In this episode, Cosette and Jean move in to a neat apartment somewhere in Paris, but who cares! Eponine is back!!
Seriously though, for Jean and Cosette, the entire episode was just an introduction with nothing special. What happened when the two of them were out of the picture was interesting. Marius is really having trouble surviving on his own, and his job as a translator isn’t earning enough to pay for his current room. His friend then shows him to the cheapest area of the city, and he finds a room for only two franc a month/week.
Doesn’t that ring a bell somewhere? ^^;
Of course, it makes perfect sense for the Thenardiers to also be in the same place, since their money is gone and they do have a knack for finding the cheapest way possible. We finally get to see Eponine and Azelma grown up, and I have to say that Eponine was awesome. I never really stood still by it, but the fact remains that Cosette has been gone for nine years now, and someone had to take over her role. I guess that that someone was Eponine. Especially now that she’s grown up, and the Thenardiers don’t have the money to treat her like a princess anymore, she suddenly gets treated extremely harsh.
It also seems that the future episodes are going to work on a love-triangle between Cosette, Eponine and Marius. While most love-triangle are rather obnoxious, due to the fact that they just are horribly developed, I’m pretty much confident that this’ll actually be pulled off right in Les Miserables, due to the large amount of attention it spends on developing its characters. It also makes perfect sense for Eponine to fall in love with Marius. After all, she’s treated harshly, she lives in poverty while she was used to living without too much money-worries, and here a guy lives right next to her, in a tidy suit. Obviously, she’d cling to some signs of wealth, even though Marius is extremely poor as well.
Oh, now that I think of it, there was one interesting event regarding Jean: he’s as scared of policemen as ever. Even though it’s been nine years, it would be a miracle for someone to recognize him. But indeed, for the same matter it could be Javert.]]>
Les Miserables – Shoujo Cosette – 23
Wow….now it gets miserable. Yay, dirty colors!
Everything looks like it gets darker in the screenshots. I’m excited!! …and I won’t spoil what happens, but I really think the Thenardiers should steal back Cosette, or big beefy Jean to work for ’em. 😉
Hmm, you’re right, the characters growing up did make the overall art look darker. I indeed can’t wait for the really good part of Les Miserables to start. 🙂
You heard of all the barricade stuff already?
*has been getting very lazy in her reading lately…*
Well, the only thing I’ve heard is that the final two arcs are supposed to be really good, so please don’t spoil it for me, as it’s the first time I’m experiencing this story. ^^;
Yeah! Even though I’ve seen and read les Mis, I still couldn’t wait for my favourite character, Eponine to come back!