It is here that Fractale’s plot proper begins, as Clain and Nessa meet all the residents of Granitz Village (who just happen to be terrorists). Ostensibly they are hostages, but in reality they are treated more like guests of honour. Sunda, the leader of the Granitz faction of Lost Millennium, reveals that Nessa is to [...]
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Nessa is not amused.
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So Clain and Nessa, prisoners of Enri, are flown in their cage some distance away. They descend and land on the outskirts of a small city. This city is quite different from the many settlements that pepper the countryside. For … Continue reading →
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The start of this episode definitely perked my interest, with them visiting an “old” village if you will, old being not using all the fancy technology.  And, interestingly, the people there can’t see doppels without visual assistance. Not everything “older brother” says necessarily make sense (mainly the thing about 1000 years) but it’s clear that [...]
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There are a few things that bug me about spoiler warnings.  Firstly, the mere mention of the existence of a spoiler often feels like a spoiler in itself, since people can often infer the possibilities based on contextual knowledge of the show (when in doubt, a character probably died).  Secondly, selective usage of spoiler warnings [...]
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Summary: Enri takes Clain and Nessa to Granitz Village, a large branch of the Luddite anti-Fractale organization, Lost Millennium.  Sunda explains that they consider the idle post-Fractale millennium a dark time, and everything in Granitz is done old-school.  Furthermore, all of the villagers have had their Fractale terminal removed in order to achieve true Freedom.  [...]
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I won’t presume that, considering the staff assembled for the show, Yamakan and co. had any intention of representing or critiquing Daoism, but I write this anyways since it’s a fun analogue to draw with something I heard recently. Spoilers … Continue reading →
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This episode – or the last five minutes of it, at least – really proved Fractale to be a serious story rather than a “let’s all ponder the meaning of happiness and freedom while being super cute and happy yay” story with some random elements of dystopia, totalitarianism, loneliness, etc. thrown in. Maybe it’s a [...] Related posts:Fractale 02 Fractale 01 Ookami-san 4
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A girl so in love with the wrong world I’ve been spending the past few days either on my couch with my friends playing video games, or trying to catch up on the work I didn’t because of said gaming sessions. You don’t know how much I want to head downstairs and play more Sengoku [...]
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Seriously, that is pretty much how Lost Millennium approaches its mission against the Fractale system old lady mages: Just jump in and blast the shit out of everything. But clearly they did not take it far enough — they should have rode in one of those mobile homes and started running over people for maximum [...]
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