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Mar 12, 2020 7:22 AM
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So it's like basically a game with the princess involved...

Weird episode. Stakes seems to be high with the high stakes on the line. But in the meantime, I kinda like that princess girl. She has more charisma than some of the other cast in this show. Only 3 more episodes left.
Mar 12, 2020 9:30 AM
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Damn these threads are a ghost town. Pretty weird but entertaining episode but still feels like we're missing something story wise. I'm still not sure who a couple characters are and what their role is. Don't know if it's just me or what.

I enjoy watching the show, but it really seems like they didn't have this planned out well.
Mar 12, 2020 9:33 AM
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Well, it's time for Ray and his group to rescue the princess.

Marie is pretty OP.

Mar 12, 2020 10:46 AM
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WTF Marie Adler can actually kick butt, so why does she have to keep her abilities from Ray and the rest of the gang anywayz????
Mar 12, 2020 11:58 AM
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One word This is better than SAO....And The Marie fight was Awesome!
Good Episode
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Mar 12, 2020 12:22 PM
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Horn_dawg_2019 said:
WTF Marie Adler can actually kick butt, so why does she have to keep her abilities from Ray and the rest of the gang anywayz????


Maybe because she is a PK and brother bear had tried to burn her with the forest
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Mar 12, 2020 12:32 PM
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Seems I have underestimated Marie....
Mar 12, 2020 12:46 PM
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Holy shit Marie. She was badass.
Mar 12, 2020 1:48 PM
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When the episode ended I was all set for hours of watching this battle play out. Meh, hurry up next week darn it!!
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Mar 12, 2020 3:47 PM

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Papopitoad said:
Horn_dawg_2019 said:
WTF Marie Adler can actually kick butt, so why does she have to keep her abilities from Ray and the rest of the gang anywayz????


Maybe because she is a PK and brother bear had tried to burn her with the forest
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Wow shit was literally fire then lmao. Ain't even mad.
Mar 12, 2020 4:28 PM

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Well, this is one RARE time of NPC Marie actually showing off her OP powers offsite, even now in this precarious situation. Coincidentally meeting the second princess loli of the kingdom and forging a relationship with her.

That was all before the Penguin Dr. Franklin showed up and used her as a tool of kidnapping. And now the quest to eradicate him for the random warriors just got harder. NGL I geddit where his ambitions came from by thwarting the status quo, but if that's the main villain trope of a test and plot, this integrates it well, but to us the audience having watched many SAO rip-offs, this is just boring and uninspiring, but props for the try.

To Ray and Co., it's just a matter of getting this quest done and dealt with. To Marie, it's a feat of tries to wipe all enemies. And welp, this is the plot going for the endgame. Can't say I'm fathomed about this show, everything here is just average.
Mar 12, 2020 5:50 PM
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KANLen09 said:
Well, this is one RARE time of NPC Marie actually showing off her OP powers offsite, even now in this precarious situation. Coincidentally meeting the second princess loli of the kingdom and forging a relationship with her.

That was all before the Penguin Dr. Franklin showed up and used her as a tool of kidnapping. And now the quest to eradicate him for the random warriors just got harder. NGL I geddit where his ambitions came from by thwarting the status quo, but if that's the main villain trope of a test and plot, this integrates it well, but to us the audience having watched many SAO rip-offs, this is just boring and uninspiring, but props for the try.

To Ray and Co., it's just a matter of getting this quest done and dealt with. To Marie, it's a feat of tries to wipe all enemies. And welp, this is the plot going for the endgame. Can't say I'm fathomed about this show, everything here is just average.

Why the fuck people still think Marie is NPC after she show her embryo and her nick name
Mar 12, 2020 8:23 PM
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This wasn't a bad episode, I just think it moved a bit too fast for me and tried to do so many things at once. We finally learn Marie's real identity and connections to Ellie and we see Hugo take his place in Franklin's plan. I felt that these subplots are moving a bit too fast and don't give viewers too much time to understand what's going, but still, they were more enjoyable than Ray's part in this episode, which was pretty standard action stuff. I really want to like this show but I won't delude myself into liking it, especially when I'm starting to become more aware of its flaws. With only four episodes left, I really hope this show can turn things around.
Mar 12, 2020 8:41 PM
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This wasn't a bad episode, I just think it moved a bit too fast for me and tried to do so many things at once. We finally learn Marie's real identity and connections to Ellie and we see Hugo take his place in Franklin's plan. I felt that these subplots are moving a bit too fast and don't give viewers too much time to understand what's going, but still, they were more enjoyable than Ray's part in this episode, which was pretty standard action stuff. I really want to like this show but I won't delude myself into liking it, especially when I'm starting to become more aware of its flaws. With only four episodes left, I really hope this show can turn things around.

It left a bad taste in my mouth
Mar 13, 2020 12:30 AM

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Characters like that Franklin just really kill a series. :/ So much better when he was out of scene.
Mar 13, 2020 12:42 AM

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Tbh Marie being the superior killer was unexpected. I thought she was some op superior user from the kingdom who was hiding her identity and the kuma ni san almost figured it out. The story and twist are pretty good but the animation and visuals are killing this.
Horn_dawg_2019 said:
WTF Marie Adler can actually kick butt, so why does she have to keep her abilities from Ray and the rest of the gang anywayz????

She's literaly a player killer. You think a Player Killer would go around itroducing herself as how op she is and that she's op enough to can kill superiors.
KANLen09 said:
Well, this is one RARE time of NPC Marie actually showing off her OP powers offsite, even now in this precarious situation. Coincidentally meeting the second princess loli of the kingdom and forging a relationship with her.

Marie just stated her player job lol, Death Shadow Superior Onmitsu job. How can u call her a npc after that ?
Mar 13, 2020 2:41 AM

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MegamiRem said:

KANLen09 said:
Well, this is one RARE time of NPC Marie actually showing off her OP powers offsite, even now in this precarious situation. Coincidentally meeting the second princess loli of the kingdom and forging a relationship with her.

Marie just stated her player job lol, Death Shadow Superior Onmitsu job. How can u call her a npc after that ?
That was BEFORE she stated that she was a Master Superior, don't be salty if I never included that in.
Mar 13, 2020 2:44 AM

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KANLen09 said:
MegamiRem said:


Marie just stated her player job lol, Death Shadow Superior Onmitsu job. How can u call her a npc after that ?
That was BEFORE she stated that she was a Master Superior, don't be salty if I never included that in.

Um wot? What before? So by your logic lmao she was a npc before she stated that and after stating her job she became a player? LMFAO u can't call a player npc just cause she hid the fact that she is a player. Dun be salty cause u made a MISTAKE and someone pointed it out bruh.
Mar 13, 2020 6:59 AM

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MegamiRem said:
Tbh Marie being the superior killer was unexpected. I thought she was some op superior user from the kingdom who was hiding her identity and the kuma ni san almost figured it out. The story and twist are pretty good but the animation and visuals are killing this.

I had to check previous episode where there were a scene that Marie got anxious. Now that explanation makes sense. Yup NGL this show has pacing and directional issues, but i still can accept the battle animations well.
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Mar 13, 2020 7:21 AM

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Mar 13, 2020 4:46 PM

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Papopitoad said:
Horn_dawg_2019 said:
WTF Marie Adler can actually kick butt, so why does she have to keep her abilities from Ray and the rest of the gang anywayz????


Maybe because she is a PK and brother bear had tried to burn her with the forest
Oop Spoiler


Wait so she really is PK from previous episodes that killed MC guy and Kuma-chan is that guy who have battleship?
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Mar 13, 2020 4:50 PM
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Papopitoad said:


Maybe because she is a PK and brother bear had tried to burn her with the forest
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Wait so she really is PK from previous episodes that killed MC guy and Kuma-chan is that guy who have battleship?


Isn't it so obvious ?
Even the anime had cut half the novel i still surprise that people didn't realize that
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Papopitoad said:
Nieznajomy43 said:


Wait so she really is PK from previous episodes that killed MC guy and Kuma-chan is that guy who have battleship?



Isn't it so obvious ?
Even the anime had cut half the novel i still surprise that people didn't realize that



I personally didn't realise that. Only hint that I saw was her reaction on Kuma but I honestly was thinking it will be revealed that they were dating in some point in real life and he just didn't recognize her.
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Papopitoad said:
Nieznajomy43 said:


Wait so she really is PK from previous episodes that killed MC guy and Kuma-chan is that guy who have battleship?


Isn't it so obvious ?
Even the anime had cut half the novel i still surprise that people didn't realize that

Me too, because I thought that it was obvious after 4th episode (after battle with Ogre).
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Everyone's talking about Marie being PK or not...

But the real question is...

HOW DID SHE GET PASS THE BARRIER???

I am pretty sure all superiors are level 50+... Or are all PKers exempted from the Barrier rule?
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Mar 14, 2020 7:25 PM
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amlg said:
Everyone's talking about Marie being PK or not...

But the real question is...

HOW DID SHE GET PASS THE BARRIER???

I am pretty sure all superiors are level 50+... Or are all PKers exempted from the Barrier rule?


Didn't she just introduce her superior job is death shadow ?
With it she can vanish from the world
So that the barrie can't effect to her
She even disapears from franklin radar
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So they're crossing chess with cards? Interesting concept.

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Mar 21, 2020 12:00 AM

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When I heard superior killer i remember mc got PKd before, so she's that huh, I thought she was suspicious at first but yeah, why she even hang out with a player she kills
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Papopitoad said:
amlg said:
Everyone's talking about Marie being PK or not...

But the real question is...

HOW DID SHE GET PASS THE BARRIER???

I am pretty sure all superiors are level 50+... Or are all PKers exempted from the Barrier rule?


Didn't she just introduce her superior job is death shadow ?
With it she can vanish from the world
So that the barrie can't effect to her
She even disapears from franklin radar


I thought that was just a "stealth" like rogues in RPGs, who knew it actually let you by-pass certain game mechanics.
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So, Marie Adler is really the Superior Killer, Im sure that she killed Ray before lol. Looks like she and the second princess of the kingdom are friends but their friendship is so poorly explained that I don't care at this point. What a forced explanation about the barrier.

What was the reason in the first place if those who are weak can pass? lmao. But it was a enjoyable episode.
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Apr 14, 2020 7:37 AM
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Ofc, this battle seems to be the kingdom rivalry in the middle of the real gladiator battle. Lets see how Ray handle this crazy shit started by random crazy doctor
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May 2, 2020 10:23 AM

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I already had my hunch on who exactly Marie was but it is finally revealed no not the Superior Killer, the journalist of course!

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Sure princess might die, but she might die if no one do anything anyway, so why not just go for it and hope for the best, better than to let the bad people do their plans.
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I get that this is a show and it has a plot, but Dr. Franklin's power is ludicrous in a game context. No game allows for a player to be stronger than an entire faction. Rather than this being high stakes, it just seems forced and dumb.
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I think this is actually before the tournament... so the journalist met the princess before all that happened.... oh boy...
yep, called it...

... is this guy an NPC??? I honestly can't tell... either way, I hate him and wish he'd just shut the fuck up!!!
ok, I thiiiiink he's a player??? still can't quite tell... they did call him a superior, so maybe???

ooh! this is gonna be all up to Ray and those level 50 and below! hopefully they can pull it off!!!

OOOH! RAY REMEMBERED THE LOOK TO THE WEST! NICE!!!

geez Marie is ruthless!!! and the superior killer? nice!

this Club guy is... interesting... still don't like him lol

*sigh* and I really wanted to like the guy with the ice woman embryo... oh well, they're enemies now, I guess........

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