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In an effort to wrap up all the new plot lines and nuances of overarching storyline on a tight time constraint, Kaizoku Oujo really struggled to make it to its end as it ran through so many unnecessary detours (like the ones we just mentioned). And unfortunately, for all this trouble, it negated all the hard work of the first half of the anime. To give Fena’s story some closure, it sacrificed the development of all the other characters that held our interest. Helena and Abel’s backstory was rushed, with the exception of Shitan and Yukimaru, the Goblin Knights were basically extras, and rather than expanding on Yukimaru (you know, the romantic lead?) we were introduced to Observer as some kind of plot twist, which to be honest, none of us even cared about because it was so random. The badass pirates that we were given just became an irrelevant side-plot in setting up Abel, and what a waste because those ladies were amazing!
Basically, all the characters that we’d gotten to know for the first half of the show were all but forgotten at the end, even Yukimaru, as the anime zeroed in on Fena and her predestined fate.
If there were a few more episodes, maybe all the loose ends could’ve been effectively tied up (like what does being excommunicated mean?), maybe secondary characters could’ve been fleshed out the way they deserved (what happened to Grace O’Malley? What about Joan of Arc’s badass maiden history?), maybe we would’ve been able to understand what the heck happened instead of having to break it down like this (why is the Observer so invested in the maidens? What’s the point of the maidens?).
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