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Shangri-La is a world where magic and science exists together,
it is an unsafe land, a land in chaos. Experiments to release
the demon Lord Gyumaoh have turned the world's demon population
mad. The only hope for the land is the Sanzo Party, four disparate
adventurers who travel to India where they must stop the revival
of Lord Gyumaoh, along the way they have to contend with both
angels and demons who have their own agenda...
Volume
Three of Saiyuki Reload contains episodes nine
through twelve.
Episode
nine, and like normal, the gang are travelling through the
desert when they pitch up at a castle. However, their normal
avuncular personalities have obviously not travelled ahead
of them as the inhabitants immediately start raining arrows
down on them. Still, the Sanzo party has never been known
to run from a mystery or a fight. When they finally gain admittance
they discover a society which has a rule for everything, this
immediately clashed with the anarchic nature of the gang who
seek to escape. Before that can happen, demons attack the
town.
Episode ten, and the lads are taking some R & R time away
from the fray. Ensconced in a sauna they discuss the legend
that anyone who kills a thousand demons becomes one. If true,
this has definite ramifications for the lads. There follows
a fairly light story of Sanzo being turned into a demon only
to be killed. Lucky then that Goku awakes in Dallas
fashion to discover that it was only a dream. He really should
avoid cheese before bedtime.
Episode eleven opens with Goku, Sanzo, Gojyo and Hakkai up
to their proverbial necks in dead and dying demons. Lirin
turns up to take on the boys but when they show disinterest
she helps mop up the remaining demons. Later, travelling though
the forest, Lirin happens upon a boy who is placing offerings
of apples in a temple. The apples are for his missing mother.
Lirin and Goku join forces to rescue the mother only to run
straight into a demon.
Episode twelve, and the show's focus remains on Goku as he
falls from a cliff fighting a demon. Much of the episode revolves
around Goku attempting, with the help of Chion, to get out
of the chasm in which he finds himself.
Overall the episodes are not bad, except that the plot does
not seem to be progressing very much turning the show into
a 'monster of the week' affair, which is sad given its initial
promise. Hopefully, further episode will go back to advancing
the overall story arc.
Extras consist of Commercial collection (Sanzo Version), trailers
and the DVD credits. Audio options are a little disappointing
with only English and Japanese stereo with the option of subtitles
and signs only. Still the stereo track turns out to be no
slouch and does the show justice.
In the end it's not a great stand alone set, definitely one
for those already collecting the show.
Charles
Packer
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