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A punning maid robot.

Impressions:

If you’re wondering about the caps, the horribleraws stream was so horrible this week, that it crapped out about 6 minutes into the (extremely boring at that point) episode and all attempts to resuscitate (or at least transcode it) failed, so I just shelved it, watched IkkiT and Sekirei instead and came back to it later. This also means that the caps shift about 15 or so in because… you know… that part had already been capped, so I let MPlayer just pick up from where it left off.

Anyway, developments! Sort of. Wiser makes all sorts of passive-aggressive threats at Giocanda, so Xellos drops him in a hole. I’m sure that’s not the last we’ll see of him, unfortunately. Ozel being a robot (puppet, golem, whatever you want to call it) was a bit of a surprise, as was her penchant for really really stupid gag jokes. Ken -> Kendama? Really? It’s not like it’s that out of the ordinary for Slayers, especially when paired up against Gourry, but it was a bit unexpected for her. I didn’t even know what to expect from her, other than some form of silent maid. She’s yet someone else to be saved from themselves and their evil contract and whatnot. I did think it was a bit strange that they showed her giant kendama turn into a pair of giant blades, but didn’t actually show any shots of her and the blades at once. I was curious as to the physics and proportions there, especially if she’s matching up against Zelgadis.

I have no problems whatsoever admitting that I could not possibly care less about hairball Prince Pocotta’s past with Duclis in the slightest. Giving them both lightsabers just makes it all the sillier. I’m surprised and a bit happy that they seem to be wrapping up this arc for the first half of the series though. Giocanda and Duclis really aren’t particularly menacing villains. I like Zuuma, though I think they could use some exposition on who or what he is exactly, since he’s been using quite a few… well… unique abilities for the Slayers mythos. Hopefully he’s in league with Xellos and they’re plotting to revive and eat Shabranigdo or something. They’ve also got the soul of Rezo lurking in the wings to be a real threat and, of course, Xellos hanging around and tossing around a lot more weight than he usually does. Plus, they’ve got his true form (evil cone of DOOOOOOOOOOM) in the OP anyway, so I’ll be disappointed if they never use it. Hopefully it’ll also mean a new OP once (if?) this Giocanda stuff wraps up, and more Megumi is never a bad thing.

Preview:

Rumble in the… magical arena.