NAIDA AND RUBINA: WHAT'S BEHIND THE MASK - 20
By Gerdha & Joe7
(first article: here; previous article: here)

ANALYSIS ABOUT RUBINA

ORIGINAL DIALOGUES OF EPISODE 72

DIALOGUE 2: ZURIL AND KING VEGA

Skarmoon base. Zuril has reached King Vega in the Throne Room: they are alone there.

King Vega: Dammit, Rubina has got to know that Duke Fleed is still alive!

Zuril: But this was not something you could have kept hidden forever, sooner or later it would have been discovered.
King Vega: If only got discovered it, would have been even better, but Rubina still loves Duke Fleed.

Zuril: Even if not less than 8 years have passed since then?

King Vega: Yes, exactly. Even if the purpose was to distract the King of Fleed, it has been a mistake to leave Rubina on Planet Fleed.

Zuril: The King of Fleed seemed to intend to wed Princess Rubina to Duke Fleed in order to maintain peace between the two planets.
King Vega: Yes, it's exactly like that, Zuril-Chokan.
Zuril: Yes.
King Vega: For what Rubina is concerned, I leave everything to you on the matter.

Zuril: (perplex) And this does mean...?

King Vega: If you want, I can rend Rubina at your disposal ¹.

Zuril: (surprised, then with an excited expression on his face) To me?

King Vega: Yes. So I count on you.
Zuril: Yes!

FIRST COMMENTS

Referring to King Vega's description of the events leading to Duke Fleed & Rubina's engagement, what is said in this section seems a coherent reference to the fact that - like told by Umon in ep2 - at the moment of Fleed attack, Vega was only at the beginning of its expansionism and likely Planet Fleed was its very first target, due to its advanced science and technology. This idea is reinforced by the fact that later here Zuril refers to "the two planets" and he does not mention the "Vega Allied Forces" (which is the classical definition used in the anime to define Vega Empire, instead).
Besides, it's enough clear that Zuril is very well informed about the background story of the engagement between Duke Fleed and Rubina, even if he was not part of the military elite. We then should suppose he was then already appointed as the Science Minister. We have an indirect confirmation about it from the fact that Duke Fleed knows him personally (ep67), so they should have met when he lived on his native planet (just like for Gandal and Blacky). As a Science Minister, Zuril had always a primary deep interest in get possession of the Fleedian technology (ref. ep2) and if Grendizer was already built at least as a prototype stage at the time of the attack to Planet Fleed (ref. ep2), Zuril would have had all the interest to get it and its technology. Consequently, we could suppose from this section that Zuril could have been the real mind behind all the engagement plan, and his involvement in the background story of the attack to Planet Fleed is probably the reason why King Vega relies on him so much during all the events of ep72.
Rubina becomes a suborned person to Zuril, losing all her powers as Princess of Vega.

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¹ "If you want, I can rend Rubina at your disposal": in the original japanese version: “Nozomuto araba, Rubina wo omae ni tsukawashitemo yoi”

(to be continued here)

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Edited by joe 7 - 19/3/2020, 14:12