Eva’s First Impression

Now this is the type of series that is right up my alley. Historical, Action, and Magic all in one, I love these type of stories. This premiere only made me fall in love with it even more, which only justifies the excitement and great anticipation I have for this series.

  Shuumatsu no Izetta is set in World War II, when the Germania Empire is looking to expand and occupy more territory. Our heroine is a badass tomboy Princess Finé of Eylstadt, a tiny country that has been struggling to find allies and assistance to fend off the Germania Invasion. Unfortunately by the end of the episode, the Germania forces have successfully breached its defenses. To make matters worse, they had also successfully captured Princess Finé, who lost two dear bodyguards during her mission to speak with Britianna’s ambassador. Luckily for Finé however, fate had something else in mind, as Fine not only once, but twice been placed in the same spot as Germania’s top secret weapon, which was none other than her childhood friend, The White Witch, Izetta.

shuumatsu-no-izetta-img-0013I love Finé for her courage, strength and intelligence. She was extremely careful about revealing her family’s health, indicating it’s likely that her father is indeed bedridden. She has also taken it upon herself to meet Britannia’s Ambassador to try and persuade them to form an alliance, with her ace up her sleeve of accepting Prince Henry’s offer for marriage (one she had previously declined). Finé was willing to sacrifice her position as Eylstadt’s next leader for the sake of her country, but unfortunately for her- she didn’t even get the chance to do so as just after she made the offer, it was cast out the window once they received the news it was already too late for Eylstadt. It was tough luck for her to have been captured by the Germania forces due to their exceptional spy network, I am not sure what happened to Britianna’s ambassador, though while the soldiers ensured he was innocent, I wouldn’t put it pass me if they potentially had killed him off as well. I guess we will have to wait and find out in the future.

The overall execution of the episode was well done, but the only thing that threw me off was the opera song playing over the utter destruction of Eylstadt’s defending forces. Maybe that’s exactly what the song was about, but I know nothing about opera and unfortunately I can’t stand the sound of it either. So it’s probably just my personal distaste.

I am curious to see which direction the story will go. As we have heard, they were flying close the Eylstadt’s border, so it seems likely that Finé may return to her country and with Izetta’s help, they will fight back. Eylstadt’s is also supposedly famous for its manufacturers of precision machinery. This is likely the reason why they were able to keep the Germania forces at bay for as long as they did.

shuumatsu-no-izetta-img-0009However the biggest concern here is how did the Germania forces capture Izetta. We know now that the Emperor is a believer in Eylstadt’s legend of Weiss Hexe, so surely intended to use Izetta as an ultimate weapon. And furthermore, supposedly Izetta is the last witch. It was hinted in her flashbacks when Finé had defended her there must have been a witch hunt which resulted wiping out the witch’s population, when in fact it appears Izetta is supposed to be a good witch.

Anyhow I am absolutely looking forward to what this series has in store for us! So count me in, I hope it will be a good one!

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Eva

Blogging Anime since Summer 2009, & Founder of AngryAnimeBitches Anime Blog ...I may or may not be addicted to writing

This Post Has 6 Comments

  1. kinghumanity

    Am I the only one who was thinking “This looks like SAO and Fine is literally Asuna” for the whole episode?

    1. Eva

      Now that you mention it… yes she does!

  2. marsh381

    Usually when there’s typo’s in review I tend to overlook them, but there’s one random one in your 5th paragraph. “I am curious to see how the story will not proceed forward.” I’m assuming you mean “now” instead of “not”? Because that not actually changes the context of that sentence lol. It made me think you’ve read this series before and knew that there’s fillers or something right after this, not making the plot move forward.
    Anyways, I wasn’t expecting to watch this but the first episode did pique my interest. Alas this series suffers from the “phobic-syndrome” so many other animes face in that some people assume it’ll turn into yaoi/yuri and just drop it altogether. I mean hell, I doubt it’ll go down that path and if it did I doubt they’ll have any hardcore things to traumatize you straight people.
    It’s like you can’t have 2 close friends of the same gender nowadays in anime without some people freaking out over it.
    p.s. Love the art direction of this show so far

    1. Eva

      Ah crap I missed that one, thank you for pointing it out. I revised the entire sentence.

  3. Bob

    Too much princess, not enough witch. Isn’t this show called Shuumatsu no Izetta? I hope next episode can start earning that title, putting the witch front and center.

  4. zztop

    The opera song’s a Mozart piece – that’s why his name appears in the credits.
    Perhaps not as impactful as the opera from the last Mission Impossible – Rogue Nation movie…

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