Tytania - 03
Short Synopsis: Everyone and his dog is now trying to recruit Fan Hulic.
Highlights: This definitely is the series with the most focus on build-up of the entire season.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10 (Good)
In a way, I’m glad that I haven’t seen Legend of Galactic Heroes at this point. The thing is that when compared to Tytania, it has two major disadvantages: it’s likely not going to have the same huge episode length, and neither does it have the month-long gap between episodes that allowed the creators to put so much time and effort into the former, so that they could get every bit of development right. This way, right now I can enjoy Tytania to the fullest, only to be blown away by LoGH afterwards, which is probably going to be ten times better or so, instead of the other way around.
In any case, the past two episodes have made it very clear now what this series is going to be: this episode didn’t feature any space battles yet again, and the creators kept emphasizing that this is a political thriller, and the space-battles just come in at second place. I have no idea what this series is going to be like once it arrives at the real meat of the story, but for now I’m glad to see that it’s putting so much effort into setting everything up right.
This episode basically meant to show that Fan Hulic wasn’t just going to go with Tytania without a fight. Tytania is a force more fearsome than I originally believed, and the fact alone that he won a battle from them has labelled him as the hero of the many people who oppose the Tytania-family. Some of those people can be seen in this episode as they managed to recruit Fan for their own goals, rather than letting Tytania snatch him away.
I keep wondering what’s up with that girl… I think her name was Lydia (it’s amusing how even the characters in this series aren’t able to keep track of all the names of the different characters ^^;), but she feels entirely out of place in this series. Especially considering how she’s featured in just about every promo-material. I hope that the next few episodes will shed light on this, and make her more into just an ordinary girl who likes flowers.