I’m still surprised at how little the amount of discussion around this series is. When I search for Guin on Anime Nano, the search results only show about one post every two weeks, aside from my own. I mean, for series as Shangri-La and 07-Ghost you at least have people saying how much they hate those shows, but even those sorts of posts don’t appear. This season really is full of these underdogs, I must say.
In any case, this episode closes off the Nosferas arc and introduces the next one, but I really enjoyed it, as it really pushed the story into a different direction. As it turns out, Guin is going to wait a while before he takes up the throne of Nosferas, because he first wants to find out about his own history. Does that mean that he’s also going to leave Linda and Remus?
Amnelis meanwhile is about to say goodbye to her career as an army commander, as her father is about to marry her off to another guy. To think that she’s only eighteen. That really explains why she screwed up so badly at the front line: a complete lack of experience. Her father probably let her have one chance at commanding an army, before sending her off as a wife.
In the meantime, we also get introduced to a new character: the black-haired guy. I’m still not exactly sure what’s up with him, as he seems to have some complex relationships with the Mongols, but the next couple of episodes will probably shed more light on that. Oh, and I really have to say that the backgrounds looked awesome in this episode. Even better than usual with this series.
Rating: * (Good)
Aftermath and introduction to the respective past and upcoming arc.
i love guin saga
plenty of discussion on animesuki, if you wanna check that out =)
Mr. “Falling-off-the-darned-balcony-Bishie” (or Falling-Bishie for short?) Naris…
from what I can tell, he somehow snuck back into Mongaul-occupied Parros only to get betrayed by a crazy librarian chick.
yeah this series does not get much attention, maybe they were put off by the poster art (the one with Guin brandishing a sword and the twins in front) that looked somewhat unattractive.
but i like this anime, its got a mysterious and majestic feel to it. i just hope Guin gets more screentime haha, he gave me an oh shi- moment when he threw the sword at Amnelis >:D
i was abit sad when the old general had to die. he was the only formidable (and honorable) foe that i liked :p