Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep07

Things carry on from Kiri's defeat and her leaving. Although in doing so it raises more questions on what Kiri really is since at the very least she isn't completely human. That it seems the question will be answer at a later date. Then after this revelation things move on to defeating this dragon. However as things turn out this battle is mostly just a minor footnote. Where they try to lead if off the island but this only partly work and once again Yuu has to take the lead again. This time he uses the previous dragons specialty of Anti-gravity to make it weightless, this make it easy to push the dragon out to sea where Yuu can use his cannon to finish it of. This end the threat to the island and thing focus on the aftermath.

That in the aftermath the question is where will Yuu live now since his room was destroyed with the appearance of Kiri. It turns into a bit of a fight with Iris first offering to share her room with Yuu. Then things become a more difficult since Tear is still insisting that they are married. Although the situation get resolved when Mitsuki gets involved stating that Yuu will room with her. This leads into the price that Yuu has to pay for power. Since his later discussion with Mitsuki leads to a memory that was erased when she mentions that he might have been Iris first but his first was with Mitsuki. This also alludes to a promise between them that was erased. The question is what is this forget promise and also what other memories were erased in the process of using his powers that he isn't even aware of.

Aldnoah Zero - ep19

This time around things are more focus on Slaine's side of things than last time because of Asseylum awakening. This cause a change in great many thing first being that he needs to move here somewhere else where she can rest. Although in doing so he creates a problem with Lemrina. Then to correct for this he has to lie to her about her sister condition getting worse. That if he gave any other reason she would end up seeing her sister and realize the truth. However the greatest change of all is that Slaine has lost his motivation but this drastic changes toward the end where he is crushed with the eases Asseylum has in remembering Inaho.

That this the most likely reason that Inaho has to deal with multiple Kataphraktoi, when they were about to finish off the one that they were currently fighting. It seems like things are going to heat up for Inaho since Slaine is likely going to become obsessed with killing but is unable to pursue him directly. That this will mostly like continue until you have the final showdown between the two. Although an interesting question is why doesn't Slaine kill Lemrina since Asseylum is awake. The only possibility is that Asseylum would not go along with this war and would try to stop it, while Lemrina would be willing to do anything he asks. This raise another question on when Lemrina will realize the truth and what will she do about it.  

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep06

Things begin a bit misleading with them focusing on this blue dragon that suddenly appeared. That the real focus is on Kiri's involvement. The first issue is the matter of whether or not Honoka is Kiri although there isn't any real way to prove this other than they look really similar. Although the great issue is Kiri's power and why are they so different from the other D's. Then with this there is also the issue of why are Lisa attack so ineffective. Although their battle eventually draws Yuu's attention away from the dragon and towards Kiri's actions.

However he almost get there too late since Kiri is preparing to leave with Tear. That with this battle Tear finaly make the decision that she want to be human. This decision ultimately forces Kiri's where she uses Yuu life to force Tear to make the decision that she want. That only when Tear does, only then is when she spares Yuu. Although this drives Yuu into the corner which cause him to use his powers in a similar way to Kiri which forces her to flee. In the end it seems that they have won the battle, but thing are not quite over since with her departure the dragon has begun to take action. The question is will Kiri return during the fight with the dragon and why was the dragon following her orders in the first place.

Aldnoah Zero - ep18

It seems that things weren't as focus on Slaine as they were portrayed as being although he still plays a major part. Things start out with Slaine having to justify his action in this duel which the other knight end up accepting although they don't like it. Then things quickly shift back towards Inaho and him dealing with the next orbital knight. However how it is done is interesting since he isn't directly involved. That his job is relay the coordinates back to the Deucalion so that they can target the enemy from over the horizon. The enemy was easy enough to deal with but there was a bit a drama going on with Inko questioning Inaho's loyalties because she saw him with Rayet releasing the prisioner. That it is only later that he is able to restore her trust in him by informing her of he didn't want to involve her in what he was doing.

This leads into the next major battle the duel between Slaine and Marylcian. It is interesting how in the beginning it seems very one side with Marylcian dominating over Slaine while all he seems to do is run away. Until Slaine lures Marylcain into a trap where he can remove his enemies advantage which allows for Slaine to easily finish him off. This also seems to point toward Slaine's greatest weakness which seems to be that Slaine can only win when he can lay a traps in advance. What interest is that Inaho was able to see the battle all the way from earth. It seems that things are progressing toward a future conflict between the two. One of the things that has complicated matters is Asseylum waking up, while at the same time the fake princess declaring her marriage to Slaine. The question is what will happen now that the status qua is broken.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep05

Things return to when Tear is trying to materialize her weapon and as expected she turns herself into dragon because she so believes that she is one. This cause problems because she loses her sense of self and is no-long aware of what she is doing. This forces Lisa and Yuu to do the only thing that the can do. That is to forcefully dismissing Tears Materialization by defeating the dragon. However this puts a strain on Tear where she needs to sleep off the fatigue.

Then while Yuu is putting Tear in bed he has a run in with Honoka the other D that arrived here with Tear. This lead to Yuu developing a bit a friendship with her as he supports her in her attempts to fit in. Although it is interesting that after this meeting he gets a call from his former boss Loki informing him about Kili is coming to retrieve Tear. It seems likely that Honoka is Kiri since it would be easy to infiltrate the island since she is a D. That only time with tell if the assumition is true.

This leads to focus of the rest of the episode why Yuu is trying to give Tear a reason to choose to be human. Since to Yuu Kiri represents what happens when a D choose to be a dragon, while everyone at the academy represents what happens when a D chooses to remain a human. That Yuu believe that if Tear meets Kiri now it is possible that she would choose to go with her. This is why them playing on the beach is so important because it represents to Tear what it would mean to choose to be human. Since it is clear it is almost impossible to convince her that she is but instead place an emphasis on choice. Then what she believe she is become irrelevant and the real issue become what she will choose. However it seems that it won't be long before she is force to choose.

Aldnoah Zero - ep17

This time things focus in on Inaho's side of things, with the interrogation of Mazuurek. It seems that he wasn't kill last time as we were lead to believe but instead was captured. Although it isn't much of an interrogation because Inaho is just using him to verifies what he believe to be true. That in the end he reveals far more to Mazuurek than he receives. However it earns him a valuable ally since Mazuurek isn't interested in conquering earth as the others. There is also the fact that if Inaho is speaking the truth about Asseylum than it is a more pressing concern than completing the conquest of earth. This leads us to Inaho aiding Mazuurek in his escape attempt but the question is how will he seek to find the truth out about Slaine. Will he pursue it through Marylcian that wishs to take Slaine's position for himself or will he try to befriend Slaine by supporting him against Marylcian. It seems that Slaine's greatest problem right now is the rest of the martian society, since he really hasn't try to make any allies. That next time it look like it will focus in on Slaine dealing with his oppistion from both Marylcian and Lemrina.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep04

Now that the situation with Iris is resolved things move onto the next arc as we are introduced to a new character. It appears that Yuu has a bit of a past with this person. Although this connect proved to be useful when Tear goes wild as Mitsuki is introducing her but it also complicates Yuu's life. The reason being is that for some reason she believe she is a dragon and she is to be Yuu's wife. This make things difficult for Yuu since she insists on being by his side at all times. Then because of this mentality it leads her to accepting Mitsuki because she is Yuu's sister.

However because of this it causes Iris to become jealous of Tear. Which leads to her going home with Yuu and Mitsuki under the guise of trying to help Tear adjust to how things work here. Although it seems that Tear will have no problem keeping despite how young she is and for doing a good job she wants to take a bath with Yuu. This leads to Mitsuki agreeing to the request as long as her conditions are met. Which it turns out to be that they must wear swimming suits. However the situation becomes uncomfortable for Yuu when both Mitsuki and Iris join in because four people in a bathtub is a bit much. In the end it doesn't take long for Tear to adjust since her trust in Iris ends up being extended to the others in class as well. Things end with Iris wanting to take up Tear's place in Yuu's lap which is quickly denied. Next time things are going to lead into the nature of Tear's powers and why she believes she is a dragon.

Aldnoah Zero - ep16

Now with Slaine's rise to power it has caused tremors within the Maritain hierarchy. This leads to some of them taking more aggressive action to discredit Slaine position within the government. Although this leads them to a confrontation with Yuki and Marito but this also informs us on the reason why they were no longer on board the Deucalion. That once again it proves how useless the rest of the earth's armed forces are without Inaho, because even-though Yuki and Marito figure out the ability of this machine they are unable to stop it. That it was Inaho up in orbit that was able to essentially defeated it, which allowed for Marito to deal the final blow.

Then while all this is going on Slaine isn't doing nothing because he is taking action against the earth forces orbital base while the Deucalion is making it's orbital descent. Although it is truly unknown how much damage he did to the base but it was enough to get him the recognition of the rest of the Martian army. Which protects him from any future plots by the other orbital knights for the time being. Now he has mostly secured his position at the top that the only one that is really above him is Lemrina who is impersonating Asseylum. Which raises the question on how will Slaine do away with her considering he wants to because she is a threat to Asseylum but can't. While at the same time Lemrina is trying to get him to side with her but in doing so mean abandoning Asseylum. That this is another fight to look forward to other that the coming conclusion between Slaine and Inaho. In the end Asseylum is really the only thing that binds them together, that it only a matter of time before her health goes one way or another. That in this moment any number of things could happen.