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| No. | Title | Original airdate | English airdate |
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| 27 (1) | "The Sudden Pinch! The Terror of the Monstrous Zoamelgustar!" "Ikinari Pinchi! Majin Zoamerugusutā no Kyōfu!" (いきなりピンチ! 魔人ゾアメルグスターの恐怖!) |
April 5, 1996 | August 18, 2002 |
| Lina and Gourry hear about the famous Xoanna's Evil Book and go to the kingdom of Xoana. The kingdom's in the middle of a festival and there they cause a trouble. To their surprise, their former companion, the princess Amelia from Seyruun kingdom, appears. She came as a diplomat to stop Xoana's plan to invade other countries. She goes in to face the king of Xoana all by herself. However, her old friend, Zelgadis appears and arrests her. He was working for the king in order to get Xoana's Evil Book for himself. The king and his daughter, Martina, plan to invade Seyruun kingdom with Amelia as their hostage. However, Lina and Gourry save her when they happen to sneak in to steal the book... Being cornered, the king and Martina try to attack them with the Golems which they revived with the power of the book. Of course, they can't be a threat to Lina. With her Dragon Slave, she blows away the Golems and Xoana's castle together and destroys the king and Martina's vicious plan. | |||
| 28 (2) | "The Roguish Priest! His Name is Xellos!" "Fuzaketa Purīsuto! Sono Na wa Zerosu!" (ふざけた神官! その名はゼロス!) |
April 12, 1996 | August 25, 2002 |
| Lina and others continue their journey to help Zelgadis find a copy of Claire Bible. They meet a priest who calls himself Xellos. He asks them to help him get his Bible back. Being suspicious of his story, they head to the hideout of the bandits who he says stole the Bible. Lina and Gourry slip into the hideout, disguised as bounty hunters. However, the bandits had already known their identities because Xellos had informed them. The bandits surround them, but they're no match for them. Lina and Gourry beat the bandits. They go after the bandit's boss to find Xellos there. He trapped them to find out where the Bible was. Now he's got the Bible and disappears with a mysterious word to them. | |||
| 29 (3) | "A Wonderful Business! Being a Bodyguard isn't Easy!" "Suteki na Shōbai! Yōjinbō mo Raku ja nai!" (素敵な商売! 用心棒も楽じゃない!) |
April 19, 1996 | September 1, 2002 |
| Lina's party arrives at Atlas City. They get into an argument for a trifle and separate into Lina and Gourry, Amelia and Zelgadis groups. Talim and Damia, who are in important positions at the Sorcerer Association, approach each party and ask them to be their bodyguards. They are blinded by the large amount of money they offer and take the job. Soon they start harassing each other. However, neither sides can come up with the decisive blow and they decide to settle by one-on-one duel by the bodyguards. Lina and others show up at the duel to realize what was going on and get stunned. Then, all of sudden, beasts come out of Talim and Damia's house and put the whole city in a panic. Lina and others settle the panic for the time being, but Talim and Damia are put into jail because they caused the panic. As a result, Lina and others do not get paid and get stunned... | |||
| 30 (4) | "An Ancient Pledge! One Who Seeks Immortality!" "Inishie no Keiyaku! Fushi o Motomeru Mono!" (いにしえの契約! 不死を求める者!) |
April 26, 1996 | September 8, 2002 |
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After Tarim and Demia get put into Jail, Lina and the others decide to pay them a visit to enquire about the simultaneous summoning of the beasts from both houses. They're told that the only person they know who could perform such a spell would be Halciform, who was once working on research into immortality. So they continue to Halciform's house (the only one untouched by the beasts), where they find out that Halciform has allied himself with a Mazoku called Seigram and that Halciform has been somewhat successful in his efforts to become immortal by making a pledge with Seigram. Lina reluctantly decides to put a stop to it and a showdown ensues resulting in Halciform being sealed in ice. Xellos appears and confirms what Lina says about destroying the Pledge stone being one of the few ways to defeat him... |
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| 31 (5) | "Staying Behind For the Sake of Love!" "Nokosareshi Ai Yue ni!" (残されし愛ゆえに!) |
May 3, 1996 | September 15th, 2002 |
| Lina and the others frantically search for the pledge stone in Halciform's house but to no avail. Soon they are confronted with the recently thawed Halciform and to avoid a futile battle they escape into the sewers. As Lina and Gourry are teleported away, Amelia and Zelgadis where left to defeat the slugs (of which Lina has an acute fear) that live in the sewers. Lina and Gourry were summoned to a room where Seigram was sitting. He claimed that he has been looking for powerful people to join him and proposes that Lina does the same and will be freed from her "ridiculous fate" and granted immortality. Lina refuses and finds out that Amelia and Zelgadis have been captured and their life energy will be drained so that Halciform can bring back his girlfriend, Rubia, from the dead. Lina discovers that the pledge stone is Seigram's mask and challenges Halciform to one last battle. The pledge stone is destroyed and Halciform becomes weak. Rubia becomes animated by the life energy. She softly whispers to Halciform "Kill me...". Halciform casts Burst Flare; killing Rubia and himself. | |||
| 32 (6) | "You Can't Escape! The Return of the Obsessive Martina!" "Nigasanai! Shūnen no Maruchina Futatabi!" (逃がさない! 執念のマルチナふたたび!) |
May 10, 1996 | September 22, 2002 |
| Martina returns in this episode, starving for vengeance against Lina Inverse. She has created a curse to put on Lina, but needs one of Lina's possessions to complete it. While they are staying at an Inn, Martina dresses up as a maid and sneaks in to steal something of Lina's, but runs into Gourry and promptly falls in love with him. Martina is able to steal Lina's headband and puts the curse on her, a spell that causes whatever damage Lina does to someone else to be reflected back onto her. Lina, Gourry, Zel, and Amelia all fight Martina to try to break the curse, but Martina refuses to fight Gourry because she has decided that they are engaged. Martina sees how clueless Gourry is when he doesn't even know what the word fiance means and so her brief period of being in love with Gourry ends as quickly as it began. In the mess of the fight Martina accidentally puts the curse on herself, and after a dogfight between Lina and Martina the curse is lifted from both of them. | |||
| 33 (7) | "Sudden Cooking! Follow the Phantom Dragon!" "Bikkuri Kukkingu! Maboroshi no Doragon o Oe!" (びっくり料理! 幻のドラゴンを追え!) |
May 17, 1996 | September 29, 2002 |
| Lina and the gang stop at a restaurant that is serving Dragon Cuisine, supposedly the most delicious food in existence. They are furious though when they realize they've been tricked, until the head chef comes back and scolds his underlings for trying to trick them. He promises them that with their help, they will go out and slay a dragon, and he will make them a full course dragon cuisine meal. They are sorely unprepared though and the dragon kicks their butts. Finally they are able to kill the dragon, but they find out the preparations for the meal will take 6 months, and so, forcably dragging Lina with them, the group departs. | |||
| 34 (8) | "Be Eternal! The Day Prince Phil Died?" "Eien Nare! Firu-san ga Shinda Hi?" (永遠なれ! フィルさんが死んだ日?) |
May 24, 1996 | October 6, 2002 |
| The group finally makes it to Seyruun only to be greeted by ominously deserted streets. They get to the palace and find out Prince Phil, Amelia's father, was assassinated. Amelia tearfully swears to bring the criminals to justice and drags everyone along to the crime scene to look for evidence. There they are attacked by monsters and saved by a masked figure who turns out to be Crown Prince Phil! When Phil was attacked he pretended to be dead so he could find out who was behind the plot to seize the throne. | |||
| 35 (9) | "Hidden Ambitions! The Shocking Confession?" "Himerareshi Yabō! Shōgeki no Kokuhaku?" (秘められし野望! 衝撃の告白?) |
May 31, 1996 | October 13, 2002 |
| Lina's party finds out that the evils are after Seyruun kingdom, and go into the castle with Phil. What waited them there were, the second successor of the kingship, Christopher, and Kanzel and Magenta who hang out in the castle. Kanzel and Magenta are apparently suspicious, but since there's no proof, Lina can't do anything about them. Then she receives a letter from Christopher's son, Alfred. Lina and Amelia go to Alfred's house as the letter requested. Alfred confesses to them that Christopher's behind the whole incident. And he asks them to give him the time to persuade Christopher to turn himself in. Then the monsters, which found out about the Christopher's betrayal, come to attack. Lina's party manage to chase them away by widening the barrier around the kingdom. However, as a result, Lina loses her magical power. | |||
| 36 (10) | "On a Journey With a Pack of Scoundrels?! Take Back That Magic Power!" "Kuse Mono Zoroi no Chindōchū?! Maryoku o Torimodose!" (クセ者ぞろいの珍道中?! 魔力を取り戻せ!) |
June 7, 1996 | October 20, 2002 |
| Lina decides to visit a magic doctor who resides deep in the mountains in order to regain her magical power. However, on the way, Xellos and Martina, who now is in love with him, forcefully join her. Although Xellos' told Martina not to seek revenge on Lina, she hasn't forgotten about it and starts harassing her. To make the matter worse, the evils appear to attack her. Xellos chases them away with his strong spell, which the power was increased by his Talisman. Lina sort of "snatches" it away from him and makes it her own. | |||
| 37 (11) | "Voices from the Darkness! Slash 'em to Bits, Ragna Blade!" "Semari Kuru Yami no Koe! Kirisake Raguna Burēdo!" (迫り来る闇の声! 切り裂けラグナ·ブレード!) |
June 14, 1996 | October 27, 2002 |
| Lina can't regain her magical power and gets depressed. Then she notices a signal fire going up in Seyruun kingdom. That's a sign for when something should happen there. In Seyruun, the demon, Kanzel, and others are in the castle to kidnap Phil. Gourry and others try to fight back, but Kanzel's spell pulls them into another dimension and forces them a hard battle. Lina struggles to get to Seyruun. Gourry and others cannot help her from another dimension. Lina tries out the Talisman, which she bought from Xellos, and increases her magical power just for a moment. She uses the spell, which she's never used before, Ragna Blade, and cuts open the door to another dimension. She helps Gourry and others out of another dimension, but loses Phil to the evils. | |||
| 38 (12) | "The Unexpected End? The Shocking Truth!" "Dondengaeshi? Igai Naru Shinjitsu!" (ドンデン返し? 意外なる真実!) |
June 21, 1996 | November 3, 2002 |
| Lina's party is depressed from Phil being captured by the demons. In the meantime, Christopher, who they thought would be the next king because of what Alfred told them, declares that he won't be the king. Then what was with Alfred's word which told them that Christopher was behind the whole incident? Lina and others go to Alfred's house in the suburb to find out the truth. Having lain in wait for them, Alfred tells them that he was the one who was behind the incident. He did it because he was going to let his father be the king first and then afterwards himself. However, then, the demon, Magenta, releases an arrow, and it goes through Alfred's body. The evils finally show their true intentions that they were gonna betray Alfred and rule Seyruun. | |||
| 39 (13) | "Impending Fall! The Moment of Ambition's Defeat!" "Tsuiraku Sunzen! Yabō no Tsuieru Toki!" (墜落寸前! 野望のついえる時!) |
June 28, 1996 | November 10, 2002 |
| Lina's party beats Magenta, and are psyched up for beating Kanzel. However, Kanzel's power was incomparable to Magenta's and strong. They struggle, but get thrown out of the air garden. However, Lina's regained her magical power by beating Magenta. She pretends that she still doesn't have the power, and gets Kanzel off guard. However, since Kanzel's spell was gone, the air garden above Seyruun starts descending. There was no time to let the people escape. Lina takes a chance on blowing away the air garden with Dragon Slave, which she increased its power. | |||
| 40 (14) | "The Forbidden Dance? Where is the Strongest Spell?" "Kindan no Dansu? Saikyō Jumon wa Doko da!" (禁断のダンス? 最強呪文はどこだ!) |
July 5, 1996 | November 17, 2002 |
| Lina's party learns about the presence of a high level monster, called evil Dragon Lord, Garv, behind the series of recent evil activity. They hit the road to get a copy of Claire Bible to fight him. The first clue they get is a map they bought from a man, named Dio. The map shows the location of a copy which includes the most powerful spell. They go out to get it, and end up fighting with the sisters who got the book first. Finally, they get the book, only to find out it was not the Bible. Lina and Amelia try out the spell which requires a party of two to chant, and find out it is just a dance instruction. Outraged Lina uses Dragon Slave on Dio, who sold the map to her, and the dance instruction becomes the sisters' possession. | |||
| 41 (15) | "A Big Crash? The Battle at Artemay Tower!" "Dai Gekitotsu? Tatakai no Arteme Tō!" (大激突? 戦いのアルテメ塔!) |
July 12, 1996 | November 24, 2002 |
| Lina's party continues their journey to find the Claire Bible. They get the information from Xellos that one of the copies of the Bible is in the tower, called Arteme, which turns its intruders into a doll. They get to the tower to see dolls just as they were told. Lina's party disguises themselves as teddy bears and go in. They encounter a monster who calls himself, Joe. They survive the battle with the dolls which Joe controls, and face Joe at the highest floor. However, no matter how much spell they use on him, he gets no damage. They struggle, find out the doll beside him is Joe himself, and win the battle. But again, it turned out, they wasted time without finding the Bible.. | |||
| 42 (16) | "Bitter Curve Balls! Gutsy Fast Balls!" "Urami no Makyū! Konjō no Gōsokkyū!" (恨みの魔球! 根性の豪速球!) |
July 19, 1996 | December 1, 2002 |
| Lina's party gets to a town and gets the information that a copy of the Bible is on the trophy which is given to the winner of a magic tennis competition. However, Martina, who also joined the competition, beats Lina to a pulp with her magical service. Outraged Lina starts a hard practice with a coach, named Rude. Lina and Martina reenter the competition and make wins by fast balls and magical services. They face each other at the finals. Martina presses Lina with split magical balls. However, with her guts and sly means to blind Martina with a light, Lina wins. However, the copy of the Bible is fake as was easily anticipated, and again, they wasted their time. | |||
| 43 (17) | "They're Talking About a Girl Named Zelgadis?" "Uwasa no Kanojo wa Zerugadisu?" (うわさの彼女はゼルガディス?) |
August 2, 1996 | December 8, 2002 |
| Lina's party gets the information that a copy of the Bible is in the country where only women live. Of course, the guys are not allowed to go in, so they get into drags. Zelgadis absolutely hates it. Lina's party meets the daughter of the king, Mivan. She escaped from the country because she was forced to be a princess. Zelgadis relates to her, who's having problem with her status as the daughter of the king, and grows sympathetic feelings for her. Then monsters appear and take her hostage. Lina's party fights a hard battle with the monsters that are made of water. Zelgadis lights up himself and hurls himself at the monsters and beats them. But because of this, his identity as a man is revealed. Mivan is encouraged by what he did and reveals her own identity. She tells him she is a boy who's been forced to be in drags to live in the country. | |||
| 44 (18) | "The Temple of the Sand! The Secret of the Giga Slave!" "Suna no Shinden! Giga Sureibu no Himitsu!" (砂の神殿! ギガスレイブの秘密!) |
August 9, 1996 | December 15, 2002 |
| While Lina's party continues to look for a copy of the Bible, Xellos brings them the information that a perfect copy is at a castle nearby. They get there to be stunned by the volume of the copies. They go through the pile to get the information they want, and they meet the librarian who calls himself Aqua. He tells them that he'd lead them to the information they are looking for, and they go deep into the castle. The same night, when Lina wakes up unexpectedly, Aqua shows her one of the copies of the Bible. It is about what happens if the sealed spell, Giga Slave gets out of control. Lina is stunned to learn that the spell has perished the world to end. Then the evil dragon lord, Gaav appears.. | |||
| 45 (19) | "Disclosure at Last? Xellos's True Form!" "Tsui ni Hakkaku? Zerosu no Shōtai!" (ついに発覚っ? ゼロスの正体!) |
August 11, 1996 | December 22, 2002 |
| The evil Dragon Lord, Gaav, presses Lina's party. He came to kill Lina so he can stop the evil's plan to perish the world. He requests Xellos who has been behind the plan to confess it. Xellos, who has been one of Lina's travel companions, turns out to be a demon. However, since Xellos does not give up, Gaav attacks them relentlessly and puts Lina's party into a pinch. Aqua stops Gaav's attack and have Lina's party warped to outside of the castle. Aqua turns out to be a presence which was created by the remained will by the aqua lord who was perished by Gaav. Lina's party barely escapes and, following Aqua's word, leaves to Catart mountain range where the real Claire Bible is. | |||
| 46 (20) | "No Other Choice! Set Course for Dragon Valley!" "Ikukkya nai! Doragon no Tani o Mezase!" (いくっきゃないっ! ドラゴンの谷を目指せ!) |
August 16, 1996 | December 29, 2002 |
| After barely escaping from Gaav, Lina's party heads to Dragon Valley in Catart mountain range to find a copy of Claire Bible. They meet a boy who offers to lead them to the valley. They get to the valley with him to meet the old head of the Dragon tribe, Milgasia. Xellos asks him to take them to the Bible, so he does, but Gaav's monsters attack them again. | |||
| 47 (21) | "The Thousand Year Old Truth! The Traitorous Demon Dragon King!" "Sen Nen no Shinjitsu! Uragiri no Maryūō!" (千年の真実! 裏切りの魔竜王!) |
August 23, 1996 | January 5, 2003 |
| Lina's party gets away from the monsters and go into the cave where the Bible is supposed to be. Deep inside the cave, Lina enters the gate to the other side where the Bible is sealed. Martina rushes in to enter with her. Lina reaches the Bible to hear the truth about the Lord of Nightmare, which is the power source of Giga Slave and Ragna Blade. On the other hand, Gourry and others fight the monsters outside of the gate. Gaav appears, injures Xellos, puts Lina in a pinch when she comes out of the gate. | |||
| 48 (22) | "The Stolen Sword of Light! The End of the Demon Dragon King!" "Ubawareta Hikari no Ken! Maryūō Saigo no Toki!" (奪われた光の剣! 魔竜王最後の時!) |
August 30, 1996 | January 12, 2003 |
| Gaav puts Lina's party in a pinch. Then appears the most powerful evil Lord, Phibrizzo, who came after the traitor Garv. With his power, he beats Gaav easily. He tells Lina's party to come to Sairaag for another plan. He leaves, taking Gourry hostage for it. | |||
| 49 (23) | "The Menacing Swordsman! A Journey of Reunion!" "Kyōi no Makenshi! Saikai no Tabiji!" (脅威の魔剣士! 再会の旅路!) |
September 6, 1996 | January 19, 2003 |
| Lina's party gets depressed for having lost Gourry. Sylphiel, who fought with them in Sairaag, appears, learns of Gourry, and decides to fight with them. On their way to Sairaag, they get attacked by a sorcerer with the Sword of Light. His incredible skill puts them in a pinch, but Zangulus, who once was their enemy, appears and helps them. With his help, Lina gives the sorcerer a blow. Under his mask appears brain-washed Gourry's face. | |||
| 50 (24) | "Sinister Trap! The Mysterious City of Ghosts!" "Jaaku naru Wana! Maboroshi no Shiryō Toshi!" (邪悪なる罠! 幻の死霊都市!) |
September 13, 1996 | January 26, 2003 |
| Lina's party gets to Sairaag to rescue Gourry. Sairaag was destroyed by the battle with clone Rezo, but now it's revived as the town of the dead by Phibrizzo's magic. Sylphiel and others get angry to find out about it. Lina decides to go into Phibrizzo's castle by herself because Phibrizzo is powerful and she didn't want to get the others involved. Sylphiel notices it and forcefully joins her, and also Zangulus.. | |||
| 51 (25) | "The Souls of the Dead! Lina's Final Decision!" "Shiseru Mono no Tamashii! Rina Saigo no Ketsudan!" (死せる者の魂! リナ最後の決断!) |
September 20, 1996 | February 2, 2003 |
| Lina's party faces Phibrizzo, but none of their magic works on him. Phibrizzo intends to have Lina use Giga Slave and let it out of control, so he tries to make her exhausted and press her. Zangulus and Sylphiel are beaten, Zelgadis and others are confined into crystals. Phibrizzo pushes Lina, who's left alone, to use Giga Slave, saying Gourry will die otherwise. The moment the crystal, which Gourry's in, starts cracking, Lina finally uses Giga Slave. | |||
| 52 (26) | "Go to NEXT! And Then Again..." "Go to NEXT! Soshite Mata..." (Go to NEXT! そしてまた...) |
September 27, 1996 | February 9, 2003 |
| Giga Slave gets out of control, and the golden space beyond Lord, the Lord of Nightmares puts Lina unconscious. Phibrizzo attacks her without knowing it, and gets destroyed easily. Gourry and others are freed from Fiblizo's magic now, but Lina's about to be swallowed into chaos. Gourry rushes out to rescue Lina and when he did, the Lord of Nightmares let's Lina go proving that she isn't evil at all. Lina and Gourry kiss as they and Zelgadis and Amelia went to Martina and Zangulas' wedding. |
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