Shangri-La Frontier
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| Damn, we got some immediate fighting action gameplay. This arc is starting to live up to its hype after the character introductions and buildup. Ofc, Sunraku is involved in this and it looks like some of these are pro players. There's definitely some freaks in this arc but all in for it. Looks like an exciting arc already. |
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| They brought back mini, hell yeah |
| Pretty fun episode, always nice to see them outside of SLF playing other games. This fighting game being open world and having role play elements makes things interesting. Kei vs Sunraku was dope too. Kei should know that you never call time mid fight like that tho 😂 Next week we’ll get a flashback to the Galaxia championships where Kei and Sunraku fought 3 years ago. Can’t wait My boy Kei might have himself a love interest in Megumi 👀 |
Marinate1016Mar 9, 10:27 AM
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| SLF Theater is back!!! It's been three months, but it's finally back!!! 🎉 🎉 🎉 (Btw the episode is 10/10 like always, but I don't think you needed me to tell you.) |
| Interesting, so he's like his old opponent and his current strategy built after last match several years ago will not work based on this gameplay test. Mini-theater is back, Sunraku trolling Kei in an online interview. LOL |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
70% winrate What Kei here conveniently ignores is that his "70% winrate" is based on him having access to superior hardware which noticeably increases his performance. |
| those who are reading can clearly see that it's a wonderful adaptation that brings really the manga alive it was a great ep, the fight a well done the last sequence was funny lol |
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| Did I just watch old man Yasou/Yone fight Zyra? the hairstyle, the mask, the abilities and the ultimate...damn, not subtle at all. nice |
nikobinMar 9, 7:40 AM
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| The battle between Nu2meg and Sunraku went exactly as I expected, with Sunraku in the lead. But even though Sunraku is a genius at any game he is put up to and can stand up to anyone, I don't think Nu2meg lost because of lack of skill, but rather because of underestimating him. Still, I think Sunraku is the better player. I would have loved to see a fight between Sunraku and Pencilgon. She's so devious that the villain role fits her like a glove; I can't wait to see what kind of chaos she'll bring to the tournament. The way things are developing, I doubt Sunraku will be the one to defeat Silvia. Kei seems to have the strongest rivalry with her. Shagrila mini theater is back. |
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| oh man wish we saw pencil guns match.. sounded funny asf kek |
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| Hmmm i think this is my least favorite game so far. The mechas were cool as fuck |
| At the very least, I'm glad that this fighting game looks a lot better than the previous one, hell, it even looks better than Shangri-la and all of its CGI. The problem is the gameplay and the RPG element, I could even assure that the FGC would let it die in like, two weeks at most, and it would remain niche or get closed down rather fast. Oh I wasn't expecting that to come back. |
CaptainKenshiroMar 9, 12:21 PM
| What the hell, that episode literally felt like I blinked and it ended. I love the comic book style animation for Galaxia, I would watch a whole anime in that style. SLF theater is finally back too after weeks of everyone missing it |
| I know Sunraku’s an amazing player but to beat an actual pro gamer in a pvp of a game he just started playing is wild. I mean sure it has some slf elements in it so they are kinda familiar to it but still, he beat a pro gamer in a fair game on a game he just started probably an hour ago. I am not counting his fight with Pencil, that bitch is a deviant cheater. With Kei tho… was bro flexing on having a 70% win ration to a non pro gamer that has a significantly lower specs of hardware than his? In simple terms its being cocky about beating a PS1 player vs a PS5 pro player. Now Im curious how Sunraku isnt a pro gamer yet, bro has a similar playstyle with america’s no.1 player, that is a hell of a praise from 2 pro gamers. Tho Im sure Sunraku’s a weaker version of her, aint no way he’ll be better than her. This is hella exciting because we got pvps now besides the usual pve setup. |
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| That fighting games really boring. Uninteresting mechanics with the whole "if you find this random cube you win" idk that doesn't seem like a very good game. Overall underwhelming the tournament is probably going to be disappointing or rely on some cheese to force scenarios. This is just another boring generic tournament arc. |
| Why do they even need a team of four gamers if Kei showed at the end of the episode that he solo participated in the championship of a previous version of Galaxia Heroes? -Stray said: I know Sunraku’s an amazing player but to beat an actual pro gamer in a pvp of a game he just started playing is wild. I mean sure it has some slf elements in it so they are kinda familiar to it but still, he beat a pro gamer in a fair game on a game he just started probably an hour ago. Had the same question in mind. My guess is that in their world, all you have to do is to read a bunch of comics about the game's characters and lore to become a pro. Hot-Pantaloons said: That fighting games really boring. Uninteresting mechanics with the whole "if you find this random cube you win" idk that doesn't seem like a very good game. It doesn’t even look like a fighting game, more like an RPG with PvP elements, where the one who plays their role better wins. The whole cube mechanic is just plain stupid and broken. You could just pick Metius, the fastest character (as mentioned), build up points to fill the gauge, and then just run across the entire map to find the cube. |
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Reply to LessThanAnimeFan
Why do they even need a team of four gamers if Kei showed at the end of the episode that he solo participated in the championship of a previous version of Galaxia Heroes?
Had the same question in mind. My guess is that in their world, all you have to do is to read a bunch of comics about the game's characters and lore to become a pro.
It doesn’t even look like a fighting game, more like an RPG with PvP elements, where the one who plays their role better wins. The whole cube mechanic is just plain stupid and broken. You could just pick Metius, the fastest character (as mentioned), build up points to fill the gauge, and then just run across the entire map to find the cube.
-Stray said:
I know Sunraku’s an amazing player but to beat an actual pro gamer in a pvp of a game he just started playing is wild. I mean sure it has some slf elements in it so they are kinda familiar to it but still, he beat a pro gamer in a fair game on a game he just started probably an hour ago.
I know Sunraku’s an amazing player but to beat an actual pro gamer in a pvp of a game he just started playing is wild. I mean sure it has some slf elements in it so they are kinda familiar to it but still, he beat a pro gamer in a fair game on a game he just started probably an hour ago.
Had the same question in mind. My guess is that in their world, all you have to do is to read a bunch of comics about the game's characters and lore to become a pro.
Hot-Pantaloons said:
That fighting games really boring. Uninteresting mechanics with the whole "if you find this random cube you win" idk that doesn't seem like a very good game.
That fighting games really boring. Uninteresting mechanics with the whole "if you find this random cube you win" idk that doesn't seem like a very good game.
It doesn’t even look like a fighting game, more like an RPG with PvP elements, where the one who plays their role better wins. The whole cube mechanic is just plain stupid and broken. You could just pick Metius, the fastest character (as mentioned), build up points to fill the gauge, and then just run across the entire map to find the cube.
| @LessThanAnimeFan I agree it seems like a lot of it was just written for convenience more so than something well planned out. I still say it's fine people like this Tournament arc, but it's still just a generic Tournament arc and ruined the existing story flow. Rising action then BAM something totally unrelated. I get these characters will most likely become reoccurring and have a presence within SLF like every side character from past games, but that doesn't really carry as much impact imo. Hopefully it doesnt run as long as it did in the manga. Its fine if people enjoy this arc, but I'll likely just skim it due to a lack of interest. I mean if you've seen one Tournament arc you've generally seen em all and it's not like anything from that fighting game will have much use in SLF either. |
| Metius in the comic book animation style feels like a whole Jojo reference. We were watching Lavaman fight a stand! |
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| I want to see Sunraku fight the blonde, in the manga this fight is perfect, please adapt it well |
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@Hot-Pantaloons This arc is just a sample of the upcoming ones that will be based on the web novel, and there will be several arcs and other very large ones based on other games. The story of Shangri La Frontier was written based on that, not just with Shangri La as the focus, and look, this is the best written Shangri La arc so far based on the manga, tied with Ctarnidd.
They will probably take the first cour of the third season to the tournament and give it a godlike quality with the good production of C2C.
They will probably take the first cour of the third season to the tournament and give it a godlike quality with the good production of C2C.
| @teymarofc I'm sure it will be well done its just not a very interesting side plot to me. While its likely to be full of action the only real immediate plot I have any interest in is within SLFs game world as that's the main overarching plot. These side games just feel like one-offs to introduce new characters that will eventually play SLF. I've no doubts there would be more side games either, that seems to be their main way of introducing reoccurring characters. The age old joke when it comes to anime/Manga is "Tournament arcs where a story goes to die". It's a boring tired trope that's been done to hell and back. It's totally cool if you're a fan of it, to each their own. |
| God the in-game art sucked. The only things good about this episode were Pencilgon kicking Sunrako's ass and we finally got Mini back |
joemaamahMar 9, 6:03 PM
| Wow so Sunraku really beat Kei at this game, it seems like he's not too good with his character in the end, but I wonder why he wanted to recreate the match he had with that Sylvia pro gamer girl since they both used the same characters |
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| Those comicbook stills look a lot like jojo |
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| This anime dropped to a 4 for me. I'm skipping story to watch some animation and fight scenes. I really don't care about any of these characters anymore. I watched some interviews with the writer because I was curious about something and he apparently was in the US for a while where he "learned" a bunch of things he's been using his anime to signal. |
Reply to LockHowl
This anime dropped to a 4 for me. I'm skipping story to watch some animation and fight scenes. I really don't care about any of these characters anymore.
I watched some interviews with the writer because I was curious about something and he apparently was in the US for a while where he "learned" a bunch of things he's been using his anime to signal.
I watched some interviews with the writer because I was curious about something and he apparently was in the US for a while where he "learned" a bunch of things he's been using his anime to signal.
| @LockHowl Apparently he didn't learn how to write, because kicking the SLF game to the curb not once, but twice, in the same season, is some of the shittiest writing I have even seen in any anime series. I agree this series was never about the characters. They have been 2 dimensional since the first season. Except Bilac, and she disappeared quick this season. It's always been about THE GAME. It doesn't take a genius to figure out. |
| This episode could have been better. The fight between Sunraku and Kei actually looked bad as Sunraku was running towards Kei with that attack. The author had done a really good job Making other interesting games outside of SLF but this one really doesn't feel all that special I wonder how all the little quirks are going to come into play when they start the matches. Flashback to 3 years ago to start the next episode. |
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| well that's been a long time since 'SLF Theater MINI!' showed up! :D heh! that one was funny! with only 3 more episodes to go, i'm guessing Galaxia whachamacallit will be the final arc and we won't be getting into SLF UpsideUnderwaterDownTown anymore... which sucks. but it is going to be at least a vaguely interesting mini-arc. the giant fighting robots one was... meh... \shrug/ at best. the concept was fun and all, giant fighting robots n whatnot... but now we have a one-on-one Overwatch fighting kinda-sorta game arc? in a tournament even? cmon, so trope-filled it just oozes 'niche mini-arc bullshite'!!! :P pththt "That's So Lame!" and the 'revenge match' sub-sub-plot along with 'USA vs Japan'? element??? ughhh... and the plant-girl? PoisonIvy knockoff... old samurai dude... been there, done that... Speedster... dozens of em! cmon at least a smidge of originality? the lava arms guy was... hmmm... ok i'll admit that one was fairly original. ah well, it is the only anime i watch this Winter on Sundays... so i guess i'll grit my teeth n bear it. |
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| Lol, He just wanted to try it out with Sunraku XD |
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That fighting games really boring. Uninteresting mechanics with the whole "if you find this random cube you win" idk that doesn't seem like a very good game. Overall underwhelming the tournament is probably going to be disappointing or rely on some cheese to force scenarios. This is just another boring generic tournament arc.
Hot-Pantaloons said: That fighting games really boring. Uninteresting mechanics with the whole "if you find this random cube you win" idk that doesn't seem like a very good game. Overall underwhelming the tournament is probably going to be disappointing or rely on some cheese to force scenarios. This is just another boring generic tournament arc. Yes, at first this game seemed interesting in gameplay perspective, however as you point out it's kinda ass. First, the random game winnig cube is literally the golden ball from that Harry Potter game. That is inherently bad game design because it introduces a win condition which is not related to the core gameplay loop. This design is so bad that I heard that the Quidditch players even removed that golden ball from the game. Next, the game is a weird mix of casual single player power fantasy and competitive pvp. These two don't mix well because for competitive play you're incentivized for cheesing and optimizing the power fantasy aspect, otherwise you just get bodied by someone who does. Worst of all would be the randomness, like you find less npcs to save or torment than your opponent. Fairness is a crutial component of fighting games, as we even see all random elements removed for competitive Smash tournaments. |
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| We got to see more of this Injustice variant game and the way Sunraku could complete throw Meg for a loop with her strategy. Pencilgon must have been really evil in the game in order to beat him. So basically we got to see the reason they were summoned by Katzo, Sunraku resembles Silvia while Pencilgon fits the villain role very well. Good moves, good fights, good lingo in the strategies. Let's see the replay of that time 16 year old Kei lost. |
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