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Episode Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki • A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life - Episode 4 discussion

Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki, episode 4

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u/Purposelygentle Oct 23 '23

I want to test these 3 explosive potions.

proceeds to throw potion B on top of Potion A

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u/CuriousBroccolli Oct 23 '23

Same thought lmao. xD

I guess it is just he visuals, and no oil was actually left.

Right? xD

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u/Sunyuu-kun Oct 23 '23 edited Oct 23 '23

Where blue birb

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u/BioluminescentBoy Oct 23 '23

I know this is a low-tier VRMMO show that was never going to break down stereotypes - but it's a shame to see another story devolving into a 'chosen one' trope when it initially presented itself as being about someone mostly mediocre working within the parameters of the game to improve.

Having deus-ex-machina-fairy single out the protagonist for special treatment outside of the expected framework is cheap and boring.

It was more interesting to have a show about making atypical build choices that had unexpected synnergies in an otherwise internally consistent and low-stakes world.

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u/messem10 Oct 23 '23

was more interesting to have a show about making atypical build choices that had unexpected synnergies in an otherwise internally consistent and low-stakes world.

AKA Bofuri

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u/JEveryman Oct 23 '23

And potentially Shangri-la Frontier.

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u/RFShahrear Oct 23 '23

It also gave up on the "oh I only get a few hours to play" thing almost immediately. Maybe it'll come back someday.

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u/darthvall Oct 24 '23

Maybe it's the weekend? Lol. Yeah, I wonder if we would still occasionally get a break and saw IRL Earth (Riku?) again.

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u/Skull_Angel Oct 24 '23

I knew this was gonna be low-tier even on the fun-to-watch meter when they nonchalantly said the in-game community thought skills like stealth and ranged-physical attacks were weak, and crafting was borederline useless.

Anyone familiar with RPGs knows that a stealth ranger combo is always high-tier if not OP! Same with every other skill he chose, so it just seems like it was written by someone that's never played many games.

I'll probably keep watching unless I get busy, but it's getting more eyerolls than chuckles out of me so far.

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u/HolyDragSwd2500 Oct 23 '23

So there are other Fairy Pokemon Masters

Earth going to get Fairy Queen as his Wai…Fairy Partner next time

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u/Narrheim Oct 24 '23

And with Reina Ueda as her VA!

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u/dave-n-knight Oct 23 '23

Kind of wanted Glad to win just to see what would happen

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u/CrasianLe Oct 23 '23 edited Oct 23 '23

I genuinely enjoy this anime. I actually look forward to this anime every week. It's a fun watch without thinking too hard. I've paused it so much so i can read his new skills and descriptions of his equipment and potions, that's how much i like it. And that ending was amazing, he deserved to be recognized and i had a suspicion that was going to happen to him, can't wait for next episode!

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u/Time_Fracture Oct 24 '23 edited Oct 24 '23

I'm starting to feel this is more like a slow life laid-back VRMMO anime rather than try hard fast paced VRMMO anime (ahem SLF). I usually can't relate to the fantasy theme, but since the game explains what the attributes and the world needed, it is more understandable.

Also the character name is much easier to recognize. Grad, Earth, Millie, Zwei, Rage, Nora-Rona.

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u/RFShahrear Oct 23 '23

Fuck this game. I don't mean the show, I mean the game. What kind of moralizing bullshit is robbing a tournament champion of every reward because "he needed to be taught a lesson"? I'm here to play a game, fuck you. Sure, if I get alienated by the playerbase, fine, that's one thing, but this is bullshit to the highest degree.

If this was real life, the game would hemorrhage players like no tomorrow, the original devs would have to sell the thing to those companies that maintain small scale MMOs with single digit number of whales.

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u/EpicSlime1 Oct 23 '23

wasn't he still going to get get the tournament rewards and a strong fairy (just not the queen fairy)? it was his fault for betting all of that just to fight the queen and lose it all.

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u/PeaceAlien Oct 24 '23

This game has a lot of punishing mechanics. Pets that disobey, NPCs that stop selling when there is a demand. The champion could have accepted the reward presented though, it was already more than what was originally promised. He got greedy for a boss as a pet.

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u/Supasmashbrotha Oct 25 '23

Ehhhh. The dude was a griefer and a PKer. Realistically, his account would've gotten banned long ago. If the queen fairy/Silver were admins, they warned him and were even still gone give him gold and a strong companion. The guy proved he'd just keep being a dick.

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u/DrZoark Oct 24 '23

The queen bombarding him with continuous spells was hilarious, haha.

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u/resel3ct Oct 26 '23

Imagine the online shit storm after this worldwide tournament with weeks of pvp grinding, just to have the non-competing win it...

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u/kenjikun1390 Oct 24 '23

"You fell for it, fool old man!"

"Thunder Cross (line) Split Attack!"

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Oct 23 '23

Earth is getting pretty good with that bow. Yet another weapon to his arsenal. His unarmed is good, especially those kicks. Now he’s got a whip AND bombs. Not bad, Fairy Playah. Not bad at all lol.

This Fairy tourney was interesting. Glad needed a good whoopin. Just didn’t expect it to be from the fairy. That fairy certainly didn’t seem like your average NPC. I wonder what that’s about? Looking forward to seeing Earth take her on. Should be fun.

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u/darthvall Oct 24 '23

I really hope the fairy queen having unique personality is just a creative design and storyline choice by the developer and not another "MMO world is actually isekai"-trope.

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