English Dub Review: Ishura “Nihilo the Vortical Stampede and Kia the World Word”

Overview (Spoilers Below):
Hidow the Clamp releases a notorious figure, and Elea the Red Tag infiltrates an elf village.

Our Take:
This week’s episode of this unfocused fantasy series introduces us to another pair of Shuras that could play a crucial role in its narrative.  However, it’s also not without a couple of Aureatian generals that emphasize the groups’ relationships, continuing this surprising trend that started in the second episode.  One of those generals is Hidow the Clamp, a young aristocrat and minister ranked as the twentieth official in the Aureatia Kingdom.  He’s assigned to investigate the unexplained deaths of the Aureatian soldiers, leading him to confront a dangerous prisoner called Nihilo the Vortical Stampede.  Nihilo is a demon lord’s revenant whose only purpose is to be a dangerous weapon of war for the kingdom.
The other general from Aureatia is Elea the Red Tag, the head of the kingdom’s spy network with a hidden political agenda.  Ranked as the seventeenth official, Elea is tasked to go undercover as a teacher in an elf village.  During her mission, she befriends two elf children, Yaroka and Ian.  Elea is also a mentor to another powerful Shura, Kia the World Word.  Kia is a naive yet strong-willed elf wizard capable of manipulating the world around her through her word arts. However, she’s also part of Elea’s desire to help her possess the title of “True Hero” through a particular tournament.
While it follows the same structure as the previous episodes, centering on two sets of different characters, this chapter focuses more on Elea and Kia compared to Hidow and Nihilo.  All we’ve known about the latter two is that Hidow may seek cooperation with this seemingly dangerous Shura.  Whether we see more of Hidow and Nihilo in later episodes is a question that may or may not be answered.  Fortunately, it compensates with its further expansion of the show’s world-building, with Elea explaining to Yaroka the many types of magic, including word arts, which Kia practiced.  While I can understand the show’s intention of introducing its characters in an anthological way, its episodic structure still left me questioning their roles in the season’s narrative.  Hopefully, my opinion will change once I know the answer.