User blog:Hidden Scorpius XI/My impressions on "Mistral" (WoR, V4-E2)

Well... color me surprised, the new WoR came out the next day instead of the next week. I honestly was uninformed of this fact.

ALSO, I know I f***ed up the title in the previous blog. It was a honest mistake, not a pun. (Not) Sorry for bursting your bubble.

So, let's see what else can we learn from the World of Remnant by looking at the easternmost Kingdom of Mistral:

We are learning more about Remnant's Geography, with names like Onym, Windpath and Kuchinashi being mentioned. Maybe it'd be too much to ask, but I'd like to see an Atlas (of the book kind) with all relevant landmarks pointed out.

We learn that Mistral has the most controlled territory out of the four kingdoms, meaning that serious Grimm attacks are very rare in this continent and that this kingdom is comparetively larger that the other three. This allows mistrali people to thrive in the finer parts of culture like arts and what-not; but also gives way for a black market, the biggest on the planet no less. It is a big place with big opposites. That's actually kinda clever.

Mistral is also a pioneering kingdom in regards to resource usage, being able to take advantage of the land and geography to their fullest potential, and all social classes have a big respect of this fact.

Mentioning that Mistral has many holes for rats to hide is good foreshadowing, seeing how this is probably the next destination for the show.

Something worth pointing out though, that the imagery used for this WoR clearly takes inspiration from Real World Asian cultures. Whereas in the past, anything show from Mistral had a more European feel to it. Why do I point this out? Because it is something else Merry can't keep consistent.

Other than that? This was a really good WoR episode. It had stuff we never knew, and gives us a taste of what to expect in the coming Volume. Definitely one of the best.