I knight thee Lolison.

I was so excited about the prospect of a dogfight that I plumb forgot that Allison took a plane without guns. Next time I hope she gets a fighter…

At any rate it seems that poor Allison did not have any guns to shoot down her foe, nevertheless her flying was marvelous scissors, and smoke gambit were brilliantly played. I liked how she tailed them by staying in the bogie’s low six to stay out of sight, smart move. From the look of things radar is not yet in prominence or at least the Sou Beil civil defense network is still in its infancy. Nevertheless a barrel roll coupled with a dive with smoke was effectively used. Good thing the bogie didn’t account for the bullet drop properly.

Hey night fighter tactics.

Do a Barrel Roll.

First time?

Well after getting down in enemy territory Allison and Wil soon incurred the wrath of the local deer. I just wish Allison just shot them both and called it dinner. Also their cans reminded me of the old C Ration tins. God I just love little details like this that evoke the 1930s and 1940s feel to this show. Still I like the fact that Allison used something that resembled a Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless. Sweet weapon with a lot of history as it was the side arm of Eisenhower, Bradley, Marshall, and Patton. Though the barrel was messed up, still the effort was appreciated, and it was a gun much more suited to Allison as she is on the petite side.

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Dinner time!

So Wil gets knocked out by a doe and Allison carried his carcass all the way to the home of some hostile who lost both her sons and her husband in the last war. I am glad they reconcile as Mrs. Radia was living rather misreably. Speaking of Mrs. Moot I wonder how many more of her children roam the world…it would make for a sweet spy ring. In any case it was nice of the lady to lend out the uniforms of her Royal Guard sons so that Allison and Wil can infiltrate much more easily in enemy territory. In any case Allison clearly has some Fallschrimjager traing as she carried Wil quite some distance despite Wil being bigger. It was a rather odd reversal as it is usually the male who ends up carrying the female with some crap ecchi ensuing. Loli-Allison or Lolison as I call her was so freaking adorable. I just love how she designated Wil or Wilhelm Schultz as her minion or rather she made Wil a major to her colonel. Allison was such a brave little girl, too bad her beloved is as dull as bricks when it comes to people.

Hey opposites attract.

Warmer…

There ya go. Allison, kawaii~desu!

Allison is glorious and she used her honesty to disarm and diffuse and enemy civilian and converted her to the cause. I like how it wasn’t just complete filler as the old man gained some credibility and they did get some much needed disguises and weapons from that lady. This Grandma Moot ought to provide for some more future friends on their journey. The cuckoo metaphor was not great as while both Allison and Wil are orphans they were not harmful parasites to Grandma Moot. Still since the old man was able to recognize insignia he must have had some weight back in his soldaten days. While Wil’s new C 96 Mauser Broomhandle is most welcome shooting a pistol and a rifle are two different things and I hope Wil gets a rifle preferably an SVT-40, Gewehr 43, or M-1 Garand. That or her could mod his new C 96 into a machine pistol. Sorry Shin but it was not a Luger.

It’s no dream my dear…

If that is the limit of your imagination…I am disappointed.

Very disappointed…

Well next time Allison meets an old friend who invited her for tea, too bad he’s the one who shot her down…Allison is going to make him pay.

C 96 Mauser, convertible to fire on full auto…

Allison agrees, mod your gun Wil.

Yes to the Church!

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Impz’s thoughts to Episode 2

If there is something that has that little charm not unlike the quiet pieces of Someday’s dreamers, it is Allison to Lillia. This show is definitely a worthy series. Even though the two series are very different, both pieces exhibit a case of exuberant innocence of youth and the learning of life through their many experiences. Allison and Wil provide an almost innocent feel to war. Some of us might prefer the epic style of Last Exile or Code Geass (we might get that later in this series, maybe), but I like the calm style of Allison to Lilia. More accurately, the reality of war and heightened tensions.

Instead of glorifying or creating bias toward either side, Episode 2 gives us a common person’s perspective on war. The old lady Mrs Radia has been suffering from the loss of her kin through the war and has hated the people from the other side. We eventually see her resolving the pain of her heart, one that understands war does nothing but creating hatred between people who are essentially the same. We are all humans and we have no time to hate another human because of his or her nationality.

This is a lesson I feel that many war shows are lacking: the moral dilemma. We have many shows whose approach glorifies violence, killing and the nice explosions/fights that many shounen fans like. This is from a completely different, and might I say, a feminine sensitivity to the issue of war. The truth is that war is fought in the idea of improving citizens, but becomes corrupt with humans fighting for mere power and influence.

Most shows forget the fact that war usually causes more harm than good. People suffer from war. It’s the normal citizen who cannot find food, having family members sent to hell to kill other families, creating post-war syndromes that cannot be rectified in a life time and the HIStory formed by those who won. Those who lost are less than humans. I believe that Allison to Lilia Episode 2 wants us to understand that the only war worth fighting for, is peace.

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