Blue Dragon - S02E07: First Love

In a broken-down village, Shu's party encounters a girl named Linda who tells them that the Brigands consisting of Schmidt and his army of Mecha Robos (which were salvaged from the war) keep attacking her village to steal everything. Linda reveals that the villagers shun conflict to evade standing up to Schmidt. When the villagers return. It is here that Noi met his first love in Linda. Shu, Bouquet, Marumaro, and Noi help the villagers rebuild their village. After some romantic hintings by Marumaro to Noi, Schmidt and his army of Mecha Robos arrive and attack the village. While Noi and Linda evacuate the village, Shu, Bouquet, and Marumaro holds off the Mecha Robo army. After the villagers are safely in the mountains, Shu and Marumaro unleash their shadows and fight back. Meanwhile, Schmidt finds the hiding place of the villagers and finds their hidden treasure while the Mecha Robos with him restrain the villagers. When it comes to protecting Linda and the villagers, Noi reveals himself to be the young black dragon (from episode one) when trying to save Linda. Noi in his dragon form then attacks the Mecha Robos. Meanwhile, Shu and Marumaro finish off the Mecha Robos in the village. After taking out the Mecha Robos, Noi engages Schmidt in battle and defeats him. Upon seeing Linda's reactions, Noi flies off as Shu, Bouquet, and Marumaro catch up to the villagers. Moments later, the villagers rebuild their village as Shu, Bouquet, and Marumaro wonder how Schmidt was taken down as Noi returns. As they leave, Linda appears to say goodbye to Noi.

Director: Yoshio Urasawa, Hayato Goda

Cast: Keiko Nemoto, Masaya Takatsuka, Daisuke Namikawa, Koji Ochiai, Erino Hazuki, Konomi Tsuboi, Sakiko Uran, Jin Horikawa