Talk:Bōgyo Kekkai

In several chapters of TRY, Lina says the Power Words, so at least in some way, "Bôgyo Kekkai" could be the real name of the spell.

Could you tell me in which episodes does this happen? I'd like to rewatch it. The problem is that it is next to impossible to distinguish Bōgyo Kekkai from Windy Shield, as the visible effects of the two are nearly identical. But, considering that it is a powerful white magic spell, I somewhat doubt that Lina or Zel could cast it at all, which makes its appearance in Try questionable. --Pip25 05:48, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

Yep, there's a lot of problems to recognize which defense spell is each, because there's a lot and they almost never said them aloud =/ for example, in The Slayers 19, when copy Rezo is about to destroy Sairaag, Zel uses a shield of wind, but it's not the Windy Shield, it's one called "Wind Shield" (kaze no kekkai) =/ Now about the "Bôgyo Kekkai", in TRY 21 Lina uses it when Elurogos attacks them in that mine town. I think she says "Defense Barrier" in the English dub.

I checked out the epi, you are right. It's a bit strange though: All other Power Words are in english. It looked as if Lina was trying to warn the others to put up their barriers as well, and that is why she said that... I don't really know. :/ --Pip25 10:08, 26 June 2006 (UTC)

It could be a warning, yes, but it's not too strange to have a spell with a japanese name. For example, we have the "kaiju" (disenchant), "fukutsuu no jumon" (stomach ache), "iregui no jumon" (fishing spell), "tansa" (search/divine), "senshoku" (dye) and a few more.

Well, I could be wrong, but as far as I know, we haven't heard/saw/read the chant for either of the above spells. (The ones I am sure about are the fishing spell and perhaps the searching spell, as they were mentioned or used in the published english novels.) I believe that they are refered to like this by QP/Diana (Argy got the spell list from her) because she does not know the Power Words, and she names them according to their effects. It's just speculation, though. --Pip25 06:33, 27 June 2006 (UTC)

Yes, that's right too, they could be more a description than a real name. Or maybe there aren't spells officially acepted by the Sorcerer's Guild, so they don't have any known name, so people just say what they do =3 (too much speculation ^^u)