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Kyou Kara Maou 47
Character development for Gwendal--a flashback episode detailing his conflicted relationship with Dan Hiri, Cheri's swashbuckling, human husband, and Conrad's father. Basically, Gwendal hated Dan Hiri, and Dan Hiri got some weird validation out of being hated by his stepson that he didn't get out of his loving wife and hanging out with his biological son.
Bonuses include cameos of cute little kid Conrad, and a somewhat older teenage-ish Conrad who had already developed that extremely calm, gentle manner that I so adore in him.
Interestingly, while Cheri expresses some unhappiness with Dan Hiri up and leaving her, her essential complaint is that he aged faster than her, and died an old man while she remained young. ;_; Poor Cheri; she loves weirdly, but sincerely. Conrad appears to be somewhat more at peace with the human and human/Mazoku halfblood thing, at least when he explains it to Wolfram. I would love an episode that fleshed that out a little, though--Conrad is very much the sort of person who keeps his discontents in the silence of his heart, so you don't pick up on them easily.
All that said, I'm reminded of that episode when Conrad was in prison, and Cheri came to visit him, and they were so at ease with each other, even though Conrad was supposed to have committed treason. Cheri didn't seem to doubt him, or worry about it, and they talked about Dan Hiri--then after Cheri left, Conrad escaped from prison, like he'd just been sticking around because he felt like having a chat with his mother. I've always gotten this vibe off of Conrad and Cheri that they're in on a joke that no one else is, and that's why they shrug off things that everybody else is spazzing about. When Gwendal is grinding his teeth and Wolfram is throwing a hissy fit, Cheri and Conrad sit around making deadpan comments and exchanging slight smiles. ^0^ Something about the experience of loving Dan Hiri taught them both what was important in life. Each of them is, in their own ways, almost completely unshakeable. Which is, again, why I love them both so.
>_> An episode that's all about Gwendal, and I still end up yammering on about Conrad. Hah.
Bonuses include cameos of cute little kid Conrad, and a somewhat older teenage-ish Conrad who had already developed that extremely calm, gentle manner that I so adore in him.
Interestingly, while Cheri expresses some unhappiness with Dan Hiri up and leaving her, her essential complaint is that he aged faster than her, and died an old man while she remained young. ;_; Poor Cheri; she loves weirdly, but sincerely. Conrad appears to be somewhat more at peace with the human and human/Mazoku halfblood thing, at least when he explains it to Wolfram. I would love an episode that fleshed that out a little, though--Conrad is very much the sort of person who keeps his discontents in the silence of his heart, so you don't pick up on them easily.
All that said, I'm reminded of that episode when Conrad was in prison, and Cheri came to visit him, and they were so at ease with each other, even though Conrad was supposed to have committed treason. Cheri didn't seem to doubt him, or worry about it, and they talked about Dan Hiri--then after Cheri left, Conrad escaped from prison, like he'd just been sticking around because he felt like having a chat with his mother. I've always gotten this vibe off of Conrad and Cheri that they're in on a joke that no one else is, and that's why they shrug off things that everybody else is spazzing about. When Gwendal is grinding his teeth and Wolfram is throwing a hissy fit, Cheri and Conrad sit around making deadpan comments and exchanging slight smiles. ^0^ Something about the experience of loving Dan Hiri taught them both what was important in life. Each of them is, in their own ways, almost completely unshakeable. Which is, again, why I love them both so.
>_> An episode that's all about Gwendal, and I still end up yammering on about Conrad. Hah.