Comments on: Allison to Lillia: the treasure hunting arc

By: Martin

Martin — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:06:55 +0000

@dm: so Allison’s adventures are only part of the bigger story? Interesting. I was actually expecting her to be *the* main protagonist of the show so I’ll be keeping close watch on where it goes from here.

@Cameron provert: yep, I’m sharing the feeling of “Where did my free time go?!” ^_^

@Peter S: my susprises hit at the same points as yours, it seems; I’ve had to shift my expectations a little but I can enjoy it just the same now. The old man’s death did catch me by surprise though.

@Owen S: yeah, I’m keeping this on on my current watch list. Expect future updates, motivation permitting.

@Hanners: there’s a lot of untapped potential here but I’m reluctant to lay into it too much in case it’s merely faithfully adapting the novels, imperfections and all.

@Lelangir: I’ll make a mental note to watch The Queen (it stars a famous UK actress iirc, who I’ve respected for years). Aria’s op theme is stunning though - I love the way it fades in and out to compliment the relaxed atmosphere.

By: Lelangir

Lelangir — Fri, 16 May 2008 12:49:15 +0000

I dropped it (or maybe just put it on hold) after two episodes after the deer accident? That was a convenient metaphor - too convenient for me. If you’ve seen “The Queen” you’ll know what I’m talking about. I like(d) the OP a lot too, a really cool tune that somewhat reminds me of Aria’s OP songs.

By: Hanners

Hanners — Thu, 15 May 2008 22:05:57 +0000

I have to confess, I’ve been regularly laying into this show for what I see as its rather lazy and trite storytelling, to the point of being unintentionally quite funny at times.

I realise that it’s based on some light novels, but I was really shocked as to how the ended the ‘treasure’ arc - There was so much that could have been done with Allison and Wil’s struggle to get the powers that be to listen to them and actually convince people that the war could be ended, I’m no script writer but it seemed like a goldmine of possibility.

By: Owen S

Owen S — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:32:50 +0000

I’ve put this on hold due to Spring overload (yeah, it happens, I know), but I’ll trust you to sing praises of this one if anything particularly exciting happens in the next two arcs, at which point I’ll probably pick it up again.

By: Peter S

Peter S — Wed, 14 May 2008 04:13:23 +0000

The cynical side of me says: “That’s IT? They find a cave painting and the two warring sides will step down? Yeah, right. Further complications ahead as the rulers find another reason to fight.” But I guess I was expecting a different type of series. So I’ll step back and rethink this as a simple, light show with some nice air battles and plucky protagonists (I’m reminded of Claus and Lavie too) and chuckle at things like the ease of which they sprung the old man from prison. Interesting that the old man died, though. Death of developed characters CAN happen in this show.

By: Cameron Probert

Cameron Probert — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:38:48 +0000

How did I miss this show. Okay, so now you’re going to get me to watch two shows that I didn’t have any intention of watching.

By: dm

dm — Wed, 14 May 2008 01:24:56 +0000

Six episodes in, it’s clear that the Allison portion of the show will consist of three stories (as is true of the novels): the treasure/war arc, the currently-airing Fiona arc, and the third arc (which somehow involves trains — perhaps presaged by Wil assuring Allison in episode five that air transport may someday rival rail in the postwar era). The OP hasn’t just got a lovely song, it’s animation is also a table of contents!

I, too, am enjoying this series, but the “convenient coincidences” are getting to be quite dense by the middle of the Fiona arc. I’ve gotten the novels, but it will be quite some time before I am able to get through them.

Still, I find the central characters to be quite charming, and watch the series just for them.