.hack//Link -Shade-

'ATTENTION: In order to avoid misunderstanding, this article is just my idea, not related to anything but certainly for purpose to let it out the ideas inside my heads, but do not worries as it's still remain unconfirmed about how MAMA's Saga has ended has lead to this, there could be possible revised or removed as the condition goes. But still, Beware that it is just idea purposed, since this titles are not truly means to end the franchise but led to another beginning of it's possible spiritual and reboot sequel.'

.hack//Link -Shade- is a new television anime series which produced by A-1 Pictures x WIT Studio, licensed by NETFLIX Production and Streaming Service who associated with the production along with main creative production by CyberConnect2 and Bandai Namco Entertainment, the anime will be boldly, but not big ambitious as The War of the Twilight, but has an unique phenomenally something bolder and phenomenon which combines between Anime and Cinema direction and also given new depth story of Akira Kuryuu or as Schwarz.

The story continues after Ending E and following the Assassination New World Order International Organization Mission for three years, and the Shade anime series will be a newly full experience told the story of his point-of-view and how those this connected of his action during .hack//Link 2, .hack//ReCODE -The Infinity God of the World- and later on .hack//Link -The War of the Twilight- and Final Twilight. According to the director and creative story writer, it will also explore a lot of new side on Akira which was never even seen or never even shown in three of those game and Shade anime given the chance for fans to experience a new direction of the story and the twist as it progress, promises that it will completely sense of how it would lead up to this.

Fans are very recommended to watch .hack//Link -RISING- and .hack//Link -ChaosWort- in order to experience the story of Shade, it's also recommended to watch .hack//Link -The War of the Twilight- and play .hack//Link -The Final Twilight- because the anime story contains a lot spoilers of it, but fans can watch it without experience two titles if you can ignoring the context. A lot of easter eggs from CODE: 81311 and secret reference will be shown.

Development
.hack//Link -Shades- is already in production following the Final Twilight releases and as a promise to all fans demands following .hack//Link -ChaosWort- releases, the developers is very enthusiast to explore a new side of the "Real" Akira Kuryuu in this new anime, while they also planning to incorporated several elements that match to his story, character and personality, but also expected their interest to combine between anime and cinema direction or something unique through of it within realism and fiction aside. But that aside it's still anime in a little deep down to it.

The story will goes on mature approached and for those who had played all trilogies of CHRONO RiSING from childhood, including ChaosWort might understand twist growth of his character. Mature storyline might there's possibility that it contains Blood & Gore, Intense Violence, Strong Language, and Sexual Content because due to how his side of the stories and the way of living is opposite to Tokio Kuryuu, as how Akira lives in Violence, Underground, and Organized Crime World, for additional notes he's the most wanted criminal and Ranked-SSS+ Criminal & Hacker, which is the most thing that is his story depicted in darker tones and atmosphere. And so the themes concept is much "defy" every concept of .hack franchise, but that doesn't mean it losing spirit of it, but instead it reimagining those in more darker way.

By reintroducing hackers, PKK, Underground Guild, Dark Webs, Hoax, Rumors, and Cheater, also the dark depths of human minds, that also lives on in The WORLD online game, that same goes in Force Era and which gives a dark atmosphere and twist in the world of ,hack that goes actually it was in reality. Exploring the dark atmosphere within not just in online game, but in all network social, internet, corruptions, conspiracy and more that gives a new side of the franchise in contrast to the light fantasy atmosphere, and Dark Fantasy is also happened in depth lore and some occasional that can happened during action or the other way around in unexpected plot twist, while also introducing Horror which brings the story of his journey in more horror and haunted, also visual can also shift into something that really terrifying, but mature story approached is how it tackle those things together, also LGBTQ+ is also possibility to be shown in the anime, but Akira is not LGBTQ+, but for Tokio, maybe. It's a gray area, where neither light vs dark could be a thing

As for one genre, romance will goes a lot different way given insight how Saika Amagi is his love interest, it started in rocky or in rough way in their first met, but progressing on and on is something how it lead to the War of the Twilight story between Saika and Akira in romantic sexual way, but another meaning is how it purposely to re-learn about his lost of humanity and the promise that he had keep, also nostalgia about his memories with her in Akashic World and his story also how to redeveloped those relationship and love with her that he hadn't do for a long time since, which also to rebuild his humanity inside of him, but expect the turning point and plot twist in later season which how it makes War of the Twilight story and his action behind become more meaningful and sadder, but Akira's love for Saika is how it progressed his story development and that become his part of the story since RISING GEAR, but the love is how that become his weakness in some occasional. Lot unexpected scene can happen as the episode progressing through, including possibility sex scenes and content could happen between them in dramatically way.

[COMING SOON]

Story
*This Synopsis is from Season 1, the later season will be different and set after this*

"Have you ever heard the legendary hacker and PKK, Schwarz? Those rumors are all over the places, but not just that, the whole world know those too. They said that he travelled over the world and just killed some sh*t out of it, he can even hack all the masterclass of security that ordinary hacker couldn't, he can even infiltrated through all of highest peak system security without being seen. You might thought he's some kind clowns and prankster behind a mask that could do invisibility, but he's not something you can underestimate with, better off you can make fun of him, not even FBI, CIA, Military Force, Special Unit, or Mercenary or even NAB able to kill him. Once you met him, fight him, the last things you can hope, is death..."

Akira Kuryuu or he now call himself as Schwarz become a known legend for his most committed crime for murdering few members of government, celebrity, majority civilian, military captain, patriots, and minor as those who were a member and leader of New World Order that became his target during Assassination New World Order International Organization Mission. Now he had finally returned to Tokyo, Japan after three years travelling around the world for the mission, and instead feel relieved, he's haunted by the vision of those he had killed, even though he could finally succeed what he achieved, but all feels nothing in his heart but just rage and regret.

One day, he received a new mission to become a spy agent for CC Corp group and MAMA, however, he detest those group due to how he had encounter several times a problem due to their corruption and tragedy he had gone through in Akashic World or even three years ago, more importantly how he got tired of his mission for another assassination. However, the mission is frequently different from his long-three years of assassination mission, he was tasked to find information about AD-0001 Core Data Unit which is the key as implementation for the program of Real Digitalization. What caught his interest that CC Corp and MAMA will oppose against the hackers, as Tokio and Fluegel was involved, shock news that Saika is also involved for the war against CC Corp and MAMA while she still had contract work with CC Corp to clear her name following Immortal dusk event five years ago.

Accepting the mission requires a hardest choice for him to up against Saika, but in order to find information about AD-0001 Core Unit Data that becomes key to those system is what cost he needed by return toward his career as Schwarz, the legendary of PKK and Hacker. But the problem arise of his suspicious toward Helos-Pierce, about why he so desperately wanted to obtain those data unit, and there's lot things that mission hiding something from his awareness. This mission will be truly the hardest and darkest one for him.