{"id":2381,"date":"2020-04-14T22:00:39","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T13:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2020-04-15T08:13:53","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T23:13:53","slug":"bofuris-maple-is-strong-because-shes-not-a-gamer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biggestinjapan.com\/index.php\/2020\/04\/14\/bofuris-maple-is-strong-because-shes-not-a-gamer\/","title":{"rendered":"Bofuri<\/i>\u2019s Maple is Strong Because She\u2019s Not a “Gamer”"},"content":{"rendered":"

BOFURI: I Don’t Want to Get Hurt, so I’ll Max Out My Defense<\/span><\/i> is the story of Maple, a normal (if a bit dim) high schooler who, at the behest of her friend, starts playing VRMMORPG <\/span>NewWorld Online<\/span>.<\/span><\/i> New to the world of VRMMORPGs, Maple decides to put points into defense only going forward so that she won\u2019t feel any pain when she takes damage in the game.<\/span> This is the first of Maple\u2019s many crazy decisions that lead to her becoming one of the game\u2019s most powerful players.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, it\u2019s all by accident.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Sally, Maple\u2019s best friend, is a hardcore gamer. When she begins playing <\/span>NewWorld Online, she begins allocating her points to support Maple–and to break the game in her own favor. She plans out what skills she needs, what stats she needs and makes sure every point she spends has the most bang for its buck possible. This is how nearly every other player of NewWorld Online plays the game–or at least tries to. Maple, on the other hand, is the exact opposite.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Maple is about as far from a hardcore gamer as you can get. The first thing she does in the game is \u201cplay\u201d with a monster by letting it run into her over and over again for a prolonged period of time (before she accidentally kills it). This, in turn, unlocks the first of many game-breaking skills. However, it\u2019s important to note that it\u2019s not like she planned for this to happen. She never plans to get any of the special abilities she obtains–and that\u2019s the secret.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reason Maple is so unique is the fact that she does things no \u201cgamer\u201d would do.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Play enough games, and you\u2019ll start to see the pattern–the visual language of gaming. You\u2019ll know which way to go to progress in the game and where to go to find secrets. Maple doesn\u2019t see these patterns at all so she\u2019s free to wander wherever.<\/span><\/p>\n

More importantly, she doesn\u2019t assume that the rules in place in most games are in place in NewWorld Online. Trapped by the first boss and unable to do damage to it, most people would give up and die. Then they\u2019d come back for round two after gaining some new skills, leveling up, or buying some new equipment. <\/span><\/p>\n

What does Maple do? She eats it–something a seasoned gamer would never even consider to be possible. Maple, on the other hand, is constrained only by the limits of her imagination.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n