Shangri-La Frontier (2023) s01e14 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?
Putting an end to eternity
it's danger, danger
The dots and lines connect
I just wanna know what lies beyond
outta the concrete jungle
The dungeon I race through
is a sea of trees
let's get ready to rumble, we can go
A-I-Ya-I-Ya
All right, you know this isn't a game
Twisting strategies, covering up the bugs
You gotta know pain to break the limit
A-I-Ya-I-Ya
oklet's get it
it's time to fly
I'm gonna die in my hype
Nothing bothers me anymore
moving your body
Light shining through the ground
They're hysteric
Our faint dream
But who do you fight for?
A-I-Ya-I-Ya A-I-Ya-I-Ya
The scene passing by, it's danger, danger
Now you're,
A-I-Ya-I-Ya A-I-Ya-I-Ya
Facing the stopped clock
we are the game changer
Keep going, even if
there's nothing at the end
A-I-Ya-I-Ya
if it's danger, danger
Oh, Sunraku's here again.
Who is he fighting with?
Never seen him before.
Wait, a new player?
Yeah! I can't believe it either,
but seems like it.
I want to at least win one round!
Quick-Draw Fist!
What?!
You lose!
I-I keep on trying, but I can't
win even a single round!
Quick-Draw Fist style is invincible!
This is the last.
One more match, please!
Best of three!
All right, but this is it, okay?
Thank you very much!
And the rule is, of course
Bug tudo!
All right!
Battle start!
Round one!
Fight!
You're doing that again?
Take this!
Whoa!
You finally figured how to use Yo-Yo
in response to your opponent, eh?
Yes! I'm getting used to this!
But man, I came here to train
for Wethermon battle,
but I ended up training
a beginner instead.
To be honest, I'd like to fight someone
tougher for my own training
Flying Smash!
He used the speed of his bugged leg
snapping back to close in
and attacking at the same time.
You're getting pretty good
to be able to use it like that.
But you chose to do a normal
Flying Smash instead of bugged one.
You still don't get the essence of BERP.
Flying Smash deal a lot of damage,
but it leave you open for a while.
You earned your chance to pressure,
but it makes landing extra hits harder.
You should use
Pile Bunker!
T-Too fast!
If I can't get out of this anyway
You're still doing a frontal rush?
I'll just counter you
with my Quick-Draw Fist.
What's that?!
Flying Smash!
He triggered two smashes
at the same time?!
I don't know this one!
Looks like I can counter it
with my Quick-Draw Fist
But let's try taking them!
You win!
I did it!
I got my first round win!
What was that?!
He did multiple Flying Smashes
simultaneously, didn't he?
Yeah, I've never seen it done like that.
What do you guys think?
Both of them had hitboxes.
Fundamentally speaking,
it's a Pile Bunker
But you shouldn't be able
to do two gauged moves at once.
Maybe it's a bug related
to Doppelganger?
That wouldn't let him create
a double on the same coordinates.
Someone already verified that.
Plus, you can't execute
a Chimera from a Doppelganger.
Which means
Yeah.
If the bug testers can replicate it,
it's sealed.
Dragonfly-san.
Y-Yes?
Congratulations!
It's still not confirmed, but you're
the first one to discover that bug.
What?
- Congratulations!
- Wonderful!
- Bravo!
- Congratz!
Th-Thank you.
The one who discovered
a new bug gets to name them.
What'll it be?
W-Well, this is kind of sudden, so
Hmm A move name
Um
You don't have to name it right away.
Just take your time with that.
More importantly, we still have
some more rounds left.
In exchange for showing us that new bug,
let me show you a bug of my own.
Really?!
It's a pretty difficult bug you can only
trigger at the start of a round.
Battle start!
Round two!
Fight!
What?!
Doppelganger, succeed!
There are two of you?
When I first discovered this,
I struggled to come out with a name.
Like "Shadow Clone" or "Swamp-man."
Cool, isn't it?
Right when you thought you know it all,
people keep on finding new things.
What a game!
That's why no matter how
deserted the server is,
I'd always want to pay a visit
every once in a while.
That's what BERP is
Berserk Online Passion!
You okay?
You beat me twice in a row in no time.
You grab hold of me from behind
and your clone attack me head-on.
That's not fair!
Yeah, when you leave the clone alone,
the AI takes over for some reason.
So unfair.
Thank you so much for putting up
with a beginner like me today!
Sure thing!
I really learned a lot!
I'll come up with a cool name
for the bug move soon!
Oh, that reminds me.
There is this one really gross bug
my friend discovered a while ago.
Hm?
I don't know if I can pull it off,
but wanna try it out?
Yes! Please do!
All right!
Meanwhile
His aforementioned friend is
Dammit! Why I'm the only one
still doing this?!
You're still level 47?!
You ain't no tuna,
you're a freaking ricefish!
Sunraku! Hurry up and get back here!
You goddamn scrub!
Behold!
(Palace of Rabituza)
Alright!
Time to play SLF all day!
W-Wait for me!
Let's test out this skill combo thing
Katzo talked about, Emul!
Y-Yessir!
So, is this the right way?
You ran off without even knowing
the way to Skill Garden?
But wow, Sunraku-san,
you're really enthusiastic today.
You seemed really exhausted when you
sleep last night, so I was worried.
Yeah, I was pretty tired out.
But when I discover something new,
it just excites me, you know?
Especially if it's something
I can really sink my teeth into.
S-Stop!
What?
The Skill Garden is this way.
Here, to the left.
Still, I didn't know there's really one
of those Skill Gardens in this palace.
Oh, of course.
And the Skill Garden in the palace
has a better selection
than the one down in the city.
Just between you and me.
A secret bonus, huh? Nice!
(Skill Garden)
Welcome.
Oh, dear.
It's Emul and the bird-man.
(Elke)
Do everyone here recognize me
as bird-man at this point?
This is Elke, my older sister.
I have two sisters,
so we're all triplets.
Nice to meet you.
Nice to meet you.
Well, she does have the lop ears,
I guess they kinda look similar.
Since they're triplets,
that means there's one more of them?
So, how can I help you?
I heard I can combine my skills here
Yes, of course.
I'm good at that sort of stuff.
It's why my father asked me
to run this store here.
Oh, did he?
Hey, you're catching my sister's accent!
All right, then,
let's start combining skills.
Leave it to me.
I leveled up a bunch,
so I've got a whole mess of them.
Many of them changed
from what I'm familiar with, too.
By the way, if you combine
higher-level skills with each other,
you will get better skills.
Oh, really? That makes me want
to max out all of them.
But I need to organize them, too.
Let's just keep going.
Well then, let's do it.
That should do it.
Are these all the skills I can combine?
These are the recipes you want?
Six links will cost 6,000 mahni.
Got it.
6,000
I'll make it now, so hang on.
Please do!
Please do!
Hey, no copying me!
I should check my stats too
while I wait.
Although I'm level 51 now,
to equip my new Moonblades means
I won't have much left to increase my VIT.
So my defense is still paper-thin.
Nah, tissue-thin at this point.
Okay, all set to go.
Wow, it really didn't too long.
It's complete.
It's six links worth,
so it's quite a lot.
But you'll learn all the linked skills
at once after you finish this.
I have to chug this whole
suspicious-looking thing?
There's a twig in it too.
Come on, bottoms up!
If this is not a game,
I definitely won't drink this.
Go, bottoms up!
Go!
Go!
Whoa! I learned all of them at once!
Now I've got six new skills
from linking skills together.
That, plus nine more I got from
leveling up and old skills evolving.
I hope some of the pack a punch.
Congratulations!
Good for you.
Oh, that's right.
If you like
Would you like some skill grimoires
you can only purchase here in Rabituza?
Grimoires?
Since Emul likes you so much,
I'll give you a special deal.
Really?! That's cool!
Watch out, Sunraku-san!
She might not like it,
but Elke-oneechan is a moneygru
Wow, you sure are Emul's sister.
You move so fast.
Don't worry, Emul.
This palace is a special
event zone, after all.
I'm sure they'd spike up the prices.
You're a smart bird-man.
By the way, what's your budget?
I sold a ton of materials a while ago,
so I've got around 80,000 mahni to spare.
Oh, my. You have quite
a few options, then!
Excuse me?!
And this is with the discount?!
You sure this is the right rate?!
You're not ripping me off, are you?
Well? Would you like to purchase?
You are not going to tell me
that you're foolish enough
to miss out on this big chance, are you?
Th-Then
I'll take the Vorpal Blade Skill
Moon Reflection, please
Thank you!
That will be 80,000 mahni!
Thank you for your purchase!
I couldn't say no
Are you okay, Sunraku-san?
I thought she was gonna pull out
all the feathers on my head.
She might be a little forceful,
but she won't
actually, maybe she would.
I was actually hoping to buy some
mid-body armor I saw in Thirdrema.
Guess I'll have to farm money again
until the Wethermon fight.
What time is it now?
Whoa, it's almost time!
If I'm late again, who knows
what those two will do to me.
Emul, open the gate!
Yessir!
(The Serpant's Apple)
In a good mood, eh?
Oh, Sunraku-kun.
Rare to see you come in on time.
Did something good happen?
Well, not exactly, but
I've decided.
On what?
So we will be fighting Wethermon
two weeks from now.
But we got a problem.
A problem?
But both of us are already level 50.
Currently, the only other people who
knows how to encounter Wethermon
are the members of the clan I'm in,
the Ashura Kai.
They've been taking advantage
on the fact you get EXP
simply from encountering a Unique Monster.
They're using him to level up
and practice for PVP battles.
Ashura Kai
Those guys, huh.
Unlike Lycagon, you can just meet him
at a set time and place.
I guess he sure makes
for a great grinding spot.
So the problem is
At this rate, on the day of the battle
on the next new moon,
we will run into other Ashura Kai members
who've taken the same scenario, eh?
Right.
Aren't you guys from the same clan?
Can't we just work things out with them?
You know, like asking them
to sit this one out or something.
Not a chance. They're actually
against beating the boss.
I'm not seeing the picture here.
So what exactly you've decided to do?
Ashura Kai, you know
They do pretty much nothing
but killing other players,
so everyone hates their guts.
Figures.
So, with the last update, PK'ers gets
applied with a certain special condition.
Special condition?
So when a PK'er gets killed
by another player,
not just the bounty, but the items
and equipment the Pk'er has
gets transferred
to the one who killed them.
That includes everything
they have in storage. All of it.
Oh?
And if you're a top PK'er in Ashura Kai,
that means you've got a lot of rare items.
In a sense, we PK'ers are like
a walking treasure troves.
That's why there are even those
who becomes PK'er killers.
Of course, we've got some countermeasures
against this using loopholes and so on.
But if our hideout gets attacked,
that won't mean much.
Hideout?
Whoa, wait. So when you said
you've decided, that means
You serious?
Yeah.
And of course,
I know where their hideout are.
I don't need them anymore.
Those cowards are nothing
but an hindrance now.
That's why
I've decided to crush Ashura Kai!
If I have a lingering regret
That would be
the "farewell" I couldn't say
This regret alone knows no end
Is it because I ran away,
from the eventual end?
The seed you planted
Has turned into a giant banyan tree
And now crying as it hangs its branches
"I love you"
Just that one thing
Just that simple phrase
I wish I could have said that
This eternal seperation,
melted by the rain
A fragrant Rain Tree
Memories are overflowing
I want to meet you
Heaven in the Rain
(About two weeks later)
(Constant Progress)
The Full-Dive VR game,
Shangri-La Frontier
is finally having their
massive summer update today.
That's right.
Tonight, on this day
Sunraku and his friends will challenge
Wethermon the Tombguard.
SLF Theater!
(#19 Each Respective's New Year)
Mini!
(#19 Each Respective's New Year)
(#19 Each Respective's New Year)
Happy New Year.
Thank you for everything last year.
May we can get along this year as well.
Likewise, it is a pleasure
to be with you this year as well.
Well, Sunraku-kun.
What's that hand for?
Gimme New Year's gift.
Hell no!
Stingy.
Then
I'm not giving you any.
But you earn a lot of money!
Look at a mirror!
You're a supermodel!
Don't play dumb!
Sunraku-san, Sunraku-san,
what's "New Year's gift"?
Oh, in short
This.
New Year's gift!
This is the best!
So easy
I didn't have the courage to send
Hizutome-kun a New Year's card
Happy New Year!