E12 - Regrets Always Lie in the Past

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[00:01] Narrator
    This world is filled with
    too many games to count,
[00:06] Narrator
    though the vast majority simply
    come and go in obscurity.
[00:12] Narrator
    The greatest of all games
[00:15] Narrator
    is the fully immersive VR game boasting
    over 30 million players worldwide—
[00:20] Narrator
    Shangri-La Frontier, which rightly
    earns the title of "god-tier game"!
[00:26] Narrator
    One lover of trash games, Rakuro Hizutome,
[00:30] Narrator
    is trying out the god-tier
    game,* Shangri-La Frontier*!
[00:34] Narrator
    What adventures await him there?
SIGN    Regrets Always Lie in the Past
[02:13] Pencil Knight
    Shall we begin our strategy meeting?
[02:17] Pencil Knight
    Wethermon battle, issue number 1:
SIGN    Known Wethermon Info
     When the battle begins, a badstat(?) field gimmick(?)
    is applied to all players.
     Levels will be reduced and equipment with level requirements
    will be force-unequippable. (Demonstrably, armor will feel
    unusually heavy and hard to move in,
    weapons will fly from hands.) Normal attacks can generally
    be dodged by attentive players, but one hit will even kill
    most tanks, so be careful!!
     Most annoying is the frequency with which he uses his
    finishing move (which he always announces — telegraphing?).
    
    How to deal with his mecha-steed remains unclear.
    Slashes and magic attacks don't seem to deal damage, and if you let it be
[02:20] Pencil Knight
    At the start of the battle,
    Wethermon activates a skill
[02:24] Pencil Knight
    that sets the max level of all characters
    in the battle area—except for him—to 50.
[02:30] Katzo Tataki
    Max level 50?
[02:32] Sunraku
    That's what you meant about our
    levels not being a problem?
[02:36] Pencil Knight
    Wethermon's level is 200.
[02:38] Katzo Tataki
    Two hundred?!
SIGN    Sunraku
SIGN    Katzo Tataki
[02:40] Pencil Knight
    Which means a minimum 150-level gap.
[02:43] Pencil Knight
    That's why player skill is the key.
[02:47] Pencil Knight
    Perfect for you, right?
    My low-level friends...
[02:51] Pencil Knight
    You won't need to grind all
    the way to the level cap.
[02:57] Pencil Knight
    Although...
[02:59] Pencil Knight
    You do absolutely do have to reach 50.
SIGN    Iron Ruins of the Divinity
[03:04] Pencil Knight
    So work hard at grinding, all right?
SIGN    Grinding = Repeatedly leveling up
[03:09] Sunraku
    Level 50, huh?
[03:11] Sunraku
    She said there was a hidden area in
    the Iron Ruins perfect for grinding,
[03:16] Sunraku
    but I still gotta wonder how long it'll take.
[03:19] Oikatzo
    Guess we won't know until we try.
[03:36] Oikatzo
    It's like a whole different game in here.
[03:38] Emul
    The black panels are sliding all around!
[03:42] Sunraku
    Man, you can get do some great stuff,
    glitching out moving platforms like that.
[03:47] Oikatzo
    You need to soak your eyeballs and
    wash away that trash game filter, man.
[03:52] Oikatzo
    Hang on! I thought I'd
    experienced this vibe before!
[03:56] Oikatzo
    It's the final boss stage
    in Brave Galaxy Fighter!
[03:59] Sunraku
    Never heard of that one.
[04:01] Oikatzo
    It's the pinnacle of sci-fi fighting games,
[04:02] Oikatzo
    renowned the whole world o—oh, right.
[04:06] Sunraku
    Why would I know about some god-tier game?
[04:09] Sunraku
    By the way, Katzo-kun.
[04:11] Sunraku
    What're you up to now?
[04:13] Oikatzo
    Level-wise, you mean?
[04:14] Oikatzo
    Twenty-five.
[04:16] Sunraku
    My, my! Still in your twenties, are you?
[04:19] Sunraku
    So young!
[04:20] Sunraku
    I happen to be 31.
[04:24] Oikatzo
    It's not that big a difference!
[04:26] Emul
    He's clearly worried about how
    frail and helpless you are, Oikatzo-san!
[04:31] Sunraku
    You're so wise, Emul!
[04:32] Oikatzo
    But I'm not!
[04:34] Oikatzo
    Darn it, she's got it all wrong!
[04:37] Emul
    Sunraku-san!
[04:39] Emul
    Something's approaching!
SIGN    Suppression Drone
    Type: Pyramid
[04:48] Sunraku
    So there're enemies mixed in
    with the floating panels, huh?
[04:52] Oikatzo
    You can sit this one out, Sunraku!
[04:59] Oikatzo
    No matter how low your level might be...
[05:02] Oikatzo
    SLF still lets you stand a chance!
[05:05] Emul
    You're sure we don't need to lend our aid?
[05:07] Sunraku
    Eh... nah.
[05:11] Oikatzo
    Repel Counter!
[05:14] Oikatzo
    What a simple attack pattern.
[05:16] Oikatzo
    Wonder if you're supposed to
    practice counters on these guys.
[05:19] Oikatzo
    Crush Uppercut!
[05:19] sign
    Crush Uppercut
[05:21] Sunraku
    Hey, one punch!
[05:23] Emul
    You're actually quite powerful!
[05:26] Sunraku
    What's with the red aura?
    Some kind of buff?
SIGN    Buff = Enhancement
[05:28] Oikatzo
    Yeah.
[05:30] Oikatzo
    It's a spell that gives bonuses
    to strength and vitality.
[05:32] ---
    It's called Spirit Fist: Red.
SIGN    Spirit Fist: Red
[05:40] Oikatzo
    For my job, I picked a
    "spirit fist user" Monk.
[05:41] sign
    Job: Monk
[05:43] Oikatzo
    I can't equip weapons, but in exchange,
[05:45] Oikatzo
    I can give myself buffs and
    beat shit up with my fists!
[05:47] Sunraku
    Build?
[05:48] Oikatzo
    Lots of HP and vitality—
[05:52] Oikatzo
    a light fighter, I guess you'd say!
[05:56] Sunraku
    A build that assumes you'll be
    soaking lots of damage, huh?
[06:01] Sunraku
    "Kill 'em before they kill you."
[06:03] Sunraku
    Makes sense for a fighting gamer like you.
[06:06] Sunraku
    If you're wondering, I'm—
[06:08] Oikatzo
    Oh, I've got you pegged already.
[06:10] Oikatzo
    A glass cannon with a
    strength/agility focus, right?
[06:14] Sunraku
    Wrong!
[06:15] Sunraku
    I'm a luck fighter,
    specializing in agility and luck!
[06:20] Oikatzo
    But still a glass cannon, right?
[06:22] Emul
    He's bursting with vorpal soul!
[06:25] Oikatzo
    Vorpal soul?
[06:27] Oikatzo
    What's that?
[06:28] Emul
    Vorpal soul is vorpal soul, of course!
[06:32] Sunraku
    Let's see...
[06:34] Sunraku
    Looks like the floor ahead starts
    the passage to the hidden area.
[06:42] Sunraku
    Pass along the left side of
    the plate with the big hole.
[06:53] Sunraku
    Jump over the fissure.
[07:01] Sunraku
    Jump onto the plate with damaged sides.
[07:07] Sunraku
    Slip into the crack between B2F and B3F.
[07:16] Sunraku
    Now go straight.
[07:23] Sunraku
    Whoever found this is something else!
[07:25] Sunraku
    How do you have to be wired
    to map out a route like this?
[07:30] Oikatzo
    Well, Pencilgon found it, right?
[07:33] Oikatzo
    Seems like explanation enough to me.
[07:36] Emul
    It truly is a maze!
[07:39] Sunraku
    "Jump into the hole, and you're done," huh?
[07:47] Emul
    It's too dark to see the bottom!
[07:49] Oikatzo
    Is this a weird prank to
    kill us in a roundabout way?
SIGN    It worked!
[07:54] Oikatzo
    No way, right?
[07:57] Sunraku
    She'll have some real
    apologizing to do if so.
[08:01] Emul
    Apologizing?!
[08:02] Emul
    My da—er, the boss says a proper
    apology is very important!
[08:06] Oikatzo
    That's right!
[08:08] Oikatzo
    We dunno what's down there.
[08:11] Oikatzo
    I wouldn't want glass cannon Sunraku
    to get himself shattered going first.
[08:17] Oikatzo
    So, I'll take point!
[08:19] Sunraku
    Thanks.
[08:23] Emul
    So kind, so strong, so brave!
[08:26] Emul
    What an admirable lady she is!
[08:33] Sunraku
    That's a guy, actually.
[08:36] Sunraku
    I mean, the player... Never mind.
[08:39] Sunraku
    Um, point is...
[08:41] Sunraku
    Sometimes a person can look like a woman,
    but they've got the soul of a man.
[08:49] Emul
    L-Life holds so many mysteries!
[08:53] Sunraku
    The world is truly vast.
[08:56] Oikatzo
    —ser.
[08:59] Sunraku
    I think he said something.
[09:01] Oikatzo
    Get down here, loser!
[09:03] Sunraku
    Hard to hear.
[09:05] Sunraku
    Guess it's not a prank to
    get us killed, at least.
[09:07] Emul
    "Get down here, loser!" he said.
[09:13] Sunraku
    Fine, then!
[09:15] Sunraku
    I'll murder that asshole!
[09:17] Emul
    I-I'm not prepared!
[09:28] Oikatzo
    There you are.
[09:30] Oikatzo
    Surprisingly gentle slope, right?
[09:36] Sunraku
    So this is the hidden
    area Pencilgon mentioned?
SIGN    Tearlight Lake
[09:43] Sunraku
    "You can fish up a monster called the
    Lifestide Lake Serpent in the lake," it says.
[09:49] Sunraku
    Apparently it gives up some sweet exp drops.
[09:52] Oikatzo
    Can we fish up a monster
    with these puny little rods?
[09:54] Sunraku
    Well, might as well try it!
[09:57] Oikatzo
    Sure!
[10:04] Oikatzo
    Let's compete to see who
    can catch more!
[10:07] Sunraku
    Got a bite already!
[10:08] Oikatzo
    That's fast!
[10:09] Sunraku
    My father used to take
    me fishing all the time.
[10:12] Sunraku
    I know all the tips and tricks.
[10:14] Oikatzo
    I think that's your luck stat, dude.
[10:16] Sunraku
    Got me, huh?
SIGN    Lifestide Salmon
[10:24] Oikatzo
    A salmon.
[10:26] Oikatzo
    That's not what we're after.
[10:28] Oikatzo
    Looks tasty, though.
[10:30] Oikatzo
    Hey, I got one, too!
[10:31] Sunraku
    Just another salmon, right?
[10:34] Oikatzo
    It looks small, so probably.
[10:36] Sunraku
    Wanna try a new spot?
[10:40] Emul
    Sunraku-san!
[10:45] Emul
    What a grand serpent indeed!
[10:50] Sunraku
    Katzo, I think that's our guy!
SIGN    Lifestide Lake Serpent
[10:54] Sunraku
    The Lifestide Lake Serpent!
[11:04] Sunraku
    Guess it's time to unveil my new weapon.
[11:08] Oikatzo
    Huh?
[11:09] Oikatzo
    I thought you were too low-level
    to equip those Moonblade things.
[11:15] Sunraku
    Who ever said...
[11:18] Sunraku
    I had only one weapon made?
[11:20] Sunraku
    Behold, the Empire Bee Twinblades!
SIGN    Empire Bee Twinblades
     equipped.
[11:22] Emul
    How very impressive!
[11:28] Oikatzo
    What, you had another new weapon?
[11:31] Emul
    My big sister, Bee, made them!
[11:33] Oikatzo
    Bee?
[11:44] (Flashback) Bilac
    It's done!
[11:45] (Flashback) Bilac
    Made from the Empire Bee
    Queen material you brought...
[11:49] (Flashback) Bilac
    The Empire Bee Twinblades!
[11:54] (Flashback) Bilac
    Hey! Wake up, lazybones!
[11:56] (Flashback) Sunraku
    What, it's done already? Um... Bilac?
[12:01] (Flashback) Emul
    That's Big Sis Bee for you!
[12:04] (Flashback) Bilac
    You think you can disrespect
    me if Pops isn't here?!
[12:07] (Flashback) Bilac
    I learned the trade from him, y'know!
[12:11] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Hey, I didn't mean it like that.
[12:13] (Flashback) Sunraku
    I really appreciate it!
[12:15] (Flashback) Sunraku
    I was pretty worried about what
    I'd do with my main weapon gone.
[12:24] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Am I gonna have to manage affection levels
    with rabbits other than Emul and Vash?
[12:30] (Flashback) Sunraku
    It's not a dang dating sim!
[12:33] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Actually...
[12:34] (Flashback) Sunraku
    The thought of having to
    manage affection levels with
[12:37] (Flashback) Sunraku
    more rabbits in the future makes me...
[12:42] (Flashback) Emul
    What's the matter, Sunraku-san?
[12:46] (Flashback) Sunraku
    I'm getting trauma flashbacks
    from that trash game dating sim!
[12:51] (Flashback) Sunraku
    I once had to balance affection levels
    between twelve girls without a moment's slip.
[12:57] (Flashback) Sunraku
    The slightest lapse in attention
[12:58] (Flashback) Sunraku
    would trigger a domino effect
    of tumbling affection levels...
[13:02] (Flashback) Sunraku
    And I'd land the bad end where all the girls
[13:05] (Flashback) Sunraku
    move to Italy to apprentice at a pizzeria!
[13:10] (Flashback) Bilac
    The heck're you talking about?
[13:12] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Sunraku Picklefish's adolescence,
    crushed beneath a pizza stone.
[13:17] (Flashback) Sunraku
    But hey, look at these new weapons!
[13:20] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Empire Bee Twinblades, huh?
[13:25] (Flashback) Sunraku
    You're pretty good.
[13:27] (Flashback) Bilac
    Damn right I am.
[13:28] (Flashback) Emul
    It's very impressive indeed!
[13:30] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Glad I came back for the Queen's
    materials after I beat the Quad Beetle.
[13:36] (Flashback) Bilac
    Those blades'll serve you well.
[13:38] (Flashback) Bilac
    The right-hand blade has a special attribute.
[13:41] (Flashback) Sunraku
    The right-hand...?
SIGN    Spiral Edge
[13:52] Oikatzu
    This thing is too damn tough!
[13:54] Oikatzu
    We're too low-level to put
    more than a scratch on it!
[14:01] Sunraku
    Some weapons, skills, spells,
    and monster attacks
[14:06] Sunraku
    have the "corrode" attribute,
    which destroys part of an avatar itself.
[14:11] Sunraku
    If you deal enough damage to
    the part you want to take out,
[14:16] Sunraku
    it'll cause visible damage to the part in
    question and create a weak point there.
[14:20] (Flashback) Bilac
    But that weapon doesn't
    corrode in the normal way.
[14:26] (Flashback) Bilac
    It infects the part you attack
    and corrodes it over time—
[14:30] (Flashback) Bilac
    with corrosive poison.
SIGN    Corrosive Poison
[14:35] Sunraku
    It acts like poison—
[14:36] Sunraku
    the "corrode" attribute building up and
    worming its way in little by little.
[14:41] Sunraku
    And if you keep dealing more corrosive
    poison with repeated strikes...
[14:44] Sunraku
    it breaks through the
    enemy's debuff resistance
[14:46] Sunraku
    and causes the corrode attribute
    to show itself faster!
[14:48] Sunraku
    I've stripped away its scales, Katzo!
[14:50] Oikatzo
    Got it!
[14:51] Oikatzo
    I'll bring out the big guns!
[14:53] Oikatzo
    Spirit Fist: Black!
[15:05] Oikatzo
    Nice!
[15:06] Oikatzo
    It's a proper weak point now.
[15:10] Emul
    I-I'll aid in the fight!
[15:14] Sunraku
    Emul!
[15:21] Sunraku
    Katzo!
[15:23] Oikatzo
    I built myself to tank damage, remember?
[15:25] Oikatzo
    That won't be enough to take me out!
[15:27] Emul
    Th-Thank you so much!
[15:32] Oikatzo
    Repel Counter!
[15:34] Sunraku
    Nice stun! Now, let's press the attack!
[15:37] Oikatzo
    Yeah!
[15:38] Emul
    Indeed!
[15:39] Sunraku
    I'll cut you into serpent fillets!
[15:39] Oikatzo
    I'll make minced eel out of you!
[15:39] Emul
    Take this! Magic Edge!
[15:47] Sunraku
    Hell yeah!
[15:48] Emul
    We defeated it!
[15:50] Oikatzo
    Nice work!
[15:58] Sunraku
    Hey, I leveled up already!
[16:00] Sunraku
    These guys really do offer
    great exp for the effort.
[16:03] Oikatzo
    Boy, that thing was tough.
[16:05] Oikatzo
    I got a four-level jump!
[16:08] Oikatzo
    Hey, I learned new skills, too!
[16:11] Oikatzo
    Wonder if I can link 'em
    at the Skill Garden...
[16:15] Sunraku
    Linking skills? You thinking
    of another game again?
[16:25] Oikatzo
    No, man!
[16:26] Oikatzo
    SLF is a game about skills.
[16:28] Oikatzo
    Of course you can combine the ones you
    learn to create combo skills, right?
[16:33] Sunraku
    Combine?
SIGN    Combine...
[16:34] Oikatzo
    Remember the tutorial in Firstia,
    the starting town?!
[16:38] Sunraku
    Firstia? Never went.
SIGN    Fighter-type Skill
    Power Direct Lv. 5
SIGN    Critical-enhancement Skill
    Critical Assist Lv. 3
[16:43] Oikatzo
    Skills with proficiency
    levels can be linked up
[16:45] Oikatzo
    at a facility called the Skill Garden.
SIGN    Link
[16:49] Oikatzo
    That lets you create new "combo skills"!
SIGN    Chance of KO effect
    on critical hit
    Knockout
[16:53] Sunraku
    P-Proficiency levels?!
SIGN    Repel Counter
     Flash Counter
     Loop Slash Lv.5
    Accel LV.6
[16:56] Sunraku
    That's right...
[16:58] Sunraku
    I was wondering why some
    skills changed their name,
[17:00] Sunraku
    like Repel Counter to Flash Counter,
[17:02] Sunraku
    and some just came with
    level numbers to raise...
[17:06] Sunraku
    So the second kind can be linked up?!
[17:10] Oikatzo
    You can also go to the
    Skill Garden to find out how long until
[17:13] Oikatzo
    your skills level up or evolve,
[17:15] Oikatzo
    and find out conditions
    for learning new skills.
[17:18] Oikatzo
    It's pretty crucial stuff!
[17:19] Oikatzo
    They also sell grimoires there, and—
[17:24] Emul
    Sunraku-san! Are you all right?
[17:27] Oikatzo
    Don't tell me... you don't even
    know about sub-jobs and guilds?
SIGN    Sub-jobs
SIGN    Guilds
[17:33] Sunraku
    How much did I miss by
    skipping one little town?!
[17:39] Sunraku
    Fine, whatever!
[17:41] Sunraku
    Wallowing in regret will
    just get me depressed!
[17:44] Sunraku
    Let's get back to the grind!
[17:52] Sunraku
    The best cure for bad
    memories is simple labor!
[17:55] Sunraku
    Let's catch us a big eel, Katzo! Emul!
[17:59] Emul
    R-Righty-o!
[18:02] Oikatzo
    Going for the mental blackout, huh?
SIGN    Oikatzo
SIGN    Sunraku
[18:09] Pencilgon
    Level 42 and Level 40?
[18:13] Pencilgon
    That's a lot of progress
    in pretty a short time.
[18:16] Pencilgon
    You could even afford to slow down a bit...
[18:18] Pencilgon
    What got into you?
[18:19] Oikatzo
    Actually, turns out Sunraku
    skipped the tutori—
[18:24] Oikatzo
    Fine, fine. I won't tell her.
[18:28] Oikatzo
    Still, Emul-chan's got some
    pretty nice attack power!
[18:35] Emul
    I'm truly exhausted!
[18:37] Sunraku
    It just so happens,
    my dear little Emul is level 56!
[18:41] Sunraku
    And this tent's a handy little thing, huh?
[18:44] Sunraku
    It's not the coziest, but it
    lets you make a save point, right?
SIGN    Save Tent
[18:48] Pencilgon
    Yeah, but they're the worst.
[18:50] Pencilgon
    Stupidly expensive for something
    with a limited number of uses.
[18:54] Pencilgon
    I'd never use one for this if
    we weren't pressed for time.
[18:59] Pencilgon
    Well, enough sitting around. Let's go!
[19:02] Sunraku
    Go?
[19:03] Oikatzo
    Go where?
[19:06] Pencilgon
    It's a full moon tonight.
    The only time we can meet her.
[19:12] Sunraku
    Meet who?
[19:14] Pencilgon
    In order to fight Wethermon the Tombguard,
    there's someone we need to talk to.
[19:21] Pencilgon
    The unique NPC... Setsuna of Bygone Days.
[19:27] Pencilgon
    Set-chan.
[19:29] Setsuna
    Into the gap between moments
[19:46] Setsuna
    spills a single wish
SIGN    SLF Mini
[21:36] Kids
    SLF Theater!
SIGN    Animalia Expedition ~ Monster-Bird of
    the Forest Grotto
     The "Rabbit-Eared Shoebill" Really Exists!
[21:40] Emul
    Mini!
SIGN    SLF Theater
[21:44] Narrator
    The Prismatic Forest Grotto—
[21:46] Narrator
    Within it is a legend,
    spoken of only in whispers.
[21:53] Narrator
    The mysterious monster-bird,
[21:55] Narrator
    the Rabbit-Eared Shoebill!
[21:57] Narrator
    Does this legendary bird really exist?!
SIGN    Animalia Expedition
SIGN    Monster-Bird of the Forest Grotto
SIGN    The "Rabbit-Eared Shoebill"
    Really Exists
[22:11] Animalia
    The mysterious monster-bird...
[22:15] Animalia
    We'll use all of SF-Zoo's animal
    knowledge to find it, or die trying!
[22:20] Woman
    Captain! Look at this!
[22:25] Animalia
    Is this... a footprint from
    the Rabbit-Eared Shoebill?
[22:29] Animalia
    Looks more humanoid than bird-like...
[22:33] Narrator
    Following the footsteps,
    the expedition moved further into the forest.
[22:38] Narrator
    And that's when they heard it!
[22:44] Man
    Captain! That call...
[22:46] Animalia
    It must be the Rabbit-Eared Shoebill!
[22:49] Narrator
    The piercing call caused
    them to tremble in fear!
[22:53] Narrator
    And then they saw it!
[23:01] Animalia
    We found it!
[23:01] Animalia
    Let's chase it down!
[23:02] All
    Right!
[23:06] Narrator
    They were unable to get
    a clear image on camera.
[23:10] Narrator
    But the Rabbit-Eared
    Shoebill truly did exist!
[23:15] Narrator
    Their desperate search proved in vain,
[23:17] Narrator
    and they were unable to
    get a clear shot of it.
[23:22] Narrator
    Nevertheless, the Animalia
    Expedition's search continued.
[23:26] Narrator
    Some day, they would find
    that mysterious animal!
[23:34] Oikatzo
    Man, watching that huge beetle send
    you flying was hilarious, Sunraku.
[23:41] Sunraku
    I'm just glad I survived.
[23:43] Emul
    I'm still not sure that I did!