Aldnoah.Zero: Inherit the Stars (Shooting Star of Yesteryear)
March 29, 2015 7:25 AM - Season 1, Episode 24 - Subscribe
Some of the Orbital Knights continue battling UFE forces even after Asseylum's ceasefire order, while others choose to wait and see. In the end peace is established, with the Vers Empire providing Aldnoah technology to Earth in exchange for economic assistance.
And so we reach the end, unless movies, OVA, or second season are forthcoming.
And so we reach the end, unless movies, OVA, or second season are forthcoming.
It's implied, albeit rather firmly, that the Orbital Knights mostly opted to go out in a blaze of glory.
And the imprisonment of Slaine is clearly meant to be a bittersweet end: He gets to breathe the air of Earth and see blue skies, even if only through bars. The look on his face says that it's a mixed blessing rather than purely a punishment.
But yeah, nobody aside from the three leading characters* had anything resembling a resolution of their stories. *(plus Cruhteo Jr, in a startling come-from-behind win of the princess)
This last ep felt slowly paced, in context of what a mad rush the story had unfolded in some of the previous episodes.
My predictions from last week entirely came out wrong, which both doesn't surprise me and kind of disappoints; it felt like there was a lack of commitment on the part of the writers to both build and destroy their imaginary worlds.
There's still plenty of room for stories -- up to and including a sequel series -- if Lemrina and her remaining loyalists (although are there any after finding out she's not Asseylum?) decide to liberate Slaine. Given as, at the beginning of this episode, she saw dying by his side as the least-bad of the palette of grim options, I'm not sure what she would get out of going back for him. So maybe she and a coterie of loyalists set up a new empire on Mars since Asseylum seems to want to stay on Earth... nah, this sounds like an elaborate and uninteresting story.
Maybe there'll be a 25th episode that's just a solid half-hour of robotic ass-kicking as the remaining occupying castles are attacked by Earth forces.
But that then begs the question of why Asseylum doesn't just tell the landing castles to surrender because she's going to power them down, and give them the option of refugee status or a space ship ride back to the moon. That's been a lingering issue of power that's bothered me for most of this series. The emperor and his line have the literal power of life and death over all their minions, and aside for when it was convenient to the plot they neglected it entirely. Blah.
Oh well. It's one of those odd TV series that lives up to its ambitious promises and yet somehow feels unsatisfying anyway.
posted by ardgedee at 6:26 PM on March 29, 2015
And the imprisonment of Slaine is clearly meant to be a bittersweet end: He gets to breathe the air of Earth and see blue skies, even if only through bars. The look on his face says that it's a mixed blessing rather than purely a punishment.
But yeah, nobody aside from the three leading characters* had anything resembling a resolution of their stories. *(plus Cruhteo Jr, in a startling come-from-behind win of the princess)
This last ep felt slowly paced, in context of what a mad rush the story had unfolded in some of the previous episodes.
My predictions from last week entirely came out wrong, which both doesn't surprise me and kind of disappoints; it felt like there was a lack of commitment on the part of the writers to both build and destroy their imaginary worlds.
There's still plenty of room for stories -- up to and including a sequel series -- if Lemrina and her remaining loyalists (although are there any after finding out she's not Asseylum?) decide to liberate Slaine. Given as, at the beginning of this episode, she saw dying by his side as the least-bad of the palette of grim options, I'm not sure what she would get out of going back for him. So maybe she and a coterie of loyalists set up a new empire on Mars since Asseylum seems to want to stay on Earth... nah, this sounds like an elaborate and uninteresting story.
Maybe there'll be a 25th episode that's just a solid half-hour of robotic ass-kicking as the remaining occupying castles are attacked by Earth forces.
But that then begs the question of why Asseylum doesn't just tell the landing castles to surrender because she's going to power them down, and give them the option of refugee status or a space ship ride back to the moon. That's been a lingering issue of power that's bothered me for most of this series. The emperor and his line have the literal power of life and death over all their minions, and aside for when it was convenient to the plot they neglected it entirely. Blah.
Oh well. It's one of those odd TV series that lives up to its ambitious promises and yet somehow feels unsatisfying anyway.
posted by ardgedee at 6:26 PM on March 29, 2015
And the imprisonment of Slaine is clearly meant to be a bittersweet end: He gets to breathe the air of Earth and see blue skies, even if only through bars.
Complete with shadows of birds flying over his face, which is crossed by the bars over the window. Such a subtle message!
The look on his face says that it's a mixed blessing rather than purely a punishment.
Especially after hearing why Inaho didn't kill him on the beach.
My predictions from last week entirely came out wrong, which both doesn't surprise me and kind of disappoints; it felt like there was a lack of commitment on the part of the writers to both build and destroy their imaginary worlds.
I agree, it wrapped up way too neatly. Then again, I might be looking at this from a rather US-centric viewpoint, where shows can go on until suddenly canceled, versus Japanese series that might be designed with a clean arc, and are continued if popular (this distinction came up from watching the commentary in Spaced, the UK live action series).
It's one of those odd TV series that lives up to its ambitious promises and yet somehow feels unsatisfying anyway.
It pandered, but not completely. It's no NGE, where the show seems to be designed to torture its viewers and fans.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:07 AM on March 30, 2015
Complete with shadows of birds flying over his face, which is crossed by the bars over the window. Such a subtle message!
The look on his face says that it's a mixed blessing rather than purely a punishment.
Especially after hearing why Inaho didn't kill him on the beach.
My predictions from last week entirely came out wrong, which both doesn't surprise me and kind of disappoints; it felt like there was a lack of commitment on the part of the writers to both build and destroy their imaginary worlds.
I agree, it wrapped up way too neatly. Then again, I might be looking at this from a rather US-centric viewpoint, where shows can go on until suddenly canceled, versus Japanese series that might be designed with a clean arc, and are continued if popular (this distinction came up from watching the commentary in Spaced, the UK live action series).
It's one of those odd TV series that lives up to its ambitious promises and yet somehow feels unsatisfying anyway.
It pandered, but not completely. It's no NGE, where the show seems to be designed to torture its viewers and fans.
posted by filthy light thief at 7:07 AM on March 30, 2015
But that then begs the question of why Asseylum doesn't just tell the landing castles to surrender because she's going to power them down
She would need to get to them to turn them off, is my understanding.
Now if you could grant someone a single deactivation with a kiss, that would have made for some interesting storylines.
posted by bjrubble at 10:19 AM on June 30, 2017
She would need to get to them to turn them off, is my understanding.
Now if you could grant someone a single deactivation with a kiss, that would have made for some interesting storylines.
posted by bjrubble at 10:19 AM on June 30, 2017
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Almost makes me wish for an OVA where the holdout Orbital Knights, led by Lemrina, bust Slaine out of prison.
What happened to Lemrina, anyway?
posted by needled at 7:35 AM on March 29, 2015 [1 favorite]