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EP. REVIEW: Log Horizon 2

And then Crusty gets devoured by an evil scythe!

Did the research guild's new revelations not get spread like wildfire through the world? o_O

whiskeyii wrote:

Did the research guild's new revelations not get spread like wildfire through the world? o_O

Remember that everything's pretty much happening at the same time right now, and we don't have the exact timing of where everything lines up.

Dessa wrote:

whiskeyii wrote: Did the research guild's new revelations not get spread like wildfire through the world? o_O Remember that everything's pretty much happening at the same time right now, and we don't have the exact timing of where everything lines up.

Oh, true, I assumed it was happening in slightly chronological order, not simultaneously. That would explain how the news didn't get around fast enough. ^^;

Well, Shiroe's group is [supposedly] in no-contact, and it was obvious from the one conversation we saw between Marie and Naotsugu that they're trying not to worry/distract the other one, so I doubt that Shiroe's group knows about the murders or what's een discovered by the researchers.

whiskeyii wrote:

Dessa wrote: whiskeyii wrote: Did the research guild's new revelations not get spread like wildfire through the world? o_O Remember that everything's pretty much happening at the same time right now, and we don't have the exact timing of where everything lines up. Oh, true, I assumed it was happening in slightly chronological order, not simultaneously. That would explain how the news didn't get around fast enough. ^^;

I haven't read the novels myself, so I'm not sure exactly how it works, but basically, the stuff with Akatsuki and everyone in Akiba is volume 6, and the stuff with Shiroe's group is volume 7 (the scene at the lake is a beautiful illustration that wraps around the side and bottom of 2 pages). I'm not sure where Crusty's stuff happens, but I know the stuff with the goblins is supposed to at least be covered by the drama CD that comes with the LE of volume 7.

Since I've also heard that the stuff with the kids, and the stuff with Eastal happen in separate volumes, I'd figured that they'd run the two stories together, rather than one after another, but I'm wondering if having too many threads going at once is hurting our ability to keep straight the timeline.

I love the show and will continue watching, but I think it's ridiculous that the buildings went from 5mil to BUY to 10mil in "upkeep" each MONTH. It seems like the individual guild buildings weren't that expensive since each guild had their own. And even if the "core" building that Shiroe bought has that level of cost, they should just let it go, since it was mainly just bought as leverage to get the initial plan working. It just seems too "we need a reason, so this is the deal..."

HeeroTX wrote:

I love the show and will continue watching, but I think it's ridiculous that the buildings went from 5mil to BUY to 10mil in "upkeep" each MONTH. It seems like the individual guild buildings weren't that expensive since each guild had their own. And even if the "core" building that Shiroe bought has that level of cost, they should just let it go, since it was mainly just bought as leverage to get the initial plan working. It just seems too "we need a reason, so this is the deal..."

I believe it also worth mentioning that the reason The round table bought those properties was to keep potential "hostile" owners from controlling critical structures like the revive place and guild hall bank etc. Not paying the rent would cancel their ownership and could allow someone else to buy it!

Except that, before the Apocalypse, there weren't any city governments. There were GMs, just like a normal game. And if Shiroe hadn't have done what he did, there's a good chance Akiba could be in the same position as Minami, where one guild owns the Cathedral, and can keep you from respawning by banishing you from there. There's a reason that we've been explicitly told that Plant Hwyaden is ruling Minami as a dictatorship.