I find myself wondering why the extended title for
Full Dive specifically employs the word ‘shit’ as a pejorative when it s become increasingly clear it s ‘piss’ the show is obsessed with instead. Hiro s tragic backstory is based on him peeing himself, he wet himself in-game and even got a title for it, and now this episode finds Inquisitor Mizarisa, the torturer who caused his accident in the first place, tracking him down specifically by following the
scent of his urine-soaked pants. There s a whole fixation going on here, and I don t know if it s the result of the author thinking this was just one extremely funny joke, or some sort of less-wholesome personal fixation, but either way it s a bit that s worn out its welcome.
Plot Concept: The story follows a dull high school student named Hiro Yūki (a double pun on “hero” and “heroism” in Japanese) when he is tricked into joining a full-dive (fully immersive VR) role-playing game. The game, Kiwame Quest (literally, “Ultimate Quest”), is promoted as “more real than reality” with mind-blowing graphics, impressive NPC behavior, and even the scent of foliage and the sensation of wind blowing against your skin.
Unfortunately, the game is already a virtual ghost town, after being flooded with player complaints that the game is little too realistic for its own good. Its quests are nearly impossible to clear, since players have to be as physically fit to complete them as they would in real life. Players feel actual pain when they get hit, and puncture wounds takes days to heal.
Plot Concept: The story follows a dull high school student named Hiro Yūki (a double pun on “hero” and “heroism” in Japanese) when he is tricked into joining a full-dive (fully immersive VR) role-playing game. The game, Kiwame Quest (literally, “Ultimate Quest”), is promoted as “more real than reality” with mind-blowing graphics, impressive NPC behavior, and even the scent of foliage and the sensation of wind blowing against your skin.
Unfortunately, the game is already a virtual ghost town, after being flooded with player complaints that the game is little too realistic for its own good. Its quests are nearly impossible to clear, since players have to be as physically fit to complete them as they would in real life. Players feel actual pain when they get hit, and puncture wounds takes days to heal.