With a price on their heads, Lina, Gourry and Amelia make
their way to Syraag, and supposedly to whoever put said bounty on their
heads. But the road is long and
treacherous. And with every town on the
lookout for them, it means the Slayers aren’t getting any money (or food) any
time soon. There’s no greater threat to
the balance of nature than a hungry and broke Lina Inverse. From fake weddings to stage plays to a
mission to exterminate a Sea Dragon, there isn’t much the Slayers are willing
to turn down to reach their destination.
And boy are they in for a shock when the true mastermind behind their
recent troubles is finally revealed.
This weeks set of episodes is kind of what I expected
Slayers to be from the very beginning: various stand alone adventures with tiny
hints at a larger plot brewing. Don’t
get me wrong, the first half of the series keeping things more connected wasn’t
bad at all. And while the final destination
of the second half of the season might be in sight, the bulk of this weeks
episodes, much like last week, were about the journey, not the
destination. Things did get a little
repetitive early on, hell even Lina made a comment about the endless attacks by
bounty hunters galore. But there was
plenty of fun to be had as well. After
all, even when it’s not on it’s A Game, Slayers is still a show about fun.
There were three stand alone adventures this week that
sort of followed the same format in the beginning but still did enough to stand
out overall. Lina being forced into a
wedding was fun if only to see Lina in a wedding dress. Somehow I doubt even an actual marriage for
Lina would happen without her blowing something up. The play reminded me of Avatar: The Last
Airbender, specifically the episode where Team Avatar sees a Fire Nation play
about their exploits and how wrongly theyre portrayed. Of course it’s no surprise everyone views
Lina as a monster except for Lina herself, which made it all the more
entertaining. My favorite part though
was when Lina and Gourry used the final play to their advantage to take down
Zangulus and Vrumugun. Zangulus
definitely seemed right at home on a stage…Vrumugun is still as dull as ever so
whatever, forget him. Lastly, we had
Lina and Amelia dress up Gourry to look like Usagi Tsukino in order to sneak
through a town and defeat a Sea Dragon before they could reach their final
destination. Poor Gourry. Not only did he get hit on by a hulking
swordsman but the same guy also proposed marriage…huh two marriages in one set
of episodes, weird.
Things picked up again once we got to Syraag. Finally, it was time for answers. And just who did put out the bounty on Lina
and Gourry? Another sorceress named
Eris, who is a disciple of Rezo the Red Priest.
Not gonna lie…that feels kind of underwhelming. If anything, I feel like Eris should have
been built up a bit more besides the teeny mentions to her then undefined
character by Zangulus and Vrumugun. Nothing
really made her stand out besides her skimpy outfit. However, this meant we could finally get a
true, no holds barred showdown between The Slayers and Team Rezo. Zangulus and
Vrumugun’s defeats were both epic, though im not positive Verumugun’s dead
cause apparently he can copy himself.
And who did Vrumugun in? ZEL!!!
Hell yes, my man Zelgadis is back and now Team Slayers is complete (also he’s
got Crispin Freeman debuting as his longtime voice, so this is even more
momentous).
Unfortunately (and I mean this in a good way actually),
Zel wasn’t the only returning face….yeah Rezo’s alive. I should be questioning and denying this
return out right but man, a chill ran down my spine when he spoke and
emerged. I know I ragged on Rezo a bit
in the first half of the season cause his goals were overkill. That’s actually why im excited to see him
back, this seems like a possible do over (even if he’s probably an impersonator
or even a clone). In any case, Rezo’s
return was a big cliffhanger to end an uneven but fun week of Slayers antics. We’ll see where this heads next week right
here on the Gundam Anime Corner.
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