Episode 33: Extreme Run! A Race in the Snow
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Our Episode begins with a montage of Grecian relief of rather emaciated-looking men engaed in sweaty combat. Every four years, Big Cimaron holds a tournament where contestants flock from far and wide to prove their MANLY PROWESS.
Title Screen Ahoy!
We open on smashed windows.
Yuuri seems enthused about this sports competition! It apparently excites his sportsmanly spirit. But what is this? Oh noes! It’s rigged! Big Cimaron always wins?
Yup. Wolfram is all “um duh.” Murata is all like “8D Lol yup.”
OH WAIT GAIZ. Yuuri’s got a plan! He’ll form a team and enter!
Günter is not down with this. No, no Günter, Yuuri has a CUNNING SCHEME. If they win, then Big Cimaron will give them the box!
Günter is distressed.
Wolfram is all ‘Yuuri ur a moron STFU’
But Murata is on Yuuri’s side because he is secretly pulling all the strings
Yuuri makes a Yuuri-speech about how they are leaving to compete.
Suddenly, Günters. Thousands of them.
Well, okay. Only one. Srsly, gaiz. Why does Günter never get to come too? He kind of kicks more ass then the rest of you put together.
And Gwendal is all “GTFO the Maoh, Günter.”
Since they are competing for Caloria, they must fly the Calorian flag. Yuuri is inspired. Wolfram still thinks Yuuri is an idiot. I’m with you on this one, Wolfram
GET YOUR ASSES MOVIN’ GUYS. T-ZOU DEMANDS IT.
But… Where did Lady Flynn go? Damn, but she moves fast
Y HALO THAR MORGIF. Why are you flying through the air? And who’s
beatin’ of the Maoh?
Oh ho! It seems it is Wolfram, training him up to be a super badass fighter. With limited success.
Not lookin too great there, Wolfram. You neither, Morgif.
…
THE SWORD IS SEASICK OKAY.
After Dorcas comes bearing Tea, Yuuri is startled to realise it’s snowing.
It’s because you’re in Big Cimaron waters, Yuuri. Oh and by the way, Yozak’s from Big Cimaron.
Wait, lolWHUT?
Yep, apparently Wolfram was in on this.
YOZAK ANGST AND BACKSTORY. BUCKLE YOUR SEATBELTS KIDS.
Yozak’s mom and him were sent to the ass end of nowhere because he was half Mazoku and EBIL. Because Big Cimaron are not nice guys.
D: Yozak.
Y HALO THAT DAN HIRI WELLER AND CONRART.
Go with the attractive men on horseback, young Yozak.
And then Dan Hiri takes everyone back to Shin Makoku and is a NICE DUDE. Yozak and Conrad are now BFFS.
Oh, and Conrad’s dad is from Big Cimaron too. JUST BY THE BY.
SUDDENLY, T-ZOU RUINS THE MOOD.
Whatcha’ doin thar, Muraken?
Apparently, feeding sheep bootleg demon manju is bad luck, because if a sheep eats one a miracle occurs. Because sheep eating manju causes miracles.
Sometimes I wish I made this stuff up.
Aw, there. Yuuri makes it better.
Commerical break!
We arrive in Big Cimaron with a
giant box. Yuuri is intriuiged. Murata had it made as a copy of the original box. Claiming it’s a trunk, he throws luggage in it. Suddenly, squeaking?
Y HALO THAR FLURIN. Flurin stowed away in the box to cheer Yuuri on. Yuuri is touched.
SUDDENLY, THE INFAMOUS BEARBEE HATS. These are too cute. Seriously. Here is also one of my favourite pieces of English-Dub-Wolfram-Dialouge.
Wolf: See? It matches my gloves! Don’t I look snappy?
Yuuri apparently doesn’t think so. What? Registration for the preliminaries? It is apparently a race. Yuuri is shocked.
But they have no sled? Fear not, though.
Dorcas is on this.
A two-seater aerodynamic sheep-powered shed. Yozak has to drive.
Y HALO THAR ‘MULLET GUY’. Don’t you look nefarious. obvious comic relief villain is obvious
Through a series of
fortunate incidences, Yuuri, Yozak, and the super-sheep T-Zou manage to pull ahead.
Oh noez!
It’s mullet-head! Scene change! Muraken has a clever scheme. He chirstens it Operation Great Swapping of the End of the Wind. How witty of you, Murata.
But how to move it?
Way to think things through, Muraken. The return of the manjuu subplot! D:
Maxine is here to compete for the box, lest he return home in disgrace. Being the obvious villain, he of course has to cheat with manju. Also, I love how everyone is completely humoring Yuuri while going around behind his back.
Yozak: You’re kidding me! Your Majesty, I thought you were the only one crazy enough to think Big Cimaron would hand over their box!
Yozak thinks this manju thing is silly. But apparently effective. Morgif is useless.
Maxine contimues to torment sheep.
What’s this? T-Zou’s gone crazy from eating manjuu!
And while we’re at it,
have a silly cap I got completely and totally by accident. Oh noez! A chasm. Yozak is rather nonchalant.
Better stop the sled, Yuuri. But how?
Yuuri’s mom always has some sage advice! Miko: Yuuri dear, physical contact is important if you want to be friends with an animal. Dog and hamsters, ferrets and raccoons, are all the same. Remember this well! I’m sure any unual beast from an alternate world will behave exactly the same!
Thanks, Mommy!
Well, that didn’t go as planned.
Oh. No. Wait. T-Zou is flying. The question is, is there anything T-Zou can’t do? The answer is no. T-Zou has discovered cold fusion and ended world hunger.
And Maxine? He’s okay.
No, wait. Oh hey! Yuuri predictably wins!
And so our triumphant victors enter the stadium.
What’s this? Big Cimaron’s team?
Adelbert!? Whatever shall we do.
AND WHO IS THIS MYSTERIOUS MAN IN PROFILE. y halo thar conrart
Okay, so this episode was mostly filler. Rather tame, non-crack filler by KKM standards, at that. We see more baffling super-powers from T-Zou, Murata is an irredeemable dork, and there are Bearbee hats.
But the REAL ACTUAL SUBSTANCE of this episode is Yozak Backstory! Exciting.
So basically, Big Cimaron did EXACTLY THE SAME THING as Svelara (the desert place. I have no idea what translation to use or how to spell it). Does every human country do this? What I'm wondering is, what happened to make humans so afraid of the Mazoku. This goes beyond simple prejudice. This has also been bugging me for a while.
In not deep news: B'AWWWW YOZAK. Also, B'AWWWW Little Conrad. |
The other BIG IMPORTANT FACT is... Conrad? What are you doing there with the King of Big Cimaron? So begins the Conrad Betrayal Arc. I should have more of an opinion on this than I do, but... Okay, so does anyone else think this was resolved far too quickly? Seriously, we have Conrad back in just a few episodes.
...Okay, I seriously have like no thoughts on this episode. It was kind of FILLERTASTIC.
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