It’s a character study of what’s important to him as a human of the relationships he sees as important to his survival. It’s about Ainz trying to make sense of the world he’s in. This is where I think Overlord shines, and it’s where this episode really interests me. How could such a character be interesting? After all, Ainz was a player who created characters in this world, more or less, he is a god. Half way into this episode (and indeed, in the back of my mind for much of this series so far), I wondered it Overlord would fall into that trap. There’s a danger in any entertainment form: if a character is too powerful, the story can become boring. Even when she stabs her blade into his helmet’s eye slit, he just replied, “Well, I realize just how much I have to learn. An attack she had been certain would cripple Ainz didn’t even annoy him. Things didn’t go much better for Clementine. You would have thought that Zuranon would have taken the hint when the second dragon didn’t phase her. Two dragons are better than one! Well, unless they’re attacking Narberal. He didn’t want to believe he was outclassed he used all of the power at his disposal to attack Narberal - even to the point of using the Jewel of Death to summon another dragon. She followed it up by dealing such a blow that the dragon crashed to the ground. ![]() I’m not one for battle boasting, but that was cool. She sighed and wrapped the scabbard’s ties around the sword hilt, saying “I’ll beat it to death.” But no less stunning was Narberal’s reaction to Zuranon’s boast that no magic could harm it. Kudos to Overlord’s anime artists I thought the Skeletal Dragon was stunning. The story switches back to Narberal, where Zuranon summons a Skeletal Dragon to attack her. However, he’s not happy that she interfered with his plans to establish his reputation, so he puts her on notice when he said, “For interrupting my plans, your very existence is offensive!” Screen capture from (a href=””>Funimation’s stream. Ainz was not happy that Clementine disrupted his plans. That didn’t work he even conceded that it would be hypocritical for him to criticize her, since he’s driven by his plans much as she is driven by hers. Clementine tries to bait Ainz by teasing him about how she killed his friends. However, their plan begins to show some weakness on both fronts. The narrative built up Zuranon and Clementine’s plan over the last few episodes until its success almost seemed inevitable. ![]() At the same time, he leaves Zuranon, a warlock aligned with Clementine and determined to drown the world with an undead army, to Narberal. Ainz divides the combat: he takes on Lady Clementine, a nasty piece of work that the story has built up to deadly. Now, I love Sword Art Online and Log Horizon, so I wondered if there was room in the “online world gone awry” trope to keep my interest.Īfter the first episode of Overlord, I found the answer was a resounding “Yes!”Īs Episode 9 dawns, the main character, who’s attempting to establish the persona Ainz Ooal Gown, and his sidekick Narberal Gamma, have caught up with those responsible for killing their party. After the appointed hour, the world’s still intact, except that he can’t log out. ![]() The story begins with the main character playing a server-hosted game that’s about to be shut down. He’s the last of his friends to be online, and he’s determined to stay until the very end, when the hosting company powers down the servers.Įxcept, that doesn’t happen. I started watching Overlord, streaming on Funimation, late in the season, so I just got caught up.
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