Simoun – 07 – So Many Awesome Characters

Thanks a lot for Hashihime to translate episodes 7-11. Still, .ass-files do have their disadvantages. It’s incedibly hard to find the raw files for these episodes. These aired more than a month ago, so any torrents containing these files is going awfully slow. Episode nine also proved to be interesting, as the only torrent to the only raw which seems to be available displayed an error when I tried it. >.< Anyway, about the episode, I can understand why people are raving about this show. Mamiina was just awesome during this episode. I like the twisted mind that she has. It should prove to be awesome for following episodes. We start with the members of the Chor Tempest running into the members of the Chor Ruboru (the Chor of Aaeru's roommate, Vyüra). It's night, the members of the Chor Tempest are about to start with a special training excercise while Chor Ruboru just came back from patrolling. Of course, both sides try to mock each other. While this was funny in the first place, I just loved Aaeru when she acted like nothing happened and shouted some things back to Vyüra. ^_^ The girls from Chor tempest then board the Shimire (the training crafts) in order to practice. It also seems that Aaeru asked Wapörifu to fix the Simoun that her grandfather flew in (I still have to get used to the fact that grandfathers once were girls as well). I don't exactly know what happened to it, though. I suspect the thing broke after he went to the spring, and he was allowed to take it with him. Though that doesn't make any sense. (On a side-note: chibi-Aaeru looks too cute). In any case, during the training, random conversations are going on. It seems that when Neviriru was still active, it was the Chor Riboru who looked up to them. They also talk about the spring and growing up. It seems that Limone doesn't want to hear about the latter, and someone wants to go to the spring, immediately when she turns nineteen, though I couldn't pick up who that might've been. During the actual training, Morinas is having trouble concentrating, and Rödoraemon's getting worried about this, though Morinas doesn't seem to care. Dominüra places Limone in the lead. Furoe annoys Aruti again and Kaimu gets happy to know that Paraiette didn't desert her (after all, during the previous episode, she put her trust into the pair of Neviriru and Aaeru). Then, another ship like the Arcus Prima (the big ship which forms the main ship, where the sybylla live) approaches them. (On a side-note, thanks a lot to Hashihime for giving a list of all the terms and names used in this anime. I don't think I would've been able to remember all of them if I didn't use this list.) In any case, this ship is called the Arcus Niger. It seems that Guraghief and Anubitufu arranged a meeting with them. Normally, it's stationed at the Western Great Temple area, wherever that might be. Though it seems that its commanders decided that there wasn't a lot of time, so they already met up with them halfway. Probably because of an emergency or some impatient VIPs. Then, a pink Shimire emerges from the Arcus Niger, flying badly on purpose in an attempt to make fun of them. It then appears that the two Sybylla on this Shimire are to be assigned to the Chor Tempest, in order to make it a complete Chor, consisting of six Simoun again. It seems that the Arcus Niger came to announce that the country called Plumbum Reikoku (what's lead got to do with this?) has offered a peace treaty with Simulacrum Kyuukoku (the country the main part of this anime plays in). Both of these countries seem to have similar customs, so they probably wouldn't offend each other. Both of these countries worship a different god. Simulacrum has Tempus Patiem, while Plumbum has Animus. It could be the same being, though neither party would acknowlegde that. Still, Anubitufu didn't look really happy when he hears about this peace treaty. We then switch to the Chor Tempest. Paraietta brings them the news about the peace treaty, while the other members are in some kind of gathering room, full of pillow-like things. Music is on, and some of the members are also dancing. It's reckoned that Plumbum only wants the peace treaty because they want the Helical Motores, found in the ancient ruins and used to fly the Simoun. I then seems that the first peace conversations will be happening in international territory, over the ocean. This means that the Arcus Prima will be heading for Plumbum, as it's somehow been decided that the conference will be helt on the Arcus Prima. Then the two Sybylla who were seen in the Shimire from before appear. You would expect that the new ones are totally incredible in every way, though that isn't the fact. While they may be good Simoun pilots, they're not as overconfident as you see with most rivals who appear. Furoe predicts that she'll say something along the lines as "so, the rumours about the Chor Tempest were true", which is exactly what Mamiina (one of the two) does. ^^; Mamiina then turns her attention to Rödoreamon. It seems that Rödoreamon comes from a very rich family, while Mamiina was the daughter of one of their servants. She then introduces herself, and so does the other girl (Yun). Then some girls come to warn the Chor Tempest that someone's moving in with Neviriru. It seems that her father's got some high rank, and he placed Mamiina as Neviriru's new partner and roommate, against her will. At this point, it seems that he's blinded by ambition, and wants his daughter to look good, no matter what. Neviriru, of course, refuses to let Mamiina be her pair. What follows is a bit of random discussion between some of the members of the Chor Tempest. That's another thing I love about these random conversations. The huge amount of characters, in combination with the fact that each of the characters is interesting in some way, makes each of these conversations unique and very enjoyable to watch. Furoe asks whether Aaeru'll be her new pair, though she still has her eye on Neviriru. Yun also is a strange one. She's willing to go with anyone, but she hates war. The only reason she flies as a Sybylla is that all of her friends went to war and died. She couldn't face herself if she avoided it. The next morning, Aaeru seems to be holding the same strange thing that we've seen her with a couple of times. It's never explained what it was. In any case, she looks down her window, and there she sees Neviriru's window. Neviriru, meanwhile, isn't too happy when Mamiina comes bothering her inside the shower. Mamiina shows that she's determined to become Neviriru's pair, though Neviriru shows that she's determined not to let Mamiina be her pair. Aaeru breaks the tension in this conversation when it appears that she used a rope to come down to Neviriru. For the first time ever, we see Neviriru amused again. Mamiina, however, gets angry. Very angry. We then switch to a conversation between Harukonfu (Neviriru's father) and Guraghief. The Chor Tempest is supposed to perform the Dandelion Ri Maajon during the peace conference, and it requires six Simoun to perform it (hence Mamiina and Yun's sudden arrival). Guraghief wonders whether the new members will be able to do it. Harukonfu exits with the phrase that he won't let his daughter get hurt anymore. It seems that the two of them have been separated for too long, as he has the wrong idea about what a "father" means. Then the good stuff finally begins, as we switch to Aaeru and Mamiina in the Maaju Pool. There, Mamiina turns berserk, while she tries to rip Aaeru's suit off. The two of them struggle for a while before others see them and break them apart. Harukonfu then decides to disband the Chor Tempest as soon as the conference is over. He also plans to send Neviriru to the spring as soon as possible. It was really great to see Mamiina break when she heard this. I wonder what happens during this conference. The episode ends as soon as the priests from Plumbum are brought aboard the Arcus Prima. I've read everywhere that episode eight seems to be totally incredible, so I'm really looking forward to that one. I also love the way that there are so many characters who break so many clichés so easily.