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 ====== ΛLDNOΛH.ZERO ======
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 Aldnoah.Zero is a [[lb:mecha]] [[lb:anime]] about Martians invading the Earth. The Martians are, however, not aliens but humans who happened to discover ancient alien tech on Mars. The Terrans are stuck as the underdogs in the series, forced to outsmart the Martians, who have insane technology.\\
 The series has a strange storyline (downright contrived...) and weird worldbuilding, for good measure.
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 [[lb:ald0:orbital knights]] • [[lb:ald0:UFE]]\\
 [[lb:ald0:asseylum]] • [[lb:ald0:kaizuka]] • [[lb:ald0:mustang 33]] • [[lb:ald0:okoho]] • [[lb:ald0:rayet]] • [[lb:ald0:slaine]]
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 ===== Review =====
 I thought the first season was pretty good, and I enjoyed it quite a bit. The beginning of the story is particularly well-put together, introducing the world and characters quite well. The relationship between the Martians and the Terrans (alongside an introduction to the power-imbalance) is presented to the audience well, allowing the audience to quickly grasp the situation. From the beginning of the war, the Martians come off as an overwhelming force and a terrifying threat to the Terrans. The opening move with their landing castles is so beautiful, it continues to bring me to tears.\\
 Unfortunately, the perceived threat-level of the Martians decreases fast over the course of the series. This mostly stems from the fact the Martians are morons - an obvious and serious writing flaw.\\
 I found the insert songs to be awkwardly inserted and poorly timed.\\
-The second season <wrap spoiler>pretends the end of the first season doesn't happen by undoing most of it</wrap>. Surprisingly, I didn't mind this as much as I expected to at the time, but it irritates me more as time goes on. This is mostly because <wrap spoiler>the ending of the first season is quite daring...and then the second season just undoes it</wrap>. I'd compare it to [[lb:codegeass]] in this regard, as I believe it achieves <wrap spoiler>the transition from the first season's cliffhanger ending to the start of the second season</wrap> better than Aldnoah.Zero.
+The second season <mark spoiler>pretends the end of the first season doesn't happen by undoing most of it</mark>. Surprisingly, I didn't mind this as much as I expected to at the time, but it irritates me more as time goes on. This is mostly because <mark spoiler>the ending of the first season is quite daring...and then the second season just undoes it</mark>. I'd compare it to [[lb:codegeass]] in this regard, as I believe it achieves <mark spoiler>the transition from the first season's cliffhanger ending to the start of the second season</mark> better than Aldnoah.Zero.
-The second season generally fails to make the Martians as threatening as they were at the very beginning of the series. While there is a brief moment where the Martians start regaining their threat level, the series <wrap spoiler>brings back the MC after his little break, and him and his robot eye completely destroy the Martians</wrap>. I'd say this is a shame, as the series could have been much better in this regard.\\
+The second season generally fails to make the Martians as threatening as they were at the very beginning of the series. While there is a brief moment where the Martians start regaining their threat level, the series <mark spoiler>brings back the MC after his little break, and him and his robot eye completely destroy the Martians</mark>. I'd say this is a shame, as the series could have been much better in this regard.\\
 I do think I overall still like the series, and I would recommend giving it a watch.
 ===== Characters & Worldbuilding =====
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 Aldnoah can only be activated by members of the Imperial family and those who are loyal to them. Only the Imperial family can activate it because the first Emperor was the first person to touch Aldnoah, which then registered his DNA, allowing only him and his family to activate and deactivate Aldnoah. If the person responsible for Aldnoah dies, or almost dies, then all the Aldnoah drives they activated will deactivate.\\
 Now ‘loyalty’ means that a transfer of DNA must occur...although the series is vague about this, so it's possible that there's another method. Basically, a transfer of DNA needs to occur. If a member of the Imperial family kisses someone else, then that person gains the ability to activate Aldnoah. There's also an implication that this can be taken away, but I don't know how that would work.\\
-There's also an issue with this activation method, as, apparently, it's possible to gain the ability to activate Aldnoah without the other party intending it. This is because <wrap spoiler>Inaho gains the ability from the princess while he was performing CPR on her...and she was unconscious at the time</wrap>((:fn:>There is an extremely small possibility that the <wrap spoiler>princess did intend to give him the ability</wrap> and the audience simply doesn't know this, but this is highly unlikely.)). This raises several questions about the worldbuilding of the series - such as why the Emperor is even listened to in the first place...it may be easier to just lock him up and drink his blood or something to that effect. The fact this doesn't happen means that there //is// a way for the Emperor to take the power away...but we don't know what it is.
+There's also an issue with this activation method, as, apparently, it's possible to gain the ability to activate Aldnoah without the other party intending it. This is because <mark spoiler>Inaho gains the ability from the princess while he was performing CPR on her...and she was unconscious at the time</mark>((:fn:>There is an extremely small possibility that the <mark spoiler>princess did intend to give him the ability</mark> and the audience simply doesn't know this, but this is highly unlikely.)). This raises several questions about the worldbuilding of the series - such as why the Emperor is even listened to in the first place...it may be easier to just lock him up and drink his blood or something to that effect. The fact this doesn't happen means that there //is// a way for the Emperor to take the power away...but we don't know what it is.
 ===== Speculah & Analysis =====
 ==== Moronic Martians ====