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Cross Ange: Rondo of Angels and Dragons (TV).

No evidence points that Zola held people captive, she was pretty much a product of their lives as the other girls were.

The trio are the very definition of Stockholm syndrome.

Prime example: They see Ange in the cafeteria, eating alone at a table, take all her food from her tray while pretending to care about her well being, and when she asks (quite innocently) how they can stomach the taste, Hilda nearly blows her lid as if she's insulting them personally. In addition, Ange was shown treating Coco and Miriam kindly because they did not try to antagonize her. (Fat lot of good it did them, considering their Captain Zola thought it more important to both rape Ange and gloryhound than actually look after their well being.)

Mecha Hunter wrote:

Prime example: They see Ange in the cafeteria, eating alone at a table, take all her food from her tray while pretending to care about her well being, and when she asks (quite innocently) how they can stomach the taste, Hilda nearly blows her lid as if she's insulting them personally. In addition, Ange was shown treating Coco and Miriam kindly because they did not try to antagonize her. (Fat lot of good it did them, considering their Captain Zola thought it more important to both rape Ange and gloryhound than actually look after their well being.)

Innocently asked? She insulted their lives, that the food they always ate was so bellow taste that she could not stomach it, that she was so much better than them.

She was treating the girls nicely because they still acted as if she was a princess, and she needed something from them. She did not even respect the desert that Coco gave up for her, instead putting it in the bin.

And it has already been mentioned that Zola was planning on having the new recruits in the back, likely only to learn from watching since they were not experienced. Zola tried to tell them to keep formation to keep them safe, but instead they spoiler[chased Ange and got killed], that Zola was right.

Ange is getting the job done, but we also saw her shove one of the others out of the way so she could get the final kill, something that would get her more money, which she just deposited anyway. Something the girls might see as acting as if she is better than them in not needing any of it.

New sign in, first time poster here.

Got to say, this series is certainly a guilty pleasure for me.

For the record, I do NOT like the way Princess Angelise aka Ange is being treated at all. Considering the fusion of the worst possible military and prison stereotypes, I can't say it's unexpected.

It's like the show is mixing the worst elements of Freezing and Valvrave, yet neglecting their redeeming qualities. At least for now.

A lot of people seem to like calling the princess a "bitch" and "completely unlikeable." I disagree.

Aside from the In Medias Res opening, the first scene she's in, she chooses to lose a game by prioritizing the safety of her classmate who could well have died from her fall if Ange did not neglect the ball to catch her. This shows that she's inherently a good person.

Second, the scene with the woman and her baby... Really, if Ange alone, as princess, held those views, she would be a monster, but the look of horror on those officers as the baby tore through the barrier shows her whole society thinks that way. Imagine this, baby Bengal Tigers are cute, right? Would you want your neighbor keeping one as a pet? OF COURSE NOT! Bengal Tigers are inherently VERY dangerous. One of them could maul you or someone you care about to death easily without intending to do so. No matter how much your neighbor might adore his/her "baby," you'd want the authorities to take that beast away, by any means necessary. She, along with the rest of her society was brought up to believe that Norma are inherently irrational and violent without exception, and it's only a matter of time before they rampage indiscriminately which leads to point three. Further, Angelise never intended to EXTERMINATE the Norma. She wanted to investigate why they had that defect and prevent others from suffering it in the future. That's a very compassionate goal. Too bad she did not get to see that goal accomplished.

Third. The brutal beatdown and technical rape she received form Commander Jill, and rape attempt from Captain Zola only served to REINFORCE her mindset. "Jill and Zola are irrational, violent and rampaging. They admit to being Norma. I, Princess Angelise, of 'M' kingdom don't behave that way, therefore I am not Norma. There must be some other reason why Mana is not working for me." (She comes up with "Mana just can't reach here" when she meets Coco.)

Fourth. Her desertion attempt. No civilized court on Earth would consider fully pressing charges on desertion when facing her extenuating circumstances, ie the constant threat of rape. In fact, a close eye to Jill's reaction at the end of episode three and listening closely to Jill's conversation with the quartermaster leads me to believe that Jill WANTED Ange to attempt desertion and would have let Zola keep raping her until she tried, just so she could place the blame for the death of her squadmates on her head and have her fight the Dragons purely out of survivor's guilt!

Fifth. Why did Jill put the royal ring on Ange's finger and give her the super-mecha? Turns out Ange CAN use Mana after all! The ring burst out mana and pimped out her mecha the moment Ange's blood touched it, which is apparently why no one else could fly it properly.

Sixth. I find it difficult to see Zola as a good leader, and aside from Stockholm syndrome, I fail to understand how any one of her subordinates would love her. Trade sex for certain favors, perhaps, but love? Further marks against her being a good leader is prioritizing raping her new recruit(s) over actually teaching them how to fight the dragons properly. There's also the fact that her final orders were "just try to stay alive." Not "return to base." Or anything tactically sound. As far as I'm concerned, the deaths of those three people, including Zola herself, was entirely her fault and Jill's.

Seventh. Bullies will be bullies. Most of the time, they don't have any logical reason for going after you. Heck, maybe they even know it, they just don't care. Those three girls in Zola's harem twisted logic into a pretzel just so they could interpret anything Ange said or did as a personal insult, and it only got worse after Zola's death. It's typical "blame the victim" stuff. Heck, they even tried to take Ange out with "friendly fire" near the beginning of episode 4, that's the reason Ange pushed the twin-tail aside. Payback for being shot at.

Eighth. Ange's aloof "bitchiness" in episode 4 is what's known as a "Jerkass facade." She doesn't want anyone to get close to her because she doesn't want to lose anyone close to her again. She's ALREADY lost her mother, her father, her younger sister, Coco, and Miriam. Ersha even lampshades it from the kitchen. (In a sympathetic tone) "Ange." Ange's also very wise to deposit the vast majority of her cash, so that the bully trio doesn't go after it.

I suppose the show is shifting gears... sort of. Not in any evolutionary sense, but more in the "Well, we've milked those themes, bring in a new set" sense.

Really if spoiler[he wanted to show he meant no harm he should have dressed her in a shirt and not slept in the bed] in the first place.

One bit of confusion for me ... I thought only spoiler[females could use Mana?] Wasn't that established in eppie 1?

I exulted in episode 5. Not one, not two, but three - count 'em, THREE - spoiler[vage faceplants]!

I liked spoiler[Tusk and hope we see more of him], soon. spoiler["You're violent, but you're pretty and cute and beautiful."] Smooth talker!