Lots more action and battles in this episode, and I'm beginning to get confused. "Programs! Programs! You can't follow the game without a program!" boys in a sports arena used to shout, while peddling programs. I feel like I need a program for this show, because there are so many different nobles and principalities and armies, not to mention a swarm of war maidens, at least a couple of whom have their own armies.

The battles are well handled and the action is exciting, but I'm getting confused about who is fighting each time, and why. About the only thing that's clear is that Tigre and Elen are the good guys in any fight, so I know I'm supposed to root for them.

This time we actually got a list of names of the war maidens.

Elen (we have known about since the first episode)

Sofy is the blonde with huge boobs. She doesn't seem to have an army, but she appears to be a friend of Elen's and willing to fight alongside her.

Ludmila is the one who wears blue and has relatively small breasts, which Elen teases her about. She is a longstanding rival of Elen's and has her own army, but Tigre convinced her to remain neutral. My guess is that she eventually becomes part of the harem.

Elizabeth is an unknown. It appears she's neutral in the current war.

Valentina is another with her own principality, but it's a long way away and for the moment she may not be involved. However, she seems to be the one who has been shown manipulating chess pieces in earlier episodes, and maybe she's a puppeteer.

"Olga's whereabouts are unknown." She's a loli and dresses in pink.

Sasha is bedridden. A hypochondriac?

So that's something. And then two people who are fighting, or competing, are Duke Thenardier and Duke Ganelon. But are they both sworn to the king? And if so, how can they be at war with each other? (Tigre killed Thenardier's son, so we know he's never going to be on the side of the good guys.)

I think it would be easier to understand and get into this show if I fully understood the politics.

Or maybe I should ignore all that and stare at the boobies.

Think they'll redraw this for the BD?

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