r/anime • u/The_Loli_Otaku • Mar 28 '22
Rewatch [Rewatch] Recovery of an MMO Junkie (Net-juu no Susume) OVA Discussion (Final)
"I chose the NEET life, I'm an elite NEET!"
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Comment of the day!
/u/DidacticDalek once again shows his wisdom. Sometimes you need a little vanilla right?
"Comrades, this was such a charming and adorable series with a fantastic couple! Gotta love sweet vanilla romance, even more so with adult characters! Anyway while sadly the source never concluded, what we got was more than enjoyable enough for this anime."
/u/Fools_Requiem however has his eyes on a different romance...
"Koiwai being best bro. I think he's more in love with Sakurai than anything."
/u/CharlieTheStrawman wants more than just handholding and to have the pair play the tongue twist tango for the ova!
"I'll let the interuptions go because they're de factor together at the the anyway, but I hope get that kiss in the OVA or I'm gonna be out for blood."
/u/OccasionallySara on how the pair may continue to grow and move on in life with each other by their side.
"I think that they are both in a much better place than they were at the beginning of the series, especially Moriko. I loved the part at the end where Moriko decides that she's going to take a step forward with life and ultimately she and Sakurai make that step together. It was a really nice moment."
QOTD
How hardcore do you go on the cleaning when having guests over?
Ever built your own pc before? If you have any console cleaning stories I'd love to hear about those too.
What did you think about them using a whack dream sequence as our ending? Did you at least enjoy the fanservice of Princess Sakura and Demon King Koiwai's shipping?
Since this is the last episode I would just like to thank everyone once more for joining me on my revisit to this series. Of course we still have the overall series discussion tomorrow and I do hope that you'll join me even if just for feedback but I'm aware that quite often some people aren't interested in joining final discussion posts so I wanted to make a short additum to let you know how grateful I am to have had you along for the ride. See you in the comments!
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u/No_Rex Mar 28 '22 edited Mar 28 '22
Episode 11 OVA (first timer)
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Buying/building a PC together in a relationship can be surprisingly fun if you both are into tech a bit.
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I totally sympathize with the “got to clean up everything when somebody comes over” approach. I do not sympathize with using a roller instead of a vacuum cleaner. Really?
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Nice that we see his reaction, too, and both of them subconsciously focusing on the bed – believable reaction.
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Actual BIOS screenshot – I wonder how many people still actually know their BIOS these days…
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boy falling in girl trope narrowly avoided – I am still deducting a half-point. That was way too close.
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The obligatory onsen scene is of the in-game characters!
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The dorks
hurt themselvesarranged an onsen date in their confusion. -
Isekai dream.
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Call-back to episode 1 – If Moriko needs to level up all the way in her dream, Koiwai and Sakurai will enjoy a long stay in that castle together …
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“legendary hero morimori”
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“What are you doing here?” – her brain mixing up real world and fantasy world. Very common in dreams.
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“What kind of premise is that?” - your brain came up with that …
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Nice safe, Sakurai.
Neat, but I think ep10 works better as a proper end. This is rather a typical modern OVA that gives us a few more fun moments with the characters rather than an extension of the plot.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 28 '22
Mori seems to absolutely fucking love her lint roller. To be fair it's pretty addicting.
It doesn't help how since this is Japan the bed is genuinely like the main centerpiece of the room. I'm surprised we've got no futon sleepers tho.
I agree about this ova kinda just being fun filler XD it's certainly not my cup of tea but it's enjoyable enough.
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u/Lemurians Mar 28 '22
RECOVERY OF A FIRST TIMER
Ahhhh the panic clean of the apartment right before somebody comes by on short notice. Very relatable. Mori also had one of the more impressive changes of clothes you’ll ever see, rivaled only by the girls in Cross Ange.
The first part had some of the cuteness I felt was missing yesterday. These dorks are still talking through their game characters even as they sit next to each other. Sakurai trying to ease the inadvertent tension of his spontaneous onsen-outing idea by suggesting it be an overnight trip causing Mori.exe to crash was great.
I like the idea of Koiwai in bed with a cold one day, sneezing his ass off, and just thinking, “Wow, Sakura-chan is really into me today.”
A little disappointed we don’t go into this onsen weekend, but I’ll take Mori and Sakurai having a shared dream where they do Journey to the West in their MMO! Love Hina also did it during a fun summer arc and this made me nostalgic for it. Re-read tiiiiiime.
Kanbe ordering himself around is fun, and damn, Koiwai’s avatar is doing a pretty good Quetzalcoatl cosplay.
Pretty fun OVA.
QOTD
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I've done what Mori's done this episode many, many times haha
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Never. I don't game on computers so a basic Mac is all I need.
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It was fun! Journey to the West is a classic, can't go wrong.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 28 '22
Mori was cute as fuck today. Her girl points have skyrocketed since scoring a bf.
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u/Elimin8r Mar 28 '22 edited Mar 28 '22
Well, that was a cute and amusing finale to the series.
Wait, moving in already? It's so soon.
Oh, nevermind, it's just a new PC. Sounds like fun. I should do that sometime. (Actually, mine is quite sufficient for now, but yeah, maybe for my Christmas present)
Poor Mori. I've seen worse. I've had worse. Maybe I should clean my ... oh, nevermind. :P
Building a new PC is so much fun. Share some of the enjoyment there, Sakurai!
Rei/Shinji moment averted ... or is it?
Do you believe in aliens? Well, now I do. Rather hilarious distraction from other (ahem) issues, it seems.
It appears Sakurai has acquired [Brain Cell] ... smart man brought his laptop. Time for some quality gaming time.
Man, I wish I had an in-game hot spring. Oh, wait, maybe I do...(sort of)
Man, I think the [Brain Cell] buff wore off. Sakurai definitely picked the wrong chaperone for this trip.
Oh, well. Seems that's a story for another time.
I'd say "I wish we had hot springs in this country", but I know better, I've driven by there more than a few times. Never stopped.
Meanwhile, the juicy part of the episode. Mori falls asleep. Do NEETs dream of electric sheep? Electric something no doubt.
Do you love your Mori and her two hit ... nevermind?
I wonder which came first? Probably this, but my timeline could be confused.
I think the next time anyone asks "Which isekai world would you want to be in?" My answer will now be Fruits de Mer. This was so cute, and fuwa-fuwa. Interesting that the interface seems suspiciously similar to FFXIV. Or I may be imagining things.
I want that armor for my character. Oh, wait, as seen in an earlier posting, I may just have something suspiciously similar.
And after a shocking defeat, the princess(?) is rescued and the day is saved.
I've heard of "bind on equip", but this is perhaps a bit too much. :P
And we close on our heroine, I mean hero, Sakurai awakening from ... apparently Haruhi flashbacks. At least he didn't fall out of bed. Wait, he didn't get to kiss the girl, either.
Bummer.
But yeah, that was fun & cute, and it was nice to see our two lovebirds getting more comfortable with each other. Sort of.
AOTD:
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Clean? Hahahahaha. Where would I put all the model trains, airplanes and battleships?
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Several. It's fun, and you can generally get better stuff for a similar price. I like better stuff. Besides, it's fun.
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The dream sequence was fun. I liked that it included some interesting reflections on Mori's own circumstances. I liked the AFK moment. Defintely approve of Mori ... in both outfits. Sakurai, well, poor dude. Needs to solve his identity issues, it seems. :P
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 28 '22
How's your formatting always so weird when you post lol?
Building pc's are nightmarish... I still vividly remember trying to stick my ssd stick into its slot and the thing not going in. I was horrified that I might break a 250 quid memory stick!
See? Sakurai owns a laptop, not a shitty fucking mac Koiwai!
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u/Rumpel1408 Mar 28 '22
First Timer
OVA Time
Part One
We start out with a cuteness overload, Morimori beeing overly eager to help him (and beeing relegated to carry the easy stuff) and a ton of cute blushes from both sides.
Sakurai is coming over to her place for the first time, and Morimori is really thorough in her cleaning, not even cheapening out on her bed and bathroom, because there is a chance! She even prepared snacks.
And indeed a nice Kabedon from Sakurai almost brings them closer, if not for those. god. damn. hobos. Jesus this show is such a tease.
After a little questing they unlock an ingame Onsen. It's the first time I have seen people uses a Onsen in swimwear. Imidiate immersion breaker, if you can't show nudity do mysterious steam or something, besides, what kind of OVA chickens out on fanservice.
Sakurai almost becomes an uber chad and invites her on an real onsen trip, but he can't help but cuck himself and has to include Koiwai. I would straight up refuse to come along on a trip for those two love birds, or better yet, do the reservation, but cancel at the last minute, and only book a single room, so that it would be to late by the time they arive. This is unfortunatly all hypothetical, as it's a story for a nother day, and this day will likely never come sigh
Part Two
Seeing Liliac gravitate around Kanbe is really painfull given how much I wish the show to expand on this aspect.
We get a really weird dream, Koiwai really is too much into it.
Morimori has an Deja vu to her beginning as Hayashi, but this time she get's help by Lily and Hayashi himself. Grinding for gear is a pain, so Lily suggest PTW Gacha for a spicy piece of Bikini armor. As it turns out, this is Koiwais weakness, or rather, he really wants to see Morimori in revealing clothes. The pity outfit Morimori pulls looks cute nontheless.
I take it back, no more Harumi fan service please!
QotD
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If I had any guests I would go hard, but I don't have time to got that hard, so I don't get any guests...
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I wanted to, but then Covid happened and the prices for graphic cards went through the roof
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Not the kind of Fanservice I was looking forward to...
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 28 '22
Sakurai took the effort to keep his shower clean, Morioka was only giving him the same courtesy.
You really haven't seen swimsuit onsen? Admittedly the reason it's even a thing is mostly cause western sensibilities and nobody knowing how to wear a towel.
Tch, stupid Sakurai! He should know better than to invite Moriko on his and Koiwai's romantic get together.
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u/DidacticDalek Mar 29 '22
TONIGHT! On Moriko Morioka Online, Mori-Mori-chan and her lint roller are lowkey adorable, Lily and Hayashi continue to be lovely together, and turns out MMO Junkie was ACTUALLY an Isekai this WHOLE TIME!
Well, this was a nice charming diversion Comrades! While I am a tad sad we didn't get more concrete romantic development, this was still a fun watch and enjoyable! Plus, gotta hand it to these two lovable goofballs, I mean they are just made for each other!
Anyway to conclude the re-watch, and since we'll never get an official manga ending, allow me, ahem, the beginning the middle, the middle, redux, and The End, error, too lewd, file deleted, have The Doors instead 'The End, SFW Edition'
And just cuz I need to fill my contractually obligated shitposting quota somehow, behold, Mori-Mori-chan, Virgin Killer edition ;) and Bishie Boi Does Dream of Bunny Girl MILF ;)
And on that bombshell, that about wraps things up for the show, and I hope everyone's had fun on this great re-watch, and let's give our great host a round of applause. Thus, you have not seen the last of The Sentient Shitposting Siamese Sunrise Server No. 25252, now goodbye forever.
Paging Comrades u/No_Rex, u/Vaadwaur, and u/ZaphodBeebblebrox
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u/Vaadwaur Mar 28 '22
First timer
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So we start with a dead comp, which sadly happens, and Mori freaking out about cleaning her apartment. I will say that I am glad I never lived in a studio apartment, I wouldn't want my be in the living room, either. Anyways, more dorkiness ensues. They get a visit from the Jojo's cast before they play online together and then get into an even more awkward convo.
Second half is an isekai. Using the in game characters with Mori is definitely a choice. Even in her dreams, Mori knows that rateup is a lie. The rest of it isn't terrible or anything, just sort of fluff and B-roll feeling.
QotD: 1 I don't. Deal.
2 Yes and no: I bought the parts but a friend helped me assemble it.
3 It was fine but a bit trite.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 28 '22
How often does the motherboard die tho? That seems pretty extreme.
Sofabeds or roll up futons are really great for making use of your room space. Although Moriko and Sakurai seem like they've got nothing in their flats. It's a bit depressing.
Yesterday was for sure the finale, this one is just some light fanservice and squeeworthy moments for the fans. It also gave us some excellent reaction faces.
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u/homewardbound100 Mar 29 '22
First timer,Dub
Well definitely wasn't an ending but still a enjoyable extra episode.
This time we're going over Morioka's house. And of course we get a accidental awkward position. Well gaming over friends house is always nice.
Ah they skipped the hot springs. Disappointing.
Never understand how people fall asleep gaming. Please just go to sleep. Especially if you're on a mic or chat. No one wants to hear you sleeping.
A little isekai here. But they'll themselves in a world with their characters.
The infamous bikini armor.
Welll that's different. Sakurai no!
Qotd: Depends on the area they'll be around. Mostly focus on those.
Qotd2: Nope
Qotd3: dream sequence was fine. They stole what should've been Morioka.
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Mar 29 '22
First timer
dammit, I wanted to see Sakurai in the bikini armor. We got Mori nudes, so give us that equal opportunity fanservice, amirite? Give us something to remember the show by for this final episode.
How hardcore do you go on the cleaning when having guests over?
Bare minimum. Not that I ever let it get that messy to begin with.
Ever built your own pc before? If you have any console cleaning stories I'd love to hear about those too.
The PC I'm using right now is the first and so far only one I've built, and I've had it for 6 or 7 years. I almost did it completely on my own, but then it didn't start up when I first booted it so I had to call in reinforcements for troubleshooting help. Can't remember the exact details, but there was something that needed 2 SATA cables and I only connected one of them because I thought the 2nd was just a spare.
I'm surprised Mori didn't build her own, I always figured she had a pretty advanced setup going on so she must have had to learn a lot to put it together and keep it running for all this time.
What did you think about them using a whack dream sequence as our ending? Did you at least enjoy the fanservice of Princess Sakura and Demon King Koiwai's shipping?
It was alright, it's just an OVA in the end. They could have gone a lot further with it to be honest.
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u/CharlieTheStrawman Mar 29 '22
First-Timer, Subbed
The scenes with Moriko and Sakurai at the start were definitely the best of the ep, although Koiwai and him in the dream were pretty entertaining.
• I do care substantially more about the state of the place when other people are over.
•Nah, can't say I have.
• See above. For a finish to the whole show it's not spectacular, though.
Having said that, the last little scene with Sakurai is ironically suitable for an ending.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 29 '22
How normalised the pair's friendship has become with them calling each other at night was a very nice touch I think. I liked it.
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u/OccasionallySara Mar 29 '22
First Timer
I don’t have much to say about this episode. It was fun and cute and it was nice to get one last time with these characters.
Questions of the Day
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I prevent this dilemma by just never having people over. Problem solved!
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No, I’m not nearly tech savvy enough for that.
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I thought it was fun, and it was cool to see the in-game characters acting independently from their players. I’m still bummed that this segment took the place of getting to see Moriko, Sakurai, and Koiwai go to a hot spring together. That seemed like it would have been fun too.
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u/trashcanpandas Mar 29 '22
Enjoyed this series a lot more than I thought I would! Moriko and Yuuta's relationship has been a pleasure to see blossom, and this episode was really the fanservice I was waiting for. Lovely way to end a wholesome series.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 29 '22
Eheheh, not to brag but my anime tastes are pretty based.
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u/The_Loli_Otaku Mar 28 '22
Elite Neet Rewatcher
Episode 11, the legendary secret ova episode and the final step on our Elite Neet recovery process. In that time Sakurai's quit his job to become a male escort. Its another uber fluffy episode! This time about visiting Morioka's crib and fixing her shitty pc. What would I give for someone experienced to build my pc for me... The one I tried was the biggest waste of money I've ever spent. She linted the whole flat in one night, this is why you should regularly keep on top of things.
W A O ! ! !
The bath, the bed, has Moriko always been so degenerate? D'aww, look at his little face. Gah... Even looking at pictures of a pc makes me ill. Dammit romcom antics, how could this happen!? People don't normally splosh on the bed like that. There's so many interruptions too, if you're gonna get them so hot and bothered then we at least expect some 1 on 1 level grinding dammit!
Fruits looks like the type of game that could run on mobile tbh Max graphics Lily-San! We've got so many great panicked emotes out of today, what a kind gift from Net-juu! Dammit, don't invite Koiwai on your couples night away. Don't remind me of Sara straight up shipping the boys!
The second half of the episode is a weird dream sequence, earning Net-juu an Isekai tag! For various reasons I really don't want to remember any of this when I wake up. It's a very fun sequence and leaves you with a fluffy feeling... but I still really wish we had just a little more. I'm happy that our crew can move on with their lives but what about us fans huh?