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.hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Borderline MMO
In a massively multiplayer online game world, player-killer killer Haseo is on a quest to save Shino, whose real-life coma Haseo believes to have been caused by the game, but his mission becomes more difficult when he is mysteriously dropped back to level one.
- GenresMangaLight Novel
208 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2010
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March 28, 2012
Continuing the series of .hack//G.U. novel adaptations, Borderline MMO is a marked improvement over it's predecessor. Picking up right where The Terror of Death left off, Borderline MMO ramps up the already stellar plot tremendously, answering plenty of questions and bringing up new ones.
The prose is significantly improved here and as a result the novel reads a lot better. There are, however, some strange issues with the translation. The protagonist whose name was romanized as "Ryou" is now "Ryo" and the character "Nala" is at one time referred to in this book as "Nara," but these inconsistencies don't wholly detract from the quality of the book.
Another fantastic addition to this book is the expansion of viewpoints to other characters and some "real world" scenes that provide important insights.
Overall this book is really more of the same, and it certainly can't stand on it's own without reading the prior volume, but certain problems of the prior volume's weak prose seem to be inadvertently addressed here. Hamazaki just needed to hit his stride.
The prose is significantly improved here and as a result the novel reads a lot better. There are, however, some strange issues with the translation. The protagonist whose name was romanized as "Ryou" is now "Ryo" and the character "Nala" is at one time referred to in this book as "Nara," but these inconsistencies don't wholly detract from the quality of the book.
Another fantastic addition to this book is the expansion of viewpoints to other characters and some "real world" scenes that provide important insights.
Overall this book is really more of the same, and it certainly can't stand on it's own without reading the prior volume, but certain problems of the prior volume's weak prose seem to be inadvertently addressed here. Hamazaki just needed to hit his stride.
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