English Dub Review: Undead Unluck “Victhor”

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

The battle against Spoil ends by making Andy resort to his other self, Victor, to finish the job. However, Victor refuses to give control back, forcing the rest of the Union to get in on the action.

OUR TAKE

Well, alrighty then! Just when I was getting kind of concerned that this show was getting a tad up its own butt with its own take on Shonen battle mechanics and monster fighting, we get into some easy to follow and understand “buff guy beats down on some slightly less buffer guys” smack downs. The stuff with Spoil basically ran its course when they got him to his second form anyway, so it’s best to finish him off with something that can be relevant to the main characters’ own journeys. In Andy’s case, as the flashbacks were so kind to remind us, he has a shard of what I assume is glass jutting out of his left temple, which when removed makes his hair grow and heightens his abilities to some extent, apparently due to it repressing his memories (which he would naturally have a lot of if he’s lived for as long as is implied). Turns out that’s not the extent of it, as leaving it out for extended purposes brings out a buried personality named Victor, who apparently has a reputation to him, going by his “Victhor” nickname. Victor apparently has much more versatile use of his regeneration powers (which is saying something since Andy already was pretty versatile) and gains Raditz length black hair. He even had a brief appearance in the Opening, though is used for only a couple seconds to keep people, like me, guessing about why Andy had dark hair for a second.

We also establish pretty quickly that Andy and Victor are considerably different people. Where Andy is usually pretty friendly, even in his aggression and fighting, whereas Victor clearly does not give a FUCK about anyone. No clue what exactly his long term plans are if he stays outside for too long, but it seems that bringing him out AT ALL was a major risk that they had to take to get rid of Spoil. As for his relationship with Andy, it’s tough to say beyond the fact that Andy wanted to keep him locked up for as long as possible and Victor is not going back in without a fight. The fact that Andy is the one in the driver’s seat AFTER the injury that suppressed his memories and powers seems to imply that Victor is the original personality while Andy is an offshoot, possibly split off both because of whatever injury caused that glass to get shoved in his head AND the sheer mental and emotional weight of having so many memories, as was mentioned before. They also, more importantly, have different feelings about the idea of them dying, with Andy WANTING to die while Victor seems fine with staying alive. And we’ll likely see more in the next episode when the Union unites to snatch Victor from the jaws of victory.