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In the opening of _Slayers NEXT_ at around 1:20, there's a blonde girl.

![A side-face of a blonde woman](https://i.stack.imgur.com/HYxx2m.png)

However, there is no female character that has blonde hair. I am sure it is
not Filia since she appears only in _TRY_. It isn't Lina's sister since she
appears in the opening as well (similar to how she appears at the beginning of
_NEXT_ ).

Who is she?


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Who is the blonde woman in the opening of "Slayers NEXT"?


**She is Lina Inverse** , or to be exact ( **spoiler from the last episode of
_Slayers NEXT_** )

> **[The Lord of
> Nightmares](http://kanzaka.wikia.com/wiki/Lord_of_Nightmares), possessing
> Lina Inverse**.

* * *

From a Japanese Q&A site [OKWAVE answered by l_gaim_mk1 on August
2008](https://okwave.jp/qa/q4284877/a12869293.html),

> ＮＥＸＴ放送当時（１９９６年）にも言われました。そのネタ。
>
> 最初は、当時まだ姿が登場していなかった獣王ゼラス＝メタリオムとも、ルナ・インバースとも言われました。
>
> 結局、原作者やアニメスタッフから出た回答が、リナ・インバースです。
>

>> 但し、ロード・オブ・ナイトメアに乗っ取られたヴァージョンである。と。

>
> そういう風に議論が飛び交うのが狙いだったとか。
>
> 当時のアニメ雑誌の記述より。

Rough translation

> This was also told at the time _NEXT_ was being broadcasted (1996). That
> topic.
>
> At first, it was speculated to be Luna Inverse or Greater Beast Zelas
> Metallium, who has never appeared yet at that time.
>
> In the end, the answer that came from the author and the anime staff was,
> Lina Inverse.
>

>> However, the version that was possessed by The Lord of Nightmares.

>
> Maybe it was aimed for the discussion to fly about like that?
>
> Taken from an anime magazine at that time.


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L-sama / Lord of nightmares. Here's an interview explaining their hair colors
<https://archive.is/2CAcK>


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