Second Thoughts... (AKA, reconsidering Slayers)

The super-clumsy Amelia. Is there some requirement
that you need to be cute to be a Sorceress in Slayers?

Wow, one episode can really alter your perception of a series, can't it? Yesterday, I thought Slayers was a pretty so-so series. Today... well, I'm not about to say that the series is totally great, since I haven't yet seen the other fifteen episodes, but Episode Eleven gave me hope that the series may be better then my impression of the first ten episodes suggested. Unlike some of its predecessors, Episode Eleven concentrates a lot on the comedy the series does so well and makes virtually no attempt at doing serious action (as a note, this doesn't mean there's no action in this episode -it just means that it's virtually all comedic in nature).

Prince Phil is about to deliver his 'Pacifist Crush.'

Also, it appears that we've been introduced to another one of the characters from the opening credits, in this case a clumsy girl named Amelia who fancies herself a friend of justice. Turn's out she's also the daughter of Prince Phil and a very talented Sorceress in training (which doesn't change the fact that she has a tendency to lose her balance). Her dad makes an appearance in this episode, and he's pretty funny as well. He seems to like to think of himself as a pacifist, but can really lay some smack down when he gets mad. Plus, he's a bit on the rough looking side. I doubt we'll be seeing a lot of him, seeing as how he's not featured in the series' opening credits, but for now he's a pretty nice addition to the show's cast.