Overlord III Episode 1 Review: A Ruler's Melancholy

Attempted rape, crossbreeding, and finally some time off for the guardians of Nazarick. Overlord is back. Loved the fact that we got to see everyone spending some carefree time together and a better insight into the life inside Nazarick.

Japanese Original Episode Title: 支配者の憂鬱

Plot

Ainz summons all the guardians after the big mission in the Re-Estize Kingdom is over, in order to reward them for their hard work and good results. On top of the rewards, he decides to give everyone some free time, including himself. We then get to see a little bit of what the ‘staff’ of Nazarick are doing and how they operate, where we are introduced to the regular duty maids that have no combat abilities as well as the spider assassins that guard Ainz. Ainz takes a slime bath, Albedo with the female guardians try to ride a bicorn, and the male guardians arrange some onsen time to spend together. Albedo realizes that she is not impure and cannot ride the bicorn so she decides to make Ainz help her out. When Mare delivers the information for the planned ‘event’ of the male guardians, Albedo can’t hold back herself and tries to get in on with Ainz. In the last scene, we hear the female guardians being assaulted by a golem that was created by Lucifer to attack anybody that wasn’t obeying traditional Japanese onsen rules.

Episode Highlights

Sebas and Tuare are going on a date? Ainz is trying to make them a couple and I just love it.

Ainz’s moments: Ainz scenes when he is all by himself are always priceless. We saw him taking a bath and remembering how Japanese he really is, with his obsession with good hygiene. He also used slimes in order to fully clean himself saying that: ‘This is truly groundbreaking and creative!’. He is so much fun. Also, when he was practicing his lines and poses in order to look like a good Overlord really killed me. I love how these small scenes make you empathize with the character so much.

Albedo and her attempted rape: Honestly, we knew this scene was coming, and after the lizard sex in the previous season of Overlord, seeing an undead lich almost getting raped by a succubus is no big deal. I think that in this season her horniness is going to be off the roof.

Themes & Trivia

Kyouhukou: When the female guardians are all together and Albedo is trying to ride the bicorn, Shalltear mentions Kyouhukou where it is implied that he is a guardian of Nazarick but we are not really given any further information. Kyouhukou is indeed an area guardian of the 2nd floor and his appearance is that of a 30 cm tall cockroach standing on its two legs and with its head facing forward. That is why Shalltear says that he is ‘skilled at summoning his own kind’. Lol.

Bicorn: It is a mythological two-horned creature that has the reputation of devouring kind-hearted and devoted husbands, so that is probably the reason why in Overlord pure maidens cannot ride it.

Albedo the succubus: It is mentioned since the beginning that she is a succubus which is basically a demon in female form that appears in dreams and takes the form of a woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual activity. But a fun fact for you, she is supposed to be at least part-Nalfeshnee, since all the NPCs have true forms that they can turn into (if you remember Shalltear from the first season as well), so when Shalltear calls her when they are in the showers and we hear some loud stomping sounds as she is moving, it is probably implied that she is in her true form.

Comments

First of all, I have to say that I really liked the opening ‘VORACITY’ by MYTH & ROID. It’s the same band that did the ending of the second season and they honestly match so well with the vibe and the atmosphere of the show. Overall, this episode was a treat for everyone and it didn’t feel like a filler at all. In fact, seeing an episode that was more focused on the Guardians was actually what we needed since the previous season was really event-based with no much insights on them.

Calm down!

Overlord has managed so far to show lewd scenes that I will never forget in my life. The attempted rape, the lizard sex and probably the idea that Cocytus is always naked will stay with me for a while. There are a lot of new faces in the opening as well which means that a shit will get real very soon and I just can’t wait.

NEXT TIME: Karune-mura Futatabi