Tales of symphonia colette dragons3/20/2023 ![]() ![]() He delights in being a shit stirrer and it's perfect.Īs far as the bigger reveals of the episode as I've mostly focused on the characters, I shouldn't be surprised that it's a split world system, but more then that I wasn't expecting Yuan to also be a Seraphim. "Oh, so this isn't your first miss" when calling Sheena out on her infiltration had me cracking up because I didn't even need to see his face to imagine it. Nice concept, but why the weird robot arms?! Again I'm thinking of the first pokemon movie and it's distractingĪs much as I love watching some of the others, Genis is still my favourite character and I admit that's due to a weakness for his snark. Or would if I didn't find the robot arm sequence so horribly ill fitting and drawn out. But again, Lloyd's failure to reach HER rather than simply her body, that the pendant alone wasn't enough and she had to reach for it herself is what makes the scene work. This time he runs and jumps to her and manages to reach her, a nice moment after the end of s1. The oppressive blue of Colette's seal is nicely broken by the red energy of Lloyd's punch, complete with great reflection. Even if it's a symbol of how he feels, that really bugs me. Speaking of character design things: Why is Regal still in manacles? Didn't he get pardoned? Is this going to pull a Utawarerumono and keep the chains on just because its' 'their look' even if it makes no sense? That bugs me. It's hard seeing her trapped in this gorgeously rendered mana prison but I'm a sucker for lights in the eyes and using that to show awareness and this episode did it in all the right ways. And Colette reacting to it, not to Lloyd but to the words and what they mean to her is better again. LLoyd as an MC saying the same thing would feel weak because grand ideals aside he is doing this for Colette, while with Presea it's rawer and we see at the end how it's connected to her own struggles, and of everyone in the two worlds who has been unknowingly affected by this. They have their shared experience, willing or not, and I also like that Presea is standing against that because of what it means, not just the person. Seeing Kratos fancy wing animations was also an unrelated bonus to that scene.Īt first it felt a little strange that Presea was the one to stand up for Colette given they'd never met, but it was the better option. They can have that connection and still be opposed and Lloyd's understanding of that in the face of Kratos' attempts to remain indifferent so as to not make it hard on him and let him forge his path I thought enhanced their earlier scenes together in a way so rarely seen with this sort of reveal. Showcasing Lloyd's MC-ness as one of his flaws, that he strikes out against the idea of Kratos being his father because of what he did to Colette while ignoring Kratos own actions towards him was a nice touch to the scene. The confrontation between Lloyd and Kratos played out better than I expected. Glad we didn't because between some great expressions and the fun of seeing what Zelos can do when serious, plus Sheena's shock as we got semi-robbed of that last episode was a fun sequence. Going just through the episode piece by piece, I was surprised the big dragon fight was still ongoing as I thought we would skip past that to focus on Lloyd. I'm really happy with the way that arc played out, and thought the final episode was as strong as the previous so coming off the back of it I'm pretty happy. ![]()
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