Slayers eps 10-18

[meganbmoore]

Lina, Gourry and Zelgadis whup Rezo's butt and the universe is saved. This time around. As soon as that's done with, Zelgadis remembers that he's the emo angsty loner and flees before he finds himself having friends that could ruin the image. He claims it's because his appearance makes it impossible for him to be in towns and such, but I know better. This was the end of episode 10 and he had the poor manners to not show up again until the end of ep 18. I was displeased by that.

Meanwhile, Lina and Gourry found themselves acquiring Amelia, a young sorceress in training with a serious case of hero worship for Lina...when she isn't try to arrest Lina. Amelia is clumsy beyond words and is obsessed with justice. I'd say she out-Miakas Miaka in everything but uselessness(despite the clumsiness and rabid justice seeking, Amelia is rather useful and a decent sorceress...and she learns), yet I find myself somewhat fond of her...she equal parts amuses me and makes me want to strangle her.

Soon after acquiring Amelia, Lina and Gourry learn that they and Zelgadis have been framed for crimes in some far off city. This causes Amelia to think they are Evil and must be Destroyed, but she eventually sees reason. Most of the episodes are the three on the road, having a series of adventures, starving to death in the woods and constantly being attacked by bounty hunters and do gooders who think they're evil. Aside from the Unfortunate Genre Requisite Crossdressing Episode, it was all quite fun(and even that was fun aside from the fact that I just cannot find poor Gourry being forced to dress like a girl and being chased by a guy-sobbing and protesting the whole time-to be funny.)

In the city, they learn that a woman named Eris is the one who framed them from some random girl in love with Gourry. Lina doesn't react well to her. Later, they learn Rezo is alive and have their butts saved by Zelgadis, who attempts to compensate for his long absence with self-depreciating emo.

I have a Deep Weakness for MVs with this song, and this has pretty good cutting:

Note: I'm not hiding spoilers because, as far as I know, everyone on the f-list with any plans for watching the show already has, and I don't consider it to be a spoiler-type show. If anyone wants me to hide spoilers, though, let me know(though, obviously, it'll mostly be for the other seasons once I get to them.)

Comments

[surgingshark.livejournal.com]

Zelgadis was my favorite character.
...blue is my favorite color.

[sanada.livejournal.com]

Ooh, I like that MV!

The thing I like about Slayers (other than Xellos) is that the ensemble cast really works for me - most of the characters would be annoying on their own, but together, the group works so well.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

It also seems to poke fun at the character types, and deliberately have them do things the type normally doesn't. Everyone, including Zelgadis, mocks Zelgadis's emo, Amelia is hyper and shrieky, but she semsibly hides behind the guy things bounce off of when things are headed their way, listens when told to get out of the line of fire, and has observational skills. And instead of the sorceress heroine powering up the hero so the guy can kill the villain in the first arc...the sorceress gets the hero's sword.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

I think the reason that the characters work so well is because they ARE very self aware and play on the humor of fantasy stereotypes while knowing where the line is between functional and annoying.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

Pretty much. I mean, Amelia is as much like Miaka as it's humanly possible to be...but they balance it out by having her sensibly duck behind the guy things bounce of of when under fire, then actually listen and obey when told to get out of the way.

Then there's the running. The running cracks me up because it's ALWAYS the smart thing to do, even if it is played for comedy.

[crumpeteer.livejournal.com]

That's what I love about the characters. They tend to do the logical thing even if they are stupid otherwise sometimes. Use Zel as a shield? Yes, funny as heck, but also terribly logical. They do the very thing that I'm yelling at normal characters to do to save themselves a lot of trouble.

[meganbmoore.livejournal.com]

And when things are flying around a foot off the ground...SHE CRAWLS.

so she can hide behind the guy with rocky skin.

She has SURVIVAL SKILLS.