While I haven’t actually seen the first series, I’ve been interested in the show for a long time due to it’s RotK connection. Recently, I read both the first volume of the manga, and the first episode of the sequel series “Ikki Tousen: Dragon Destiny”. So far, I’ve become an IT fanatic. The combination of sexy girls fighting each other while reliving the story of the Three Kingdoms era is very appealing to me.

This episode begins with a good set of fight scenes between everyone’s favorite eye patch wearing, goth-loli maido Ryomu, and the girl who is the reincarnation of Xiahou Yuan. After that, we are introduced to the three “sisters”, Kanu, Chofei, and Ryubi. The situation is explained to the viewer through the dialogue between the characters, so people like me have some sort of understanding of what is going on. After that, we get quite a bit moe scenes from Ryubi. The episode finishes with a few of the reincarnated Wei characters discussing Sousou, their leader, and Sousou himself rampaging around.

I have to say, jumping into the second season like this was easier for me as I have some understanding of the RotK plot and characters (plus looking at the wikipedia entry didn’t hurt either). Regardless, this was very entertaining to me. While not much happened in this episode, it had enough moe and fanservice moments to make up for it. While the censorship was annoying, it was to be expected.

If I had to rate this episode, I would give it a 4 out of 5. Entertaining, and fun, and newer viewers won’t have much of a problem jumping into the story. Though there isn’t much that happens plot wise out side of the opening sequence.