[Anime] Aldnoah.Zero

Aldnoah drive usage passed on through fluid transmission confirmed? Only way I think of why Slaine could use Tharsis.

Assuming that some of the characters that die today do not live on in a vegetative state.

Asseylum's false deaths were to establish dummy plot armor for her, so when the moment came that she did actually die people would not expect it.

Why did Slaine kill Inaho? So that there are no witnesses to Asseylum's death for the sake of his plan to cause Vers and Earth immeasurable suffering to pay for their crimes. It's delicious irony, he's exploiting Asseylum's death to bring about a catastrophe when he swore vengeance against other that would exploit her for that reason. Slaine's actions in the future will possibly destroy humanity but avenging Asseylum is now Slaine's sole reason for existence. "Fiat justitia ruat caelum", "Let justice be done though the heavens fall", justice must be carried out at any cost.

Inaho's last moments. As Yuki said Inaho adored Asseylum so despite his realistic approach to life, Inaho kept smiling and refusing to believe her death, thinking back to how they fondly spent their time together and that the end to those days must be impossible. So he crawled to her side, desperately believing in her until his death. Meanwhile Slaine unknowingly killed one of the few people capable of sympathizing with him and never had the chance to even talk to Asseylum before setting out on a path to destroy everything she worked for, furthermore her last thoughts were of Inaho not Slaine.

Saazbaum spared? Maybe, perhaps Slaine wants Saazbaum to see firsthand what he will do to his wish for prosperity to Vers before killing him.

Slaine ended the Childhood Dream that day, now the real fun starts.

Well, that was unexpected. Although the writing still isn't good (Slaine saving the Count? The hell?), so if the characters miraculously survive I won't be surprised.

Assuming Inaho is actually dead, it's because Inaho drew a gun on him. Which is funny for some reasons:
1. It is the opposite of what happened earlier between the two
2. Inaho has been relatively unharmed throughout the series while Slaine gets tortured for an episode on top of his regular abuses
2. Slaine shooting Inaho here makes more sense than Inaho shooting down Slain earlier after provoking him and leaving him to drown
3. Inaho was completely unharmed from their earlier encounter despite them firing simultaneously (though some people like to believe Slaine fired first).

Damn, I really didn't see that coming. Fairly certain Anichart said it was 24 epsidoes so I wasn't expecting such a decisive finale. So both Inaho and the Princess's "deaths" were from what looked like head shots, but if you watch them slowly you can't actually see the bullet enter their head in either scene, you simply see their head fly back and blood come out. Which means that both could have been a graze or non lethal shot. Maybe I'm being overly hopeful, but I feel like one or both of them are still alive. If the princess had the ability to pass on Aldnoah activation through a kiss(or mouth to mouth), both Inaho and Slaine would be able to activate Aldnoah. It'll be interesting to see if they're truly dead or not, atleast its only one season we have to wait. I really just don't want the next season to feature Slaine as the main character, couldn't stand him as a character and the ending made me like him even less. He just seems poorly written.

Slaine saving the Count was good, it was based on the weakness of Slaine to worship/sympathize those with strong motivations and if Asseylum would die like Orlane did Slaine knew he might do the same thing having almost experienced what he had(well he's going through that right now); perhaps Saazbaum knew those facts as well and exploited him. It also taught Slaine to never show mercy to his enemies which lead to the death of Inaho.

Yeah I'm actually wary of Inaho's death, but the scene felt good enough for Inaho's death and Slaine as an MC to replace Inaho segues well into explaining Dr.Troyard/Heaven's Fall for season 2. Inaho is hard to replace though, especially with all of the Terran characters. I feel like Slaine was going to kill Inaho anyways. The way he looked at Inaho while he was crawling towards Asseylum was fairly ominous, perhaps he blames Inaho for taking Asseylum from him which lead to her death(he was there to watch Asseylum slobber over Inaho). Slaine is a pretty terrible person despite his initially disarming appearance.

1. Didn't realize that, pretty funny actually.
2. Inaho's lost a close friend of his(not that I really cared), so iffy.
3. Slaine pointed his cannons at Inaho first after Inaho provoked him.
4. Inaho suffered some pretty severe injuries before his death, so it's expected for him to react slower. I had the feeling he was expecting to die at that point too, his smile was fairly bitter and he probably knew he wasn't going to get anything from shooting Slaine. Surrendering or buying time for Yuki to rescue him would've been better.

I felt like Inaho got progressively sloppier as the series went on and I totally blame Asseylum for that(as Inko and Yuki pointed out). He probably would have just shot Saazbaum when dueling him(assuming he did not go fisticuffs because he wanted to avoid his leg-mounted launchers or exploit his temperament) if it wasn't for the fact that he wanted to humiliate Saazbaum for insulting and threatening Asseylum's idealistic dream of a peaceful resolution. That sloppiness costed him everything.

If Inaho is still alive I can't wait for Inko to try and fill the void that Asseylum left. It will be hilarious watching her die for unreciprocated love.

Damn, as far as I'm concerned, those two took one to the head, and the pooling of blood just appeared to try and cement the fact.

I'm assuming Asseylum is finally dead, but I can see them bringing Inaho back in, since he might be able to activate an aldnoah drive himself.

I thought it was an interesting end. I actually like how they did the ending for this episode, no music, just a few final words and atmosphere. It really let the whole thing sink in for me.

yeah, go Save the guy that's hell bent to killing your precious Hime

Except you are forgetting that Slaine was quite willing to shoot Trillram multiple times when Slaine first heard what Trillram's intents were.

Inaho forgiving Rayet for being a Martian and choking the princess while provoking Slaine and shooting him down despite helping Inaho.

Slaine also stopped trying to kill Saazbaum in the dining hall after hearing of his motive behind starting the conspiracy. Which is also proof of inconsistency, but if Slaine was thinking then(which he probably wasn't) killing the lord of the castle while still trapped inside the castle makes it difficult for him to escape(especially since Aldnoah powers down on death, alerting all the personnel onboard while also disabling their security?).

Inaho does not hate Martians, he stated that in the finale. Rayet was in no condition to take aggressive action against anyone besides herself after choosing not to shoot Asseylum, Inaho reasoned that there was no need to add to the body count especially when she could be a promising ally and even if she isn't cleared for active duty(as her detainment later showed) having her imprisoned is preferable to executing someone in front of his waifu. Inaho wanted to judge Slaine's reaction after he was acting incredibly obstinate about Asseylum and Slaine pointed cannons at him, which prompted Inaho shooting him. One could argue that Slaine fired a warning shot because he completely missed Inaho. The rivalry between Inaho and Slaine felt pretty lackluster and convenient to me so meh.

I can't blame him because the writing is in the gutter, along with the directing. If the directing was better, no one would be saying Slaine fired first, because they fired at the same time and it was just framed terribly unless we assume that Inaho has instant reflexes and his mech can respond to his commands so quickly that Inaho is capable of responding within a split second. Nevermind Slaine somehow missing his shot. See also in episode 12 where Slaine teleports from the top of the Castle to just outside Tharsis' cockpit.

Inaho's rifle was already pointing at the Sky Carrier's wing during the conversation. I don't see what is wrong with Slaine intentionally missing his shot, as supporting evidence if he fired with the intention to hit Inaho the explosions could send his Sky Carrier into a perilous spiral from the impact. There's also the Deucalion which would probably squash him like a bug after killing Inaho to deter him. Perhaps you should dismiss the assumption that they fired simultaneously.

Not necessary to show that(since you can fill in the blanks yourself), but it would've helped. They could've cut out time from the scene where Slaine was running from the Terran Kataphrakt for his journey(physically symbolizing his loyalty) or Asseylum's talk with Inaho in Princess 1(assuming that Slaine isn't going to follow Inaho's words to heart in season 2, massive casualties result in cease-fire), but that's something they should spend time in season 2 to reinforce if my predictions are correct.

Inaho's dead, the dead princess was taken away by Selaine(bolded that one for some reason) because he likes dead people.

and that didn't impact me one bit. I just laughed so hard since I know some of the people on several places watches it because 'Urobutcher' was the one handling it(he was only there for the first 3 episodes) and the freaking rage was everywhere. It was so good.

Again, it's the awful directing that's causing confusion where there shouldn't be. We do not see Slaine's shots hitting anything. We also don't see Slaine shots missing anything. The bullets just disappear. If this actually is a "Slaine fires first, Inaho responds" situation, then we are clearly missing a frame where we see Inaho actually reacting to Slaine's shot.

It could've been framed as:
(Slaine fires)
(shots miss or damage an unimportant area)
(close up of Inaho's face)
"Wrong answer." "Bad choice." etc., etc.
(Inaho fires)

But what we got was:
*Bang, bang*
*Bang*

I'm watching the scene again. And Inaho's rifle is in the mech's right hand. The bat's right wing is what was shot. However, we never see Inaho actually aim for the right wing. If it was the left wing that was damaged, you'd have a case. Inaho's mech is seen holding the gun close to its chest right up to the point where we see Slaine's shots being fired.

So actually, neither explanation makes any sense (insert laughter here). It can't be simultaneous since Inaho wasn't already aiming, and it can't be Inaho firing second since we don't see any actual reaction from Inaho.

Is slaine going to be the MC? God better not be like Gundam S Destiny, cause Shin.