E7 - Remnant of the Divinity: The Aberrant Loser

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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    Remnant of the Divinity: The Aberrant Loser
[02:22] (Flashback) Rakuro
    Anyway, the game was the
    buggiest piece of crap,
[02:26] (Flashback) Rakuro
    and the only save was autosave!
[02:28] (Flashback) Rakuro's Friend
    I don't really follow,
    but it sounds pretty fun!
[02:31] (Flashback) Rakuro
    Nope, not fun at all.
[02:32] (Flashback) Rakuro
    Game crash bugs.
[02:35] (Flashback) Rakuro
    The worst kind of trash!
[02:36] (Flashback) Rakuro's Friend
    Then why are you playing it?
[02:38] (Flashback) Rakuro
    It's fun!
[02:39] (Flashback) Rakuro's Friend
    Hey.
[02:40] Rei
    He was always smiling.
[02:53] (Flashback) Friend B
    Hey, Rakuro. Is that the latest issue?
[02:56] (Flashback) Friend B
    What now?
[02:58] (Flashback) Friend B
    More trash game scouting?
[02:58] Rei
    He seemed to be enjoying himself.
[03:14] Rei
    That's why I started thinking about him.
[03:27] Rei
    I started looking for him.
[03:50] (Flashback) Rakuro's Friend
    'Sup, Rakuro?
[03:51] (Flashback) Rakuro
    Heya.
[03:52] Rei
    I tried to talk to him so many times...
[03:52] (Flashback) Rakuro's Friend
    Up all night gaming again?
[03:54] (Flashback) Rakuro
    As a matter of fact...
[03:55] Rei
    But I wasn't brave enough.
[03:55] (Flashback) Rakuro
    Listen to this, man!
    Talk about a nightmare...
[03:58] Rei
    I thought, if I could just
    talk to Hizutome-kun...
[03:59] (Flashback) Rakuro
    Trashiest trash game ever...
[04:02] Rei
    Even if it was inside a game...
[04:08] Sunraku
    Damn it!
[04:09] Sunraku
    This god-tier game doesn't
    need a trash game arc!
[04:17] Ketchum
    I'm gonna make you cough up that info!
[04:24] Psyger-0
    Severing attack! Rook-smasher!
[04:31] Emul
    Wh-What in the world?!
SIGN    Psyger-0
[04:37] Sunraku
    Psyger-0.
[04:39] Sunraku
    Doesn't look like the PKing type...
[04:42] Sunraku
    But I'll bet they're after the unique
    scenario, same as the others.
[04:45] Sunraku
    I'm never getting out of this.
[04:48] Sunraku
    I need to think up a way out.
[04:54] Animalia
    Can you counter my final hand?!
[04:59] Animalia
    It requires the skill
    "Spell Mastery" and single-digit HP.
SIGN    Poison Paralysis Drain Exhaustion Speed
[05:04] Animalia
    A murder-suicide curse to destroy
    both my opponent and myself!
[05:08] Pencilgon
    I've used up the Karmic Straw Doll.
[05:11] Pencilgon
    I can't reflect another curse!
[05:14] Animalia
    I'll trade out my remaining life,
[05:16] Animalia
    I'll inflict the "Insta-Death" debuff!
SIGN    See you in Hell,
    Fellow Traveler!
[05:18] Animalia
    Fellow Traveler!
[05:23] Pencilgon
    Well, drat.
[05:27] Branch
    What the...
[05:28] Lass
    Pencilgon-san?!
[05:34] Sunraku
    Emul. Get a gate ready.
[05:36] Emul
    Gwuh?!
[05:44] Sunraku
    Sorry.
[05:54] Remy
    Hey!
[05:55] Branch
    D-Damn it!
[05:57] Sunraku
    You left yourself wide open, dumbass!
[06:05] Branch
    Don't let him reach the city!
[06:07] Branch
    It's swarming with bounty hunters!
SIGN    Psyger-0
[06:15] Sunraku
    I'll remember your name, at least...
[06:18] Sunraku
    Psyger-0.
[06:26] Branch
    Damn it! Attack Master!
[06:29] Branch
    You think you can just get in our way?!
[06:31] Branch
    Don't look down on the Ashura Kai!
[06:37] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Sorry.
[06:39] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Sorry.
[06:40] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Sorry.
[06:42] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Sorry.
[06:47] Psyger-0
    He talked to me!
[06:51] Lass
    That guy's acting pretty weird, right?
[06:53] Remy
    What's going on?
[06:55] Branch
    I dunno, but he's wide open.
[06:58] Branch
    Now's our chance!
[06:59] Branch
    PKing you will have me shooting
    up the Ashura Kai ranks!
[07:04] Psyger-0
    But if not for you people...
[07:08] Psyger-0
    I could have talked to him more!
[07:13] Remy
    Make a break for it?
[07:14] Lass
    Yep.
[07:16] Psyger-0
    Sorry, but I'll have to—
[07:19] Psyger-0
    I mean, I'm taking my rage out on you!
SIGN    Rabituza Inn
[07:32] Sunraku
    Yes! I escaped!
[07:35] Sunraku
    Well?
[07:36] Sunraku
    How'd you like that,
    you basement-dwelling bastards?!
[07:38] Sunraku
    They can't follow me to Rabituza!
[07:44] Sunraku
    That was pretty scary, though!
[07:47] Sunraku
    Didn't expect that
[07:47] Sunraku
    "Gracious! I have insufficient magic
    for a gate!" from you, though.
[07:53] Emul
    I used it all on my transformation!
[07:55] Sunraku
    We'd have been in real trouble if
    we couldn't travel from Thirdrema.
[07:59] Emul
    This is truly delicious!
[08:01] Sunraku
    Good thing I bought some
    magic-restoring items.
[08:04] Sunraku
    Anyway, objective accomplished.
SIGN    Okay, You Got Me
     From: Pencil Knight
     To: Sunraku
     Nice job escaping those scrubs.
     FYI, my death was my own fault,
    so I don't consider this losing to you.
     Can't believe the Attack Master came
    to bail you out. Friend of yours?
     Anyway, I really do want to talk to you,
    so call Katzo-kun for a meeting in Unite Rounds.
    We'll talk scheduling later.
[08:10] Sunraku
    Pencil Knight... I mean, Pencilgon
    sent me a sore loser email.
[08:16] Pencilgon
    FYI, my death was my own fault,
    so I don't consider this losing to you.
[08:21] Pencilgon
    Can't believe the
    Attack Master came to bail you out.
[08:25] Pencilgon
    Friend of yours?
[08:26] Sunraku
    "Attack Master"?
[08:29] Sunraku
    That Psyger-0 person?
[08:32] Pencilgon
    Anyway, I really do want to talk to you,
[08:36] Pencilgon
    so call Katzo-kun for a
    meeting in Unite Rounds*.
[08:39] Pencilgon
    We'll talk scheduling later.
[08:41] Sunraku
    Talk to me, eh?
[08:43] Sunraku
    The fact that she won't talk inside SLF...
[08:47] Sunraku
    Makes me suspicious.
[08:49] Sunraku
    Hey, speak of the devil.
SIGN    Hey
     From: Modor Katzo
     To: Sunraku
     Just got a total "evil mastermind"
    invite from the pencil. What'd you do, man?
     Can't say I'm not intrigued, so I figure
    we might as well hear her out.
    You're not gonna back out, right?
[08:52] Katzo Tataki
    Just got a total "evil mastermind"
    invite from the pencil.
[08:59] Katzo Tataki
    What'd you do, man?
[09:01] Sunraku
    It's fishy as hell...
[09:03] Sunraku
    but it's equally intriguing, if I'm honest.
[09:06] Katzo Tataki
    Can't say I'm not intrigued, so I
    figure we might as well hear her out.
[09:11] Katzo Tataki
    You're not gonna back out, right?
[09:13] Sunraku
    Well, I can't back out after
    Katzo starts adding pressure, too.
[09:18] Sunraku
    But I've got bigger things
    to think about now.
[09:22] Emul
    What a lovely treat!
[09:23] Sunraku
    Sorry for the wait, Emul.
[09:26] Sunraku
    Let's get to this unique scenario for real!
[09:29] Emul
    Oh, at last!
[09:31] Emul
    Hurrah, hurrah!
[09:36] Sunraku
    So, what's the task?
[09:38] Sunraku
    That Vash guy...
[09:40] Sunraku
    I mean, your bunny boss, said something
    about "getting me up to snuff."
[09:46] Emul
    Then I shall lead you to the arena where
    we do our most serious battle training!
[09:52] Sunraku
    Arena?
SIGN    Vorpal Colosseum
[10:03] Emul
    The Vorpal Colosseum!
[10:06] Sunraku
    Hey, that's pretty big!
[10:09] Emul
    My dadd—ahem, the boss wants
    you to fight ten monsters here!
[10:16] Sunraku
    Okay!
[10:17] Sunraku
    So it's a boss rush kind of thing, right?
[10:21] Emul
    Ah, but you are strictly limited
    to the use of vorpal weapons!
[10:25] Sunraku
    Great!
[10:26] Sunraku
    Okay!
[10:28] Sunraku
    Time to grind levels until I can wipe
    that smug smirk off of Pencilgon's face!
[10:39] Sunraku
    All ready.
[10:44] Sunraku
    Let out the first one!
[10:46] Emul
    Righty-o!
[10:47] Emul
    Here it comes!
[10:52] Sunraku
    I don't expect to go ten
    in a row on my first try.
[10:56] Sunraku
    I'll use trial and error, learn their
    attack patterns, and slowly but surely...
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 1
    Packhound
    Always spawns in groups of 5 or more
    
    Average Level 65
[11:06] VO
    Practical training, opponent 1.
[11:08] VO
    Packhound.
[11:10] VO
    Always spawns in groups of five or more.
[11:12] VO
    Average level, 65.
[11:15] Sunraku
    Looks tough.
[11:18] Sunraku
    Hang on a minute here!
[11:19] Sunraku
    You're making me fight
    multiple enemies over level 65?!
[11:22] Emul
    Well, of course!
[11:25] Emul
    That's how the first opponent works!
[11:28] Sunraku
    A-At least say first fight, not opponent!
SIGN    Constant Progress
[11:44] Rei
    I talked to Hizutome-kun!
[11:53] (Flashback) Sunraku
    Sorry.
[12:00] Rei
    N-Next time I see him,
[12:02] Rei
    I'll try to find the courage
    to send a friend request.
[12:07] Rei
    I wonder if he'd accept it...
[12:12] Sunraku
    A friend request?
[12:16] Sunraku
    Of course I'll accept!
[12:20] Sunraku
    Psyger-0, I can't thank you
    enough for saving me back there.
[12:25] Sunraku
    Let's walk to school together every morning!
[12:29] Rei
    Oh, you silly!
[12:40] Rei
    But I entered Thirdrema and looked
    for him after it was over,
[12:46] Rei
    and I couldn't find him...
[12:48] Rei
    Did he log out, maybe?
[12:53] Rei
    I wonder what he's doing now.
[12:58] Sunraku
    These guys... totally...
[13:02] Sunraku
    just think of me as food!
[13:04] Emul
    Sunraku-san! It's your seventh try!
[13:07] Emul
    This time, see that you beat them!
[13:10] Sunraku
    Thankfully, the penalty for
    dying is off here in the arena.
[13:15] Sunraku
    But it's not their numbers and
    level that make these guys a pain.
[13:19] Sunraku
    It's their completely
    synchronized team attacks!
[13:21] Sunraku
    Repel Counter!
[13:23] Sunraku
    That coordination is the result of
    having a commander giving orders!
[13:27] Sunraku
    Slide Move!
[13:32] Sunraku
    I've fought them enough times
    that I've started to see it...
[13:36] Sunraku
    One monster that keeps howling
    from a safe distance,
[13:39] Sunraku
    and never actually attacks!
[13:43] Sunraku
    You're the commander, aren't you?!
[13:47] Sunraku
    Spiral Edge!
[13:49] sign
    Spiral Edge
[13:58] Sunraku
    Looks like I guessed right!
[13:59] Sunraku
    Your coordination's all out of whack!
[14:02] Sunraku
    And now that I know that,
    I can ignore these suckers!
[14:05] Sunraku
    I'll focus on the commander
    before he can bark out orders!
[14:09] Sunraku
    Get back here, you!
[14:13] Sunraku
    Gotcha!
[14:19] Emul
    Impressive as ever, Sunraku-san!
[14:22] Sunraku
    Monsters left on their own
    after losing their commander
[14:26] Sunraku
    are nothing for me to fear!
[14:33] Sunraku
    Once you know the trick,
    they're just durable dogs.
[14:36] Emul
    You're brilliant, Sunraku-san!
[14:39] VO
    Practical training, opponent 1:
    Packhound, complete.
[14:39] sign
    Practical Training Opponent 1
    Packhound
    Always spawns in groups of 5 or more
    
    Average Level 65
SIGN    Complete
[14:45] Emul
    Excellent work, Sunraku-san!
[14:48] Sunraku
    The next one's not a group, too, is it?
[14:50] Emul
    The next one is definitely a single opponent!
[14:54] Sunraku
    It'd better be, man.
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 2
    Parasite Tentacle
[15:02] VO
    Practical training, opponent 2:
    Parasite Tentacle.
[15:08] Sunraku
    It's basically another freaking group!
[15:14] Sunraku
    Like the name implied, the real monster
    was the tentacles, not the bear.
[15:18] Sunraku
    I kept up a hit-and-run
    strategy on the tentacles,
[15:21] Sunraku
    and once the seventh was severed,
    the bear stopped moving and I won.
SIGN    Defeated on
    4th try
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 3
    Goblin Berserker
[15:27] Sunraku
    "A really tough goblin"
    is the only way to put it.
[15:32] Sunraku
    Tough or not, though,
    he's still just a goblin.
[15:34] Sunraku
    He was easier than the
    wolves or the tentacles.
SIGN    Defeated on
    2nd try
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 4
    Dinoboar
[15:38] Sunraku
    This boar sucks.
[15:40] Sunraku
    Its ability to blow you up if its nose
    hits you while it's charging wasn't that bad.
[15:45] Sunraku
    But it's got crazy stamina.
[15:48] Sunraku
    I timed it, and it ran about
    twenty seconds on each charge.
[15:53] Sunraku
    If not for my rodeo experience,
    it would've taken way longer.
[15:58] Sunraku
    That's in-game rodeo experience, by the way.
SIGN    Defeated on
    1st try
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 5
    Toxic Eagle
[16:02] Sunraku
    You'll pay. Oh, you will pay.
[16:06] Emul
    Sunraku-san!
SIGN    Defeated on
    112th try
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 6
    Armored Larva
[16:10] Sunraku
    You're a simpleton compared
    to the birdy bastard
[16:14] Sunraku
    who hovered out of attack range
    while dropping poison bombs.
[16:18] Sunraku
    Spend your whole life on the
    ground, never growing wings.
SIGN    Defeated on
    1st try
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 7
    Execu-panther
[16:22] Sunraku
    Fast and strong but not too tough.
[16:25] Sunraku
    Once you learn that its strategy
    is to get around behind you and
[16:29] Sunraku
    attack from outside your sight line,
    it's easy to take down.
SIGN    Defeated on
    1st try
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 8
    Twinhead Tiger
[16:34] Sunraku
    Not great, not terrible.
    Just a pretty strong guy.
[16:39] Sunraku
    That's it.
SIGN    Defeated on
    2nd try
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 9
    Beta Unit Golem S2
[16:42] Sunraku
    If we call attacks from the right arm A,
    and attacks from the left arm B,
[16:48] Sunraku
    when chaining from A to A,
    there's almost no gap between its attacks.
[16:52] Sunraku
    But if it goes from A to B or vice-versa,
    the chest core lights up for a second.
[16:55] Sunraku
    This allows for some limited
    anticipation of its attacks.
[16:58] Sunraku
    Given the difference between my
    height and the golem's height,
[16:59] Sunraku
    that generates some predictability
    in attacks from sides A and B.
[17:02] Sunraku
    I had a theory that the
    moment I dodged an attack
[17:04] Sunraku
    or the action's attack hit box faded,
[17:06] Sunraku
    I could jump on the arm to jump
    up and directly attack the core.
[17:09] Sunraku
    But when I actually tried it, I ended
    up repelled by an invisible energy field
[17:12] Sunraku
    which shaved 70% off my HP,
[17:14] Sunraku
    so I was forced to change my strategy,
[17:15] Sunraku
    which turned out to be directly peeling
    off its armor to expose a weak point—
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 9
    Beta Unit Golem S2
[17:17] Sunraku
    Oh, screw it!
[17:19] Sunraku
    I dodged, stripped it down, hit it, and won!
[17:21] sign
    Defeated on
    7th try
[17:25] Sunraku
    Hell yeah! Just one left!
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 9
    Beta Unit Golem S2
[17:31] VO
    Practical training, opponent 9:
    Beta Unit Golem S2, complete.
SIGN    Complete
[17:37] Sunraku
    Although...
[17:39] Sunraku
    All that fighting to go up two measly levels?
[17:44] Sunraku
    Thanks so much, Vorpal Soul Collar which
    so generously cuts my exp gains in half...
[17:51] Emul
    Sunraku-san! You should
    probably take a break!
SIGN    Menacing
[17:54] Emul
    You have a great and
    terrible look in your eyes!
[17:57] Sunraku
    Whatcha mean?
[17:59] Sunraku
    All this optimization is going great for me!
[18:03] Sunraku
    Now, bring out the last monster already!
[18:07] Vysache
    Well, well.
[18:11] Vysache
    You beat the ninth already, did you?
[18:15] Vysache
    Guess it's perfect timing.
[18:17] Sunraku
    Vash?
[18:19] Emul
    Dadd—I mean, Boss!
[18:24] Sunraku
    "Perfect timing," huh?
[18:26] Sunraku
    Beating the ninth monster triggered
    the event flag, I'll bet.
[18:30] Sunraku
    So, Aniki.
[18:32] Sunraku
    Would that last monster happen to be...
[18:35] Vysache
    I thought I'd make your tenth
    opponent a monster I caught.
[18:40] Vysache
    I went on a bit of an excursion for it.
[19:00] Sunraku
    A human? Yeah, don't think so...
[19:04] Sunraku
    A sorcerer type?
[19:06] Vysache
    One of those dummies from
    long, long, long ago
[19:09] Vysache
    who tried to fuse with a
    tree to gain longer life.
[19:15] Vysache
    I doubt you can beat him
    in the state you're in now,
[19:19] Vysache
    so I'll pick a different win criteria.
[19:23] Sunraku
    What's that?
[19:28] Vysache
    Survive five minutes.
SIGN    Unique Scenario
     Invitation From Rabituza
    Practical Training Opponent 10
    Aberrant Woodmage
[19:30] VO
    Unique Scenario.
    "Invitation From Rabituza."
[19:34] VO
    Practical training, opponent 10:
[19:36] VO
    Aberrant Woodmage.
SIGN    Clear Condition
     Survive for five minutes
[19:38] VO
    Clear condition update:
    survive for five minutes.
[19:43] Sunraku
    An endurance battle, huh?
[19:45] Sunraku
    Five minutes is really all I need?
[19:48] Sunraku
    So if I just stay in motion—
[19:55] Sunraku
    Was that attack even telegraphed?
[20:06] Vysache
    I'm a fan of your confidence, kid,
[20:08] Vysache
    but I'd like to see you back it up.
[20:17] Sunraku
    I get it! This might be a long five minutes!
[20:22] Narrator
    Out of the over 30 million* SLF *players,
[20:25] Narrator
    Sunraku is the first one
    to fight this monster.
[20:30] Narrator
    But Sunraku wouldn't learn this
    until far into the future.
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 10
    Aberrant Woodsman
    Average Level 120
SIGN    Practical Training Opponent 10
    Aberrant Woodsman
    Average Level 120
SIGN    SLF Mini
[22:09] Kids
    SLF Theater!
[22:12] sign
    You'll Pay. Oh, You Will Pay...
[22:13] Emul
    Mini!
SIGN    SLF Theater
SIGN    Unique Scenario,
    "Invitation From Rabituza"
    Practical Training Opponent 5
    "Toxic Eagle"
SIGN    45th Try
[22:24] Sunraku
    I can't reach it with
    attacks from the ground!
[22:28] Sunraku
    In that case...
[22:31] Sunraku
    Gotcha!
[22:38] Sunraku
    You...
[22:40] Emul
    Sunraku-san!
[22:44] Sunraku
    Oh, you're gonna pay...
[22:47] Emul
    Sunraku-san!
[22:51] Emul
    Sunraku-san!
SIGN    SLF Mini
[22:55] Kids
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    What Kind of Man Is Rakuro Hizutome?
[22:58] Emul
    Mini!
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[23:02] Rakuro
    Hey. I'm Rakuro Hizutome.
[23:06] Rakuro
    Yes, that's right.
[23:08] Rakuro
    I'm a trash game hunter.
[23:10] Rakuro
    Why do I love trash games so much?
[23:13] Rakuro
    There's a saying.
    "Seek out trials while you're young."
SIGN    "Seek out trials while you're young."
     If you struggle while you're young,
    the experience will be useful later,
    so you should aggressively pursue trials.
     From Kojien, 7th Edition
[23:18] Rakuro
    My name, "Rakuro," already means easy,
[23:20] Rakuro
    so why should I seek out
    the easy path in life?
[23:25] Rakuro
    Actively seeking out the most difficult paths
[23:27] Rakuro
    and climbing the most
    treacherous mountains...
[23:31] Rakuro
    That's where you'll see the most beautiful
    views, and the most enjoyable life!
SIGN    This daydream is fiction. It has no relation to actual
    people or trash game hunters.