Re: Manga No. 9 and spoilers
Sherlyn Lim (sherlynl@hotmail.com)
Tue, 19 Oct 1999 04:51:03 PDT
>From: "Ryka G. T."
>>I don't know about the manga but from the anime... I thought Reinhard
>>wasn't like that, it was Oberstein who did the scheming and planning and
>>Reinhard is still just human not an super human being who knows every
>>plots, he thought he had time to think things over and I'm sure if he
>>wasn't trick but that blasted Oberstein he wouldn't have allow that
>>massacre to happen. He NEVER consented to it.>>
Ah. Oops. I think we just stumbled onto one of the differences between the
anime and the manga.
>>Bits about Reinhard's good heart snipped>>
>That's my personal opinion. Anybody else thinks differently????
I'm not saying that he is some kind of superman (although some female fans
might argue otherwise ;)) or even that he didn't feel some guilt over the
event.
I mean, whether or not he sanctioned the massacre(And I still think he did)
the fact remains that he and his group of generals/commanders/
what-have-yous would have to do some really nasty things to win. And they
did.
_MANGA_ spoiler ahead
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Take the Free Alliance invasion that ended with such ignomy for the
warmongers of the Alliance. Reinhard basically lured the Alliance troops
further into the Empire territory by pulling out of a whole bunch of planets
- and taking the food sources with them.
The Alliance troops - with the exception of Yang who saw through the trick -
fell hook, line and sinker for it. They took over the planets, which caused
a major drain on their own supplies.
Reinhard was able to use the Alliance's own dogma against them. The Alliance
troops came in with the air of the saviour against the oppressive Empire
forces, and had to take the burden of feeding the population.
Reinhard's forces then proceeded to wipe them out (dispensing food to the
starving populace along the way, I might add). Yang managed to escape with
the remnants of the 11th and 13th (I think) fleets.
Reinhard did this to defeat the enemy, but he made use of the people to do
this. This, as opposed to fighting with ships and troops (presumably, they
knew what possible fates await them when they signed up), is what makes
Reinhard not the "purest" person around.
Directly after this incident, Yang commented that it was a good strategy,
but one he personally couldn't implement because of the suffering of the
people. On a few other occasions, Yang was worried that Reinhard might turn
out to be another tyrant like Rudolf.
So, Reinhard = good of heart? I guess it all depends on whether you believe
if the ends justifies the means.
Sherlyn
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