Slayers Text, Vol. 3: The Ghost of Sairaag [Paperback]

Hajime Kanzaka (Author), Rui Araizumi (Author)

Book Description

Series: Slayers (Tokyopop) | Publication Date: March 8, 2005

*Basis for the anime-manga phenomenon *Lord of the Rings epic fantasy as seen through a wacky Otaku lens *Slayers has entertained fans in the U.S. for more than 10 years *Part of TOKYOPOP's exciting new novel line

The whole world is after our favorite small-chested sorceress, Lina Inverse, when she learns that a bounty has been put on her head! The real surprise comes when she discovers that it was none other than Rezo, the Red Priest, who placed the price on her head! Lina, Gourry and Zelgadis battle it out with the Red Priest that they thought they had defeated two months earlier. Is this Rezo the real deal?

Product Details

• Paperback: 232 pages
• Publisher: TokyoPop (March 8, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1595325794
• ISBN-13: 978-1595325792
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #885,116 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Episodes 18-26 of "Slayers", April 28, 2005

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AstroNerdBoy "AstroNerdBoy" (Denver, CO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slayers Text, Vol. 3: The Ghost of Sairaag (Paperback)

With this 3rd "Slayers" novel, we still have not been introduced to Amelia, but Zelgadiss does return and the miko Sylphiel is a part of this. As one might expect, the story centers around the return of the Red Priest Rezo and the mystery surrounding it. As in the anime, Lina and Gourry have a bounty on their heads and they set off to the city of Sairaag in order to learn the truth behind Rezo's re-appearance.

Amelia being MIA aside, there are a number of differences from the anime. For starters, Sylphiel comes off as much more competent. She's already working with Zelgadiss by the time Lina and Gourry arrive. While she does have her feelings for Gourry (which doesn't come through as clearly in this novel since TokyoPop decided to translate the honorific "sama" to "master", CMP having translated the same honorific to "darling" in the anime -- and people wonder why I think honorifics should be left in the text untranslated), she's no ditz and very powerful.

Instead of Amelia or the swordsman Zangulus, there's the character of Lantz, who's a fighter that had a presence in the 2nd novel. He's rather uninteresting as a character and it is no wonder the anime never used him.

Also, Mazoku are present in this novel as well. It is interesting that Hajime-sensei has had the Mazoku presence from the begining whereas the anime ignored it until the "Slayers Next" series. Their dealings with Rezo were very interesting and even though I knew this story from the anime, the end was rather surprising to me.

Bottom line: another interesting "Slayers" novel. TokyoPop continues to seem to tone down the orignal material and leave out the important Japanese honorifics (used mainly by and for the priest and miko) but it is still worth buying if you are a "Slayers" fan.