With all the skirmishes, it's a bit of a stretch that the empire has not got hold of any modern weaponry, assuming the JSDF already incurred loss several times.
One think that doesn't make sense, there's no way a duke would stand behind the empress on a baron's table.
Unless it's actually mistranslated / misconception by the author and Eusto does not have a duke but a knight title. He doesn't seem to manage any territory.
@Mothified Nope he didn't propose to Cleria either. It's just they have different context of what "joint rulership" means and didn't bother to clarify it.
To be honest I don't like how the author changes the girls' design to be too fluffy with round cheeks. It makes them look like grade schooler. I like Hina's old design better.
In Cleria's case, it's culture problem. "Ruling together" in Alan's word does not need to be monarchy as king on queen, he may be talking about king and prime minister or something else. As a man from modern civilization, he would know better than make a full monarchy with hereditary succession...
So it finally ends huh. I'm actually really glad that near the last arc Anri becomes the main heroine and even in the ending she becomes the main girl instead of Yuna and Margaret. She's been mostly sidelined in the earlier arcs but consistently always belief in Touka. Though not sure they have...
@KinGrove I think the anime season 2 ending spoils everything about Ymir's real history. Was that published before or after the manga got to that part?