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gf is showing me log horizon. DATABASE, DATABASE

‪i appreciate them being in the mmo right from the get-go with no explanation‬

fantasia into cuter girl… yesss

‪they have already established two different, interesting ways in which the world isn't realistic and is video-gamey. this really is the better stuck-in-an-mmo anime‬

‪oh they established what happened to fast travel. did SAO ever bother with that‬

‪THE CHARACTERS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE STUCK-IN-AN-MMO GENRE god the writing in this is so much better lmfao‬

they… they know what aggro is,

ep1 made a good impression on me lmao

‪i think the writer might have played an rpg before‬

‪YOU CAN PUT OTHER PLAYERS TO SLEEP????‬

“it's like we're floating in the sky”

yes this is what i also dislike about ffxiv's flight system,

‪ep2 also good‬

living in the database isn't just a banger refrain it's also like, the truest description of an mmo

‪nyanta… that's such a name‬

gotta have your landscape covered with crystals

‪protag of this series is a glasses-thing person. he does the glasses thing. does anyone know what that's called‬

oh my god they are actually talking about cast times and cooldowns

oh my god a trapped-in-an-mmorpg anime where they actually use rpg mechanics!!!! healing and protection skill stuff…

log horizon good (finished ep4)

‪the way cooking food works is incredibly bullshit,‬

‪wait they have fucking, level-sync considerations. this is really a completely different world to SAO ^^;;;‬

finished ep5

LOG HORIZON

borgar

“my grandfather had the monopoly on all food in akiba” — @JosJuice

the capitalistic intrigue, with music like who wants to be a millionaire, this is amazing

Legolas's real name is William Massachusetts

this is just like the dissolution of the USSR

oomfie really be establishing a monopoly on violence, and in so doing, creating a state?

(i've now watched nine episodes this show is amazing i love it)

‪yeah we are ready for the punchline‬

‪game players discover technology‬

human rights…

damn they actually went somewhere with shiroe's plan. i was annoyed at the anime refusing to explain anything to begin with but the result is quite satisfying and justified

‪you're a guild meowster,‬

nobility without lands of their own

ah so log horizon also has aoe markers, #ffxiv

from capitalistic intrigue to diplomatic intrigue

‪aggro! the writer knows what aggro is!‬

why are the people of the land in such miserable circumstances from a technology perspective, this world makes no sense

wait not all npcs in a game would be commoners!!!! ooooh

WORLD FRACTION

‪this world has lore!!!‬

‪teamwork actually counts in this world‬

‪military-strategic-diplomatic intrigue. god‬

‪i won't pretend it's particularly deep but this series keeps surprising me in how many topics it comes up with‬

i regret to inform you that the characters of log horizon are better at mmorpgs than i am

“your resolve [in the face of literally having died] is sorely lacking”

‪i appreciate how this series mostly isn't trying to do a romance/harem/love-triangle thing so far (though i'm worried about the next episode haha)‬

‪as a technically swedish person i can't help but be amused that the japanese use the english word “viking” to refer to a buffet, presumably because of smörgåsbord?‬

‪i regret to inform you that the fourth-to-last episode seemingly gives up on this‬

https://social.noyu.me/@hikari/statuses/01HRJ6H96XNX0VERKNY8H6Z2EN

was the writer under pressure from the publisher to hook people for the next volume or something

‪oh look it's discount kefka‬

‪shiroe the goat‬

finished log horizon s1. log horizon good

log horizon s2 let's goooooo

‪this sure is an mmo economy‬

‪every time they explain a battle system i keep being reminded it's possible for an author to know the thing they're writing about, it's great‬

“flavour text”?!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

this is just like ace attorney

they keep finding the most interesting ways to bridge the unrealisticness of a game world to the realism of a real world, and have things gradually transition from one to the other, i love this setting

‪there's this really funny contrast from SAO i think: on the surface they have the same premise, but they're very different! Log Horizon in about life in a fantasy world, written by someone who knows games. SAO is about life in a game, written by someone who doesn't know games‬

‪SAO: this new VRMMO we just got trapped in on launch day is so realistic it's like an isekai‬

‪Log Horizon: we're stuck inside but it's just the game we've been playing for years. wait what the fuck just— (100 utterances of “this never happened while Log Horizon was a game” later)‬

WILLIAM MASSACHUSETTS MOTIVATIONAL MONOLOGUE EPISODE

log horizon continues to be so good. we're halfway through s2 now (12/25 episodes)

haven't said it enough lately but as much as this is an anime about a world that is no longer a game, it's also an anime for mmo sickos. the author understands raid strategy. it's great

‪non-copyright-infringing frog ninja hero leonardo‬

s2e14 is a real drag 😭

FOURTY TWO

the… the mmo things… they just keep coming…

(girl who has only played final fantasy xiv endwalker before, seeing log horizon characters looking at the moon) getting some strong “endwalker” vibes from this

secret third thing

finished log horizon s2

i enjoyed that, though i think that last (fourth) cour was a lot worse than the first three cours

@hikari i thought this was your berlin thread and though maybe you isekai'd into being a german or something

@hikari ah you're getting to the sluggish part of it, I haven't watched the 3rd season of it as it was so much later than season 2 that I forgotten all the political intrigue which made it hard to jump back in :(

@hikari@social.noyu.me (sorry i'm in SAO infodump mode now) something i love about the books is that they go in more detail about the constraints of the technology & their effects on the game

very skilled players have a "sixth sense" that tells them when someone is looking at them – because the shared game world essentially uses foveated rendering but serverside, so you can tell when objects in your peripheral vision become more detailed due to another player's gaze

@trif oh that's a fantastic detail

@hikari That's true, but I think also SAO is about a game that is sort of a fantasy of what games are. I think it's a game that a lot of people have wanted to make before realising there's no way it would work.

@Catriona SAO is a sci-fi anime about a guy who tries to make Log Horizon real

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I mean SAO has the holodeck problem, where it only really works because the creator of the scenario also controls how the players engage with the scenario.

They are, effectively, a DM where the players always do what they're expected to, and what's more fantastical than that?

@hikari@social.noyu.me i actually like SAO's systems a lot, but i agree that Log Horizon goes far more in depth

to me, the main contrast is that SAO's game world is far more cruel, while LH's players don't particularly seem to mind being stuck in a game and just carry on as usual lol

@hikari@social.noyu.me (which enables the story to explore more classic MMO experiences in detail)

@hikari There was a S2? I don't think I've seen tha- Oh shit *and* a S3?

@hikari@social.noyu.me brace yourself for a pretty rough art style change if you continue watching; they switched studio after s1

@hikari reading this thead makes me happy, I'm even excited for what you'll think about coming episodes, there's so much more rpg mechanics shenanigans to come

@hikari I enjoyed seeing you discover Log Horizon, Nyanta san and Akatsuki are my fav characters

@Pantsu they're so good!!!

@hikari I think you will change your mind on this one by the end of the season. 😁

@hikari@social.noyu.me Log Horizon feels a lot more like an actual MMORPG, but it also just entirely ignores things like "people generally don't want to suddenly be stuck in a game" which SAO handled much more accurately.

It's a fun comfy show though, I see it as the Yuru Camp of the "stuck in an MMO" genre w