I hope the anime adaptation for Reborn to Master the Blade doesn't keep cutting important scenes in future episodes. Episode 4 cut a couple pretty important scenes that give some pretty vital characterization for the Highlanders that now leaves the episode without the needed moral complexity that it otherwise would've had. Which sucks.
I wouldn't say it cut anything that needed to be there. I mean, the only thing I even noticed that it cut was her forgiving the soldiers, instead we were told she would forgive them which does the same thing narratively. Sure the additional details in that scene were nice but they weren't necessary.
I mean, there’s a big difference between forgiving them and falling on your knees begging them to come back to protect the town. They also changed her dialogue around the levitation circle. She’s much more adamant that the lives of the people not be affected, and she says so with no uncertain terms. There’s no hesitation or saying she’ll “try”.
Like I said, narratively it does the same thing, not as well but it still does it. Seilyn/Cyrene is still the same character in both stories and the relevance of how she is stays, thus none of the "moral complexity" is taken out by the anime. Seilyn is a good person and also a Highlander, Highland as a society is rotten but not all Highlanders are bad, and some are even willing to fight against it. All of this stays within the anime even if it shaved some details
It lessens the impact IMO. For the townspeople, seeing a Highlander on her knees, pleading with them to stay and help the town was a big moment for all of them to come together. The way it is now, it’s almost an offhand remark to forgive the people that rebelled. But I’ll see how future episodes play out. The anime will pass the manga soon anyways so I won’t have anything to compare it to since I haven’t read the LNs.
It’s also entirely true that I’m way over analyzing the plot of a battle maniac anime.
last edited at Jan 31, 2023 11:53AM
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