Valvrave the Liberator - ep03

Now that they have set the general premise for the story they are now focusing on the soci-political atmosphere that the story is taking place in. The world that the story is set in there are only three government the rule over the whole world. The first is Dorssia which was formed by war, that they grew by absorbing other countries into themselves. Then you have ARUS which is Dorssia's polar opposite where they grew by making trade agreement with other countries. It is clear that Dorrsia and ARUS are built on their real-life counter parts, which is some ways it is paying tribute to the political conflict that existed during the cold-war since these to rival counties are modeled after American and Russia. Then lastly you have JIOR the odd man out that is part of neither side, and how thing will play out is that JIOR will determine the fate of the war.

This point is further emphasized with the appearance of ARUS Senator. Normally in this sort of setting this high rank person would what the protagonist to play the part of the hero and lead the charge to defeat the evil empire. Although instead this Senator says that he wants Haruto to run away. The reason being is that ARUS wants to maintain the status quo. The thing is as long as JIOR exists then there is a buffer nation for the Dorrsia to go after, but if it were to go away then the only thing that would be left would be for Dorrsia and ARUS to fight each other until only one is left standing in the end. That is why to maintain the balance JIOR can't join either side that must remain neutral although not by choice.

This leads into addressing other question once the political atmosphere is explained. First is the question of what did Valvrave do to Haruto. It seem like any damage that Haruto suffers cause him to undergo a transformation where he is psychologically compelled to bite someone so that his mind would have somewhere to go while his body heals. This would be fine if it happened only during fatal wounds, but for even to the extent of a paper-cut is excessive. Further more they answer another question about what is going to happen to L-elf, it seems that he wants to partner up with Haruto to overthrow the Dorrsia government. The question this creates is why does he want to do this, and what does he hope to achieve by trying to start a rebellion within his own country. However one thing they have yet to explain is what is the true nature of Valvrave.