English Dub Review: Clevatess “Insect Controlling Wizard”

It BUGS me how little the Insect Controlling Wizard is in this episode!

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

The group makes it to a town and stops in for the night, but are attacked by the pursuing Maynard and Naie.

OUR TAKE

I think I’m coming around on this show now that we’re getting to know these characters a bit better. Not to reiterate much of what I said last week, but now that we’re more reveling in the fantasy tropes and fleshing out both the world and our cast more, the darker and bloodier edges of this story feel a lot more like seasoning on a substantial meal than simply being drowned in it because it may lack flavor. This week brings us a bit of time on Alicia and her reflections on how far she’s come from being an aspiring warrior to being on the front lines to…dead, and eventually revived, giving her a second chance to be a champion for the downtrodden that she always wished she could be. On top of that, we also get a bit more of a glimpse into her backstory. We already knew that her dad, Margo, was killed by Dorel, a general for the Empire of Boelate. What did not know is that they apparently were friends once upon a time, and fought alongside one another in a previous conflict, which would explain how Margo knew so much about these things to teach them to Alicia.

As for why Dorel killed his former friend, it seems that was for some vague reason that we don’t quite understand just yet. Maybe it was to prove a point, maybe it was to further a ritual of some kind, but Dorel is still very much a threat, even more so now that he has a chance to take over Hyden now that the king is gone. What he doesn’t seem to know is that the king’s heir is out there, and Alicia warns Clen that even if Luna is the rightful heir to the kingdom, it’s not gonna matter much if what’s left of the kingdom is invaded and taken over in the meantime. But in the meantime, the group still has to rest, though unfortunately that is also interrupted by the arrival of Dorel’s wizard minions who waste no time in tearing up the town and viciously killing civilians. And for some reason I don’t have nearly as much a problem with this as I did the cave dwelling bandits who enslaved women and fed them to trolls. I wonder what that says about me. Well, while I ponder that, we have officially reached the halfway point of the series, and with the trend up an uptick so far, I’m genuinely looking forward to seeing how the second half unfolds!