E14 - Squish

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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"!
[00:27] 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    Squish
[02:13] Mob D
    Hey, Sunraku's back.
[02:16] Mob C
    Who's that he's fighting?
[02:17] Mob A
    Never seen him before.
[02:19] Mob D
    No way it's a new player, right?
[02:21] Mob B
    Hard to believe, but I think it might be!
[02:28] Dragonfly
    I'll take at least one round!
[02:34] Sunraku
    Quickdraw Fist!
SIGN    Dragonfly
SIGN    Dragonfly
[02:46] VO
    You lose!
[02:48] Dragonfly
    Wh-Why can't I take a
    single round against you?!
[02:52] Sunraku
    The Quickdraw Fist style
    is basically unbeatable.
[02:56] Dragonfly
    One more match! This'll be the last one!
[02:59] Dragonfly
    Best of three!
[03:01] Sunraku
    If you insist.
[03:02] Sunraku
    But this'll be the last one.
[03:04] Dragonfly
    Thank you so much!
[03:05] Sunraku
    And the rules are, of course...
[03:07] Dragonfly
    Bug tudo!
[03:09] Dragonfly
    Yes!
SIGN    Dragonfly
SIGN    Sunraku
[03:11] VO
    Battle start!
[03:12] VO
    Round 1!
[03:14] VO
    Fight!
[03:17] Sunraku
    Same approach again?
[03:30] Sunraku
    Hey!
[03:32] Sunraku
    You learned to time the Yo-Yo
    to your opponent's attacks?
[03:36] Dragonfly
    Yes! I think I'm getting the hang of it!
[03:39] Sunraku
    Still, I meant to come train
    myself for the Wethermon fight,
[03:42] Sunraku
    but I basically ended up
    training some newbie...
[03:46] Sunraku
    I really wish I could've landed
    some stronger competition...
[03:58] Dragonfly
    Flying Smash!
SIGN    Sunraku
[04:03] Sunraku
    He closed in with the retraction
    of his elongated leg,
[04:07] Sunraku
    and attacked simultaneously!
[04:09] Sunraku
    That's some seriously impressive improvement.
[04:12] Sunraku
    But...
[04:13] Sunraku
    your choice of Flying Smash,
    which isn't a bug technique,
[04:17] Sunraku
    shows just how little you
    understand about BERP.
[04:19] Sunraku
    Flying Smash may be a powerful move,
    but it leaves you with a wicked recovery time.
[04:23] Sunraku
    Makes it hard to deal out a
    follow-up, even when you land it.
[04:27] Sunraku
    The correct move is...
[04:29] Sunraku
    Pile Bunker!
[04:36] Dragonfly
    H-He's so fast!
[04:47] Dragonfly
    If I can't get away, then...
[04:53] Sunraku
    Still charging in headlong?!
[04:57] Sunraku
    I'll just counter with a Quickdraw Fist!
[05:03] Sunraku
    What's he doing?!
[05:07] Dragonfly
    Flying Smash!
[05:10] Sunraku
    He triggered two Flying Smashes at once?!
[05:12] Sunraku
    I've never seen that happen!
[05:14] Sunraku
    A Quickdraw Fist could
    probably counter it, but...
[05:17] Sunraku
    I think I'll let it hit me!
SIGN    Sunraku
SIGN    Round 1
[05:26] VO
    You win!
[05:28] Dragonfly
    I did it!
[05:30] Dragonfly
    I took my first round!
[05:32] Mob C
    What just happened?
[05:34] Mob C
    Did he stack Flying Smashes?
[05:36] Mob A
    Yeah. I've never seen that happen before.
[05:39] Sunraku
    Well, what do you guys think?
[05:41] Sunraku
    Both of 'em had hitboxes for sure.
[05:45] Mob C
    Fundamentally, it's a Pile Bunker...
[05:48] Mob C
    But that shouldn't let you stack gauge moves.
[05:52] Mob A
    It must be a form of the
    Doppelganger bug, right?
[05:55] Sunraku
    That's never let you form a double
    in the same coordinates, though.
[05:59] Sunraku
    That much has been verified.
[06:00] Mob D
    And you can't use a Chimera
    from a Doppelganger.
[06:04] Mob D
    Which means...
[06:05] Sunraku
    Yeah.
[06:06] Sunraku
    If the test team can
    reproduce it, it's a lock.
[06:10] Sunraku
    Dragonfly-san.
[06:12] Dragonfly
    Y-Yes?
[06:13] Sunraku
    Congratulations.
[06:15] Sunraku
    It's not quite official yet,
[06:16] Sunraku
    but you're probably the discoverer
    of a new bugged-out move!
[06:21] Mob C
    Congratulations!
[06:22] Mob A
    Wonderful!
[06:23] Mob D
    Bravo!
[06:23] Mob B
    Congrats!
[06:24] Dragonfly
    H-Hey, thanks!
[06:26] Sunraku
    The discoverer of the bug
    move usually gets to name it.
[06:31] Sunraku
    So, what you got?
[06:32] Dragonfly
    O-Oh, this is all too sudden...
[06:38] Dragonfly
    Um... a name for the move?
[06:40] Dragonfly
    Let's see...
[06:41] Sunraku
    You don't have to choose right away.
[06:44] Sunraku
    Take some time and think about it.
[06:45] Sunraku
    Besides, we've still got
    rounds to play, right?
[06:48] Sunraku
    In exchange for showing me a
    new bug, I'll show you one, too.
[06:53] Dragonfly
    You mean it?!
[06:54] Sunraku
    It's a pretty crazy bug
    that can only be activated
[06:57] Sunraku
    the instant the round starts, though.
SIGN    Dragonfly
SIGN    Sunraku
[07:00] VO
    Battle start!
[07:02] VO
    Round two!
[07:03] VO
    Fight!
[07:08] Sunraku
    Doppelganger achieved.
[07:11] Dragonfly
    Sunraku-san split in two?!
[07:14] Sunraku
    I waffled on what to name this one
    when I first discovered it, too.
[07:18] Sunraku
    Shadow Clones? Swampman?
[07:22] Sunraku
    Amazing, right?
[07:23] Sunraku
    You think you've got it all figured out,
[07:25] Sunraku
    but there's always new things
    to learn in this game!
[07:28] Sunraku
    That's why, no matter
    how deserted it becomes,
[07:31] Sunraku
    I've always gotta drop in from time to time.
[07:33] Sunraku
    That's the joy of BERP*...
[07:38] Sunraku
    Berserk Online Passion!
[07:50] Sunraku
    You okay?
[07:52] Dragonfly
    Two quick losses in a row...
[07:55] Dragonfly
    Having one clone hold me in place while
    the other one attacks isn't fair!
[08:00] Sunraku
    Yeah, it's not fair how the clone ends
    up controlled by the AI if you let it.
[08:05] Dragonfly
    Thank you so much for giving up
    your time to a new player like me!
[08:10] Sunraku
    No prob.
[08:11] Dragonfly
    I've learned so much today.
[08:14] Dragonfly
    I'm going to think up a cool
    name for my own bug move, too!
[08:19] Sunraku
    Oh...
[08:21] Sunraku
    Speaking of, there's one really
    creepy bug a friend of mine found.
[08:26] Sunraku
    Not sure if I can pull it off,
    but you wanna find out?
[08:31] Dragonfly
    Yes, please!
[08:32] Sunraku
    Okay!
[08:34] Narrator
    Meanwhile...
[08:36] Narrator
    This "friend" of his was...
[08:38] Oikatzo
    Damn it! Why do I gotta stay
    behind here by myself?!
[08:43] Pencilgon
    What, you're still just Level 47?
[08:45] Pencilgon
    Instead of tuna, you should
    put "minnow" in your name!
[08:49] Oikatzo
    Sunraku, get back here already!
[08:52] Pencilgon
    You small fry!
[08:53] Senji
    And, boom!
SIGN    Palace of Rabituza
[09:04] Sunraku
    Hell yeah!
[09:05] Sunraku
    Time for another dedicated day of SLF!
[09:09] Emul
    Oh, do wait for me!
[09:12] Sunraku
    We're gonna try out that skill combo
    stuff Katzo told us about, Emul!
[09:17] Emul
    R-Righty-o!
[09:19] Sunraku
    So, this the right way?
[09:20] Emul
    You went off running without even
    knowing where the Skill Garden is?!
[09:25] Emul
    Still, Sunraku-san,
    you appear quite motivated today!
[09:29] Emul
    Last night at bedtime,
    you seemed so exhausted!
[09:32] Emul
    It had me so worried!
[09:34] Sunraku
    I really was tired, yeah.
[09:36] Sunraku
    But discovering new things
    can't help but get me excited!
[09:41] Sunraku
    Especially when it's something
    I can get really into!
[09:45] Emul
    W-Wait, please!
[09:48] Emul
    The Skill Garden is this way!
[09:50] Emul
    Turn left down this passage!
[09:54] Sunraku
    Still, there's one of these Skill Garden
    places in the Palace of Rabituza, too?
[10:00] Emul
    But of course!
[10:02] Emul
    And the Skill Garden in the
    Palace of Rabituza contains
[10:05] Emul
    a far greater selection
    than the ones in the towns!
[10:09] Emul
    We'll just keep that between us!
[10:12] Sunraku
    A secret advantage? I like it.
[10:21] Elke
    Oh, welcome!
[10:23] Elke
    Gracious me! If it isn't Emul
    and her bird-man friend.
[10:27] sign
    Elke
[10:29] Sunraku
    I'm never escaping this "bird-man" rap, am I?
[10:32] Emul
    This is my big sister, Elke.
[10:34] Emul
    We're actually two of a set of triplets!
[10:37] Elke
    Such a pleasure!
[10:39] Sunraku
    A pleasure.
[10:42] Sunraku
    Well, she's got the lop ears.
[10:44] Sunraku
    I guess I see the resemblance.
[10:46] Sunraku
    And if they're triplets,
    that means there's a third.*
[10:49] Elke
    Well? How may I help you?
[10:54] Sunraku
    I heard you can combine skills here, so...
[10:59] Elke
    Oh, I certainly can!
[11:02] Elke
    As it happens, I'm very
    good at that sort of thing,
[11:06] Elke
    so Father put me in charge of
    it... and that's why I'm here.
[11:11] Sunraku
    Did he, now?
[11:15] Emul
    He's picked up my sister's speech pattern!
[11:18] Sunraku
    Well, then, if you'd be so kind,
[11:21] Sunraku
    I'd be ever-so-happy if you'd
    help me combine my skills...
[11:24] Elke
    Oh, but of course!
SIGN    Linkable Skills
     Strong Puncher Lv.1
    Loop Slash Lv.8
    Accel Lv.MAX
    Deerstep Lv.7
    Cutwater Lv.6
    Crossing Slash Lv.4
    Oppression Kick Lv.5
    Armor Piercer Lv.3
    Fighting Spirit Lv.7
    Unbreakable Lv.5
    Highrunner Lv.6
    Naked Sense Lv.4
    Starving Impulse Lv.4
[11:29] Sunraku
    I jumped levels pretty quick,
    so they've really piled up.
[11:34] Sunraku
    A bunch of 'em have changed, too.
[11:38] Elke
    Just so you know,
[11:40] Elke
    combining high-level skills with each other
[11:44] Elke
    does tend to produce superior
    skills in the end...
[11:47] Sunraku
    Oh, yeah?
[11:48] Sunraku
    When you put it that way, it kinda
    makes me wanna max them out first...
[11:52] Sunraku
    But I'm also trying to clean house a bit...
[11:54] Sunraku
    So, let's get combining.
[11:56] Elke
    Oh, yes, let's!
SIGN    Link 6/6
SIGN    Accel Lv.MAX
SIGN    Fighting Spirit Lv.7
SIGN    Link 6/6
SIGN    Climax Boost
[12:03] Sunraku
    There we go!
[12:05] Sunraku
    Is that all the skills I
    can combine for now, then?
[12:11] Elke
    And this is the recipe you want?
[12:16] Elke
    Six combinations will cost you 6000 mahni.
[12:20] Sunraku
    Sure thing.
SIGN    Skill Linking Fee
     6000 mahni
     Cash on Hand: 80,150 mahni
[12:22] Sunraku
    Six thousand...
[12:26] Elke
    You sit tight, now. I'll have it right out!
[12:29] Emul
    Oh, if you please!
[12:30] Sunraku
    Oh, if you please!
[12:31] Emul
    Stop mimicking me!
[12:35] Sunraku
    I'll take a minute to
    double-check my stats, then.
[12:39] Sunraku
    Though I'm Level 51 now,
SIGN    Sunraku LV:51
    Mercenary (Twin Blade User) Skill Points Remaining: 5
     Cash on Hand 80,150 mahni
[12:42] Sunraku
    I had to stat up to equip my Moonblades,
    so I never got to increase my VIT...
[12:49] Sunraku
    My defenses are still paper-thin.
[12:52] Sunraku
    No... make that tissue-paper-thin.
[12:55] Elke
    Well, here you are!
[12:58] Sunraku
    Wow, that really was fast!
[13:01] Elke
    It's all ready for you!
[13:03] Elke
    It's six combinations at once,
    so the amount is quite copious...
[13:07] Elke
    but the moment you drink it all down,
[13:09] Elke
    you'll learn the combined skills instantly.
[13:12] Sunraku
    I've gotta chug this whole foul brew?
[13:15] Sunraku
    There's a freaking branch in it!
[13:16] Elke
    Go on! All at once, now!
[13:19] Sunraku
    I'd never do this if it weren't a game.
[13:22] Emul
    Go on, all at once!
[13:24] Elke
    Go on!
[13:25] Emul
    Go on!
SIGN    New Skills
     Infight Lv.1
    Hand of Fortune Lv.1
    Climax Boost Lv.1
    Assassin Pierce Lv.1
    Offroad Lv.1
    Hunger Wolf
     learned.
[13:41] Sunraku
    Wow, I learned 'em all at once!
[13:44] Sunraku
    That's six new skills from the ones I linked!
SIGN    Skate Foot
     Best Step
     Parry Protect
     Five-Boat Leap
     Great Climb
     Sharp Turn
    Infight Lv.1
    Hand of Fortune Lv.1
    Climax Boost Lv.1
    Assassin Pierce Lv.1
    Offroad Lv.1
    Hunger Wolf
[13:48] Sunraku
    Plus nine I learned or that
    changed while I leveled up...
[13:53] Sunraku
    I hope at least some of 'em are powerful.
[13:55] Emul
    Congratulations to you!
[13:58] Elke
    Isn't it lovely?
[14:00] Elke
    Oh, that's right. If you'd like...
[14:04] Elke
    There are Skill Grimoires you can
    acquire only here in Rabituza.
[14:09] Elke
    Would you like to buy one?
[14:11] Sunraku
    Skill Grimoires?
[14:13] Elke
    And as my sister is so very fond of you...
[14:16] Elke
    I'll give you a discount.
[14:18] Sunraku
    You mean it? Awesome!
[14:20] Emul
    Do be cautious, Sunraku-san!
[14:23] Emul
    Despite appearances, Big Sister
    Elke is quite a moneygru—
[14:26] Sunraku
    Wow, I can tell you're related!
    Your sister's fast, too.
[14:31] Sunraku
    Don't sweat it, Emul.
[14:34] Sunraku
    When it comes to merch you can only
    buy in special areas like this,
[14:39] Sunraku
    I'm always prepared to pay some high prices.
[14:42] Elke
    What a wise bird-man you are!
[14:44] Elke
    If I might ask, how much
    do you have to spend?
[14:47] Sunraku
    I've been having a fire
    sale on materials lately,
[14:50] Sunraku
    so I've got about 80,000 mahni on-hand.
[14:52] Elke
    Gracious me!
[14:53] Elke
    You could easily afford these, then.
SIGN    Skill Grimoire Shop
    Vorpal Sword Tech
     Vorpal Spear Tech
     Vorpal Blade Tech
     Vorpal Judo Tech
     Secret
     Secret
     Secret
[14:58] Sunraku
    They're so expensive!
[14:59] Sunraku
    And this is with the discount?
[15:00] Sunraku
    Are you sure you got this right?
[15:03] Sunraku
    Hang on... are you ripping me off?
[15:05] Elke
    Well, what do you say?
[15:08] Elke
    Surely you're not such a fool as to
    let this special offer go, are you?
[15:21] Sunraku
    Th-Then...
[15:23] Sunraku
    I'll take the Vorpal Blade Tech...
    Moon's Reflection... if you please.
[15:29] Elke
    Why, thank you!
[15:30] Elke
    That'll be 80,000 mahni!
[15:32] Elke
    Thank you so much for your business!
[15:40] Sunraku
    I just couldn't say no.
[15:43] Emul
    Sunraku-san, are you all right?
[15:46] Sunraku
    I thought she was gonna tear
    the feathers off my head.
[15:50] Emul
    Why, Big Sister Elke would never...
[15:53] Emul
    Actually, she might.
[15:55] Sunraku
    I wanted to buy that waist
    armor in Thirdrema, too...
[16:00] Sunraku
    I'll have to make some more money
    before the Wethermon fight.
[16:09] Sunraku
    Hey, what time is it?
[16:13] Sunraku
    Whoa, just in time!
[16:14] Sunraku
    Who knows what they'd do to me
    if I was late to another meeting?
[16:18] Sunraku
    Emul, open a gate!
[16:20] Emul
    Righty-o!
SIGN    The Serpent's Apple
[16:38] Sunraku
    A fine evening to you.
[16:41] Pencilgon
    Oh, Sunraku-kun.
[16:43] Pencilgon
    You're actually on time for once.
[16:46] Oikatzo
    You have a good day or something?
[16:48] Pencilgon
    I wouldn't say that, exactly...
[16:51] Pencilgon
    But I've made up my mind.
[16:52] Sunraku
    About what?
[16:54] Pencilgon
    Regarding our fight against Wethermon
    the Tombguard in two weeks...
[17:00] Pencilgon
    There's just one problem.
[17:02] Oikatzo
    Problem?
[17:03] Sunraku
    What is it? We're both over level 50 now.
[17:06] Pencilgon
    Currently, the only ones who know
    the conditions to meet Wethermon
[17:10] Pencilgon
    are my clan, the Ashura Kai.
[17:14] Pencilgon
    They've been using the
    unique monster system—
[17:17] Pencilgon
    the fact that you get experience
    just for encountering them—
[17:21] Pencilgon
    to level up and build their PVP skills.
[17:26] Oikatzo
    Ashura Kai?
[17:28] Sunraku
    Those guys, huh?
[17:30] Oikatzo
    Unlike Lycagon, you can always meet
    him in a given time and place.
[17:35] Oikatzo
    Must be pretty ideal for grinding, huh?
[17:39] Pencilgon
    So the issue is...
[17:42] Sunraku
    On the night of the new moon,
    when we fight Wethermon,
[17:46] Sunraku
    we'll end up at odds with the
    members of the Ashura Kai
[17:50] Sunraku
    who've already accepted the
    unique scenario. Right?
[17:53] Pencilgon
    Yes.
[17:55] Oikatzo
    But aren't you part of their clan?
[17:57] Oikatzo
    Can't you work together or something?
[17:59] Oikatzo
    Like... ask them to stand down this month?
[18:02] Pencilgon
    Not a chance.
[18:04] Pencilgon
    They're actively opposed
    to defeating Wethermon.
[18:08] Sunraku
    I'm not sure I see where
    you're going with this.
[18:11] Sunraku
    What exactly is it you've
    "made up your mind" about?
[18:23] Pencilgon
    The Ashura Kai...
[18:25] Pencilgon
    are universally hated for
    their player-killing habits.
[18:30] Sunraku
    I'll bet, yeah.
[18:32] Pencilgon
    And there was recently an
    update that gives players
[18:36] Pencilgon
    who've done PKing a special sort of status.
[18:40] Oikatzo
    A special status?
[18:42] Pencilgon
    If a player kills a PKer,
[18:46] Pencilgon
    in addition to a bounty,
[18:48] Pencilgon
    they earn the right to any items and
    equipment the PKer was carrying.
[18:55] Pencilgon
    All of it—including stuff
    they've got in storage.
[19:00] Sunraku
    Oh?
[19:01] Pencilgon
    High-level PKers like the Ashura Kai tend
    to end up with some pretty rare items.
[19:07] Pencilgon
    Which makes PKers like us basically
    walking treasure chests.
[19:16] Pencilgon
    It's created a new class
    of player—the PK Killer.
[19:20] Pencilgon
    Of course, we've found loopholes
[19:21] Pencilgon
    in the system to reduce the
    damage they can do to us,
[19:26] Pencilgon
    but someone could get around all
    of that by attacking our hideout.
[19:30] Sunraku
    Your hideout?
[19:32] Sunraku
    Hang on. So the thing you
    made up your mind about...
[19:35] Oikatzo
    You mean...
[19:37] Pencilgon
    That's right.
[19:38] Pencilgon
    Naturally, I know just where that hideout is.
[19:43] Pencilgon
    And that gang of cowards is just
    a thorn in my side at this point.
[19:48] Pencilgon
    So...
[19:49] Pencilgon
    I was thinking we'd go squash the Ashura Kai.
SIGN    Two Weeks Later...
SIGN    Constant Progress
[21:47] Narrator
    The fully immersive VR game,
    Shangri-La Frontier...
[21:53] Narrator
    Its major summer update has finally arrived.
SIGN    Major Summer Update!!
SIGN    The Severed Sea
SIGN    The Frontier Fleet
SIGN    The New Land
SIGN    New Job!!
    Rider
[22:08] Narrator
    Yes. And on the night of this major update,
[22:15] Narrator
    Sunraku and his party will take
    on Wethermon the Tombguard.
SIGN    SLF Mini
[22:34] Kids
    SLF Theater!
SIGN    Various New Years
[22:38] Emul
    Mini!
SIGN    SLF Theater
[22:44] Sunraku
    A most blessed New Year to you.
[22:47] Oikatzo
    I am indebted for all your
    help in the previous year.
[22:50] Pencilgon
    I hope to continue our amicable relationship.
[22:52] Emul
    I hope for amicable relations,
    as well. Yes, indeed!
[22:57] Pencilgon
    Pony up, Sunraku-kun.
[22:59] Sunraku
    Pony up?
[23:00] Pencilgon
    My New Year's gift.
[23:01] Sunraku
    Like hell!
[23:03] Pencilgon
    Stingy.
[23:04] Pencilgon
    You, then?
[23:05] Oikatzo
    That's not happening.
[23:06] Pencilgon
    But you have a job!
[23:08] Oikatzo
    You have a job, too, don't you?!
[23:13] Sunraku
    Don't play dumb!
[23:14] Emul
    Sunraku-san! Sunraku-san!
[23:16] Emul
    What might a "New Year's gift" be?
[23:18] Sunraku
    Oh, it's kinda like...
[23:22] Sunraku
    This.
[23:24] Emul
    A New Year's gift!
[23:25] Emul
    It's better than I could have dreamed!
[23:30] Trio
    So easy to please.
[23:35] Rei
    I couldn't muster up the courage to
    send Hizutome-kun a New Year's card!
[23:41] Rei
    Happy New Year to you!