Genjitsu Shugi Yuusha no Oukoku Saikenki Episode 9 Discussion

Animillion said:
Wth is up with anime girls randomly ruining their look by chopping off their hair. Liscia looks terrible with that hair now. Anyway, this anime has been a bit disappointing for me (especially animation), as I was really looking forward to it. Souma as the mc is the lone bright spot imo.

Kuolonen said:
Everyone is talking about the hair and here I am completely confused about Souma promise that if center becomes corrupt they can come to take his head.

If they give central all their power and armies, and then center becomes corrupt, how are they supposed to take his head? Just walk up to capital and tell the corrupt despot that he pinky promised not to be naughty so please let us kill you. What's the plan when tyrant with his loyal united army tells them "How about no lol"?

The reasoning is sound, united army is necessary with so many external threats, but arm waving checks and balances with a verbal promise is just stupid.

Abredon said:

Ever hear about assassins?

Kuolonen said:

Swapping out the guarantee of having your own army to keep the king in check for rolling the dice on a assassination succeeding on the head of state is not exactly smart move.

Not to mention the fact that a failed assassination is a carte blanche for any tyrant to go full purge. And if the reason for the assassination attempt was human supremacist tyrant, woah boy is the purge gonna be ugly. The best possible material for propaganda bureau to agitate the masses about internal traitors who also are conveniently easy to recognize because of their outward appearance, things are going to go very Auschwitz very fast.

Abredon said:

Given that this conversation was ostensibly after one sided communication from Souma about normal operation of the armed forces with no response from the 3 Dukes, it is appropriate - "since you ignored orders/requests from the commander-in-chief, your authority is revoked".
Souma could theoretically have gone so far as to have them and their entire family/clan summarily executed for Treason, but didn't (and there are reasons why not that have not been covered in the anime so far).

MegamiRem said:
That lion dude and the dragon dude are dumb af and that dragon dude's daughter is even dumber.

Sharpedon said:
Yet another good but not great episode. That old lion dude and the dragon dude are utter fools. Nevertheless, King Albert should have indeed notified the three Dukes and explained in detail why he surrendered the throne to Kazuya (well, his wife actually made him do it but he could.. skip that minor detail).

Albert was fully acquainted with the historical quasi-federal command structure of his kingdom, so keeping the Dukes (who function as 'co-equal checks and balances', kind of like the three branches of the US federal government) in the dark made absolutely no sense. The 'non explanation' for that by Liscia was a ridiculous plot device designed purely as an excuse for the dragonoid dude to reject Kazuya as a king.

We also still have not learned what Kazya learned from the redhead father of that redhead idiot. My bet is, since he was an officer under the command of Georg Carmine, that he got wind of the Duke asking for 'help' from Amidonia. And that probably was the catalyst for Kazuya to make his move. I have not read Machiavelli's The Prince but I'm sure it must also cover preemptive strikes (either military or political). Something like "When you expect an attack from an adversary attack them first".

Crashmatt said:
Can someone explain to me how cutting your hair off shows resolve. For me it just looks like a shit haircut and bad writing