Ive been able to watch a bunch of series but I’ve started writing reviews a long while after watching them so they may lose some detail.

Infinite Ryvius¹

The plot is simple enough: a school/academy in space… something goes wrong, and was considered to be secret in the ship to avoid panic. The remaining people (all young) estranged, try to get help… but it’s not that simple.

I can really say that this is an excellent series… It really has depth in the realm of sociology I guess. For me it definitely imparts a very crucial lesson that when understood by all, could actually make our world a better place. While it’s an anime that can be very “normal” and appreciated by those who just wanna have fun, the depth can really be seen as it, for me, encapsulates leadership and the need of an organizing body (governent).

It shows the realities and dilemmas that are entailed by different forms of government, and how different perspectives can affect these said forms. It basically says that “no matter what you do, you can’t please everyone, but there’s no reason to be radical about it.” And while governments may generally suck, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t have any at all.

This is a very important lesson in my opinion. If every human in the world listened to the underlying meaning of the series, then there won’t be senseless violence or tension that is brought up by the normal people’s hatred towards a governing body which they don’t appreciate.

Throughout the series, leadership and form of government kept on changing (or evolving)… only to find out that there is no absolute right way. Each leader had different interests and ways of handling things and it always showed that it works out at first but then takes it’s toll on the whole population, eventually leading to insurrections left and right.

In the real sense this is so true, if people feel a government is getting out of hand, the worst case always is to start a revolution, then in the case a new form of government is established, it’s just a matter of time before those who reject the new form will manifest… and it’s a vicious cycle.

The anime also shows the internal politics affecting different parties, which isn’t much different from today. But at least here you get to see all those and realize that each way isn’t neccessarily wrong, it’s just that they are based on different principles which essentially try to think of the common good.

Of course there are the bad elements that are really evil any way you slice it. I guess that represents the elements in governments that should be abolished, but again the reality is that they’re there and we have to deal with it.

As I wrap this up, you would notice that the train of thought of this review is obvously still open. And for me that’s also what the anime imparted: though in one sense, issues were resolved, it doesn’t neccessarily mean that it was really a happy ending for the people. For me, in the end, they reverted to a form government which worked best for them… which is basically self interest, just leave the responsibilities back to adults (underlying meaning is to leave it to the pros).

I guess this review is too cerebral, but this is really how this series affected me, I can’t really review it any other way as it will always return to this train of thought.

And since I really appreciate the way it affected me, I highly recommend it!