Slayers — Season 1, Episode 16: PASSION! Shall We Give Our Lives for the Stage?

Episode synopsis

In exchange for food and transportation, Lina's team joins a traveling theater company managed by an eccentric director and is heading near Sairaag for a competition. Ironically, the play they perform is "The Death of the Abominable Fiend Lina Inverse" and revolves the hero defeating a fictional, evil Lina Inverse. Amelia is cast as the protagonist and falls in love with the role's frequent proclamations of justice. During the competition, Zangulus and Vrumugun launch an attack on the play, which the audience mistakenly believes is part of the show. After Lina and friends defeat the enemy, the audience and judges award the team 1st place, praising the unpredictable plot, marvelous special effects, realistic combat.

About Slayers

Follows the exploits of the young sorceress Lina Inverse, whose life revolves around food, treasure, and fighting. After stealing treasure from a group of bandits, Lina is accosted by stragglers during her journey to the next town. She's not in any real danger, but a dim-witted but good-natured swordsman named Gourry Gabriev springs to her rescue anyways. The two team up, and head to Atlas City, fighting foes they encounter on the way. Unbeknownst to them, two mysterious figures are hot on their tail, and they are especially interested in the “treasure” Lina and Gourry have stolen.

More episodes from Season 1

• E1ANGRY? Lina's Furious Dragon Slave!
• E2BAD! Mummy Men Aren't My Type!
• E3CRASH! Red and White and Suspicious All Over!
• E4DASH! Run for it! My Magic Doesn't Work?
• E5ESCAPE! Noonsa, the Flaming Fish Man!
• E6FOCUS! Rezo's the Real Enemy?!
• E7GIVE UP! But, Just Before We Do, the Sure Kill Sword Appears!
• E8HELP! Shabranigdo is Reborn!
• E9IMPACT! The Eve of the Great Life or Death Struggle!
• E10JACKPOT! The Great Life or Death Gamble!
• E11KNOCK OUT! The Seyruun Family Feud!
• E12LOVELY! Amelia's Magic Training!