Overlord II Episode 1 Review: The Dawn of Despair

Overlord is finally back, and oh boy, how many things, characters, and new information were thrown to us in the very first episode. I felt like I had to start taking notes to remember all the names and everything that was happening!

Japanese Original Episode Title: 絶望の幕開け -The dawn of Despair-

Plot

The episode starts with some new characters talking to each other, and from what they are saying, they are the ones that attacked Shalltear. Some of them wish to get to know who Ainz Ooal Gown is and others are just interested in Guild Items and in general items from Yggdrasil. In this episode, we get to know a little more about the rest of the kingdoms that exist in the world and some of the new characters. We also learn that kingdoms with dragons exist and demi-humans also exist. Momonga and Albedo are talking about strategies and plans and we get to see what the rest of the NPCs are doing at the moment; Shalltear is drinking, Fiora is in charge of building a decoy, Cocytus and the rest are either investigating or guarding stuff. Momonga is still trying to be an adventurer to get notorious and Albedo still has the hots for him. By the end of the episode, we are introduced to the clan of the lizard people where they are warned that death is coming for them by some weird magic in the form of a skull-cloud.

Episode Highlights

Hamsuke is back: The huge evil hamster is back and I have to say still love the way he talks.

Shalltear is drunk: I feel you sister. No better way to forget your problems than just go for a drink. I don’t get how she managed to get drunk if she is resistant to poisons as the bartender said, but you never know what the hell those cocktails had in them. I mean the one that the penguin got and looked like a rainbow, would certainly make you feel all nice and happy in no time!

Albedo is lewd-er than ever: Naked apron? Girl, you need to calm your tits about Momonga. He is a skeleton gut, a lich for god sakes! He doesn’t have any body parts other than bones…

Themes & Trivia

The first episode of Overlord II was actually leaked a few days before its original run date. The first episode received an early screening at a special event held at United Cinema Aqua City Odaiba on 17.12.2017, as well as an early broadcast on AbemaTV on 30.12.2017. And of course the fans got their hands on it and some managed to see it earlier than the rest.

I think the name of the old lady that was talking to the Dragon dude is Rigrit and I think that her voice actress is the one that is voicing Son Goku from Dragon Ball, Masako Nozawa. Another interesting fact is that this lady is 81 years old and she has been an active voice actress since Astro Boy! Talking about motivation right there… Is it mean to say then that this role of Rigrit as an old lady fits her perfectly?

Comments

I liked the fact that we are introduced to more characters besides those of Nazarick. I just hope that we are not going to get lost or have a lot of screen time given to characters that are irrelevant to the plot because that is going to be tiring to watch.

It will be interesting to finally see a strong antagonist for Momonga and the whole ‘I am bloody awesome’ part of the show is going to fade a little bit. It will be good to see him dealing with some sort of challenging opponent.

That girl in the beginning with the white and black hair (her name is Zesshi) is going to be in some deep trouble if Albedo finds out that she wants to make his babies as well. What’s the deal with the ladies in this show and having skeleton babies? They need to realize that he is just bones! Anyways, it will be funny to see them fight over Momonga, and if Shalltear joins in, oh boy, it’s going to be the ultimate hoedown.

Death comes for you

I don’t know about you guys but I would feel pretty threatened if a cloud of skulls came above my head and told me ‘Death comes for you’. Let’s see how the lizard people are going to react and who will be the one that will bring this ‘death’. Are you guys excited for the second season of Overlord? Let me know in the comments! Cheers!

Don’t forget to check the rest of our Winter 2018 reviews and our first impressions of all the new titles! I have also written a review for the first season of Overlord: