1. Background information
Genres: Action, Blu-ray, Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Seinen
Type: TV Series
Number of episodes: 26
Airing year: 2003
Website: lastexile.wikia.com
Summary: Claus and Lavie are the 2 main characters. At first, they were just pilot and co-pilot living on delivery work by vanship (a type of plane). Sometimes they joined some events as couriers to earn more money (or food). Their dream is to fly through Grand Stream - the dangerous place which had taken their parents' lives. One day, they accidentally saved a mysterious little girl and then involved in a war where they had to fight and came closer to the power called Exile.
The war was called between Anatoray and Disith - the only two countries of Prester, but in fact, it turned out to be the war between Silvana - a battleship belonged to neither Anatoray nor Disith - and the Guild - the organization function as a judge of Prester.
2. Characters
Claus Valca
Lavie Head
Alvis Exile Hamilton
The little girl saved by Claus and Lavie. The only surviving member of Hamilton house who keep one of the keys to access Exile. Therefor, she was chased by people who desired power from Exile.
Alexander Row
Captain of Silvana battleship, had responsibility to protect Alvis. He was also a friend of Claus and Lavie's parents and lost his girlfriend in the trip through Grand Stream with them. In the war, Claus and Lavie were on his side.
Maestro Delphine Eraclea
Dio's sister. She was the Maestro (or president) of the Guild and also desired Exile's power. Eraclea was one of the houses keeping the keys to access Exile, so she tried to gain other keys by all means. She also tried to make Dio become soulless so that she could easily control him.
3. Ships
Vanship
Guild presence ship
Where the Guild live
Guild battleship
Silvana
Starfish
Guild personal ship. Dio used to fly it when he was at the Guild. It also has fighting fuction.
4. Dio and Lucciola - Tragedy of friendship
(I call it friendship just because it is said so in the anime. Actually, I can see it as something over normal friendship.)
Dio Eraclea
A talented vanship pilot. He was attracted by Claus when seeing him fighting in the war as well as the way he controlled vanship. Then, he and his childhood friend Lucciola runned to Silvana to find some fun, and also to escape from his scary sister. However, when the day came, his birthday, his sister forced him to comeback and by the way caught some people from Silvana, including Claus, Alvis and Alex (Alexander).
Lucciola
Dio's childhood friend. He had been taken to Dio by Delphine since they were kids as a guard/servant rather than a friend. Dio gave him a name and had him as the only friend back then. He is really strong, even Dio had to admit it. After helping Dio escape with Claus and Alvis, he killed his brother (Delphine's guard) and begged Delphine to free Dio, in exchange, he was willing to die.
"Because... he is my friend that I won't betray."
- said Lucciola to Delphine -
After being taken out of the Guild, Dio lost his consciousness. When he awoke, he still couldn't accept the fact of Lucciola's death. He flew the vanship with the obsession that Lucciola was sitting behind him as usual. But when he turned back, no one was there. He got mad and fell out of the vanship. His later life was told in the season 2 of this series: Fam, The Silver Wing. But I didn't watch it. Since Lucciola died, I feel it's meaningless to watch anyway. However, it seems Dio didn't fly a normal vanship anymore, he flew a one-seat vanship instead. It feels like he don't want anyone to sit in Lucciola's place. Anyway, it's just my guess.
5. Conclusion
Well, I hate the male main character, Claus.
That's what I think after I finish watching. I'll tell you the reason why.
At first, I had no feeling for him since I watched the anime just because of Dio and Lucciola. And then, my hate for him gained right after the end of the series. That was when the war was going to end, Dio got back his consciousness and flew a vanship (while thinking Lucciola was still sitting behind) to Claus's place. At that time, it should be the first time Claus saw Dio after he awoke, but he didn't ask anything to show his care or even surprised. He just showed an expression like Dio was a trouble or was getting in his way. Meanwhile before, when helping Claus to escape from the Guild, Lucciola told him to help him take care of Dio and even gave Alvis the device to contact Silvana. Lucciola didn't sacrifice his life just to help Claus, he did it for Dio. If he hadn't believed that Claus was a friend of Dio, he would not have gone that far. Things did not stop at that. After everything was done, peace came back everywhere, smiles once again appeared on people's faces, no one even mentioned Dio when he suddenly disappeared (falling out of the vanship). And Claus is the one I hate the most, since he was the one who receive help from Lucciola and the last one who saw Dio on a vanship but didn't say even one word about Dio's disappearance.
Writer: Gin
Reference sources:
- To the Sky, a Last Exile Wiki
- Last Exile [BD] Vietsub
- Some used images was found through Google.
- Used video was cut and uploaded by me
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