Last time, Lelei's life was threatened by the goblins, while Pina got locked in by her brother. As excited as I was for a large battle, sadly it did not come this tenth episode: Empress in Slave's Clothing, however it does set the stage for a more urgent battle to come. Spoiler alert for intentional spoilers or unintentionally spoiled ones.
The episode starts off with the Princess' Knights fighting off the soldiers to protect the Jade Palace. Other than the fact that they were battling the comrades, this could be getting too monotonous. It's a short scene, though, so not much to say there.
Meanwhile, in Rondel, the girl that was told to scout ahead overheard the conversation between the three goblin boys with a shady-looking woman, who told them to earn Lelei's trust and warn her of an attack during her presentation and telling her to wear armor. Then, she would play dead to lure the Pied Piper. Then, when the woman turned, the girl followed.
Now, funny thing, if this girl is as dumb as the show had us believed last episode, why was she skeptical about the woman? Well, perhaps it could work both ways. But then... time skip, four days ahead. This show already got quite some of them.
Two assassination attempts at Lelei nearing her turn to present: the first one by an old wizard, foiled at the point of Itami's pistol after some interesting logical deduction, a welcome change. The second, by an acrobatic assassin, pretty tense as Itami could not shoot her. However, the entire magical community had already prepared, and with bolts of colorful light, the to-be assassin was knocked out. Quite nice colors on that scene.
And then, something almost unexpected happens: the girl pulled out a knife and stabbed Lelei. How dumb, as she was the one that first heard that Lelei was wearing armor. Interesting turn of events, though, however perhaps this event is only here to delay the Pied Piper's revelation.
The actions of her knights against the special forces at Jade Palace finally made Pina imprisoned by Zolzal's orders. Several points to make here:
The first one, another praise on the politics. I do think this really is how it went with old medieval politics, siblings killing off each other to gain power. Plus, it's quite sad knowing how this was how a princess was treated by her brother. Also, concerning power play, this is what was meant by the episode's title. The warrior bunny became quite the manipulative person, leering over the princess.
The last point: is this just fanservice to let us see Pina in less-than-proper prisoner clothing?
Anyway, the story returns to Itami and the girls, interrogating the assassin. As said before, she was dumb, or just forgetful, crying just for the usual 'cute' factor GATE must have, as a rule. Then, she said that she was going to kill Lelei in the name of Pina, so she could prove her allegiance to Zolzal. So that's how this all is connected; it is confirmed after all.
Thus, more holes to fill: how will Lelei and Itami play a part in overthrowing Zolzal? How will Pina escape? Next episode, according to the preview, we're going to see a raid on the capital after all.
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GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri is originally a light novel by Takumi Yanai, and adapted into anime by A-1 Pictures.
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