Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep12

The rematch between Yuu and Kiri is short and sweet. It also gives us a bit a perspective into how Kiri see the actions of Yuu and the others. That she believe there isn't only two choice, that even though choosing to become a dragon isn't favorable but it still more favorable than death. However to Yuu what is important is choice that if you choose to live as a human than you should see that through to the end. This also leads to Yuu choosing what Kiri is sense she could never decide which she was. That with Yuu almost killing her but choosing not to gives him his answer. That Kiri is human and with that she leaves for now.

Then once tear is safe once more Yuu explains who Honoka really was, and Kiri's believe that the Basilisk could see the future. This leads to Mistuki forming a flexible plan to deal with the Basilisk. That in the end they use this bomb as more of a shield than a weapon. This allows them the exhaust the Basilisk while at the same time getting close enough to finish it off. Then with this all that remains is for them to return to the island. Things end with Yuu telling Iris about his memory loss, and with that Iris promise Yuu that if he forgets them she will remember for him. Then with that they return to their everyday life, and things end with the beginning chapter to this story concluding with it feeling that there is more to come, since not a lot of the other characters have been explored so this isn't the end by a long shot.

Aldnoah Zero - ep24

In the end the finale was a co-pout considering what they could have done. That Slaine could have still achieve his dream with Lemrine but it would lead to him having to claim the real Asseylum was a fake. However he couldn't keep the lie going since everything he was doing was for Asseylum's sake so in declaring a retreat he conforms with Asseylum's wishes and ends the war. Although things don't go as plan since some still want to go down fighting even knowing that fighting anymore is point less. Which ultimately leads to the final showdown with Inaho and Slaine, which turns out to be a straight out brawl rather than detail strategic moves Inaho is known for. That with both of them losing the predictive capabilities it comes down to more of the talent of the pilot. Things end with Inaho defeating Slaine but in the end he only saves him because it was a request from Asseylum. That with this the rest of the fighting concludes. Then with Asseylum as the new ruler of Vers it begins a new period of peace between Mars and Earth, in the end the question is will this peace last.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep11

Once again they delay the conclusion of the fight with the basilisk by running away instead of going on a counter offensive. That once again they are focusing on strategy rather than following through with their intent. Like with the past battles against the dragons everything went to hell but they charged through it and came out victorious. Now they have another strategy to force the Basilisk to uses his third eye because defeating the basilisk with the bomb seems like the best option. Although in going through with this plan it appears that it has created some problems. The key one being it has forced Kili to act.

That in doing so she revealed her self as being Honoka. That in a lot of ways this it was kind of obvious, since this explains how she infiltrated the base in the first place. It seems that her desire is maintain the survival as many of the D's as possible. That to her the best course of action is to bring Tear to the Basilisk since she believe that no-matter what they do they will not be able to win. It seems next time they will have to resolve thing with Kili because they can't have her interfering with the operation or trying to bring Tear to the Basilisk.

Aldnoah Zero - ep23

It appears that things are approaching the final conclusion with Asseylum escaping from Slaine. That with her escape it drives Slaine over the edge where he desire a final confrontation to end things once and for all. However through this the major focus is on Asseylum trying once again to find a peaceful resolution. This is made possible through Mazuurek joining up with Klancain's shuttle. This allow for her to see her father or more accurately see what he has become. That once Asseylum she see him in this pitiful state, it appears that she ended his suffering which also allows for her to take leadership of the empire. Which once she has it, she declares the end of hostilities. The question is that will anyone listen, and who will remain loyal to Slaine. That in the end her actions might have started Vers own civil war without truly resolving the current war. There is also the issue can earth forgiven all the damage that has been done to them, and can Asseylum even grantee the halt of her forces. The real question now is what will Slaine do since now he has to choose between his dream of unification or his love for Asseylum. That in the end he might be force to kill the very woman he swore to protect.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep10

Now it seem like they are just trying to draw thing out as long as possible since they do not attack Basilisk after the military fails. They instead create another plan to trap it by using Tear to draw it in and then have Tear leave the island to draw it's attention away from what they will be doing. That with it's attention diverted they intended to shoot it through the mountain. The rest of the episode focus's on the final preparations being made. Although you also have the fact that Honoka is acting suspicious in her actions towards Tear so it is possible that she is Kiri.

That there are further hints at this fact being that Fyril noticing the amount of Dark Matter that Honoka was feeding her during the operation. There is also the issue on how the Basilisk knew that they were going to shoot it through the mountain and why it was already prepared to counter them. Another interesting point is that each time it fires it's beam Tear condition seems to get worse so in the end even if they do defeat the Basilisk, they still might not be able to save Tear. The major question for next time is how are they going to delay thing for another episode or will they finally end the fight with the basilisk and if they do what will they use the few remaining episodes for.

Aldnoah Zero - ep22

Now with the Deucalion mission to the moon not all is as it appears, because it seems that the Earth government is using them as live bait so that they can invade the moon base to assassinate Asseylum. However Inaho and the captain are suspicious of this mission which leads them to having them enact their own infiltration mission. However all this happen at a bad time for Inaho since it appears that he is overusing his eye. The question is that will it end up killing him.

However because of this infiltration Inaho and Slaine have their second face to face meeting. Although I believe through this engagement Inaho could of kill Slaine but that would have been a lackluster conclusion to their conflict. Then after this clash Inaho reunites with Asseylum and we see the toll that this machine has put on Inaho as it appears to be slowly invading his mind. Since during the reunion with Asseylum the machine is doing the talk for Inaho. The interesting question is that since the machine is developing a personality of it's own while be dictated by Inaho's ambitions, the issue is in time will the two minds fuses into a single identity. That right now anything can still happen the only thing that is truly certain is the coming final clash between Inaho and Slaine.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep09

Although they have arrived on the island the battle isn't going to start immediately since it is going to take Basilisk three days to reach them which gives them a little time to relax before they have to do anything. Which turns this into the Onsen episode, and even more so to this point with Fyril using this opportunity to thank Yuu for his efforts in resolving the conflict between Lisa and Mitsuki. This is done by arranging for Yuu to being the hot springs at the same time that the rest of them are, without Yuu knowing what was going to happen before things went down. In the end Yuu is thankful for what Fyril was trying to do, but at least thing ended with them being unaware of what was going on or it would have been difficult for Yuu to work with them when it came time to dealing with the Basilisk.

Interestingly enough it Seem like the military is going try dealing with it first. Which means they are nothing but bait. Although there is a good reason for this since the Basilisk doesn't turn thing to stone it instead erodes time on the scale of thousands of years, which is fatal to anything that is living. However to deal with this they have designed a bomb out of Mithril which should be able to survive the power of Basilisk's erosion. In dropping the bomb things don't go as plan since that basilisk has a trump card that it plays. However it is better to find out about it now then during the battle with the basilisk. This also means that they will be more willing to kill Tear to prevent another one of these monsters from being born. This means they will need to focused not just on the threat of the Basilisk but from the people within the base as well. The question is how will the battle with the Basilisk go down.

Aldnoah Zero - ep21

Now as things are set for Inaho's rematch, things are much easier for him since this time he has the initiative. Although he didn't expect that lightning and invisibly would link up, it make things easier in some ways with reducing the frequency of the lightning attacks while reduces the mobility of the invisibility one. That through the use of his eye he is able to predict their behavior and in doing so he is able force them to split up by using Rayet as bait to draw the enemy into Yuki's line of fire. Now with the enemies divided Inaho is able to nul the electric attack by functioning as a lightning rod. Which allow him to take out the most troublesome one first. The second one is dealt with shortly after since it's general location was already known. The last one was the most bothersome since it could clone itself endlessly. Which means that only way it could be defeated is if they were all destroy at once, which puts a strain on Inaho from over using his eye. Now with this victory things are moving towards the final battle.

Then while all this was going Lemrina is confronting Slaine about his lie without reveling that she knows the truth. That with continuing his lie it leads to a face to face meeting of the sisters, where it appears that Lemrina is going to kill Asseylum so that she can permanently take her place. Although this doesn't happen instead they switch places by having Asseylum impersonating Lemrina to get answers from Slaine. However this get the answers she seeks it also results in Slaine placing them both under house arrest. Now with these event that it appears that Slaine is going die regardless of what he achieves either Inaho will kill him in battle or Asseylum with execute him when he returns her to power for going against her will and that day doesn't seem far off with Deucalion planned trip to the moon.

Juuou Mujin no Fafnir - ep08

Although everything that has happen since Tear's introduction it appears that her arc is over quite yet since the initial point was never covered, and that was dealing with her dragon the basilisk. This leads to an explanation of the dragon's powers and where it gets it's name sake since it can turn things to stone. Then because of this they are leaving the island and moving toward a neighboring island since Midgar can't afford to have the battle take place there epically with all the damage they suffered from last time. Which leads to a bit of a filler episode as they are traveling to the island it allows for them to go into more detail of the situation between Mitsuki and Lisa.

That to final resolve the situation it requires a lot of outside help. First with with Fyril informing Yuu about how Lisa doesn't hate Mitsuki because she feel that she is as much to blame for what happened as Mitsuki is. This leads to Yuu confronting Mitsuki about what happened. That in the end it is clear that Mitsuki is unjustly blaming herself for what happened. That Miyako sacrifice herself to save Mitsuki, that in the end Miyako made her choice. In the end no-one really blames Mitsuki because they were all equally incapable of prevent the tragedy. Ultimately Mitsuki asks Lisa to forgive her because Yuu asked her to. That in this sudden shift in Mitsuki's behavior it is clear that someone influence this change which leads Lisa to the most likely cause Yuu. Now with her assumption confirmed, the question becomes is what does Lisa plan to have Mitsuki do that will allow her to earn Lisa forgiveness. It appear that whatever it is, it will be something that will be something that will also punish Yuu for his involvement. Then as thing come to a close the island they are traveling to come into view.

Aldnoah Zero - ep20

Things take an interesting turn when the second half of Inaho's battle against the three Orbital knights begin. The reason is that up to this point they really have never been force to retreat, that some how they were victorious through Inaho coming up with some brilliant plan. However this time they were force to retreat and what even worse is that after they barely escape with their lives HQ is forcing them to go back. Which is very unreasonable since it seems that it would be better to isolate them and deal with them individually instead of charging head long back into the fight. The question is how will round two go since the odd are still stacked against them.

Then you also have further complications on Slaine side of things with Mazuurek taking action. That through meeting her Mazuurek is able to determine that she is a fake but the question is what can he do with this information. Although through his ship breaking down his is able to meet Asseylum's hand-maiden and through her Inaho is able to return the pendent back to Asseylum. That it seems that this pendent is the key to reviving her memories of everything that happen on earth. Then while this is going on Lemrina finds out the truth about her sister that Slaine lied to her. The question become what will she do about it, and will she confront Slaine about it or will she play ignorant.