Wakfu: The Animated Series [Season 4 Episode 9 Review]

Oropo’s back? NOOOO!

Noximilien. Qilby. Oropo. Toross Mordal. The Big Bads of Wakfu. One of these baddies suck. Care to guess which one?

…Qilby?

WRONG! I’m so disappointed in you, dear reader. No Yugo energy dinner for you!

Last episode ended with Yugo’s capture by Mordal. We open this episode, not surprisingly, with our favorite hero confined to a Wakfu sucking tower for the nutritional enjoyment of the residents of evil in Necroworld. Talk about a biohazard.

If Yugo’s Wakfu energy’s completely drained he dies or becomes a Wakfu Zombie. But, not to worry because…

(1.) Mordal knows how to ration Wakfu and…

(2.) Yugo’s got help in the form of…Oropo.

You’ve seen it before, my fellow anime/anime-adjacent cartoon fans. The Big Bad is super powerful—almost unstoppable—so the hero(es) must find a way to level up their skills, train to become stronger, or simply bullsh*t their way to ultimate victory.

Little Yugo’s getting a bit of all three.

~Mind Training~

Yep. Yugo’s mind training to up his EXP Points thanks to Oropo and Bouillon, two of Yugo’s unplanned kids (I guess Bouillon’s a Eliatrope despite not having Wakfu horns. Maybe glowing eyes is enough?) living in Yugo’s subconscious? Consciousness? Whatever. It’s all bullsh*t to make Yugo powerful enough to stop Mordal once he escapes. And you KNOW he’s gonna escape at some point.

Did I also mention Yugo’s Wakfu draining made his body grow to his actual adult size, increasing his natural strength and speed? How, you ask? Hell if I know!

Time to focus on Team Yugo. They escaped and are now dealing with the realization Yugo’s become Necroworld’s newest Big Mac. No worries because the extremely powerful Eliatrope Goddess will hel—Nope! She won’t even try. Her PTSD’s in full effect. Captured son or not, the E.G.’s not going anywhere near Necroworld.

Okay, fine. The team still have the Eliatrope Dofus. Qilby can create a portal back to Necrow—and he’s gone. Whoops! Looks like Yugo’s staying in Hotel Necroworld for a while.

Surprise, surprise. It turns out Qilby didn’t completely peace out. He portal’d to the Eliatrope Temple, outside of where Team Yugo hangs out. He’s got his eye on another prize: The Eliasphere. The problem? It’s part of that Golom creature—called the Lokus—standing outside the portal to E.G.’s inner sanctum. A being so powerful even the E.G. won’t mess with it.

But, why? Why is Qilby, who wields all six Eliatrope Dofus, essentially making him a God, is after the Eliasphere? Hmm… Well, he did agree with Nora in a previous episode that Necroworld is a problem that needed to be dealt with. I wonder…

In any case, whatever his reasoning is, Qilby picks a fight with the Mechasm (That’s what Lokus is, and no, I haven’t a clue what that means either.). It’s a good battle, eventually spilling out into the Eliatrope Goddess’s inner sanctum. E.G. does the smart thing and gets her and her kids the hell outta Dodge. Sadida Kingdom, here we come!

Qilby’s…I don’t know… Tenacity? Strength? Sexy Abs? Convince Lokus he’s worthy enough to go for the Eliasphere. Will Qilby actually obtain it? Tune in next episode to find out because we cut to Team Yugo escaping. What’s this? Nora got teleported away! Who could have done this?!

To no one’s surprise, it’s Efrim. But, here’s the twist: Efrim’s controlling Nora threw… Um, bullsh*t twin connections? I’m sensing a trend this episode. Anyway, it turns out Nora was the one unconsciously creating portals for Team Necroworld. We end the episode with Nora and Efrim cooking up one big ole portal somewhere. The invasion continues!

Another good episode, but you can tell the writers put themselves in a bit of a corner in some places. The result is having to yank the plot forward so hard you notice some plot threads are barely hanging on your suspension of belief. It’s not story breaking, but it is noticeable. That said, I do love me some Qilby and am all in on whatever the heck he’s up to. That and the twist that it’s Nora unwillingly creating portals is interesting.

I didn’t talk about it but the short scene early in the episode between Efrim and Mordal was also good. Their discussion gave the audience a chance to see Mordal and Efrim as people and not just baddies constantly acting shady. It adds a bit of tragedy to their existence. They do what they do because they’re hungry. They don’t want it. That’s just what they’re cursed with. It’s intriguing. And while I want them to be defeated, it’s sad knowing none of the zombies actually wanted to be zombies. Great stuff, Ankama!

This weeks Wakfu Award goes to Oropo for returning to the show. You suck. You’re still an arrogant prick. Stop trying to redeem this awful Big Bad Buffoon, Wakfu Showrunners!