The first half of this episode links up with the first half of Ep 1 - it deals with Hazuki’s arrival in the Great Library and meeting Lilith who fancies her because she has some of Yami’s essence. Yami (darkness?), as the sub notes tell us, was the protector of the Great Library and, as Ken-chan tells us, loved and left Lilith. It turns out that Hatsumi is an incarnation of Eve whom Lilith would like to come back to the library. Though Hazuki is not enthused, she needs Lilith’s help to travel from world to world. Continue reading ‘Yamibou 3′
On board the train, Youko smacks down the Colonel and is sheltered by the Siberian Tiger who brings Adam to her. They are then confronted at gun point by the drunk and train conductor who are also undercover spies. Everyone except her is killed. Or so she thought - the Siberian Tiger is a double agent and sends her through the window. Or so he thought. He accosts Hazuki but gets his desserts at the ends of two very pissed off and martially skilled ladies. Hazuki, who had helped Adam earlier, helps Youko to find the bomb and hands over the decoder at the destination. Continue reading ‘Yamibou 2′
Another retro-blog of an old (but as yet unlicensed) series, Yami to boushi to Hon no Tabibito (The Travellers: Yami, Hat and Book - aired end 2003). Hazuki Azuma, voiced by the distinctive Mamiko Noto, has developed a serious (and unmistakeably) sexual attraction to her older sister, Hatsumi but the latter disappears on the wee morning of her 16th birthday. Hazuki goes world-hopping in search of Hatsumi, whom her companions - an Kansai-ben speaking bird Ken-chan and the formidably head-dressed Lilith - know as Eve. Continue reading ‘Yamibou 1′