Episode
Slayers: PASSION! Shall We Give Our Lives for the Stage?
Overview
In exchange for food and transportation, Lina's team joins a traveling theater company managed by an eccentric director and is heading near Sairaag for a competition. Ironically, the play they perform is "The Death of the Abominable Fiend Lina Inverse" and revolves the hero defeating a fictional, evil Lina Inverse. Amelia is cast as the protagonist and falls in love with the role's frequent proclamations of justice. During the competition, Zangulus and Vrumugun launch an attack on the play, which the audience mistakenly believes is part of the show. After Lina and friends defeat the enemy, the audience and judges award the team 1st place, praising the unpredictable plot, marvelous special effects, realistic combat.
Details
- Series
- Slayers
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 16
- Air date
- 1995-07-21
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
PASSION! Shall We Give Our Lives for the Stage? is Episode 16 in Slayers of Slayers. It aired on 1995-07-21. The runtime is 22 min.
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Episode 15: OH NO! Lina's Wedding Rhapsody?
On their way to Sairaag, Lina and her friends meet a young boy named Harris. He asks Lina to be his bride in a fake marriage because he's been forced by a witch, named Callie, to marry her daughter. Lina reluctantly accepts his request and attends a fake wedding ceremony with Harris, but then Zangulus and Vrumugan jump in. The ceremony is in a chaos and Lina has to fight in her wedding dress. While Callie and Vrumugan fight against each other, Lina recites an incantation and wins the battle. By accident Lina blows up Harris' house in the battle and as a result doesn't receive her fee from Harris.
Episode 17: QUESTION? He's Proposing to THAT Girl?
Lina, Gourry, and Amelia are getting closer to Sairaag. In order to outrun the tenacious pursuers they try to board a ship, however the ship is also watched by the bounty hunters. Gourry dresses up in women's clothing and our heroes boards the ship as sisters. On the ship, Volun, a self-professed "Braveheart", proposes to Gourry. Gourry freaks out while Lina and Amelia laugh hysterically. All of a sudden a dragon roaming the area attacks the ship which is then forced to return to the harbor. Lina fights a fierce battle with the dragon and finally defeats it, leaving the legend of "the Celestial Maiden who saves folks" behind. The next day when Lina and her friends board the ship, Volun shows up yet again. Gourry is no longer in disguise, however Volun does not care and persistently comes on to him...!
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Episode 14: NAVIGATION! An Invitation to Sairaag!
Lina and her friends are still pursued by the bounty hunters. They try to lose them in the mountains to no avail. Our heroes have no time for a meal and their empty stomachs is taking a toll on them. They follow their noses into a cave where the smell of delicious food emanates. But it is a trap setup by Zangulus and Vrumugan... They narrowly escape from the cave and escape on a raft in a rapid stream. Zangulus and Vrumugan try to catch on, but finally Lina's magic knocks them out and the pursuers are thrown into the water.
Episode 18: RETURN! The Red Priest Is Back!
Our heroes finally reach Sairaag. They sneak into the town under the darkness of the night and rest in the house of Sylphiel, who is one of Gourry's friends. While at the house they find out about the person who may be responsible for placing Gourry and Lina on the wanted posters. They break into the hideout of the culprit only to be ambushed by Zangulus and Vrumugun as well as one more villain, Eris, their boss. Lina slashes Vrumugun, but then she faces a man who is identical to Vrumugun. Vrumugun's true self turns out to be a clone created by Eris. When Lina is cornered by another Vrumugun, Zelgadis gallantly saves her. Is the tide turning in favor of our heroes? No, not yet. A man appears in front of them. It is Rezo. How could this be?!
Episode 13: MONEY! Knock Out Those Bounty Hunters!
Lina, Gourry and Amelia finally arrive in Seyruun and see the wanted poster. To their surprise Lina and Gourry find themselves on the wanted poster. Amelia, the Lady of Justice captures them, stating that she just carries out her holy mission. Lina and Gourry are handed over to two bounty hunters, Zangulus and Vrumugun. After sealing Lina's magic and taking away Gourry's swords they are both placed in jail. But Lina and Gourry somehow manage to escape. Outraged Lina and Gourry challenge the bounty hunters. They are cornered by strong counter-attack of Zangulus and Vrumagun. Amelia, dismayed in judging who is good and who is not, manipulates a strong incantation, saying "whoever stays alive is good!" and blows up the entire area. Lina and Gourry barely survive it, and continue their journey to Sairaag where they are told the person responsible for the wanted poster can be found.
Episode 19: SHOCK! Sairaag Falls!
Lina and her friends are shocked to see Rezo alive, standing right in front of them. At the same time, they suspect that Rezo may be a clone just like Vrumugun. They visit the Sorcery Church in order to find out more information about the clones, but discover nothing. Rezo appears again and attacks them with as much power as he used to have in their previous encounter. The Red Priest tries to take the Sword of Light from Gourry and while our heroes struggle to escape, the entire town is engulfed in fire by Rezo's powerful incantation!
Episode 12: LOVELY! Amelia's Magic Training!
Lina's Dragu Slave spell works tremendously well on bandits. Impressed, Amelia insists on learning Lina's sorcery. However, Lina is concerned by Amelia's reckless ways and orders hard training for Amelia, instead. However, the training has little to do with actual sorcery. Impressed by Amelia's enthusiasm, Phil asks Lina to show his daughter the Dragu Slave. Lina's incantation breaks the seal of ghosts and throws the Kingdom into a chaos. Lina is not well versed in white magic and fights a tough battle with the ghosts. Just when they think the Kingdom is going to be destroyed, Amelia saves it with her white magic. Amelia finally understands that she doesn't have to practice a powerful incantation.
Episode 20: TROUBLE! Rahanimu, The Furious Fish Man!
Reciting numerous incantations for self-defense, Lina and her friends manage to defend Rezo's fierce attack. Rezo's powerful black magic destroys half of the town, yet our heroes manage to escape. They must find a way to destroy Rezo. They head for the institute where Rezo used to experiment with his magic. Rezo is still not fully recovered and needs rest. He sends Rahanimu, a monster that is half-human and half-fish, to stop our heroes. Lina and her friends battle with Rahanim who is accompanied by Zangulus. Zelgadis uses his smarts to defeat Rahanimu and our heroes get out of a pinch. They finally reach Rezo's institute.
Episode 11: KNOCK OUT! The Seyruun Family Feud!
After destroying Shabranigdo, Lina and Gourry continue their journey. They hear a rumor about the first successor to the throne, the prince of Seyruun Kingdom. Lina dreams of marrying a wealthy young man, but the prince turns out to be a forty-something scruffy-looking man. Phil, the prince, offers a bodyguard job to a disappointed Lina. Lina reluctantly accepts the offer. Then Randy, who is the third successor to the throne, appears with his loyal subordinate, Brassdamon. Randy has a plot to kill Prince Philionel. Lina meets Amelia, Phil's daughter, who is a self-proclaimed Lady of Justice. Amelia punishes Randy for treason by slashing Randy with the help of her father. Lina can't help but to wonder why they hired Lina as a bodyguard in the first place.
Episode 21: UPSET! Gourry vs. Zangulus!
Lina, Gourry, Amelia and Sylphiel get to Rezo's museum. They break the seal by the Sword of Light and look for Rezo's secret in the underground chamber. They are caught in a trap set by Eris and become separated. While Lina searches for Gourry and Amelia, Sylphiel asks her about her relationship with Gourry. She tries not to show any feelings for Gourry other than a mere friendship. In the meantime, Gourry is in the middle of man-to-man battle with Zangulus. He is cornered by the strong opponent but Gourry uses the full force of his Sword of Light and defeats Zangulus.
Episode 10: JACKPOT! The Great Life or Death Gamble!
Lina and the others challenge the Dark Lord, Shabranigdo. Unfortunately, he is too powerful and no magic works against him. Gourry is knocked down and Zelgadis is struck hard. Then, Lina is given the Sword of Light and it increases the power of her sorcery. Lina challenges Shabranigdo with the most powerful incantation, Giga Slave, which is superior to the Dragu Slave. She realizes that Rezo is still inside Shabranigdo. In the final moment, Rezo gets away from the body of Shabranigdo and finally Lina's Giga Slave smashes the Dark Lord. Upon arriving in Atlas City, Zelgadis decides to part ways with Lina and Gourry.
Episode 22: VICE! The One Who Was Left Behind!
Lina and her friends rush to the lowest level of Rezo's institute. Tiva, the demon who has been guarding the institute gets in their way. Tiva is easily beaten by Lina as his magic was sealed by Rezo. Tiva guides our heroes to the lowest level and they break the last seal to enter the laboratory. The laboratory is filled with junk and as they look for Rezo's secret they have no clue what's what. Tiva pulls out a mask which allows him to unseal his magic power. Tiva then regains his power and attacks Lina and her friends. Tiva's evil magic is too powerful to destroy but our heroes manage to find a copy of the Claire Bible. All of Rezo's secrets are written in this book and they manage to crush Tiva.