Welp, can't say you couldn't see it coming. I hope everybody is strapped in for what looks to be a fifth full episode of Helck's backstory. Maybe the strategy was to have the giant exposition dump this far into the story so that you keep watching out of a sunken cost fallacy. This is such a huge chunk of the story, it might have just made more sense to start the story with young Helck/Cless and tell the story chronologically.
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Lol I kinda remember the flashback was pretty long but dang, 5+ episodes is pretty crazy since it's only supposed to be like 20 some total.
Just wish the fighting scenes were a bit smoother but it's nice to have helck out.
So the nobility is just absolutely irredeemable garbage. That tracks. Turning everyone into mindless slaves is a simple enough evil plan that even Helck can grasp it right away.
Yeah, it is such a straightforward, cartoonishly evil plan that it doesn't even really make sense. If your entire kingdom's population is comprised of mindless super soldiers, that pretty much halts cultural and technological progress right there. Not to mention any kind of economic interaction outside the kingdom since these awakened soldiers seem to be incapable of independent thought and speech. Just, what is the point of ruling such a boring country?
Then again, I am not an oligarch, so maybe I just don't get it.
I'm honestly expecting another layer somewhere below this with the nobility having been brainwashed, except that we won't find out about it until near the end of the story. I mean, in addition to halting most interaction with other kingdoms and all advancement, there are entire classes of luxury goods that a mindless drone can't produce. No art, no fashion—and those are things that stereotypical aristocrats care about. Plus, how are you going to produce the next generation of drones? Some of those "nobles" might be okay with watching what amounts to the same porn scene over and over again, but how many infant-nappy-changing commands can your average oligarch tolerate giving?
Maybe I'm just too optimistic.
I'm assuming the mindless immortal army is meant to conquer the world, so there won't be a need to interact with other kingdoms. Every one they conquer is another populace to turn into heroes for their ever increasing army.
And I assume the drones can be assigned to do manual labor like farm work as stuff for food, otherwise they will be screwed way faster than I thought.
Wow. I have almost dropped this show on episode 11, but on a whim I picked up the 12 episode and the backstory begun. As I was already invested in characters, I was on the edge of my seat. All the breadcrumbs finnaly lead to satysfying conclusion. Defenietly bacstory is more bingable than weekly realeses.