"Should the value of fire be denied, simply because arson exists?"
"I believe that being ruled by the worst democracy, is preferable to being ruled by the best autocracy."
"The 'freedom not to get involved,' is perhaps the most valued freedom we have in this country."
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu stands alone in the storytelling landscape, and there's not a particularly close second. Just one of the countless things the series does so well is it's depictions of war - rather than attempting to conceal or romanticize it, LoGH faces these horrors head-on and, as it so often does, forces you to ask yourself the hard questions from the other side of the screen. Admiral Yang had so much more to accomplish, on and off the battlefield. For the man who was humanity's shining star to die not fighting the Empire's dictatorship, but alone in a cold, dark place, at the hands of an unknown assailant is unheard of for any other series. Furthermore, to kill off your protagonist in the penultimate season and leave so much content and conflict in his wake, is perhaps the biggest testament to Tanaka-sensei's unparalleled and masterful writing I can think of.
"I believe that being ruled by the worst democracy, is preferable to being ruled by the best autocracy."
"The 'freedom not to get involved,' is perhaps the most valued freedom we have in this country."
Ginga Eiyuu Densetsu stands alone in the storytelling landscape, and there's not a particularly close second. Just one of the countless things the series does so well is it's depictions of war - rather than attempting to conceal or romanticize it, LoGH faces these horrors head-on and, as it so often does, forces you to ask yourself the hard questions from the other side of the screen. Admiral Yang had so much more to accomplish, on and off the battlefield. For the man who was humanity's shining star to die not fighting the Empire's dictatorship, but alone in a cold, dark place, at the hands of an unknown assailant is unheard of for any other series. Furthermore, to kill off your protagonist in the penultimate season and leave so much content and conflict in his wake, is perhaps the biggest testament to Tanaka-sensei's unparalleled and masterful writing I can think of.
