Phantasy Star Online 2: The Animation

Quest 01 The RPG That Begins with "Nice to Meet You"

All right! We beat the dragon!

We did it!

Seiga Academy

Hey, let's go check it out sometime!

Great idea!

Please present your ID card.

Okay.

Give me a second.

Are you really one of our students?

Yeah, I'm in class 2-B.

You're awfully suspicious.

I promise I'm not.

No, you definitely are.

He definitely is.

He's a Seiga Academy student.

He's Tachibana Itsuki-kun from class 2-B.

What?

Izumi-san, you know him?

No.

The student council president knows the faces and names of every student.

Ah, I wouldn't expect any less from her.

You, look for it again.

O-Okay.

Rules are rules.

And things have been dangerous lately.

Thanks for your hard work.

There it is!

I found it.

See? I'm not suspicious after all.

Save that for after your card checks out.

Okay, okay.

Um, thanks.

Oh, right.

See? I'm not suspicious.

Hey, Itsuki.

You're back, huh?

Took you long enough.

Hey, Kota.

I roused the guard's suspicion because I couldn't find my card.

That's unfortunate.

Izumi-senpai, welcome back.

Thank you.

It's good to see you again. This is for you.

I'll cherish this.

We prayed super hard for you to pass the national exam.

Thank you. I'll do my best.

You must've really enjoyed your summer vacation

if you're coming back on the very last day.

There's nothing to do at the dorm.

And it's not like anyone's waiting for me.

Oh, right.

My sister told me to share these with my friends.

How was Chizuru-neesan?

She was moaning and groaning about finding a job.

She was furrowing her brow like this.

What a waste.

She'll ruin her good looks if she does that.

Hey, Tachibana.

Long time, no see.

That looks good. I'm taking this.

Kota, you wanna play tonight?

Sorry, but I'm not doing anything until after the meet.

Oh, right.

Another time, then.

What was that about?

PSO2.

PSO2?

I told you about it before.

It's Phantasy Star Online 2, or PSO2 for short.

I told you to give it a try.

I seem to recall you mentioning something like that.

You know, if you're not playing online games in this day and age,

you'll get left behind.

Yeah, right. It's just a game, right?

Seiga Academy Student Council 1 New Mail

Message for Tachibana Itsuki-sama of class 2-B.

Tomorrow, after finishing your club activities,

report to the student council room in the main building at six o'clock.

I have an important message for you.

Sincerely, Student Council President Izumi Rina.

The student council president?

The opening ceremony will begin shortly.

Students, please report to the auditorium.

Wha—?!

What?!

You received an invitation from Izumi-senpai?

Yeah, for after school.

When did you and Izumi-senpai become good enough friends

to start emailing each other?

Actually, we just started.

Don't give me that.

Why are you acting so smug?

I'm joking.

It wasn't a personal invitation.

It was an official message from the student council.

Ah, there he is!

Tachibana!

Hey. What's up?

Sorry, but could you give us a hand again?

It's just a practice game, but a first-year caught a cold.

Sure, as long as we're done before six.

Thanks for the help.

She's always so beautiful.

It seems like Izumi-senpai is always surrounded by people.

As the headmaster mentioned earlier,

Opening Ceremony

the second semester is an important time for us third years.

Additionally, we'll be holding the school festival,

a major event for the academy.

I'd like to take this year's festival as an opportunity to strengthen the bonds

between all members of the academy.

Huh?

Let's make this a festival that couldn't have been done

Come to think of it, isn't Vice President Mishima-san missing?

without every student's participation.

She's studying abroad, so she withdrew from school over the summer.

I hope I'll have your support.

Seriously?

I heard Izumi-senpai ranked in the nation's top percentile in August's mock exams.

She's an outstanding athlete, too.

She does great at everything and looks good doing it.

But despite that, she's not haughty about it.

It's no wonder she's Seiga Academy's once-in-a-decade stand-out student,

the star of Seiga!

Thank you!

Thanks for waiting.

Thank you.

Thanks, Tachibana.

You made some good passes, and the captain was happy about it.

It's no wonder they call you the master sub.

I know you actually call me "the handyman."

It's a compliment.

Anyway, you handle everything thrown at you pretty well.

Another way of saying "pretty well" is "just okay."

In other words, I never do better than "just okay."

Did you hear?

In Chiba, an unmanned train ran out of control in the middle of the night.

Maybe the rest of my life will be "just okay," too.

I saw that online.

Near my parents' house, there was a car accident in the middle of the night.

No dramatic changes.

But not only was no one injured, there wasn't a single person at the scene.

An ordinary, "just okay" life.

Yesterday, I fell asleep with autorun on while questing.

Me, too.

Hey, it's already six. Let's eat.

Six?

The president told you to be here at six.

Sorry.

How could you be so thoughtless as to keep the student council president waiting?

You think this is a joke?

President, I'm against this.

I agree.

Me, too.

The matter has already been decided.

It's not up for debate.

Isn't that right?

Tachibana Itsuki-kun.

Yes?

I'm appointing you the student council vice president as of today.

What?

And as vice president, this is your first task.

PSO2?

An abbreviation of "Phantasy Star Online 2," an online RPG that gained popularity with youth worldwide as widespread use of Ethernet helped realize high speed communication.

The organization to which the player characters of "PSO2" belong. Based around the interplanetary fleet "ORACLE," it operates on various planets to wipe out the "Darkers," who seek to invade and destroy all of space.

What? Teach you how to play PSO2?

I see.

So you finally feel like trying "the RPG that begins with 'nice to meet you.'"

It's the student council vice president's job.

Student council vice president?

Who?

Me.

What?!

That's a very appropriate reaction.

You're the vice president? Why?

Because my grades are pretty decent and my attendance is perfect.

Is our student council okay?

I'm wondering the same thing.

I'm sorry,

but we need to find a replacement for Mishima-san immediately.

Then you should hold an election.

I'm solely responsible for managing the student council.

We haven't consented to this decision.

But during second semester,