NAIDA AND RUBINA: WHAT'S BEHIND THE MASK - 28
By Gerdha & Joe7
(first article: here; previous article: here)

ANALYSIS ABOUT RUBINA

THE PAST: DUKE'S ESCAPE

If Rubina was really involved in Fleed invasion, probably she approved her father's attack, provided that Duke Fleed was not killed, not even after helping Vega to empower Grendizer (ep2).

Otherwise, the princess's speech to her father at the beginning of ep72 would make no sense. In fact, while she was in flight with Queen Panther, Rubina says in OV (Original Japanese Version) to her father:

Rubina: You, Father, have mislead me!
King Vega: What? I have mislead you?!
Rubina: I’ve heard from somebody on Planet Rubi that Duke Fleed is still alive!

In this dialogue, Rubina shows that she was unaware that Duke Fleed was alive and that she was deceived about this: it is difficult to hypothesize a logical explanation of this dialogue other than the fact that it was reported to her that Duke Fleed had died, differently from what she had requested. Perhaps King Vega had made the decision to lie to his daughter about the Prince's fate after he had escaped with Grendizer, telling her that he was dead in the final blast that destroyed the planet.

However, if Rubina had really loved Duke Fleed, she would have hated her father for killing him: instead, she had gone to rule the occupation of a conquered planet on his behalf. Evidently, the true relationship between the characters is different from what appears at first sight.

(to be continued here)

HERE ALL THE ENGLISH LINKS ABOUT GRENDIZER

Edited by joe 7 - 23/4/2020, 16:04