Shangri-La Frontier (2023) s01e04 Episode Script

1
There are countless number
of video games in this world.
However, most of them
gets buried under many others.
Standing atop of those many titles
is this Full-Dive VR game that has
over thirty million players worldwide.
The game that earned
the reputation of being a god-tier game,
Shangri-La Frontier.
The boy who loves trash game,
Rakuro Hizutome
challenges the god-tier game,
Shangri-La Frontier!
What kind of adventure
awaits him in his path?
I throw away my defense
and put on my bird mask headgear
I'm a hustler
My point only goes to my luck stats
Parry parry
now this is my style
playing broken games all night
who's that knight?
Broken game is sickness
toxic scattered, now I'm a patient
My heart is beating almost twice as fast
The chaos wither get it bite that bug
Terrible gimmick
new game a.k.a suicide??
I don't give a damn
(Do it, Do it)
No, not yet NO it's not enough
(Do it, Do it) NO it's not enough
I still can go
Everyone looks dirty to me
Everything looks broken to me
we can go, we can go
to that mountain top, not afraid to drop
this world is going to be mine duh
(Washing Down The Good Stuff
With Trash Game)
Going to the dojo after this?
Y-Yes!
Um Well
I was wondering if there's any
interesting game I can get before I go
If you're looking for Hizutome-kun,
he's not here.
No, that's not what I
It's summer break right now.
I bet he's been playing all day.
You haven't met him yet?
Well, you told me that he's playing
with the name Sunraku in all of his game
so I searched for him.
But it seems he was playing
without stopping by the tutorial town.
He's walking his own path, eh?
That's a trash game enthusiast for you.
He might even encounter
some crazy Unique Scenarios
for doing things
normal players wouldn't do.
This early? That can't be.
But it's not unthinkable.
Well, I'm sure you'll find him eventually.
Good luck, Rei-chan!
Yes
Or more like,
just confess to him already.
I'm going!
Bye.
(Rumi Hizutome)
I'm doing multiple part-times today,
so I'll be back home late.
(Rumi Hizutome)
I'm doing multiple part-times today,
so I'll be back home late.
Sure.
Sure.
A Unique Scenario for beginners
The conditions for "Tour of Rabituza."
This must be it.
When you beat a monster
that has higher level than you
while equipping a Vorpal weapon
A special Vorpal Bunny that'll guide you
to Rabituza will appear in all towns.
When it does, it will run off
without talking to you,
so make sure you don't lose it.
After the defeating Ravenous Python,
the monster that attacks Rabituza,
you can earn special magic,
Enchant Vorpal.
I knew it.
It's totally different from
the one I got yesterday.
The one appeared before me
wasn't a python
Although not as much as Lycagon,
he was real damn threatening
A boss rabbit who acted like a yakuza.
So whaddya think?
Would you mind lending me your time?
I'm the boss of Rabituza, Vysache.
So ya went toe-to-toe
with that puppy, eh?
You've got quite the Vorpal Soul, I'd say.
What on earth is "Vorpal Soul"?
Whaddya think?
If you want to
I could train ya personally.
Train?
Oh, I get it now!
This is a training quest!
The kind that'll give me
incredible bonus!
I have no reason to refuse!
Please give me your guidance
Aniki!
Huh?!
You said "Aniki"?
Eh?
Uh, no It was just
a little turn of phrase
Oh, crap!
Did I
messed up what to say?!
I like ya!
If ya asking fer trainin',
that makes yerself my underling!
That's the spirit!
You can call me Vash!
Folks I acknowledged call me that.
Of course, Vash Aniki.
G-Good thing I was right!
I thought he was gonna skin me alive!
Emul!
Yes, Dad Boss!
You take care of this guy for me.
I'll give it my real best!
I'll do my very real best!
I'll do my very very real best!
Now then, Sunraku-san!
Allow me to show you around the palace!
Ah, one second.
I've been playing for so long already,
so I'm actually thinking
about resting for today.
Oh, I see That's too bad.
I want to do research on these
Unique Scenarios and Unique Monsters, too.
Well then, let me take you
to the Rabituza inn instead!
I see! So I can update
my respawn point here?
Yes, that'd be great.
Of course! Leave it to me!
Oops, that was close.
I almost forgot about this.
Eh?!
Wh-What's this?
A forced equip?
Vorpal Soul Collar obtained.
(Cutting EXP earned by half when equipped in exchange for boosting
the status points earned when leveling by 2.5x (decimals ignored))
What?! "Cutting EXP earned
by half when equipped"?!
Hey!
It's useless.
You can't take that off
without my permission.
For the weak to get stronger,
they gotta go through
a trail like none other.
Never forget your Vorpal Soul!
It looks great on you, Sunraku-san!
I
I got even more restrictions now?!
2.5x the status points, huh
Although it cuts EXP I earn by half,
it is actually a pretty good merit.
To put it mildly, it's a broken item.
Looking at the forum,
nobody's said anything about this collar
nor about Vash and Emul, either.
And nobody has discovered
a Unique Scenario that
let the player go inside
the Palace of Rabituza.
A completely unknown Unique Scenario
that nobody knows but me!
This is exciting!
Oops, almost time for the meet up.
That damn Katzo.
He asked me to play
"BOP" outta nowhere.
I haven't logged in in ages!
Berserk Online Passion, "BOP" for short
or BERP.
BOP is a fighting game
Rakuro used to play a lot,
and is of course, a trash game.
Currently, its daily user count
is in the double digits.
Since the game's population is so low
you wonder why the servers is still going,
most of the remaining players
know each others
(Sunraku)and are birds of a feather.
The trash game enthusiasts.
(Modor Katzo)
You finally come, Sunraku.
Let's get started.
What are the rules?
Ready Fight!
Isn't it obvious?
Vale tudo!
Anything goes!
Eww, that's such a gross-out bug.
It's a new trick I found while
you were busy with Failia Chronicle!
NSFW Tentacle Attack!
You developed yet
another bugged move, eh?
You're a pro gamer,
but you're as crazy as ever!
Modor Katzo!
Quick-Draw Fist!
What?!
I put delays in,
but you dealt with those?!
Your reflexes are what's crazy here!
In theory, as long as there are
twelve frames to respond,
Quick-Draw Fist is the strongest style that
can counter even a boss's insta-kill attacks!
I'll smash all your attacks!
Whoa, Modor Katzo is fighting!
Hey, ain't that Sunraku?!
No way!
- It's a fight between two high-end players!- Despite being a trash game,
- this game has a niche appeal.
- Hey, guys!- this game has a niche appeal.
That is Vale tudo but also Bug tudo.
"Any bug goes."
Woohoo!
There's hit box
on the smashed fists, too?!
You lose!
But well
I've been fighting nothing
but NPCs lately,
so thanks for the match and
the trash game recharge, Katzo!
When you texted me
you started playing SLF,
I thought it was just a bad joke,
but you were serious, huh?
To put it unabashedly,
I'm quite addicted!
I suppose pigs will fly next.
Just hear me out.
According to the forums,
there are these really powerful monsters
in SLF called the Seven Colossi.
Apparently they've only identified
the names of four of them.
So?
In the entire history of the game,
no one's beaten any of them.
Oh?
Huh? It's over already?
Seriously? Damn, I missed it.
Hey, it's Sunraku!
It was awesome!
And I fought one of them
and it beat the crap outta me.
So that's what got you hooked?
In the meantime, I don't intend
on quitting until I beat that dog.
Then maybe I should
pick it up, too. SLF.
What? Really?
Since it made you say that much,
it piqued my interest.
Besides, none of my IRL friends
play this game.
Ah.
Oh, right. Do you know
she's also playing SLF?
She?
I emailed her saying you picked it up.
Cuz it's a big deal!
"Sunraku started SLF"?
That trash game addict Sunraku-kun
playing SLF?
I thought he would die
if he played anything
other than trash games.
(Arthur Pencilgon)
This means I oughta give him
a bit of a gentle initiation.
(Secondale - Back Alley)
Oh, we really made it back.
It's a teleport gate.
With me around, this is a piece of cake!
She sure is convenient.
I know it's because
I play BERP before this,
but it's so easy to move in SLF avatar!
When you woke up,
you said you wanted to go somewhere.
But where is that?
The Rabituza palace
has a battle arena, a training zone,
and all kinds of fun stuff!
I'm sure interested in that place,
and I really wanna check it out,
but before it fills up here,
I'd like to go to the next town,
Thirdrema.
Fills up?
The number of starting players
is ramping up during summer break.
The forum said Firstia was already
bursting at the seams with players.
I bet that'll happen here, too.
Oho, I see.
When that happens,
everyone will scramble for town facilities
and monster and material drops.
Oho, I see!
I heard Thirdrema is a pretty big town.
If I'm going to get into gears
tackling this Unique Scenario,
a town with a lot of excess capacity
would be the best.
Oho, I see!
Do you really understand?
I don't know what you're talking about!
So you don't
However, if you're going to the next town,
I'll gladly join you!
Huh?
A party request?
You can form party with NPCs?
You can't access Rabituza
or its palace without me, after all!
Yeah, true, but I thought
you were just going to follow me.
(NPC "Magical Bunny Emul"
sent you a party request. Accept?)
(NPC "Magical Bunny Emul"
joined your party)
(Emul LV: 56, Sorcerer
Vorpal Bunny Traveler)
She beat me in early all my stat
I only barely win out in agility
But that's okay. I can just
outpace her soon enough.
I think Lycagon's Mark was
the trigger of this Unique Scenario.
So could she be a helping hand to
make up for the curse's disadvantages?
If so, they did a good job.
Nice to be with you, Emul.
Yeiya!
Thanks for letting me join you,
Sunraku-san!
So cute!
What's that rabbit?
That's Vorpal Bunny, right?
You can tame them?
More importantly,
it just talked, didn't it?
Whoa, a big bird!
Half-naked? A pervert?!
She's really excited, huh?
Crap, I was numb after
talking with her for so long,
but Emul's an NPC from
an undiscovered Unique Scenario!
I lucked out getting this scenario
that I only knows about.
If possible, I'd like to keep it
a secret until I clear it!
Zip it there!
This is actually ventriloquism!
I'm in a hurry, so bye!
- Hey, wait!
I'm in a hurry, so bye!
Aww, I wish he could at least
told us how to tame one.
I took a screenshot.
Let's ask about it on the forum!
Okay, there aren't any players nearby now.
I'm not good at scampering.
That's not a very "rabbit" thing to say.
You have about the same agility as I am.
So what are we going to do now?
Let's see
I'd like to test out some things.
Test out?
The curse
The part about the marks.
"The character with Lycagon's Mark will
have lower-level monster flee from them."
Ah! Sunraku-san, it ran!
It reacted as if it saw a freak.
All right! Just what I wanted!
First, chase it down at full speed!
And not just chasing it blindly,
but guiding to run
straight at an obstacle!
And then
Right when it's about to
change direction
Throw weapon!
After the target's stopped
smash it down
with all the speed you got!
An attack with extra momentum bonus.
It's an expected result based on
the law of physics in real world,
but very few games actually replicate it.
But of course, this game replicate
everything as closely to the real world.
That was amazing, Sunraku-san!
I can't tell which was
the real monster now!
Is that supposed to be a compliment?
All right!
Even with these marks, I can at least deal
with monsters around as fast as that one!
I'm done checking,
so I'll announce our plan!
Ignore all the mobs!
Only fight area bosses!
Over!
That's pretty loose for a plan
Since I'm built for speed,
let's keep it fast!
Let's head to where the area boss
is waiting for us, Thirdrema!
Um
According to the map
The area boss should be around here
But it's all just marshland.
My clothes are gonna get all dirty.
Well, I did kinda expect this. Yeah.
Emul did tell me on our way here.
Actually, since we kinda
left the town in a hurry,
I didn't get to ask
anyone about the boss.
Do you know anything, Emul?
The boss of this area is a monster
by the name of "Mud Digger."
He'll jump outta the ground
and bash into you,
so you gotta keep him from moving!
Mud Digger
A battle in the marshland
I'm in a trouble, am I?
Sunraku-san, it's coming!
Get on my shoulder!
Aye-aye!
The muck system
in SLF is as follows:
Upon entering until
your foot hits solid ground
your other one is stuck in the muck,
putting you in a forced walking state.
(Area Boss, Party Size: 4) (Mud Digger)
Which means
(Area Boss, Party Size: 4) (Mud Digger)
This guy and me are a terrible match.
I scream in envy so much it hurts
I cry that this is where it ends
It's going to change, I'll change it
I don't want to think
it's impossible anymore
The goal I set up is now
the starting line for me to run again
Hit me with that despiar, it excites me
Telling me give it a go
I should be able to go as far as I want,
yet I mistake this to be my limit
Is getting an easy win
sometimes necessary?
It exhilarate me,
telling me to give it a go
I have a dream,
so even my complaints is not a joke
I scream in envy so much it hurts
I cry that this is where it ends
It's going to change, I'll change it,
I don't want to think
it's impossible anymore
I don't mind breaking if I can move on
I hate giving up even more
I'm going to make it come true,
make it a reality, I'm always serious
Make it so I'm only
a little away from obtaining it
Let me ace this even if it burns me
SLF Theater!
Mini!
I'll take a sleep now.
Good night.
(Logged out)
Have a nice sleep, Sunraku-san.
I should also take some rest, then.
It's so much better
being in my original form.
Sunraku-san!
Good night!
A dream?
(When a player logged out of the game,
their avatar will disappear.)