English Dub Review: The Kingdoms of Ruin “The Ruined Kingdom of Mamuta”

Overview:

Adonis and Doroka find themselves in another seemingly abandoned city.

Our Take:

Doroka and Adonis travel to the city-state of Mamuta. There are no people around, but there are a bunch of sex robots. The strangest part of that is they actually have a sense of self. They’re actually miserable with how they were programmed, which prompts Adonis to make a difficult decision.

Meanwhile, Doroka and Adonis are very popular. Shirousagi, who serves under Dorothea, has already been in pursuit of the duo. This episode introduces two ninja sisters, who are also searching for them. It would have been nice to learn a little more about the ninjas. I actually thought they were intriguing upon first glance.

This episode delves into some interesting heavy topics revolving around the sex robots. Doroka still manages to maintain some comic relief, but it doesn’t feel too out of place in this episode. In fact, it feels welcome to break a little bit of the tension.

I wish this show would spend a little more time fleshing out its side characters. It has a habit of introducing them only for them to never been seen again for one reason or another. That being said, there’s actually a lot of intrigue in this episode and I’m pleasantly surprised by that.