Okay, so I was wrong. This episode still spent its time building up. There were a number of events important in this episode: Saggumu’s fate, getting Shuga, who finally has been convinced that Chaggumu is still alive out of the library, and the fact that Chaggumu will certainly die if something isn’t done, because a certain “Rarunga” will be after his life once the egg inside of him has developed past a certain stage. For the latter, Barsa and Chaggumu will be going on a journey to try and find a way to stop this.
Still, I’m getting worried. The episode was nice and all, but it should be about time for Seirei no Moribito to get fired off. The fact that there is a huge amount of detail doesn’t impress me anymore about this show, and I’m really hoping that the plot will turn up a gear in one of the next episodes. Lots of building up can be nice and all, but if the things they’re building up for are unimpressive, then the building-up would have been for naught.
I’m not sure what happened to Saggumu, to be honest. The entire episode seems to suggest that he’s feeling unwell, and that cliff-hanger seemed to suggest that he actually died at the end of the episode! I suspect that he just needed a lot of sleep, but still, I’m surprised that his health is so bad.]]>
Seirei no Moribito – 15
Sagum died at the end of the episode. This episode is mainly the launching pad for the chase for Chagum to restart in the next episode. The next episode preview shows the palace in a flurry in their pursuit arrangements.
I hope you’re right. I’m dying to see this show really getting fired off. Still, I admit that Saggumu’s death is a step in the right direction. I personally didn’t see that one coming.
I was glad to see I was not the only one disappointed by the slow progress in this series. The show to date has been great in so many ways it was hard to see this episode be so slow and frankly rather tedious telling of important story points.
I didn’t watch the previews as I don’t like to see into the next show so knowing that it was a death was rather to revealing for me, but it can not be help, neh?
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I didn’t see any of the previews due to a long-standing principle of mine when it comes to plot-heavy shows, cuz they’re unnecessary and spoiler-laden.
Plus I did suspect that Sagum did pass away at the end of the episode. Too many symbolic things took place (death-bed requests), and too much drama (the wind, the urgency for Shuga, the foreboding for Chagum’s fate) built up to that ending.