Short Synopsis: Guin, Linda and Remus try to escape from the count’s castle.
Episode Rating: 7,5/10 (Good)
In this episode, Guin Saga showed some of its weaknesses, but I’m still a big fan of the show. Sure, it was a bit strange that the count would allow the black-haired guy (I believe his name was Istvan) to keep his sword and whip while in jail, and it was quite convenient for the ape-men to attack the count as well in order to create the diversion that everyone needed to escape, but nothing really got in the way of the really important stuff in this episode. This episode still was as epic as it should be.
And this episode did a nice job of giving a few glimpses on how the rest of the world of Guin Saga looks like. It turns out that Guin isn’t the only were-beast around as this episode shows that the count is some sort of demon, and it introduces a bunch of ape-men who are after revenge because the count killed one of their comrades. Meanwhile, Linda meets another ape-girl from a different tribe and adds her to the main cast of the show. It looks like there are many different countries, counties and all sorts of political fractions, races and parties. As expected from a show with a source material of over 100 volumes. It’s shows like this in which just about everything is big. Well, apart from some of the characters, of course.
I’m also surprised at how I’m not annoyed at all by the antics of Remus. Around the net, the biggest criticism against this show seems to be the annoyingness of the two lead characters, but I find them strangely enjoyable as two small kids dumped into an incredibly big world, totally out of their comfort zone. Sure, it’s not exactly original, but in this show, it works.
I really haven’t seen much hate for Linda, on the contraty lots of people seem to like her. Her brother Remus really suffers in comparison to Linda which doesn’t help a character like him who’s going to develop eventually.
Guin’s sheer overpoweredness is both awesome and comical at the same time. I just can’t wait until the next episode to see him punt another poor sucker over a bridge or through a castle or whatever.
yeah remus is fkin annoying,
also I understand now why the count was breaking all the rules of the evil overlord list. . .he was a fkin ghost and didnt even CARE about the princess or the secrets to whatever country their from, he just wanted their blood to live longer and something to alleviate his boredom from living for so long. . .it made me think whew ok so the characters wont be getting saved from retarded villains