And in this episode, we learn about Jone’s true past. As to be expected, he was once a highly revered teacher in the capital, in one of the most prestigious schools there. Of course, his reason for leaving it was also to be expected as well, considering the politics and the way they have portrayed life as part of the society under the Queen’s rule.
And so his son’s true motive for showing up was to persuade Jone once more to return to the capital and re-take his position as a teacher. However, at this point Jone had yet to truly reveal his past, so we only know that he was once the top teacher in his school. The way Asan speaks and all is certainly grating though, very condescending. Then again Jone later says not to blame his own son for being so overbearing, considering he overly values honor and social status. Such a son is bound to be useless though.
This sentence will be important later on. In any case what I could not stand was how he saw Erin as just another girl, to be adopted and then to be married off to a decent family. It seems as though Asan has little thought for human rights, but then again, the society in Erin’s world is like that. And Jone was well aware of that and thus could not come to a decision, for he worried for Erin too. As he mentioned later he knew how the world would treat Erin upon her entry to the capital – she would have to be trained to become a good wife instead of chasing any dreams she might have.
So the whole story behind Jone was pretty generic, though I like how they added Saman and Niikana into the mix, so as to set up the politics that eventually kicked Jone out of the academy. Of course, politics and power play will always be present in such a society, one that bases itself off on class, that is. Takaran is the father of Saman, and as Asan mentioned earlier, he had been exiled for treachery against the Queen. A subtle hint of things to come, I suppose. If the elite are against the Queen, I can already see where this is going.
Indeed.
And so Erin condenses her story in just a few sentences. Wut? After the trouble of repeating her flashbacks again and again, her final story-telling to Jone is something that should have been told to viewers in the first place? Nice one. In any case Erin will now be able to look for Esal at Kazalm, where her training to become a beastinarian will continue. I was a little surprised at how little time Erin spent with Jone (in terms of episodes), but this might move the story forward a bit faster.
Well at least she is brave about it. In terms of story advancement this was more like patching up the loophole of Jone’s past, and moving Erin towards a new path…a setup episode, if you will. I wonder if she will fully turn to beast-lords instead of also dwelling on Touda, but the fact that she will still learn about Touda and the reason why they died under her mother’s care, as so nicely told by the narrator, seems to indicate she might still be able to learn about both. I look forward to that.
The preview shows that the next episode will again be about Ial, our resident Sezan, with just a little on Erin, so I wonder what kind of route Ial is going down, and whether or not he might team up with Erin later on. Oh, and Takaran, IIRC, also means “conspiracy” or “plot” in Japanese. A fine way to describe that bureaucrat.
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