Comedy is subjective as they said, so just as any other comedy anime, it's all on preferences. I thoroughly enjoyed this a lot since I felt like the Winter 2021 lineup was lacking any real comedy anime. I mean there were shows that gave me a few laughs here and there, but none that were truly comedy.
Watching episode one of this I didn't really enjoyed it at first. The first half was slow, just your typical generic high school boy who meets a pretty girl and gets con into buying a crappy game. Well I don't blame him as I am too a sucker like him when it comes to a cute girl selling me something. As I myself have fallen for this trick by a cute girl before... so yes I can relate to him.
The anime really picks up in the second half when he enters into the game world. The first moment he got punched in the face and was dying, oh boy that part got me bursting out in laughter and everything from there on out was just entertaining as ever. I will say this, if you didn't enjoy episode 1 in the game world, then this is probably not your type of anime you will enjoy. Since I don't think the comedy really drift far from it's initial comedy. As it is a parody like that takes everything you expect and throw it out the door.
Now to say I love everything about this anime would be a lie. Since I didn't love every single character. I didn't honestly care for Mizarisa at all. Though she does have some moments but most of the time I just didn't find her entertaining and without her, I would've still enjoy it.
For the parody that this anime present itself as, it did a very good job. So it's not one to be taken seriously or you'll wonder why you're watching this. As it takes a lot of the tropes and throws it out the door and it was hilarious. Since I personally not too big of a fan of OP main characters, so this was a nice change of pace.
Oh I gotta give a shoutout to the funniest character
This guy walkthrough is probably the funniest thing ever lol... as a person who relies on walkthrough because I suck at gaming lol... I was laughing so hard at the points he was making since it does make sense. He killed it in every scene he was in.
Overall, this was a fun watch. It isn't for everyone and I understand that. If you enjoyed like the first couple episode, then you'll more then likely enjoy the rest. It does have some good message in there too. Like the whole point of improving yourself and not giving up. And if you want a more serious take on reality mixing with virtue reality, I point you to a complete opposite anime, Serial Experiment Lain, which is a masterpiece in my books.
Oh and the game console getting destroyed was a nice touch.
I'll never understand why people would go on review just to thumb down a review because they didn't like the anime. If you don't like it, just ignore the review. It's not like I'm attacking the anime, if I was sure go for it. I'm just stating what I enjoyed about it.
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