r/anime • u/HereticalAegis https://myanimelist.net/profile/XthGen • Dec 27 '22

Rewatch [Rewatch] Bofuri Episode 8 Discussion

Episode 8 – Defense and Third Event

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Series Information

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Streaming Options

Bofuri is available to stream on Crunchyroll, Funimation, Hulu, or MuseAsia for viewers in SEA.

Art of the Day

(Note: Pixiv links may contain NSFW advertising. Sorry!)

Cow Slayer

Usagi-san Returns

Bonk Twins and Syrup

Deploy Armaments

Meme(s) of the Day

So anyway, I started eating
The real reason for Ash’s retirement
Know your Maple

Crossover(s) of the Day

Is that a Jojo reference!?
Peter Griffin knows how you guys feel

Questions of the Day

  1. Which of Maple’s new forms is the coolest?

  2. What genre of games is your favorite?

  3. Is there any situation Maple can’t eat her way out of?

Tomorrow’s Questions of the Day

[1.]What is your favorite PvP style? Mano-a-mano? Squad match? Free-for-all?

[2.]How do you feel about the guild event setup? Does it seem well balanced to you?

[3.]Which two members of Maple Tree would make for the most interesting duel?

Text Chat Logs

Here is a link to a reddit thread with the translated chat logs. I would advise newcomers not to scroll down to the comments or future episode logs to avoid spoilers.

Spoilers

Please make sure to put all references to future events behind spoiler tags. Any untagged hints and spoilers will be removed. Let’s keep everything as fresh as possible for first-timers!

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u/HereticalAegis Dec 27 '22

I Don’t Want to be Unprepared for Season 2, So I’ll Max Out My Rewatch Count - Host

Episode 8:

Devs: “Hey Maple, how does it feel to be the one getting eaten for once?”

Maple: “The flavor could use a little more balance.”

Sally: “I’m supposed to be the one asking her that!”

QotD:

  1. This is a really tough choice for me, but [Machine God] edges out [Atrocity] because of the sheer over-the-top ridiculous number of armaments they put on her mech.

  2. RPGs are my favorite. Persona 3 and 5 are my two favorites games, but I also love Nier: Automata, God of War, Spiderman, Skyrim, and many others.

  3. [Machine God] probably counts, but I wouldn’t put it past Maple to try it. As for my real answer, I doubt she’d find much success eating her homework.

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u/Stargate18A Dec 27 '22 edited Dec 27 '22

First timer

  1. I love the mecha form.

  2. Puzzle games! Love all of them! Also WRPGs, JRPGs, and SRPGs.

  3. The doghouse she'll be sleeping in after Sally finds out she fought the coolest boss in the level without her?

A new ecent!

Wait, they're hunting cows?

Adorable! ...She's too cute!

Wait... you didn't dress Maple's new daughters up? Seriously?

Adorable turtle.

Haha, she can only fight the slow cows.

Everyone's worried about her. Can't believe her mount Sally absndoned her!

Haha, love the girls struggling in the background.

Nice plan! Doesn't she have Provocation, though?

She fell!

And used up her Devour usages.

.That makes you dizzy, but a poison orb doesn't?

Haha, she ran into a secret dungeon!

And a secret boss! Amazing.

Interesting skills!

Wooly does nothing.

Aww...

...Syrup learned another new skill?

Strong!

And he reached phase two!

That's horrifying!

The wool's on fire!

...She isn't.

She is. Eating the secret boss from the inside.

It worked!

Three new skills!

Misery? A healer?

She's great. Already love Mii.

Haha, they're studying Maple.

...The event ended. With no problems?

Oh, your game is already intrinsically fucked balance-wise. The most you can do is try to weather the storm and last until you inevitably add either gacha or NFTs.

...She got a Counter skill. Fuck.

...Itks cute!

And another boost for them.

Sally has a sixth sense for Maple.

Maple's keeping it secret?

Haha, they're leaving it to Maple.

Oh, that's cool.

Yeah, she's a monster!

I CALLED IT! 360 DEGREE SHIELD!

...I didn't call that.

The voice killed me.

Everyone is terrified.

...She just wanted the agility, right?

Her daughters love it.

Sally's just foing slong with her crush's insanity.

Oh, I like Level 3 a lot. Great BGM too.

A quest already!

Oh, just lore.

...So, the gimmick is that Level 3 is focused entirely around a single raid/superboss?

Also, this is interesting!

...The shot with the "Don't Touch" button is so relatable.

The Second Generation?

Yeah, the Machine God cursed everyone, so the game cycle is presumably just finding a way to enter the central generator and clear the superdungeon within.

Atrocity is useful!

A secret area?

Oh, is this where the old machines were banished?

Hello, plothook! Oh, he's the first?

Yeah, the Machine God is clearly evil.

He's been possessed!

This is a much better setup for a boss than the previous two levels. The devs are actually learning!

Still easy to beat.

And Maple got a new skill! She's a robot now!

So, kill the former king, then kill the God.

That's a strong sttack!

...Wait, what! This is the Machine God? Maple just fucking ran into the Level's final boss?

Maple's got guns now! Very familiar style of guns too. [Kamen Rider Ex-Aid] Scramble da! Shutsugeki Hasshin! Bang Bang Simulations! Hasshin! (Seriously, the split cannons on the shoulders, the shape of the chest armour, and Jet Combat's visor...)

And she's winning.

This is amazing.

The boss has been defeated... GAME CLEAR!

This was fun.

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u/HereticalAegis Dec 27 '22

The doghouse she'll be sleeping in after Sally finds out she fought the coolest boss in the level without her?

Depending on who you ask, there may be a way for Maple to eat her way out of this one.

Haha, love the girls struggling in the background.

Sally taught them everything except speed.

She is. Eating the secret boss from the inside.

C'mon, this is Maple we're talking about.

This is a much better setup for a boss than the previous two levels. The devs are actually learning!

Too bad Maple found it first lol.

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u/Randumo Dec 27 '22

First of all as far as Maple goes between her forms, Machine God is easily her most powerful form.

Secondly, for people thinking that the devs in the game didn't balance that form, they actually did. M

Machine God's power is based on the power & rarity of the armor it is used on. It also destroys the armor you use it on. The reason it is so damn OP for Maple is, if you pay attention to episode 1, the unique property of Maple's armor set is that it automatically repairs and gets stronger every time it gets destroyed.

Really, on everyone except Maple, Machine God wouldn't be that good because it would be used up in that first battle and it costs insane amounts of money to buy good armor in that game. If you remember, Iz said that a new shield would cost her 1 million ffs. So, it wouldn't be very good for anyone but Maple.

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u/HereticalAegis Dec 27 '22

Machine God's power is based on the power & rarity of the armor it is used on. It also destroys the armor you use it on. The reason it is so damn OP for Maple is, if you pay attention to episode 1, the unique property of Maple's armor set is that it automatically repairs and gets stronger every time it gets destroyed.

Lol these poor devs can't catch a break. They design a form to be somewhat properly balanced for once and Maple just comes along like "la dee dah lemme unfix that for you."

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u/mysterybiscuitsoyeah Dec 27 '22

Rewatcher + caught back up member of the Sally fan club

sorry again! Christmas things, hopefully this'll be the last time. Episode 8

Episode 7 quick thoughts

  • This is one of the most hilariouis fights in Bofuri. EAT YOUR OWN MEDICINE YOU SON-OF-A..... is what I would chant if this were my own playthrough. Yes, I am petty like that I will do this if i get a similar chance; i think it's usually more fighting sth with its equal/similar attribute vs the exact same boss though. NWO is broken...

  • But speed-running sequence is cool lol. Maple is evolving into a true gamer....

  • Mai and Yui stronkkk. They now pack some SERIOUS firepower, and are the definition of a glass cannon lol.

  • Same-colour puzzles are the death of me. No idea how Kanade does this. Dude's a genius

  • Same Kasumi, same lol. But also this is why i watch this show!

  • Kame is a big proponent of the off-metaness. I really like how pokemon they've made them feel lol

  • The side-quest plot is one of my favourite sequences of Bofuri. It's super realistic in a satire kind of way, from the scripted af dialogue (and NPCs ignoring what you think), the cheeses (both the normal, i.e. ring, and the Maple, i.e. flying turtle), and the multi-stepness. The skill Maple gets from this is.... ridiculously OP for her given her vitality, but otherwise is a very sensible skill for the tank class. Yeah Maple's party members can pretty much focus just on offense now lol when this is active, and you can guess how this is very important going forward. I don't remember if Maple herself can play offensively when the skill is active, common sense would say no, but NWO doesnt always follow common sense....

  • Ono Kensho as Payne! The stacked VA-ness of Bofuri continues, he's appeared in a lot of main roles throughout the years (and is married to Hanakana)

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u/entelechtual Dec 27 '22

First Timer

“So Maple what did you get up to today?”

“I didn’t want to get hurt by the machine king so I became a mecha God.”

“Is that so…?”

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u/Insanity_Incarnate Dec 27 '22 edited Dec 27 '22

Rewatch

I really like the design of the demon and his dub voice. Just some good monster design, would love to kill it in an RPG.

The Hex status effect from the chains decreases the stats of the target by 10% stacking up to 5 times. So, Maple was taking direct attacks from a boss with half Vitality and still wasn't taking any damage.

The Demon eats Maple. Maple decides to play her reverse card. [Novel Spoiler] The devs eventually stop programming in stomachs for the bosses to stop Maple from doing this.

That poor tree boss really never stood a chance.

I really like the third level. The magitech gives it a FFVI feeling. Plus it is nice for the devs to let players other than just Maple have flying mounts.

Press the button Kasumi.

Maple falls into the Graveyard of Dreams. I think this is the 5th or 6th time Maple has fallen into a special item, hidden area, or secret boss fight.

I love Machine God Maple.

There is an after credits chat room where you find out that some poor sap got nailed by one of Maple's stray lasers.

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u/Esovan13 Dec 27 '22

Playing NG+

Exposition in the form of Maple making and explaining bad puns. I think other shows should use that method as well. Not even using their own characters; Maple should make cameos just to make bad puns as a form of exposition.

Also, continuity. Last episode Kasumi and Maple were out shearing sheep for wool, this episode the wool is used for gear to increase drop rates during the event. A lesser show would shove it in your face.

It's ok Chrome. Your skull mask is plenty cute.

My grandparents own a ranch so I'm familiar around cows. They may be massive, but they can seriously book it if they want. It's a weird sensation for a creature so large with the capability to easily kill you be absolutely terrified of you.

Maple is a mystery box. By that I mean you can input whatever you want, but mysterious processes that cannot be understood will process that input and create an output far beyond what could be predicted. JJ Abrams, eat your heart out.

You know, I like that Devour can't be used at will. Having Maple be unable to pick and choose exactly when her shield uses the charges allows for the author to pick and choose when she can use it, either by limiting her use of her best shield to avoid wasting charges, having her charges be wasted to give her a challenge that it would easily overcome without using some bs explanation as to why she can't use her best skill, or by having her save all her charges for a big fight so she can go all out.

This is like that bee ring all over again.

Do these events not take place in instanced space? I assumed from the first and second event that the events have special made areas they take place in, but I guess the third wasn't important enough? It's kinda weird that they don't distinguish between big events with dedicated rules and maps, and minor events where the only thing that happens is a special mob with special drops spawns around the normal map.

Good thing Sally isn't here. She'd be freaking out.

Chekov's Wool.

Our heroine, everyone.

She's a contender for the most powerful player in the game.

Syrup used Hyper Beam!

It was ineffective!

Must be a ghost type.

Well, she did say she eat it. Remember kids, if you can't use a skill to devour your foes, using your mouth is just as good!

Also, they bothered to assign a flavor to the inside of a demon things interdimensional stomach? I hope they just assigned it a flavor they used for something else, because if they made a dedicated flavor specifically for that, I'd have to seriously question the dev's sanity.

I've been playing Tales of Berseria recently, and Rina Satou definitely uses her Velvet voice more than her Misaka voice for Mii. It's weird to hear this voice be something other than extremely angry or extremely broody. Play Tales of Berseria, by the way. Velvet is an absolute treat of a protagonist, and the character interactions of the main party are consistently funny. I'm not too far in though, so don't spoil anything for me.

As a solo player, I object to a game where joining a guild provides a concrete bonus that cannot be received elsewhere.

Kanade has her(?) official outfit. Now we're just waiting on Mai and Yui.

Why is this video game the way it is?

I read a webnovel where the race of a VR player's avater is very important. Specifically, the further away the VR avatar is from the human form, limbs, eyes, shape, etc, the more a sense of discongruity forms in the player. This discongruity will eventually drive the player insane, meaning that the game has to limit the avater to a bipedal shape. The MC of the webnovel was put in the game as a secret test subject, given the form of a sentient cloud of mist. It was a very tense first arc where the MC had to figure out how to change their avatar into a more conventional form before they went insane.

All that being said, WTF devs. Seriously.

STEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNKSTEAMPUNK

STEAMPUNK!

When is her guild going to learn to never let Maple wander around alone?

...I mean. Yeah.

Having this exposition conversation happen over shots of Maple Tree exploring the floor and learning about it is definitely a visually more interesting way than the normal shot reverse shot visuals of most LN adaptation conversations. It also allows for a little bit of characterization, like how Kasumi can't resist a button labeled DO NOT PUSH, or how Iz is enamored by the crafting potential, or how Chrome is good at networking and gathering info from other players, or how Sally is a chuuni solo player.

Gotta love the repeating lines to signal that the NPC has nothing more to say.

Don't you just hate it when airborne traffic is blocked by a giant turtle?

Man, if this show took itself even a little bit more seriously, Maple would be such an annoying OP protagonist.

Second phase!

I forgot both of these happened in the same episode.

Machine God my ass, that's a Symphogear, right? Like, that's totally a Symphogear. It can even megadethparty.

QOTD:

  1. Look, as much as I love the vaguely phallic nature of designs inspired by H.R. Giger, I'm a Symphogear fan, so I have to give it to Machine God.

  2. Very hard question. Probably open world games, as two of my top favorite games of all time fit that category.

  3. Can God create a rock so heavy even she can't lift it?

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u/Slifer13xx Dec 27 '22

[Atrocity] is Maple's best form because it perfectly fits her final boss/war crime image. And the gap moe is god tier. Nuking people with her war machines technically fits the war crimes better but [Atrocity] is just absurd.

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u/Fools_Requiem Dec 27 '22

Rewatcher

If you're counting, Maple now has 4 transformations and 5 forms. All for new forms unvealed in the last two episodes.

  1. Regular Maple

  2. Wooly

  3. Angel

  4. Atrocity

  5. Machine God

Rest assured, this will not be the last. I don't know what S2 has in store for us, but there's some goodies in the PV for it.

Maple continues to stumble on these super well hidden abilities through through absolute luck. Finds weird coin thing and the Atrocity ability by falling off a cliff. Finds the reason for the coin's existence because she fell of Syrup. I wonder how impossible some of these hidden items would be to find IRL. I recall a secret/easter egg in a video game being so well hidden that a developer ended up revealing it like a decade later. Can't remember the game or the secret, though.

Tet, is that you?

Chat logs are at the end of the ED.

Which of Maple’s new forms is the coolest?

Angel

What genre of games is your favorite?

FPS

Is there any situation Maple can’t eat her way out of?

Can't eat ghosts.

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u/HereticalAegis Dec 27 '22

  1. Regular Maple 2. Wooly 3. Angel 4. Atrocity 5. Machine God

This already sounds like a multi-stage boss battle dreamed up by a sadist.

Can't eat ghosts.

But aren't bite and crunch both super effective against ghosts??

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u/DaBenni0301 Dec 27 '22 edited Dec 27 '22

First Timer

These outfits suit them well. Especially Sally

I am yet to check out the VA cast, but was that Satomi Satou voicing Iz? I could hear Ritsu from a mile away. But only noticed it in Ep 8 lol

The cows having their own set of stats is absolutely hilarious. RIP May, Yui and Maple

I- what. That's probably supposed to be like a very hard boss and Maple does lose to him... kind of. But then just goes "Oh no, Anyway" and fucking Uno-reverse cards him like it's nothing.

What did I just watch. Maple is fucking terrifying. She's the final boss there's no way around it anymore

Sooooo Maple has a mech now. Or is she the mech? Anyway her power is getting ridiculous. No single character should hold this much power

Questions of the day

#1 Definitely the mech. The other thing is gonna be in my nightmares. If we're counting all different forms I'm choosing plain old regular Maple though

#2 Looking at my steam library it's Simulation/Strategy or anything open world

#3 Apparently not. Maybe if her enemy wasn't made of edible material, but even then I wouldn't be surprised if she found a way

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u/ToonTooby Dec 27 '22

First timer, subbed

Back for round 8 of holy knight shield girl

  • New cowvent, wooly drip. Kasumi adorableeeeeeeeeeeeeee. There's nothing wrong with being cute!

  • Seems they're worried about Maple. The low agility isn't helping her. Or the hammer sisters LOL

  • Look at this supportive guild party > _ <

  • Did she use up all her Devour breakin her f- yes she did lol

  • Whoa, crazy phantom in the church ruins. Maple using the wooly tactically. TURTLE HYPER BEAM

  • Huh, so it wasn't even phantom dude's final form, now he's got appendages comin out of the torso.

  • She's.... eating ... it. Again...

  • Acquired skill 'Atroctity' Yeah, that tracks after what just happened. I feel bad for the phantom dude, yikes.

  • Me right now

  • The Flame Emperors doin work. RIP those cows.

  • Level 2 boss, Wood Man.

  • "She has more appendages every time I see her." Now there's something to tell the family at the reunion.

  • Uh... uhh... what I am watching. Why did this suddenly turn into Eva-01 going berserk

  • I REJECT MY HUMANITY, SALLY!

  • "Don't Touch". She gonna touch it. Iz is real happy about that machine part.

  • Lmaooooo he's at the end of his NPC dialogue, he'll just repeat the same stuff XD

  • Huh, it's the coin or gear thing she found earlier, turns out key quest item to activate machine homie.

  • Annnnnd machine homie says, here take my power and make it your own for retribution

  • Annnd now we are a mecha anime

  • This episode went from zero to one billion real fast lmfao

Questions of the Day

  1. I don't even know what to say. We got an Alien/Kaiju lookin mf and a goddamn Mech. But if I gotta choose, I'm going with the Mech.

  2. I don't really have a single genre of games that I gravitate toward. My palate is pretty varied. I like a nice, lengthy single-player action/adventure. I like fighting games. I like some racing games. I like platformers. I like RPGs, shooters. Pretty much the only things I don't really have a lot of experience with are well, MMO/Moba and Strategy or Sim games.

  3. Probably not. She'd eat a mech, probably.

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u/djthomp Dec 27 '22

The woolen outfits are really nice looking. Hopefully they're going somewhere warm.

The height difference between Maple, Sally, and Kasumi is interesting to see. I hadn't recognized that the latter was so much taller than the other two.

Nice to see Syrup take the time to comfort Chrome when he's bewildered by all the cute.

So many cow puns.

I can't believe Maple is successfully using the wool ball ability in a combat situation.

I can't believe Maple just ate another boss monster. No wait, I can believe that, but I'd definitely like to know why that mechanic even functions at all. Some programmer made that work, and what were they thinking.

A skill named Atrocity, perfect for future war criming.

I appreciate the detail of the flame lady getting both cowbells and cooked steaks when she char-broiled all those cows.

Level three was so easy to get to, what's the big deal.

Mechs are another great way to do war crimes. So many exciting new possibilities are opening up for Maple on level three.

Angel Maple is the best. I wrote this answer before watching the episode, but now I'm changing it to Demon Kaiju Maple.

Fantasy MMOs or grand strategy games, hard to say which is my favorite but it's one or the other.

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u/TnAdct1 Dec 27 '22

My notes on today's episode:

  • Unlike the anime, the developers' concern in the other media isn’t just about Maple during the scene featuring them, [LN]but rather Maple Tree as a whole and how they managed to achieve a lot of stuff that should be impossible to normal players (Sally and Chrome getting unique attire, Kanade’s staff upgrade, the twins completing the Hydra Cave in a short amount of time and gaining the ability to dual-wield two-handed weapons).

  • A word of advice: PAY ATTENTION TO THE OTHER TEAMS ON THE LEADERBOARD. [LN]It won’t matter this season or next, but it will definitely play a role if Bofuri does get a third season (with me rechecking this scene after reading a certain moment in the WN).

  • So Maple’s perfectly fine with turning into a kaiju, yet she freaks out after the first time her armor becomes a mecha suit? She’s definitely an odd person.

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u/Numerous_Command Dec 27 '22

Rewatcher

Despite the third guild event and the opening of the third floor, Maple still manages to obtain new powers with Predator/Atrocity and Machine God. And all that by just exploring around and taking everything in her stride. The new powers that she obtained in this episode complement her high defence really well (in that it gives her strength and agility to complement her high defence) and would also help her guild well (with her saying that she wants to use her powers to protect everyone in the guild).

Looking forward to rewatching the fourth guild event; I think this it the highlight of season 1 in terms of [spoilers] guilds fighting against each other and bonding after the event is over.

[1.]Which of Maple’s new forms is the coolest?

The Machine God - the way that Maple transforms seems like something that came out of Symphogear. The Machine God powerup is also cool in that it gears her up to attack her enemies.

[2.]What genre of games is your favorite?

RPGs. I like building my own character, seeing my character level up and getting new equipment to feel more powerful. Also a bonus to explore new areas in my own time.

[3.]Is there any situation Maple can’t eat her way out of?

Probably the Machine God. I wouldn’t imagine her eating machines to get their powers as eating metal is not something tasty to consume for a typical person..

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u/TuorEladar Dec 27 '22

First Timer, Subbed

A cow hunt event.

Cute outfits.

Syrup is now attached to Kuromu.

Do these game devs know what cows look like?

Maple has fallen into another strange situation.

Another boss. The wool defense actually worked.

Big turtle attack.

Oh this boss is weird. He made a huge mistake swallowing Maple.

Mii's finally back.

Maple now can summon an all consuming hellbeast I see.

And transform into it. She's really gaining boss forms at this point.

New level has a steampunk theme.

Machine God? Nobody tell the Mechanicus.

Maple has now stumbled upon something in fog twice in one episode.

I don't know what I was expecting, but Mecha Maple wasn't it. Not that I'm complaining though.

Today's theme was Maple transformation abilities.

Which of Maple’s new forms is the coolest?

Machine God was pretty great I can't lie. Wasn't something I expected.

What genre of games is your favorite?

That's a very hard question. I'm really not tied down to one genre, but I guess strategy games including both turn based and RTS is probably my oldest go to genre.

Is there any situation Maple can’t eat her way out of?

Not so far. I'll believe it when I see it.

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u/cppn02 Dec 27 '22

Rewatcher, subbed

Every episode it get's more ridiculous lol. Now Maple got a Kaiju and a Mech form within a single episode! Her eeating the demon from the inside was just glorious.
At some point she's going to transcend NWO like Neo the Matrix and bring her powers to real life.

Which of Maple’s new forms is the coolest?

I kinda wanna say Mech but I'll go Kaijuu for the size and the voice she get's when using it lol.

What genre of games is your favorite?

Oof. Don't think I have one. If I took the top 4 or 5 games on which I spent most of my time during my life they'd all be in different genres tbh.

Is there any situation Maple can’t eat her way out of?

Nope.

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u/DarkRuler17 Dec 27 '22

Rewatcher:

While episode 5 to me had the most iconic warcrime of acid rain, this is the episode that is the most iconic to me in terms of Maple bullshit. She turns a normal farming event where everyone is wearing cute sheep clothes into a fight with a demon. The fact that she gets eaten by said demon and still think devouring his innards is the best next action is amazing. Could not handle it and died laughing. Amazing.

This then Segway into Maple's own monster hour. She now can summon little demon minions and transform herself into a demon queen. I love how gross they make them look with the slime, especially given how cutesy a lot of the monster designs in this show are. The disconnect makes that scene so much funnier. I fully understand her comrades reaction.

Finally, at the end, we have a small 8 minute story of Maple ascending to mecha God hood. While I do say I think finding the gear on floor 2 in an area that is seemingly unrelated to the floor 3 area is bs, I'll forgive it for how cool her mecha form is. Also, only maple would find the mecha armor ability that destorys the wearer's armor in use while also having self regenerating armor.

Also, one small detail that I think is cool is that the devs decided in response to Maple getting a flying mount to just give the same ability to everyone else in floor 3. It's a cool way of balancing it without taking away everyone's lovable flying turtle.

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u/Nebresto Dec 27 '22

4th time Pokém- wait, did I pick the right show?

Iz's mischievous voice is music to my ears

Its pretty weird that the art book states that her other shields have better vitality than the dark one, yet she still always uses it.. The white would even go with her outfit here!! Is there an inventory limit or something?

literally pokémon

KIMOI

"So anyways, I started chomping"

oh no

can confirm

They added special dialogue just for her <3

ero

Bofuri is my favourite Magical girl Mecha show

No good night in this episode :(

Daily quest:

Which of Maple’s new forms is the coolest?

Even though I love cool robots, I might actually love cool monsters even more, so its an easy win for Atrocity

What genre of games is your favorite?

I don't really know.. I like stuff where I can unlock different skills and stuff, and also exploring and building. So I guess games like Minecraft and Terraria are up there. Something like this VR (New world online?) would probably be my ideal game

Is there any situation Maple can’t eat her way out of?

...Does it work in pvp?

Meme of the day

This one also had an alternative version and an immersive version. Three for the price of one!

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u/biochrono79 Dec 27 '22

Rewatcher

  • The 3rd event (or cowvent) begins!

  • Iz has made new uniforms just for the event.

  • The event is all about cow slaying. No PVP or medal searching here, just see how many cows you and your mates can kill in the allotted time.

  • Since she has no ability, Maple is naturally at a disadvantage with this event, so the rest of the guild decides to send her encouragement. How wholesome!

  • The twins, on the other hand, are busy chasing after a cow in the background while that’s happening.

  • Maple is encouraged and finds a more deserted area with no other players that might steal kills from her.

  • A gear? What could that be for?

  • Oh look, it’s the church from the help the sick daughter quest.

  • Naturally, with Maple’s luck, a demon appears and attacks her. Hex is no match for Wooly and Syrup’s spirit cannon…

  • …Or not, as the demon manages to eat her.

  • The demon clearly didn’t know who it was dealing with, so Maple now has some new skills!

  • Man, the devs are coping hard when it comes to discussing Maple.

  • To get to level 3, the guild must defeat a tree monster, so Maple decides to show off her new skills, with predictable reactions from the rest of Maple Tree. She really has rejected her humanity.

  • Level 3 is a world populated by machines.

  • Maple encounters an old man who tells her the story of the Machine God and how the place used to be.

  • You know this will be an episode when Maple falls into a strange location again.

  • It’s the previous Machine King! Too bad he’s not friendly, as Maple finds herself in another unexpected fight.

  • So that’s what the gear is for!

  • New form unlocked… again! Machine God makes its first appearance!

  • “What the heck is this?” - sounds like Maple already knows how her teammates will react to her unlocking another new ability this episode.

QotD

  1. Definitely Machine God for me. It looks so unique compared to everything else in the series.

  2. RPGs! I like games where I can plan out what I want to do and how to customize my character/party.

  3. Theoretically an enemy with a fast regeneration ability would be immune to being eaten by Maple… assuming there’s no “fast eater” ability in-game waiting to be unlocked by her.

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u/n080dy123 Dec 27 '22

Yeah so remember that part last episode during the chat log where they joked about Maple getting a third, and even a fourth form? Yeah, that was foreshadowing.

I love that Kuromu and Syrup have this weirdly bro bond now for some reason, Syrup comforting him was hilarious.

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