xemumanic said:
This is one of the best mecha series I've seen. But I get the impression a lot of questions about why things are how they are won't ever get answered......like where the Delphine came from? And why only Rygart can pilot it? And why isn't he able to manipulate quartz like why everyone else? And for that matter, why can anyone do that?
Looks like this series is more about resolving the situation at hand than eventually answering these questions.
Well a lot of your questions aren't important. Rygart is simply born with a genetic (we assume) defect that prevents him from manipulating quartz. The Delphine was a last-ditch super weapon from an Ancient civilisation - it only recognises Rygart because the Ancient people never had the genetic (we assume) ability to manipulate quartz.
It's like watching Clint Eastwood's/Sergio Lione Man With No Name trilogy and wanting to know the backstory for the man with no name. He just is, and any explanation that could be given would be completely superfluous to the story.
It's not like Escaflowne, where the mysteries of what Escaflowne was and where it came from were entirely central to the plot, but the creators ran out of funding so had to cut 10 episodes out of the running time and thus not get a chance to answer any of the questions.
I mean, an episode might make those mysteries about Rygart and Delphine completely relevant and important to the narrative arc of the characters and all that, but right now that just isn't the case.
