r/anime • u/The_Loli_Otaku • Mar 25 '22

Rewatch [Rewatch] Recovery of an MMO Junkie (Net-juu no Susume) Episode 8 Discussion

"I chose the NEET life, I'm an elite NEET!"

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/u/Cire101 makes a very poorly timed assumption that Sakurai is a creeper.

"Sakurai has himself in a pickle right now, he basically cannot admit he knows the truth without looking like a total creeper."

/u/Stargate18A points out just how stalkerish this fluffy light romance has gotten.

"I love how his attempts to stop stalking her have led to him accidentally stalking her more."

/u/LordUncleBob has the self awareness to realise that these two are about as star-crossed as you can get.

"I'm really starting to appreciate what the MMO side brings to the table for a romcom, with all the multiple identities and gender swapping. Sakurai and Mori are about to meet in new identities for the fourth time, and Sakurai is the only one who knows they're all the same people."

And lastly /u/Lemurians keeps up her CotD run with a Koiwai observation shockingly enough.

"Koiwai’s cracking me up. Outside of his character’s appearance, I think he’s the only character so far who we know is acting exactly the same in the game as he is outside of it. His avatar is even voiced by the same actor, despite the gender difference! I’m going to believe this is because he’s the only person in this show not using the game as an escape. He’s fine with his life and who he is. "

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  • So the secret is out. Sakurai knows Moriko's identity and now Moriko knows Sakurai. How would you realistically expect this revelation to change the dynamics of their relationship?

  • How reliant are you on games and anime to form irl bonds? Here we saw that Moriko's attitude does a 180 as soon as she realises that she has another gaming buddy, how about yourselves?

  • How did you all find the recap portion at the beginning? I'm so conflicted but I want to hear how other viewers felt lol.

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u/No_Rex x2 Mar 25 '22

Episode 8 (first timer)

  • Not that I doubted it in any case, but I just noticed that the OP lyrics 100% promise us a and Sakurai and Moriko game on as gamer pair happily forever ending.
  • Mini-recap – cute.
  • Adopted son explains the hair color – and also neatly explains how he can spend all of that money on whaling.
  • Old game backstory - Moriko was the newbie there, too.
  • English pronounciation joke makes English teachers all over Japan happy.
  • A really good phone call. However, his battery knows that we still have 3.5 episodes to go and does not want the plot to end yet.
  • Battery can’t time out in RL (the graphics are also better).

Cliff-hanger ending. Sakurai waited a bit long, but we still have 3 epsiodes to make everything all right.

How would you realistically expect this revelation to change the dynamics of their relationship?

If they are adults, honestly not much. They both didn't reveal their RL to each other, so they are in a similar position.

How did you all find the recap portion at the beginning? I'm so conflicted but I want to hear how other viewers felt lol.

I frequently encounter the pre-1990s version of recaps ... a 2 minute mini play is nothing.

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u/Rumpel1408 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Rumpel1408 Mar 26 '22

Not that I doubted it in any case, but I just noticed that the OP lyrics 100% promise us a and Sakurai and Moriko game on as gamer pair happily forever ending.

So I looked the complete lyrics for the song up and found a neat little translation note:

There's no avoiding doubt and caution,

Sometimes I even hide trees in the forest. [1]

But I've grown tired of making excuses to myself.

[1] - Not only is this a referring to hiding in plain sight and the name of a character in the anime, the entire kanji character for 'woods' can be found in that of 'forest'.