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BACK IN TIME - Summer 2014 Anime Season
Oh, Summer 2014.... Hot damn!
Welp, we’re here at the Summer 2014 Anime Season. Looking back at this one…. wow, there was shows that I either dropped at 1 episode and forgotten, sequel seasons of shows that I watched and then forgotten, some good shows, some meh shows, and those that just left a bad taste in my mouth. And this is the season that had some particular shows that did that. But first off…. You know, I forgot…
ACK, enough with these creative anime titles.
Kanojo Okarishimasu, dropping now. The guy pisses me off so much, he’s an asshole. Hard to relate with that guy.
Is it too much to ask to go back to the good days of anime. You don’t need to give us any creative anime. Give us the trashiest anime you’ve got. The most cliche harems. Take us back to the simplistic anime times like Jokumachi no Dandelion or Sore ga Seiyuu. I don’t care. A crappy copy of Chivalry of failed knight, Infinite Stratos or Date alive altogether.
Animes like nanana no maizoukin, Tanken Driland, Escha and Logy, Argevollen were among the least popular in their times and still they are a thousand times better than the crap anime they give us these days.
I used to watch 24 animes a season. Now I survive on three.
Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen Review
Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen Review
This is review number four hundred and four. This anime is part of the Summer 2014 lineup. The anime is called Shirogane no Ishi: Argevollen or Silver Will: Argevollen. It’s a twenty four episode anime about a mecha and a very lovely room decorated with a nice aquarium. There’s also another room with a big window and a nice sofa. It’s very quaint, and it’s very lovely. My sarcasm ends here, so…
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Argevollen
Part of the old-school anime watching I was talking about, where you buy the disk hoping it will be any good.
And it is.
It’s a Gundam, a Gundam that starts with every single Gundam cliché, and then smashes them to pieces.
So, he falls into the cockpit.
His impetuous youth and arrogance puts him into a position to have to take control of the super prototype Mecha. His impetuousness and insubordination also almost get everyone killed. He isn’t instantly the best pilot, and despite running the super-prototype mech, nearly gets spanked by the first ace he comes across. Those that come down hard on him are often shown to making hard decisions, either of which will end up with someone dead. He actively tries to learn from his mistakes.
It also has something I haven’t seen in decades, casual anime nudity. Most anime today has either no nudity, or full-on fanservice, but Argevollen has it when it makes sense for the story, and does it in the most intrusive way possible?
How are showers relevant to the story?
Okay, the super prototype was in harm’s way because it was being moved by an office lady in charge of it’s development. She gets pulled into the combat, as she’s the only one that can turn it on, and they are finally back at a secure location for long enough to have a shower. Those who have been in combat, or other serious situations have massive adrenaline spikes, and when the adrenaline drops, you literally risk collapsing on the spot. Soldiers get used to it and can deal, but civilians?
And this is where the bitch who was always coming down on the male protagonist comes in and helps her through it.
As I said, none of them are cartoonish archetypes, but real people with real struggles, to the point that even the arguments between the characters will often try to portray all of them as partially in the right.
Argevollen
Currently Watching: Argevollen
Thoughts so far (after two eps) it’s better than the first 5 minutes led me to believe.
Grim Dark + war strategies
Combination of old school tech (like ‘40′s war tech: guns, telegraphs, and carried messaging systems) and fucking giant robots and hella advanced tech. BEAUTIFUL.
Hero isn’t some civilian that ends up with a giant robot (kinda done with that trope). He’s a fresh-faced soldier.
No bouncing boobies. All soldiers and civs are properly supported!
The nav buddy tried to pilot the robot and thought better of it (not because she isn’t badass but because she has no idea how to pilot a robot and forced our n00b hero to do it instead)
Any and all fan-service had happened to both men and women
The standard mecha in the world they’re so dumb and slow omg
Hero is basically a mecha n00b. He’s terrible at it.
Also I think the faces are unique? I can’t really tell but people sort of have different body and walking types.
CON: I have no idea who my enemy is. Enemies with unique faces are introduced and immediately gone.
先日友人に貸していたアルジェヴォルンの円盤が帰ってきました。
恐る恐る感想を聞いてみると、少し苦笑いで「最終話がね、ちょっとわからなかったかな」と答えてくれました。なんて優しいんだ。貸した側としては私の貴重な時間を返してくれと殴られるぐらいの気持ちでいました。絶縁しないでくれてありがとう。
そこでノリで「じゃあ解説記事書くわww」という流れになって云ヶ月、季節は流れ彼女は誕生日を迎えていましたが私はそれに気づけず、おめでとうを言えたのは更にその一週間ほど経ってからのこと。今度こそ殴ってくれ。
とりあえず頭を冷やしがてらアルジェヴォルン最終話について思ったことを綴っていきます。「何だったんだ…」を評判の24話Bパートからいきましょう。
せっかく立ち上がってサモンジに立ち向かっていったアルジェヴォルンですが、ハーメルンの笛吹きと化したサモンジは笛を一吹きしユーリンク搭載機を従えようとします。パイロット達はひとたまりもありません。トキムネもリヒトフォーヘンも悶え苦しみます。
そんな時トキムネはジェイミーの声で意識を取り戻します。トキムネは一人ではなかったのです。
アルジェヴォルンの操縦席には彼一人かもしれませんが、回線の向こうには確かにジェイミーがいました。
一方のリヒトフォーヘンはシュトゥルームの中で孤独に息を引き取ります。この対比が二人の運命の分岐点でありこのアニメの狙いだったのではないでしょうか。 敵機しか見ていないと最終的に機体の中で孤独死することになります。画面の前の諸兄も信用できる異性は一人ぐらい作っておきましょう。
ジェイミーの声によってよろめきながらも再発進したアルジェヴォルンとトキムネはサモンジの後を追い説得を試みます。
しかしトキムネの思いも虚しく、サモンジの「終わりにしよう」の一言と共に全てのユーリンクシステム搭載機は強制終了を始めます。アルジェヴォルンvsペルフェヴォルンの戦いもここに幕を閉じます。
いやいやいや戦ってないじゃん？！
Bパート始まって派手なアクションも何もないまま終わってしまいましたがアルジェvsペルフェ(とシュトゥルームさん)に関してはこれにて終戦です。いやマジで。
腑抜けてしまったかもしれない。テレビの前で空いた口を閉じる筋肉が消えてなくなってしまったかもしれない。でも少し考え直してください、終戦シーンが重要じゃないわけ無いでしょ。マックのポテトの最後に残ったカリカリが美味しくないわけないのです。
サモンジの目的を思い出してみましょう。サモンジはレイカの掲げていた「誰も死なない軍隊」の理念の下に行動・指揮をしてきました。(ぜひ1話から見返して確認してみてください)
しかし彼女の理想を乗せていたユーリンクシステムはいいように売買され戦争の殺戮マシーンと成り果てパイロットは使い捨て、レイカの尊い理想とはまるで対極の方向へ向かっていきました。サモンジはそれに耐えきれなかった。「これ以上レイカの理想を穢すのならばユーリンクシステムお前を殺して俺も死ぬ！」これがサモンジの目的です。
そしてサモンジはまずユーリンクシステムを一掃しました。笛吹き男はねずみを全部池へ落とし終えたのです。あとは自分の番、仕事を終えた男は愛しい者のところへ、川の渡船を待つばかりです。
一方トキムネはアルジェヴォルンを脱出しジェイミーと再会します。全部無くなってしまって、それでも生きてた。それはジェイミーがいたから。
過去を取り戻そうとしたサモンジの一方で、前へ進もうとしたトキムネとジェイミーは強い絆を手にしました。
なかなか長ったらしいので続きは別記事に分けて書きたいと思います。ここまでは比較的わかりやすい気はしますが本当の地獄はここからです。それでも私はあの雨のシーンと向き合うぞサモンジ。お前を生かして俺は死ぬ。それでは後編を暫くお待ちください。
