![]() (Perhaps obedience to siblings runs in the family, as her younger sister seems happy to do whatever she asks, even when what Ferris asks is to help kidnap and torture noblemen for information. ![]() And without having Ryner to play off of/insult/beat up, she’s just not as interesting to watch. She seems motivated by dangos ( Japanese dumplings) and by her older brother’s orders, but she’s still a bit of a cipher otherwise. For some reason, her older brother has taken an interest in protecting Sion (probably owning to who Sion’s father is, but neither Ferris nor Sion know for sure), so she starts to dig into whoever is behind the attacks on Sion.įerris is the least developed character so far. Rather, she is a member of a noble family who serves as the elite guard for the royal line. ![]() Ryner's allergy to work far exceeds any sense of human decencyįerris also gets an introduction in this episode, although not as another abused orphan. "That" is a flock of assasins after Sion's head. (Well, since this is a prequel episode, it’s more like “nice to see that it was in full force” but you understand.) But Ryner’s can’t-be-bothered attitude to most everything that isn’t directly trying to kill him was one of the original selling points of the show for me, so it’s nice to see it still in full force. ![]() Of course, he has the advantage over Sion in being naturally powerful and not regularly hunted by trained murderers and noble bullies, so their differences in motivation stem from more than personality. He just wants to enjoy his life (such that it is) as much as he is able. Unlike Sion, he seems not at all embittered by the experience, or inclined to defy the powers that be. Like Sion, he’s undergone some fairly horrific things at the hands of the noble classes, including being shunted from academy to academy with the understanding that he would either serve at the whim of the upper class or die. I should note that Ryner is probably the reason I keep watching the show. Ryner is powerful enough to block attacks with a finger, but lets himself be knocked around anyway If people knew about his gift, he might actually have to live up to their expectations for now, he’s just the slacker who only has to show up for practice and get trounced every month or so to get people to leave him alone. It’s possible that Ryner allows himself to be blackmailed because he doesn’t want to expend the effort that being a prodigy would entail. Sion eventually resolves this issue by blackmailing Ryner with this knowledge, as it seems the bearer of the Alpha Stigma is considered to be cursed or a monster or some such thing. Somehow, Sion has figured out that Ryner is the bearer of the Alpha Stigma, which gives him extraordinary magical abilities. Sion, however, thinks he has found an advantage in fellow student Ryner Lute, student always on the verge of flunking. The academy itself is described as a place where the unwanted are trained to be soldiers so the nobles don’t have to fight, so while the students do learn serious attack spells in classes, their training is just to make them effective cannon fodder. Having endured years of abuse at the hands of nobles and the sight of his peasant mother dying unaided by his father, it suffices to say that he is ready for a little revolution. If last episode was about introducing Ryner and Ferris in the middle of their quest, this episode is revealing the backstory for it all, particularly about King Sion’s early years, back when he was just an noble bastard (in the technical sense) consigned to a military academy and trying to avoid the occasional assassination. If not for the fact that they shared characters, you’d be forgiven for thinking the two episodes belonged to two different shows. The serious, dramatic, and political elements completely displaced the comedic in this episode. That, as it turns out, was not completely correct. In my initial review of Legendary Heroes (I’m not going to type out the full name each time), I said that the show had all the right elements for a adventuring farce in the vein of Slayers, but also had hints of a much more serious background and plot that could conflict with the original comedic tone.
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