.hack//SIGN Episode 7

Episode 7: Reason

Mimiru meets up with a new character named A-20 who pushes Mimiru to her limits. While exploring a dungeon with A-20, Mimiru looks for a reason to stay in touch with Tsukasa even though the two of them had a fight.

Haha, I think I like A20 probably because of the way she looks. She’s got those stereotypical Asian eyes they always look closed but some how she manages to see through them. She’s also a bit of an airhead, which usually bothers me in people as well as characters, but there’s something kind of endearing about her. She’s like a little sister in a way; maybe that’s why she manages to be lovable as well as annoying.

Mimiru still can’t find Tsukasa and she’s not really sure what to do about it since the last time they spoke they had a misunderstanding. I really wish they’d get on with this business of developing the plot, I feel like I’m watching fillers or doing a bunch of side quests in World of Warcraft and either way I’m bored! I will say A20 made the episode for me though, she’s a nublet who’s only been playing for a week even though she lied to Mimiru and said 2 weeks. She joined the game because of two of her classmates who play; she’s trying to figure out what it is about the game that is so attractive. Since joining she hasn’t been able to find anyone to help her clear a dungeon. This is where Mimiru comes in; A20 goads her into helping go to one of the toughest dungeons in the game despite her lack of experience by making Mimiru question why she herself plays the game.

I think that’s fair, it’s like if you’re not going to help the newcomers in the game then why do you still play, to wander around aimlessly? Now I’m not going to lie and say that I haven’t wasted GOBS of time wandering around WoW, because I have, I’ve fished in so many random places I can’t even remember them all. Like Mimiru I usually turn down people who want me to run them through something because I don’t like giving handouts, unless they’re in my guild. From what I can tell the only guild are those Crimson Knights and they seem to be a bunch of self proclaimed moderators. LAME!

Oh guess what, I still want to punch BT right in the baby maker. She was in this episode for .2 seconds and I couldn’t stifle an eye twitch.

While A20 and Mimiru were in the dungeon I couldn’t help but think of all the times when I was a little nub wandering around trying to level up with people I knew, sometimes with people I didn’t know, mostly with people I knew, let’s be real. It made it a little more enjoyable for me to watch, then again they were doing a lot of walking and not so much fighting so I didn’t really understand how that dungeon was so hard, I guess I need to accept that they just weren’t showing us, the viewers, all the parts where they were clearing trash mobs. They should have though, it would have made it much more amusing.

I wonder if A20 is going to make a regular appearance in this series, I hope so; she at least makes up for all the characters who drive me nuts.