Intro:
Whoops, Vibrace out of the wazoo. Well, it is Mining Base Defense anyway; he's supposed to do that.
Our hero gets ready to fight the beetle... Wait. What's that weapon you're using...?
Are you seriously fucking with me SEGA?
His partners are using low-level 9* to 10* weapons, and he is using a lowly 4* to battle with a spongy boss?
For those not familiar with terminologies, rarities 7-9* are considered common rare, and 10* is uncommon rare. 11-12* weapons are alright, but tend to be rare, and there are even more powerful 13*...
In terms of his position in battle, using a lowly 4*, the very first weapon to appear in Cirnopedia's list, is the equivalent to using a wooden sword against the Eye of Cthulhu. Or a spoon to kill Vlad the Impaler. Or, the very first lvl 1 class weapon you start with in every MMO ever, against a boss considered to be high threat and have so much health. His weapon of choice, too, is also considered a backup weapon, with no particular strengths aside from speedy PP (Special Attack points) recovery.
Are you seriously fucking kidding with me, SEGA?
cue opening.
opening... there's not much to say about it, except maybe some jarring differences from game mechanics most would probably not understand. Skip.
I won't be covering the few scenes I already did in my previous schtick. But yeah, I'll cover the rest.
samefacebrigade
Afterwards, our noob protagonist takes a wonderful montage tour around Seiga Academy (seriously, that's what it is called.), and we are finally greeted by an overhead shot of its courtyard...
Wait.
Doesn't that seem familiar to you guys?No?
Oh well...
Our protagonist enters, and he is greeted by a not!sameface guard. Hooray!
...
Shit, our protagonist doesn't have his ID! Guard becomes judgmental and tells the poor kid that he's a suspicious lad, when suddenly...
Mysterious sameface lady senpai, thanks for saving me!
O.O
So... our hero thanks the girl for saving his ass in explaining why he misplaced his ID...
She's appealingly... plain.
Afterwards, our hero proceeds to check out his ID to the turnstile, and keeps explaining to the guard he's not suspicious.
Is that so much of a big deal in SEGAC university?
Then Itsu-what'sit, our hero, explains why he was late to his friend Kouta.
It seems very apparent that Izumi is well-liked, has good friendships, good mind for knowledge, is a Student-Council President and plays a game to boot! Seems like Waifu material.
skip a few scenes, we have our focus back at Kota and Itsuki. Some small talk, onee-sans and cookies, and some friend talks about wanting to play with Kota. Itsuki asks what that was about and...
You're in an academy sponsored by Sonic the Hedgehog, and you don't really know what that game is? I think you enrolled in the wrong academy.
Kota - "You know, if you're not playing online games in this day and age, you'll get left behind."
Itsuki - "Yeah, right. It's just a game, right?"
You're fucking wrong mate. You're in an anime about PSO2.
Indeed, after that, fast forward to when he gets home, and our ordinary student gets recruited by the student council. Gets told to meet them at Six o'clock for something important. Gee, I wonder what.
And, I'm going to spare myself from the pain of having to take screenshots, so I'll fast track a bit and Izumi still gets a lot of fangirls over her... Also fanboiz.
Beautifully... plain looks.
Then an opening speech is given at the auditorium and- wait wasn't this anime about the online game why are we getting college life.
Then we are given painstaking descriptions over how Izumi rocks at everything and looks good doing things... yeah I'm calling it. Mary Sue.
We are then treated to Itsuki suddenly being thanked for helping people in their 1st year practice match, which is all good, but I can't help but notice in the background discussions...
Why are those significant...?
Well, for one, it obviously foreshadows a tie-in with the game PSO2 itself and its upcoming content:
Yeah, the gamers in Seiga Academy are playing a game they will eventually star in. Let that sink in to you for a bit.
Wait, it's already Six o'clock. FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-
Our hero arrives late, and he gets chastised for being late for the important meeting. "You think this is a joke?"
Because of his tardiness, he gets booed on by everyone, but Izumi Rina declares that it's not up for debate: The new guy is now the VP for student council affairs. Yay! Hooray for +20 generic points! Spend it well on your talents!
You fkin bitch. What could be
more important than playing a game? I guess, nothing. The game rules. It plays well. Kinda like monster hunter and some grindy exp game made love with each other and such. Then eventually, you'll get all the rares most people now consider junk, unless it's made of 13*s.
Look, an unapologetic pokedex entry! We're at the middle of this horrible episode! Yay!
In PSO2, you get to play a character under the employ of the ARKS, where you get to kill Darkers, who seek to destroy all of space by converting shit into negative photons and create monstrous head leaders called Falzes, or alternatively, Dark Falz, or Phalluses. Pick whichever. In ARKS, your role is practically Space Greenpeace by murdering the shit out of things, kind of like a reverse PETA for the sake of preserving natural habitats, and serving as galactic explorers and police.
Basically,
murderous treehugging philanthropists.Will continue on the next post, because I need to eat for a sec.