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Propeller Opera 1 Review

Author: Koroku Inumura (author of Toaru Hikuushi~/A Cetain Pilot’s~ series)

Illustrator: Shizuki Hitomi

Label: Gagaga Bunko

Release Date: 18 September 2019

A war story with a focus on sky battles with a well thought-out setting and two leads with a lot of chemistry. I struggled with following along with all the military/aircraft terminology but I ended up liking it due to the interesting story. Recommended for people who enjoy war/military stories.

Story:

Genre: M/F romance, war & military, airships

The story starts with a proposal from a 10-year old boy to his childhood friend and princess of his country. When asked whether he loves her, he responds that he wants to marry her for her position, not for her herself. This goes down about as well as one would expect and his family is forced to move to another country. Since then, the two have only met once but are reunited aboard the airship Fubuki which is set to go to war with another country.

First off, I am obviously not the ideal person to read this novel. Japanese is not my first language and I struggle with things like war and aircraft terminology because I just don’t have enough experience in the language. So while I understood enough to knew what was going on, I’m not going to be able to enjoy the sky battles the same way that a more experienced reader is going to enjoy it. That is to say that I really can’t talk much about that aspect of the book with as little knowledge on the subject. It seems to be well-researched (the end of the book has a list of resources that the author used) and this is not the first series that the author has written that focuses on war and aircrafts and they’re obviously passionate about the subjects so I think people who read the novel for that aspect won’t be disappointed. It’s such a major aspect of the volume that I feel bad that I wasn’t able to enjoy it more. Maybe I’ll give it a reread in the future.

War/Aircraft elements aside, this was a pretty interesting first volume. The two leads have nice chemistry and the writing style was very smooth. The story was interesting and a lot of thought was clearly put into developing the world. It didn’t make me want to read more but I liked it and I can see why this author is quite popular.

Character:

Izaya and Kuroto are the leads. I personally found them to be too perfect to be really interesting but their chemistry made their interactions fun to read anyway. I did end up quite liking the side character Rio who is another one of Izaya’s and Kuroto’s childhood friends. She has such a bubbly and cheerful personality that it was hard not to like her.

Recommended for:

If you’re into war and military stories and/or have an interest in airships, then this is the book for you.

I’m not sure if I’ll be reading volume 2 or not yet, when it comes out. I liked this volume but I think I’d be better off learning some more military/aircraft terms before I read more. I would like to read some of the author’s other less militaristic stuff though, like Yagate Koisuru Vivi Lane as I’ve heard good things about it. Next up is Sekai no Owari no Encore 8

#Propeller Opera #2019 light novels #Koroku Inumura #Shizuki Hitomi #gagaga bunko #December 2019 #light novel #light novel review

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とある飛空士への恋歌

The Pilot’s Love Song (lit. Love Song for a Certain Pilot) is a series of light novels written by Koroku Inumura.  The TV anime adaptation was directed by Toshimasa Suzuki, written by Shinichi Inotsume, and animated by TMS for the winter 2014 season.

The series follows Kal-el Albus, his class mates, and the rest of a city as they ride a flying rock in soft exile to try to find the legendary End of the Sky.

Allow me to start out this review by saying that this was, when it was first coming out, the first anime that I ever saw based so heavily around airplanes.  As such, it has a special place in my heart.  So while the plot may be a bit iffy and some of the themes are questionable, that’s not what we’re here for anyway.  This is an airplane anime through and through.  I was hooked with the opening scene, and every episode had some good flying in it, even the class-ramen-shop-for-a-festival episode.  If you are feeling down because of anime that don’t have planes, this is a good one to pick up.

Love Song takes place in the same universe as The Princess and the Pilot, and, while the events take place after the plot of the movie, it is not necessary to view Princess first (though there is a good Easter egg that I missed the first time I watched the show because I had not yet seen the movie). It does, however, mean that the world is the same: magic, kingdoms, and high-tech World War II style aesthetics to the airplanes (Seiichi Nakatani being the mechanical designer for the series).

The main aircraft used in Love Song is the El Halcon, a two-seater tiltwing (erroneously called tilt-rotor) training aircraft.  It features an open cockpit where the pilot sits, and farther aft a station for a navigator/observer.  Being a training craft the El Halcon has no in-built armaments, and though there appears to be a railing to mount a heavy machine gun around the aft seat for the most part the cadets are shown using a rifle as their only means of defense.

The Laguardia comprises the main aerial force of Balsteros Republic, and the plane that the cadets are training to fly.  Essentially it is a more powerful version of the El Halcon, with an enclosed cockpit and stronger engines, though the only armament appears to be a machine gun mounted at the open aft seat.  There are a few other minor changes to the body to differentiate them, such as the El Halcon’s V-tail being inverted on the Laguardia, or the Laguardia having vertical stabilizers behind either engine.  Both are amphibious, recharging their hydrogen fuel cells in the oceans, a plus considering that Love Song shows the planet to be even more of a water world than was suggested by Princess.

While I do not like the tiltwing design of the El Halcon as much as I do the traditional, fixed-wing design of many of the other airplanes in the series, beggars can’t be choosers, and it does let them do some interesting things with character interaction and grand battle tactics.  Unfortunately aerial combat in this anime often goes a few steps beyond “highly suspect;” simply put there is no way you can convince me that a group of kids armed with rifles can take out a squadron of supposedly boom and zoom fighters, especially when the cadets are taught to bunch up.  It should make for a scene reminiscent of a western’s wagon fort, with the tension that that imparts, but in this context it just ends up making the enemy look laughably incompetent and the cadets that survive armored with plot rather than wits or skill.

The Pilot’s Love Song takes home 4.5 out of 5 Airplanes for some darned good flight sequences, even if it tends to eschew the reality of aerial combat a bit too much for my taste.

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Toaru Hikuushi e no Seiyaku Vol.9 (end) (light novel)

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The Princess and the Pilot

Directed by Jun Shishido, based on the book by Koroku Inumura

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  Charles Karino suffered hardship from an early age. He was born from parents of rivalling kingdoms, and he faced discrimination from the people of Levamme due to his heritage. Seeking to crawl out of the muck of society, Charles turned his eyes to the skies, where race, class, and other inequalities are meaningless.

So focused was he with this goal, that Charles found himself as a young yet talented flying ace for the Levamme Kingdom’s mercenary force. In spite of his achievements however, the other soldiers were always quick to remind Charles of his place in their society.

Levamme at the time was at war with the Tenzou Empire, and the Empire dealt a low blow with their attempt to kill the noblewoman Fana, the night when she accepted a marriage proposal from Prince Carlo. The Army reluctantly entrusts Charles with the mission to escort their soon-to-be Princess to their largest warship and allowing him the use of the Santa Cruz, a fast scouting plane.

Throughout their journey, a bond develops between princess and pilot. Charles finds affirmation for his lofty aspirations from escorting the princess. Fana, cloistered all her life, learns more of the outside world and the plight of the “Bestados” through her pilot.

Originally written as a novella by Koroku Inumura, The Princess and the Pilot was adapted to the silver screen in 2011 by Madhouse Studios. It was not the kind of movie that I immediately wanted to watch as warfare, romance in warfare, or aviation for that matter, were never prime interests for me. The presence of Ryûnosuke Kamiki however convinced me to seek this film and at least check it out.

Unlike notable outsiders in society like Catcher in the Rye’s nihilist Holden Caulfield, Charles does not let his status as the outsider nor did his past experiences affect him as a person. He has suffered discrimination, and yet he is neither bitter, nor holding grudges against the society that took him in. If anything, his upbringing made him more empathic and more determined to stay in the sky.

Kamiki understands this, and portrays Charles with a sense of responsibility for his actions, not just for his charge Fana, but for others as well. The pressure to minimize casualties during his mission can be felt in the first dogfight, as the flying ace performs complex aerial maneuvers to evade enemy fire and divert them back.

Seika Taketomi plays Fana. Her character is a departure from the spoiled and whiny damsels in distress in other works that make you wonder if they were even worth saving. Initially reserved, she reveals herself as a strong character as the story progresses. Taketomi’s down-to-earth portrayal of Fana makes the course of her character journey effective and becomes more apparent by the film’s end.

The film is mainly traditional animation, with the featured aircraft awkwardly rendered in CGI. They seem so out of place without the added roughness that enable them to blend in with the characters and the backgrounds. Of course, the near perfect appearance of the planes become redundant when you realize that The Princess and the Pilot has other priorities, and that they will be damaged during the breathtaking dogfights anyway. And speaking of breathtaking: the vastness of the skies as well as the cinematography during the flight scenes, so intense it is almost acrophobic.

The Princess and the Pilot is a simple story which nevertheless gets right down to business. That it never gets distracted by loose ends and always kept its focus on its two main characters are some of its many strengths. It will definitely delight those captivated by aviation and warfare, yet it will strike a stronger chord among those that like romance, especially stories about unrequited love.

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#6. [KÝ ỨC BẦU TRỜI]

One-shot

Tác giả: Koroku INUMURA

Minh hoạ: Haruyuki Morisawa

Ngày phát hành: 18-09-2019

Giá bìa: 115.000 đồng

Đơn vị phát hành: IPM

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