Season 5 • Episode 13
LatestShabranigdo has been revived, and Lina and the gang struggle to hold out against him. Pokota holds him off while Lina readies the Giga Slave, the spell she used to defeat him before.
Follows the exploits of the young sorceress Lina Inverse, whose life revolves around food, treasure, and fighting. After stealing treasure from a group of bandits, Lina is accosted by stragglers during her journey to the next town. She's not in any real danger, but a dim-witted but good-natured swordsman named Gourry Gabriev springs to her rescue anyways. The two team up, and head to Atlas City, fighting foes they encounter on the way. Unbeknownst to them, two mysterious figures are hot on their tail, and they are especially interested in the “treasure” Lina and Gourry have stolen.
Acting
Megumi Hayashibara's iconic Lina voice defined tsundere for a generation
Writing
Self-aware fantasy that mocks its own tropes before they were cliche
Score
Banger OP that lives rent-free in every 90s anime fan's head
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Slayers helped define the 'fantasy comedy' anime genre, influencing everything from Konosuba to modern isekai parodies.
Lina's infamous 'Flat chested!' complex was ad-libbed by Hayashibara and became a running gag for 100+ episodes.
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