Original subtitles

Putting an end to eternity

it's danger, danger

The dots and lines connect

I just wanna know what lies beyond

outta the concrete jungle

The dungeon I race through is a sea of trees

let's get ready to rumble, we can go

A-I-Ya-I-Ya

All right, you know this isn't a game

Twisting strategies, covering up the bugs

You gotta know pain to break the limit

A-I-Ya-I-Ya

ok... let's get it

it's time to fly

I'm gonna die in my hype

Nothing bothers me anymore

moving your body

Light shining through the ground

They're hysteric

Our faint dream...

But who do you fight for?

A-I-Ya-I-Ya A-I-Ya-I-Ya

The scene passing by, it's danger, danger

Now you're,

A-I-Ya-I-Ya A-I-Ya-I-Ya

Facing the stopped clock we are the game changer

Keep going, even if there's nothing at the end

A-I-Ya-I-Ya

if it's danger, danger

In SLF, the game's world is often the key to beating challenges.

I always thought that Wethermon was a cyborg

who's got a mechanized body with tech from the Divinity era.

But...

He's an undead monster!

And you deal with the undead with holy water!

Hey, he started screaming! (All Emotions in the Moment (Part 3))

Is it the AOE attack? (All Emotions in the Moment (Part 3))

No, this is different.

Bingo!

I canceled his AOE attack!

Aw, you've done it.

You pissed him off by spraying him with the saint's "holy water."

Hey, don't make it sound weird!

The saint's an idol in SLF!

Wow, what's happening to him right now?

Oh?

O-Oh!

E-E-E-Eh?!

H-Hey, wait!

H-Hey, that thing just transformed...

Wait, what's with that?!

Beats me.

But if that thing merges with Wethermon, it won't be good.

Is it a third phase-specific form?

H-H-Hey! Now what?!

Since it transformed, that means we need a new approach.

Pencilgon, you should go assist Katzo.

Wethermon's body is slowly starting to crumble.

For the first two phases, we need to survive for ten minutes each.

And for the third phase,

we gotta hold out until he totally falls apart?

It should be safe to assume that the winning condition is time passage.

If the pattern holds, it'll be another ten minutes.

This is probably the final time limit.

Leave it to me.

I'll keep him occupied for 10 minutes.

Got it.

But don't do anything reckless, okay?

Since you'll get next to no support,

one death will be fatal.

I'm counting on you.

Sunraku-kun.

Yeah.

Sorry, Pencilgon.

Just holding out and waiting for the time to expire...

Ever since you told me that...

I've had this thought in my mind...

"Isn't that boring?"

A boss that you beat just by holding on for thirty minutes.

Would that be a fun game?

Let me say this. It's NOT!

A story-centric game design?

I've played games like that many times.

Those games failed to balance the gameplay with the story

and each one of them got labeled as "trash games" because of it.

But Shangri-La Frontier...

You're a god-tier game, aren't you?

I knew it!

After seeing that holy water, it made me think.

That maybe I can deal damage to him in his current condition!

(Spiked Battlehelm [4A])

The crossroads between story and gameplay!

A reward for players who endured this for twenty minutes!

That's right!

The turn for counterattack!

First time getting your attack parried with a helmet?

Let me show off my new gear made from a Quad Beetle material!

I'm gonna beat you before you even get to break apart.

Wethermon the Tombguard!

Neat, don't cha think?

I've been practicing this "head parry" thing.

Why use my head for this, you ask?

If I can parry with my head...

I can freely use both of my hands!

Wind...

...Slash!

Tch.

Good grief!

Am I really dealing any damage?

I landed a critical but he didn't budge even a bit!

I didn't invest as much as Pencilgon did,

but I blew quite the cash to prepare for you, y'know?

That money-grubber rabbit...

...took 80,000 mahni out of me.

And I'll make it worth it by making you eat dirt!

Vorpal Blade Tech!

Moon's Reflection!

Watch out for your back.

Your back is wide open!

The Moon's Reflection is just a bluff!

This is the real deal!

Assassin Pierce!

I'm not done yet!

This ain't enough to vent my frustration!

Drill Piercer!

Sorry if a backstab wound is dishonorable.

Be as ashamed as you want!

Hahahaha! Ahahahahaha!

AHAHAHAHAHA!

I knew it.

I knew he would fight him head-on.

I think I'm hearing a burst of crazy laughter over there.

Is he okay?!

He should be okay if he's still able to laugh like that.

Sunraku-kun is the type who gets more motivated and plays better

the worse the situation the game puts him in.

But...

If we can't hold down this thing...

...it'll be impossible to win this.

I tried punching it several times.

But it seems you can deal damage to it like normal.

It's tanky as hell, though.

Look, we don't need to risk our lives to beat this thing.

We just need to keep taunting this thing and keep it from attacking Sunraku-kun,

and that'll be good enough.

"Good enough," eh?

But...

Whip puppet: Snake!

Instead of just "good enough," don't you want to really nail this?

(OiKatzo)

I swear, you two...

Or maybe not.

Nothing goes through this thing.

(Evil Force) What's this?

It's called Evil Force!

It boosts the user's stats for fifteen minutes!

With your current character, I think it'd make your stats to that of a level 99.

Level 99?!

What kinda godly item is this?!

If you had this cheat on you, bust it out earlier!

It's got quite a nasty side effect!

It used it once before, and it was awful!

Side effect?

I'm also getting frustrated from all the things we've had to endure.

You want to really "nail" this, don't you?

Then you must be willing to take a risk for...

Eh?

Side-effect?

Fine by me.

I'm gonna turn this thing into a scrap and win myself a perfect score!

Th-The colors are all inverted?

My hearing's also not so good now.

It messes up your smell and taste, too!

Is this the side effect?

Well, it does feel kinda weird,

but it's much better than I expected.

No, that's not the worst part.

You will lose one level every thirty seconds.

Eh?

What?! I lose levels?!

A-And for fifteen minutes?!

Not just during battle, but always?!

Yeah!

I've used it before, but man, what a sense of loss.

If it's one level every thirty seconds...

I lose thirty levels in fifteen minutes?!

I'll have to start over from level twenty after this?!

Tell me that sooner!

(OiKatzo) Ah, it went down.

You ate it before I could.

By the way, I'll just use the scales to boost myself up.

Hey!

But I'm impressed you actually chewed it.

Although it's just the game description,

ever since I knew what it was made of,

I couldn't dare to stick it in my mouth.

What did you make me eat?!

Argh, I'm pissed off now!

Get ready, robot! I'll make you my personal sandbag!

Red...

...and black...

...make scarlet!

Combo Spirit Fist: Flame Crimson!

I'll add every buff I got!

Let's do this, Katzo-kun!

Infight...

...and then...

Dual Impact!

I carve a cross with my left hand,

and with my right...

...I land a straight right on it!

Nice! We finally dizzied it!

That drug really worked on you!

Now I'll keep hitting its knees to crush it real good!

Spear of Sunrise!

The hit damaged it,

but even after stacking up all these buffs...

I didn't even crack any part of it!

Pencilgon!

Good grief!

I wish they made it a bit clearer when the stagger animation ended!

Looks like it'd be difficult to take this thing down with just simple buffs.

The armor's thickest around the torso.

Its vital parts have to be in there.

But the question is, how do we open up that super-tough armor?

All right!

I'm getting the hang of this

"head parry to slash" combo strike!

What's wrong, big guy?

Is it that much of a shock that your Robot Warrior moves fail on me?

These Moonblades work really well with my skills.

A skill that I can only use when my HP is at a third or less,

Climax Boost.

For five minutes, the higher the enemy's level is than mine...

...the more my overall stats get boosted!

With my tiny HP,

it's impossible to use Wethermon's attacks to micro-manage my HP.

But...

I can do that using my Moonblades which decrease my HP when I attack!

And one more buff, Hunger Wolf!

Although it lasts for only one minute,

at the cost of my stamina and other stats,

it boosts my strength, agility, and vitality!

Thunder Clap!

The size of the boost depends on how low is my remaining HP...

Nimbus Fist!

...and how "hungry" I am!

In SLF, there is this thing called the hunger stat.

It recovers when you eat,

and if you don't recover it, it'll affect your stamina recovery!

I've accounted for that, of course!

My stomach's just the right level of "empty"!

If I can manage all of these right, I have a chance to win!

His sword's on his hip!

He's going to do a Wind Slash!

I'll head-parry that thing up with another Parry Protect!

Now!

Parry!

Eh?

Why?! Why didn't he attack me?!

A...

Alice...

That man... is a clumsy sort.

He's now just a walking corpse, left with nothing to end himself.

So since you're going to take on Wethermon the Tombguard,

I'll lend you this.

Alice...

Alice?

A... lice...'s

ID key...

fragment...

Her tale... is still... told...

This is... not a skill incantation.

Eternal... has no end...

He's talking?

My body... wither...

I thought he was just a corpse animated by machine,

but his soul is not dead yet?

The Frontier is made...

...and formed...

They?

Frontier?

Come on, you're giving us a story to chew on at this point?

Let us go.

Scions of the Second Plan!

I'm using all my nerves to beat you.

I can't use my brain on anything else.

If you wish...

...to trample upon my vow...

Then...

I shall use my Radiant Sky Odyssey...

(Radiant Sky Odyssey)

...to crush you. (Radiant Sky Odyssey)

Now we're getting serious, huh?

Well, great! Come at me!

Wind Slash!

I thought you changed,

but it's just a normal Wind Slash!

Thunder Clap!

No lead-up at all?!

Whoa, big guy! What's the hurry?

Nimbus Fist!

For real?!

Your stupid lighting is still coming down on me!

A barrage of skills!

And with barely any delay!

Tidal Rush!

You can do that even when you have your sword?

Wind Slash!

Head!

Wind Slash!

Torso!

Wind Slash!

Legs!

Okay, I get it.

You can hit me with the same skill over and over with no recast time?!

You've got to be kidding me!

The game expects me to be able to anticipate his every move?

They must've screwed up the balance here!

What's that animation?!

Pyroclastic Dragon Surge!

A new move this far end?!

A black cloud?

Ash Blizzard!

Whoa! A combo attack?!

Haha! What's the matter?!

You won't have the chance to kill me anymore if the first time didn't!

I barely have any stamina or evasion skills left.

If he keeps charging at me like this...

Fine! I'll survive this on will alone!

It's gonna take more than that to beat me!

I've got a plan of my own...

Radiant Sky...

...Odyssey!

With my everchanging offering...

He's fast! I'm moving at my top speed here!

I declare your final end.

What!? My feet!

This one is different from the other ones.

I've gotta try for it!

I'll parry it with my helmet!

I gotta see through this! No matter what!

I shall slash even a dragon!

Sky Radiance.

The heck was that?

I don't know what "Sky Radiance" or whatever this is...

But this move...

...is too insane!

Will I make it?!

Wait!

But...

I told you, didn't I?

(Rebirth Tearjewel)

It's gonna take more than that to beat me!

If I have a lingering regret

That would be the "farewell" I couldn't say

This regret alone knows no end

Is it because I ran away, from the eventual end?

The seed you planted

Has turned into a giant banyan tree

And now crying as it hangs its branches

"I love you"

Just that one thing

Just that simple phrase

I wish I could have said that

This eternal seperation, melted by the rain

A fragrant Rain Tree

Memories are overflowing

I want to meet you

Heaven in the Rain

SLF Theater!

(#22 The Day Starts Early for a Maiden in Love)

Mini! (#22 The Day Starts Early for a Maiden in Love)

(#22 The Day Starts Early for a Maiden in Love)

The day starts early for a maiden in love.

(Why are you up so early?)

Oh, well, that's...

I-I was thinking maybe it'd be nice if I could...

...walk to school with him.

Even within the unchanging daily life,

a small change might open up a brand new sight.

Rei Saiga, a maiden in love, has sharp eyes on her.

So, uh, I actually know the route Hizutome-kun goes to

on his way to school every morning.

(Why do you know that?)

I-It's just a coincidence!

By a pure chance of miracle on an astronomical level,

I happened to spot Hizutome-kun on his way to school.

Well, from a mix of several occurrences, I got myself something to do in this area.

And that happened several times,

so I repeatedly spotted him because of it.

And from that spotting, I accidentally,

and, well, I just casually noticed that he often walked by this street.

Really, I have no ulterior motive or anything.

I just got a bit curious, but I suppose that's a bit rude?

Ahaha, please forget what I said.

Well, I just wanted to piece together the information that I got,

oh, again, no, I have no ulterior motive or anything!

But well, from that, I also inevitability discovered Hizutome-kun's home,

so, um, well...

As she speaks on with the force of a raging bonfire,

there is a hint of embarrassment in her tone,

but also a strange sense of anticipation.

After having a quick breakfast at her house,

Ms. Rei Saiga arrived at a certain street corner.

However, her eyes appear to be swimming in doubt.

(What's the matter?)

Oh, nothing, it just, well...

I think I'm, uh...

I don't think I have the courage to call up to him, so...

While touching her faintly, no, vividly red cheek,

Ms. Rei Saiga cautiously stares at the street corner.

Hizutome-kun, is, well...

he'd walk by this street from eight to eight past ten on average.

There were times when he'd run by around eight past twenty, though.

Th-There he is!

Love, that is the driving force of courage.

Ms. Rei Saiga hides behind the wall

and prepare herself to come up to this one high school boy.

She extends her hand...

Called up to him...

And, when you tried to call up to him,

you saw a middle school girl running up to him and you ended up hiding?

I think that's his sister.

I think so too.

At this rate, who knows if you can even talk to him before graduation?