El Cazador de la Bruja is an absolutely fantastic series. A little slow in some parts perhaps, but overall, I really really enjoyed it. I also think I developed a little crush on Nadie as the series went on. D:
ECDLB is the story of a bounty hunter called Nadie, a tall, beautiful red-headed girl who has been sent to capture a girl called Ellis, a shorter but mysteriously beautiful blonde girl, who is on the run for the murder of her guardian. However, things are not as black and white as that - Nadie gets caught up in the murder of Ellis's temporary guardian, a kind, old lady in the city she had run away to, who makes Nadie promise that she will take care of Ellis on her deathbed, and hands her a stone called the 'Inca Rose' (this is very significant throughout the series), whilst asking her to take Ellis to a place called 'Winay Marca'. Nadie reluctantly agrees, and makes a deal with Ellis - she will take her to Winay Marca to find out the events of her guardian's death and herself, and then afterwards she will turn her in for the bounty over her head.
Of course, other people try and take Ellis away from Nadie, as she has such a huge bounty over her head - though this really only occurs for the first 13 episodes. The real story starts truly kicking off after episode 14, which is really the only reason why I said it was slow. Though in saying that, without the 13 episodes, there would have been hardly any character development. So all in all, I do believe it was needed.
Firstly, Ellis's character. She originally is very naive, and takes everything at face value; much like a child. Nadie on the other hand is wise to the world, and whilst we never really find out much about her past, it is obvious that she has been through more than her fair share in her life. When she meets Ellis, it was not a 'love at first sight' moment or anything like that - their feelings for each other develop slowly but strongly throughout the series.
Like many other yuri series', there is a boy involved (yawn), but not quite as you might think. This boy, called L.A., is in love with Ellis to a point of obsession, where he will kill anybody who goes near her except for Nadie. Though a point eventually comes where he and Nadie get into a fight and he injures Nadie, causing Ellis to tell him that she hates him - because she loves Nadie, and anyone who hurts Nadie, she will kill. However, Nadie stops Ellis from killing him, and the series goes on. I don't want to say too much, because I feel like I could so easily give away the ending!
Whilst it is obvious to anyone who has eyes that there is quite blatant subtext between these two, I wouldn't say that they were canon. However, there are some very sweet moments between Ellis and Nadie - the only example I will give is one of my favourite moments, where Nadie and Ellis are put into a situation with another character called Ricardo, and Nadie is asked if she and Ricardo are married - Ellis gets extremely jealous of Ricardo, and by the end of the episode, she is the one who is determined to snuggle up next to Nadie. That was definitely one of the cutest moments I've seen.
Overall though, this series is hilarious in parts, very sad in others, and you'll probably end up shipping Nadie and Ellis like nothing you've ever shipped before. I do think that a bit of it goes slow, but saying that, it's still a series I could watch over and over again without getting bored.
Overall rating: 9/10
Let me know what you think too, guys :) x
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