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This episode felt like the pacing suddenly came to a jarring halt. I like when Shangri-La Frontier goes into some specifics about the gameplay and world-building, but I’m not a huge fan of an episode that takes up more than half of its running time. to explain those exploits to us. Especially when it’s unclear whether this is a sign or just an interesting sharing. It would be great if the inventory system flaw Arthur talked about was reused because otherwise what’s the point of this long explanation? Thankfully, the soundtrack kept me engaged.
The main purpose of this volume seems to be to explore the spoils of war. Our cast has no idea how they could have completely changed the course of this entire game, so they’re going to do what most gamers do after a big event and count the spoils. their products! What’s interesting is that all the cool armor and gear we saw at the end of last week’s episode were useless because they had no power source. Even if they did, Sunraku wouldn’t be able to use the armor because of the curse on his body. I’m sure Arthur and Katzo will be severely affected if they find out about this. All in all, it’s fun to see these three hanging out together more casually outside of fighting and even going as far as becoming an official group. They criticize each other and get on each other’s nerves, but it never feels maliciously mean. They’re all just a bunch of trolls and I love it.
I hope this sequel set up gives Katzo more to do. The episode begins with us getting our first real look at him in the real world and there’s a lot of emphasis here on his lack of anything that sets him apart from Arthur and Sunraku. Those two pretty much-started unique encounters unintentionally affected the overall trajectory of the game. Katzo wasn’t so lucky, and sadly, the funniest thing that happened to them was that they found a broken battery after being thrown around like a ragdoll by a giant robot horse. From what we’ve seen, Katzo is a professional gamer, and it would be great if we could see that expertise play a role in the game, comparing them to Sunraku’s intuitive gameplay exploits. and Arthur’s tricks.
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Shangri-La Frontier is now streaming on Crunchyroll.