Now let’s get onto those final impressions! Who will prevail in that fight? No one knows, but I do know I’m looking forward to seeing more Log Horizon in the future. Well, mostly Minori may have lost, but no guarantees Akatsuki is the one who has Shiroe’s attention, not when Kanami is still in the picture. While the future is inevitably going to take some time to realize in anime form (given not enough source material exists yet for another season), at least we know it won’t be focused on the trials and tribulations of winning over Shiroe’s affections. Much like Log Horizon has done in the past, this season left off with some belated understanding, plenty of explosions, and even more hints of what’s to come down the pipeline. You are all dolls, only personality software.Well, probably not the ending we were anticipating, but arguably the ending we needed. “I know everything about the People of the Land.

Wow, so many visual flourishes in this episode! The way they’re articulating this woman swapping in constant monsters to attack or take damage for her is great, and that pan across the battlefield earlier had a great sense of depth Hinting at Erius knowing who these boss villains are Not too much animation in the battles, but the direction is solid And it really helps in giving a guide to establishing her character, tooĬoppelia is actually a farming bot! Wow! Damn, nice reveal – figured her robotic affectation was just anime being animeĪnd KR teleports in, replacing his summoned horse to help themĪnd KR even summons a dragon, making the Journey to the West thing explicit again We’ll go in, kill the boss, and run.” Kanami makes for a great Monkey. “They lost because they did a full-on brawl with no information. Leonardo doesn’t seem to value the People of the Land, still calling them “NPCs” “My master is like daybreak.” Coppelia’s a bit of a romanticĭang, they even give Erius the rake and put Kanami on a floating cloud on the midpoint card. “Now that I have a physical body, I can do cancels and combos!” Little bits of combat exploration Kanami takes inspiration from Shiroe, just like he does from her People have been turning into wild beasts – they go berserk, and their status is displayed in two layers. The progenitors are the parallel of Yamato’s Izumo KnightsĪnd the person telling the story takes the form of a horse, replacing the dragon-horse from the original

“He’s so famous he’s even on the Elder Tale package” Filling the Buddhist monk role in this Journey to the EastĪnd the elf-dude is “Erius Hackblade,” one of the “Progenitors” who keep order in the world. Leonardo, an assassin from the American serverĬoppelia, the maid, is a cleric. It’s nice seeing different parts of this worldĪpparently the Novasphere Pioneers expansion was only implemented on the Japanese server, since it went by time zones Her companions are a frog ninja, literal shield-maid, and elf dude Kanami quit the game and moved in real life, but got back into it “Kanami’s back in the game?” And now we’re getting back to the old leader of the Debauchery Tea Party “What does Indicus intend to do with that princess?” She apparently gave the People of the Land an iron train Jumping over to Nureha’s world, the woman who wanted Shiroe If this is a sign of things to come, we’re in for a real treat in this Kanami-Nureha-Shiroe conflict. Natural worldbuilding, fun characters, a very cute riff on Journey to the West, and some actually solid fight scenes. This one wasn’t an unexpected character study like William’s speech, though – it was just all the stuff Log Horizon normally does, except executed way better than usual with an entirely new cast. Once again, one of Log Horizon’s one-off diversions ends up being one of its best episodes.

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