10 Second Anime - Blade and Soul - Episode 3

Blade and Soul - Episode 3

Hazuki keeps trying to collect Aruka's bounty, but is thwarted by Dan Loana, who has her own vendetta against Jin Varrel and the Palam Empire.

Heh.

Hazuki never gives up on her prize, and she keeps gunning for Aruka. Ironically, in trying to collect on Aruka's bounty, she helps her escape from the very people who are paying for her capture.

This show is just full of strong women. We now have another in Dan Loana, the leader of The Pleasure Gang, who's gang gets eliminated by Jin Varrel and her two lieutenants. At least she survives, so we'll get to see more of tan skin and eye patch.

The show is at its best when these women are moving. Hazuki and Aruka duking it out in the daylight looks even better than their first moonlit tussle.

Aruka's focused eyes are her best feature when she's on the attack. Mesmerizing.

Meh.

The less said about the dumb members of the Pleasure Gang the better. At least they're all dead, so I don't have to think about them again.

Hmm.

We're finally getting more info on what happened to Aruka and why she's on the run. The Flower Monks, whose leader is Jin Varrel, killed her master in the Sword Clan, but the bounty blames her for his death. We don't know yet why he was killed.

Aruka's butterfly scar seems to have some counter effect against Jin Varrel's Impurity attack. We saw how easily those black flames disintegrate people, so this mark might be part of why the Flower Monks needed to wipe out the Sword Clan.

Next episode will have Aruka recovering from a gunshot wound while being tended to by a couple of kids. Are you ready for flashbacks and humanization of our laconic heroine? It's about that time in the main story to take a break from world building and non-stop action.