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EP. REVIEW: Izetta: The Last Witch

The drama after that almost had me ready to forgive them, only to have Berkman and Hagar the Horrible go running away from Bianca, who has a clear shot at them - and she doesn't shoot them.

The drama after that almost had me ready to forgive them, only to have Berkman and Hagar the Horrible go running away from Bianca, who has a clear shot at them - and she doesn't shoot them. Luckily I had nothing handy to throw through my computer screen. She's just watched them kill her unarmed comrades in cold blood, not to mention that both of them are important people you don't want getting away, and she acts like her job is just to make sure the corridor is clear so Fine can come out.

Since Finé was right in the doorway, Bianca's first priority was to make sure that the passage was clear and safe for her. Berkman and the other guy were clearly fleeing in panic and not shooting behind them, so they weren't an immediate threat and thus gunning them down was not an immediate concern. That she didn't hesitate in the slightest before looking back the other way (IOW, doing a classic covering procedure) supports this.

Yes, she was doing a classic covering procedure and that's the problem. Gunning them down should have been an immediate concern, given who they were. Fine had no pressing need to be coming out of the room at all until she got the all-clear sign from her guards. Fine also looks like an idiot here, apparently having no sense whatsoever of her position or the importance of protecting herself. When you're the leader, you don't get to be shoving your way to the front like a kid at the Macy's parade, "Lemme see! Lemme see! What's going on?" with no regard for your own safety. It's one thing for a trained soldier-king to lead his men into battle, but this is a completely different type of situation, where Fine is a vulnerable, unarmed figurehead who can give orders. Those kinds of leaders need to defer to their armed protectors in situations like this.

I also said that Elystadt should just surrender already, since they seem utterly incapable of defending themselves, no matter how much the terrain favors them. The soldiers should have been able to hold off the not-Nazis for at least a little while, since they apparently had to come in through the front door and move through narrow (yet inexplicably uncluttered) corridors, but these soldiers, who had one job (like the ones guarding the secret room), were asleep at the wheel and ended up lambs to the slaughter. In other words, there was zero evidence that they'd even tried to make the place defensible, nor that they were prepared to defend it. (that came before my outrage over Bianca's behavior. )

Btw, why was Bassler at this top level meeting of leaders and diplomats? Did he fly them in or something? His only reason for being there seemed to be to out Berkman.

I think that Key is right that Sieg would have wanted Berkman and the other guy alive for questioning. Since they were the ONLY ones left in alive in the hallway.

I really hated this episode and it ruined whole show for me.

1) Berkmann traitor. Really? Such guy with dirty hands just easily betray his country. Also the reason for his elimination was retarded. Those things just plot device to let good guys win.

2) Izetta is so fanatically want war. Sorry but without Berkmann info they had no chance so it's another plot device to let good guys win.

Honestly, i dunno how they will resolve it since even Atlanta want to destroy Izetta and probably they will occupy Elistadt anyway. But if Izetta gonna destroy all enemies of Elistadt alone i will give this show 1/10 score.

She's wheelchair-bound, but is she mentally intact?