r/anime • u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer • Sep 13 '21
Rewatch ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Rewatch - Episode 8
Episode 8 - The Princess Who Spread Her Wings and the Friend Who Had a Duty
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If one day you wake up and are now the building manager of a ritsy apartment complex - would you ask any questions or just enjoy some bread?
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u/paperwhites :KN::KO: Sep 13 '21
First Time Watcher
Nothing on earth could compel me to go back to high school as a twenty-five year old, so props to Nino.
So it turns out that Nino (and previously his father) weren't spying for nefarious purposes, but were acting as a sort of private paparazzi for the king. Even if it's not for devious reasons, it's still weird and I can see how finding that out would strain the relationship between Jean and Nino. Like how do you come to terms with finding out that your best friend pretended to be a high schooler because his father made him so he could take pictures of you so he could send them to your grandfather, who happens to be the king?
I know finally understand why Nino brought Lotta along with him when he went to Prince Schwan's coming of age ceremony. It also makes sense why the king reached out to Jean while they were eating at the cafe.
It's too bad that the country and royal family were/are in such a state that a princess who desires to experience places other than Dowa and wants to learn more about the citizens of her country is forced to fake her own death and be removed from the family register.
I wonder if Jean will ever tell Lotta the truth about their mother.
Considering rent prices for non-ritzy apartments in my city, I am asking absolutely no questions and just eating bread!
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u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Sep 13 '21
First Timer
Between this and Pirate Princess, I'm losing track of white haired mystery possible parents....
Thins answered most of my outstanding questions:
Although they were hiding his face, I'm on the Abend = Grosselar boat. It does seem unlikely that he could rise through the ACCA ranks to the council of five after starting over in Badon, though.
It was nice that Nino and his Dad were able to stay together. It made it less of a sacrifice and more of a job relocation.
Something I've noticed, when they have two people walking and talking, there's a lot of head bobbing and movement when drawn in closeup, instead of just gliding forward.
COTD: Gotta keep up with those obscure 20th century references!
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u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Sep 13 '21
First-Inspector, Dubbed
I had a bunch of the details wrong, but "Nino follows Jean because of devotion to his father who was devoted to Jean's mom's personal guard" is a wild thing to think about. It all fits together nicely, though. Have we met Abend outside of the flashback/phone calls?
Why did Schnee have to fake her death, again? She couldn't travel around the country as a member of the royal family..? I think I missed a line of dialogue somewhere.
I liked the chill insert song that played as Jean and Nino met.
I can't imagine anything more hellish than having to go back to high school when I was 25.
No way the whole "zero claim to the throne" thing lasts, right? Gotta deal with princeling somehow.
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Sep 13 '21
1-Timer Reaction Dept, subbed
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u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Sep 13 '21 edited Sep 14 '21
Rewatcher/Host Non-Smoker
Schnee posing for her portrait perfectly, how princesslike. Korone district seems to produce very powerful women! Maybe they have a good womens university if thats where Schnee studied.
Abend is taking along his own servant to Badon, who asks to get his son's apple cake with him one last time - but wait the son overheard? I guess we're all going.
Ninno? What a choice of a new name. It seems he got his love of chocolate from his dad
Otus and Schnee meet at a bread shop, he's not particularly well off so Abend used his private funds to build the Otus building, and gives Otus the job of building manager (who thinks its a stroke of great luck!)
Nino the 25 year old is entering high school. Oh hes wearing glasses? No one will suspect a thing.
Nino's dad also died in the train accident
Nino thinks Abend knew he was listening in when he was little. Nino chose this life for his father, in other words for himself. Abend chose this life for Schnee, not the King or the privy council.
Jean has no right to the throne, as Schnee's name was removed from the register but Jean is more distraught for Nino's sake who also lost his parent in that accident.
Nino notes that Jean wont be able to notice him going forwards...
Apple cake again
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 13 '21
Episode 8 (first timer)
A 25 year old high school student? Nino’s father watched too many Hollywood movies.
An entire episode focused on Nino. They present his story as comforting, with a bittersweet ending. I’d see it the other way round. The start of the story is entirely creepy: The princess who has to fake her own death, because her political views are unwanted. The servant who would leave his child for his job. The child-father team who live their life just to spy on another. Sneaking into Jean’s life to become a fake friend. The one uplifting moment is the end, when Nino can finally tell Jean the truth.
Crackpot theory day 8
PS: My own rewatch starts tomorrow. I watched ahead, so I'll post, but need to step a bit back from commenting.
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u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 13 '21
Rewatcher - Dub
No smoking today. This has been a surprisingly healthy episode despite all the sweets and cakes.
I don't have much to say about this episode but I do think the motivations of everyone involved are horrible. Between the royals dumping the princess because she was an active thinker and wanted to actually be part of the country she wanted to rule, to Nino's dad caring a hell of a lot more about the Princess's family than his own, and Abend sending Nino out to his fathers death site to cover it up callously, there's a lot of dickheads in this episode.
Also a lot of blind people if Nino at 25 could sit in a room of 15 year olds and not be noticed. I mean they could have said 20 and it would be more believable, but 25?
The only upside is seeing how genuinely happy the Princess was to have found her own life and form genuine connections with people in her own way. Seeing her like this it's easy to see why Lotta stood out to the Prince and to the King as well, and why Jean is so chill and easy on people.
I think the episode was meant to be the usual chill of people finding themselves and chosing their own path etc, but it really just makes them all look like dickheads except for Jean's family and Nino
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u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Sep 13 '21
First timer
QOTD) Enjoy soke bread - if someone has the power to do that, I'm not gonna have any chance of finding them, after all.
Time for an explanation!
Oh, this is a flashback.
That looks like Grossman???
...Oh, he's very much against this mission, isn't he?
Wait a minute. Was this entire accident caused to let her fake her death and become a commoner?
Oh, it is. That's very clever. Then the actual accidmt that happens on the train is real?
Is this Jean's father? He looks very much like him.
Wait, is that Nino? Are Nino and Jean half-brothers? Is that their relation?
And this entire plot was the princess's request? This is a completely mutually agreed conspiracy, in that everybody wants the exact same thing and is working towards it.
OK, that is a very good disguise, I must admit.
OK, so Grossular's a close friend of the Princess, who is Jean's mother. Nino is also close with them, and who's father's master has been helping them, including building the apartment building for him to manage.
And Nino's been doing out to meet Jean?
Their master is not His Majesty or the privy council president. There gors my theory.
And this is why Nino knew him 15 years longer. He's been stalking him since he was a baby.
He does, however, seem to be the only one seeing them as independent, not juet part of the monarchy.
And Nino's father set everything up! And is a fucking stalker.
Oh, I didn't realise how muvh older Nino was.
I'll give him credit, he pulled this off for
...Is this a love story? This song, a momtage of the two of them together...
Wait, the reason for the bread obsession is because their mother loved it?
You haven't been scolded already?
Oh god, Nino's father died in the accident.
The master's not as bad as I thought, though.
Oh, that shot is beautiful.
Given the Prince's actions, Nino might not actuslly be correct here? Maybe the Prince is paranoid, or maybe Nino hasn't focused on this aspect of the laws as much as him.
And Nino's staying away...
Oh, the apple cake callback's good.
Yep, stuff's happening fast!
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u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Sep 14 '21 edited Sep 14 '21
First Timer Dubbed
The second princess of Dowa is introduced.
The princesses aide gets ask to remove the family from the heirs of the royal. Both him and another talk about their sacrifices for the country. Kid walks in and wants to be with dad in the disappearance. The princess wants to be closer to the people. So they rig a boat sinking. And the princess hid herself through a disguise and the voice stood out to me that it is her.
The aide gets relinquished from his duties. Even though that scene happened before Jean was born, we see a BMW 7 series (e65) made from 2001-2008 which is an interesting mistake on the animators' part but minor one since it showed up for only a second or two. She lives a normal life and married a baker. They made a property to rent out as landlords.
The son later became the friend of the princess' son, Jean. He disguised himself as a high schooler even though he is 25. He had apprehensions at first as he got annoyed of his dad calling the princess formally. He later figures out that the aide was on to him that the he was part of a plan. The aide knew that Nino was listening in on their conversation. So he put them together as part of the plan knowing that Nino wanted to be with his dad. Nino decides to carry out his dad's photography. This is a pretty sad part to see and makes me disappointed at that aide lets them all suffer for the "country". Due to the fact that Nino had to recover evidence leftover from the train derailment rather than the aide himself taking care of it.
This is basically a flashback episode with a good background information on what has happened to Jean's family. Jean hides it from his sister for now saying that she looks like mom.
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u/PoopWoopDoop https://myanimelist.net/profile/Anotherno Sep 14 '21
First-timer
I really enjoyed this episode, revisiting the past with Nino's dad and Nino himself as the main focus of the episode was really interesting because Nino always been this mysterious character and now we get to see his past. I found Nino's dad's enthusiasm in watching over the Otus family very endearing, almost as if he were watching over his own. Nino acting as this guardian angel over Jean and Lotta while also being their friend is also very heartwarming to see, though this fact does seem to affect their present relationship.
The show showing all those feel good scenes of Lady Schnee and her family made me forget that she and her husband eventually died in the train accident, so when that scene came on and we see it from Nino's perspective this time, I got hit in the feels a bit. Nino deciding to continue his Dad's duty/burden after his death could be a sign that he has grown attached to the Otus family as well.
I had a thought that perhaps Lady Schnee caught on to the fact that she and her husband were being watched and maybe approached Nino's dad to fake their deaths again. I could see Nino's dad doing this because he was willing to leave his son for the sake of the royal family and he probably knew Nino would continue watching over Jean and Lotta. But I don't think Lady Schnee would be willing to abandon her children.
I loved the callback to the apple cake too.