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Yakitori: Soldiers of Misfortune (2023)
Interesting concept ruined by terrible story writing in the last episode...
I watched all 6 episodes and got drawn in by the group dynamic of the Yakitori to try to stay alive and resolve their situations. However, the flashbacks constantly disrupt the current action of the existing situation, which was extremely annoying. However, my main issue is with the last episode of the series.
In the last episode the Yakitori were brought up on charges of genocide that were dismissed on a technicality from politics. Weak. The massive oversight that took place in this episode is that it wasn't the Yakitori that were responsible at all for the orbital bombardment. They simply requested the bombardment. It was actually Commander Rimel that ordered the orbital bombardment. He should have been tried and charged for requesting it. This is a massive over sight of the story and the court due process proceedings.
Furthermore, they were being questioned for rightfully defending their lives against hostile creatures. They were sent there to defend the special envoy and the property there. In the military you are considered property, correct, however, even as property you have a right to defend yourself if you feel threatened. It doesn't matter that they didn't know the rules of engagement because they did what was correct. They were defending their lives. This is again another extreme over sight that didn't sit well with me in the story. I felt like the last episode just literally took a dump on the audience.