This episode looks at the side of Lilan that Erin, and the viewers, have largely become oblivious to – the side of her that is a beast. Erin gets her first injury working with any beast-lord in the series, despite her good intentions to assist Lilan.
Well, quite the appropriate souvenir for Erin considering how she is looked upon as the “beast-lord gung ho”, but it was a little unexpected that Yuuyan would return this early and that this episode would take place after the students returned, even with the appearance of Tomura (who was the first to return to Kazalm among the students) last episode.
I laughed quite a bit when Yuuyan said Lilan looked pathetic, and indeed she did with all that molting fur. Still I had forgotten about this aspect of birds, and technically, as we are led to believe so far, beast-lords belong to the avian family, so molting is only right.
That is obviously too small a brush, young lady, for a beast-lord.
Though there is no evidence or observation to confirm that beast-lords live in a pack, the way this was expressed and how it will be picked up on later in the series through another avenue of discussion seems to firmly give the viewer an impression that most animals live in social packs of sorts with the strongest taking the lead so as to protect the integrity of the pack, and for the pack’s survival. What is interesting is how Erin sees herself as Lilan’s “leader”, something which is put to the test later.
A nice, large brush made by Mokku with the help of Nukku. Even the handles are well-suited for a human like Erin to carry, with the middle of the brush having horizontal handholds and the back having vertical handholds in relation to the brush’s alignment.
This was bound to happen one way or another and this episode had to remind the viewer of that.
Erin’s trauma from being bitten starts to manifest itself in the form of fear of beast-lords and Lilan.
Esal makes a good point – it was Erin who thought she was special and thus did not realize the actual danger she was in whilst all the while taking care of a beast-lord. Though Esal said it was also partly her fault for trusting Erin too much, it was something that, even with precautions in place, would have happened sooner or later, IMHO. All part of taking care of a beast, as her memory of Jone later on teaching her about Tocchi and Noro implies.
A good point to keep in mind, but even so Erin questions the basic definition of “beast”.
The advantage of “fear” over any other possible advantage? I, too, would question this, considering that fear cannot be the only thing that binds beasts and man. Man is, after all, an animal too. We just have better brain capabilities than most other forms of life. Erin of course refuses to use the mute whistle.
What the subtitles also failed to mention was that Esal actually said it would cause no problems to anyone. In other words, she would have Erin take all the blame if something did happen, for both the good of the school, and Erin, if she was not to take the mute whistle.
Her fear shows itself in full effect throughout the duration in which she does not meet Lilan. Trauma can indeed do that to a person easily, though it is mild in Erin’s case.
Rather cliche way of making Erin remembering her times with Lilan together. I might add that the ball seems to have never been returned.
Indeed, a good question to ask.
And on that note, the Erin-Lilan arc actually ends, with the next episode focusing on a second recap of the time period she spent in Kazalm, coupled with another time skip forward of four years, before we head into the final arc and the real story behind the legend of the founding of the Ryoza Kingdom.
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