That's Bachou. In Ikki tousen she was on a quest to kill Sousou in revenge for the killing of her brother. This time Bachou tried to kill Sousou in revenge for her father. (She's the one with the sweet rolls inside her bra in IT:XX.)

And the blonde loli from the OP turns out to be Koumei. She's a kid, learning the healing arts and a lot of other things. I must say, she's a lot more likeable in this incarnation than in the Ikki Tousen version, where she seems to have no emotion at all.

I'm leaving the subtitles on, so I get what's going on. They're actually telling half-way reasonable stories, and I can see how they're laying groundwork for some later plot arc. It actually feels a bit like the center section of the first Slayers series, where a lot of pieces were flung around, which all came together in the final plot arc. But for the moment, it just seems to be "road trip, looking for work and sometimes finding it."

Toutaku, another loli, was pretty cool. There were two episodes about her, and I wonder if she'll end up as a recurrent character? This case really is a lot different, since in Ikki Tousen Totaku is a vile son-of-a-bitch. I was sure glad when he died.

It doesn't seem likely that she'll end up on the road with the main gaggle of girls, but she may appear again if she needs help from Kan'u and the others. Anyway, she's as noble as the other Totaku was not.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Cheesecake at 07:07 PM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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