Log Horizon

[Kraco]

Not sure if it's because I watched this episode baked, but I didn't understand a single sentence this episode. Can you IMAGINE if people tried talking like that in real life? Like wtf was going on in that conversation with the fox woman? Like... wha... just..what?

That conversation very much suggested Shiroe has actually been doing some heavy research during the many, many times we have seen him just sitting behind his desk while the other characters were out partying. We just didn't know what he was doing, but now it's clear he was researching the world quite deeply. I guess much of the world info was also from the times when the game was still a game, and I guess from conversations with the NPC magician or other NPCs that weren't included in the episode. I don't really mind, to be honest. Shiroe is called an archmage, so it makes sense he knows a lot.

[Buffalobiian]

Naruha is the complete opposite kind of girl that Akatsuki is. Their only common point is their desire for Shiroe. Since I'm greenlighting Akatsuki, Naruha gets the cut in my books. She's pretty sexy, but that constant lying and deception is simply too much for my mind to handle.

[Archangel]

I vote for open harem ending, let Shiroe get all the bitches.

[Kraco]

I vote for open harem ending, let Shiroe get all the bitches.

Huh? He's not interested even in a single bitch, so what would he do with many? He's even weaker than bloody Tolove-Ru's Rito who's also impotent, but at least is technically in love with somebody even if it leads to absolutely nowhere. The only things Shiroe loves are his own plans, his own intelligence. That's why Crusty+Princess was so splendid because you could imagine Crusty is actually chasing Lenessia, albeit with a bit of courtesy since she's a genuine princess.

[MFauli]

I vote for open harem ending, let Shiroe get all the bitches.

I really don´t care (a lot) about who he gets together with. Just don´t make me go through this tired trope of every girl admiring the hero, but the hero never realizing it until the end of the story.

[Buffalobiian]

I don't know.. Shiroe has appreciated the support Akatsuki's given him, but as far as admiration and inspiration goes he seems really attached to the monk/shrine girl from his Tea Party days.

[Kraco]

I don't know.. Shiroe has appreciated the support Akatsuki's given him, but as far as admiration and inspiration goes he seems really attached to the monk/shrine girl from his Tea Party days.

Considering he hasn't called her, isn't it probable she's not in game? If he indeed is interested in her on a personal level, not just admiring what she taught him back then.

[Buffalobiian]

Considering he hasn't called her, isn't it probable she's not in game? If he indeed is interested in her on a personal level, not just admiring what she taught him back then.

I think they said that she hasn't logged in since the Apocalypse happened.

[NeoCybercoin]

That makes me wonder though. Can people log in right now? I mean they can't log out but what's stopping others from logging in?

[Buffalobiian]

That makes me wonder though. Can people log in right now? I mean they can't log out but what's stopping others from logging in?

If people are able to log in right now, then they certainly haven't tried because Shiroe has no information on that, and I trust that guy to have the most up-to-date intel.

[Kraco]

It also depends on what's really going on. Back when we went through different theories, one was that in RL people are playing the game as if nothing strange happened, and the characters we are seeing now are copies of the players who happened to be online when the apocalypse happened. If it's something closer to SAO, then I doubt authorities would allow any more people to log in, at least not in the developed countries.

[Ryllharu]

[HorribleSubs] Log Horizon S2 - 01



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This episode jumped around like crazy. The first part was obviously a season preview, and then the scene right before the ED was a timejump.

I have to admit that I don't really understand how Shiroe and the Round Table can have problems owning the Guild Hall, Cathedral, and other facilities is straining their resources when Nureha to the South-East appears to have none of these problems.

It also seems that Shiroe's old crush from the Debauchery Tea Party is still in the game?! Another threat for poor Akatsuki!


Minori is still as painful to watch as ever. I struggled deeply to not simply skip her scenes, short as they were.

How the hell is database still the OP?! Ugh.

[Kraco]

I didn't like the animation studio and character designer change. But I guess I'll get used to it.

I wish the financial situation had at least been explained a bit. Who are they paying all that money to in the first place? The Kunie clan? Why would they? Nominally for the Royal Guard functionality and the safe zone maintenance? It surely isn't NPC wages, that's for sure. I'd assume the money they lose is redistributed to the monster drops and dungeon chests, as that would make the most sense (to keep it in constant circulation). In any case the astronomical "rent" or "tax" must go to somewhere they can't easily deny, so it can't simply go to any NPC noble or the sort we saw a lot in the previous season. If they managed to raid'n'rob the place where the money disappears, wouldn't it mean monsters didn't anymore drop as much?

This episode was remarkably rushed and jumpy considering the previous season was full of episodes that hardly moved at all.

And yeah, poor Akatsuki. Her prospects don't look promising unless Shiroe's crush is already married or otherwise unavailable.

[David75]

Database isn't that bad for the OP, not the best title from Man with a mission, but ok.

I was also a bit lost in that ep and it didn't feel as good as first season because I didn't have time to be in context again.
Some shows are too cautious bringing their audience back into their universe. Here we've got the exact opposite, almost.

[MFauli]

database is cool

anyway, didnt last season end with the appearance of some furry queen? or am i mixing up a different anime here?

[Buffalobiian]

database is cool

anyway, didnt last season end with the appearance of some furry queen? or am i mixing up a different anime here?

I was pleasantly surprised to hear Database again. I don't find it to be a particularly good song, but it sure signals that I'm (supposed to be) watching the same Log Horizon again as before.

@MFauli: yes, that was the representative of the South.

[Ryllharu]

@MFauli: yes, that was the representative of the South.

I don't know how you misspell Manipulative Iron-Fisted Dictator as "representative".

And lest we forget she's also Shiroe's stalker, in this world and possibly also the real one.

[MFauli]

You´re both missspelling "Hot Furry Girl"

[MFauli]

episode 2 is out
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ugh, the episode started out so nicely that I thought we´d see the raid in this one. meh.

Just how difficult is money to obtain? Akatsuki should be one of the top-level, most famous players, yet she cannot buy the sword she wants? And it wouldn´t even be a really good sword, because those can only be gotten by finishing raids. strange.

Marietta was unsually hot in this episode.

[Kraco]

I'm starting to think Akatsuki is facing a problem similar in spirit to the one Guts had in the first portion of Berserk. She's only following Shiroe. Even the minor things she does on her own are kind of coloured by her thinking of Shiroe. Of course she's in love, but in this case it's only making the situation worse. Shiroe is treating her conveniently like a bodyguard and a tool, naturally also a friend since Shiroe likes his friends (though probably at a comfortable distance). Throughout the whole show we have seen Shiroe himself does whatever the heck he wants, which also gave him his nickname. As long as Akatsuki is doing nothing on her own, only following Shiroe no matter how much she hates the orders, like happened now, I doubt she will ever earn Shiroe's true respect, the kind of respect Shiroe might have for the monk class girl we have seen in the flashbacks a few times. In other words, Akatsuki should hit the road and find some adventures and undertakings that would build her character. She won't grow as long as she sticks to Shiroe's shadow. I guess she's not an overly big thinker, but there are still things she could do.

I liked how Massachusetts actually managed to surprise Shiroe by having Demi-glace join the raid.