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This demonstrates the strength of some core elements Quality assurance The story is that despite how crude the whole product is, it still manages to attract people. The animation here is some of the stiffest and most incoherent we’ve ever seen, and the pacing of the episode is decidedly lazy, with the whole thing amounting to Hajia and Nikolai going shopping while Amano and Sacho engage in a mind-blowing Frustrated trip to visit Lou’s village. Even so, this episode left me feeling that Console Command, despite its flaws, was worth my time.
If there’s any “weak” link in this episode, it’s probably Amano’s plot, if only because it ends so predictably. Not surprisingly, his Debug Stone allows him to resurrect NPCs like Luu, but having Luu not remember Amano is the most obviously tragic twist imaginable. It’s hard for me to explain why this particular story development still ended up being good enough for me; I think it’s because I just respect the show’s willingness to take Amano’s character arc seriously, completely separate him from the crew, and follow him Complete this side quest. There’s a melancholic tone to the whole thing, and Amano’s sadness was enough to make me say, “Okay, sure, I’ll go with that.” It’s not a great masterpiece, but Quality assurance at least try A solid story told within the framework of an MMORPG, even if it kept leaving me with a lot of questions about the game’s consistent rules (or lack thereof).
At this point, it’s entirely possible that this may have turned me off from Haga and Nikolai’s story. I just want to give Nicola a proper working class as it would go a long way in developing a co-star who has been working off-screen since her brilliant introduction. I know this story doesn’t necessarily make things too easy for our heroes. Still, it’s unclear to me why this NPC, possessed by an omniscient artificial intelligence and endowed with seemingly unique intelligence and independence, would be so limited by the fact that the NPC can’t possess Jobs. First of all, every MMO I’ve ever played has a ton Represents a specific class of NPCs that you can choose from. While I understand that a stock villager character should be its own thing, Nikolai can also devour the player character’s items, such as debug stones, and use magical Tesla energy, so there’s some flexibility here. Also, why do some NPCs have limited understanding of the meta-mechanics of their world, like shopkeepers, while others think they’re just regular people in the real world, like Nikolai? Also, has the show stopped caring about whether Nikolai overheard the debugger talking about becoming a character in the game, but she still doesn’t understand what that means?
…Okay, crap, I’m complaining about the lack of internal logic in animation again, and I’m trying to explain why I like Nikolai’s story. There’s some sloppy storytelling here, but Haga and Nikolai’s core dynamic is sweet enough that it’s easy to overlook. When Haga realizes that she will never be allowed to play the role of a thief like him, I really feel sorry for the poor girl. I was really excited about the old mechanic so she could blow it with a magically cursed skull which was awesome! It was a very silly way to continue this part of the storyline, and even posed an interesting problem for Haga when he decided not to report the bug the first time in order to preserve Nikolai’s newfound pride and a sense of purpose.
That’s what anime is like sometimes: it can be a weird, crude, first draft of the story, a mess that’s rushed out the door, but you’ll still have a great time and it’s true to its word. After all the soul-draining and mind-rotting isekai crap I’ve had to endure in my life, I’m not going to complain about getting a “mostly good enough, almost kind of great at times, if you squint your eyes!” ”
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