Break Blade (TV) Episode 10 Discussion

AironicallyHuman said:
This TV adaptation is officially a lazy piece of shit now. They added the Girge fight but didn't alter the circumstances from the rushed OVA AT ALL. Which is to say watching this is no better than watching the fucking OVA. The Girge fight didn't have much in the way of animation - certainly not enough to justify no budget having been spent before - and it gave me none of the manga tingles. And the action is the weakest aspect of the manga since you can rarely tell the golems apart. No exciting one-leg hopping here!

As soon as Girge kicked Rygart to the edge of the cliff, I KNEW it wouldn't follow the manga. In the manga, the fight ends with Rygart and Girge plus some others captured. They're taken before Borcuse. What Borcuse says is this: if the pilot of the under-golem steps forward, he'll spare the life of the others. Rygart is about to step forward when Girge beats him to it. Narvi's brother (iirc) elbows Rygart to stop him saying anything and he can only watch in horror as Borcuse shoots Girge in the head. He dies still smiling.

This event also plays a big role in the final showdown between Rygart and Borcuse: Borcuse taunts Rygart by telling him he knew Girge wasn't the pilot and killed him anyway. And since Rygart's psychological breakdown later is tied to not understanding WHY Girge did what he did/how he willingly died for him, it has NONE of the weight for Rygart to just fall of a cliff and not see him die. WEAK!

I just know it: Rygart is still going to be swinging his sodding OVA ball vs. Borcuse. And the Binoten battle is gonna be a C&P job, with maybe the end altered. WHAT A WASTE OF TIME! I just don't get it. How does the Girge fight alone justify this show? That's just superficial if you don't alter the events and pacing.

About Girge being a badarse: he's a psycho. He only cares for himself and his own desires. Neither Baldr or Rygart gain any understanding of him. Or anyone else. He's the sort of character that fights sometimes and not others, inexplicably, and decides to sacrifice himself or not on a whim--because it's interesting. He's not main character character material; he's Levi from Shingeki: invincible unless the odds are stacked heavily against him. He's awesome and almost unique as a character, hence the affection people hold for him, but don't go overboard.