/10.