.hack//G.U.

.hack//G.U.
Box art for .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth Box art for Rebirth depicting Atoli, Haseo, and "Tri-Edge" (background)
Developer(s)	CyberConnect2
Publisher(s)	Bandai
Designer(s)	Hiroshi Matsuyama
Artist(s)	Yoshiyuki Sadamoto
Writer(s)	Kazunori Ito
Composer(s)	Chikayo Fukuda
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2
Release	Rebirth Reminisce Redemption
Genre(s)	Action role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player

.hack//G.U. is a series of single-player action role-playing games for the PlayStation 2, developed by CyberConnect2 and published by Bandai. The three games are titled .hack//G.U. Vol. 1: Rebirth (再誕, Saitan, lit. Resurrection), .hack//G.U. Vol. 2: Reminisce (君思う声, Kimi Omou Koe, lit. The Voice that Thinks of You), and .hack//G.U. Vol. 3: Redemption (歩くような速さで, Aruku you na Hayasa de, lit. At a Walking Pace).

The games take place after the .hack//Roots anime series. .hack//Roots serves as a prologue to the G.U. video game series in the same way the .hack//Sign anime series served as a prologue to the four original .hack//Games.

.hack//G.U. Trilogy is a computer generated (CG) film adaptation of the events depicted in the games. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray on March 25, 2008 in Japan.

Gameplay

The player's party, consisting of Haseo, Endrance, and Kuhn, is battling Sirius, another player. The pink color of Sirius' target box indicates that a Rengeki may be performed on him.

.hack//G.U. simulates a massively multiplayer online role-playing game; players assume the role of a participant in a fictional game called The World. While in The World, the player controls the on-screen player character, Haseo, from a third-person person perspective (with optional first-person mode). The player may control the camera using the game controller's right analog stick. Within the fictional game, players explore monster-infested fields and dungeons as well as "Root Towns" that are free of combat. They also can "log-off" from the game and return to a computer desktop interface which includes in-game e-mail, news, and message boards, as well as desktop and background music customization options. In Reminisce, an optional card game called "Crimson VS" becomes available. The player may save the game to a memory card both from the desktop and within The World at a Save Shop. After the player completes the game, a Data Flag appears on the save file, which allows the transfer of all aspects of the player character and party members to the next game in the series.

Typical of action role-playing games, players attack monsters in real time. However, the action pauses whenever the menu is opened in order to select magic to cast, items to use, or skills to perform. The player only directly controls Haseo, while the other characters are controlled by artificial intelligence. The player may either provide guidelines ("Free Will", "Rage", "Life", etc.) or issue direct commands (for example, to cast a particular magic at a particular enemy) to the computer-controlled characters. Monsters roam the environments freely or guard treasure chests. Once combat is initiated, via a "surprise attack" or the player being spotted, a wall erects around the combat area to prevent escape. Under certain conditions, the player may execute a "Rengeki" attack via the Skill Trigger menu. These attacks deal greater damage and fill a Morale gauge, which allows the player and his team members to use a combination attack. Certain plot-related fights, called "Avatar battles", use a different interface which incorporates shoot 'em up gameplay elements. After depleting the opponent's health, players must charge up a "Data Drain" to end the battle.

Root Towns are non-combat areas in The World. The player may restock on items, buy equipment, or chat and trade with other "players" of The World. The player may also undertake optional quests and visit guilds. A key feature of all towns is the Chaos Gate. This blue portal is used to travel between towns (called "servers") as well as access the fields and dungeons where battles take place. A password system controls the characteristics of each area. Depending on the characteristics of each word in the three word phrase, the resulting area may have different attributes such as prevalence of monsters or items, among other features.

Plot

Setting

As revealed in End of the World, the "Restore Aura" Plan was the strategy the programmer Jyotaro Amagi devised to restore Aura through reconstructing Morganna under the control of CC Corporation. Through Project G.U., the remnants of the 8 Phases data (also known as the "elements of Morganna") were recovered and incorporated into special characters known as Epitaph-PCs, which were based on Sora's condition during the events in .hack//Zero. Jyotaro speculated that each phase required a certain type of person in order to use it effectively, in the way Sora had been attached to Skeith, so these PCs were then to be used by scouted candidates with Amagi's R.A. Program. The first choice as a candidate was Sora himself, but he wasn't playing the game anymore at the time.

With candidates located, and the Epitaph-PCs prepared, Jyotaro began the test, but something went horribly wrong. Most of The World's data was lost instantly, and all 7 Epitaph-PC players fell into comas. Amagi, who was using a "Dummy Program" to replace Tarvos (which had been stolen by Jun Bansyoya), fell into a state of delirium and set fire to the CC Corp Japan Building. Afterwards the Epitaph-PCs escaped onto The World, where they waited for the right person to "connect" to.

Characters

Main article: List of .hack characters

The main characters of the series: (left to right) Endrance, Ovan, Atoli, Yata, Haseo, Pi (above), Bo and Saku, and Kuhn

The first eight characters listed, known as the Infinity 8, retain the same titles as those of the Eight Phases from the original .hack series. Note: The "Infinity 8" can also be known as the "Eight of Epitaph".

• Haseo, the Terror of Death (ハセヲ, Hasewo) (Ryou Misaki) - Adept Rogue: The protagonist of the G.U. franchise and a PKK (Player Killer Killer). He is first shown seeking Azure Kite, who is believed to be the infamous Player Killer Tri-Edge, who sent his friend Shino into a coma. He is depicted as skilled and quick-witted, but prone to lose his temper. He is trained by Kuhn and Pi of the guild Raven to control his Avatar, Skeith. Haseo is Sora from the first version of The World.
• Atoli, the Mirage of Deceit (アトリ, Atori) (Chigusa Kusaka) - Harvest Cleric: Seemingly the female lead of the series. The World is the first net game she has played and she is very friendly and upbeat. She is part of the Moon Tree Guild and idolizes Sakaki. She also appears to be fond of Haseo despite the fact that he only spends time with her because her PC (Player Character) resembles Shino of .hack//Roots. She is a 16-year-old high school student named Kusaka Chigusa in real life. She controls the Avatar, Innis.
• Alkaid (揺光, Yōkō) (Chika Kuramoto) - Twin Blade: A former member of Icolo and Emperor of the Demon Palace before she was defeated by Endrance. Though she is incapable of seeing Endrance's Avatar, she is adamant that Endrance cheated and has vowed revenge. Alkaid was put into a coma after being attacked and PKed by Bordeaux who was infected with AIDA at the time. She has an infatuation with Haseo.
• Kuhn, the Propagation (クーン, Kūn) (Tomonari Kasumi) - Steam Gunner: A strong and flirtatious man who wishes for peace in The World. He is a member of "Raven" and part of the project to destroy AIDA. He was once a member of the newbie help guild Canard, and even now, he is admired by Silabus and Gaspard. Kuhn currently lives by himself and is single despite his popularity with girls in The World. He controls the Avatar, Magus. In reality, he is the ex-boyfriend of Mai Minase, one of the heroines of .hack//Liminality, and a former coma victim from the previous version of the World, much like Haseo/Sora.
• Yata, the Prophet (八咫, Yata) (Takumi Hino) - Macabre Dancer: Formerly Naobi, Guildmaster of TaN, he is now the Guildmaster of Raven. Yata is a System-Administrator and in charge of Project GU, a project meant to use Epitaph-Wielders to destroy AIDA within the game. He was formerly known as Wiseman, a Wave Master who helped Kite during the first four .Hack games. Sakaki takes over GU for a short period of time in vol. 3 which makes him withdraw and ultimately results in his Avatar going berserk. He controls the Avatar, Fidchell.
• Sakubo, the Machinator (朔望, Sakubō) (Iori Nakanishi) - Shadow Warlock: Supposedly a PC played by two people; Saku, who speaks in Kansai-ben, and Bo; a shy and quiet player. Saku is an alternate personality of Bo (albeit the much more forward of the pair), and is obsessed with Endrance. They control the Avatar, Gorre.
• Endrance, the Temptress (エンデュランス, Enduransu) (Kaoru Ichinose) - Blade Brandier: A player with so much skill and power that he's considered superior even by the greatest players in The World. He is the Emperor of the Demon Palace in Lumina Cloth and has numerous fans. However, he's extremely cold and only ever shows emotion towards the cat he has on his shoulder. In real life he is a 20-year-old hikikomori and the former .hacker Elk. In the game he is also an Epitaph User that controls the Avatar, Macha.
• Pi, the Avenger (パイ, Pai) (Reiko Saeki) - Tribal Grappler: Previously a member of TaN known as Ender, she encounters Haseo shortly after he's Data-Drained and comments on his strange powers. She is a member of Raven and involved in the project to take down AIDA. She trains Haseo in the game to use his Avatar, and is attacked by AIDA when they reach the end of the dungeon. Haseo then Data Drains her infected Avatar. She's a 24-year-old system engineer named Saeki Reiko in real life, And controls the Avatar, Tarvos.
• Ovan, the Rebirth (オーヴァン, Ōvan) (Masato Indou) - Steam Gunner: The former Guildmaster of the Twilight Brigade (a Guild devoted to finding the Key of the Twilight) and an old friend of Haseo's. He is one of the greatest mysteries of The World and seems to know more than he lets on. His PC's data is apparently as large as that used for an entire game field. This is because of his left arm, kept sealed away, which has an AIDA (in the form of a third arm, named AIDA <Tri-Edge>) attached to it. It is revealed that he is the person who PKed Shino and leaves the A-like signs around on fields. Has the uncontrollable Avatar, Corbenik.
• Azure Kite (蒼炎のカイト, Sōen no Kaito) - Twin Blade: A Player Killer who is famous for sending players into comas after he kills them. He resembles a more haggard version of Kite from the original games and wields a pair of triple-bladed swords (known as "Empty Skies", or in the original Japanese versions "Twin Fangs of the Abyss"). He is later seen paired with Azure Balmung and Azure Orca. They are AI created by Aura to protect The World from anomalies.
• Silabus (シラバス, Shirabasu) (Yuuichi Morino) - Blade Brandier: The Guildmaster of Canard at the start of the game, he eventually makes Haseo the Guildmaster. He and Gaspard are the only members of Canard at the start of GU. He is in awe of former Canard member Kuhn. He is a 19-year-old university student named Morino Yuuichi in real life, and started using the internet at the age of 9. he's interested in UMAs.
• Gaspard (ガスパー, Gasupaa) (Kouta Maki) - Shadow Warlock: A member of Canard who follows Silabus and assists in helping Newbies. He and Silabus are the only members of Canard at the start of GU. He is in awe of former Canard member Kuhn. He is a 13-year-old middle school student named Maki Kouta in real life. Gaspard's favorite part of The World is the card game feature called Crimson VS., which is not available for the first volume. Gaspard is rather sensitive and clumsy but plays The World for the sole purpose of having fun.
• Antares (大火, Taika) (Mikihisa Ogata) - Blade Brandier: The creator and former Guildmaster of Icolo; a Guild for champions. Antares lost his position as Emperor of the Sage Palace when he was defeated by Taihaku and feels Icolo has grown arrogant. He believes Haseo can pull Icolo out of this state(translating the name Taika:Tai-Great Ka-fire:TaiKa/Great Fire).
• Sakaki (榊, Sakaki) (Tooru Uike) - Edge Punisher: Leader of the Second Division of Moon Tree, Sakaki is famous throughout The World and commonly associated with Moon Tree. He appears to be part of a sinister plot and because of this, tension has grown between him and Zelkova. He tries to create an ideal world by dominating the minds of people through the eight phases and the internet. Sakaki is a role model of Atoli as she cannot seem to stop talking about him. He is a ten year-old elementary school student named Uike Tooru in real life. He replaces Yata as leader of GU in vol. 3 for a short period before being killed by Azure Kite and going into a coma. He awakens with no memories of what happened after the rebirth of the internet.
• Zelkova (欅, Keyaki) - Flick Reaper: Zelkova is the Guildmaster of Moon Tree and the leader of the First Division. He has a great rivalry with Sakaki for being the creator of Moon Tree and yet not being as famous as Sakaki. He is a hacker and a resident of Net Slum Tartarga. He is the one who grants Haseo's PC the Xth form. Some seem to think he only exists "inside" of The World.
• Aina (アイナ, Aina) (Aina Indou) - Shadow Warlock: Ovan's little sister, whose consciousness was sealed in his AIDA arm after it went berserk and PKed her. In real life she is ill and her being in a coma made her life-saving operation impossible.
• Bordeaux (ボルドー, Borudō) (Nina Kircheis) - Blade Brandier: Bordeaux is an established PK and usually parties with Negimaru and Grein. She is also a member of Kestrel and well respected in the PK community. She is obsessed with gaining fame by being the PK that PKed the Terror of Death. In Vol. 2, Bordeaux is infected by an AIDA which gives her greater fighting capabilities. She is a German-Japanese fourteen-year-old middle-school student named Nina Kircheis in real life. She gives Haseo her member address at the end of the game.

• Negimaru (ネギ丸, Negimaru) (Kazushige Ooyama) - Twin Blade: Negimaru is an established PK and usually parties with Bordeaux and Grein. He is also a member of Kestrel and is treated as some sort of crime lord. He was PKKed by Haseo on their first encounter.
• Grein (グリン, Gurin) (Souji Komiyama) - Edge Punisher: Grein is an established PK and usually parties with Bordeaux and Negimaru. He is also a member of Kestrel and generally acts as Bordeaux's bodyguard. He was PKKed by Haseo on their first encounter.
• Gabi (がび, Gabi) (Daijirou Washio) - Edge Punisher: Gabi is the Guildmaster of Kestrel and adopts a laissez-faire attitude to running his Guild. Although his Guild is overrun with PKs, he is not a PK himself. He is an old friend of Kuhn's but he does not have a large impact on the plot. Haseo's first encounter with Gabi shows the speed of Gabi's movement, the reason for this is because Gabi's PC is a hacked PC.
• Piros the 3rd (ぴろし３, Piroshi3) (Hiroshi Matsuyama) - Lord Partizan: Piros the 3rd is the same .hacker Piros from the original games. He is the Guildmaster of the coincidentally named Project GU (Graphics Umai meaning "Good at Graphics"; in the English adaption, "Graphics Unbelievable") Guild and works as a Graphics Designer for The World. Piros is also in chase of Tri-Edge along with Haseo, but for his own reasons.
• Kaede (楓, Kaede) (Kyouko Kaga) - Blade Brandier: A member of Moon Tree and the leader of the Third Platoon. Kaede is one of the many supporters of Zelkova in his conflict with Sakaki and often opposes Sakaki on his decisions. She is known for her kind and sincere attitude. She gives Haseo her member address in volume 3.
• Matsu (松, Matsu) (Shingo Kudou) - Adept Rogue: A member of Moon Tree and the Leader of the Seventh Platoon. Matsu was once a famous PK but has since grown ashamed of his past and chosen not to fight. He is a supporter of Sakaki. Because of this, he never uses his Edge Punisher form - the form he opted for most when he was a PK.
• Sirius (天狼, Tenrō) (Min Myeon-Do) - Tribal Grappler: One of the current members of Icolo, Sirius is known for his arrogance and is generally a dislikeable character. Being a member of Icolo means he is the Emperor of the Holy Palace; above Endrance and below Taihaku. Later on he is infected with AIDA, and goes on to fight Haseo in the arena. It is then revealed that the Orca and Balmung associated with him were mirages created by Atoli's infected Avatar.
• Taihaku (太白, Taihaku) (Keisuke Kurokai) - Steam Gunner: Taihaku is the current Guildmaster of Icolo and, therefore, one of the most powerful characters in The World. Being the Guildmaster of Icolo makes him the Emperor of the Sage Palace; above both Endrance and Sirius.
• IYOTEN (Naoya Sakai) - Blade Brandier: The leader of a pair of PKs that targeted Haseo when he first logged into The World. Ovan first met Haseo after PKing the two.
• Asta (アスタ, Asuta) (Tatsumi Hori) - Edge Punisher: Iyoten's partner in a pair of PKs that targeted Haseo when he first logged into The World. Ovan first met Haseo after PKing the two.
• Azure Orca (蒼海のオルカ, Sōkai no Oruka) - Blade Brandier: One of the "Three Azure Knights" and presumably one of the antagonists in .hack//GU Vol. 2. This Orca is similar to Azure Kite in that it resembles a haggard version of Orca that appears as if it were stitched together of various body parts. He is known by players as "The Naked Man". Aura gives Haseo his member address at the end of Vol. 3.
• Azure Balmung (蒼天のバルムンク, Sōten no Barumunku) - Blade Brandier: One of the "Three Azure Knights" and presumably one of the antagonists in .hack//G.U. Vol. 2. This Balmung is similar to Azure Kite in that it resembles an almost feral version of the original Balmung. He is known as by players as "The Winged Man." Aura gives Haseo his member address at the end of Vol. 3.
• Nala (楢, Nara) (Takumi Hino) - Lord Partizan: Nala is the leader of the Fourth Division of the Moon Tree Guild and appears in Volume 2 of .hack//G.U. He holds a neutral position within the Guild and is actually another PC used by Yata.
• Hiiragi (柊, Hīragi) (Yuki Fumihiko) - Macabre Dancer: Hiiragi is the leader of the Fifth Division of the Moon Tree Guild and appears in Volume 2 of .hack//G.U. One of Sakaki's followers. A 22-year-old closet homosexual named Yuki Fumihiko in real life.
• Sophora (槐, Enjū) - Twin Blade: Sophora is the leader of the Sixth Division of the Moon Tree Guild and appears in Volume 2 of .hack//G.U. Sophora appears to support Sakaki and seems to be the player behind Nanase from .Hack//Alcor
• Shino (志乃, Shino) (Shino Nanao) - Harvest Cleric: Shino was a former member of the Twilight Brigade and, upon falling into a coma, instigated Haseo's search for the revival of the Lost Ones. She finally awakens at the end of the series, and gives Haseo her member address again (he lost it when he was data drained by Azure Kite in vol. 1). After being PKed by Ovan, her consciousness was sealed in his arm and she was with him watching over Haseo all along.
• Tabby (タビー, Tabī) (Moe Kubo) - Tribal Grappler: Tabby joined the Twilight Brigade around the same time as Haseo and wanted to help him in his quest to revive Shino. She stopped playing in order to become a nurse at the end of .hack//roots anime, but returns in vol. 3 stating that she will remain online for just the day because she had a test the next day after so she helped out for that one day. She later offers her extended help to him, though it is unknown what became of the "one day".
• Natsume (なつめ, Natsume) (Natsume Oguro) - Twin Blade: Former .hacker Natsume from the original games returns in vol. 3, and is now a Chaotic PK with a split personality. She is in search of Tri-Edge (which she believes to be a weapon) and still has an obsession with Kite from seven years ago. Haseo gets her member address after clearing the Chaotic PK side quest.
• Phyllo: A character owned by Antares but used to be owned by an old man who helps Haseo in the first episodes of .hack//Roots. His real player died because of cancer, leaving the character to his friend Antares. In Reminisce he leads Haseo to the Great Temple of Caerleon Medb, a Lost Ground containing Lost weapons, weapons that can help destroy AIDA.

Development

CyberConnect2's president Hiroshi Matsuyama acted as director in .hack//G.U.'s development. He said the theme of the new series was "growing up" in many respects. Graphically and technologically, the game is an improvement on the original .hack series. Personally, Haseo grows up as a character, developing his inter-personal skills and his worldliness. As a series, the setting and concept presented in the games are darker and more mature than before. Matsuyama claimed that Rebirth was longer than the four games of the first series combined and that the three .hack//G.U. games would not be "three parts to the same game". Unlike the previous series where the animated tie-in .hack//Liminality was included as a bonus DVD, the development team opted to integrate the animated story into webisodes available in-game. Bandai also released a "Terminal Disc" with the special edition of Rebirth, which further expands the franchise's backstory and bridges the gap between the two game series.

Reception

Aggregate review scores

Game	GameRankings	Metacritic
Rebirth	72.81%	69 of 100
Reminisce	65.57%	61 of 100
Redemption	68.41%	60 of 100

The series has received a lukewarm reception, but positive sales figures. CyberConnect2 announced that sales of the .hack games exceeded 2.8 million. Patrick Gann of RPGFan recognized the development team's efforts to address the problems of the first .hack series, succeeding in some respects and failing in others. Like the first series, .hack//G.U. goes to great lengths to preserve the illusion of playing an online game, through in-game message boards and news reports, and Gann found that these elements gave more depth to the future world he was experiencing. He found fault in the formulaic progression between dungeon, checking email to find the next dungeon, but the battle mechanics were a marked improvement over the original series. Although the graphics were "spectacular", Gann criticized the limited and repetitive dungeon designs. In his review of Reminisce, Gann noted the relatively good quality of the voice acting, but called the translation script "hit or miss". Minor changes to the battle system, such as being able to change weapons at any time, made Reminisce's combat more exciting. He concluded in Redemption that, while not perfect, the three-part format of the series was relatively more worth it than its previous iteration.

Meghan Sullivan of IGN described the series as an overall improvement over the first series but complained that the Avatar battles were boring and a missed opportunity for a "very cool feature". She also suggested that the storyline could be streamlined by allowing e-mail access within The World. Despite deriding the "filler" story of Rebirth, Sullivan found Reminisce to be much more enjoyable due to its more mature storyline. However, she found the new Crimson VS card game to be as "pointless" as the Avatar battles. The overall sentiment conveyed by multiple reviewers was that the new games would appeal to fans of the series, but would have been much better if released as a single game.

Manga

Lesley Smith wrote ".hack//GU+ is yet another outlet for the story to shine combining a compelling mythology with the manga format."

Related media

Music

.hack//G.U. Game O.S.T.

Disk1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Desktop"	1:33
2.	"Top Page"	1:51
3.	"Eternal Ancient City Mac Anu"	2:51
4.	"Island of Kings Hy Brasail"	2:10
5.	"Conflict City Lumina Cloth"	2:29
6.	"Town Shop"	1:58
7.	"Sunny Grassland"	2:39
8.	"Cloudy Grassland"	2:36
9.	"Evening Grassland"	2:41
10.	"Shinto Shrine"	3:16
11.	"Cave"	3:10
12.	"Battle"	2:25
13.	"Battle Victory"	0:51
14.	"Beast God Statue"	2:15
15.	"Doppelganger"	0:54
16.	"VS Boss Battle"	2:32
17.	"Arena - Waiting Room"	1:48
18.	"Arena - Entrance Music"	1:58
19.	"Arena - Crimson Demon Palace"	2:47
20.	"Arena - Battle Victory"	0:43
21.	"Canard"	2:17
22.	"Raven"	2:00
23.	"Kestrel"	2:27
24.	"Moon Tree"	2:46
25.	"Icolo"	2:05
26.	"Online Jack 1"	0:20
27.	"Online Jack 2"	0:32
28.	"Online Jack 3"	1:02
29.	"Fly, Mecha-Grunty!"	2:12
30.	"Cernunnos Appears"	1:25
31.	"Abyss Quest Battle"	3:46
32.	"Yasashii Ryoute" (English Ver.)	4:15

Disk2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dawn Flight ~Opening Loop Demo~"	1:53
2.	"Welcome to The World."	1:09
3.	"Are You a Newbie?"	1:43
4.	"Terror of Death"	2:08
5.	"Arche Koeln Great Waterfall"	1:58
6.	"Laughing Fangs"	1:32
7.	"World of Death Eldi Lugh"	1:51
8.	"Serpent of Lore ~Yata's Theme~"	1:51
9.	"May I help you?"	1:56
10.	"Big Sis and Me ~Sakubo's Theme~"	2:25
11.	"The Epitaph is Told ~Ovan's Theme~"	2:10
12.	"The Very Best Love ~Endrance's Theme~"	2:10
13.	"Sakaki of the Council of Seven ~Sakaki's Theme~"	2:30
14.	"Grima Raef Cathedral"	2:21
15.	"Dull Swift Doberman ~Piros 3's Theme~"	3:22
16.	"A Victory That Must Be Grasped"	2:41
17.	"I Am Here"	2:49
18.	"AIDA"	2:27
19.	"The Whereabouts of "Power""	3:31
20.	"Worried Girl"	1:36
21.	"Morley Barrow Fortress"	2:38
22.	"Two People's Differences"	2:51
23.	"To Lose Resolve"	3:25
24.	"She"	2:46
25.	"Victory Party"	2:15
26.	"Honeysuckle ~Shino's Theme~"	1:08
27.	"Everything In These Hands"	4:04
28.	"Yasashii Ryoute" (Japanese Ver.)	4:14
29.	"Swaying Emotions"	3:38

.hack//G.U. Game O.S.T. 2

Disk1

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Over the Mountains ~Opening Loop Demo2~"	2:05
2.	"Desert - Clear"	2:32
3.	"Desert - Cloudy"	2:25
4.	"Desert - Evening"	2:25
5.	"Blue Sky City Dol Dona"	2:39
6.	"DOUBLE PRAYER ~VS Gorre~"	2:56
7.	"Collapse of the Moon -Eclipse-"	1:45
8.	"Blue Oath ~Arena Blue Holy Palace~"	2:41
9.	"Wailing Capital Eld Sleika"	2:10
10.	"Coite Bodher Battlefield Remains"	2:45
11.	"To You, Dear"	3:55
12.	"Sugar Mansion Sif Berg"	2:10
13.	"Our Hero! Piros 3! ~Piros 3's Theme Part 2~"	2:19
14.	"Corridor"	2:24
15.	"The Casting Off of Ideals"	2:31
16.	""I" Am Here"	1:59
17.	"HERE I COME ~VS Innis~"	3:16
18.	"Keel Mountain Range Briona Gwydion"	1:40
19.	"Reverse City Magni Fi"	1:50
20.	"DARK INFECTION ~VS Corbenik~"	2:50
21.	"Shinjitsu no Yukue (The Whereabouts of Truth)"	4:50
22.	"SPEED-BOY"	2:20
23.	"Puchi Running"	2:06
24.	"Winning Cheer"	1:07
25.	"We! The Grunties!!"	2:06
26.	"Great Temple of Caerleon Medb"	2:41
27.	"Gob Gob Gob! ~Theme of the Golden Goblins~"	1:29
28.	"Listen to What I Say! ~Negimaru's Theme~"	1:34
29.	"Tactics Time"	1:58
30.	"Heart of Crimson"	1:56

Disk2

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Eight Phases Illusions ~Opening Loop Demo3~"	1:48
2.	"No More Shallow Dreams ~Theme of Aina~"	2:04
3.	"Space Outside of Recognition"	3:00
4.	"Aiming For That Space ~Arena Wise Dragon Palace~"	2:23
5.	"Twin Heavens City Breg Epona"	2:56
6.	"A Sea of Trees"	2:37
7.	"Nobody Knows ~Keyaki's Theme~"	1:53
8.	"CHAIN OF FATE ~VS Fidchell~"	2:50
9.	"Shining Justice Won't Dim ~Piros 3's Theme Part 3~"	2:54
10.	"Net Slum Tartarga"	2:11
11.	"Unchanging Home Town"	1:42
12.	"The Hope of Dawn"	2:10
13.	"Eight Keys"	2:15
14.	"Final Overture"	1:54
15.	"THE THIRD CRISIS ~VS Cubia~"	3:24
16.	"FULL FORCE ~VS Cubia Core~"	2:54
17.	"FINAL BOUT ~VS Frenzied Cubia Core~"	3:03
18.	"Yasashiku Kimi wa Hohoende Ita (You Were Smiling Gently)"	5:12
19.	"Dimming Dawn"	5:39
20.	"Bells of Blessing Ring"	1:43
21.	"The Path You and I Walk"	1:12
22.	"For Love!?"	1:16
23.	"World of Sins Ran Badhi"	1:45
24.	"Painful Forest"	2:44
25.	"Creator's Query"	2:42
26.	"Proto Gurah's Appearance"	2:14
27.	"Evil Machine"	1:51
28.	"Shining Justice Won't Dim ~Another Ver.~" (Hidden Track)	4:20

Publications

• A guide book for the .hack// G.U. series came out under the name .hack//G.U. Perfect Guide Book.

• A novel adaptation of the three .hack//G.U. games baring the same name was released and was written by Tatsuya Hamazaki.Originally Published by kadokawa Shoten and later by Tokyopop for the English version.

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
1	The Terror of Death	9784044222079	February 10, 2009 1427813817
Prologue Chapter_01:Tri-edge Chapter_02:Raven Chapter_03:Possession Chapter_04:Demon Palace Chapter_05:Eptiness Chapter_06:The Royal Island Afterward
2	Borderline MMO	9784044222086	August 08, 2009 9781427813824
Prologue Chapter_01:AIDA Chapter_02:Reiko Saeki Intermission:The twilight Epitaph Chapter_03:The Door to Utopia
3	Harald's Archetype	—	9784044222093
4	8-Dimensional Thoughts	—	9784044222109

• .hack//G.U.+ is a manga adaptation to the .hack//G.U. series. Various changes to the plot have been made and is significantly different from the original series. Originally Published by Kadokawa Shoten and later by Tokyopop for the English version. The story was by Tatsuya Hamazaki and the art was done by Yuzuka Morita

No.	Original release date	Original ISBN	English release date	English ISBN
1	June 23, 2006	4047138290	February 12, 2008	1427813817
Chapter 1:Tri-Edge Chapter 2: The Lost Ones Chapter 3:The Epitaph Users Chapter 4:Endrance's Cat
2	September 21, 2006	4047138630	June 17, 2008	1427813824
Chapter 5:Avatar Awoken Chapter 6:Serial Number Chapter 7:Logout Disabled Chapter 8:Limits and Conflict
3	March 26, 2007	4047139068	September 16, 2008	142780768X
Chapter 9:Atoli's World Chapter 10:Things Fall Apart Chapter 11: AIDA (Original serialization), AINA (Graphic novel) Chapter 12: Holy Ground - "Key of the Twilight"
4	March 26, 2008	4047150096	January 2009	142781502X
Chapter 13: Letter from the Dead Chapter 14: Security Division 2 Chapter 15: Xth Form Chapter 16: RA Plan Chapter 17: Sample Chapter 18:False God
5	March 26, 2009	4047152102	September 1, 2009	1427817103
Chapter 19: Cubia Chapter 20: Where it Began Chapter 21: Omen

• .hack//GnU (pronounced Gu Nyu), a humorous manga series about a male Blade Brandier called Raid and the seventh division of the Moon Tree guild. The story was by Kawa Azuka and the art is done by Tanegashima Takashi. It is currently released in Japan only.

• .hack//Alcor, a manga series that focuses on a girl called Nanase, who appears to be quite fond of Silabus, as well as Alkaid during her days as empress of the Demon Palace. The Story was by Kanami Tenwa and the art is done by Rena Izumihara. Originally Published by Kadokawa Shoten and later by Tokyopop for the English version

No.	Title	Original release date	English release date
1	Battle Overture	March 26, 2007 4047139084	December 1, 2009 1427815968
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5

Animation

• Online Jack, a set of anime clips in the news section of the .hack//G.U. games' fake internet. It tells the "real world" story of the mysterious "Doll Syndrome".

• .hack//G.U. Trilogy, a CGI film adaptation of the .hack//G.U. video games was released April 8, 2010 under Bandai visuals. It follows the same story line as the original 3 .hack//G.U. games but adds in a new form for Haseo called the 'Bst form'.

External links

• Official .hack//G.U. Site (Japanese)
• .hack//G.U. News at dothackers