Seiken Densetsu: Legend of Mana - The Teardrop Crystal Episode 10 Discussion

DrMondaiNashi said:
Didn't like the execution, to be honest, but what you see in Fluorite is supposed to give you an insight on Sandra's motives, Florina is a simple minded kuzuishi who got promoted to the Clarius rank, completely foreign to the internal political struggles the Jumi were facing at the time, but the things she sees while occupying the Clarius throne start to weight on her conscience, but you have to understand the fact she is just a kuzuishi at heart, she has no reason to believe any of this is wrong, it is just her duty and what must be done for the sake of preserving the race, country, motherland, all those values is the only thing she has ever known.

The war against the Deathbringer army was most likely just a pretense for more Mana coveting, and the lower ranks were simply told to obey and .. not get hit? I guess? because by the time the tearstones started to become scarce because of the global Mana shortage the unjust aspects of Jumi as a society became much worse, seeing as all of the guardians that could cry were just "reserved" for the noble and powerful members of the Clarius, while the rest were just there to obey orders without questioning, this is what drove Sandra and many others away from the citadel to try and find another way .. mostly ending up in failure.

Diana in reality was never this kind, compassionate leader, she was implacable and rigid. This dream sequence Diana is extremely out of character for me, and the fact her real world counterpart didn't take pity on the young Jumi at the end is weird too, because in the game it was like the last semblance that there was at least one small drop of kindness in Diana's heart, like you have to look for it really hard, but it is there, and that's what made you regret her death, because seconds before her life ended, she just wanted to have Florina back because "children needed healing" not because she was the leader of the Jumi or anything of the sort, you got see Diana abdicated of her invested authority and just humbly do something for innocent children who were hurt.

Also, "Only a light can hide another light" goddamit that line is missing.

And seeing that MC is just fixated on Elazul, my guess is that the end will be Elazul's path. Which is a shame, because I like Blackpearl's ending more.

Sorry to say this is turning into a bit of a disappoitment for me. Not just plain bad, it's just not what I would have liked to see highlighted from the questline.