There’s also some flashbacks to a devastated battlefield, where it is implied that Ryner unleashed no small amount of destruction Ryner is in possession of an ability which allows him to understand any magic he comes across, making him perfect for both deflecting hostile spells and cooking up massive levels of carnage should he need to. Also known as "the art of talking nice to people you'd rather see defenestrated"
There’s a minor and easily resolved kidnapping plot, just to reveal that the aristocrats that Sion has to play nice with are cruel and selfish people.Īh, politics.
#The legend of the legendary heroes ryner series#
Since his ascension two years ago, he’s expended considerable effort to improve his country, in opposition to the noble families who have, we are told, exploited the people and driven Roland into the ground through a series of unnecessary wars. The king himself, in what scenes we have of him, seems perfectly honorable, pleasant, and devoted to making his kingdom a better place. Here, however much Ryner and Ferris claim to be disinterested in things, they do have some care for their country and their king, whom Ryner calls, even in the midst of griping about him, his best friend. Slayers featured mercenaries rather than crown agents, however, which meant they had a bit more freedom to be carefree. The amusing escapades of our legendarily unheroic heroes are somewhat reminiscent of the original anime fantasy farce, Slayers, which also had a group of powerful if atypical adventurers traveling about a fantasy world causing mayhem. Heroes laugh in the face of ancient arcane monstrosities. Faced with an unstoppable war machine, our protagonists take a page from Monty Python: They run away, explicitly unconcerned about what havoc the freed monster could unleash. Specifically, a castle-sized battle automaton that starts blasting at everything in sight.
As earnestness and competence seem to be inversely related in this world, she horribly fails in her attempts to apprehend them, but by throwing a bunch of spells around she manages to wake up one of the relics within the temple. Milk seems to have the hots for Ryner for some reason, but still goes about her job with a degree of earnestness that Ryner and Ferris completely lack. Apparently each country works very hard at protecting their magical secrets, and since Ryner left Roland without public authorization, he’s considered a rogue to be captured and forcibly returned. Whether it’s true or not, it seems the King took the secret part seriously, for no one told the Taboo-Breaker Pursuit Squadron, who has sent a small team under the command of Milk Calluad (I’m too busy insulting the show’s title to complain about every single botched English name, but trust me that there’s a lot of them). The only thing they can seem to agree on is that King Sion is a jerk for making them undertake this mission.
I wanted a screen shot that illustrated both Ferris's food obsession and her inclination to abuse Ryner. Ferris is more energetic, but is vain, moderately gluttonous, and inclined both toward making up stories of Ryner’s sexual predation and inflicting grievous bodily violence on him. Ryner is lethargic in the extreme and only wants to exert exactly as much effort as is necessary to accomplish the wild goose chase he’s been sent on. It’s aided by the fact that Ryner and Ferris play off each other very well. It’s a fairly straightforward premise for Legend of the Legends of Legend, with plenty of possibilities for questing ahead. Whether any of the legends are true, the remaining items from those times are extraordinarily powerful, and the king of Roland, Sion Astal, wants to get his hands on as many of them as possible. It is quickly revealed that the two are on a somewhat secret mission (“somewhat” because Ryner keeps telling people about it anyway) to search for the relics of the “legendary heroes” that defeated equally legendary monsters that once threatened the world with destruction. Ferris has just said something unpleasant about Ryner.
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