Resolve

Resolve is the 6th episode of the Log Horizon anime. It first aired on November 9, 2013.

Synopsis
Shiroe opens the episode by talking about Guilds, and the benefits of being in one, such as better communication, access to the Bank, and the Guild Halls. During his monologue, shots of D.D.D, the Black Sword Knights, and Silver Sword are seen as examples of guilds. Upon the group's return to Akiba, Maryelle is stroking Serara's head as Henrietta coddles Akatsuki, much to the latter's chagrin. He continues to explain how the Crescent Moon Alliance has a rank-B Guild Hall to accommodate the size of the guild as the party for Serara's return begins.

Nyanta is teaching some of the chefs from Crescent Moon how to prepare tasty food, and explains how chefs still needed the proper cooking level to prepare more difficult foods. All the while, Serara is working diligently to serve the rest of her guild members as one girl comments to Hien that the party was for Serara herself. Meanwhile, Naotsugu is talking to Shoryu, and tells the younger adventurer that level 90 meant nothing once it was reached, and the important part was what came after. It seems to be a serious conversation ... until Naotsugu tells Shoryu that said "important part" was panties. Much to Shoryu's horror, Maryelle joins them right afterwards, asking them what they were talking about. He gags Naotsugu by sitting on him as he hurriedly tells Maryelle that they were talking about powerful monsters. Right after he says that, Henrietta calls for Maryelle, and she leaves them alone.

Henrietta pulled Maryelle over to tell her to keep the discovery about tasty food a secret. Although Maryelle believed that they should share it with everyone, Henrietta tells her that it was too big of a secret to be openly spread around, because it would cause problems and because rivals would then get an edge over them. She then mentions that Shiroe told her that, as members of their guild approach him to thank him for saving Serara. Shortly afterwards, Akatsuki is seen in a separate room, clearly uncomfortable as Henrietta fawns over her. Henrietta gushes about how she has the opportunity to dress up not only Ashlynn, but Akatsuki too, summoning Ashlynn to pull in a rack of dresses for the assassin to wear. Akatsuki attempts to escape by using Shiroe as a cover, only to discover that Shiroe gave Henrietta permission to dress her up, causing to scream "You sold me out, my lord!" in agony.

The scene cuts to nighttime, and Maryelle and Shiroe are the only ones awake. Maryelle covers her sleeping guild members with blankets before the two of them go to Maryelle's room to talk. When she asks him what kind of job would be considered "big" to him, he diverts her question by asking her about the situation in Akiba. Her face suddenly becomes downcast as she explains that the situation was better than it was—there was less PKing and the area was safer—but guilds were separated into strata, with the large and most influential guilds having the most say in everything, including priority at the marketplace and hunting at the best spots. She uses Krusty and D.D.D as an example, with Shiroe recognizing them as the group that defeated Oracle's Tower; a large guild, D.D.D has a larger influence over the "feel" of the town. As she talks, Smash and his group are seen sitting around Akiba without anything to do, and are waved off from hunting spots as they were taken by another guild. Although she believes that it's good that PKing has decreased as a result, she dislikes the way invisible barriers are being set up. At the same time, she believed that large guilds also had their own problems, and so nobody could be blamed for the situation. She bemoans her inability to have effected any change, having attempted to form an alliance between smaller guilds during Shiroe's absence but failing due to petty arguments. Akaneya and Woodstock, who had attempted to help Maryelle, apologize for the failure of their attempt before leaving.

Maryelle then tells Shiroe about how the Black Sword Knights and Silver Sword were aiming to reach level 91, as the expansion had raised the level cap to 100. She looks down on the Black Sword Knights' exclusivity, wondering if it was Isaac's pride or a sadistic pleasure of excluding players that led him to only accept ones level 85 or above into his guild. As a result, unlike D.D.D, he couldn't just absorb smaller guilds—he would have to make his men stronger. To do that, however, they would normally have to fight monsters level 85 or higher. She then exposes the guild's method of getting to 91, which was using EXP Holy Water. It boosts attack power and health regeneration, double experience from combat ... and are only given to players under level 30. In order for new players to enjoy the game more thoroughly, they are provided an EXP Holy Water daily so that they can catch up with higher level players. However, the Black Sword Knights were acquiring EXP Holy Water by buying it from Hamelin, a guild that tricked newer players into joining, then extorting them for their EXP Holy Water and forcing them into battles or slave labor.