English Dub Review: Back Arrow “Does Destruction Rain From the Heavens?”

Overview

The crew leaves Lingalind behind and heads towards Epitaph Mountain. However, their way is thwarted by new and old threats which endanger the whole world…


Our Take

With the rebellion fight against God (or God’s servant Rudolph rather), everyone is gearing up for the end, and all hopes are pinned on the frontliners and Back Arrow himself: the journey on Granrekka to Epitaph Mountain, passing the fake walls and encountering Rudolph in hiding for more destruction. It’s even worse if the problematic Rudolph has Rakuhos at his disposal (dubbed the “Rondo of Ruin”), and to that effect, has stalled all of their efforts to do anything, so Arrow steps up to the plate for help, deforming Rudolph to a true Demon Lord-like form for a final boss character (and seriously though, forget about Dissonanza since her Conviction makes her invincible unless Rudolph is eliminated).

Also, for reasons that I’m left wondering, the Edger Villagers are staying behind and not helping with the final battle? I have to wonder what was the point of them, other than being used as hostages, even the armory of high-tech weaponry on the Granedger (a plot-point that happened in episode 6) which only resulted in Bit getting a ray gun for a few episodes. The cast of this series might have been too large for its own good.

Overall, I really appreciate the level of effort that’s made in attempting a coherent & cogent narrative. With one episode left, we are getting near the end of this story as only one episode is left. It leaves the audience to wonder how they’ll wrap all this up in such a short amount of time and if it’ll all be worth it?