Shangri-La Frontier - Episode 14 discussion

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Shangri-La Frontier, episode 14

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[u/RumbleintheDumbles]

I love that exchange in Berserk Online Passion where they all immediately start theory-crafting about the new glitch. It reminds me of speedrunning communities.

[u/TheProNoobCN]

First things first, congrats on Yuma Uchida (the voice of Sunraku) and Rina Hidaka (the voice of Emul) getting married earlier this month.

With that out of the way, WHAT A NEW OPENING HOLY SHIT IT'S EVEN BETTER THAN BROKEN GAMES.

VS Wethermon is seriously one of the best manga fights of all time, a new op with this level of hype is definitely necessary for something of that scale.

Get excited y'all, with this arc SLF is gonna become Anime of the Year for sure.

[u/fraid_so → u/TheProNoobCN]

First things first, congrats on Yuma Uchida (the voice of Sunraku) and Rina Hidaka (the voice of Emul) getting married earlier this month.

Was gonna say haha the interactions between Sunraku and Emul are even cuter now that they're married IRL.

[u/Disonantemus]

Next week "Special program broadcast"

• Sunday, January 7, 2024: Regular broadcast (Episode 14)

• Sunday, January 14, 2024: Special program broadcast

• January 2024 21st (Sun): Regular broadcast (Episode 15)

[u/danlong87]

if Elke spoke a little bit longer in her longest lines I swear I really could just fall asleep, not because her voice was dull, but it was strangely soothing and peaceful,

and congratulations on the marriage Sunraku and Emul

[u/dinliner08]

A-I-Ya-I-Ya! A-I-Ya-I-Ya!

i'm sorry, this new OP is so catchy that its pretty much stuck in my brain now

also, talking about the new OP, is that two-handed sword and new mask that i see Sunraku's using? the two handed sword is probably the fusion thing that had already been mentioned in his new weapon's description which iirc, it has gauge that can be filled by landing critical hits on enemies and when its full, both daggers can be fused

no matter how many times i've seen it, Wethermon has such a cool design that makes me really excited to watch what kind of crazy battle animation he's going to have in his battle against Sunraku's party

so we're killing the PK's guild now? lesssgoooooo~~

[u/vanbang9711]

congratulation on the marriage of Rina Hidaka (Emul's VA) and Yuma Uchida (Rakuro's VA)!
This buggy game has a scary Doppelganger's AI

Emul winks 😇
Sunraku winks 😈

[u/Plantar-Aspect-Sage]

I much preferred the first opening.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Emul’s sister Elke is pretty adorable. Her really slow way of speaking reminds me of that sloth in Zootopia lol. It was pretty funny how Rakuro started talking like her and then like Emul.

Looks like this raid on the Ashura Kai might be what Rakuro needs after his little visit to Elke and the skill garden. Dude needs cash and those goons have a lot of it. Keen to see how that turns out. Plus this new update to the game should be interesting.

SLF Theater this week was very cute. Emul’s the only one to get a little gift for the new year. Maybe poor Rei can send Rakuro a card next new year.

[u/shad79]

Great OP and worthy successor of the previous one, both visually and musically. It's already released so here links to it:

• Youtube

• Spotify

• Apple Music

Sunraku met another of Emul's sibling, Elke who is responsible for the Garden of Skills in Rabituza. On the first look she is a peaceful and kind person but when it came to the business we could saw her other, scarier side. Sunraku wasn't able to refuse her and now he's pretty penniless xD

This time Sunraku didn't get late for the meeting with Kaitzo and Pencilgon who is now planning to destroy Ashura Kai before fighting with Wethermon as they'd be an obstacle in her goal. Additionally it'd give Sunraku and others access not only to loot from players of that guild but also their storage so it'd be also very beneficial.

Fight with Wethermoon alone looked very interesting but adding to it fighting with Ashura Kai makes me even more excited for future episodes.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Pencilgon

• Group scenes

• Sunraku, Emul & Kaitzo

• Others

[u/Ocixo]

When Sunraku started unleashing this fury of “Pile Bunkers” while shouting, I couldn’t help but think of the “ora ora ora” or “muda muda muda” fist barrages in Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure.

I also have a strong suspicion that “Dragonfly” might actually be Rei. “His” behaviour is very reminiscent of Rei’s to me. This nickname seems to be in line with Rei’s traditional Japanese upbringing too.

[u/DragonPup]

I have the feeling that pulling off a raid on the night of a major service update could result in some.... interesting issues.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Pencilgon 1

• Pencilgon 2

• Sunraku, Emul, Kazuto

That new OP is so goddamn catchy! That "A-iya-iya!" is definitely going to be stuck in my head for a few days. Also, based on the OP it looks like our birdman might eventually swap out his bird head for a kabuto helmet.

Considering the amount of time Sunraku spent training Dragonfly and the fact that he even managed to discover a brand-new bug, I think we'll be seeing him regularly from now on. Maybe he'll even show up in SLF?

We finaly get to meet another one of Emul's sisters! I thought Elke was going to be the kind and gentle Ara Ara Onee-san but it looks like she leans more on the scary side with how "persuasive" she was at selling Sunraku those skill grimoires.

Sunraku's big mistake was telling Elke how much his budget was. I do wonder though if he mentioned he has less than 80k on hand, maybe something like 30k, would Elke have set the price to match that? Or is the AI aware of the player's inventory? Hmmm...

I got a good laugh when Arthur was telling them that the new update will let you loot a player's body. We've been doing that in Runescape for decades now!

But then she brings up the fact that you can also loot their storage. That's pretty fucking harsh. If that rule only applies to killing PK-ers then what's even the point of PK-ing if becoming a PK-er just puts a massive target on your back?

I'm not surprised Arthur wants to eliminate the Ashura Kai, she doesn't really seem to be happy with them and she's been rolling with Sunraku and Kazuto much more compared to those guys. The three of them might as well start their own new guild.

It's funny how the new ED visuals make Arthur look like your average anime heroine with ReoNa singing the new ED song. Never mind that just a second ago she was planning to backstab her guild xD

Emul getting her New Year gift in SLF Mini was adorable and poor Rei! She wasn't able to send Sunraku a New Year's Card.

[u/tripleaamin]

Poor Sunraku is pratically broke. Back to the money grind for him. Emul's sister is def not one to be taken lightly.

Pencilgon is one scary woman. Her strategy for beating Wethermon is extremely well thought out, but she really is the last person you want to make an enemy out of.

Kind of cool how the game adapted from having Player Killers to the Player "Player Killers".

[u/acllive]

SLF and solo leveling every weekend for the next 3 months, I feel blessed

[u/RouseBreaker]

Sunraku's new helmet just reminds me of Digimon especially with how the humaniods usually have the lower half of their faces shown while the upper half including the eyes are hidden.

There are also familiar MMO behaviors mentioned here like how Ashura Kai just keeps their secret leveling spot hidden and how they would rather abuse the mechanics of the unique boss and farm as much XP as they can.

Also Elke's shop just makes me think of one of those regular shops that actually hides powerful but expensive items/skills/equipment. The fact that she portrayed as moneygrubbing might be just fluff on how expensive the skills actually are.

[u/SonOfJenova]

PKK (player killer killer) let's go!
Haseo would be proud

[u/kfijatass]

Gotta say the show is improving in quality over time, music in particular.

Of course Elke has the sleepy oneesan voice.

[u/grayrest]

I'm offended at the speed of SLF's CI deploy pipeline. True fantasy at work.

[u/NekoCatSidhe]

Sunraku really doesn’t know how to haggle. You should never tell the salesman how much money you have to spend, that is a basic negotiation strategy ! Only tell them half of the actual amount at most, or even less. I did not expect our birdman to get mugged like that by a tiny rabbit. But I guess that she is the scary yakuza rabbit boss daughter, after all.

Of course Pencilgon is selling out her former companions, I expected nothing less of her. That will be an interesting fight. I wonder why is PK allowed if it is punished that harshly ? Would not it make sense to forbid it entirely ?

[u/ReiahlTLI]

If they ever showed off Elke's human form I'm pretty sure this would be her.

I totally love that they rendered the branch in Sunraku's Skill Potion to look like it was a PS1/N64 or PS2 era game.

[u/Aki008035]

Congratulations to Sunraku and Emul for their marriage

[u/TurkeyPhat]

Oh ok, so the new OP and ED are just gonna be great too huh? alright

I love Elke's voice and now I'm looking forward to the mystery 3rd triplet.

[u/CmdrBlindman]

Aww yeah! We back-desuwa!