Kino no Tabi: The Beautiful World - The Animated Series Episode 7 Discussion

G-Radiation said:
I was a bit disappointed in this episode. As somebody has already said, it's completely unrealistic that the corrupt police gave in to the terrorists demands. There is a myriad of ways in which they could have taken down the two, most simply by waiting it out until they run out of bullets or things to eat.
The fact that the terrorism part is handled more as a comedy than anything else doesn't help either. By making it appear hilarious the episode undermines the significance it holds for the characterisation of Kino's master. If this hadn't been framed as something funny we might have gotten a little more insight into the thoughts of Kino's master while she's doing the shooting, which I consider a lot more interesting.
Also, the country shouldn't be called "Historical Country". I realise that, as other people have already pointed out, you can interpret the clocktower as a historical monument that tells a different story depending on your point of view. In this sense, when Kino arrives there, you might call it a "Historical Country" (even though compared with the peculiar characteristics of other countries that's fairly lame I think). BUT: In the past when Kino's master got there the clocktower did not have any such special significance. The countries are usually named after the rule that governs them. But no such rule is established when Kino's master gets there.
Now you might disagree saying that in this way we now have an episode that explains how countries get their identities/rule. But then again this wasn't the focus of the episode either.

3/5, kinda entertaining :/
Thoughts?

Shinraro said:


You missed the part when the police office told master that clock tower has always been their HISTORICAL BUILDING and GOVERNMENT BUILDING/HEADQUARTER?

those two reasons are also why most of your myriad way don't work since they're always involve destroying the tower or just takes too long. Master and apprentice literaly took the country hostage.

G-Radiation said:


Hey Shinraro, thanks for your reply!

I should have mentioned that it was already a historical building for the people of the city by the time that master arrived at the city. good point :)

Maybe I missed this, but in what way is the clocktower really historical for the people of the country when master arrives there? I guess the moral would just be that people (even corrupt officials) treasure things that carry a sense of history for them. I just think that in this episode they didn't introduce a "rule" for the country as they often do in Kino no Tabi and this disappointed me a little.

as for how they could have driven them out, I think waiting just half a week would have led master to run out of food AND bullets. they didn't even have to bazooka the tower :P if your argument to that is that there is food and bullets in the tower then I call cop-out because this wasn't shown in the episode

boku said:
It was glossed over in the anime (or only mentioned by Kino talking to Hermes), but in the novel, they prepared for the siege raiding the country's ammo supplies and food rations when the police thought they would be trying to make their escape and left those places understaffed. They also placed explosives around the tower's staircases should they try to infiltrate, so they were extremely prepared for the long haul.