.hack//Link -RIVES- The Movie: The Ways of the True Samurai

.hack//Link -RIVES- Movie: The Way of the True Samurai is the anime film and the first movie in Link -RIVES- anime series, directed by Hudo Shinomura and Tomohiko Ito and written by Goujou Shintora, and Tatsuya Hamazaki, the anime film was produced by A-1 Pictures.

The took place between Season 1 and Season 2 as the story focuses on Akira Kuryuu who just accepting the quest events about The Lotus Flower of Sakura which it's objective is to find those place, until he met with a mysterious PC which he was rumored as the Master of Ronin Samurai known as Mitsuhide who become his master to teach him in order to reach a secondary jobs.

First film is a canon to the story of RIVES which also as a driven-story of Akira which how he desires to learn to overcome the doubts within him and obtain a new strength by knowing the True Ways of the Samurai as it is a paved way to developing his character. This is also become a secondary jobs that he can used for Season 2 later as how it would lead to, as it is not just a driven story, but also a main story which learning the secrets phenomenon that happens in The World R:X.

Synopsis
Several days following the PVP War's incident, as Tokio, Akira, along with his friend joined with Red Dead Guilds to investigating the anomalies and distortion which was caused by ENTIES's existence in The World R:X, although there's still more mystery which are left unknown as they waited for their first mission.

Meanwhile, Akira is in the middle of training himself to levelling up his PC and he heard a news about a new quest events being held which known as The Lotus Flower of Sakura Quest which it's objective to find a secret passage which lead to the Sakura Tree. He accepted those quest in order to began fulfill his training by doing it alone without Tokio's help as he gone through those puzzles and fighting the monsters.

Just after clearing the quest events as he finally reached to the where Sakura Tree hidden, and just how beautiful sight he can be, however, he encountered by a mysterious PC which was it was described from the rumors, The Master Ronin of Samurai, Mitsuhide, but his appearance causing Akira to lose against him, asking for him to teach how to become stronger, although, he had refuse Akira's request for several times, until Mitsuhide's sees the clear of his eyes of determination to protect someone he had care, and decide to take him as his pupil, in order for him to learn a Secondary Jobs as a Samurai.

Just during the training, however, Mereleona detecting another signal from ENTIES and seems that he make a move, Davis given a mission to investigate the new lost ground which were known as Hidden Forbidden Sakura which is the place where Sakura Tree, while Akira was absence from the mission, which consider it as their first mission, and in order to stop ENTIES to massacre the players, they must make an action while searching for Akira.

Protagonist

 * Akira/Akira Kuryuu

Red Dead Guild

 * Tokio/Tokio Kuryuu
 * Davis
 * John77
 * Mereleona
 * Sol
 * Neil
 * X7
 * Kruger

Missy-White Guild

 * Missy-White
 * Lycia
 * Peronia

Tenzin Clan Guild

 * Judo
 * Nobunaga
 * Moguchi
 * Sanada

Antagonist

 * ENTIES

Real-World

 * Shoko Adashino

Other

 * Yuna
 * Seraphora
 * Yuriko
 * Hanz
 * Zelkova
 * Kaede
 * Haseo
 * Kyushu
 * Jun Bansyoya

.hack//Link -RIVES- The Movie: The Way of the True Samurai Blu-Ray Box

 * Disc
 * .hack//Link -RIVES- The Movie: The Way of the True Samurai (Disc)
 * Booklet Archive
 * Character Files + World View Setting + Depth Character Design Info by Staff
 * Special Commentaries by VAs, Director, and Anime Team Staff regarding about "The Way of the True Samurai" Anime film.
 * One-Shot Manga "Mitsuhide Gaiden: The Path of Within Bloom of Sakura"
 * Illustration Art Bonus
 * Key Visual Poster by Seiichiro Hasokawa.
 * Hidden Special Illustration art by Kikuya Megane.

Trivia

 * The first canon film to Link -RIVES- anime series and also the second canon films in .hack series, since .hack//Beyond the World which was released back in 2012.
 * Signature of Akira's wield of Katana along with his master Swordman skills, resemblance to Vergil from Devil May Cry Series.
 * Way of the True Samurai's title is symbolize for Akira's development and overcoming the doubts and fear, opposing the false honors by learning the true way of the samurai.
 * This movie is majorly introducing the Secondary Job System elements in anime series.