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[Spoilers] Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin - Episode 7 discussion

Nejimaki Seirei Senki: Tenkyou no Alderamin, episode 7: The Northern Katjvarna Rebellion


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1 http://redd.it/4rvucu 7.44
2 http://redd.it/4t09pb 7.47
3 http://redd.it/4u3xe0 7.56
4 http://redd.it/4v7rho 7.66
5 http://redd.it/4wbk50 7.77
6 http://redd.it/4xepou 7.82

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u/Felyndiira Aug 20 '16

Something important to note - the Sinarks are not yet shown to be discriminated against by the empire, but by a single general who is visibly doing this on his own volition. The fact that Major Toark is assigned to keep an eye on him - and how he's happy at losing such a capable aide that pretty much did everything for him and refused to even let the Princess return to Central - shows that he's going rogue at this point.

The manga and LN actually shows that he's doing all of this for fun. He's getting bored of being assigned to basically a dead area with no action, and is amusing himself by oppressing the Sinarks. As corrupt as the Empire is, they are not 100% to blame for this (just 50%, as they lack the competence to remove such a person from command).

I now see why the anime didn't show Volume 1 End Spoiler

Alderamin is not a masterpiece in any stretch of the word (heck, even this season, Danganronpa 3 was much better written). But it is an good anime with a vision based on a similarly good light novel, and I really like its willingness to try to be different - and have an idea to tell over cute girls, fanservice, or just action - in a deluge of copy-and-pasted shows.

Probably next episode -