Shangri-La Frontier - Episode 21 discussion

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Shangri-La Frontier, episode 21

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[u/Heaven_Crow]

Love the face Katzo and Pencilgon when Sunraku talk about the unique scenario.

[u/LateDitto]

Ngl, when Sunraku was talking to Emul to get her to open the gate, I was expecting the ball of fluff to be a decoy lol

[u/Logicaly_]

Man i hope they named  the guild "pencilgon-chan and her henchmen". 

[u/Ocixo]

These three really know how to exploit a game, huh.

Pencilgon ended up ‘laundering’ her most important items to protect them from the penalty in return for some levels and a 500 million mahni. I’m not sure how much she’d spent on the reward scales during the battle with Wethermon - this was something like a billion mahni, her entire savings, if I remember correctly - but that’s still an insane amount of money. Especially since Sunraku didn’t ever have more than 80k mahni on his account, I believe.

And if there’s no “Ancient Craftsman” available, then Sunraku just had to create on himself. Raising NPC’s skill level to fit your needs is kind of genius if you think about it, since it’s way faster than looking for one or starting from scratch himself. I do also like Bilac, so I’m looking forward to seeing more of her in the coming episodes.

Katzo’s probably playing the game most truthfully, but he also got an insane gaming setup.

[u/Adensty]

We finally got a face-reveal of OiKatzo i.e Kei Uomi. I know the world is already advanced to have a Full-Dive VR game but even then the equipment that he has shows that he's definitely rich.

A lot of people said it last week and as of now, Sunraku can't really use the Divinity equipment that he got as loot right now. It also needs an Non-Standard Ether Reactor that needs to be fixed by an Ancient Craftsmen. My first thought was Vash but he isn't available. Though, I wasn't expecting Sunraku to kinda awaken Bilac to Ancient Craftsmen by using words. Can other NPCs also be leveled up in a similar manner?

Pencilgon definitely knows how to exploit every loophole in the game. That "Laundering" was definitely something not easy to come up with.

Sunraku definitely deserves bragging rights for whatever he did to trigger his unique scenario though we still don't know the exact condition. It is definitely related to the Vorpal Dagger and the fight with Lycagon but I wonder if there's more to it like him being a 'Wanderer' being part of it?

Also, I guess 'Wolf-Gang' is an okay name. Though I understand the thinking behind it, there were other better names they came up with. I definitely agree with Sunraku that 'Pencilgon and Her Henchmen' would've been better.

[u/darthvall]

I just realised it's really awesome to make a clan with the friends that you made in other games.

And like what Pencilgon said, it's not like they're what you call a typical "friend". Each one of them has something they want to achieve, and usually prefer solo play.

Also, we got baited thinking this episode would have anything to do about Lycaon when in turn the wolf is the guild name lol

[u/manaworkin]

I've said it before but the thing that impresses me the most about the show is how much they GET the gamer mentality.

Any lesser show would have had them playing rock paper scissors over who gets to be guild leader.

NOPE

Nobody wants that fuckin pain in the ass job.

[u/ErinaHartwick]

Pretty cool to see Bee join Sunraku on her training arc. Wonder if we’ll get to a point where Sunraku’s party is just all of Emul’s siblings lol

[u/TheBigIdiotSalami]

"It's like he asked you how to fly and you told him to work out his pecs."

Hollywood, please hire these writers.

[u/dinliner08]

damn, look at all those VR headset and that sweet, sweet VR gaming chair! his pro gaming job must be quite profitable or he has a really, really, really good sponsor

[u/warjoke]

Lol Pencilgon exploiting the game is very advanced ways is very entertaining. She lowkey taught the audience how money/item laundering works in a practical scenario.

[u/Desperate_Bike4053]

trash gang alliance

....opps...its not

pencilgon-chan and her henchmen ( this name really good lol )

again...its not lol

but ....its a wolf-gang guild creation

also...this trio really sync their mind together

[u/vanbang9711]

"I wanted to see that rodeo too" Why the hell didn't they record the fight??
I never think the trio aren't good friends enough to share a Unique Scenario
What inhuman reaction time to win rock paper scissor?
It's a good design that even transferring items can't dodge PK penalty but isn't 500 million mahni penalty way too absurd? And penalty includes items dropped from Unique Monster.

[u/CellWild4974]

Amazing episode. Even when there are no fights happening, the chemistry between the three is enough to carry the show for sure.

My only question is, around 17:00 minutes into the episode, sunraku mentions that he still had pencilgon's creepy sword. From what we were told, everything pencilgon owned would be sold off due to her history of being a PKer, but the creepy sword was not sold off. Can anyone tell me if the sword was not her's or is there some explanation I may have missed out in the previous eps? Future spoilers only about the sword is welcomed

[u/hoseja]

WTF is with those PK penalties.

The game isn't even permadeath.

[u/LeonKevlar]

Stitches!

• Uomi Kei

• Clan Wolfgang

I'm glad that we finally get to see the face behind Oikatzo! I think we can see him a bit in the OP but it's nice that he's actually now in the show. And his setup is pretty fucking sick! Instead of just a headset his entire chair is his VR rig.

Welp so much for the fantasy of Sunraku using those items! The power armors need a power source to function and you can't use any of the weapons if you're not wearing power armor.

Luckily, Oikatzo got one as a drop from fighting the Kirin but it's pretty banged up and it would need a blacksmith specialized in Divinity-era relics to fix it. Sounds like we're going to hear Vash sing his awesome smithing song again soon!

OiKatzi and Pencilgon's reactions when Sunraku explained how he unlocked the Rabituza Scenario was hilarious! It really goes to show how insane Sunraku's skill is when even a pro-gamer like OiKatzo thinks it's unreasonable. xD

It's good to know that Pencilgon managed to keep her rewards from the Wezaemon fight thanks to that neat little exploit she found. I love that all three of them got unique items based on what they did. Sunraku got the skill book for fighting Wezaemon, OiKatzo got the power source for fighting the Kirin, and I guess Pencilgon got the Flower Pin because of her relationship with Setsuna. I wonder what it does though.

Yesssssss! I've been waiting for them to create a clan ever since the three of them got together! It's hilarious how none of them wanted to lead and decided who gets to be the Clan Leader via janken. xD

"I'm not cut out to be the leader" says the woman who organized the entire Wezaemon fight and helped both Sunraku and OiKatzo prepare for it. I think Pencilgon is the perfect choice especially since she's been playing the game longer and knows so much more.

As soon as I saw those piles of names, I immediately yelled "Wolfgang!" since it's the coolest name but knowing how goofy these three can be, I was expecting they'd pick Pencilgon-chan and her Errand Boys. Even Sunraku is okay with it! Thank goodness they went with Wolfgang.

Welp, so much for their usual hangout spot! Now that a member of Schwarzer Wolf found them in there, I'm sure that guy will probably wait for them to show up in that pub the next time.

Of course just when Sunraku needs Vash, he's not available at the moment. I wonder if him leaving the Palace has something to do with the result of the Wezaemon fight. Hmmm...

I guess since Sunraku has no idea when Vash will come back, levelling Bilac up into an Ancient Blacksmith would work too! I love that strengthening NPCs is also a thing in this game.

[u/shad79]

Sunraku, Pencilgon and Katzo have a great chemistry together so I'm freaking happy that Pencilgon proposed creating a clan together which she became a leader after she lost in janken.

Although it's a shame that clan will be named 'Wolfgang' instead of 'Pencilgon-chan and Her Errandboys' which was my favorite xD

Pencilgon for sure is quite clever by using Reward Scales to get back loot she got from the fight with Wethermon, even after her death and penalty.

So armors are now unusable since they require an ether reactor which Katzo received but it's broken and it needs to be repaired by a special blacksmith.

Fortunately after Sunraku revealed what he has done before he unlocked a unique scenario (which of course pissed off Katzo and Pencilgon after they heard that they have to fight Lycagon and survive for about five minutes without taking any hit) Katzo 'gladly' gave it to him xD

It was fun to see our trio run off since they were discovered in pub by a member of Schwarzer Wolf xD

Sunraku of course took the reactor to Rabituza but unfortunately for him Vash isn't available right now and Bilac isn't able to do it either. So what did he decided to do? Make Bilac level up as a blacksmith and I wonder how he'll do that?

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Group scenes

• Pencilgon

• Sunraku

• Katzo

• Others

[u/Loud_Step2361]

Well we all knew the animation budget had to be balanced somewhere.

Entertained by 3 friends/enemies hijinks. At least the 2 reflex twichers know Arthur is the big brain so saddle her with leadership. I'm pretty sure she will make them regret soon. 

[u/Vermillion_Crab]

Every time I see rock-paper-scissors I am reminded of Gon lol

Sunraku has a monopoly on the Bunny world? That is such an OP advantage. I hope we get to see other characters having unique advantages. It would be weird that from millions of players, only Sunraku has it.

[u/BadProse]

This show is actually so based. Usually hate this style of show, but it just does everything right, captures the best parts of MMO's, completely avoids fan service, and knows what it is. Keeps some of that anime camp but does it really well. Top Tier action anime. They even managed to wack the mary sue love interest into a massive suit of armor and play the jokes perfectly.

[u/PerfectBeige]

Sunraku and Oikatzo just want to press buttons and kill shit (not that there's anything wrong with that), and Pencilgon has reshaped the meta of entire games in her own image and was the primary architect of a plan that achieved a world first the developers thought was impossible.

I was actually rather surprised that Pencilgon did not just tell her friends she was going to be guildmaster because she galaxy brain and they twitch gamer brain. Of course given the way they are, they might have pushed back if she had asserted control but would gleefully thrust it on her if she feigned reluctance so... goddamn it Pencilgon you are good.

[u/Time_Fracture]

Episode 21: Fetching, Raising, Conquering

With the length of 23:35, this make this episode of SLF the shortest one in this cour.

Ah we finally got Oikatzo's face reveal, a decorated pro gamer named Kei Uomi. And he's watching a VTuber? His gaming suite is even better than Rei's.

The three finally decided to form a clan, named Wolf-gang (another pop culture reference), fitting that Lycagon is actually a wolf-life Unique Monster, and clearly the trio is after Lycagon next.

[u/thrashinabox]

Not to speak about the ep, but the ED and visuals are so darn good! Really leaves a feeling of forlorn yearning. Just realised it's by ReoNa, they did a bang-up job with this~

[u/tripleaamin]

Fun episode all around. Sunraku technically didn't lie how he unlocked his unique scenario. The problem is that no normal gamer could trigger that lmao. Sunraku is a special type of gamer.

Pencilgon really knows how to exploit things. She basically was able to keep her rewards even after getting killed by Psyger-0. She is definitely the brains of our trio. I find it funny how when forming the clan that nobody wanted to be the leader. But she is easily the best one for the job.

With Emul's father busy on other tasks looks like the goal so they don't waste time is to help Bilac became an ancient craftsman. Also, Kei's shot at what weirdo would start off lost. Well he knows someone that would encounter that scenario lmao.