Well, I'm about to watch the first episode of Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, Aladdin and Alibaba, and...let's see where this show takes us...
Moths of light, a scream in the night, an explosion among some ruins...and what appears to be a golem. Just what could this all be...? Then we see...our hero (maybe?) and the 'golem' grants him a wish...as compensation for being sealed...where ever they are. But before we could hear what that wish is, the opening theme starts.
And then we're introduced to Alibaba, who it seems wants to 'capture a dungeon' so to speak...for treasure and all that. But when Alibaba goes to what we can assume is his day job and checks in on this one wagon, we find our hero (Aladdin)...eating the watermelons inside. Well, in that Disney movie, the first thing we see Aladdin do is steal food so why not here as well? Of course Alibaba gets into trouble for this. But I still think it's rather silly, Alibaba didn't let Aladdin get into the wagon...or is it that Alibaba wasn't keeping a good enough watch on the wagon or something like that? That night we hear more about Alibaba's dream and about flying carpets and such like that (yes, there's a reason I'm mentioning this...).
Still, the next morning the two of them run into a red-haired slave girl carrying lemons in a basket. But, since she's trying to hide the shackles on her feet, she keeps spilling the lemons all over the place. While two sayings literally apply here: "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." and "There's no use crying over spilled milk." I highly doubt you can make very good lemonade with spilled lemons. Still, when Aladdin notices what she's doing he (get this) blasts a note from that flute he's carrying and the wind blast from the flute BREAKS TWO OF THE CHAIN LINKS! I'm mean, either that flute's magical or Aladdin here must have an absurdly powerful set of lungs. Then the slave girl's 'owner' (who's also Alibaba's boss) shows up and makes a scene. In response Aladdin blew the flute again, this time a pair of blue arms pop out of it and smack the goons of Alibaba's boss around before disappearing back into the flute again.
And...Alibaba's getting blamed for the whole mess along with Aladdin (not that I think Aladdin did anything wrong there, deliberate values dissonance and all), is it guilt by association this time? Well, after our heroes escape into what I think is a sewer...but then we see Aladdin drink the water in there. Is that a sewer or not? Well, if it is...ew... and it's revealed just why the flute can do those things: it's pretty much a 'magic lamp' so to speak and the blue arms seen earlier belong to the Djinn, Ugo, who is apparently Aladdin's friend (is he the 'golem' we saw earlier?).
And so, our heroes then go to the equivalent of a hostess club (apparently Aladdin's a huge fan of what could be called "Marshmellow Hell" even invoking it with the evil boss dude earlier. LOL) before Alibaba's boss catches them again and Alibaba is given a 'choice', get killed here and now or live and spend the rest of his days working for him and...
He ****ing caves! Well, yes, I do know that his life was on the line here. But that doesn't mean that I wasn't disappointed with what Alibaba choose. And...now they're in a caravan delivering wine when it gets attacked by this carnivorous plant that somehow also acts like a trap-door spider. I believe they did mention what it was called, but I forgot; sorry about that. Anyway this little slave girl is about to fall into the pit when the same red-haired slave girl from earlier reaches out her hand to pull her back...only to fall into the pit and both of them end up in the clutches of that plant. Meanwhile the evil boss dude is demanding that they save the wine and leave the two girls behind.
And that's when Alibaba 'grows a backbone', so to speak, and instead jumps into the pit himself with a barrel of wine hoping to get the plant drunk enough to let the girls go. But he isn't strong enough to open the plants petals, so Aladdin summons Ugo...who then opens the plant's petals for Alibaba so he can drop the barrel. But...it isn't enough to get the plant drunk. So Aladdin then takes off and activates his magic...turban, but when unwrapped it acts like a magic carpet anyway, and takes ALL THE WINE BARRELS and (despite protests from the evil boss dude) dumps them all onto the open plant...and not only is it drunk, but I think it even got a case of alcohol poisoning.
So, the slave girls (by the way, the red-haired one is named "Mina") are saved but even though the evil boss man's screaming that he's going to turn Alibaba and Aladdin into slaves, they fly away on Aladdin's magic...turban... (That still sounds odd to say...) toward the nearest dungeon as part of a grand adventure! Alibaba looking for money and power, as for what exactly he wants with it...I don't know. And Aladdin is looking for other Djinn.
And we finally get an answer for what Aladdin's wish was from the beginning of the episode (so yeah, that 'golem' was actually Ugo the Djinn. My bad!)...for Ugo to be his friend. Aw...
So far...I think this show'll be worth watching. I'm wondering if this show will be any better than it already is by the time I'm typing "The End of Magi"?
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