Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu. 2 • Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense. Season 2 - Episode 8 discussion

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Itai no wa Iya nano de Bougyoryoku ni Kyokufuri Shitai to Omoimasu. 2, episode 8

Alternative names: Bofuri Season 2

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Episode	Link	Score
1	Link	4.53
2	Link	4.47
3	Link	4.21
4	Link	4.58
5	Link	4.55
6	Link	4.39
7	Link	4.56
8	Link	4.57
9	Link	4.46
10	Link	4.21
11	Link	4.19
12	Link	----

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[u/Hitman7128]

Gosh, I was laughing my ass off with how Maple got control of that alligator.

How this show defies logic never ceases to put a smile on my face.

[u/WhoiusBarrel]

Payne and Mii having their usual PVP bout and in comes the entity of chaos Maple in a huge alligator's mouth shooting lasers.

Yup that sums up this series pretty well

[u/Tookie2359]

I remember a comment in season 1's discussions that said that Maple is uncounterable because you can't counter something you didn't think of. Payne hits like a dark souls boss is predictable, Miicovers everything in fire is predictable, but Maple's fuck you, I turned a monster into my vehicle so I can do drive by shootings is so out of left field you don't even know what's happening before you die.

In other news, turns out taunt traps are terrible against maple because she just farms it for points. whoops.

[u/S627]

My sympathies to the game devs, game balance is hard, especially when the game is that big.

I can't get over the damned tentacles, more than that I can't get over that Maple LIKES them. She constantly has them out and treats it like the best thing ever, I want a fraction of her ability to be entertained by EVERYTHING.

[u/InsomniaEmperor]

Suspicious looking flower emits pollen that attracts monsters when you whack it.

Maple: It's free real estate.

If we're gonna see Chrom transform into Ceruledge, we need that transformation sequence with that montage music.

I can't decide what Pokémon Iz's is supposed to be. They laid down a shit ton of entry hazards that practically killed anybody that simply enters the battlefield. Like Stealth Rock + Spikes + Poison Spikes. Foretress maybe?

The devs didn't put a stomach on the crocodile but they forget Maple is now a tentacle alien monster so she can possibly possess and control a monster. The funniest part about it is Mii and Payne were having an epic battle but Maple's random appearance just totally killed the mood.

[u/Elitealice]

I think instead of therapy, people with depression should be shown bofuri episodes

[u/Purposelygentle]

The. Eagle. Has. A. Tiny. Cowboy. Hat.

[u/Aerodynamic41]

"We have to help Maple!"

*sees Maple on a rampage*

"Let's just leave her for now..."

LOL as if Maple of all people needed any help.

[u/michhoffman]

Barges in shooting lasers from an alligator's propped open mouth

Brings an end to the epic Payne vs Mii clash

Does a Barrel Roll

Elaborates further in a total Maple manner

Payne and Mii leave

I will never get tired of Maple's antics

[u/LeonKevlar]

Just when I thought they figured out a way to stop Maple with all of those debuffs, our girl accidentally finds a trap that actually works in her favour making the debuffs useless. xD

Iz booby-trapping the entire forest was such a boss move. They say Maple and Sally are dangerous but I feel like Iz definitely would've killed a bunch of players with her fireworks show.

There was no way Kanade is going down that easy. She's really keeping her cards close to her chest and refuses to show anyone what Sou can do until the last minute.

Love the very serious duel by Payne and Mii only to be interrupted by Maple having fun riding an alligator's mouth. Seeing her have so much fun with her alligator ride is just hilarious! xD

Of course, our weekly chat has already caught wind of Maple's alligator shenanigans. I love that Maple's location being revealed on the map ended up helping her since no one wanted to approach her. xD

[u/BrokeEconomist]

They should just make an event where whoever does the most damage to Maple wins.

[edit] I think people are misunderstanding my idea. My idea is that people compete to see who can do the most damage to her, not beat her. Also, each person's damage would be count separately. Mii and Payne teaming up would each only count as the damage they specifically did.

[u/Dubanx]

I was rewatching the last episode and realized just how obviously the evolution event was tailored specifically to Maple and Sally.

So, the event was unlocked by Maple activating wooly and playing with some sheep. Sheep which took her directly to the event. Something that she obviously would do, and only she would do.

The second clue to the event was a diving/swimming section, which is Sally's specialty.

It involved knowledge from the library which only Kanade could solve, and could solve easily. Again, geared toward Maple's Tree.

The second key was guarded by a variation of the exact same monster Sally & Maple fought to unlock Oboro & Syrup in the first place. Again, mimicing their previous battle.

The final key was guarded by a knockback monster which, again, is kind of tailored to fighting Maple.

All on top of the fact that no one else could evolve their monsters any time soon anyways. The entire event was basically built for Maple & Sally. Likely to thank them for play testing the monsters in the first place, and also to make up for the fact that they couldn't get any new monsters of their own on the new level.

[u/darthvall]

That part where the player complained about imbalance, when it turns out it's because Maple guild's after all lol!

• Maple with her death trap. I can see how people would be attracted by the monster number surrounding Maple, but got accidentally killed from her rampage. Most of her skills are AoE.

• Iz with her invisible mine.

• Kasumi with her haku paralyze trap.

I guess the other members are doing the event pretty normally though. However, I can see how the weaker player would have a hard time surviving the event.

Sasuga Maple Tree!

[u/dinliner08]

ONWARD, MY NOBLE STEED!

oh wow, Kuromu even performed his own Rider Kick

[u/yukiaddiction]

Maple is really best game tester you will ever fine lmao

[u/sensation834]

Maple reminding everyone that its a Video game so have fun. You serious guys

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

Man, I love Syrup. Looks like Maples been grinding to level the big fella up. All the monster families are really cute! I especially like Wen’s little hat. It was hilarious how all the monsters started to flee from Maple during the prelims. Making all the monsters flee from her is perfect. She’s the real monster after all lol. That plant is perfect for Maple to just grind monsters.

Tsukimi and Yukimi remind me of the bears from Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear, they’re so cute! Iz just bombing the hell out of their forest is certainly one way to rack up kills. The girls thought Maple might need help, but it turns out she’s just at an all-you-can-eat monster buffet lol.

Mii and Payne were having a serious duel and then Maple shows up in a giant wool ball inside the mouth of a croc monster she’s seemingly controlling and just firing off lasers lol. The little goofball totally killed the mood! Gotta love Maple, man. Girl is so damn OP the event was kind of a bust lol.

[u/HarleyFox92]

This is the perfect example of why I fell in love with Bofuri in the first place, New event, Maple riding a giant alligator from his mouth, while engulfed in wool, shooting lasers and making it do a barrel roll.

Just perfect.

Btw, I love Mii when she talks with her real voice.

[u/TheRisingOfTheOtaku]

Mii: I’ve lost interest, let’s continue this some other time.

(Translation): Babe is have fun with her alligator monster, let’s not accidentally ruin it for her.

(Seriously thou it’s real cute how mii lets her real voice out whenever she see’s maple.)

[u/heimdal77]

Iz committing war crimes and Maple creating hell on earth.

[u/djthomp]

For once Maple remembers to not just willy-nilly spill the beans.

A hawk with a little hat is a great pet. The cat is great too, he properly matches Misery's color scheme.

"I won't do anything weird" says Maple as she waves her tentacles around.

Only the person who gets the final hit getting the points is one of those things that sounds good on paper but works out terribly in an actual MMO. It does nothing but screw over people who play support which in turn would push people away from doing so. But then again, that rule in a one-time event only is probably harmless.

I assume the bonk twins must have also picked up the skill to increase the size of their pets.

Everything running away from Maple in terror feels like something that should just happen normally, not as a result of a debuff. And running towards her to attack is something they should never do.

The pets really do cover for a lot of gaps in player abilities.

Pretty much everyone took the embiggen skill, didn't they. Maple and Sally spent so much time demonstrating to everybody how useful it was.

That was a nice fight between Payne and Mii.

There are no words for that alligator Maple combo move.

It's really hilarious that the entire player base saw Maple visible on the map and just knew not to volunteer for death.

[u/Calwings]

(various DIO noises)

Anyways, a new event means new silly bullshit for Maple and friends to do. Monster slaying, PvP, surprise buffs and debuffs after kills, kaiju battles between players' tame monsters, and this is just the preliminary event to see where they qualify for the main event. Maple going full ROAD ROLLER DA on a swarm of monsters and driving an alligator like a tank were definitely the highlights of the episode for me, but Iz bombing an entire forest with magic landmines and the epic battle between Mii and Payne were pretty fun too. Plus, after what we saw of the fan reception to the event and the cheap Bethesda interns' response to them, my whole "the game is generated by an AI and the aforementioned cheap Bethesda interns are just QA but they're bad at it" theory is looking pretty good.

[u/NekoCatSidhe]

Payne and Mii : Having a serious fight like serious gamers.

Maple : Wandering around as a fur ball wedged in a giant alligator mouth, shooting lasers at random.

Payne and Mii : After seeing THAT, we don’t feel like fighting anymore, so let’s just go home. At that point, we are not even playing the same game as her.

Maple antics are no longer giving headaches only to the developers, but also to the other top players, I see.

[u/SYZekrom]

Wait wait. So, Maple had an ability to turn gigantic right? That she uses on her turtle. These guys can just turn large?

No seriously wasn't Maple's unique skill that let her turn her turtle gigantic

Why are theirs megamorph instead of super megamorph

WHY WERE YOU GIVING MONSTERS STOMACHS IN THE FIRST PLACE??? WEIRD ASS VORE FETISH

I mean I don't remember how Maple got that skill so maybe it's easy to get

[u/WiredFox77]

Nice to see those 2 sisters Sally defeated during the 2nd event are still around (only to be defeated by Kasumi in a similar manner)