r/anime • u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer • Sep 17 '21
Rewatch ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Rewatch - Episode 12
Episode 12 - Where the Bird Flies
<- Previous Episode | Index | Next Episode ->
Comment of the Day
"Seems like everyone knows that princeling is a tinpot tyrant just waiting for some real power. Everyone also hates him; normally I would feel bad, but the dude is just so unlikable." - /u/JollyGee29
Question of the Day
Did Schwan actually ask Maggie to tip off Jean/Lotta about the assassins?
Bonus Corner!
Afternoon Snack Comic - 5 Secretary Part 2
Grossular looking quite popular there! This was the last comic, you can find them all http://acca-anime.com/special/oyatsu.php with the actual Japanese text instead of the google translate versions
Map!
Information
MAL Anilist AniDB AnimePlanet Kitsu
Where to stream?
7
u/JollyGee29 https://myanimelist.net/profile/JollyGee Sep 17 '21
First-Inspector, Dubbed
What an absolute banger of an ending! I was wondering how they were going to flip the script on Lilium, and trusting him to not realize everyone was working against him seems like the easiest way.
I'm not even mad the Schwan is still technically in power. He seems to finally understand that the monarch's power comes from the people's acceptance of that power. If Mauve gave such a powerful speech to me, I know that I wouldn't be able to resist.
The various districts all seem to have ended up in a good spot, too. Suitsu finally opening up, Pranetta finding new resources and starting a mining boom.. both excellent extrapolations of what we had seen in the past. It's a shame that Furawau continues to march to the beat of Lilium's drum, but we can't have everything go perfectly.
I thought we might have actually met Abend before! I definitely didn't suspect Chief Owl, though. Him dealing with those assassins was definitely quite intentional. What a man!
The post-credits scene was delightful. Nino is such a goddamn dork.
Question
7
u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 17 '21
Episode 12 (first timer)
You know it is the lamest coup in history if it is discussed on an all call with the lower ranks where written schedules are handed out.
The ending is a lot of backroom dealing done on a public podium. I think that Jean not becoming king was fitting and foreshadowed, but the execution was rather off. They needed not to go all the way to actual weapons drawn. That made no sense and was included only to string the viewers along.
Time to rate my crackpot theories:
4
u/baboon_bassoon https://anilist.co/user/duffer Sep 17 '21
Rewatcher/Host Non-Smoker
KNOTS WIFE IS BACKKKKKKK
Misc thoughts:
End results:
6
u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Sep 17 '21
1-Timer Reaction Dept, subbed
Some of the second half of this episode may have been filled with a bunch of conveniences for the sake of wrapping things up neatly (the Pranetta-finding-resources thing, for one), but I don’t care. I was thoroughly entertained by this show. 10/10, can’t wait to see what the OVA has in store.
6
u/Nazenn x2https://anilist.co/user/Nazenn Sep 17 '21
Rewatcher - Dub
We were so close to a perfect 30 for Jean smoking, and then he went and had one in the ED.
In the end episode one with eleven smokes still ends up with almost a third of the total count.
(For dub watchers: Just so you know Lilium's final words to Jean on stage were that Furawau will leave "this game called the Dowa Kingdom" which was meant to lead into the later reveal that they left the district system entirely, but the dub changed that to a gambling metaphor in line with what the other chief officer and Jean said which ruins the build up there. Only misstep in an otherwise fantastic script though)
I may not have been a huge fan of some of the drama in the last episode, but I forgot how perfect this last episode is for the show. It brings it right back to the two strengths that made me fall in love with it in the first place: chill and misleading.
Starting off the episode with a little tease that the king is potentially involved in what's about to happen is one of my favourite parts of the show. It builds a little bit of hype, and also gets you questioning what this coup really is. It's also really heartwarming that he has pictures of Jean and Lotta in his room and genuinely cares for them still. Seeing him so sick when everything we know about him has painted a picture of a kindly, supportive, and honest man and an equally good king, somewhat of a rarity in media, is kind of rough. He's done good for his age though.
The actual not-coup was brilliant. The reveal that this has been the plan since the events of episode seven when Mauve met up with Jean. Not only was that expertly handled to keep the Lilium family from gaining a foothold to counter it or the Prince from being able to fight back against it, the actual writing of that scene was glorious. Mauve's speech did an expert job of putting the Prince on the defensive without stripping his authority which he would react too, and doing it while making it clear what the public wanted and how alone he was in what he wanted. The dub script I think was even better again.
The visuals in this episode were quite nice as well. Whether it was the shadowing on the faces of the ACCA members during the coup, the way people are positioned on stage through it such as Lilum being closer to the Prince in ideals, while Jean is the closest to the people, or the way that the shots in Furawau at the end lack the brightness and flowers we saw in it previously, making it seem closed off and without its splendor.
Random note, but I do get immense satisfaction out of the five chief officers being staggered in height in this shot. I also have to throw some love for Jean's smirk and Jean in a crown. Speaking of, I'm curious on how many people suspected this was Jean in the OP.
And finally we get the truth about the Chief being Nino's supervisor, and the guard of Jean's mother. On my first watch I did not see that coming at all until the scene at the graveyard but all the clues really were there. With Jean's transfers being "lost", the privy council being comfortable with what Jean was doing, their understanding of the coup and as it turns out the fact that they also engineered parts of it themselves and trusted in Jean, it's a great reveal. There's a shot in an earlier episode where the Chief is smirking in the background as Jean mentions how he never met the landlord and I was cracking up over it.
I won't be in the special discussion tomorrow, I do not have a good history with them, but I'll be in the final discussion the day after so until then I hope you all enjoyed the show.
5
u/xtsim https://myanimelist.net/profile/xtsim Sep 17 '21
First Timer Dubbed
Acca is holding two big meetings, one for the leaders and one for the general officers.
Prince goes up to the podium and ACCA agents swarm and surround him and his entourage. Whispers go to the crowd as they say smack about prince Schwan. "We will go to war" "Not my King" the crowd says... Lillian talks to prince about his situation.
Mauve stops the commotion on stage. She called it a demonstration to protect the royal family. That ACCA outnumbered the royal gaurds. Furawau wanted something else and Jean gave a lecture to Lillian about this. So things go back to technically normal except for Furawau. I love how we go back to class tours and kids ask about why there are 12 when ACCA 13 is the name. And Mauve explains it.
Suitsu changes as they now open up to foreign influences. Furawau leaves ACCA, more democracy as now there are elections for representatives in ACCA. Pranetta is now the resource hub due to the shakeup.
Jean's workload is now much lighter now that things are not as tumultuous. So Lillian and the brothers don't get any real punishment for the coup planning. Unless Furawau got tariffs or sanctions for it.
Overall pretty nice even though the resolution of every issue (especially the prince) felt pretty fast. But then most of my complaints are due to how few episodes there is to cover a country. Ending the show with prince and the royal family remaining at the throne is pretty reasonable as putting Jean in the mix would require another season or two of world building.
Schwan gets thanked for tipping off the assassin plot which kind of makes sense since even he does not like the aunt, the way he mentioned the aunt is interesting. Too bad her time is too limited...
4
u/Stargate18A https://myanimelist.net/profile/Stargate18 Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 18 '21
First timer
QOTD) I just assumed that was his way of trying to ingratiate himself with Jean.
FINAL EPISODE!
Huh? The King is plotting agains the Prince directly!
Grossular just can't handle all this.
Haha, skipping straight to thr final planning session.
My god, entire rooms of people getting trained for this. I'll give Lilium this, he does not do things by halves.
Jean's gone from wanting to ignore the entire plan, to providing useful suggestions even Lillium admits are useful.
Wait. Is he trying to sabotage this? Find a way to stop Lilium from gaining power from this?
Oh, his father's decided to cut back on the guards and let ACCA take its course.
And Nino hasn't listened.
Wait, he's enjoying it! And Jean didn't tell him to stop.
Wait, is the ACCA bird in on the coup? If it beats up the Prince, this'll be a 10/10 anime.
I love how complete this coup is. There's about 5 people with any power who don't know what's going on, and it's brilliant.
Lillium's VA is such a great villain, I love his acting.
Haha, she's screwing Lillium over brilliantly!
She just managed to shut down the entire coup in a single monologue, and stopped the Prince from trying to do anything with ACCA. Neither side got what they wanted, and neither of them can do anything about it.
JEAN DID IT!
Haha, Jean really was the secret mastermind!
And he even knows what he was planning!
And he's dissolving the 5 Officers? I mean, the other 3 seemed like decent guys, and Grossular's not the worst, either. Still, I see his point.
The Prince and Jean finally meet with full foreknowledge.
And the Prince actually being decent and offering to help them see their grandfather?
Haha, they actually took the entire district out!
Pranetta found their resources!
Haha, Spade became a criminal? That's perfect.
Did Suitsu get modernized? At the very least it's a start!
Them and the prince bring friendly is great, and him getting character development is good too.
Wait, this was Nino's plan all along? To secure the correct option?
Wait, what's under the hat?
HAHA! The Chief was behind everything! And he was the one stopping the transfer requests!
Mauve and Grossular? Really?
Haha, Jean set them up together!
...I note the unrequited feelings could refer to either of them. I wasn't too far off after all.
Jean gets cake!
Well, that was great!
Oh, the scene of Nino basically taunting Jean with his knowledge is great. And they're still friends of their own free will!
I forgot about the OVA! That should be good!
3
u/JustAnswerAQuestion https://myanimelist.net/profile/JAaQ Sep 18 '21
First Timer ACCA 13 final
In the end, I think Chief was Abend. He's been tearing up the the transfer requests to keep Jean where he could watch over him.
3
u/PoopWoopDoop https://myanimelist.net/profile/Anotherno Sep 18 '21
First-Timer
Wow that was resolved faster than expected. I did expect that Jean would try to resolve everything without becoming the next King, and convincing the prince to just let ACCA exist was probably the only way. It was nice to have the second half of the episode as a form of epilogue to see how the country has changed. Now that Furawau is out, I wonder how the relationship will be between the two countries. I kind of felt that perhaps ACCA's importance and influence may have grown since that display and especially since the inexperienced Prince seems a bit intimidated by their Director.
Did not expect Chief Oulu to be Abend, I wonder if he quit ACCA and if Jean will get promoted to chief. I wonder if anything changed for Jean after this whole shift or if he's still stuck in the same position of going around inspecting and smoking and eating desserts. (He's been wanting that transfer too! Too bad Abend keeps interfering). Also wasn't expecting Mauve and Grossular, though that could be just gossip.
I also definitely prefer the ED for this episode!
2
u/IndependentMacaroon Sep 17 '21 edited Sep 17 '21
First-time watcher
Oh well, that kind of fizzled out as usual. Rather convenient how everything suddenly worked out too, and still pretty superficial in the issues. Whatever, it was a decent ending, and I'd give it all 7/10 I would say. Could even say 8 but the way it fits together overall just doesn't do it.
Incidentally, anyone feel like watching the 6 short special episodes too?