Pandemonium: Chapter 2

## Chapter 2

Domika caring after an exhausted Zipher.

"*With the powers of the variant-I mean, Wizard Village, could you please bring my dead lover back to life?"*

— Zipher, during the meeting with the village chief.
Chapter 2 is the second chapter of the first volume of the Pandemonium: Wizard Village manga and the second chapter of the series overall, as written and illustrated by Shibamoto Sho. It was released on February 8th 2013.

## Overview

Chapter 2 establishes the core cast dynamics between Zipher, Domika and Molte, as well as the tensions between Zipher and the Villagers. Multiple main characters are introduced, including the main village guardians Cosith and Kayoh, the Village Chief Ainu and Brow. Zipher's fireworks are lit for the first time and his reason for seeking the Wizard Village are revealed.

The chapter starts with Zipher waking up in Domika's house. She has taken upon herself the burden of taking care of him as long as he's a guest in the village. Most villagers seem to be distrustful of him, which Zipher only makes worse by escaping from her house and creating a ruckus in the village. He launches fireworks in the main city square, scaring many of the villagers and captivating a few kids. Having caused a ruckus, Zipher is confronted by the Village Chief about the contents of his box, upon which Zipher asks the Village Chief Ainu to use the magical powers of the Wizard Village to resurrect his dead lover.

## Summary

The chapter opens in Domika's house with her and Molte watching over a passed out Zipher in bed. Molte is shown to be casually reading a book. Domika, meanwhile, uses a strange magical contraption while treating Zipher's fever. As his fever goes down, Zipher wakes up and jumps out of the bed in panic, asking about the whereabouts of his mysterious box. Domika calms him down by explaining that the box is being kept safe. She and Zipher exchange their names while Molte comments from the side. As outsiders are not allowed in the village, Domika explains to Zipher that he is not to leave her house and the moment he feels better, he will have to depart.

Zipher quickly takes a liking to Domika while completely ignoring Molte. Domika reveals that because the villagers are not normal, they have no other home making the village extremely important to them. She asks questions about the outside world, having never wandered too far from the village. The conversation is interrupted by Malsus, asking Domika to come outside and have a word with him. Malsus discusses the need to raise the village security until Zipher's possible objectives are figured out. Having heard an unexpected noise from the inside of the house, the two run inside. They find Molte looking at an open window through which Zipher escaped.

Molte claims to have blocked the way to the door, forcing Zipher to take the window path. The next few pages show Zipher running through the village, alerting a dozen villages to his mischief. He trips and falls down a set of stairs, landing at a village square. By this time a big number of villagers are out on the street and start to surround him. Taking out an unidentified item, Zipher lights up a fuse. Thinking it's a bomb, the villages panic. However, the bomb is revealed to be fireworks which explode in a dazzling show of lights. The villagers take time to recover from the shock, having never seen fireworks before. Some of them comment on the fireworks, comparing them to Straight Thunders. Brow approaches Zipher, asking about the pretty explosion. As his fireworks caused a giant commotion, Zipher is confronted by village Chief Ainu and his security consisting of Cosith and Kayoh.

The Village Chief immediately demands to know the contents of Zipher's locked box. Zipher attempts to charm the village chief by sweet-talking to him. Having knelt by the box, Zipher suddenly begs the chief to use the Wizard Village's magical powers to bring his dead lover back to life. As his plea echoes, the chapter ends with Ainu's poker face and a shocked Domika.

## Characters

#### Main Characters

Zipher

Domika

Molte

Malsus

Marco

Brow

Cosith

Kayoh

Ainu

#### Villagers

In order of appearance:

* Solato, Amo, Baal
* Gulon, Neil, Eva, Grif, Irv
* Wonk, Brepa, Cornu, Kutar, Aimu, Memeko, Haggis, Ruvatos, Boty, Nabel, Shushu, Balam, Makara, Sius
* Agare, Ipos, Kerone, Rono, Peryu, Andras, Purso
* Basil, Ipiria, Leto

## Trivia

* The first page of Chapter 2 marks the introduction of magical technology used in the Wizard Village (see the first image in the Gallery). The item seems to create or store ice cubes, allowing for easy cooling of water.
* Upon seeing Domika up close, Zipher sees a spitting image of his dead love in her. This manifests by Zipher imagining Domika's hair as straight instead of curly in a single panel (see the third image in the Gallery).
* Molte tries to talk with Zipher when he first wakes up, but he's preoccupied with Domika and ignores her completely.
* On page 9 Zipher comments that Domika's name befits her well, as "*she carries a name of a servant of God*", which announces her kindness. Zipher is referencing the fact that the male variation of the name, Dominus, used to be a title under the Roman Republic, later used in the Catholic Church among the clergy as a prefix "Dom" among the ecclesiastics and among the aristocracy in medieval Spain.
* Zipher and Domika talk about flowers, which connects to the flower motif from Chapter 1.
* On page 16 Domika looks through the window. She sees three villagers along with two instances of Japanese text ざわ (Zawa). In the English version of the manga, it's the only instance of untranslated Japanese letters. The text is an onomatopoeia without a literal meaning. It's used to denote a number of people talking.
* Chapter 2 is the first time Zipher is shown using fireworks in the series.
* Reactions of the villagers to the fireworks vary. Wonk compares fireworks to Straight Thunder and Ipos adds "*But this time [Straight Thunder] came from bellow!*" Brow is enchanted by the fireworks and wants to know more about them.
* At the end of the chapter it is implied that Zipher's mysterious box contains his dead lover.

## Gallery

Domika using a mysterious magical item while caring for Zipher.Zipher panicking over the location of his box.For a moment, Zipher sees the very image of Anna in Domika.Zipher and Domika discuss flowers of the world outside the Land of the Variants.Zipher escapes the house.Grif gets mad at Zipher running through the village.The fireworks.Cosith, Kayoh and Ainu confront Zipher.Zipher begs the Village Chief to resurrect his dead lover.

## References

1. ↑ http://hiyokonikki.blog.shinobi.jp/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%97%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B/pandemonium%20-%E9%AD%94%E8%A1%93%E5%B8%AB%E3%81%AE%E6%9D%91-%E3%80%80%E7%AC%AC%E4%BA%8C%E8%A9%B1%E6%9B%B4%E6%96%B0%E3%81%AE
2. ↑ http://hiyokonikki.blog.shinobi.jp/%E3%81%8A%E3%81%97%E3%82%89%E3%81%9B/web%E6%8B%8D%E6%89%8B%E8%BF%94%E4%BF%A1\_440