.hack//SIGN Episode 3

Episode 3: Folklore

BT and Sora come to the conclusion that Tsukasa is related to a legendary item known as the Key of the Twilight. Mimiru tells everyone that Tsukasa may be a victim of the system as another character was able to take control of Tsukasa's guardian.

I’m really enjoying the music in the series so far, although I can’t really say I support having music with lyrics playing over characters talking. It’s a little distracting especially if the level isn’t set in such a way that the music is more background instead of foreground. Probably doesn’t help that I’m reading subtitles, listening to Japanese speaking, and English lyrics.

I’m finally glad to hear someone say “it’s just a game,” Subaru (which is also the brand of a car) is a female Heavy Axeman with blue-green hair, a puce-colored tattoo on her forehead and ornamental wings on her back. She seems to have founded the Crimson Knights along with another character Crim who has been mentioned but not yet seen. She had to tell that Silver Knight guy to simmer down! So rowdy! I’ve played with people like that; who think everything is the end of the world if one thing is out of the ordinary.

Silver Knight is a Blademaster who is the second-in-command of the Crimson Knights under Subaru (which is also the brand of a car) his avatar is an edited version of the standard Crimson Knight design, with full chest and back plates added to his armor, horns added to his helmet, and red eyes instead of blue. I think he is actually a she in the real world at least that’s what it looked like when he was knocked out by Tsukasa’s Guardian.

Now everyone is going on about this Hidden Item and everyone seems to think that Tsukasa has it, seeing how it would make sense because it appears he’s not playing under the same rules of everyone else in The World. The name of this Hidden Item is The Key of the Twilight and for some reason they say it in English, I don’t speak Japanese so perhaps it’s a translation thing, or it’s supposed to hold more weight being spoken differently.

Sora’s creepy… the end.

No but seriously, something is off about that guy! Just the way he talks to the girls and his overall demeanor. One could say he’s too cool for school, no wonder why BT doesn’t give him the time of day. That and I suppose she doesn’t because of all the times he’s ganked her in the game. Sora is like that creepy uncle that’s coming over for the holidays. Even though he makes you uncomfortable and you’d rather scrape your skin off with a dull rusted razor blade, you’re forced to sit next to him during dinner while he regales the family with stories from his youth breathing a combination of halitosis and cigarette smoke in your face. Meanwhile, he’s managed to slip his hand onto your knee under the table when no one else is looking and all you can do is sit rigid in your seat.

At least that’s how I feel about Sora, so far at least, I know it’s only episode 3 but he’s done little to redeem himself.

Mimiru is cute, it’s like she can’t help herself, and she so very much wants to hate Tsukasa because Tsukasa acts like he hates her but Mimiru isn’t that type of person. She seems like she wants to be everyone’s friend, after all who knows how long she had been sitting at that chest trying to get in touch with him. Not to mention sending Bear in her stead for fear of fighting further with Tsukasa and possibly making things worse between them. It’s funny when she tries to act all cool like she can’t be bothered any further with emo face and his pet that looks like a pair of balls with a ring to separate them.

Meanwhile Tsukasa is in that… otherworld? Like a tear in the veil if you will, staring down the floating girl, who evidently makes him see his past? At least I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it was Tsukasa in the real world, at a young age. Couldn’t actually see if it was a little boy or girl, troublesome age identifying gender.

Poor kitty!!! =^^=

Also, what’s the point in having a bed, whether it is indoors or out if all you’re going to do is float above it all exorcists like? If anyone has some insight on that, I’d love to hear it!

Can we talk about Tsukasa’s Guardian that looks like balls with a ring to separate them sounding like a whale? When I first heard that I thought I was going to see Free Willy come barreling through the happy place where Guardian’s live. I don’t know what sound I expected it to make, but it probably should have been something a little less identifiable especially when it doesn’t resemble what it sounds like. I’m just knit picking I suppose but that might be because the series is still picking up momentum so things like that are sticking out to me.\

Hmm… I don’t know how I feel about BT yet, she seems to hang around Bear a lot, willingly and Sora seems to be more of a play thing, someone to pass the time/shoot the breeze and while they’re doing that they tend to share information, more on Sora’s end than from BT. She’s a Wavemaster as well and her avatar has blonde hair and dresses in light green robes. She seems to be pretty focused on finding the Key of the Twilight and can’t really be bothered with Tsukasa’s predicament. She’ll most likely tag along if it means finding what she wants.

Yeah, I get the feeling that this Bear character and BT as well might be on the older end of the age spectrum in real life; especially the way they reason/talk to everyone. Haha, poor little Tsukasa doesn’t take criticism or yelling very well. If only it were really that easy to just teleport out of every confrontation so you didn’t have to deal with someone lecturing you about things you couldn’t be bothered with. It was sweet though how he was disappointed (what’s new?) that Mimiru didn’t come to see him, even though she arrived after he had already bailed.