Kyo Kara Maoh! God(?) Save Our King! - Season Two, Volume
Three
Picture:
C+ Sound: B- Extras: C- Episodes: A
Entering
its second season, we already looked at the first three DVDs of the first
season by another critic who was not as happy with the series. Entering the second season, Yuri is just your
average teenage boy. But that is until
one day after finding himself down on his luck (near a toilet?) he finds
himself in to a medieval world with demons and humans fighting one another, and
he is told that he is the reincarnation of The Demon King. Not only does he inherit incredible powers of
demon king, but he has to deal with the war between humans and demons. But even thought things are on the brink of
war he believes things can be solved without violence, not exactly how a Demon
King rules... But in all he tries his best, earning the respect of his people,
his countrymen and his close (maybe too close ^_^) followers and subjects.
This
series is a particularly a laugh riot, and as long as you keep in mind that
crazy things may happen things remain amusing. In this world with demons, humans, monsters
and magic, many of the so called 'demons' look very often like pretty boys, but
the laugh riot is when the reincarnation of the demon king is this innocent,
naive young boy (and with the soul of girl) that all his subjects are either
fawning over him, getting him to become a good ruler, or just trying to get him
in bed. But in all, the series give the
feel like they are more like group of friends than subject and ruler
relationships and the crazy incidents they get placed in sets up for many funny
situations and misunderstandings.
At first
I thought this was another lame series where boy goes to magic world and gets
incredible powers and saves the world, but it turned out it was more amusing
and laughable once I got into it. With
each episode it is more like a drama of friends and I found myself just
watching one episode after another. And
even though it wasn't the end of the world (ok, sometimes it was...) it was the
little revolutions we find within. A good series for child or grown up alike.
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Episode
50: My Beloved Julia
Not only
with an exploding island and some children to rescue, Adalbert confronts Conrad
to face the past to find out did Yuri really inherit Julia soul?
Episode
51: Revenge Fiend? Maxine
With food
disappear around the castle, turns out to be a past acquaintance with grudge.
Maxine intends to kidnap Yuri to regain his honor, how will Yuri handle that?
Episode
52: Conrart Stand Tall
Yuri accidentally
looks into a magic mirror (ramen bowl) and is transported to the past as he
discovers a bit more about his subject demons and the mysterious and lovely
Julia in whom he inherited her soul.
Episode
53: Dear King Yuri
Gunter
goes on a trip exploring the kingdom and its citizens, he ends up in
western-like troubled town where the local gang threatens the peaceful town,
can he save it?
Episode
54: The Holy Sword and the Demon Sword
(Part I)
The Holy
Sword is reported destroying towns on the imperial highway, but can Yuri handle
it if it turns out to be an old friend?
The anamorphically enhanced 1.78 X 1/16 X 9 image is
stylized with the usual white hazing, another cliché. However, it is clean and clear otherwise,
looking really good otherwise. The Dolby
Digital 2.0 Stereo in either Japanese or English both have Pro Logic surrounds. The only extra includes three previews for
other Geneon titles, if you count that.
These sets need more, especially for a show that is in its second
season.
- Ricky Chiang
