Excel Saga Vol. 3
Synopsis
Excel, secret agent and agent of disaster, and her trustworthy (although decidedly unhealthy) fellow agent Hyatt are back, and once again they’re out to conquer city of F for the glory of the secret ideological agency of ACROSS! Whether they’re up against murderous monkeys, possessed detectives, or men with excessively inflamed anuses, you can bet they’ll give it their all or die trying. In fact, you can usually bet on the latter. The most deranged duo to ever dangle their derrieres in the naked face of death returns in the almost all-new (contains 10% recycled material) and excruciatingly hilarious third volume of EXCEL SAGA!
Review
By the time you have reached volume three and if you still do not get the comedy in this series, then you might as well stop watching Excel Saga. I say that, because there is no way you will not laugh in this volume. I was constantly cracking up on the funny looking characters and as Excel did all her stupid things. ADV does a great job again with the menu of the DVD, although at times selecting options can be confusing.
Anyways, episode ten, we have an episode dedicated to Menchi and friends. The dog that understands the human language is finally deciding to get her freedom once and for all. When she got out of Excel and Hyatt’s apartment, she was looking for her old keeper. Things do not turn so well as Menchi gets picked on by a bully dog, then Wolf (a stray dog) saves Menchi and introduces her to other stray dogs that are in their little group. This episode displays friendship and betrayal, and in the end, Menchi finds her home (guess whose).
Next episode we have the cover feature. And the word of the episode is Binbou. Binbou is derived from Bean ball but also means poor in Japanese. What the hell? I was dying when I heard that name and saw the owner of the name. The dude needs a haircut badly as it can be a dangerous weapon when swung, but that is not as bad as when your coach has a big head and an anus problem. The whole objective of this episode is for Excel and Hyatt to be teachers in Excel’s school (Inu-nabe High School, the one Excel first appeared in and got hit by a truck once she got outside the gates). This episode is the funniest episode thus far. When Excel and Hyatt arrives to the classroom they were going to teach, and sees the students… I remember the haircut Onizuka got from his friend in volume one of the GTO manga; the old school Yakuza look. To better explain it I think it is called curly hair or something. What ever it is called, you should get the point that that hairstyle is not in style anymore, probably from the 80’s. After all the laughs, it all comes down to Monkey’s baseball team whose players are actual monkeys and the Dog’s baseball team whose players consists of Excel, Binbou and a bunch of nobodies. Who will win? Watch it and find out.
In episode twelve, a burglary occurs and Hyatt is taken hostage. As Excel tries to get her back, Pedro (the immigrant worker) is being drowned by “That Man” (guy in the white suit). He claims that Pedro took his girl, Ms. Will (the Great Will of Macrocosm). Hey! The City Security workers get more airtime in this episode. Cool! More Misaki! Errr… anyways this is an enjoyable detective episode, at times it becomes very funny. Such as, Hyatt “dying” and the burglars thought they killed her.
Lastly, we have, episode thirteen, an episode that Koshi Rikdo gave permission for it to be an Excel Saga “review episode.” Even though it is a review episode of Excel Saga so far. It still is hilarious. The English version of the Beauty theatre gave me the biggest laugh; runner up was Pedro the Movie. Looks like our three friends from the City Security did not get airtime again. How sad. That should wrap up this hilarious volume of Excel Saga; I cannot wait till volume four comes out!!!
The Breakdown
I have said this earlier, “By the time you have reached volume three and if you still do not get the comedy in this series, then you might as well stop watching Excel Saga.” If this really is the case then I said what I meant. ^_^