Phantasy Star Online 2 Episode 0 (Manga) Discussion (Chapter 5 out)

[loafhero]

A preview of the 2nd chapter from the author's Twitter:

https://t.co/LiggKiUtlX

And what I can tell:

- Matoi looking like she's about to choke a bitch
- Melphonsina looking terrified and I doubt the blood on her face belongs to her
- Melphonsina glomping Melrandia
- Melrandia getting jealous over Gettemhart and Melphonsina being happy together
- On the farthest left, I hope its Luther

[loafhero]

Chapter 2's out:

http://comic-walker.com/contents/det...0058010000_68/

Personal thoughts:

Spoiler!

- Matoi's old habit of friendly fire is affecting her ability to fight properly with Melphonsina at her side. I always wanted see this old bad habit of hers addressed and I'm pleased, especially as Matoi shows willingness to improve on it.

- Looks like Apprentice has actual super strength. It wasn't clear at first in EP2 when she strangled + lifted little Sara but its much more evident now as she lifts the bigger Melphonsina with just as much ease.

- Matoi cutting off Apprentice's arm genuinely caught me off by surprise but it was a pretty badass moment.

- Back in EP2, Matoi once talked with the Player about how a random ARKS she tried to help in the past looked at her in fear which caused Matoi to be terrified of rejection. This chapter reveals that random ARKS to be none other than Melphonsina and to be fair, I couldn't blame her for being so scared. Seeing someone's arm get cut off and the one who did it having a murderous look on her face would be terrifying.

- Little Melrandia is still so cute (Fuck you, Gettemhart!)

- Luther finally makes his debut!

No translation but I really liked this chapter.

[Golgotha]

Since I'm torn between being too lazy to assemble PUBLUS image ripper from ruby (if that even works), having little spare time, and quite few text in this chapter, I'll just put a quick rundown on things that aren't too obvious from pics.

For now at least.

Spoiler!

- Wulf and Attosa didn't die from disease, Apprentice killed them.
- Apprentice loses only one arm because Matoi missed.
- After being saved, Shiina goes full spaghetti, but Dia reassures her to just meet Matoi again
- Dia secretly envies Shiina, which by her thoughts "gets everything she wants"
- Luthers age unknown, he is manager of research dept that works on "Void engines" ("void/space engine" in kanji, but "void" in katakana)
- Luther tries to rig six pillar to get to Shion, apparently Matoi now is the only obstacle. He promises Apprentice that she would get her revenge, but in return he wants information about Matoi.
- He says her remaining arm would be more than enough to execute his plan.

[Meteor Weapon]

Spoiler!

- Wulf and Attosa didn't die from disease, Apprentice killed them.

Uh...who?

[Altiea]

Uh...who?

Council of Six #4 and #3, respectively. Atossa was the original Claris Claes. They're both deceased, but until now their cause of death were never explicitly mentioned. It makes sense that pretty much no one has ever heard of them, since they were only mentioned in Materials Collection.

[loafhero]

Council of Six #4 and #3, respectively. Atossa was the original Claris Claes. They're both deceased, but until now their cause of death were never explicitly mentioned. It makes sense that pretty much no one has ever heard of them, since they were only mentioned in Materials Collection.

Eh, really? I thought Alma was the original Claris Claes.

Melrandia mentioned last chapter that #3 and #4 died from an unknown disease. With this chapter, its likely Apprentice was the one that infected them with the disease.

[Altiea]

Eh, really? I thought Alma was the original Claris Claes.

Melrandia mentioned last chapter that #3 and #4 died from an unknown disease. With this chapter, its likely Apprentice was the one that infected them with the disease.

Right, sorry. I got confused because I'm not looking at my book right now. I believe #4 is Atossa and #6 is Wolf.

[loafhero]

- He says her remaining arm would be more than enough to execute his plan.

That is soooo Luther.

Anyway, looks like this manga will most likely show how Luther succeeded in capturing Xion.

[Meteor Weapon]

I don't know why it took him another ten years just to merge with Xion, where coincidentally the time MC whooped his ass.Was he missing something or I just looked passed through a few details. It's been a long time since I last played Ep2 just to recall any sense of it.

[loafhero]

I dunno. Xion was very vague on her circumstances (and she was considerate enough to admit that). That said, its worth noting that the MC could not have foiled Luther's plans if Xion hadn't given him/her the means to do so.