The Legend of Legendary Heroes continues to have little in the way of
legends or heroes, or even much dealing with the search for hero relics
which was seemingly the premise behind the show at first. After that
heavy back story episodes, it looked like we'd get back to that but
instead it wanted to focus on politics and intrigue, which is definitely
interesting, while alternating it with instances of Ryner and Ferris
going off on adventures, getting into trouble and then dealing with the
politics and intrigue themselves. Toss in some good Alpha Stigma scenes
and you had highlights, but they were few and far between. As the show
gets closer to the end of its run, it's shifted more politics and
international intrigue into it with nations coming together for war
against each other, manipulations behind the scenes and the splitting of
Ryner and Ferris.
And unfortunately, that split is probably the
worst thing they can do. As a pair, they definitely have a whole lot of
appeal as they play well off of each other both in terms of action and
dialogue, with healthy doses of humor mixed into all of it. With Ferris
ostensibly off to find him, we get a mixture of scenes with her unsure
whether she and Ryner are actually friends and Ryner going through the
motions with Tiir about the situation he's been placed into. What proves
even more unhelpful to the show is that we're getting an extended piece
on Gastark itself where Kiefer now is and she's finding herself being
setup for a marriage there, which proves to be even more of a
distraction overall. Especially since it's a marriage to royalty she's
finding herself being involved with which makes it all the more hard to
believe.
While action has saved some previous episodes in terms
of salvaging it from being too wordy or lethargic, nothing seems like it
can save it at this point. There's so much dialogue here and so much of
the progress to date seemingly pointless that it's hard to tell what's
actually relevant. When looking back earlier in the series, finding the
key elements that resonated then and seem to have no point now is easy. A
lot of back story has been added overall but the way it's being drawn
together into a cohesive whole simply doesn't seem to be happening. The
many disparate elements of the Legend of Legendary Heroes aren't mixing
together and when a few of them do, it feels force and not really coming
together well. This episode just paints more of that picture with lots
of moody and atmospheric elements to it, but it's just washing over you.
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