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Escaflowne - Paradise & Pain (Vol. 5) |
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The story line of this popular "magical girl" series falters amid a welter of flashbacks, dreams, revelations, and character reversals. Prince Van, who's done nothing but fight since the adventure began, doesn't want to fight anymore--the feline Merle has to defend him from two cat-women sent by his evil brother, Folken. Dilandau, the Zaibach Empire's maniacal hit man, is really the victim of an experiment by mysterious "sorcerers." The wealthy Dryden leads the other characters on an expedition to find the Mystic Valley, where refugees came to Gaea after Atlantis was destroyed on Earth. (Gaea itself was created by the mass will of the Atlanteans.) Dryden is after their mysterious power source--to be distinguished from the "power spot" in the temple the Zaibach troops stormed in previous episodes. Allen wrestles with his feelings for his long-lost father while Hitomi discovers her grandmother once visited Gaea and inspired Allen's father. The ghost of Van's mother announces that the future of Gaea rests on her son's shoulders and Hitomi's anxieties have produced the problems wracking the alternate world; her grandmother tells Hitomi to believe in her wishes. Sorting out all these twists poses interesting challenges for director Kazuki Akane. Episodes: 15. "Lost Paradise," 16. "The Guided Ones," 17. "The Edge of the World." Rated 13 and up for violence and complex plot lines. --Charles Solomon
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