Shuumatsu no Izetta Episode 1 [First Impression]

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.

I 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.

However 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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