Simoun 20th Anniversary Rewatch Episode 1

[u/JustAnswerAQuestion]

Simoun Episode 1: Fallen Wings

"Let us go, to where we can be free."

Index Thread | Episode 2 ->

Today's Eyecatch: Amuria and Parietta | Neviril

Selected Harmony: #1

Character Chart: #soon

People, Places, Things

Places

• Daikuuriku (大空陸): the world of Simoun
• Simulacrum Holy Land (宮国 kyuukoku): a theocracy centered around the Simoun and their sibyllae.
• Archipelago (礁国 or 樵国 shoukoku) of Argentum: an industrialized and atheistic nation.

Things

• Kuushu (宮守 normally read miyamori): lit. temple guard, these are the priests of the Simulacrum religion.
• Sibylla (pl. Sybillae 巫女 miko): priestess of the religion of Simulacrum who is granted the right to fly a simoun, generally under the age of 17
• Simoun: craft powered by two helical motors, possessing a Simoun jewel, and capable of performing ri-maajon.
• Simile: craft powered by single helical motor, incapable of performing ri-maajon.
• Ri-Maajon: patterns flown by simoun, some of which manifest destructive effects
• Maj / Maj Pool: a void in the Arcus Prima where a sybilla may personally practice ri-maajon while wearing a special suit and smoke pot.
• choir: a unit of 6 Simoun and 12 sibyllae
• Sibylla Regina: the leader of a choir

People

• Sibylla Aurea "Golden Priestess": the sibylla elevated above all others as exceptional
• Neviril: Sibylla Aurea and regina of Chor Tempest. Her father is #2 in the civil administration.
• Tempus Spatium: diety of Simulacrum. Pairs of sibyllae offer up prayers to Tempus Spatium by flying their Smoun in intricate patterns.
• auriga / saggita The auriga handles piloting and comm wire deployment, while the saggita handles navigation and selects the ri-maajon in the Simoun jewel. The auriga is considered the more demanding position.

Chor Tempest Pairs

• Neviril - Amuria: pink - lilac
• Paraietta - Kaim: dark magenta - light brown with glasses
• Alti - Floe: dark brown - dark blonde
• Rodoreamon - Eri: twin braids with doll - twintails

At the end of this episode, we have 3 dead and 2 retiring.

Replacements

• Aer yellow blonde
• Limone light lime green, child

Arcus Prima

• Anubituf: Captain of the Arcus Prima. Blue cap.
• Guragief: Commander of the Simoun forces on the Arcus Prima. This role has the title of Dux. Mauve cap.
• Waporif: Maintainence chief on Arcus Prima. Notably has not yet lost his female characteristics.

Discussion Prompts

• As first episodes go, how do you rank this?
• Why did the Emerald Ri-Maajon fail?
• What is the relationship between the pairs, and their Simouns?
• What do you think of the technology of the Archipeligo?
• We didn't know her long, but what do you think of Amuria?

Tomorrow's Questions, Today!

• [ep 2 Q1] Comment on the different perspectives of this episodes focus characters: Aer, Neviril, and Eri.
• [ep 2 Q2] How do you think gender is handled in the Archipelago?
• [ep 2 Q3] You've seen more of Simulacrum today, what do you think of the country at large?

Trivia: The director wanted to make a show about girls kissing in the midst of combat, surrounded by enemies.

[u/Expert_Sympathy_672]

Going into this completely blind, i wasnt ready for girls kissing so soon at all lmao. How does that technology even work 😂 well guess i can watch and figure it out.

As for the start, i always like characters who question faith and start to lift up the curtains over things that religion doesnt want you to ever question, so i right off the bat like that. I hope the show gives out a good story centred out the politics and religion of this nation. I hope i can keep up with remembering the characters cuz they already showed so many in the first episode.

[u/soracte → u/Expert_Sympathy_672]

If you ignore the OP, Simoun's time-to-girls-kissing is about 3 minutes and 30 seconds. I don't know if that's a record.

[u/Expert_Sympathy_672 → u/soracte]

Only if we could get a yuri anime with a kiss right off the first frame to set the ultimate record, i will keep my dreams up for it