Hello,
Let's go back today to talk about the seventh episode of the anime series Dantalian no Shoka, the episodic mystery anime series of this summer season 2011 that returned to the main cast composed of Huey and Dalian with another single-episode story giving us more details on Dalian's personality.
Yes, after the last stray episode with the other Yomihime, we're back on the normal action with Huey and Dalian that find themselves involved in a rather interesting drugs incident caused by the use of a magical book. There were no drugs you say? Well, it is supposed to be perfumes, but in the end they're no more than drugs giving the effect shown on the people that used it!
The story is pretty simple, but very well played. A famous perfumes maker daughter try to escape from her house and end up involving Huey and Dalian in her escape. After the escape plan fail, Dalian and Huey are invited to the mansion to get a compensation for the broken goods by the daughter.
Talking with the president of the company (the girl's father) they get to know that the origin and core of the company was based on a magical book on perfumes, and that the daughter is the only one capable of reading it together with the grandfather (the original founder).
From here things get awry with a criminal organization wanting to get hold of a particular perfume capable of improving speed and power of the user. This perfume also delete the pain altogether while causing dependency and the criminal organization end up killing the whole company members/security to obtain it! (except the girl that was away with Huey and Dalian)
Huey fight against one of these guys, but even with his great abilities end up in a bad situation when the enemy doesn't fall after being shooted repeatedly due to the effects of the perfume! The girl end up using various perfumes to defeat the criminals, but get slashed in the process. After being cured by Dalian's book power she trick Huey and goes on a rampage killing the criminal organization members at their base. She managed to clear up the whole building, but get killed in the process.
The episode, like most of the one of Dantalian no Shoka, isn't really special, but show us various facets of the real world. Great care is given in this episode in showing the growing personality of Dalian that is slowly changing from an emotionless doll into a normal girl. It was rather touching and refreshing watching her despair over the death of the perfume girl near the end.
It was also interesting knowing of the first limitation of the magical books that is "you can't save the life of the same person two time using a magical book". Rather convenient plot device, but its nice to know that the power of the magical books isn't limitless.
Talking about personalities, Huey on the other side is pretty flat and stale till this point and almost nothing is shown from his past except for the magical library scenes. From what I've been able to understand from these episodes he was a military officer and a rather successfull at it. I wonder why he leaved the military and just what connection he has with the girl in the library...
We've passed halfway through Dantalian no Shoka and we're approaching the end. I wonder if they'll show us some episode with Rasiel as protagonist, I'm rather interested in watching the third Yomihime in action!
See you soon,
feal87