Kiddy Grade 2

[RyougaZell]

I was about to post that this was announced some months ago... but then I noticed your post states it as news from last october... hehe...

This is actually one of those future series I am looking forward too. The (now) 'first season' was good, full of twists, so many in fact I got confused a lot.

[Kraco]

It was indeed a good and enjoyable series, and I wouldn't mind a sequel. I should redownload the first season as my files are apparently from some poor ripper, and they are barely holding together, causing annoying problems with subtitles if not audio as well. But I just hate redownloading...

Well, I only barely remember the major parts of the first season, so I should rewatch at least the ending before starting with a second season. I have little recollection of the characters and how they ended up at the end.

[Munsu]

I think I may have to do the same... I don't remember well what was so special about Eclaire's character, like her being immortal or being some sort of clone or some shit... Also need to check if there were some sort of plot that wasn't resolved that may resurface on this new series.

[Ryllharu]

I actually remember the series pretty well. It closed off pretty well. I thought that most if not all the issues had been resolved, mostly thanks to their boss Eclipse's power, as well as some extreme uses of Eclair and Lumiere's powers.

I'd elaborate, but I suppose spoiling as a recap would be against the rules.

[Munsu]

Na', you can talk about it here... just make sure you put some spoiler warnings for those that haven't seen the first series and make sure you only discuss things from the first series, nothing from the manga and such. So, give us a good recap if you would...

[Ryllharu]

Okay. If you're giving me the go ahead. I've never actually seen the manga, so that's why I've been looking forward to this sequel. I'll hit the key points of the series.



Series 1 Recap (spoilers of season 1):

The earlier parts of the series are all introductory. Introducing each of the teams, Eclair and Lumiere, Sinistra and Dextera, Tweedledee and Tweedledum, Viola and Cesario, Alv and Dvergr, and Un-ou and A-un. All of these teams work under the G.O.T.T., the trade organization for the galaxy. Each team serves under Eclipse, the director of their special division in the GOTT. Eclair and Lumiere work at the Reception Desk, though they are really within the special division.

The only characters who matter are Eclair and Lumiere, Alv and Dvergr, and Eclipse. Lumi has the power to control machines, Eclair has super-human strength when she wears lipstick, Alv and Dvergr both possess the Absorb power. In the mission where Alv and Dvergr are first shown, Alv comments on how weak Eclair is as they display their considerable powers.

When Eclair and Lumiere are required to help the Nobility suppress a commoner uprising, Eclair sympathizes with the obviously suffering commoners, who are used for very cheap labor. During a fairly peaceful protest that Eclair is charged to stop, the Nobility orders Eclair to stop them. When she refuses, the nobility fires on the crowd. In anger, Eclair sends out a literal burst of power, and the nobility are driven off the planet as a result. "Power" has been her true power all along, it was only suppressed.

From this, Eclair and Lumiere effectively declare war on the GOTT. A great deal of effort is put in to stop Eclair before she can get back to GOTT headquarters. Memories start flooding back to Eclair, who apparently has a considerable rebellious streak in her past. The visions she sees are people who are her, yet do not look like her. Past lives. Eclair and Lumiere assault GOTT headquarters, and with Eclair's newly remembered power, she easily defeats all the other teams, and assassinates her boss, Eclipse.

Eclair becomes the Director, and changes into a tyrant. Other teams are removed or attempted to be assassinated. Obvious clones of Eclair and Lumiere appear, Eclair's new enforcers for the GOTT. One of them appears to gain a conscience, and runs away. While chasing after that clone, Eclair and Lumiere are attacked by...none other than a person claiming to be Eclair (though it's pretty obvious it is her, from the way she acts). The "new" Eclair accuses the Tyrant Eclair of really being Alv, who is eventually revealed. Alv had assassinated Eclipse. Then when things are turning their worst, Eclipse herself shows up once more, and reminds Alv that Eclipse's power is to reincarnate people into fresh bodies, over and over again throughout the centuries, and Eclair and Lumiere have been working with her for the longest. Alv and Dvergr appear to be completely destroyed.

Eclair quickly comes to terms with the darker aspects of her past. Normal friends (not the special division) that Eclair worked with get adjusted to her new form. While she and Lumiere adjust to their new bodies, there are some problems with Lumiere, that are solved within an episode or two.

A man from Earth, true home to all Nobility in the galaxy shows up, Chevalier d'Autriche. He wants to stop Eclair for a reason that is not initially revealed. [I remember these details more sketchily.] Somehow, a giant robot/battleship is developed, with large banks that can absorb any matter and convert it to energy. Alv and Dvergr show up once more, Alv with a huge scar on one eye. Chevalier eventually reveals himself to be Eclair's son, from one her previous reincarnations, though it remains unclear whether he was adopted or biologically hers. Alv gets absorbed into the battleship, but due to her own powers, merges with the battleship. During an attempt to stop her, Eclair and Lumiere get absorbed as well. However, they reappear, and Lumiere reveals her own powers were not to simply control machines, but to control all Particles within the universe. Alv is eventually defeated, begins drifting into the sun, and Dvergr reveals that she is in fact Alv's mother. She goes to her daughter (the merged battleship), and the two of them die together.

Eclair and Lumiere are once more given new bodies, as well as Chevalier (who is turned into a baby, since he only wanted to be cared for by his mother, to free her from the cycle Eclipse has put her in). The series ends with the two once again manning the Reception Desk.








End of spoilers

[Munsu]

Damn, you went all out with that recap, thanks... Saved me 5GB+ worth of redownloading... Made me think if I had really watched the series, as I couldn't even remember half of what you mentioned. Well I do hope KG2 brings back Eclaire and Lumiere somehow, even if it's just for a couple of episodes.