.Hack//Roots

Dot Hack Roots is the prequel anime to the Dot Hack/Gu games during Haseo’s first year and a sequel to the other entries of previous Dot Hack anime. 

It focuses on Haseo and his friends before the events of Dot Hack/GU on their adventures particularly during Ovan’s part in finding the mysterious twlight key which is seen as something of an urban myth within players and it does showcase the element of players going into comas like in the gu games.  

Haseo here is certainly alot more idealistic and curious initially yet, somewhat kinda self defeatist especially with the new update of the world where theres alot of player killers around ruining the fun for others.  

Tabby just like in the games yeah her genki girl gimmick does come off as pretty cringey and annoying af after a while. 

The anime does show his descent into the infamous edgelord thats just beyond insufferable to be around as time goes by the more it progresses. 

(POV an 40 year old ojisama is going to vent to you soon on her mid life crisis as a so called "girlfailure" being a 3 time divorce with kids who don't wnat anything at all to do with her anymore due to them and their therapists mutually agreeing shes a miserable femcel or in degenerate tumblr terms girlfailure bedrotting away in bed drunk on booze and with a breath stained of cum forever from the amount of hookups she had over the years and is now seeking a younger play as yourself to fix her life and for extra cum too when the inevitable irl meeting happens and now you become the final husband for life now.)

Tonalwise its not really that focused on cheesiness in comparison to Legend Of The Twilight. 

Its fairly lengthy with about 26 episodes to the anime. 

Like with other Dot Hack anime entries, its by Bee Train. 

The art is pretty decent and so was the animation of it for its time. 

Pacing wise it does take its time to, really get things going kind of like the games itself and lot of filler that just felt sort of out place of the story. 

The music is pretty good. 

Overall it was an alright anime. 

It gets 3 out of 5 stars.