Garo -Versus Road- 01 released

[Catastrophe]

It has been said that they just wanted to put something out for the anniversary.

I'm glad we get something at least.

[Xirix]

Sorry I felt compelled to do this... the crossover nobody asked for.

[resop2]

I was thinking that when I was watching.

[Masked Rider]

So far, I'm intrigued. Nice to have a different spin on the series.

Battle Royale, Hunger Games, The Condemned, Death Game Park, Kamen Rider Ryuki, etc... I guess we were due for another melee program.

[VerusMaya II]

Main dude is gorgeous. I hope he suffers.

Tron Garo suit is also gorgeous. We'll definitely be able to see it in action eventually, there's no way we won't. The question is what it'll be up against. I'm hoping we get a second Knight once we establish proper rivalries. Imagine a Tron Zero or Dan! omg

[JustiFanV2]

It's an intriguing start, that's for sure. A very different approach than anything we've seen before - your parents' Garo, this ain't!

Like others, I do have to wonder just how much actual Garo we're going to get in this show. If the armour is supposed to go to the last man standing out of 100, it would be easy to assume that it wouldn't happen until near the end of the series. I guess anything could happen but I do hope the armour gets sufficient screen time eventually.

Right now, I just need to know how the whole setup works. Who made the game? How does it work? How or why does it connect to the rest of the Garo universe? Only time will tell...

[takenoko]

The fact that there's a sinister voice in the preview talking about Inga feeding Garo's armor makes me think that that's not really Garo's armor. There's probably a Garo in that world, but the whole thing sounds like a Horror trap.

[VerusMaya II]

I'm sure they'll address this eventually because otherwise there's no real weight to what's going on the game right now but: is this one of those isekais where if you die in the game you die in real life? lmao

This episode they discovered PVP is kosher, but it was just "huh the bodies disappear. ok let's go hog wild". It sort of leaves the feeling that the people who die have merely lost, and wake up in the real world to remove their glasses. I'm almost positive that's not the case, but establishing the failure state before they show us people getting scared would've helped this episode a lot.

We saw they do indeed feel physical pain, and seem to be debilitated by it (Hoshiai limping). And obviously they're afraid of the Horrors because they're scary and inhuman and a threat. But if there's no penalty for losing the game....... hmm.

[Xirix]

To be fair, even though we don't know if they die in real life or not, they still clearly experience pain in the VR world, even if I knew I was going to be fine, I still wouldn't want to be beaten to "death" by psychopaths with baseball bats, so I think the end scene still has a good deal of weight.

[takenoko]

Has there ever been a VR game where you don't die in real life if you die in the game? I'm genuinely asking.

[VerusMaya II]

Hmmm, the original .hack (and maybe its spinoffs/sequels, I don't know them as well) just had them go into a coma. They were still technically alive. :^)

[Phoenix512]

There's the recent anime of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense where it's a VR MMO and there's no real deaths at all.

[Kurokage X]

where would the fun be if they wouldn't suffer serious consequences for being in the vr world

[Dengar]

Hmmm, the original .hack (and maybe its spinoffs/sequels, I don't know them as well) just had them go into a coma. They were still technically alive. :^)

Also it's not dying in the game that does it. It's being subjected to a particularly bad glitch.

Anyway, is it weird that I'm not actually watching Garo for the armors?

[Catastrophe]

Out of suit combat has always been a strength of the show. Gives them a chance to just have humans duke it out.