Megumi VS Allura

Recalling the anime convention I’ve attended two years ago, I remember the discussion between enthusiasts regarding Voltes V’s ninja girl pilot Megumi Oka against Volton’s young monarch Princess Allura.

Judging from the physical make-up, stamina and combat orientation of both female characters, Princess Allura would be rolling down the proverbial ring side canvas in pain and utter defeat before Megumi could deliver her next round house kick.

Ouch!

I believe it will never be a fair fight; in the Voltes V series, Megumi was depicted as a harshly trained “Kunno-ichi” (Ninja Girl) since she belongs to a clan of fierce assassin and her father was the 110^th descendant of this ferocious clan. The series even showed Megumi as calm and calculating and these attributes alone makes her very dangerous.

Naturally, it occurred to me that Megumi can even take out the entire Voltron Force single handedly and why not…nothing in the Voltron Lion Force’s 48 episode series that depicted the Voltron Force had undergone harsh and rigorous hand to hand combat trainings although Pidge, the youngest of the Voltron Force was seen to jump high like some weightless astronaut in earlier episodes because he was said to have extra ordinary martial arts skills.

I doubt such skills can help him if he’s pitted against Megumi Oka or any of the Voltes Team members. I am quite confident and familiar with what ninja girl Megumi can do if to face against the Voltron Force but how can I compare Voltron’s princess against Voltes V’s Kunno-ichi?

Let’s trace Princess Allura’s origins not from the Voltron series, but from the original Japanese anime “Golion-King of Beasts.”:

Her real name is Princess Farla (Farla Hime) stately Princess of Planet Arus.

According to the Golion series, she is the ruler of the Kingdom of Altair (as well as the entire planet, for the most part) and took over for Sven as the pilot of the Blue Lion that forms Voltron's right leg. Her age is about 18-20. Though a bit naive especially with matters of romance, Princess Farla/ Allura is a strong-willed person, and seems to be capable of ruling her planet, though some like Ambassador Coran and her Nanny tend to disagree.

Princess Farla/Allura was the daughter of a veteran pilot of the super robot Beast King Golion. The series never stated whether this “has been” pilot was also Golion’s creator or what his name was, suffice to say that Princess Farla/Allura is capable of invoking the dead, particularly her father, for his advices, comfort, guidance or miraculous help every time the Voltron Force is in trouble. In the Voltron series, this unnamed ghost was given a name… the late King Alfor.

Just for the record, Princess Farla/Allura was a nice character. Honestly, she could never fit-in as a pilot of a giant warrior robot because of her dainty, medieval fantasy princess disposition, let alone win over ninja-girl Megumi Oka in a bout!

Regarding my personal opinion, Princess Farla/Allura is a candidate for a Disney Princess pageant and it was illustrated by her medieval fantasy attire, her fair European features, her royal built, and her ability to talk to cute space mice, and her romantic fairytale charisma as she waves and talk sweetly to her people.

Frankly, I scoff at Voltron/Golion for being obvious copy cat show of Voltes V yet I believe, with these qualities, Princess Farla/Allura’s character can stand alone, especially if she’s not a part of the Voltron/Golion Universe.

But Princess Farla/Allura DO has her flaws and these short comings are inescapable facts that she’s better off, a part of Voltron/Golion’s universe.

It was said that King Alfor was the original pilot of Voltron before the machine was “quartered” by Hagar’s spell or by a beautiful goddess according to the original Golion series.

If it so, then why did he allowed Commander Keith (Akira) Kogane to man the Voltron Black Lion and why not Princess Allura since he (King Alfor) may sense that his daughter is capable enough of ruling the entire planet or may have given her a chance to prove her self…then why not Voltron and the Voltron Force...or is this one of those male dominated occupations prevalent over all Japanese super robot shows?

Another thing, Planet Arus is under attacked by the forces of King Zarcon of Planet Doom, and the only way to defend it is to find and re-activate Voltron.

If so, then why Princess Allura denied justice for her people by employing Galaxy Alliance Space Explorers from Earth to pilot Voltron instead of training several warriors from Planet Arus itself.

Does Princess Allura truly loved her people, if so I feel it was more justifying if she or Coran secretly trained young astro-fighters from Arus and make them pilots of Voltron…These pilots will represent the oppress and beaten people of that planet and victory will be doubly sweet.

Is Princess Allura for real…does she love her people, is she competent enough to handle the command of the Voltron Force…or is she nothing but a love doll for Commander Keith Kogame or a shapely punching bag for the ferocious Voltes V ninja-girl Megumi Oka?