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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Honstley I didn't quite understand this episode, I did enjoy the scenes with Lafiiel and Jinto though. |
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| As far as political and militant movements go, this episode was very straightforward and clear. Maybe I've just been watching too much hard scifi. Those commanders/admirals/whatever-the-hell-their-ranks-are Abh are so amusing. I think I'm starting to understand the Abh, too. Humans evolved to survive mostly autonomously but for small communities and their children, so large scale governments tend to be flawed. The Abh, however, were originally designed and have been raised with the aim of continuing their culture and civilization as a whole(with the aim of space exploration). Hence the actions of individual Abh are irrational to a normal human's mindset. When the Empress declared war based on the assumption that no Abh would have attacked another nation without reason, it was like assuming a finger wouldn't react contrary to the messages the brain sends unless something was wrong. That's kind of what my reasoning for Abh behavior is. |
| The Abh have an interesting view on the current situation. |
'Everything is impossible until proven possible.' - Me |
| The Abh culture makes for interesting situations, especially with Jinto. |
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| So the people who are taking Jinto and Rafiel hostages know that Rafiel is nobility? Also, it's been bugging me for awhile now, but why does she consider Jinto to be an Abh, I thought the Abh wouldn't consider normal humans to be Abh. Surely they could be part of the empire, but I thought they distinguished themselves as not being human, otherwise what is the point of blue hair, long ears, long life, and wires coming out of their heads? |
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| How did they know Lafiel is nobility? O__o |
"May those who accept their fate be granted happiness." "May those who defy their fate be granted glory." |
| The "chambermaid" barged into their room and saw a glimpse of Lafiel's elf ears. I think that was why she thought she was nobility. Jinto was acting suspicious as hell too lol. Wasn't there a notice out for their arrest as well? |
| man, i fucking love lafiel. |
loghneckbeardJan 16, 2016 7:41 AM
| I really love the opening narrations. They add so much flavor to the setting. To clear up the question, I believe the Abh still consider themselves human (or at the very least human in origin). Every Abh born is fundamentally human-- it is just that the fertilized eggs are genetically modified to produce the blue hair, longer lifespan, and the additional unused nerves that exit at their foreheads (which is what they use for their cybernetic links to ships). How much of this would carry over if the eggs weren't genetically modified is up in the air, but I don't think that's enough to say they aren't human. In this sense, accepting a non-genetically modified human (Terran) as an Abh is little different than being integrated into and accepted within another culture. If someone has willingly integrated into the culture, they are an Abh. It is only certain Terrans that consider Abhs and Terrans as fundamentally different-- not unlike how racism considers various peoples as fundamentally different based on certain physical qualities. As far as cultural differences go, it is similar to what senerikfred noted above. The Abh culture raises their children to value the survival and prospering of their people as a whole over their individual life and feelings. Because of this, they often seem arrogant, reckless, or uncaring when this is not the case. Individuality certainly isn't eradicated, but it is subdued in a way that often prevents Abhs from acting on their emotions even when it may be appropriate to do so by non-Abh standards. It also brings into question how deep relationships between Abhs tend to grow. It seems that most Abh parents do not raise their children together, for example, and how close friends can be may also be limited (although on the latter I admit we do have potentially biased information to go on since Lafiel is royalty). Because of this, Jinto's perceptions are as foreign to Lafiel as Lafiel's are to Jinto, and it's taking them longer to feel out the nature of their relationship than it might between two of the same culture. In any case, they're coming to understand each other well. Both cultures have their strengths and weaknesses. |
| So now they are pretending to be hostages. LOL at the introductions. So we have an arrogant idiot in charge of the fleet. And then we have a psycho woman taking point... at least she's more fun. I can see the battle going either way at this point. |
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| Those guns the Lune Vega police were using looked like toy props, even for tranquilizer guns. Jinto broke them in half without even intending to. Very unique "hostage situation" in the works as well. |
  ｲ乇刀乇乃尺ﾑ乇 ㊎   ㊰☽ Shaded Horizon ☾ |
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