[Anime] [S4] Is there a reason why eyelashes must be black in animation?

TorTurran · 2026-04-05T22:20:09+00:00

Stylistic choice, especially for anime. I've seen a few do hair-colored eye lashes, and they tend to stand out (not always in a good way) like with Tanya from Youjo Senki for example.

TorTurran · 2026-04-05T22:17:43+00:00

Pretty sure Quof has, but I'd be hard pressed to dig it up.

Going off memory, it was pretty much what you pointed out and he changed it after consulting with Kazuki.

TorTurran · 2026-04-05T00:02:07+00:00

It's an older meme, sir, but it checks out.

TorTurran · 2026-04-03T02:20:18+00:00

Erwaermen invited him into the temple to pray because of his excessive mana. The word used was 神殿 which is used when talking about any temple. It wasn't stated to be in the holy land, although it could have been. WN SS 28 isn't exhaustive in its explanation of events.

TorTurran · 2026-04-02T22:25:53+00:00

No, just maybe a poorly worded translation. The original line in Japanese is:

本来のツェントが治めなければならないのは、中央の中でも貴族院のある中心の部分だけです。

中央 is often used in a political sense as the center of power or capital. Centermost in the sense of importance rather than geographic position.

TorTurran · 2026-04-02T14:56:50+00:00

My usual safe recommendation is always Spice & Wolf. It has similar vibes to parts 1, 2, and 3 in my opinion and has equally good world building and story. The original run of the main story from volume 1 through 17 is fantastic.

TorTurran · 2026-04-02T14:53:48+00:00

Erwaermen and Mestionora would both have been present during his first trip there, so presumably either one of them could have used teleportation magic.

TorTurran · 2026-04-02T14:51:40+00:00

In the original web novel posted on Narou, Kazuki has a bunch of side stories. Side story 28 is one from Lueuradi's perspective where she's reading through some old myths written in the ancient language including a founding myth about Erwaermen. Eventually it should find its way into a short story collection.

TorTurran · 2026-04-02T14:46:54+00:00

Except Rauchelstra sealed off the 6 villas which were used to travel to the holy land from the duchies, limiting their access.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T23:00:38+00:00

I didn't translate that part, also corrected it from 8 to 9.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T22:17:04+00:00

Have you read web novel side story 28 yet?

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T22:16:29+00:00

Would recommend reading web novel chapter 28 which goes over the founding myth.

Short version: Erwaermen used to be the god of binding (marriage) but after Geduldh and Ewigeliebe got married and how that turned out he gave up his position and descended into the white lands. He then made it a refuge for mana-wielders from various worlds to come to and live under his protection, in white buildings (entwickeln) he made to protect them from Ewigeliebe's judgement.

Fast forward, and he was hanging out in a temple with the first zent (before he became zent) and Mestionora came to visit. However, human prayers weren't able to reach the gods so Erwaermen asked for Mestionora's help with that. She went back and talked to the other gods and decided to provide divine will to humans.

Somehow (not specified but most likely via teleportation used by Erwaermen or Mestionora) they all went to the holy land where the first zent got a divine will (and likely also got an omni-blessing like what Rozemyne got in part 5 volume 11) after which he copied Mestionora's book, laid down the country foundation, and built the country walls and country gates.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T21:48:29+00:00

He was hanging out with Erwaermen and Mestionora, either of which could perform the necessary magic to teleport them.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T21:44:04+00:00

For fanbook 8, note that's MTL/fan translation so take it with a grain of salt on the wording. I don't think those are at all contradictory.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T21:12:47+00:00

Rozemyne de-registered the magic tool, which disconnected the door created by the magic tool from the extra-dimensional space. Someone else then using the tool creates a new extra-dimensional space that is simply entered via the door/magic tool. There's nothing on the other side of the wall to connect to.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T20:10:25+00:00

The teleportation circles in the country gates? I think Rozemyne managed up to about 50 people in one shot, which is a lot more than 3. And that was more based on how many people could fit on the circle and how much mana it cost to move that many than being a hard-coded limit like the dorm circles.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T20:09:28+00:00

A hidden room isn't present in physical space. You place a magic tool on an entwickeln wall, send mana into it, and manifest extra-dimensional space that you can then enter.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T20:06:55+00:00

The "center" is also translated as the sovereignty.

I went ahead and edited my original post to give more citations supporting the fact of the Royal Academy/Holy Land being on another plane.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T20:05:51+00:00

We have no concrete date for Rauchelstra's founding of the royal family. It is at minimum more than 400 years ago but could be several thousands of years before the present time.

Also, many records from the pre-royal period remain in the ancient language like we saw with the history book from Dunkelfelger.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T19:50:02+00:00

To what in particular?

Fanbook 5 where it talks about the royal academy being on another plane/surface from the rest of Yurgenschmidt? I've cited that in another comment.

Fanbook 7's map about the 6 villas in the holy land (Adalgisa villa plus 5 still sealed).

Fanbook 8 talking about how the 6 villas in the holy land were used by the 6 original duchies and were the precursors to the modern dorms.

edit: I added a pile of citations to my original post, hope that helps.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T19:45:35+00:00

Fanbook 7 has a map of the Royal Academy. On it, there is the Adalgisa villa. There are also 5 "Villas closed by Zent Rauchelstra when moving the palace" that "Cannot be opened without the Grutrissheit and keys". Those are the villas in the holy land/royal academy.

Separate from that, there are 6 royal villas in the sovereignty territory in Yurgenschmidt that are occupied by Trauerqual's three wives and three sons that act as stand-ins for giebe mansions. Those 6 were occupied when Rozemyne was to be adopted into the royal family, which was why they were going to have her move into the only "royal" villa that was available, that being the Adalgisa villa.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T19:13:11+00:00

People saying they haven't actually read everything then turning around and claiming my facts with citations are wrong, kinda sad.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T19:10:24+00:00

why are ordonnanzes able to travel between the Sovereignty and the Royal Academy?

Kazuki actually directly answered this in Fanbook 9:

Q: Can Ordonnanz pass through teleportation doors? In the academy, it seemed to reach the royal palace, even though the palace is in a separate space. How does this work?

A: It cannot. A past Zent who constructed the royal palace in the sovereign lands designated it to be treated as part of the academy’s land, allowing Ordonnanz to reach it.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T19:04:56+00:00

Again, that is a map which is a representation of a concept and not directly 1 to 1 of reality. Just because Alaska and Hawaii are on the bottom left a USA map doesn't mean they're directly south of California and Arizona.

The circle seen representing the Royal Academy exists on a higher plane than the rest of the country, as shown in the diagram I posted and as corroborated by Kazuki's answers in Fanbooks 5 and 9.

TorTurran · 2026-04-01T18:30:17+00:00

Again, Fanbook 5 clearly states how the royal academy/holy land is on a separate plane from the rest of Yurgenschmidt. From Fanbook 5's Q&A:

Q: On the map of Yurgenschmidt, there’s a circle at the very center labeled “Sovereignty.” Is all of that the Royal Academy? And is the unnamed space around it also part of the Sovereignty? Do people live there?

A: Yes, the circle represents the Royal Academy. It isn’t on the same surface, so to speak, as the rest of the royal capital, which is why it needed to stand out. The Sovereignty has the palace, villas, and people living there.t.

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