English Dub Review: In the Land of Leadale “An Injured Man, the Royal Capital, and a Game of Tag with Sons” ; “A Daughter, a Colosseum, Losing Control, and an Uppercut”

Overview

“An Injured Man, the Royal Capital, and a Game of Tag with Sons”

Cayna discovers that the NPC characters she created in the game were actually considered her children in this world. So in an effort to reunite with them, she heads to the royal capital of Felskeilo. However, she is unable to see Skargo, who is the High Priest. She is able to reunite with her youngest child, the dwarf Kartatz, and learns how the other two children are doing from him.


“A Daughter, a Colosseum, Losing Control, and an Uppercut”

Cayna and Mai-Mai reunite for the first time after 200 years. Cayna was searching for the remaining Guardian Towers her gamer friends left behind but was not able to get any more information from Mai-Mai, who is the headmaster at the Royal Academy. Cayna continues her activities as an adventurer to try to gain more information and takes on a quest to take care of a supposed ghost that appears at the colosseum and…


Our Take

For episode 2, I thought it was going to be an anime where she had to travel the world and go on separate adventures to see her children. But I almost forgot that this is a lighthearted relaxing anime that surprised me in a good way. Also, the chase scene gave me a good laugh which further displays how Cayna basically has powers for every possible scenario, including a funny scene where Cayna runs on top of a lake like she’s Jesus while chasing down some royal kid named “Primo” as asked by some authority figures.

As for the other episode, everything about Mai-Mai and Skargo is hilarious in execution as both her full-grown adult elf-kids mentally revert to children whenever Cayna is present and almost begin to lose any semblance of common sense. Especially Skargo at the mere mention of her mother being in town has to be seen to be believed at his absurd reaction alone. I also feel like Cayna may have already realized she might be dead in the “real” world after learning that none of her friends had come over and that so much time had passed in both Leadale and Earth that she had been dead for some time…

Overall, both episodes were fun, lighthearted, and imaginative yet also serious in small doses. I was also pleasantly surprised that all 3 of her kids are in the same place. And they all seem to be good people who all are on pretty good terms which each other, even after 200 years despite the high-priest son being an overly dramatic dolt which I’m sure was done for comedic purposes. Let’s just hope an actual plot with stakes happens somewhere down the line…