As The Kingdoms of Ruin begins to air, we wonder if it is going to be a good revenge story.
The Kingdoms of Ruin (Hametsu no Oukoku) crammed a lot into its first episode, and we will spoil some if not all of it. Return after you have watched it.
The premise of the anime is simple: the godly power created both humans and witches, with the latter having some magical powers. Those with powers were supposed to help humans. As the main villain, Emperor Goethe of Redia Empire, points out, though, humans were also afraid of witches and did not like asking them for help. In the end, as technology became more widespread, witches were deemed unnecessary, and a witch-hunt took place.
Chloe was one of the victims of that witch-hunt, and she was humiliated and killed in front of her human apprentice, Adonis. Ten years after that, Redia causes wars and takes prisoners, and Adonis seems to be accidentally freed from a cage of sorts by a prisoner who tries to escape the fate of a slave. Judging by the look on his face, he is not going to spare lives as he goes on a rampage. That seems like a good revenge story beginning.
A lot of questions remain, which, we hope, future episodes will answer.
It is not entirely clear why all witches had to die; they could just be exiled from Redia, but they seemed to have looked for witches everywhere, even when they were fleeing the Empire. It is not clear why Adonis was not just killed or put to work either.
He seems to be a brilliant man, one who creates devices that are even more advanced than Redia's technology. Regardless, he seems to have spent the last ten years in isolation, and it is a good enough reason to fight back and take revenge.
One might also argue that Chloe was fridged for the sake of Adonis' revenge, which would make this revenge story a little less thought-out. In other words, Chloe was discarded as a character to give another character a backstory. Indeed, Chloe received barely any time on the screen, just enough to establish her relationship with Adonis, and then she was promptly discarded, even though a powerful witch on the path of revenge would have also been interesting to watch. That is why some might question the anime's choice of the avenger.
Chloe was not just executed, either; the Emperor took his time, humiliating her as much as possible.
He removed her upper body clothing, letting his people watch a half-naked lady beg him for the life of her apprentice. Neither of them could use magic at the time, which left Chloe powerless next to a man who hated her for what she was. Since Adonis watched all of that, he has a lot of reasons for revenge, and Chloe, fridged or not, is going to have to live on in his memories.
As The Kingdoms of Ruin begins to air, we wonder if it is going to be a good revenge story.
The Kingdoms of Ruin (Hametsu no Oukoku) crammed a lot into its first episode, and we will spoil some if not all of it. Return after you have watched it.
The premise of the anime is simple: the godly power created both humans and witches, with the latter having some magical powers. Those with powers were supposed to help humans. As the main villain, Emperor Goethe of Redia Empire, points out, though, humans were also afraid of witches and did not like asking them for help. In the end, as technology became more widespread, witches were deemed unnecessary, and a witch-hunt took place.
Chloe was one of the victims of that witch-hunt, and she was humiliated and killed in front of her human apprentice, Adonis. Ten years after that, Redia causes wars and takes prisoners, and Adonis seems to be accidentally freed from a cage of sorts by a prisoner who tries to escape the fate of a slave. Judging by the look on his face, he is not going to spare lives as he goes on a rampage. That seems like a good revenge story beginning.
A lot of questions remain, which, we hope, future episodes will answer.
It is not entirely clear why all witches had to die; they could just be exiled from Redia, but they seemed to have looked for witches everywhere, even when they were fleeing the Empire. It is not clear why Adonis was not just killed or put to work either.
He seems to be a brilliant man, one who creates devices that are even more advanced than Redia's technology. Regardless, he seems to have spent the last ten years in isolation, and it is a good enough reason to fight back and take revenge.
One might also argue that Chloe was fridged for the sake of Adonis' revenge, which would make this revenge story a little less thought-out. In other words, Chloe was discarded as a character to give another character a backstory. Indeed, Chloe received barely any time on the screen, just enough to establish her relationship with Adonis, and then she was promptly discarded, even though a powerful witch on the path of revenge would have also been interesting to watch. That is why some might question the anime's choice of the avenger.
Chloe was not just executed, either; the Emperor took his time, humiliating her as much as possible.
He removed her upper body clothing, letting his people watch a half-naked lady beg him for the life of her apprentice. Neither of them could use magic at the time, which left Chloe powerless next to a man who hated her for what she was. Since Adonis watched all of that, he has a lot of reasons for revenge, and Chloe, fridged or not, is going to have to live on in his memories.
