.hack//Roots is the prequel to the .hack//G.U. videogames. It follows the story of Haseo, a Multi-Weapon and member of the Twilight Brigade guild. In the year 2015, CC Corp. Building burnt down, and with it, most of its data for The World. By splicing data from what would have potentially been another game, CC Corp. created The World R:2 and released it in 2016. Set six months before .hack//G.U., Haseo logs into The World R:2 for the first time and falls victim to the PKs that reside within The World R:2. He is saved by Ovan and Shino, which prompts him to join the Twilight Brigade. The Twilight Brigade members are on a mission to find the Key of the Twilight, however, the TaN guild opposes this for some unknown reason and will stop at nothing to keep the Twilight Brigade from their goal. (show less)

I stumbled upon .hack//Roots just after I had finished watching '.hack//legend of the Twilight' series. I wanted to see what happened after this series or even previous to it, as i had found it so interesting, so I searched the net for .hack// and found Roots. It was an interesting series, the main character Haseo was a depressed teen who decided to play a video game where he found a place which gave him hope - his guild. It is a descent story, quite emotional between the characters, and it sustained suspense through its few interesting twists. It was nothing spectacular and I would've liked to see the series go further as I believe it had the potential. But for what it's worth, it kept me interested to see what happened in the next episode. The animation was satisfactory and the amount of story there was in the 26 episodes was good also. (show less)