Rage of Bahamut #08 — Boy, Was That Awkward

December 1st, 2014

  

A kingdom and harem’s not enough! I want a magic sword too!

Impressions:

Gasp! Beelzebub is the traitor! And he declares himself as such with his very first appearance! Uh… okay? I think that may be something I file away with the crazy king. At first, it was pretty funny how the angel just ignored him, but then he started hallucinating his dead mother telling him that Jeanne was out to usurp him, except it’s probably just some bad witch mojo in the wine, which thanks to a little wonky directing, made it briefly seem like it was Amira… all of which seems a little unneeded since someone’s apparently going around beheading people as well. Things were… a little sloppier than usual this week.

It’s fun when they’re off having adventures, and this week was about 80% exposition. At least they answered the question of why Amira’s big quest is to see her mother; because she was high on magic juices, has the brain of an infant, and someone told her to. Which is also why she stole the key. It’s… not the most satisfying answer. Oh, and her pendant is a GPS, so they don’t even want to go to the other superkey anymore either. Of course, the angels then declared that Amira must be protected from demons no matter what, after doing nothing of the sort, and then proceeding to continue doing nothing of the sort while she waltzes off into Demonland. Good work, Team Angel.

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4 Shouts From the Peanut Gallery

  • Sanjuro says:
    December 1, 2014 at 2:27 pm

    So her father is Krauser-sama?

  • algorithm says:
    December 1, 2014 at 3:00 pm

    Thank god they’re finally leaving this place.

  • kenuran says:
    December 1, 2014 at 4:51 pm

    Yea the Angels are pretty lazy and inept. “The demons are gonna come after Amira and the key, so protect her and whatnot while we just sit back and watch you guys struggle with that.”

    I like how the demons can apparently just sneak into the castle, pick off guards and slip a mickey into the kings drink whenever they want. Sort of makes the whole demons-charging-through-the-front-door tactic from last episode seem a bit pointless.

    Anyway, that Takeshi Koike directed Lupin the IIIrd movie is out now. Its about Jigen this time instead of Fujiko and IS NOT in full CGI. Wanna look at it?

    • Aroduc says:
      December 1, 2014 at 5:55 pm

      They can put in enough effort to let apparently thousands of angels die every day to maintain a seal, but not a single one to keep an eye on the key to everything. Although still not certain why the other key is needed if it’s apparently breaking out on its own anyway.

      Sounds like a thing for an empty Tuesday instead of Doddler’s long overdue raking over the coals.

      …And apparently it’s been out for a few days. Oops.