#ko45

[meganechan05]

Morfonia: *enters the castle* -WHAT THE HAKABAKA?!?!

Rita: *carrying a sleeping Baby Himeno* *quietly* Shh! She just fell asleep.

Sebas: Himeno-sama became fussy when anyone else carries her. She wouldn't sleep if Rita-sama was not holding her. (So cute...!)

Morfonia: ...I have so many questions and not enough hot chocolate for this...!

Himeno: *thinking* Shugods, this is freaking embarrasing...! A BABY?!?!

Rita: *thinking* can't... move... can't... wake her...

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they. they did the manga back-to-back shooting pose.

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preliminary conclusions about Suzume in ep45:

It's entirely the wording.

I don't have a problem with having one domestic-driven woman in an ensemble cast like kingoh's. The problem is when it was Suzume, someone who was so far written as cunning, ambitious and endurant, the transition needs a strong base. Right now, it looks like Suzume is just going with what the men in her life wanted, as we could only interpret she made the choice to stay behind the camera.

I believe Suzume's confession should've been motivated by her sense of home and country. She should've expanded on what a "woman of Toufu" means. Instead of complying to "her brother"'s will, it should've been as a citizen of Toufu, her king trusted her, and she'll gladly take up the mantle even if it means sacrificing her personal happiness.

Her choice to stay by Racules could've come from "home before country". She has found her temple - wants to build her own temple - prove herself in a personal domain before becoming responsible for all families in Toufu. Then it could even tie into Gira's "everyone's a small king" philosophy.

Or she could've rejected the throne because of her ambition. She has wanted the throne for herself, but she knew there's a reason Iroki chose Kaguragi instead of her. She wanted power, but she also wanted her lover. She knew she had to choose between her country or a traitor for a husband, and after years of deception, she doesn't want to lie to the people that she did all this for in the first place. Or that it's her redemption for letting Dugded loose during the six months of the kings' absence, as Queen of a puppet Shugoddom.

This is the elephant in the room. I have more regarding the episode's pacing and contrasts, how the theme of inheritance was handled, as well as Suzume's trajectory in consideration of the whole series. I have nitpicks about both eng subs so an extra paragraph about translation. I want to respond to some other angles but don't know when for now.

[meganechan05]

Episode 45 giving us more insight on Gokkan and Morfonia makes me wanna cheer because it meant my theory essay (in-progress) is right about Gokkan as a country!

But I do love how it it implies that while Rita and Morf grew up together, they weren't exactly childhood friends but still sorta fitting into that trope in terms of knowing each other since childhood and trusting each other enough for Rita to make Morf their Retainer and for Morfonia to be Rita's most trusted partner and getting all the work done.

Also the implication that Rita, too, was born and raised in Gokkan whether their parents were just castle employees or criminals which allows them to frequently see their parents even with their busy schedule.

Not to mention it kinda fits into the typical Love Triangle Trope for HimeRitaMorf. Rita being the center of attention, Morfonia playing the role of the childhood friend (sorta) and Himeno playing the role of "gives a bad first impression but is shown to be a really good person". The difference is that it actually is a triangle solely because it's acknowledged that HimeMorf see each other as equals when it comes to having Rita's affection, and wanting to build off of that.

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chief justice...

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my "morfonia and rita were law school rivals" hc is 80% confirmed what do i do

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ep45's insert song is the "image song" of chapter 2: Just we go by NoB, released in EP vol.3.

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next week is gonna be a big one lads