Anime

Not a great final episode. Not a fan of how the finished the arc. There don't seem to be many consequences, if any, for the betrayal. Especially Elentzia. Her motives were vague to begin with (she wanted to prevent a war, but her uncle is the one that would've caused the war had things continued on, so what the fuck?), but then she suddenly stood behind Hadis again and now has suffered no consequences for her actions? She still betrayed Hadis and teamed up with someone that attacked a completely innocent village, wanted to execute a little girl and the real descendent of Rave (even if she herself didn't want to, but come on). She was clearly in the wrong. She wasn't forced into doing this. Not executing her is very understandable, but no prison time? Or being stripped of her authority? Or being demoted? Also, talking about having kids with him (while she is an 11 year old) and then be like "they can marry your siblings so they become real family (who are older than Hadis)!". Bro what.

Anyway, this anime was intriguing, but fuck man, did they really have to make her 10 (now 11) and him 19? Even if she's "actually 16". And double, no tripple down, on it too. Sure medieval marriages like this weren't uncommon, but 1. this is fantasy so doesn't have to follow those norms, it's not like they're telling a story specifically focussing on those fucked up marriages and 2. there was often no agency over it in those times but here they have full agency. It tries to be self-aware by having everyone else be like "haha, this is weird right?", but it does it anyway. Why not up her age to something acceptable? Or have him come down in age. Or both? Or have it stay completely strategic with no feelings involved? But no. They even specifically made it Hadis' preference (not just because of the Goddess of Kratos). Had they not brought it up so much, it could have been ignorable, but that wasn't the case.