Golly, I’m wondering who Jolenta’s father is.
I suppose that is one other a type of episodes the place some individuals are likely to assault Chi.: Chikyuu no Undou ni Tsuite as a result of a scarcity of historic accuracy. Whereas that is undoubtedly not the purpose (once more), the function of girls as students in medieval Europe is an attention-grabbing subject. As a rule, the additional south you went in Europe, the extra seemingly girls have been to play a job in scientific exploration within the late Center Ages. That is no coincidence: girls had extra authorized and sensible energy in Moorish areas than in Christian areas (to not point out Moorish Europe, and Africa was extra superior within the sciences than Christian Europe). Until you additionally know little or no about geography – 90% of Individuals do – you in all probability know that Poland is sort of far north and thus largely devoid of direct Moorish affect.
Though we do not know as a lot in regards to the goings-on in medieval Poland as we do in some elements of Europe, it appears a secure wager that there have been feminine intellectuals function in stealth mode there, identical to in every single place else. The one in query is Jolenta (My Hitomi), a 14-year-old pupil at Rely Piast’s library (word that the Piast dynasty was successfully defunct in nearly all of Poland by that date). Jolenta acquired her job by passing an examination. She’s clearly good, however the males within the library do not care and he or she’s not allowed to do any actual analysis. She acts as Kolbe’s assistant (Shimazaki Nobunaga), who appears to be standing in her nook.
The issue with Jolenta is that she is definitely Nowak’s daughter, though the anime – fairly ridiculously – turns this into one thing of a thriller. That is from the manga, so I perceive why they left it in, however it will have been higher to go away out the charade. Tsuda Kenjirou’s voice is difficult to overlook, particularly when he seems in a few hundred collection a 12 months. Nowak permitting his daughter to turn into a researcher is an attention-grabbing twist, contemplating his career and worldview. I actually do not know the way reasonable it’s that she would have gotten the job within the first place, since she’s formally not allowed to do nearly something.
As for Badeni and Oczy, they proceed as Orbs new unusual couple. Badeni agrees to take up the mantle of breast analysis (Oczzy is not even certain that is what he requested for). He factors out – rightly – that there are inaccuracies within the theories proposed by their creator(s). Badeni units some situations for Oczy: if he dies with out finishing the investigation, it is not going to be handed on to anybody else. Oczy should act as his commentary assistant (which he’s blissful to do in change without cost room and board). And if there’s a win to be made, it ought to be break up 90-10 in Badeni’s favor. Oczy factors to the letter stating that Potocki ought to obtain 10% of any revenue generated from the contents of the field.
In his response to this, Badeni makes it clear (if it wasn’t already the case) that he’s not a pious man of substance. He’s a tough man, largely unsympathetic on each counts. Oczy, in fact, understands that that is unsuitable – a betrayal of those that died and handed on this mantle that he by no means requested for. Badeni decides to publish the issue of the inconsistencies he sees within the analysis in town’s message board, hoping that somebody with entry to bigger astronomical knowledge will resolve it. I do know message boards have been actually a factor on this time and place (amongst different issues), however whether or not they have been used for this objective I actually don’t know.
In the meantime, Jolenta is, fairly predictably, screwed by Kolbe. She has submitted an apparently sensible paper, which he guarantees will get her transferred to the observatory as Rely Piast (Fukumatsu Shinya) approves. He does, however Kolbe clearly filed it in his personal title. He claims to be stunned that she anticipated one thing totally different. In spite of everything, who would learn a treatise by a lady? And if she dabbles in astronomy, she could also be branded a witch or burned as a heretic. That is in all probability all true. As does his declare that Jolenta is naive to imagine in any other case. However that does not change the truth that fortunately he advantages from her genius and he or she will get screwed.
Once more, we haven’t any documented circumstances of this form of factor in fifteenth century Poland, nevertheless it’s actually straightforward to think about this taking place. Frankly, it is a timeless situation the place girls are disrespected and males steal credit score for his or her work. As does the anguished response of Jolenta, who’s internally at conflict over her lifelong conditioning to be submissive and her anger and the necessity to assert possession over her concepts. Rely Piast hears a few of this and brings it as much as Jolenta to make it clear. She faces the identical resolution as Rafal, and for now she chooses otherwise: she chooses the trail of least resistance and private security over the reality. However Piast is clearly not a idiot, and it appears seemingly that he is aware of what actually occurred right here.
Finally, Jolenta is destined to work with Badeni and Oczy, as she is the one who solutions his query on the message board. And rattling quick too – the identical day. That is spectacular sufficient, however the coincidental presence of Badeni and Oczy as she hammers her response onto the board seals their destiny like candle wax. How will Badeni react to the thought of an excellent younger woman in his mental territory? That will likely be attention-grabbing to seek out out.
