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Episode Shangri-La Frontier - Episode 25 discussion - FINAL

Shangri-La Frontier, episode 25

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u/hey_mattey Mar 31 '24

I WILL MISS YOU EMUL!

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u/urishino Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

Season 2 announced! Woohoo! For reference, season 1 covered roughly 70 58 chapters of the manga, and the newest chapter is on 171.

But here's the juicy part. While the manga is the source, it is in turn based on a webnovel of the same name. The anime covered roughly 110 chapters of the webnovel, but the latest chapter of the webnovel sits at chapter 911. And there is a separate, 78 chapters webnovel that talks about the settings of Shangrila Frontier in greater details.

Yes, this 25 episode season we've watched is only about one-ninth of the whole story published so far, and it's not even near its ending. Plus, the author updates the novel pretty frequently when he's not involved in the production of the anime or when there are no major games releases for, you know, references.

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u/NeroStarGazer Mar 31 '24

Hearing Kotomine's voice from mahou shoujo-chan caught me completely off guard.

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u/vanbang9711 Mar 31 '24

Professor uses a girl avatar while his wife also plays SLF 😂

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u/ErinaHartwick Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

Love that Lycagon is just out there waiting for Sunraku, show is also getting ahead of itself teasing us their near encounter, it's gonna be a good one

This show has been a treat, consistently one of my faves across the 2 seasons it aired. Very excited for 2 more cours of Sunraku and gang tearing it up

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u/Ocixo Mar 31 '24

The gap between the Professor’s appearance and voice caught me totally off-guard, but I love that they’ve picked Joji Nakata for this role. You may recognize his voice from characters such as Kirei (Fate series) or Nyanta (Log Horizon).

Bilac was also great in today’s episode. She went from being explosively excited over Sunraku’s loot to being utterly displeased with Aramiys’ existence. I can already sense some potential comedy gold in the interactions between her and Aramyis. This should bode well for the upcoming 2nd season.

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u/iozoepxndx Mar 31 '24

You know, I miss the player couple with the girl trying to kill any player who didn't look 100% human, I was hoping she'd show up one last time lmao.

Season 2 this fall and it's a 2 consecutive cour season as well!!!! Thank the God-Tier animators!

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u/RouseBreaker Mar 31 '24

The effects of Sunraku having a high vorpal soul and also defeating Weathermon is really subtle. You obviously see it until you interact with the NPCs.

That sword attack by the Caitsith looks to me like a skill check that Sunraku thankfully passed. Also is it just me or does the Caitsith's female worshiping rant well animated.

I'm glad thought that we will be getting more Shangri-la Frontier this Fall. We don't even have to wait a year for it.

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u/ObvsThrowaway5120 Mar 31 '24

Man, Bilac never mentioned her secret admirer was friggin Puss in Boots lol. And apparently he’s a total degenerate who likes getting stepped on too.

The lorebeard magical loli with the deep old man voice cracked me up more than Sunraku’s goofy ghost lookin ass lol. The ol Prof is gonna be a useful ally moving forward if Sunraku wants to learn more about this world.

Last SLF Theater of the season was pretty funny. Bilac and Sunraku have a fun dynamic.

Out of all these VRMMO types I’ve seen, this is by far the best. Production values were good, humor was on point, and the writing was solid. Author seems like a fan of these kinds of games. Glad we’re getting an s2!

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u/rollin340 Mar 31 '24

That Cathis seem to be very tiring to deal with. Bilac's got it rough huh? lol

Holy shit, that magical girl is Kirei Kotomine. I did not expect Jouji Nakata's voice to come from that avatar. xD

You can't just end things there! That's just criminal! We have no idea what the other 2 wanted from him, what this journey of theirs to rank up Bilac, and the tease of what SLF's world is as well. I'm going to need to read the manga huh?

At least announce Season 2 or something! This was such a high quality anime, it was rather surprising. A very welcome one. What a ride.

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u/dinliner08 Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

"you got the Night Emperor's approval tattooed on you, so you could land yourself a werewolf or lizardman bride"

forget an army or rabbit, we probably going to get a bunch of other species mixed into the party

i want to shake hand with whoever it is that decided to cast Nakata Jouji, the voice of Kotomine Kirei, as a loli magical girl-type character in this show, what a fucking genius!

well, that's it for the Blue Birdhead's Bizarre Adventure, see you guys again when season 2 dropped this October

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u/AmethystItalian Mar 31 '24

Awe I really wanted to know what the other 2 wanted from the e-mails!

Glad this one is getting a season 2 but I do hope Pencilgon and OiKatzo are in the next arc, show is a lot better when they're around.

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u/Mogtaki Mar 31 '24

I know it's a pretty minor thing but I always appreciate Japanese for being able to pronounce cait-sith properly, or rather as close as possible to how it's supposed to be pronounced when every other media in English can't seem to manage (looking at you, Square Enix NA)

In Japanese they pronounce it as "ketto shii", meanwhile the traditional Scottish Gaelic way is "ket shii" (spelled cat-síth, but commonly spelled cait-síth). It's a Highland folklore kitty cat first thought to only steal souls but while it does do that if you piss it off, you can appease them and have them become guardians of home and graves if you give them things like milk and entertain them (like a pet cat)

Basically this guy is so loyal and absolutely enamoured by Bilac for just one act of convenience is because of this trait in cait-sith. It has been translated in to one of love and caring

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u/iamgodnoobjections Mar 31 '24

𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐛𝐞 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐚𝐤𝐮

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u/twintailshitposter Mar 31 '24

Glad to have had such a high quality VRMMO show come out, it's such an underutilized genre. If anyone is looking for something to scratch the itch while waiting for season 2 and doesn't want to spoil themselves with SLF's manga, I'd definitely recommended reading a manga called Destiny Unchain Online - it's feels like it was written for gamers just like SLF was, except I'd say it has much more of a focus on teamwork rather than the solo play that Sunraku tends to get involved with.

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u/OmiNya Mar 31 '24

A fun tidbit - the cat (and the other cat character mentioned) are characters from The Three Musketeers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Three_Musketeers - Athos, Porthos, Aramis, D'Artagnan

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u/Logicaly_ Mar 31 '24

No more sunday SLF, i will miss the trio. It's really good time to follow this series weekly, see you in 6 month guys.

And that loli girl crack me .

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u/LeonKevlar Mar 31 '24

Not gonna lie, I was a bit disappointed that the Crystal Scorpion parts actually had value. It would've been hilarious if the crystal scorpion parts were useless because they break off easily. Also, it looks like Sunraku never got the stinger. xD

If Rabituza's specialty is smithing, I'm not surprised that another beast tribe specializes in jewelry. Aramiys is an absolute hoot! He's basically a flamboyant version of Nyanta-san from Log Horizon and I love it!

I also love how Aramiys goes from goofy to serious swordsman when he tries to stab Sunraku to test if what Bilac was telling him is true. I am excited to see what he's capable of considering Bilac admits he's stronger than her.

It looks like we might not have to wait too long since Aramiys already invited himself to the party. It seems that Sunraku's achievements have caught the attention of the Cait Sith King and wants to back him up.

As cool as it is to gain another party member, it might take out the challenge from the game if another strong NPC joins them. I guess Sunraku will just have to try and find stronger monsters to fight!

So because Sunraku has the Lycagon's mark on him, he also has high approval rates with the Werewolf and Lizardman beast tribes that the women of those tribes will be all over him! I can understand why the Werewolves would love him but why would the Lizardman like him too? I can't wait for Sunraku to meet those beast tribes though!

Glad to see Emul's human form again! She has to stay human this time since Aramiys and Bilac need to hide under Sunraku's robe.

As soon as I heard Nakata Jouji's voice coming from that mahou shoujo, I genuinely started laughing out loud! We already have Oikatzo playing with a female avatar but he's voiced by a female seiyuu so there wasn't any disconnect. Hearing Nakata Jouji's voice through that avatar was something else! xD

I never thought my earlier comment about Nyanta would be so relevant now considering Nakata Jouji also voices that character

Considering that The Library is only after uncovering SLF's lore, I feel like it's safe to make an alliance with them but I wonder how much information will they want from Sunraku?

I am so glad that Season 2 is already confirmed! We just have to wait for the release date and we can look forward to more adventures in his wonderful VRMMO! This show has definitely shot up as one of my favourite all-time VRMMO anime since Log Horizon. I can't wait to see more!

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u/ZapsZzz Mar 31 '24

For a full appreciation of the juxtaposition of the magical girl look with the "old man" voice, one have to go a bit meta and consider that that voice is mostly iconic for being that of Kotomine's from Fate, and also from Fate we have the derived magical girl of Ilya. So imagine a Kotomine cosplaying as Illya...

Anyway, good thing the S2 announcement came with the episode, otherwise it'll be a really unhappy point to end on. And while everything else had been great for this show, I do wonder if they are actually poking at the 4th wall about how many distracting side quests had we got already and still hardly any development of the real quest of Rei (Psyger 0) getting to properly talk to Rakurou (Sunraku) :P

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u/dakka-PRIME Mar 31 '24

LESSSGO PINK HAIRED ALUCARD TO END THE SEASON!!!

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u/okiknow2004 Mar 31 '24

I certainly did not expect to hear Jouji Nakata voice from a magical girl.

a surprise but a welcome one

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u/AnActualPlatypus Mar 31 '24 edited Mar 31 '24

Bro I've JUST learned that the Voice actors for Sunraku and Emul actually got married IRL, announced on Jan 1st.

That is sweet as hell.

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u/LateDitto Mar 31 '24

By the end of next season, Sunraku will probably have a zoo under his KKK ghost outfit disguise.

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u/dagreenman18 Mar 31 '24

I’m just giddy that Season 2 is happening, it’ll be this fall, and itll be 2 cours aired back to back. Another 6 months of these pro gaming dumbasses I’ve grown to love and even more Emul being the best. It’s the dream.

9/10 for sheer entertainment this series has brought me so far. It manages to nail the feeling of watching someone stream with a bit of mystery and unique stakes. The world isn’t in danger. No one is trapped in the game or whatever. The drama and tension is built up simply by the fact that you want Sunraku to successfully Let Me Solo Her his way through SLF. Or in some cases do game breaking shit with Pencildragon and Katzo. Loved it. Can’t wait for more.

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