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官庁もマスメディアも人口も何もかも東京に一極集中でキー局からは毎日毎日東京の飯屋と憧れを抱いて上京するキラキラ女子の情報が垂れ流され、洗脳された若い女は無条件に上京して何も得られず搾取され貴重な適齢期を家賃の支払いのために消費していく
コンパクトシティの流れは正しいと思うが無電柱化やEV充電施設の充実等々のインフラ整備が伴ってないのが現状で取捨選択の名を借りた単なる切り捨てに終わってる
今まで土地がないのに無理矢理宅地造成して山や谷に一軒家を建てて住んできたが、今後はどう考えても維持できない
「持続可能なまちづくり」はキラキラした近未来的なスマートシティへの移行ではない、山の放棄、田畑の放棄、田舎の放棄、国土の7割放棄、外国人人口の増加、それで初めて持続可能だ
The Good: Complete and utter commercial success. It hooked a whole new generation and demographic who knew nothing about Gundam, bringing in a massive wave of new fans. As Bandai Namco’s financial reports show, GQuuuuuuX was the explosive engine that drove them to record-breaking profits. From a business standpoint, the numbers prove its success beyond a shadow of a doubt.
The Problem: The plot is completely incoherent, and the actual content isn't even worth discussing.
My biggest grievance is that the protagonist, Machu, shows zero personal growth. Every time she hits a wall, Sharia spoils her, and the Gundam itself (lol) spoils her. There is absolutely no internal development. She doesn't even care that she's been branded a terrorist, can never go home, and ruined her family's livelihood. Her mindset—that the Earth's oceans are real and everything in space is fake—doesn't change a single bit from start to finish.
What exactly were we, the audience, supposed to take away from GQuuuuuuX? What are we supposed to learn from a story where Machu just goes on a rampage in a weapon of mass destruction, completely ignoring everyone around her, while the Gundam, Char, and Sharia do nothing but baby her and cater to her self-fulfillment?
GQuuuuuuX was a commercial success, and I enjoyed watching it week to week. But it's a show that has absolutely no rewatch value.
In the 2000s, professional authors churned out hundreds of school-setting superpower battle light novels. Naturally, people quickly grew tired of them, and today, the genre is practically extinct. The mine ran completely dry.
Right around that time, amateur writers (wannabes) started flooding fiction-submission websites with hundreds of thousands of Isekai Reincarnation web novels. Overlord, Re:Zero, Mushoku Tensei... Major publishers like Kadokawa swarmed this brand-new gold mine. And now, 20 years later, this mine has finally run dry too.
Why does this loop keep happening over and over again? Let’s talk about market competition.
When a specific genre explodes in popularity, a massive influx of copycats follows. Consumption accelerates, leading to a flood of cheap, mass-produced anime adaptations. The "Isekai" setting was incredibly versatile—much like an MMORPG, it allowed authors complete freedom over the protagonist's build and playstyle. It was a worldview with far more utility than the urban contemporary superpower battles that came before it. It offered overwhelming freedom and, therefore, seemingly infinite scalability.
However, real-world consumers don't have infinite wallets. Reality has finally caught up with the market.
Sure, Isekai anime based on web novels will continue to be made. But the industry will stop wasting resources on low-quality cash grabs. The era of mass production is over; the era of selective focus has begun.
Before Demon Slayer, the ultimate peak for a long-running manga was just getting a long-running anime. The goal was simply to fill weekly slots on commercial TV with low-budget productions like One Piece. World Trigger S1 was a product of that era.
It’s been less than a decade since the industry pivoted to the current model, where companies like Sony/Aniplex pour massive budgets into high-quality animation to maximize profit through tie-ins and merch rather than just the show itself. World Trigger was caught right in the middle of that transition.
Historically, marriage was a contract between families. It was a practical arrangement based on mutual interests, regardless of the couple's personal feelings. Today, people marry for love, but that’s a double-edged sword.
If the only reason you're together is because you 'like' each other, then that same logic justifies cheating the moment you 'like' someone else. They aren't obsessed with cheating; they just don't value marriage. To them, a marriage based on nothing but feelings is essentially meaningless.
The history of AoT spans from ancient times to the early modern era (the 20th century). Aside from the fantasy element of the Titans, that world follows our real-world timeline quite accurately. Throughout the story, the characters are searching for an answer to the question: "Why is this world so cruel to us?"
The readers are no different. What are the Titans? Who is Founder Ymir? What are Eldians? What are the Walls? Part 1 is built on the mysteries of the world, while Part 2 provides the answers.
In contrast, LoGH features a far more extensive history, but it isn't treated as a mystery, nor is it hidden from the public. (At least in the FPA, it seems anyone can access this history whenever they want.) While the connection between the Cult of Earth and Phezzan is a top-secret enigma within the story, it’s explicitly shown to the reader. Julian eventually confirms this link, but he only discovers Trunicht’s involvement after Trunicht's death—he never really questioned the source of Trunicht's power while he was alive.
Comparing the two, the characters in LoGH aren't fighting to uncover the secrets of their world; they are fighting for their own ambitions and self-interests. Yoshiki Tanaka’s brilliance lies in the setting where religion and philosophy were essentially wiped out during the Thirteen-Day War. For the characters in LoGH, it is only natural that they focus on the pursuit of secular and practical interests.
I believe that by this point, Hilda is already conscious of the fact that her feelings for Reinhard have evolved beyond mere admiration into genuine love.
For Reinhard, his world—excluding Kircheis and Annerose—consisted entirely of subordinates and enemies. Therefore, it was only natural for Hilda to first establish a relationship as his subordinate, eventually becoming a special existence within that framework. However, because of that professional boundary, she constantly suppresses her romantic feelings.
There are decisive portrayals of this in OVA Episode 84 and Novel Vol. 8, Chapter 7. Following this, in OVA Episode 85 and Novel Vol. 8, Chapter 8, Hilda’s inner thoughts are revealed.
Even though she deeply regretted bringing up the topic of his sister back on March 19th, she finds herself doing so again here, fully aware that she is overstepping her duties as the Chief of Staff. While Hilda tries her best to fulfill her role through firm rationality, her true feelings leak out in ways even she cannot fully comprehend.
Yeah, Friedrich IV basically committed suicide. But he did it on the grandest scale possible, taking the entire Goldenbaum Dynasty and the high nobles down with him.
First, he tried to drain the Imperial treasury with all those pointless construction projects, but that went nowhere—the Empire’s wealth was so bottomless that even his insane spending couldn't break it.
Next, he had Viscount Grimmelshausen, his long-time aide, dig up every single dirty secret within the aristocracy, the court, and the military. Of course, that was a 'gift' meant to be opened only after his death.
Finally, he found exactly what he needed: a brilliant, talented young man (Reinhard) who hated the Goldenbaum Dynasty just as much as he did. He gave Reinhard limitless power and titles, basically handing him the keys to finish the job. The man who saw his own children killed 26 times ended up doing exactly what the nobles feared most—he wiped out Rudolf’s bloodline for good.
Friedrich IV’s sexual preferences were actually a byproduct of his despair. In his younger years, he preferred mature women and took his imperial duties seriously—specifically, the need to produce an heir. He impregnated 16 women (including the Empress) a total of 28 times. However, the results were devastating: 6 miscarriages, 9 stillbirths, and of the 13 children born alive, 9 died before reaching adulthood, while 2 others died shortly after.
These numbers are statistically impossible. This cannot be explained away by the 'tainted blood' mentioned by Klaus von Lichtenlade; this was clearly a deliberate, man-made tragedy. The culprits were undoubtedly the husbands of his only surviving daughters: Duke Braunschweig and Marquis Littenheim.
Friedrich’s shift in preference occurred in his mid-forties. Remember, he was one of nine siblings, yet he was the only one left alive. After seeing his children die time and time again—having 28 chances at fatherhood only to see his offspring 'liquidated' (likely murdered) 24 times—his spirit finally broke. By the time he reached the tenth or fifteenth death, he simply gave up. His eventual pivot toward young girls who were physically unfit for childbearing was a sign that he had conceded defeat; he was no longer seeking an heir, but merely a source of comfort in his total resignation.
