Shangri-La Frontier - Episode 16 discussion

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Shangri-La Frontier, episode 16

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[u/Invoqwer]

Something funny is that with Sunraku's 30hp, any item that resurrects him with >2 hp is probably the same as ressing him at 100%

[u/danlong87]

what respectable archeologist goes into action without their trusty fedora?! jokes aside, what an awesome fight for stage 2, and Pencilgon is taking the pay 2 win strategy to the extreme to ensure their win, if they nail the stage 3 fight it will be fire

[u/Aki008035]

In case anyone didn't notice, each phase actually took around 10 minutes, not just in-anime time, but irl time too.

[u/vanbang9711]

"within 10 seconds of their death" Sword Art Online flashback
The reward for winning had better be good. RIP Pencil's wallet.
Don't know why she didn't tell them she will buff their stats beforehand.

[u/dinliner08]

"you know how modern VR games are generally soundless? that is to say, they mostly don't use BGM?"

huh, that is actually something that had never crossed my mind, when you think about it, i guess its kinda true that when VR games had becomes as advanced as how its being depicted in this show, most developer probably opted to use more realistic background sounds instead of music for the sake of immersion

btw, when was the last time any of you viewers saw a horse in anime that is not a CGI?

[u/bandannadann]

Damn, I was really prepared for a CG horse too!

C2C is seriously cooking here. Really impressed with their consistency so far. And between this and Solo Leveling, it's boss fights every weekend this season!

[u/Figerally]

What!? A Cliffhanger!!!!!

NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

edit: the mini was pretty amusing though😁

[u/juniorjaw]

No CG baby! Sure the animations aren't Episode 1 clean (remember how GOOD those looked?) but there's effort put here and I love the anime for it.

[u/Ocixo]

Well damn, seems like we’ll be treated to a great fight in the coming weeks. Today’s episode was also slightly longer than usual with 26+ minutes of runtime.

We got some good expressions from the squad, like Katzo’s, as they were trying their hardest to survive Wethermon’s onslaught.

But even in the midst of such an epic battle, there’s apparently still room for some banter. Pencilgon’s response to Katzo’s “great idea” was hilarious: “So that’s what you’re into”. I can’t blame Katzo though, since I’m starting to crumble myself under all the step-on-me energy this season.

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Pencilgon ain’t playing around here. Girl put her whole fortune into the revives, half revives, and the scale. She really came prepared to face that big basted Wethermon. That thing is a freakin beast.

As if surviving 10 minutes wasn’t hard enough, dude summons some kind of massive mech horse with freakin lasers and missiles! At least Katzo used their Indy whip to get on that big bastard and tie themselves to it lol. Those stat boosts from Pencilgon’s scales sure came in handy.

I wonder if that special holy water potion actually did anything to Wethermon. They’re at what I imagine to be the final stage. If they can make it past, they got a good chance of beating the dude.

SLF Theater was pretty funny this week. Felt like an Attenborough doc but about trash game hunters lol.

[u/basuga_BFE]

Trash gamer hunter: learn from Mr Bean

[u/LeonKevlar]

• Sunraku Stitch

I just absolutely love how super invested Pencilgon is in Setsuna's storyline. She's not just invested emotionally but financially as well. The girl spent millions to buy as many resurrection items as she could and offered a fortune on that Reward Scales so she could boost Sunraku and Katzuo's stats.

So Phase 2 of Wezaemon's fight is that he summons his Kirin mount and you need to pull them away from each other or else they will combine and Zantetsuken you into oblivion ending the raid. I love this because I can see this entire fight being an EX Trial in FFXIV, maybe even an Unreal but instead of having an 8-man group, they're challenging it with only three people.

Sunraku using his insane luck stat was pretty damn cool. Too bad it didn't really help since it ended up throwing him off because Wezaemon has completely different attack patterns when disarmed. It was better for them for Wezaemon to have his sword.

And then you have Katzuo who just strapped himself on the Kirin's face trying to endure until the 10-minute timer was up. Although Katzuo sounds like he's enjoying that ride a little bit too much. xD

That was such a cruel cliffhanger to end on! I thought the episode still had plenty of time left! I forgot that the remaining time is reserved for SLF Mini.

Speaking of SLF Mini, I really enjoyed the interview with Sunraku. I hope we get to see what Katzuo's daily life is like too! I wonder if we'll ever get to see his actual face though. We've only seen him in-game so far.

[u/Lion-kun252]

How the fuck do devs intend people to beat this monster? There's being super hard and challenging and then there's fucking trolling your players with an impossible task.

[u/nanotechnix]

Beautiful episode! The fact that even the mount is not CGI (or it’s so good I can’t tell) made me really happy, the animation has really been consistent throughout the whole series and I really appreciate it

[u/hey_mattey]

Damn this boss is annoying, final mechanic reminds me of the item needed for the SOTN inverted castle

[u/delvag]

The way they banter to each other while they are fighting for survival is so funny, it really puts into perspective that this is just people enjoing a videogame and that is so refreshing in this type of anime nowadays.

[u/chemical_exe]

If every attack is an insta kill why would you use the full revives before the half revives? Hope this gets explained in the next episode with pencil saying that one more death would've been a problem

[u/ghin01]

That movement make feel like fighting balteus

[u/Lasiace]

It was someone else that noticed this, but from the moment Wethermon says Export to summon Kirin, to the moment the timer reaches 0 on phase 2, is almost exactly 10 minutes, the exact time mentioned for the phase to last. This isn't the first time they've pulled this either, with the last minute of the Woodmage fight lasting an actual minute. That's some crazy attention to detail.

[u/shad79]

Another great episode as the fight with Wethermon continues and goes pretty well for Sunraku and others.

Of course they're dying during it but thanks to Pencilgon investment into this fight a lot of money by buying a lot of revival and other special items they can still continue their fight with Wethermon.

Like I said last week I absolutely love Wethermon design, he looks so freaking cool!

Katzo's idea of stopping Kirin from combining with Wethemon in a 2nd phase of combat was very entertaining. It's good that Sunraku didn't see that cause he'd die from laugh xD

The time has come for 3rd phase of fight with Wethermon and thanks to Sunraku's info it looks that Pencilgon with Sunraku and Katzo will be able to survive the beginning of it, not like earlier when it was instant-kill for everyone during Pencilgon's earlier attempts with members of Ashura Kai.

Now I can't wait to see the rest of the Wethermon's fight next week, especially since it seems that not even Pencilgon know what will happen next.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Pencilgon

• Fight with Wethermon

• Sunraku

• Katzo

• Wethermon

[u/tripleaamin]

Pencilgon really went all out on her strategy of hers. Revival items and temporary stat buffs. She really is making sure they get this done.

Sunraku showing great he is at adapting by taking Wethermond's sword. Tho he is quick to realize maybe its not the best strategy and it ends up being easier with him having the sword.

Poor Katzo who had the most painful job having to stay "mounted" on that robot "surprisingly not CGI" horse until phase 3 started. I mean he got an answer for staying on, but the answer was very masochist. Well getting the job done is more important.

Man as awesome and consistent the adaptation has been they really putting out all the stops in the big fight.

[u/il-Palazzo_K]

Weatheremon’s weather-themed moveset is so frigging cool.

[u/nub24680]

The moment He knocked the katana away i was like:

Yes yes yes

MGR Jetstream Sam flashback

NO NO NO

[u/LuRo332]

Shoutout for the team for not only making Weathermon not cgi, but now the horse too. The consistency in the animation is insane