E7 - Remnant of the Divinity: The Aberrant Loser Source: Crunchyroll Translator: Editor: Timer: QC: (Please feel free to edit the speaker names if incomplete or inaccurate. Names are handled on a best-effort basis depending on the info on the source file. Dialogue is left as is.) [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     SLF Theater! [22:58] sign     What Kind of Man Is Rakuro Hizutome? [22:58] Emul     Mini! SIGN    SLF Theater [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.