This isn’t a commentary on the quality of the world building in this anime. If Firefly had a scenario in which the Independents were successful in their rebellion, I believe the universe that it was set in would’ve looked remarkably similar to that of Moretsu Pirates, or perhaps vice versa if the government of the Sea of Morningstar was unsuccessful in its own rebellion. ![]() Think back to the cold open of this first episode and pay attention to the dialogue and the setting that it’s presenting. ![]() Indeed, why operate a maid cafe when the world that these characters inhabit has access to robots and androids? Was it meant as a one-off comment to quickly characterize the participants in the conversation as somewhat aloof outsiders? No, the idea of anachronism runs deeper still. Two of the characters introduced in this first episode even utter the word itself when they entered the place of employment of our main heroine, Katou Marika. That is, the deliberate placing of items or ideas that have no right to be near each other in historical chronology. ![]() Moretsu Pirates is concentrating on the idea of anachronism. Through girls in pirate outfits, shiny tech in somewhat familiar settings, the juxtaposition of the romantic mores of pirating society with that of the mundanity of adolescent schooldays and the high adventure of the most open frontier.
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