This episode made it abundantly clear that Ryner and Ferris don’t know what they are doing. You would have thought that after two years of researching the legendary relics Ryner would know how to use them or, at the very least, he would have one in his possession by now. Though much from this episode still needs to be resolved, I would imagine that knowing the pink haired siblings pose a threat to the completion of their mission, Ryner and Ferris may start taking things a bit more seriously.
The pink haired siblings being cute before becoming evil.
While I could deride Iris forgetting where she put the letter, and thus sending Ryner and Ferris to the forest, as a weak plot device, I won’t. Instead, it was completely within her character and even provided a couple laughs when contrasted against Sion’s letter. Nor will I point out that the amount of talking between Ryner and Ferris during their fight with the pink haired siblings reminded me of a bad shounen action show. Fortunately, the amount of action in this episode really made up for those small problems.
The main focus in this episode was the fight between Ryner/Ferris and the pink haired siblings. If there was one thing the first part of the fight made clear, it was that Ryner and Ferris were outmatched. With the pink haired siblings possessing three of the legendary relics (Elemio’s Comb, the Ailecrono Scythe, and Dolueli’s Swordscale), it had become quite clear that Ryner and Ferris haven’t been using their time wisely. Surprisingly, Ferris was the least useful person in battle, with Kuu almost fatally wounding her. This fight, and the fight with Miran Froaude a few episodes ago, show that Ferris, despite her skill, is only bringing a knife to a gunfight. As much as I love Ferris, she is becoming less and less useful.
These two seem to be getting closer.
The second part of the fight introduced yet another plot element, because what would this show be without having new plot point being introduced, in the form of the Rule Fragment. Apparently, after learning of Ryner’s Alpha Stigma, Sui wanted to steal it from him. How this is even possible is beyond me, but it really doesn’t matter, since once he awakened Ryner’s Alpha Stigma he lost any chance of winning the battle. I will give Sui some mad props though for cutting off his own infected arm and cauterizing the wound with the Dolueli Swordscale.
Two minutes earlier she wanted to play house with Ryner.
Along with the main story, there were a series of flashbacks to Ryner’s childhood mixed into this episode. Though these flashbacks didn’t really introduce anything we didn’t already know about Ryner’s power, the purpose of this series of flashbacks served another purpose. Though Ryner urged Ferris to leave the area when his Alpha Stigma took over, it is also likely to assume that he didn’t want Ferris to see him as a monster. The reason I say this is because the last scene in the flashback featured his young friend, Quill, and the rest of the town shunning him as a monster immediately after he saved the town. I would imagine, especially with some of the hints we have gotten in the past few episodes concerning the changing nature of Ferris and Ryner’s relationship, that Ryner fears the same thing might happen. On a side note, what is with the ungrateful townspeople? I mean, Ryner saved them from death, and they don’t even thank him.
Though it is impossible for me to predict what the psychopathic Ryner will do next episode (but it looks like Ferris will be important given the previews), there are few other things that caught my eye in this episode. Regardless of what happens to the pink haired siblings in the next episode, it does seem like Ferris knows the country they are from. If other nations are also searching for the relics, it could prove troublesome for Sion and Roland in the future. If the siblings do manage to survive past the next episode, the list of enemies for Ryner and Ferris will continue to grow, though I still see Miran Froaude as the most dangerous threat. Another question is what happened to Elemio’s comb after Ryner more or less vaporized it. Given that the legendary relics seem to be fairly important due to the title of the show, will its disappearance pose a problem down the line?
I'm certainly looking forward to the next episode.
I thought Ferris knowing which country the pink hair twins were from was a bluff so that Ryner could start the attack?
but yeah its surprising how it seems that Ryner seems have no idea about the relics. You would think he would know what they look like or something. Everytime he is shown one it’s like ‘oh, I think that might be a relic etc etc..’
I suppose that Ferris bluffing is a possibility, but it seemed like the show timed Ryner’s attack so that we wouldn’t know their origins until later in the show. My bet would be that it is either Nelpha or Estabul given that those are the only other countries aside from Roland that have been introduced. Andre’s comment from below suggests that they will survive, so it may be something to keep an eye on.
Other than the girl, I wish he blew up the towns people along with the soldiers.
If he did, I’m not to sure I would have wanted to see it anyway. I think the main point of the scene was to show that even friends of his could turn against him in an instant. It was nice to see where he got his fire magic from though.
The brothers name is Sui and the sister’s name is Kuu xD, and by the way guys the show will get alot more interesting trust me especially Ryner’s past.
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Those pink haired siblings sadly will survive as they are kind of important side characters though that in itself maybe a stretch :D .
Thanks for the heads up on their names there. I updated the entry with the changes. I don’t really have a problem with the pink haired siblings as much as I do with some of the other characters, most notably Milk and her posse.
I wont lie Milk is annoying and has wasted many minutes of episode time with her pointless banter…can’t wait till the next episode though Berserk Ryner is so cool. :D
Wow, I’m more than a month late on this >_>
Anyways, this brings it up that Ryner’s Alpha Stigma is so strong it could destroy /anything/, even the comb – maybe showing that his stigma isn’t actually magic? :V
And sometimes, bringing a knife to a gunfight can be awesome (like Genji in Black Lagoon).