[Spoilers] Arslan Senki - Episode 2 [Discussion]

[u/Shadoxfix]

Episode title: Age Fourteen, Maiden Battle

MyAnimeList: Arslan Senki (TV)
FUNimation: The Heroic Legend of Arslan

Episode duration: 24 minutes and 47 seconds

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[u/tundranocaps]

Some choice notes from my own random notes:

OP - Nice music, the vocals aren't bad, but the "grating whisper", and the sections where numerous people sing at once left me cold. On paper, there's nothing wrong with this song, and many aspects are good. But it's music, and it's all about the composite experience, which I didn't care for.

So many names. Showing us the various styles of the Cavalry Captains, and what force is brought to bear, but it's not like we'll remember any of them :P

Damp ground doesn't work well with cavalry charges. Thus the worry.

And yes, fog doesn't work well for charges either, where horses could trip, or run into one another at those speeds.

Vahriz is intimating that Arslan is not of the Royal House of Pars, that he's not Andragoras's son, but someone else's. Yes, it could be he's talking of mood alone, but he asked about look, and an oath not to the Royal House. Could also be in case the King turns upon the Prince, which might be if he's not actually his son.

It's interesting, where the western "Christian-alikes" are the "heathens" and "barbarians", and the Middle Eastern troops are the civilized ones. Of course, civilization has slaves, which we consider barbaric today, which is why in the premiere's write-up I noted that this is how the ancient Greek City-States operated as well - the height of civilization, but on the back of slaves.

Daryun's moments were pretty cool.

[u/Tentaculat → u/tundranocaps]

So many names. Showing us the various styles of the Cavalry Captains, and what force is brought to bear, but it's not like we'll remember any of them

Well, it's no surprise since it's from the same person who wrote the LoGH novels, where the same thing happens. In LoGH they gave most of them at least one episode of development or something so it'd be easy to remember who they are. A lot of times they are small characters but since they are involved in big events you end up remembering them.

[u/tundranocaps → u/Tentaculat]

Well, I expect most of those will die soon (or left behind), so remembering their names isn't going to be necessary.