English Dub Review: Let’s Play “Unity of the Guild”

OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)

Sam tries talking to Marshall, but an awkward encounter with his girlfriend Monica leads to a game over. Thankfully, her guild mates give her the buff in confidence to replay that encounter.

OUR TAKE

Did I use enough game references? Well, don’t worry, I can definitely use more. But yeah, last week’s episode ended on the reveal of Marshall’s apparent girlfriend Monica, who initially mistakes Sam for a Marshall fangirl, though she quickly clears up that she’s his neighbor. Marshall also introduces her as his “friend”, which Monica is understandably pissed at, though it’s supposedly to make sure neither of their careers are impacted by the reveal of either of them dating. I’m not sure how true to life that is since there are plenty of real life Let’s Players who are very public about dating or being married, but I get that doesn’t necessarily mean that all of them should HAVE to be public about that. Though it seems like a bit of a moot point anyway considering Monica is not the one Marshall is seen flirting with in both the OP and ED, though it will probably take a little bit for that shoe to drop. For the moment, she’s basically put there as an obstacle for Sam as her relationship with Marshall continues to develop, as it definitely does by the end of this episode when she’s able to Leeroy Jenkins her way “reintroducing” herself to him as the creator of the game that he played incorrectly and pushed to the bottom of the rankings on the site it was on.

As for HOW Sam got that confidence, a lot of it came from getting together with her friends, who make up the guild The Rare Spawns, though special mention goes to her deaf seventeen year old rich girl friend Olivia, who…doesn’t really talk like a seventeen year old, if I’m being honest. Then again, just about everyone in this show has kinda single note personalities and deliveries, which makes it rather odd when there’s a dramatic moment that gets streeeeeeetched out to wring as much pathos as possible. But hey, if the message is ultimately that friends should help one of their own that’s having a rough time and trying to gain the confidence to stand up for themselves, that’s probably fine to have overall. And with that, Sam is able to finally clear things up to Marshall and make clear that he has been instrumental in making her life a living hell lately, so we’ll see how he handles learning all of that next time, where maybe the romance will get a move on already.