woensdag 30 augustus 2023

RPG Fudousan

 As we reach the R in the letter challenge for this year, it's time for some comedy.



And the choice fell to RPG Fudousan, basically a real-estate comedy in a fantasy setting...

The demon lord was defeated over 15 years ago, and now the world knows peace.  Kotone is a young wizard, moving to the big city for her new job after coming fresh out of the academy.  She will be employed at RPG Fudousan, a real estate agency ran by Lady Satona, together with her co-workers Rufuria (a cleric), Rakira (a warrior) and the dragon girl Fa.  She also moves in next to Fa, in a building for non-humans as that was the most decent place she could get for her budget.

On her very first job, she proves she might be suited for this career, helping the Grand Sage to find a suitable house.  After a week on the job, they go on a business trip, as they manage to move a family of digging mice to a cave property thanks to Fa, and allowing some other creatures to switch houses for a better place to live.  



As the girls conduct their business, a dragon has been sighted. When they go to test a magic power meter created by Lady Satona, Fa seemingly has a gigantic power reservoir, eraning her a big bag of snacks.  Can she be connected to the big dragon?  Rufuria and Rakira run into an argument when they have to sell a property with a personal connection though.

In the meantime, Kotone has hatched the plan to find a house for themselves, where they can live all four together.  But the connection between Fa and the dragon seem to get tightening, as Kotone even seems to start believing Rakira's suspicions.  When the dragon destroys another village, the girls can temporarily shelter them in the former dungeon under the castle.  

Helping out a fortune teller, Kotone sees that Fa might be not connected indeed, as they approach the mark where they need one more sale to reach the projected goal mark.  But first they attend the Summer Festival, where they help a young girl that got seperated from her parents, Mimo.  But she is actually the daughter of a godess... who granted their wishes as a special thanks.



But Fa is never the less arrested on suspicion that she lures the dragon out during her sleepwalking bouts, but as the dragon attacks the convoy she is saved by Kotone.  The dragon seems to be controlled by a dark mage however and on the rampage.  Fa can break briefly through the spell, to communicate with the beast and learning it is actually pregnant and wants a safe place for her baby.  They stop Lady Satona attacking it, and Kotone and Fa fly off to try and convince the beast.  The dark mage though, also a dragonkin, enchants Fa, who is really called Fafnir, and changing her back to her true form of a dragon.  

Stopping the dragon, she is attacked by the humans in fear, and is taken over now by the Dark mage herself.  But Kotone manages to get through to her by singing for her, but she is again possessed and smashes Kotone away, mortally wounding her.  Her soul passes on, returning Fa back to her humanoid form, griefstricken.  But miss Lily the Necromancer had put her soul in a doll, and returns it to Kotone's body, ressurecting her. 

And now the girls can go back to their daily lives, together with the dragon going to an island for a royal assignment.

The format is simple of this series, almost every episode consists of two "property hunts" for the girls, each with their own funny angle.  All in all, it was amusing to watch for a bit of light entertainment amongst more serious anime series.

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