Just finished watching ep 36. While the storytelling and writing is a bit simplistic overall (much is spelled out clearly in dialogue and little is left to subtext subject to interpretation) I really like the current characterization of the relationship between Flit and Asemu. Flit clearly has a lot of rage & anger towards Asemu for everything he did from abandoning his former life & son, to the aforementioned piracy, but to see them have the nice staredown across comm screens was great. Their dynamic is much more interesting now compared to arc 2 where they barely explored the fact the two were father and son.
also Flit, unsurprisingly is continuing to fly more and more off the rails as he seems to be governed by emotion and rage, less of it being kept his check by his old age (we know how many elderly ppl in our own real lives will simply say and do what they want and not give a f***, compared to when they had to restrain themselves as younger adults in working society). I like how all of Flit's issues that have grown since childhood are all bubbling to the surface. And its pretty clear that Kio is going to be the buffer between the gen 1 and 2 father and son.
One thing I find interesting is how Kio just wants to badly get to know his father and for the most part is surprised but not angry knowing his father willingly abandoned his son & wife, but it seems to fit in his gentle personality to be forgiving.
Neo_Senku wrote:Best I can assume as to why Asemu left, was he thought that the EXA-DB was something that couldn't be allowed to fall into vagans hands. Knowing how the EFF works, i guess he assumed it would be better to chase after it this way as opposed the EFF who have been shown not to be reliable or trustworthy. Given Flit's demeanor one can assume thats why he did not let him in on it or let him or the rest of his family know. Given his whole character arc was about being his own man and not being in others shadows, perhaps he decided to be a savior in his own way by finding the EXA-DB, even if he is yet to be successful at it. Not saying it excuses him as bad parent and husband, but it works out better than pirating treasonous feddie ships expecting change. That just seemed like something to do as a side mission to the main goal.
yes it makes sense if after discovering the EXA-DB and the impact of it, he had to make that critical decision how to best deal with the issue. By faking his death he could be allowed to work on pursuing the DB with complete anonymitiy and impugnity without having to deal with the corrupt elements of the EFF he is fighting against. Obviously he could let his family know of his reasons. Now after 14 years with no success, did he make the right choice? Possibly not, but he was being a man, made his choice and lived with it. Knowing he was doing it for the safety of his planet, and more important, his family. At least that's probably the way he rationalized it in his mind.
And Flit's reaction to Asemu, as I've mentioned before is justified as his perception of Asemu is that he abandoned everyone he loved on what is kind of a longshot assumption, but also, because his turn to piracy has shamed the Asuno family name in Flit's mind and he was half serious when he told Kio, he'd prefer that Asemu was dead a federation hero than still be alive and a perceived disgrace. This further makes you wonder how fundamentally shaky was the relationship between Flit and Asemu even before Memories of Sid.
Anyways I like this character drama, and it doesn't involve any stupid romance elements either. Just a very Shakespearean/Greek tragedy kind of thing.
We all know they deserve it. 