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Summary:
Arthur wants to try to save Riannon, but he finds himself unable to do anything because she told Drwc her true name. Unbeknownst to him, Arawn is reaching out to Riannon’s consciousness and frees her, at the same time opening his own heart to her. Arawn then kills Drwc and allows Riannon to be reunited with her brother, but Arthur still treats him like something evil and tries to kill him. Riannon puts a stop to this by announcing that she’ll become Arawn’s bride, and she gives him the scarf that makes him the next chieftain. Arthur is against this, however he has no choice but to work with Arawn for the time being because they’re attacked by skeleton warriors. As the trio tries to make their way out of the tomb, they run into an old man named Ogam who knows both Arthur and Arawn. Ogam leads them out, and afterward, he warns them that fighting is unavoidable if the Empire finds out about all this. Understanding this, Arthur rallies the rest of the tribe for the upcoming war. Meanwhile, somewhere in the Empire, a warrior named Gaius hears of what happened with Drwc. Gaius doesn’t think very highly of Drwc, but he knows that they have to deal with any group that turns on the Empire, and he feels that they have to wipe out the Gael tribe.
Preview
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Well that was decent for a second episode. It started off a bit slow but got much more interesting at the end once all the impending war stuff came about. I was also rather amused at how they went from a fairly serious scene where Arthur looked like he was going to kill Arawn to a much more light-hearted and comedic one with Riannon declaring that she was going to be Arawn’s bride. Even though I had read previously when I was researching the series that this would happen, I pretty much had the same “Ehhhh!?” reaction that Arthur had. That surprise reaction though probably has more to do with how quickly the mood changed than anything else since it’s pretty obvious that Arthur will begrudgingly come to accept and respect Arawn.
So after two solid-but-not-really-great episodes, I’m continuing to watch this series mainly because I’ve been told that it’ll get more interesting later on. As I kind of alluded to when I talked about the first episode, how much I end up enjoying this series will probably relate to how much I like the fairly large cast of characters, and I’m still hoping that they won’t take a straight girl-of-the-week approach. It might not be so bad if they mix it up with this war against the Empire, but we’ll have to see.
FTP!!!!!!
ah ah love at first sight for Riannon. She have a crush on a demon king right after their eyes meet.
The character’s design is a lot different than what it was in the game. Riannon for the starter is not DFC.
Man, Omni. Remember when you used to be faster than the subs?
Nice abs on the green-haired chick in the preview.
But even nicer clavicle. Slightly concealed; such a tease.
Master Asia makes his debut as a kick ass old man wielding a deadly dragon staff!! WOO HOO!!
Seriously Ogam is the best old character ever…after Asia of course XD
It was good indeed but you should play the game. Seriously, the level of comedy is different. I had way more fun with the game. It is just that the faces of the characters in the anime makes them look way too serious.
I really want to see where this anime is headed since like you said, Omni, the first two episodes are only okay, not great.
http://heysayanime.kokidokom.net
how do you pronounce Drwc
I certainly agree with you on all accounts. I too am watching for it’s promising nature as well as what I see as very stunning cinematography and animation.
i think this show is promising so far…
are you going to continue to blog the cross game series?
umm…I went to go read the first episode summary first, and it seems to be gone. I KNOW it was here before…what happened?
Anyway, sounds like an interesting show, maybe I’ll watch…
Terrible anime is terrible.
@Edgie
Terrible commenter is terrible.
@mango
It’s like “drew”k.
Man that Lardu(It’s no way Larg subbers lol) guy’s arm heals very quick…or he is so macho that he just ignores the pain.
taken from a direct quote of my friend… Though I feel the same after watching this episode.
“This show is retarded. And I don’t mean retarded as a pejorative term. I mean this show is actually mentally deficient. The people who wrote the dialog clearly do not have cognitive abilities of an average human bring. I really wanted a dumb, inoffensive, pointless, action-anime to watch, but this is just too much. Holy hell is this terrible.”
This is Welsh; Drwc(g) is the Welsh word for bad, Arthur and R(h)iannon are Welsh names. The Gaels are Irish.
I should have added that in Breton, which used to be the same language as Welsh, Drwc is spelled Drouk, which should make it easier to pronounce.
Since ive played the game im interested to see if they are going to decide to incorporate bits of fan service or if entire episodes will be dedicated to it since this is based of an eroge game after all.
that being said, ill start this series eventually, but it looks faithful to the game so far, although i am somewhat worried about the pacing we shall see.
Riannon: You can’t kill him! He’s MINE!
Looks like someone forgot the “y” in their name.
Hmm.
The story will keep slow for a bit. Next episode is roughly equivalent to the fourth battle in the PS3 game.
So this series appears to be another one of those retellings of the Arthurian legend…
As in in other Leaf games you must give the story some time to develop – I think you won’t regret watching it. Btw, there’s a full translation patch out for the game 🙂
http://visual-novels.net/vn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=839&Itemid=2
Arthur was kinda annoying crying out Riannon’s name number of times like he has a sis-com or something xD Overall its nothing spectacular happening but I’ll keep watching for a bit to see where this one goes.
be serious guys and girls, you actually watch every anime, that came out this season.
@Ars Technica:
Me, Omni, and the others, have a life 🙂
You probably don’t. You should go out sometimes 😉
Interesting anime.
Well, they’ve already changed a little of the plot. Ogam appears at Arawn’s side to wake him in the game, and is around for the first battle there.
And Rhiannon missing her twin-tails…I just can’t get used to it. That hat doesn’t do anything for me. It’ll clash when she brings out the snake hand-puppets later. I always figured her looking a bit…eh…mentally challenged…was part of her charm. I mean, Star-Pacts do that to you.
And yes guys, this is a retelling of the Arthurian Legend. The Gael, in the game, at least, are actually Irish, though.
@asdf
“Riannon for the starter is not DFC.”
DFC? I seem to be deficient in my random acronyms. Little help?
BTW should anyone know they are basing the game not from the PC but the PS3 version thus explains also the change in character design and there are some major changes in the story other than the removal of the H-scenes so far so good
Arthur is a sis-con…. theres nothing to deny about it…
I Pretty much LOL’D at the scene where Arthur yelled and the skeleton warrior behind him fell to pieces.Classic scene.
Anime based on game is crap. This show is no exception. It´s a waste of time.
Then don’t watch it.