.hack//Link -Operation Frontier Mission-

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 direction and it's end will lead to this, there could be possible revised or removed as the condition and situation goes.

.hack//Link -After Days- is anime television special produced by A-1 Pictures which purposely to promote and also as the prologue story to the .hack//Link -The Final Twilight- as it would be conclusion to all three-projects titles story of .hack series and also to be confirmed as the direct-sequel to .hack//Link and .hack//Link -RISING- as it directly focusing on Tokio Kuryuu on his reached to adulthoods and what happen after the downfall of CC Corps corruptions, Veronica and MAMA's organization which brings out a new chapters for what's next for him after The End of the Network Crisis.

The anime TV Special will had a 4-Episodes monthly before the release of the game, which fans need to watch the TV Anime special before jump right into the games since this anime will be directly ties to the Final Twilight.

1-Episode titled Moving Forward exclusive on Blu-Ray BOX, is set a month after RISING GEAR event, which is also during the ending story of .hack//Link (PSP) which focused on Tokio Kuryuu (Akashic Version) came visit Jyotaro Amagi to plan assassinating for being responsible what happened to him in Akashic Line World, but suddenly stopped with Saika came along with the real version of himself, Tokio Kuryuu, also his twin brothers.

Story
IMMORTAL DUSK is the events which was happened six years ago in 2020 A.D, which was mastermind by Geist, the genius programmer Jyotaro Amagi's AI, using the goddess Aura, the Ultimate AI to bring the Real Digitalization to the humanity in order to give a new life without cruelity of the real world, all it accordance to the plan which came by the mysterious organization responsible for the past network crisis, known as MAMA whose their goal to halt Humanity activities. However, the failures of thatevents had leads to the separated factions for use of Harald's work and Aura. Those events eventually continues through with Bloody Christmas, Rat Incident, the Second of Immortal Dusk, The Closed Beta Test, VS The World incident, and The Third Immortal Dusk as it's continue.

Those dark days are already over, the corruptions CC Corp, and MAMA reigns has already over. The players can now lived to played the online game without worries about the Network Crisis will come again, and the humanity has started to continue evolve and change slowly just a year after that incident, the lights shows the twilight within their smiles together with Aura, who now continue to lived and learn about the loves and bonds that player had possessed, even the day of Network Crisis had came to an end, however, the hackers are still around unknowningly what plans they might had.

And now... what's next for Tokio Kuryuu's days after...

Episode 1 -Immortal Dusk-
Tokio Kuryuu, the 20-year old young man who seems lived in a boringness within his days, as he together living with AIKA with her android version as a year ever since she had return and came to the real world. As they continue spent together, they sudden approached by the new CEO of ALGOS which was appointed a year ago, Akira Alexander who seems being a same age as Tokio and came for him as he seems very interested in him. Although Tokio thought him as suspicious, but he had shown no any thoughts to threaten their peace of life, instead he came with an enormous request...

Meanwhile, Saika Amagi headed to home after visiting his brother who now recovered from the hospital with now married with Ryoko Koshizumi at the cafe. But during she head straight home, he saw person with a long-hair who streakly resemblance to Tokio, sitting at the park and playing game alone, she decide to approach him, due to the feelings she had felt before.

Episode 2 -MAMA's Hidden Files-
Tokio, Alexander, and AIKA login to The World Force Era in order to investigate and search the hidden files which was left behind by Veronica Bain and possibly by Dominique de Mirabeau, contains a secrets project that known as Soul Augmented Digitalization which transfering their minds into the virtual world in real-time, it's like their vision in virtual becomes much total real as their mind's consciousness transferred into a virtual in real-time, however, the time they would experienced will be different from the Real World.

In order to know more connection behind their attention about Real Digitalization which most likely that SA Digitalization becomes a key toward those projects that ties together along with Digital Bastille and Quantum Mind, the only place they could found those files is to enter The Night of the Glorious Treasure Quest Event. Meanwhile, Alexander mentioned that it has been too long ever since the first time he had entered those quest which confused Tokio totally, for AIKA however...

Episode 3 -Eyes of The Unseen World-
After obtaining the MAMA's hidden files, as Tokio began to learn the existence of Soul Augmented Digitalization, but there's one thing that shocked him as the name of Akashic Line which is the closed beta test that Tokio had played and the first time he had met with AIKA, it seems that there's hidden connections that he clearly much not known, much shockingly that there are list of the subjects which was being Soul Augmented digitalize, however, only one person which names and pictures weren't even shown, but it's really listed there, and somehow become part of the new mystery regarding the Akashic Line that he had entered.

After heading back to town server, however, distortions network happens in The World, and thought that the network crisis had been over. Teleporting them into unknown places and recognize those places as Akashic Records and the unknown stones which suddenly confused and thought that those tower already been erased in the new version but still appeared. For Alexander, seems like confused as well how this was happen. But as they continue witnessing two objects, the Creatures which is the player that were infected by Outer Dependency Syndrome.

Their life is in hanging balance and trying to survive by fighting those ODS Creature while Helba shows up at the far, watching them against those creatures.

Episode 4 -Appointment-
After being saved by Helba and Lios, it seems that Tokio, AIKA, and Alexander had succeeded to escape from them, finally obtain the hidden files which he had looking for. Helba knows Alexander as an old acquaintance, but it left holes for Tokio with the mystery of how Alexander knew about MAMA, and the hidden files which they had hide from, with the time came that Tokio begin to suspecting Alexander's motive and seems that his demeanor reminds him the time he encountered with Geist.

Days passed that, AIKA came to ALGOS Corporation main office to make an appointment with Alexander for nice chat conversation, but instead talking for some mechanics improvements offers, she asked about what is "he" doing right now.

Episode 5 -Moving Forward- (Blu-Ray Exclusive)
The events incident happened in Akashic Line World (RISING GEAR), as hundreds of subjects had finally awake from their sleep with Soul Augmented Digitalization after 5 years long, now that they set sails to the sea and finally return to Japan, Tokyo. the survivor, including Geist whose in Akira Alexanders body along with his friends now reunited with their parents and family who they had thought losing them finally return with good warm heart, but not for Akira Kuryuu, the one who using the names of Tokio Kuryuu, his brother's name in Akashic World cannot find the happiness, only a torment, shock, devastated, suffering, and anger toward his brother and his family who had abandoned him.

But the one who he mostly blame is Jyotaro Amagi the one who putting him and his friends in Akashic Line World and suffering for numerous brutal tragedy that he had experienced in there dreadly. He spent time, searching him until he found out that he was being hospitilized, planning to assassinating with hatred of all of his heart, but failed and hiding from Saika Amagi and his brother, Tokio Kuryuu...

(The story of Episode 5 -Moving Forward- is set during the ending story of PSP version .hack//Link)

Characters

 * Tokio Kuryuu/9
 * Aika Amagi/AIKA
 * Alexander Bourodox/Licht
 * Sol Shigemura
 * Miyuki Kuryuu
 * Mrs. Kuryuu
 * Ryuji Sogabe
 * Aida Masumi
 * Kyon Atsuga
 * Gemomaki Junya
 * Saika Amagi
 * Jyotaro Amagi
 * Mr. Akihiko
 * David Steinberg
 * Sora Yuuki
 * Takeru Tanaka
 * Okano Tomohiko
 * Veronica Bain
 * Dominique de Minerabeau
 * Halard Hoerwick
 * Emma Wielant
 * Yuuji Shigemura
 * And more but as a cameo characters...

.hack//Link -After Days- Blu-Ray BOX

 * .hack//Link -After Days- Episode 1-4 + Episode 5 -Moving Forward-
 * Book Visual Art: Character files + World View Setting + Depth Character Info by Designer.
 * Key Visual Illustration by Kikuya Megane.
 * Special Commentaries by VAs and Director regarding about ".hack//Link -After Days-" including a hidden special illustration bonuses by Yoshiyuki Sadamoto.

Trivia

 * It is the first .hack anime series which had TV Anime specials which featuring 4-anime episodes specials, including additional one episodes for Blu-Ray's exclusive.
 * It is also the first .hack anime to released the episodes in monthly prior to the release of .hack//Link -The Final Twilight-.
 * The WORLD Force Era is still in operations even after the second Immortal Dusk events happen in 2024.
 * The After Days is also direct-sequel to .hack//RECOIL which set a year after the events and the downfall of MAMA organization. Also it also possibly a direct-sequel to .hack//Link -RISING GEAR-.
 * The Episode 4 will also continue what happen to Saika and the long-hair man whom she started play a game at park since Episode 1.
 * The Unknown Stones which was meant in the synopsis is the objects which was first appeared in the opening scene of .hack//Infection which featuring the poem voice of the Epitaph of Twilight.

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