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Sep 2, 2023 7:28 AM
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This game and its formula takes on the monster tamer genre.

It looks like Hiroto is still a target at the school and I doubt that's going to change any time soon. The technology in this episode/series really brings out the most out of their phones. Seriously, it's like one of those most important objects in the show.
Sep 2, 2023 8:03 AM
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So the person behind the fake Sarasa is the same person that was behind Akizuki's plan after all.

Hiroto and Sarasa go to Kazumi for assistance, which she gives. With the assistance of Kazumi they come up with a plan to enter the MTCG and defeat a mysterious assassin who by Hiroto's surprise is none than Shiina. Once he defeats Shiina he then will get the wild card, which would then allow him to return to the ASTRAL game and finally defeat the fake Sarasa. The MTCG game plays out similar to Pokemon if I had to briefly explain it. Hiroto quickly speedruns the game until he finally encounters the final boss, Shiina herself.

I can't lie this whole Pokemon game gave me some nostalgia and made me feel like a kid again. Something I didn't except from this episode was the shocking plot twist that Shiina was actually the fake Sarasa all along. Add onto it that she's just an obstacle the admin threw in there as well. I'm excited for the the next episode to say the least.

With all the academy's all under one alliance, the battle between everyone in the ASTRAL game v. Shiina begins!
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Sep 2, 2023 8:19 AM
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Of course Shiina is an 8th grader 😄
Sep 2, 2023 8:29 AM
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0:10 sometimes my genius is almost frightening ver.2
13:29 Holup why did he win here?
Who are these two girls? I remember seeing them but not interacting with Shinohara enough to believe in him so much
18:13 Nah no way this isn't a reference lmao
Wait so is Shiina literally unbeatable? This doesn't make sense. Or I guess the guy from another school arranged this.
And of course she's the Miss Hundred Faces
Sep 2, 2023 8:40 AM
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I kinda already guessed that Shiina was miss hundred faces but still that reveal was great can't wait for the next episode
Sep 2, 2023 8:46 AM
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This episode was more retarded than usual, and the fact that the MC cheating in front of every player participating in that tournament, but not facing consequences (granted the boss also cheats, but that's another matter) nor backlash makes the whole point of trying to hide it and play like skill stupid.

@Embient He won because the winning condition is the challenger getting the same number than the other player, which he did.
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Sep 2, 2023 9:36 AM
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Mid , could be better but visuals are nice
Sep 2, 2023 9:38 AM
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I knew chuuni loli was gonna be sus. Way too coincidental that they ran into each other at that hotel lol. I didn’t think she was ms hundred faces though. Although I guess the different colour eyes should’ve been a giveaway. 💢💢 correction needed

Hundred Faces being not affiliated with any school and just playing solo is wild though. I thought Kururugi would have too much pride and honour to basically throw the tournament and go for second, but I guess with the odds stacked against them she thought that’s the best they’d get.

So last week I wondered what Hiroto’s plan would be to get back in the competition after dropping out and the wild card ends up being it. Very convenient. Some clever hacking to modify shiina’s score and get the win. Probably the most blatant cheating we’ve seen lol.

Now the real battle begins with people teaming up against Ms Hundred faces. She’s technically not alone since she has an admin on her side, so this’ll be tough.
Sep 2, 2023 9:39 AM
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This episode was more retarded than usual, and the fact that the MC cheating in front of every player participating in that tournament, but not facing consequences (granted the boss also cheats, but that's another matter) nor backlash makes the whole point of trying to hide it and play like skill stupid.

@Embient He won because the winning condition is the challenger getting the same number than the other player, which he did.

He wasn’t worried about hiding it because shiina is also cheating
Sep 2, 2023 9:43 AM
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it is nice I love it. it is starting to get better and better every episode. At first I dropped it by watching up ep 2 then I started it again and now I love it
Sep 2, 2023 10:06 AM
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Hiroto's back in the game and it's time miss hundred face goes down.
Sep 2, 2023 10:27 AM

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CorbanEsp said:
This episode was more retarded than usual, and the fact that the MC cheating in front of every player participating in that tournament, but not facing consequences (granted the boss also cheats, but that's another matter) nor backlash makes the whole point of trying to hide it and play like skill stupid.

@Embient He won because the winning condition is the challenger getting the same number than the other player, which he did.

He wasn’t worried about hiding it because shiina is also cheating
Nah, that doesn't work for me.

"Why can the 7 star cheat so easily a fraction after finding her cheating?"
"Why does the 7 star have cheats?"

People should question him after that, since no other player has cheated yet. A boss designed by the organizers having cheats to be unbeatable doesn't mean you automatically get a free out of jail card for pulling the same shit, not available for the rest.

At best, he will come as someone favoured by the school board, which already can garner distrust/jealousy from other students, at worst he can actually be accused of cheating since the first day and get such backlash that every game he has won be cancelled or ruled as him losing (let's not forget that only the director of Eimei is onboard of this, the rest of academies not having a clue and the one from Sarasa probably being pissed at the 7 star not being one of their students anymore).
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Sep 2, 2023 10:30 AM

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CorbanEsp said:
Nah, that doesn't work for me.

"Why can the 7 star cheat so easily a fraction after finding her cheating?"
"Why does the 7 star have cheats?"

People should question him after that, since no other player has cheated yet. A boss designed by the organizers having cheats to be unbeatable doesn't mean you automatically get a free out of jail card for pulling the same shit, not available for the rest.

At best, he will come as someone favoured by the school board, which already can garner distrust/jealousy from other students, at worst he can actually be accused of cheating since the first day and get such backlash that every game he has won be cancelled or ruled as him losing (let's not forget that only the director of Eimei is onboard of this, the rest of academies not having a clue and the one from Sarasa probably being pissed at the 7 star not being one of their students anymore).

Idk what to tell ya. Doesn’t have to work for you. It works for the story and everyone else reading and watching. Plus there’s no way to link back the score change to him.
Sep 2, 2023 10:55 AM
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really enjoyed this episode. It had some nice tactics again and the ending gets me hyped for the next one.
Sep 2, 2023 11:56 AM

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The reveal that Ms. Heterochromia is Ms. Hundred Faces was surprising to me. Another surprising, and somewhat annoying, matter is all of the cheating going on and no one seems to bat an eye, both from the final boss in the MTCG being unbeatable to Hiroto's hacking girl changing up the boss' numbers.

Beyond the cheating I understood what's going on in this episode. When Hiroto eliminated himself I figured he had a plan and now he's back in ASTRAL. Side note, I thought one of the girls inside the MTCG arena was Noa as they look like they could be twins, I'm referring to one of the girls that gave Hiroto a level 9 card.
Sep 2, 2023 1:59 PM

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Alliance formed. Attack option engaged!
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Sep 2, 2023 2:09 PM

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CorbanEsp said:
Nah, that doesn't work for me.

"Why can the 7 star cheat so easily a fraction after finding her cheating?"
"Why does the 7 star have cheats?"

People should question him after that, since no other player has cheated yet. A boss designed by the organizers having cheats to be unbeatable doesn't mean you automatically get a free out of jail card for pulling the same shit, not available for the rest.

At best, he will come as someone favoured by the school board, which already can garner distrust/jealousy from other students, at worst he can actually be accused of cheating since the first day and get such backlash that every game he has won be cancelled or ruled as him losing (let's not forget that only the director of Eimei is onboard of this, the rest of academies not having a clue and the one from Sarasa probably being pissed at the 7 star not being one of their students anymore).

Idk what to tell ya. Doesn’t have to work for you. It works for the story and everyone else reading and watching. Plus there’s no way to link back the score change to him.
@Marinate1016 That's the thing, how can it work for the story?

He cheated in plain sight in front of an audience comprised of rivals from other academies and with a high star count, yet no one thinks "hey, this is highly suspicious and should be reported to our academies since maybe Eimei should explain why this 7 star than appeared one day can override cheats with his own cheats in a battle with a person from outside of the system".

But well, this has never been nothing more than don't think and just watch so I'd sweep it under the rug with the rest of blatant plot holes.
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Sep 2, 2023 3:05 PM

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And now you're hacked, and now you're getting hacked, and now you're getting hacked! Fuck, this show sucks SOOOO much. Hacking for the win!
Sep 2, 2023 7:14 PM

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them shits look like pokemon. this show just keeps missing lol.
Sep 2, 2023 7:59 PM

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This show confusing af
Like i dont get how the fuck any of the game works and they keep bringing out shit that doesn't make sense
this series could've been better i feel like it's the kind of show with good premise and bad execution
Sep 2, 2023 8:07 PM

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@Marinate1016 That's the thing, how can it work for the story?

He cheated in plain sight in front of an audience comprised of rivals from other academies and with a high star count, yet no one thinks "hey, this is highly suspicious and should be reported to our academies since maybe Eimei should explain why this 7 star than appeared one day can override cheats with his own cheats in a battle with a person from outside of the system".

But well, this has never been nothing more than don't think and just watch so I'd sweep it under the rug with the rest of blatant plot holes.
@CorbanEsp It's a massive uphill battle trying to reason or explain something to Marinate, so best just leave him to his own delusions.
Sep 2, 2023 8:58 PM

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Underwhelming and obvious reveal for who Miss Hundred Faces was. The games continue to get worse and the cheating is just boring.
Sep 3, 2023 1:46 AM

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I wish they'd just hacked everything in the first episode, why drag out this bullshit for so long
Sep 3, 2023 4:15 AM
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nya nya nya. Thats all i can remember:D
Funny episode, ofc every girl likes him now. Harem Power i guess.
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Sep 3, 2023 10:43 AM

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I don’t know how tf that tcg worked, but it happened
Sep 3, 2023 1:06 PM
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The first time was so nice he had to do it twice
Sep 3, 2023 7:08 PM
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Why are there so many rules and things like that? not even in my university career there are so many explanations xddddd

In the end the high school girl turns out to be the enemy, who would have thought? (sarcasm).

Now I'm quite interested to see what excessively broken ability they will give the protagonist next 🚬
Sep 4, 2023 12:42 AM
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CorbanEsp said:
This episode was more retarded than usual, and the fact that the MC cheating in front of every player participating in that tournament, but not facing consequences (granted the boss also cheats, but that's another matter) nor backlash makes the whole point of trying to hide it and play like skill stupid.

@Embient He won because the winning condition is the challenger getting the same number than the other player, which he did.

Reminds me of that isekai cheat skill anime last season in which mc defeated a bear in front of his classmates but everyone acted like it was normal and didn't even question it lol
Sep 4, 2023 12:44 AM
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Only good thing about this episode was the yamcha reference
Sep 4, 2023 3:39 AM
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This episode left a lot of information and it's currently 4:37AM for me and I just finished the episode, but if I understand what I saw, we now know who miss hundred faces is, and she isn't a player, just an enemy for them to go up against, Shinohara has entered himself back into the game with the Wildcard he won, and schnitzel is about to get crazy (especially after all those truces he formed)
Sep 4, 2023 11:38 AM

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omg! the never ending Yamcha-reference! bwahahaha! nice one!
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the heck is that a Tetris cube going-up the stairs?!?! LOLOLOLZ!!!


Sep 4, 2023 7:43 PM

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Huh i didnt suspect tha chuuni girl to be who they were looking for
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Sep 5, 2023 7:40 AM
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si palsu identitasnya terkuak
dan hiroto kembali ke astral dengan membentuk aliansi
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Sep 6, 2023 7:18 AM

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As I expected, the middle school girl is the hundred faces girl in the end , I wonder whats the backstory behind her suddenly arriving to the academy
Sep 7, 2023 5:05 AM
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MC armor and cheats: the anime. I'm so ready for this to be over so I can mark it as completed and likely never think about it again
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Sep 7, 2023 6:31 AM
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That fella got Yamcha'd 🤣🤣🤣. This was a nice episode. The hundred face is that loli, which was really obvious to me, let's see how it goes
Sep 7, 2023 1:22 PM

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next episode is goin to be crazy with truce formed and ready to attack on miss hundred faces’ army
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Sep 7, 2023 6:37 PM
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CorbanEsp said:
This episode was more retarded than usual, and the fact that the MC cheating in front of every player participating in that tournament, but not facing consequences (granted the boss also cheats, but that's another matter) nor backlash makes the whole point of trying to hide it and play like skill stupid.

@Embient He won because the winning condition is the challenger getting the same number than the other player, which he did.

Reminds me of that isekai cheat skill anime last season in which mc defeated a bear in front of his classmates but everyone acted like it was normal and didn't even question it lol
@hannibal_l The anime with the very thoughtful name: "I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too"

Future animes should have names that explain the entire story from start to finish. That's the logical direction.
Sep 7, 2023 6:48 PM
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I liked the vibe in the ending of this episode, but just so we're clear:


Turns out the little troubled girl who doesn't go to school is the one who threatened to pleasure herself on camera in order to shame Sarasa by using her face.


I hope they settle things with a game of chess. After the audience has learned the rules, some suggestions for scenes:

-Bishop gains electric guitar on a rook n' roll stage
-Pawn can be turned into a jester
-King gains lasergun
-Checkers piece enters and wins the day
Sep 9, 2023 9:40 AM

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Hiroto and Sarasa requesting for Kazama's help on any intel about Miss Hundred Faces, and true to her confession, Kurahashi is controlling her somehow, that Libra Academy will take the fall for the ASTRAL event if anything goes wrong. Most especially, her United Army ability is drawing teams towards her, while Kukurugi aims for 2nd place. But if they play their cards right to get the teams allied together, they can work this out, and Hiroto has to pass the MTCG course to get the Wild Card...by passing through Shiina, the middle-schooler whom appeared to him out of nowhere.

A lot of people are in the MTCG arena to get the Wild Card back to ASTRAL, and it's a rather easy feat to fight similarly levelled familiars and etch out to the top. Kazami, disguised in her kitty self, aids Hiroto on how to play the game from scratch, and Hiroto gets offers from a Tsuyuri girl who wants him to get back to ASTRAL, save Kukurugi and defeat Miss Hundred Faces. After a few tries, he exchanges the card for a huge number of coins, and progression wise, his Eimei buddies Tatara and Tsuji helped him out by obtaining more no. 9 cards while waiting for Kagaya's hacking to be processed at the same time. Sure enough, Shiina is the final boss for the MTCG, and she's no pushover, despite the game of matching numbers and her changed from a minus inverted level to a matching one with some hacking.

Sure enough, she is Miss Hundred Faces, though the link back to Kurahashi is just as confirmed, and Hiroto is back in the game. The enemy character gimmick to make ASTRAL interesting, and with the truth revealed, they'd be better off all joining Eimei's alliance to Hiroto to face Shiina altogether.

Predictable as hell, won through hacking.
Sep 11, 2023 4:18 PM
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Why the fuck does that girl say meow like a cat person from a fantasy anime lmao this anime is so weird
Sep 15, 2023 1:50 PM

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Just using nee san to hack and win at the end is meh but oh well back to the main game. Shiina's also the fake Sarasa so Shinohara will have to beat her in this one.
Sep 20, 2023 5:57 AM

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Why is MTGC open to the Astral Game players.

Why is the 12th District Headmaster seemingly still out and about

Why is the Libra girl a monster in the number card game

Why is noone questioning the sudden value change of the boss

So many unsatisfying things happen in this episode and it hurts watching it
Sep 27, 2023 2:22 AM
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i love this opening song please season 2 i want :)
Oct 9, 2023 8:11 AM

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You know... A win is a win
Oct 11, 2023 12:24 PM
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I'm liking where the anime is going, it's a shame it took so long to get up, for my taste and the important part of the series was more or less done.
Oct 14, 2023 12:18 PM

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So she having "fun" by smashing accept duel and win button for a day ? and she also playing a VR game in a plain at the same time, sasuga doppleganger
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Bros literally playing pokemon 🔥
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This One Wasn't That Bad . That Hacker Girl To The Rescue Bit Was Awesome!
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Bit predictable, random new girl, is the one the obviously

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