The Scollard
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Drifters 8-9
Had some free time, so I decided to continue watching this series. More historical figures showing up is great, though Abe no Seimei wasn't as recognizable to me as others like Hannibal and Nobunaga. I think the humour in this show works much better when it sticks to historical references, as I thought the scene between Scipio and Naoshi about the Tripartite Act was hilarious.
Saint Germi is a kind of weird character. I don't really know what to think of him so far. Also, fucking Hitler again. Not only did he do terrible things to the Elves, but he literally put the dwarves into concentration camps. It pretty obvious what Golgolka was supposed to remind you of, and according to some people who read the manga, the sign the dwarf throws to Toyohisa's feet has the slogan on it as was on the gate to Auschwitz. Makes me almost mad that the archers didn't kill the surrendering soldiers, like they did to the rapists in Episode 6. Those bastards would have certainly deserved it.
I also like the idea that the Drifters were brought into the world to bring their new points of view with them. For better or for worse, they bring change. It kind of makes me okay with the fact that Hitler was a Drifter. Sure, the change he brought was terrible, but even Murasaki seems to know that, but it also led to Toyohisa being able to finally unite the elves and dwarves and get those races to put aside their differences to fight a worse enemy.
Looking back over the fall thread, it's kind of surprising not many people were talking about this show. It's really fun, and it seems like the kind of thing I would have thought AnimeGAF would have been interested in.
Had some free time, so I decided to continue watching this series. More historical figures showing up is great, though Abe no Seimei wasn't as recognizable to me as others like Hannibal and Nobunaga. I think the humour in this show works much better when it sticks to historical references, as I thought the scene between Scipio and Naoshi about the Tripartite Act was hilarious.
Saint Germi is a kind of weird character. I don't really know what to think of him so far. Also, fucking Hitler again. Not only did he do terrible things to the Elves, but he literally put the dwarves into concentration camps. It pretty obvious what Golgolka was supposed to remind you of, and according to some people who read the manga, the sign the dwarf throws to Toyohisa's feet has the slogan on it as was on the gate to Auschwitz. Makes me almost mad that the archers didn't kill the surrendering soldiers, like they did to the rapists in Episode 6. Those bastards would have certainly deserved it.
I also like the idea that the Drifters were brought into the world to bring their new points of view with them. For better or for worse, they bring change. It kind of makes me okay with the fact that Hitler was a Drifter. Sure, the change he brought was terrible, but even Murasaki seems to know that, but it also led to Toyohisa being able to finally unite the elves and dwarves and get those races to put aside their differences to fight a worse enemy.
Looking back over the fall thread, it's kind of surprising not many people were talking about this show. It's really fun, and it seems like the kind of thing I would have thought AnimeGAF would have been interested in.
