Maple and her team have arrived at the 9th stratum, a world clearly divided in two factions. It is clear the next big event will be a player vs. player with one side facing the other. Before Maple can pick a side though, they first want to do a bit of exploring. As expected, Maple cannot stay out of trouble and is suddenly forced into a quest, because ignoring it would seriously hamper her style.
What follows is a volume as we are used to, entertaining and fun characters playing a game together. No deep story or character development, just people (mostly cute girls) doing fun things, even if I personally don't understand the drive behind PvP (I tend to avoid it in MMOs like the plague). It should be said that the afore mentioned quest is a bit extreme even for this game, but I don't mind too much considering the nature of the series.
All in all, an entertaining if short read. Looking forward to the next volume.
I loved absolutely everything here - the level (9th stratum), the quests, the mechanics, the crazy skills, the interpersonal relationships… this is my favourite volume of Bofuri in quite a while!!
I am *so* keen for the next volume! We haven’t had a proper PvP in so long! And never on a scale like this!! I *cannot* wait!!! October cannot come fast enough…