Would They Have Done It? Options

[Shiidou Hikaru]

The first time I watched MKR, I didn't really get a good grasp of what they were talking about concerning the Legend of the Magic Knights. It wasn't clear until the end of the first season what the tragedy of that legend really was. When I watched the series the second time, everything became crystal clear. Clef never told them the true nature of what their mission was. The villagers feared and ran away from them. Others, like Ascot, Caldina, and Lafarga, made peace with them, but left them behind and didn't look back. Only Ferio became friends with them and helped out with their mission. And there's much more too, but the end result is that no one, not even Ferio, ever told Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu, exactly what was going on until it was already too late. If they had known beforehand what the mission of the Magic Knights was, would the three of them have followed through with it?

Edited by: Shiidou Hikaru at: 7/17/03 11:52 am

[Shiidou Hikaru]

That's a good point. Zagato had a couple of opportunities in the anime and the manga to just explain himself, and put everything to rest but he didn't. Even those that were working for him didn't know the true nature of his intentions.



What comes to mind is a statement made by Clef right after Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu left him after their initial introduction. He said "The true enemy of the Magic Knights is infinitely more powerful." A reference to Princess Emeraude of course. So it is conceivable that Zagato never really was an enemy of the Magic Knights and never intended to destroy them in the first place.



Zagato was aware of Emeraude's wish to die and he knew what had to happen in order for that end to come about. When Zagato saw the three girls from another world for the first time, he called them "Eggs that just hatched". So his impression of them is that they were helpless children with no hope of success in granting Princess Emeraude's wish. So is it possible that that was really his motive? To grant her wish? If so, the conflict between him and the Magic Knights wasn't a war at all. It merely served to train them and increase their strength and power to the point where they would be able carry out the wish of his beloved Emeraude. Then at last the two of them could be together, forever.

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Edited by: Shiidou Hikaru at: 10/17/03 10:49 am