This one off special episode from the Crest of the Stars
universe explores the background to the birth of Lafiel. The episode thus obviously
takes place before the original series and focuses on Lafiel's parents exploring
a derelict spaceship.
While this might be the plot,
as with everything in the Seikai universe, it's the relationships between the
characters that are of most importance and the aim of this extra episode is to
show the bond between Lafiel's parents and how Lafiel herself came to be. Even
if it is only one regular length episode Seikai no Dansho still admirably
puts across the feelings between Plakjak and Dubeusec. The dialogue between one
another is touching and clearly puts across the kind of affectionate feelings
they have for one another. The episode also helps to demonstrate just where Lafiel's
own attitudes towards things come from, which leads to a slightly better understanding
of her and her relationship with her parents. The animation on this extra episode
is also notably above the distinctly average character animation that was evident
in Seikai no Senki and that's a welcome change. Although it adds relatively
little to the massive Seikai universe this is still none the less a worthwhile
addition to this already grand series.
