May 6, 2007

Les Miserables - Shoujo Cosette - 18

Filed under: Finished Series:/Les Miserables - Shoujo Cosette


I just realized, the second part of Les Miserables is basically one big cat-and-mouse game between Javert and Jean. I also kept misspelling Javert’s name, sorry about that. In katakana, Javert just sounds too much like Javell. In any case, this time Jean and Cosette find shelter inside a wooden shed, on the ground of the local monastery, after using one of the ropes to climb over the walls from the previous episode. In there, Jean runs into the guy he helped a number of episodes ago, when his carriage collapsed on top of him. I never expected that that scene actually got featured into the OP for a reason.

Also, you have to love Cosette. For such a small girl, it had to be a hugely tiring journey, fleeing from the police, in the middle of the night, running quite a distance and getting carried over a wall, and she still doesn’t complain. In fact, she even helps Jean when he loses control of his hat, right above the head of Javert when she grabs hold of it. And yet, when he’s about to leave her alone, she shows signs of anxiety. Because of her time with the Thenardiers, she learned to withstand the hardest of beatings, but when it comes to loneliness, she’s as helpless as any other child of her age. ^^;

Also, even though the two of them have been able to find shelter for the night, they are going to have to leave soon. Javert has already attempted to inspect the monastery, though the head sister refused them, even though she knew that the person called “Jean Valjean” had trespassed on her terrain. Because of this, she asks the salesman to make them leave as soon as possible. I assume that she’ll alert Javert if they don’t. The salesman then comes with the idea of transporting Cosette and Jean in a coffin. Even the police don’t dare to look inside of these.

That’s only going to make the next episode even more interesting, as it does mean that Jean and Cosette will be completely dependant of the guy who transports them, since they can’t do anything inside one of these coffins. I can see Javert becoming crazy enough to think that they might have actually used the coffins to get away.

Toward the Terra - 05

Filed under: Finished Series:/Toward the Terra


It’s strange. Jomie is a brat. And I still like him. I don’t know exactly what it is, but he doesn’t feel as annoying as all those hundreds of other teenage heroes. It’s probably because he actually has a set of responsibilities. As the leader of the Myu, he’s going to be responsible for their safety. I may be mistaken, but this is an element that most of these shows fail to represent well.

This episode also gives a bit more insight about the powers of the Myu and Blue himself, when Jomie finds himself able to do the same thing we’ve seen Blue doing for the past few episodes, when he finds another kid with rather large powers. The different soldiers on the ship also still haven’t really accepted him as their leader, since he’s the reason Blue has been in an even worse state than he already was. The kids love him, though. ^^

This episode also shows that he may be a leader, he’s also inexperienced. And he shows this when he tries to save the kid (Shiroi) as well, who is surprisingly similar to his own ten-year old version: large dreams, loves his parents, etc. Jomie, however, fails to see this, and tries to force him to go along with him, when he doesn’t even have a reason to leave his parents anyway. Shiroi then releases a huge wave of energy, so that even Jomie gets pushed back. If he wasn’t so young, you’d think that he’d be the antagonist we’ve been seeing in the OP. There’s also a nice Peter Pan reference, the boy who wouldn’t grow up. It does fit Jomie perfectly, as he too didn’t grow up, and he can fly as well.

The people from the military (one being Shiroi’s father), meanwhile have found a way to detect the Myu-ship, after the previous episode, and attack it with a satellite. Because of this, the Myu are forced to leave the planet, even if this means leaving Shiroi behind. I really keep thinking that he’s going to be the antagonist for this series, but he’s just way too young. In any case, this marks the start of Jomie’s journey to guide the Myu to Terra.