.hack//Link -RIVES- The Movie: ENTIES Rising

.hack//Link -RIVES- The Movie: ENTIES Rising is an anime film and the third final film in Link -RIVES- anime series, directed by Tomohiko Ito and Hajime Sugimoto, written by Kazunari Ito, Tatsuya Hamazaki, and Hajime Sugimoto which the anime films was produced by A-1 Pictures and MAPPA Studio, which considered as the most anticipating and intense film since this most darkest story with lots of betrayal in this film story.

The story following the Tragedy in the All-Night Circus in third season, as everything comes into normal, however, with messed up promise that he made with Shoko Adashino, causing her disappear and cannot be found. One cruel truth happens came from Davis words, the true identity of ENTIES, causing Tokio betraying Red Dead Guild to find Shoko, thus lead up his friend turn against Tokio which of them could find Shoko and kill her, or find her in order to save her.

ENTIES Rising film will lead-up to the Final Season which deepest part roots showing the unseen cruel had come to the light and the story will entering the more gray-areas and darker story as it take a turn the most.

Synopsis
Following the tragedy in the all-night circus, caused by Geist and everything's turn even more upside down than what he had expected, the true horrors and sudden betrayals that he know him as friend, was the mastermind behind a Massacre in a Blue Moon Guild.

Everything returns normal ever since, and the summer season is almost their reach and trio friendships continues as the one who holds a true aspiration as a loves hobby toward the game. Promising for Going to the Beach together with the family as Shoko was invited too, and Shoko made decision to transferring to Tasogare Mugen School which is where Tokio and Akira attends to, and promise to change herself and her look, in order to enjoy the youths together in a school life and be confident to herself.

But one day, as Tokio forgetting her promise to meet up at Akibahara Game Centers, he rushed toward where Shoko is as he received a several message and phone calls from her. But eventually, she's not there, she wasn't there at the game centers and confused if she was here or not, until he learn at the next day, she disappeared, unable to call her phone or no answer from her apartment. Brought himself worried and didn't know what to do, decide to go to the Red Dead @HOME guild in order to ask Davis for her location.

However, something strange, and seems like that he refused to accepting Tokio's request, asking him to let her go which shocked him. All this was due to they find out the true identity of ENTIES which revealed to be Shoko Adashino, but this was causing doubts, unaccepted and distrustful toward Davis, as they trapping her without Tokio's knowing, except for his friends, which seems that they already know the true of her identity, and somehow that he greatly shocked and feeling betrayed. But at this point, he had no choice, but decide to betrayed Davis and his friend, to go save Shoko from them.

Meanwhile, Akira met with Slayer and Geist once more, but this time, they not looking for fight, but to observe them, but what was they intent to do? does they know that this would happen?...