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| Killing monsters without fear of panty shots |
While the idea of having a single or small group of
teenagers save the world, this or any other, is pretty par for course when it
comes to anime the simple truth is that they can never really save the world on
their own. They need things like cool weapons, secret training from ancient
masters and their own harems if the world is going to be saved from darkness.
As of the end of episode 1 all the Magic Knights have is some odd costume
breastplates and shoes of different sizes as well as the single fire spell that
Clef taught Hikaru. Needless to say unless all their opponents are chained to
the floor or lobotomized Hikaru, Umi and Fuu are way over their heads.
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| Maybe if I am cute enough they will let me go |
As fortune and the plot favor the protagonists they have
been sent to collect some more of the precious bennies needed to save the world
with. What they find is a strange wall in the middle of a forest that opens up
when they touch it. Inside they find a creature who looks to be the love child
of a rabbit and a marshmallow (Mokona who shares the name with one of the
members of the show's creation team, CLAMP) messing up a library. Just then
they trigger the building's security system and a cage comes crashing down
trapping the trio. Out comes a woman angry enough with whomever has been
messing with her library to commit comic torture (Presea) . As it all turns out
to be a big misunderstanding and Presea lets the girls go and fulfills her role
as dispenser of weaponry. However these are not the true weapons of the Magic
Knights; those can only be obtained by finishing the side quest of obtaining
Escudo from the spring of Eterna. Those weapons have the ability to evolve
which as Fuu points out avoids the problem of having to cart around money that
icky monsters have dropped to the latest town's weapon shop to have our
heroine's arsenal upgraded.
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| Oh snap my love interest is dead already |
Other than a
filler monster fight that wraps up episode 2. Episode 3 Take our protagonists
through the forest of silence. It should be noted that in many rpgs that a
forest is usually considered the first and generally lamest dungeon that one
has to go through in the course of a quest although it is important as a place
to gain xp. As to add insult to injury the Forest of Silence is a place where
magic doesn't work making Hikaru's flame arrow useless for the time being. Another
important thing learned in this episode is that Mokona acts as the party's tent
feature as it can manifest food and lodging whenever needed to restore the
group's hp. The main conflict occurs with Ferio the mysterious npc that shows
up to help our protagonists through the current dungeon. The rest of episode 3
consists of wandering monster fights and Fuu and Ferio bonding in a very
Tsundereish way.
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| Obligiatory reflection on the power of friendship |
Episode 4 begins the very same way that most of Episode did,
another wandering monster fight interspersed with some musing about the regular
citizens of Cephiro fall under the category of scared and rather rude
villagers. This continues until the episode's midpoint when the villain from
Episode 1 Alcione, shows up to snipe Umi. As she decides to take this fight far
more seriously than her previous one as she is able to fight Hikaru into a
corner. Mokona's deus ex machina power flares up again allowing Umi to contact
Clef who allows her to learn her own magic in time for her to upset the battle
raging and save her new found friend. Fuu also learns magic in this manner
which she uses to gain the role party cleric, um I mean uses to heal Umi's
wounds. Thus ends the first disc of Magic Knight Rayearth which incidentally is
the place where I choose to end this post. Look for part in the near future.
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