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Night Wizard flew under a lot of radars during its Fall 2007 run. Sure it started off as a run-of-the-mill game adaptation, with neither the story nor the concept being particularly original, but Night Wizard was still a solid show. It’s a shame that more people didn’t watch this show, because I think it had a lot going for it.
Episode 7:
Akari receives a check-up at the Wizard hospital and visits a comatose friend that helped to save the world in the past. She returns to Eris’s apartment and the gang throws a welcoming party since she will also be staying there to protect Eris. Kureha teases Eris for writing letters to her adopted uncle. Renji makes a ruckus outside and Kureha drags him to the bathroom to clean himself. Kirihito shows up on the balcony and checks on the progress of the jewel recovery mission. Kureha returns and Kirihito disappears and mysteriously as he arrived. Naturally bathroom hijinks ensue when Eris unknowingly walks in on Renji in the buff.
The wizards are enjoying their usual tea time at Anzelotte’s palace and are introduced to a fellow Wizard named Nightmare. Eris has a sudden headache, and Anzelotte surprises the group when she reveals the Jewel of Temperance to them. Upon touching the jewel Eris immediately loses consciousness. Renji loses his temper, but Anzelotte feigns ignorance while explaning the situation in whole to the group. Eris is trapped in the world of her mind, and it is up to Renji and company to enter her dream and wake her up. All too conveniently, Nightmare offers his services as a Dream Hunter to help everyone save Eris. Renji easily sees through the facade and agrees to the mission.
Renji is lamenting the fact that he has to take supplementary exams when Anzelotte suddenly calls for him on the school’s PA system. She thoroughly embarrasses him by revealing his academic shortcomings to the entire school. Cutting to Anzelotte’s palace, the Wizards enjoy a tea break as the ever demanding girl briefs them on their next mission. They are to retrieve a jewel being held by a former swordsman wizard named Andou Kurusu. Anzelotte explains that she has known about the situation for a long time, but he absolutely refuses to hand it over to her despite prior negotiations.
They are sent away on their mission and arrive on a desolate island off of Japan’s coast. The group is greeted by a young girl who runs crying to them. Akari greets her and we find out that her name is Mayuri and that she is a fellow wizard. Mayuri teleports away in despair due to her failure to negotiate the return of the jewel. The wizards soon arrive at Andou’s house to find it empty and find him in the back chopping firewood. Eris greets him, but Andou disregards his visitors and goes back to his labor. Their plea falls on deaf ears and an angered Renji musters an attack on his blind side. Andou however easily repels the attack with his axe and sends Renji’s sword flying into a nearby tree. The old swordsman asks Renji why he fights; The answer he receives from Renji is to complete the mission. Andou tells Renji that he will never be able to defeat him with that mindset.
We begin with a preface covering the ancient Chinese myth of Chang’E. She was a woman who drank a potion of eternal life and now resides on the moon waiting for her husband. Back to the story at hand, the Night Wizards are enjoying a tea break at Anzelotte’s palace before being informed of their next mission. The next jewel to recover is on the moon, otherwise known as the Oriental Basin, and they are whisked away to their mission by a shuttle-type Artifact.
The group enjoys the view of the earth briefly before everyone decides to hit the books to do homework and study. Coincidentally, Eris is busy reciting the Legend of Chang’E as Akari helps her with a selection of the passage. As they continue their studies, Renji spots a pair of bunny ears outside the windows. The space rabbit and all his buddies begins to pound on the shuttle, and the group decides to abandon ship before its inevitable destruction.
In a private chamber, Anzelotte communicates Shihou’s progress with her superior whom she addresses as her god, Gazer. Meanwhile the Night Wizards make short work of the golems in Magallanica now that they know how to defeat the monsters. The team enters an elaborate temple where Shihou senses the jewel to be located.
Renji takes point and seemingly activates any and every trap that has been laid out. After progressing for a while, they decide to take a break while Akari keeps watch. Shihou brings a cup of tea to Akari and formally introduces herself to the stoic gunner. Renji as always badmouths Anzelotte when her name comes up in conversation, and he is struck by another trap while reaching for an onigiri that fell on the floor. They resume the jewel hunt, but Laalamuu is already in the chamber where the jewel is located. She reaches for it but a powerful barrier repels her away.
More fansub changes. Anzelotto has been changed to Anzelotte, and Elis is now Eris.
Shihou’s class is introduced to a “new” student; Renji Hiiragi. The students in the class whisper disparaging things about him much to his annoyance. Before we get back to that, Shihou thinks back to the previous day that led to this event.
Picking up from the end of episode 1, Anzelotte explains various things about her cause and a few details about magic. The monsters invading the world are from a world called Rikai. Many monsters from human legends such as dragons, vampires, and demons all originated from Rikai. Anzelotte further explains that science is useless to combat the Emulators; Only the magic wielding wizards are able to defeat them. She tells Shihou about the nature of the artifact bracelet, named Eyes of World. Shihou is also informed of her Lunar Robe ability which acts as a barrier and pocket plane. Kureha demonstrates by pulling a paper fan from out of nowhere.
Anzelotte lays out the details of her plan to invade Rikai, but in order to do so they need Shihou and the seven gems that belong to her bracelet. With her power they can open a portal to Rikai to launch their attack. The seven gems are conveniently scattered across the globe, and it is up to the gang to get all of them. The jewels also have a long history of war behind them as many others strove to attain their power as well. Shihou is told that she alone possesses the power to detect and recover the jewels. Great. Anzelotte “persuades” Shihou to help and she more than willingly obliges. Shihou reasons that she was given this power for a reason and she must use it to save the world.
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This looks like a fairly interesting show so far. It’s basically about the good guys, the wizards, fighting the forces of evil, known as the Emulators. This is based on the Night Wizard RPG. Let’s have a short story synopsis followed by a picture show.
Renji Hiiragi is the battle servant of a girl named Anzelotto. Despite his many arguments about how he has to go to school, Renji is constantly coerced to do Anzelotto’s bidding to fight the Emulators.
“You may respond with an okay or a yes.”
Renji Hiiragi: Battle servant and third year high school student
Back in the real world, a mysterious transfer student, Shihou Elis, is introduced to a class at Renji’s school and instantly garners much attention. After class she is approached by several classes to join their clubs until a girl dressed as a miko whisks her off in the name of the Astronomy Club.
Shihou Elis
Nerd Alert!
Kureha saves Shihou from a dire fate
After being whisked away to the Astronomy Club’s room, the miko introduces herself to Elis as Kureha. They talk about why Elis transferred and Kureha’s childhood friend (Renji) who is frequently truant for various reasons.
Shana?!
The two of them become fast friends and bring their conversation to a Shinto shrine on the school’s room. Kureha notices Elis’ peculiar bracelet and inquires about it. Elis explains to her that she has had it for as long as she can remember. Elis in turn asks Kureha about a weird tree in the forest that is totally bare. Kureha tells a local myth about it being a legendary sakura tree that will make love bloom if someone confesses their love underneath it. All the while, the two are unknowingly being watched by an unseen enemy.
Evil loli is always watching you
After the school day ends, Shihou is at home recollecting her day’s experience and her new friend to her Oji-sama…in a vase…? We will probably be given the backstory to that later. A red moon ominously appears outside her window, bringing her into a trance-like state. She mutters something to herself about getting her light back. She leaves her apartment in this trance and is followed by Kureha who notices her on the street. Kureha is led by Shihou to the legendary tree. Shihou extracts a jewel from the tree, and it suddenly comes into full bloom. A magic seal suddenly appears which summons a chimera beast.
Kureha does her best to fend it off with her arm crossbow but is quickly overwhelmed. Renji suddenly appears from the sky and cuts off one of the monster’s heads. The monster slips past their offensive and charges towards a paralyzed Shihou. At the last second, the jewel flashes with a light and embeds itself into Shihou’s bracelet. A magic shield appears in front of her to repel the monster. Renji takes the opportunity to finish the monster off while it is dazed.
Renji Hiiragi: Monster slayer and part-time student
Back at Anzelotto’s castle, Shihou is approached by Anzelotto with an offer that she can’t refuse…
Overall opinion: Pretty interesting if a bit cliche. I’ll blog it for a while to see how it goes.
I still have a lot of stuff to watch. My next few series to blog will be based on what I like.
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