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STOP MAKING ME HAVE FEELS FOR SHAPUR I KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND I DON'T WANT TO LOVE HIM

I FEEL THE SAME WAY ANON BUT IT’S TOO LATE

And one more (actually one of the first that I thought of, since I know this scene really well because I like Shapur a lot!).

Kubard speaking at his reflection in his sword during the battle at Atropatene. The dialogue is the same in the manga, but only in the anime is it constructed like this so you see his sword acting as a mirror while he speaks. He’s saying that a king has the responsibility to protect his kingdom, and if he doesn’t fulfil that duty then he has no right to be king. And he’s not wrong (except for the fact that Andragoras did try to order a retreat; it’s just that word of him fleeing spread across the battlefield a lot faster thanks to Kharlan’s men). If you want to think of it in terms of a character struggling to recognise something, in this scene it’s Shapur who tries to deny the truth in Kubard’s words.

Kubard even glances at him and points out that Shapur cast off his helmet in anger at the king’s behaviour just moments earlier, to which Shapur replies “No, that was thoughtlessly done” (or “N-no, I was just being rash…” in the manga) as he tries to deny that he felt something similar to Kubard, declaring that the king did not run away but meant to fight again at Ecbatana.

…and of course, only one of them got out of there safely.  

…it’s also interesting that we get Kubard’s views on the responsibilities of a king this early in the anime, and they are perfectly in line with why he doesn’t serve Hermes, and also why he DOES end up with Arslan (who on several occasions has gone out of his way not to abandon others, and wants to free Pars from the Lusitanian occupation that Hermes brought about).

I know that we probably won't get this scene because it looks like the puppets created by the wizards can't talk.

However, one scene has been stuck in my head for the last two chapters. It almost seems as if we're going to get a fight between Shapur and Kubard and Isfan (my poor heart! I'm not sure how I'll cope with this. Daryun and his uncle as well as Zandeh and Hilmes and Kahrlan have already torn me apart inside).

But of course I would be even less able to cope if something were to happen to Kubard or Isfan (after all, they are still alive and I would find it even more terrible if they died at Shapur's hand). So of course I hope that this won't happen and since I hope that it will be Kubard who defeats this Shapur puppet, the following thought occurred to me. Some time ago I read, and I think it was on @innerchorus , that in the novella Isfan asks Kubard/Kishward what his brother was like as Marzban and Kubard replies that they always competed against each other and he won more often than Shapur (which Isfan doesn't really want to believe).

So how would it be if Kubard won this final fight between them and Shapur then (with a smile on his lips) said something like "that was our last competition, it almost seems like you're the better of the two of us" or "It's a shame, I thought I could at least get a draw between us. It almost seems like you've finally won our competition, Kubard" and to Isfan "I'm proud of you, little brother" Urgh... that would be a scene that would break my heart and at the same time I need exactly that kind of scene.

Not to mention the panel where Kubard will comfort Isfan with a bittersweet smile on his face, knowing that his rival will be now gone forever.

I don’t now if we will get such a scene but yeah….this is something that is spinning in my head for a few days now.

I am ver curious, excited and anxious for the next chapter. (Impossible that a Manga can cause all those mixed up feelings. It is like a rollercoaster.)