Elemental Gelade 3
June 14, 2007
This volume is where things start to get better. There’s a bit of a riddle here as a craftier class of thief goes after the Edel Raids. His sidekick is pretty cute and also crafty… and also annoying, but I forgive her because she’s faithful.
The Arc Aile agents once again put up a pretty awesome fight here, and we even get to meet more agents. Cou and Ren still aren’t fighting that well, but that’s to be expected I guess, since it helps development, you see. All the characters are still kind of annoying stereotypes, but I was at least somewhat interested in the story at the end of the volume, which ended on a cliffhanger in a fighting tournament.
Yes, a FIGHTING TOURNAMENT. Please spare me, Elemental Gelade. I can’t remember if it was in volume 2 or 3, but there is also a hot springs scene. We don’t need both a generic fighting tournament and a hot springs episode within the first three volumes. Oh wait, we’ve already got a robot weapon girl and outspoken girls who tag along unwelcomed, so I guess the others aren’t hurting it too much.
That had a bit more venom than usual. It didn’t dip that far below mediocre, and I’m sure there are a lot of people that like it (apparently the anime was very popular), and I’ve certainly read and enjoyed much worse, but I guess it’s just not my thing.
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