Posted by Nina on 7/20/2003, 1:45 am On the other hand, not knowing the story of the "side-story" does not affect the main storyline. You don't need to watch it to understand the world of YST. And there is no follow up on the troopers' personalities. For example, what happened to Seiji afterward? He is not a person who can say "well, my armor did kill human beings, but it's not my fault, so let's forget it' and walk away..." (One saying is that CD drama "Kourinden" is a follow-up story of Seiji. The confusion he had after Gaiden is the reason of his confusion in Kourinden). And Message explained more about the "armor's world". What kikoutei and other armors (i.e. power) are, and what the samurai troopers' role There were lot of Japanese fans who cannot understand Message. It's hard to understand because the basic theme Message wants to express is not easy at all. And everytime I watch it, I have some more understanding than the last time I watched it. (By the way, I haven't watch the DVD version yet, so I don't know how good the translation is)
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Gaiden is literally a "side story". It is said to be a service of Sunrise to the fans of YST. That's why it has more information regarding everyday life of the troopers.
Kikoutei Densetsu provides some more explnation on what a kikoutei is, because "there's not enough time to include all info in TV series" (well, I know that people become even more confused after watching Kikoutei...(^^;)), but that's what it is supposed to be. White Kikoutei is not Good, and Black Kikoutei is not Evil. Shin found out this first, so he refused to fight at episode #1 because he did not feel that the black armor is evil ( and hence he wonders if the fight is "righteous"). There was no righteous reason for fighting in Kikoutei Densetsu as in TV series (which is to save the world from Youja=evil). The armors fight each other only for the sake of fighting itself...
are...what the human beings' roles are (ie. Nasty and Jun). It's why this OVA is called "Message". Every trooper in each episode try to answer the Message sent by Suzunagi in their own ways. What is armor, what is power, what is samurai troopers, do human beings have the right to use power in the way they like, etc.
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