Keita Amano is a typical high school gamer living out an average student's life. One day, however, he has an unexpected meeting with the cutest girl in school that makes him want to disappear without a trace!
This girl, Karen Tendou, is an exemplary student who is proclaimed to be the school's idol. She discovers that Amano is a gamer, and this newfound knowledge incites a passionate desire within her to recruit him into the game club. Upon visiting the club, Amano is forcefully made aware of a side to gaming wildly different than the one he loves so dearly.
Tendou's interest in Amano begins shaking up what was once an uneventful life, filling it with spontaneity, awkwardness, and a little bit of mayhem. As a result, every day becomes a comical battle for Amano's sanity as he tries to adapt to these wild, unexpected changes.
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Stark700
Gamers is honestly a show that made me scratch my head more than I realized. As a gamer myself, this anime really feels relatable at heart on occasions because of its concepts. However, what really follows is a rough adaptation that translated into a questionable story. It ended up being an anime that I can’t fully say it’s appreciable for what it had to offer. And that’s too bad really. Based on the light novel of the same name, Gamers stood out as an anime at first for me just by its title and it seemed like a show that I felt comfortable with. However, whatthis series actually presents is far more just about gamers gathering together to play games. It became a show with romance themes, misunderstandings, and drama shenanigans that really took relationships to a strange level. On paper, the show’s premise sounds pretty simple as main male protagonist Keita Amano is invited by the prettiest girl of the school Karen, to join her video game club. What follows is a string of misunderstandings that ended up being messy.
Let’s get the obvious elephant in the room out of the way. Gamers is not recommendable if you have an obvious dislike for rom-com. From the very start, it’s pretty straightforward as the anime jumps right into the main picture with the characters and their roles. Karen is a character that I found to be easy to accept as she is friendly and simple to get along with. What might rub people in the wrong way is her obsession with video games and more so, her obsession with Amano. The anime makes it clear that she likes Amano and extends beyond just the idea of video games. For Amano himself, it seems he has a mutual attraction towards Karen although has a hard time to confess the truth. Unlike Karen, he’s also more timid and unpopular at school. Drama follows the both of them as ship teases begins to develop between various characters.
Beyond Amano and Karen, we also got Aguri and Tasuku, a couple with very sociable personalities. They bring in the comedic drama as misunderstandings are often created by plot circumstances and their own personal delusions. Individually, Aguri is also quite an energetic character with a friendly personality. Similarly, Tasuku finds himself easy to make friends with others and very outgoing. Both of their live are intersected with Karen and Amano as the story picks up and they get involved in drama and the misunderstandings. For me, this shows draws and sells its humor through the misunderstandings. Unfortunately, I can’t really say the anime’s plot work overall from this formula. It’s very formulaic and predictable as almost every episode feels the same. You may think there are developments between the main characters but in reality, the anime doesn’t do a clever job at progressing the plot. While I appreciate how the anime tries to sell its comedy with character pairings, it’s really no different in the end with plot resolutions. Beyond the humor, there is some actual drama if you count Chiaki’s role in the show. The character chemistry between her and Amano occasionally has more emotions although is still often downplayed quickly because of how lighthearted this anime is. Surprisingly, I found her sister to be more likable as she seems like a fun person to hang out with and talk to. The sibling relationship Hoshinomori is surprisingly realistic as the two can be easily relatable by their roles in this show.
If you’re a fan of video games, you’ll notice a lot of references. These range from console games, PC gaming, dating sims, and even arcade games. Thanks to these ideas, I think some people may find this anime likable even with the lackluster plot. The idea of gaming is explored with social norms and relatable with the main characters. However, do realize that the anime is very lighthearted and doesn’t really take a serious approach at exploring the cultural ideas of gaming. It’s more of an anime that deals with comedic relationship pairings in order to draw out a casual audience. The lack of background storytelling (with exception of Tasuku and Aguri) also holds this anime back at times. To me, Gamers is an anime that’s easy to accept but hard to embrace.
Adapted by Pine Jam, this anime originally had my worries due to its lack of promotions. More importantly, their previous project was pretty unnoticeable for its technical quality. However, my worries quickly died down after seeing the first few episodes. It’s not at a level that will make your jaws drop but definitely consistent for a light novel adaptation. What really draws the audience into the technical quality is perhaps the character expressions. The biggest sell of this show is the humor so it’s important to capture those expressions. Thankfully, I found myself laughing on occasions when characters react as result of misunderstandings, drama, and other shenanigans. The character designs themselves are also appealing enough to make them stand out; except with the case of Amano as he looks like a generic Average Joe. Unfortunately, this anime doesn’t escape the fan service pit so expect some episodes to have it with suggestive camera angles and swimsuits.
As a lighthearted anime like Gamers, the theme songs aren’t particular noticeable until you realize their style. While it’s not truly avant-garde, it does take an approach that will make the audience talk about especially with its catchy OP song. The gaming references extends to its soundtrack elements as it sometimes uses a similar style for its OST. Still, character voice mannerism is rather moderate as none of them really stand out. Aguri’s accent also took me some time to get used to as she sounds like a kid at times.
Should you watch Gamers? Honestly, it really depends but the anime felt more like a big ship tease rather than an appealing show of sharp writing. The comedy is the main selling factor so if humor is your cup of tea, then this anime will be one that you’ll remember that by. As for the storytelling? It really doesn’t do any favors when the show is like a loop that doesn’t progress the main plot altogether. The anime itself is also an incomplete adaptation as the novels are ongoing. So in essence, it’s rather open ended. For gamers and anime fans, this show is fun to watch when you’re bored and need time to pass by. But for what it really delivered, it’s an anime that I found face palming myself more than laughing.
Pipe
What is the meaning of gamer? If we go to our favorite culture dictionary, we will consider a gamer someone that plays video-games. Is it the main topic of this anime? Sadly, it isn't. The video-game idea is irrelevant here unless that we associate the game concept with a relationship. In that case, we can say that the plot of this anime is a relationship game and a "gamer" interprets, acts, and plays on that relationship game. The goal of the game could be ending with someone, maybe love, etc. I can give several convenient titles for this anime, "Misunderstandings," "The mess," "Mistakes," "Misconceptions." Allthese titles point to the same problems in a relationship and how messy a relationship can be. It would be wrong waiting to see a full-time anime about "video-games," tournaments, and more video-games. If you just watch this anime for that reason, you will receive a big blow on your face, you will lose all your health points, and you will end very disappointed with a big question ¿And the games?
Story: 7/10
Relationships are complicated and love ones are even worse. How many times have we seen an anime about them? If you answer just this one, I will call you Pinocchio. This anime created some relationships from a simple topic the "video-games." The characters have something in common, video-games or persons that played them. These characters will try harder to find more about other players because they have THAT something in common (games). That's the main story of this anime. Keita the typical gaming freak meets another gaming freak called Karen. Call it destiny, cliché, lack of argument she felt something for Keita. For me, both them are the first gamers. The goal is that they end together. During this adventure, other "gamers" joined this messy match and added chaos with some alternative endings. For example, Keita should end with Chiaki, etc. All this mess is titled "Gamers!" an amusing comedy with funny moments and some frustrating events but enjoyable at the end.
I know, Gamers' story isn't that amazing. After the half of the series, we can consider it average and repetitive. Also, several persons expressed unsatisfaction of the same misunderstanding recycling and how it only gets worse. From my perspective, that is the main argument of the series if you remove this "mess" we will end with an empty casket that would talk about video-games, a gaming club but won't be an enjoyable comedy. Besides, no matter if the argument is repetitive we can associate it to the insecurity found in every relationship. They are average students without any relationship experience, they will make several mistakes and will tend to overthink everything.
Characters 7/10
We have five main characters. They share the ability to mistake relationships from bad judgment. They don't have any love experience. They will overlook every decision for that reason all ends in chaos.
Keita Amano, the conventional freak. We can see him as a zero at the left. None notice about him and he lives in a gaming world. Insecure, shy, but cares for his new friends.
Tendou Karen, the freakish idol. She is a beautiful face, desired student, popular, and with a hidden gaming addiction. From a relationship perspective, she is very insecure and timid.
Chiaki Hoshinomori, the last freak. We can consider her a secondary freak. She is similar to Keita, they like the same and do the same, but they have several differences when they talk about games. She also is the last acting.
Tasuku Uehara, the ex-freak. A reformed "Keita." He was like Keita but changed and became popular. He wants to help Keita, but he overthinks everything and ends creating a bigger mess.
Aguri, the insecure lover or better the ex-freak lover. She has a particular personality, but she is very uncertain of her relationship and sees a cheating ghost every time. Even if she doesn't like games, she enjoys being around gamers.
All these characters have a twisted insecurity that keeps adding gasoline to the fire but thanks to that we can see some hilarious moments. Sometimes we want to hit the screen with our head but overall the moments are good.
Art 7/10
The art isn't that amazing, and there are some angles where we can see some ugly spots or weird faces. In general, the art is acceptable. They focus on the characters, their faces, and details to create an impact on the expressions depending on the situation. The palette is the same most of the time as the lighting model, so they used a bright light with a pastel combined palette. In general, the art is acceptable for a comedy.
Sound 8/10
The sound mix helps on the situations and adds tension when needed but also focus on the awkward moments, so it helps with the plot and levels the climax. The OP and ED are good, I loved more the ED, but both are very catchy.
Enjoyment 8/10
No matter if the problems are repetitive the show offers several hilarious scenes. The insecurity of this group is presented to the audience with a combination between mess and comedy. This concept works well with the storytelling, a good pacing, and produces a twisted love comedy that we will enjoy.
Overall 8/10
Finally, I want to apologize. I overused the word "GAME" maybe you are exhausted from it, but I am sure this simple messy story will bring a smile on your face. It isn't the best comedy out there, but it is acceptable. The characters have their moments, and their insecurity is used to create some epic events. I am sure that you will enjoy some of them. Give it a try.
PakiUSA
STORY: 8/10 CHARACTER: 9/10 ART: 7/10 SOUND: 8/10 ENJOYMENT: 10/10 OVERALL: 8/10 Funny enough ‘Gamers’ is NOT an anime about Games, rather it’s an anime about the people who play Games! The show is more a Slice of life Romcom about teenagers where the story just focuses on their lives at High school and their interactions with one other which may disappoint some viewers due to its Soap Opera-ish vibe. (If you are looking for something similar but with more gaming involved, check out ‘Netoge No Yome Wa Onnanoko Ja Nai To Omotta?’) I too was upset upon learning this, but the anime brilliantly defends itself by delivering spontaneously strong, albeitsometimes cliched Comedy! By not resorting to a Harem anime like everybody else, it’s a breath of fresh air to have 2 main guys rather than 1 and all girls. The 1st episode itself foreshadows uniqueness as the show deliberately sets up a Generic Romcom setting where the MC is invited to a Gaming club by a beautiful girl and the other characters presented clearly looked like the shows main cast. Only to swerve all of us towards the end by having the MC be like ‘Nah, this isn’t for me’! Realizing the show had the balls to create a ‘fake cast’ of characters just for 1 Joke meant I was in store for something Awesome! And I wasn’t disappointed! Another thing I liked was the shows effort of making fun of the Harem genre itself. We actually have a character who calls upon this in one episode! The same character even plots to force a Harem on one of the MC’s which ended up rebounding horribly! ‘Gamers’ uses an old exaggeration of an over the top love triangles which gets everyone confused and misinformed, thus resulting into utter chaos! (The show bravely points it out to us from time to time) You have things like characters hearing only the worst parts of a conversations to someone suppressing important info just to protect another character’s public image which may look frustrating, but it was fantastically executed!
All the characters are genuinely interesting by managing to stand out via their personalities. We have our simple looking Amano, who’s very bad when it comes to judgements due to his uncertainties. Nevertheless, he’s a good MC since he’s peculiarly zealous about certain type of games and will fight ‘’verbally’’ tooth and nails to defend his point despite sucking at playing games! He manages to come across very kind to others and it’s his infectious passion for games that resulted into Tendou falling head over heels for him! Tendou herself is a big gaming fan (in secret) so others simply can’t understand her infatuation for Amano which results into Tendou losing her ‘Highschool Dream Girl’ image. (Being REJECTED by a Nobody really hurt her image at school!) Even though she doesn’t do much later, her depiction of a major crush was humourlessly presented to us which never got tiring. After all this is how a person with a real crush acts! The person goes through unstable amount of emotions without ever expressing it out loud. Uehara is another character who comes off looking cool but isn’t as smart as he thinks! Often a prey to his own schemes due to bad decisions, results in being the root for the whole group problems! Aguri bonds nicely with Amano and she’s all cute and innocent while Chiaki turns out to be even a bigger Gaming nerd than the MC himself! I liked how her story went along with the main arc and whenever she said ‘Desu Desu’. These 5 characters provide us with the bulk of relatable Comedy in a hilarious and ridiculous manner that will have you LOLing pretty hard!
Animation is pretty basic, though colourful and the character designs are by the numbers. Both the OP and ED were a stand out with very catchy music and bright visuals which is appreciated with great Voice Acting from the cast for both Subs and Dubs. The opening video boasts wonderful ingenuity by showcasing countless parodies of video games like Mario and Street Fighter and the work done on facial expressions were superb!
Despite its flaws, I found the anime funny and entertaining. Episode 5, now remembered as ‘The Mother of All Misunderstandings!’ was hands down the best episode the anime has to offer as it managed to deliver a perfect storm of emotions ranging from Jealousy, Love, Envy, Confusion, Shock, etc in a Comedic fashion! (I loved how the MC was totally oblivious to all it!) This reminds me of a movie called ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ which pulled of a similar scene of misinterpretations by Comedic means. But exactly like the movie, this brilliant plot unravelled too quickly as the anime failed to entertain us on this level again! The anime tries to repeat itself with the follow up of a Board game, but it just didn’t have the same kick to it! And add in the pretty Meh ending, hurts your final thoughts about the show. Still the characters had their own side plots which were nicely demonstrated though the interactions between them remained the highlight of this anime. Certainly, recommend it to everyone as it’s one of the good anime of this year!
PvMDream
*Review may contain minor spoilers* Man this anime makes me so angry.. Story 1/10 there is the ''loser" who gets asked to join the game club by the most popular girl in school, once upon going to check out the game club, there are a few very talented people and they won alot of prizes etc, So you might think this anime will be very nice about competitive gaming. NO IT IS NOT!! From ep3 till the end gaming made barely an appearance, It was just a pentagon of love and misunderstanding about who loves/cheat on each other.. And it didn't even have a real ending man.. Art 4/10The art is nothing special only minor point i have to say here is that sometimes the chars look like robots, like when they zoom out on walking scenes etc there arms move like robots, wtf is this sh*t? can't you make them walk like normal?
Sound 4/10
the characters sound like they are screaming all the time with there annoying voices, 3 different ending songs also? why?
Character 1/10
Like i said in the story, they were really good at competitive gaming, but then it turns out all this anime was just about pentagon of love and misunderstandings , no background on gaming, the mc is a total loser who can't do anything, he even sucks a** at games..
Enjoyment 1/10
Man what is this F**king piece of sh*t anime, it made me so angry, you have such a cool 'story' to work with and you just gonna change everything for a boring love/slice of life/school anime full of misunderstandings and endless screaming? cmn..
Overall 2.2/10
This anime is a ''scam'' and just uses the gamer tag to draw in more people, it has nothing to do with gaming except for the occasional gaming talk they have followed up by misunderstandings about them love triangle.
Please do yourself a favor and never watch this.
also please do not make a season 2.
B4nny
Alright, I almost dropped this anime from episode 1 because I got influenced by some reviews saying its 'cliché'. Note to self: Never read mal reviews before judging a show by myself ever again. Just know that clichés do not automatically make a show bad. A very great example of a clichés done right is Konosuba, which utilises the isekai trope to create a wonderful and humorous parody of the actual genre, and in my opinion, another great example is Gamers!. This turned out to be one of the most impressionable romcoms for me. The reason I almost dropped this show was because I was overly judgementalon its first episode. Admittedly, the following clichés were a bit of a turn off at the beginning: "high school game club" and "otaku-pandering main protaganist". Basically the premise of episode 1 at first felt kind of uninteresting and even unrealistic.
I decided to give this anime another chance after months because I saw that it had potential. After re-evaluating the character motives and making the effort to actually think deeper into the actions of the characters, it made so much more sense. It's evident from episode 1 that the character motives in the entirety of the show can be sometimes hard to grasp and character's actions can often feel unreasonable or confusing (as expected of every drama show tho). However they really are quite meaningful when given a second thought. The premise starts getting way more entertaining after episode 2 with the slight twist. What’s hilarious is that the much hated ‘game club’ cliché was actually almost never mentioned again in the show, despite spending 1 episode introducing it. It just shows how self-aware the humour is, by first baiting the audience into thinking “It’s another one of those shows… .-.” then surprising them and making fun of it. (tl;dr: so if you're planning to get into this show, be prepared for a little bit of confusion. if u want to understand every character fully, give everything some thought and it's actually quite meaningful)
The main appeal of this show is that it handles the relationship drama part of it really well. Its humour stems from how self-aware the show is to the many supposed clichés, making fun of it and deriving humour from that. (I kind of see elements of Konosuba’s humour in this show.) It also does the whole ‘misunderstandings’ thing better than most other shows by making light-hearted fun of it. I find it so funny because it makes fun of exactly what I LOATHE about many drama shows and actually making it work well.
See, misunderstandings in anime, especially in romance dramas, were something that I always hated to the core. It always annoyed me to no end when shows used 'misunderstandings' as a main driving point of its plot as an excuses to either lengthen itself or to drive its melodrama. Shows like the second season of Kimi ni Todoke has fueled my hate for this because it JUST isn't realistic, the character's constant beating around the bush and not noticing the most obvious things just annoys me at how un-humanlike the characters become because of it. The problem is that most of the time, their misunderstandings can all be fixed if the characters just calm the fuck down, sit down and talk it out... Shows like that just feel very unnecessarily dragged out, insincere and boring. Drilling the frankly petty misunderstandings into our heads and making it the main point of the show be the drama that comes from them honestly makes it emotionally exhausting to watch.
Of course, I have seen a small few anime that actually effectively used misunderstandings, but that’s hard to pull off, because you have to make the effort to make the misunderstandings feel genuinely realistic or relatable for the show to be actually be likable. (One example is Tsuki ga Kirei, I could get into why in another review)
However, when misunderstandings are used as a meta plot device to not only get great humour out of it, but also as a way to bond and develop characters, that’s good shit. Gamers! does it so well. Notice how really it doesn’t get sad and edgy all because of some stupid misunderstanding but it not only gets funnier, characters also know each other better and develop through those experiences.
Here are some other small examples of self-aware humour that I laughed way too hard at, which made fun of things other anime did badly:
1. Having Uehara as the intelligent, NOT dense character that actually knows what’s going on. The fact that he judges situations and can read people’s expressions (like a normal person would) is just hilarious. Viewers can really relate to him as he actually reads into things instead of being any other dense character that does not give anything a second thought.
2. The fact that Uehara and Keita consciously calls everyone into meetups to clear misunderstandings LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN WOULD DO. It’s so rewarding to see anime characters use common sense instead of beating around the bush.
3. Small things like the cliché-looking student council members of the other school or other blatant references to different clichés like Misumi Eiichi's little section on the last episode. XD
4. How the game club which was 'supposed' to be the main focus of the show completely became irrelevant later in the show.
5. The extremely amusing and exaggerated misunderstandings that thankfully were not unnecessarily over-complicated and edgy.
I'd give this show a strong 8.5/10
This show is great and it has some silly and lovable characters that unexpectedly develops through light-hearted drama and misunderstandings. The ending was an emotional pay-off and was greatly satisfying. Instead of being sad and edgy and unrealistic, it resolves all the romance and drama like a man, and in heartwarming and gratifying ways! You know a show is great when you actually like and care about every one of its characters. I have not even mentioned the "Gamer" part of this show, which I absolutely loved and related to. References everywhere, and it even teaches some really meaningful values for gamers at episode 4. Gaming is a huge theme (no shit) in Gamers! and fits into the contexts of the plot and characters so well: characters are bonded by and understands each other through the common interest of games. Maaaybe a little otaku-pandering but still relatable to most people. Yes there are some flaws that I won't mention here, but overall it's an extremely sweet and enjoyable show that can NEVER DESERVE THE “4” RATING. HMPH >.<
I’ll edit in more to this review when I can remember more necessary things to add. Right now I’m too tired to remember everything I wanted to say. This was basically a drunken rant at 3 am after getting slightly triggered by the bad ratings in mal and wanting to do this anime some good. Knowing the fact that I almost dropped this show and that more people like me will because of mal reviews, I wanted to do this anime some justice. This definitely deserves more praise imo!
OtakuJKP
Hey guys, do you like video games? Are you a gamer? Are you alone? Are you an awkward individual? Are you also an otaku? If you checked off more than one of the options I listed, I got the show just for you! It's "Gamers!" The show where all of your characters are nothing more than a bunch of awkward teenagers trying to connect with each other. You can't help but cover your eyes hoping it doesn't get any cringier. Seeing this makes me want to bawl my eyes out as the characters fail to interact with each other like regular human beings. It's a mixtureof cringe, frustration, and stupid fun rolled into one. First and foremost, I'd like to say, the show is a comedy. Personally, if a show has made me laugh countless times, I'd say it did its job correctly. I'm sure it is also safe to say that the show is one giant ball of confusion. At a certain point, you would hope that the confusions would be solved A.S.A.P. right and everything would be fine and dandy? WRONG! The confusion just keeps going on and on and quite frankly, it feels mundane.
I would also like to mention the casual and competitive gaming portion of the anime. Personally, I was hoping there would be more emphasis on the difference between those two as the anime is titled "Gamers!" but it seems to be more focused on the relationships between the confusion of the character's romances.
The anime opening and ending theme songs aren't special in any type of way either except that it sounds video game-y and the art is art.
To sum this whole show up, there's a love/hate feeling with this anime. I had a good time laughing but also a good considerable amount of time cringing at everything that happened out of pure stupidity from the characters. To a certain extent, what they do is reasonable like being jealous and worrying about their partner cheating but the misunderstandings are just irritating. I had expectations that it was going to be a typical, otaku, video game club anime where the main character is a wuss which is kind of true but there were times when the characters stood up for themselves and I, personally, found that admirable in its own way. There could've been multiple ways where "Gamers!" could've been better but what I got were headaches and laughable cringe. Keep your dreams to yourself. The show is a slap to your face for having expectations.
griddyweeb
Just bad, really bad. The start was kinda good and even promising, it had potential for sure. I'd say the first 3 episodes were good, then it went downhill exponentially. Also, don't watch if you got interested by the name, this show has close to nothing to do with gaming, it's more like a tool to try making the conversations/storylines less boring, but even at that it failed. Also, it's more like 11 episodes + 1 OVA, 11th episode is the real ending. After the 3rd episode, the whole story was about misunderstandings getting out of hand and turning into a crazy love polygon. Honestly that'sall that's happening. I'm fine with a bit of cliché obliviousness, that's needed here and there to enable the story in a shoujo, but this anime criminally overused it. Is that supposed to be its niche? What a letdown.
The characters had zero depth. Nobody expects crazy characters from a shoujo, I expected nothing and still got let down. And once again, 4/5 of the main characters were "gamers", but it was just a tool and they were "gamers" for the sake of being gamers, because without that their characters would literally be empty, and funnily the 5th character's whole personality is not being a gamer so it's almost comedic how shit the characters were written.
The art was okay but that doesn't matter when it's just a huge dumpsterfire.
--- LIGHT SPOILER ---
Not only the whole show is just a bunch of stupid misunderstandings piled up, the worst part is that none of these get addressed by the characters. That's just so stupid. All 4 of them thinks they all cheat on each other and it never gets addressed, like wtf? They were basically convinced they were being cheated on and all of them were like "okay, we love each other now, I don't care if they cheated" and moved on. It's only really Chiaki coming to terms with not pursuing Keita and that's the ending.
I went into the last episode thinking all the things would be talked through but no, it was some random idiotic rant by the writers about the gaming industry, like ??? It's almost as if the creators didn't even give a damn about making an anime and they just wanted to make a statement. Should've given away the budget for charity honestly.
HaXXspetten
"Extreme Misunderstandings – the animation", for better or worse. Gamers is a bit of a misleading anime. The synopsis primarily gives off the vibe of being a slice of life club anime where the club in question would be focused on gaming. But that is not really what Gamers is about. Yes, there technically is such a club in this anime but it's a very minor part of it, and in reality Gamers is more of a stereotypical love polygon romcom. However, although it is certainly somewhat generic, the show has some decent merit to it all things considered, but ultimately ends up biting off morethan it could chew.
Above all, Gamers is an anime about romance-related misunderstandings. Multi-layered misunderstandings. You may think that this does not sound like anything out of the ordinary for a romcom at all, and for first couple episodes of the anime you'd be right, and they are quite average at best. However, past a certain point the anime starts going to such an extreme extent in order to complicate matters as much as possible that it starts bordering on sheer absurdity. It makes the types of misunderstandings you'd normally see in romcoms looks like peanuts in comparison, and it almost starts to feel more like a parody of the genre. Once this happens (around episode 6), the enjoyment value of the show suddenly climbs rapidly. Every character is quite clearly described and their somewhat naïve personalities are easy to understand, so their respective misconceptions are quite logical from their own perspectives. Truthfully they are all pretty stupid in their own way, but as a whole it all makes sense and it is quite funny to watch. It becomes a sort of Fawlty Towers plot, where an initial misunderstanding is first conceived and then additional misunderstandings are added on top in order to sustain the logic of the previous one, setting off a chain reaction of exponentially increasing levels of ridiculousness until eventually everything comes crashing down in the most spectacular and hilarious way possible.
The problem with Gamers though is that ultimately it turns out to be somewhat of a one-trick pony. The peak which the show reaches around the halfway mark is quite good, but after that it starts to deteriorate again. Because once pretty much all the misunderstandings have finally been resolved and the plot looks like it's about to take a new, quite interesting direction... it's like the story suddenly has a relapse where it decides that instead of trying something new, let's just bring all the misunderstandings back and do the whole thing all over again. The difference is that the second time around it's just not as funny anymore. The joke has already been demonstrated; you don't need to do the exact same thing again. Not only that, but I also felt that some of the plot developments which led to this relapse were rather unnatural to say the least; Chiaki in particular suddenly started doing some inexplicably stupid things that barely even made sense from her own perspective. It started giving me the feeling that the author was running out of ideas, but unfortunately this kind of plot doesn't have the sustainability to warrant going in circles like this.
Gamers does have some pretty amusing characters (albeit pretty dumb ones) and momentarily has some moments of brilliance. However, despite only being 12 episodes, this anime is honestly still too long. If Gamers had ended after episode 6 or 7 it would actually have been a lot better, because everything beyond that just feels like padding. It's an inconsistent show, but on average still a decent one I think. It has almost nothing to do with games though.
Zaber_san
What comes to our mind when we hear 'Games'? Is it excitement? thrilled? seducing?.. I think it is.. Just like anime itself.. But what if.. There is an anime about 'Gamers'.. You know.. Typical teenagers that goes to high-school then they go home to not study, but game all day. Gamers on real life are like sand grains on the beach. They are too many. We cannot count how many sand grains out there am i right? Thus, games ARE really popular throughout our generation. From toddlers who play 'ABC' games, to adults who play 18+ games out there. Almost all of us are gamers.This season we are presented by an anime that you can summarize on 1 word only because of its title.. Yes.. I am talking about ''Gamers!''. The most cliched, cringy (I guess?) and misunderstanding anime out there on this season. While there are some poor stuffs about this anime like showing-off so much rip-off versions of games like in CSGO, Candy Crush and any other RPG smartphone games out there, there are some hidden good sides about this anime. With its very unique opening, to its unique romance style of an anime, I will discuss it if this anime is totally worth it to watch.
Story: 6/10
We are presented by a simple story with a simple set of characters on this anime 'Gamers!'. No, really. Gamers forming a game club and a gamer inviting another gamer that plays smartphone RPG games and arcade games but ended up getting rejected because of the gamer boy's pride then after some episodes they formed like a gamers council all four of them. Simple. But as the story goes on and on. We are like forgetting the title of this series. Instead of 'Gamers!', we are getting introduced by a new title called 'Playing With My Heart'. 'Gamers!' focuses on the characters named Tendou Karen, Amano Keita, Aguri, Uehara Tasuku and Hoshinomori Chiaki, where all of them game AND have a roullette of misunderstandings of love and affections for countless of episodes. Though, the comedic factor is great on this anime because of the misconceptions of the main characters themselves, but the fact still remains that most people thought that this will be an anime that focuses on games itself. From the opening where they showcase so many parody of games, from the actual scenes where the other characters play it, we thought we will have a decent ''gamers'' anime. But instead, we were introduced by an anime about a sole rom-com. Not duo, or even trio, but a Romantic-Comedy Quadro. Though the story itself is interesting (dicarding the game itself but only focusing the romcom stuffs) but for some reasons, each episode of it focuses on characters asking question like ''Is Keita the boyfriend of Aguri?'' Or ''Is Tasuka the boyfriend of Tendou?''. The story was messy but funny at the same time..
Art: 9/10
Art style of the anime is vivid. It seems that its a bit more colorful than an usual one if you think but it adds up the emotions of each characters as well. The art is great on this anime, not only the character sketches and effects but also how the artist represent parodies of games itself.
Sound: 8/10
An anime is nothing without sound. Though some can watch anime without sound by reading the subtitles, but on this anime, i dont know if you can enjoy this one without sound. The opening and ending songs were quite fine for the ears to listen but how the background music tells the scenery change and all. Yeah sure this turned into a Romcom from being a gaming one but still. The sound here is splendid.
Characters: 6/10
Cringe. When the romcom started, thats the first word I come up to summarize it (especially the main character Keita). I mean cringe is a normal thing to everyone but as it goes on, it is sometimes painful to watch the other characters having cringy moments. It just hurts. Though they all suit with their roles and that was good and all, this feeling is hard to forget. The characters are very less on this anime compared to other Summer 2017 animes out there and this makes the anime a little bit not confusing to watch. So.. Less characters = fine story line (for this anime)
Enjoyment: 7/10
We are all watching anime for entertainment. Though not all the time. Some watch it for studies as well to get ideas for story writing and all. But please.. Don't pick ''Gamers!'' for a story to tell. Though, it has a lot of good sides, but cringe is common on this anime. Comedy is fine and all. Romance is good but the characters' misunderstanding is quite cringy enough.
Overall... 7/10 is i can give to 'Gamers!'. With its cringy characters puffing so many blushes on their faces, romantic-comedy at its finest and a story that can either make you laugh or punch the wall, a score of 7/10 is fine.. unless you hate the anime itself.
juneboba
After catching up with the amazing slice of life-romcom, Recovery of an MMO Junkie, I wanted another game-related romance-comedy and I was hoping Gamers would touch my heart in similar ways. The production quality of Gamers was better than I expected. That opening, the references, the music, the voice acting, the art style—it's fantastic! Though Gamers started off a little bit cliched, it still piqued my interest. I thought the pilot was just a basic starting point and the second episode introduced more characters that could get fleshed out later. That was my initial thought until the anime suddenly dropped the ball after the secondepisode to opt for an endless barrage of misunderstandings. Gamers is the kind of anime where people squirm, shake their head side to side a bit, and go "it has its moments but it's not worth your time."
I appreciate how passionate about games they made each character but every time they interacted with one another, it seemed like the writers forgot the nuance previously given to them. They built and nurtured these great relationships in the second episode with tender moments only to make them one-dimensional again in order to pull off their misunderstandings gimmick. The gaming club concept could have worked to their advantage but they didn't stick with it. Misunderstandings killed anything good that could have been salvaged; the writing was very poorly thought out.
They also kept forgetting the girls were interested in video games and continuously used them as boys' sexual attraction, physically and emotionally which was so creepy. If the poor girls didn't completely forget they were into games, they were ashamed of sharing their passion and grew more obsessive about relationships and boys. Because of that, all of the characters kept jumping to their own conclusions about one another. Why write a whirlwind of confusion that would serve to irritate the audience instead of just communicating as friends and partners should? It's just plain bad writing. In addition to that, there were episodes where I was able to catch the ending CG and they were all creepy boob and ass shots of the girls in swimsuits. They're children and the skeevy producers need to rethink their careers.
This entire anime was a landfill of terrible ideas with few moments of fluff sprinkled into it. The writers would constantly forget that the characters enjoyed video games and then beat it into the viewer's head that they're gamers the next minute. I understand the need to create drama—high school can be fraught with it—but every plotline after the second episode became a string of one misunderstanding to the next. Most high school kids don't know how to gauge their emotions and express themselves, but the creators clearly had no idea how to portray adolescence without taking it to new levels of annoying. Pair that with the random creepiness of sexualizing teenage girls and you get this abomination of an anime. By the finale, none of the misunderstandings got sorted out and on the rare occasion that they did, it would soon be replaced by another. Gamers has its moments but it's not worth your time.
HLegend
A considerable amount of opinions regarding Gamers!, especially in the reviews here, come from people who didn't even paid attention to what the anime actually tried to do, and therefore criticize it for expectations that were never given in first place. It's a low and not so smart move if you ask me. The main subject in Gamers!, as is shown multiple times, is: MISUNDERSTANDING. The very first scene proves this. Also, it's a lie that the anime was meant to, firstly, talk about games. The story's subject are the GAMERS, not games. But before we get any further in this idea, let's start withone of the keys to understand the anime: the characters.
At first, have Keita Amano. Even though he has a good look, he is an insecure, quiet and reclusive gamer. Amano is passionate about gaming, and even puts it above interpersonal relationships, as is shown initially. His main goal with games is only to have fun, and therefore he doesn't really give value to competitions. Keita is also very self conscious of who he is, he knows about his insecurity and fear of socializing, and above all he knows that games can look like a waste of time. With this in mind, Keita wants to change. He wants to be outgoing, even though his passion for games makes this objective difficult, and distracts him from people around; however, again, he is self conscious about it. Amano is not perfect, and the anime shows this all the time, especially when he gets impulsive in order do defend his main and loved hobbie. He plays under two alias: Tsucchie and Yama (both kanjis of his mother's single surname).
The second character, and my favourite, is Karen Tendou. She is pretty, and the madonna of the Otobuki High School. She receives thousand of love letters in her school cabinet every day. But, even with all the attention and spotlight, she is humble, and gives value to the inner of human, therefore Karen never judges the students, and greets all of them at school; even with all the respect and admiration towards her. Also, always helps the teachers with their materials. However, like Keita, Tendou is also a gamer, but she somehow conciliates her hobbie with her social life and studies. She also becomes easily distraught when the subject is love, and, like Keita, Tendou initially doesn't know her true potential, doubting of her positive qualities. Karen is the president of the gaming club, and takes part in it secretly. The main goal of the club is to improve as gamers, and initially there are other three characters, and senpais, along with her: Niina Oiso, Gakuto Kase and Main Fushiguro, with a fourth, Eiichi Misumi, joining them later in the final parts of the first episode.
The third character is Chiaki Hoshinomori. She is, initially, a solitary gamer, antisocial and also gives more value to fun over competitions, just like Keita. In her first appearance, she has a somber atmosphere and her hair almost covers her face, and that, generated by lack of self esteem, disguises her beauty. It is shown later, when she changed her looks, that she develops games, under the alias of "Nobe", and plays using another nickname: "Mono" (both kanjis are from her mother's single surname). Initially, she started to develop games as a hobbie, but when online users started to bash her games, she felt insecure about them. However, a certain user called "Tsucchie" encouraged her to keep her work (neither Chiaki nor Keita were aware of their online identities initially).
The fourth character is Tasuku Uehara, a good looking and socially famous student. However, deep inside Tasuku holds insecurities about his past days a nerd, and tries to achieve a "perfect school life" (girlfriend, friends and general acceptance).He is also a gamer, but his situation is class is the opposite of Keita, who Uehara looks down mentally. It is shown in the story that he initially did this because he saw himself in Keita, and this feeling turns into a positive one, after episode 2. Even though Uehara is what would be called a "normie" (a term he hates to be called, as is shown in his conversation with Keita), Tasuku believes in his first appearance that his girlfriend, Aguri, is with him just for the looks, but that turns out to be a lie later, as she was in love with him since his nerd times.
The fifth character is Aguri Sakurano. She is a happy, beautiful, cute and at times absent minded student (but is proved later that she pretended to be like this, in order to be accepted by Tasuku). Aguri was, in her first school years, a shy nerd. However, unlike the other characters, she was never a gamer. She always goes with Tasuku to the arcade, and tends to ask him to pick up dolls from the claw crane. Sakurano sees her nerd days in Chiaki; like Tasuku, she wants to break from her past, and be accepted socially. Aguri is insecure, and, initially, has an emotional dependency towards Tasuku. She then breaks from her fears when involves with the club, especially when a friend of hers, Sarina, says that she will always be an antissocial, and Sakurano thanks her for the words.
And at last, but not least, we have the sixth and recurring character: Konoha Hoshinomori. She is Chiaki's sister and the president of the students council, and was always perfect at school, from grades to behaviour. Nevertheless, Karen took her place due to her good fame. Even though Konoha has a unbreakable image to take care, she holds a secret passion for eroge games, which she always hides from Chiaki.
These are the characters from Gamers!; they have complexity, and also so much to tell, so I had to say as many things as I could. As it is shown, besides their hobbies, they all have their flaws and insecurities. And the anime ALWAYS makes sure to show them, especially the latter. Now, let's move to another important part: the plot.
The story starts with a term I mentioned previously: misunderstanding. In the first scene, we have Keita and Karen looking to one another in a class break. All the students are staring at them, since the idol of the school is involved. Tendou asked Amano to join the Gamers Club, to which he said that wasn't interested in competitions. It was her second time proposing, the first being her presentation of the club, and its members, and the second being rejected again in front of the class. After this situation, the students understand as if Amano rejected Karen romantically, even though that was never the case. His reason, as shown later, is because of his principles of having fun beyond competition, and it's revealed that Chiaki was also invited, but rejected the offer for the same reason. However, they both would like to know Tendou's ideas about competition better, and even want to become friends with her. After some time, Tendou gets interested in Keita, who has a crush on her, but doesn't believe somebody like her would ever fall in love with him. Eventually, they start dating, and their first destiny as a couple is the bowling and gaming alley, in episode 7. Her reasons for interest were due to their passion in common for games, and due to the fact that he defended her and the Game Club in a energetic conversation with Tasuku.
I like that the misunderstandings evolve little by little. At first, they start in class, but eventually they take the mind of the main characters. Their paranoias regarding one another show their preconceived ideas falling apart, one by one. Aguri is worried about a """possible""" affair between Chiaki and Tasuku (lots of quote marks here); Tasuku thinks that Aguri and Keita are dating in secret at a local cafe; Keita has the "obvious" conception that Karen fell in love with Tasuku; Karen holds the idea that Chiaki and Keita are also dating (even though Tasuku had the intention of making Keita feel more comfortable around gaming girls, in order to make friends with not only Chiaki, but with the main goal: Karen herself); and finally, Chiaki believes that Tasuku and Keita were together, due to a misunderstanding: both students were having a conversation about their own paranoias towards the girls; Konoha supports Chiaki to take part in the gamers group, and also pretends to bring her sister and Keita together by any means, in part because of Karen's accomplishments and perfect image in school.
Gamers! shows that communication is an easy action, but when the parts involved are blinded by confusion and precipitation, it becomes nearly impossible. And it is brilliant when showing how this issue can grow in exponential heights. The anime always breaks with the conceptions we have about the characters, and shows that, before being gamers, students, friends and game club members, they are humans. In this task, Gamers! excels perfectly, fulfilling its goal.
The characters grow emotionally, and develop through the storyline. Keita starts to give more value to his friends and girlfriend, Karen, over gaming. He even forgets about the pre sale of a game called Space Ocean 2. When he tried to purchase it at the very day, he prefered to give emotional support to Aguri, in a sudden moment of misunderstanding and vulnerability of hers. They become siblings emotionally, as she says in several times. Chiaki's issues with Keita regarding differences of opinions change, evolving into a feeling of admiration and respect as a rival. She wasn't able to tell him about her being Mono and Nobe, both Keita's favorite game developer and best online friend; however, the anime shows that eventually, she will be ready to tell. Not only due to him, but also because of Konoha's support and friendship. Karen starts to give more value to fun and entertainment as gamer, after meeting Keita, who also begins to value the competition side. Although she still has preference for competitions, Amano respects her views, and even says that this is what he likes in her the most. Tasuku and Aguri learn to let the past go, but never try to hide who they are; whether they enjoy games of are secretly nerds, what really matters is their feelings towards it, above everybody else.
To show people's will to grow, their flaws, insecurities and their love in common: THIS is where the beauty of Gamers! shines.
Regarding sound, I really liked the main theme "Gamers!", the scenes and song atmosphere are perfect to the concept of 'games with friends'. It is a powerful opening in many ways, and the game sfx fit well to the verses. "Fight On" and "Koi No Prologue" are two sweet themes, depicting the three main female characters. They are beautiful, and gave me the feeling of wanting more of the anime; like it wasn't a farewell. That said, I'd really like a second season in a near future.
The animation is pretty good, the colors are very lively, and the design of the characters are well done. They are not necessarily complex, but pleasing enough.
A last idea: I think it would be better to fit episode 12, the one about the meaning of games, as an OVA. It makes more sense as an extra, since the amusement park date (episode 11) is perfect as the season finale.
So, generally, this is how deep and complex this beautiful and fun story is. All in all, Gamers! is a genuine masterpiece, that was severally misunderstood through the years (what an irony). I rewatched this anime today, in a sunday. To be honest, I didn't even pretend to watch everything at once, let alone write a review now xD
I felt the need to write a proper "scanning" of the characters background, as a carefully written and deserved review, since Gamers! deserves it. By the way, I plan to read the light novel soon, it looks as amazing as the adaptation.
Thank you for reading this far, hope you enjoyed. And I hope I gave you the will to watch or rewatch this masterpiece, in order to take these points into consideration. Have a great day.
DakrCloud
Hoenstly I watched this show over a year ago but it just came to mind and made me really frustrated. I wanted to explain and "review" this show as to the best of my abilities as I can, which is not very well since I dont remember any of the details about the show and just overall feelings. So this show's only redeeming quality is the cutie character designs. The only enjoyment I got out of the show is the characters and their expressions. Now the thing that stands out in my mind and what I HATE about shows like this is an ongoing and escalating amountof misunderstandings where is they just ACTED LIKE RATIONAL PEOPLE THIS WHOLE SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. That is my sentiment. I understand some people like that senario and good on them but honestly most of the characters are forgettable or down right dislikable and the story is about as dry as I have ever seen. Leaves no lasting impression and is just here to make you frustrated.
From what I remember if you get 3 episodes in and are annoyed, dip while you still can cause it only goes down hill.
I would skip this show and move on to something different.
zerige_jacky
its was a very good anime i rated it 9/10 i liked the 11 episodes i like the idea of "misunderstanding" but the last episode makes me angry, it was horrible i have no idea why they waste a good story like that in that horrible episode with an "out of context " scene, in the beginning, i waited for the last episode , i was expecting an open ending with a possibility for season 2 , but to be honest im not excited for another season i think they should stop it right now i change my rate to 2/10 because of that episode
JayCee123
Well if you're looking for an anime that has a good story this is not the anime for you, you see this anime is created to make laughs not to make a connection with a person's heart in a emotional way. It is more like watching a stand up comedian, yes it is funny and good but that's all, if you remember any jokes it means it is the type of comedy you are looking for. If you criticize a show that gives jokes or an anime that is an actual joke and made you laugh through out the series and it is the onlything that you did then comments "This anime is dumb, it doesn't have any depth in its storyline nor i can't even relate to it" yes that's the point, the story of it is created so that the punchlines of the jokes has a channel to travel. So again of you are looking for a complex RomCom anime this is not an anime that you are looking for.
Dionkeykong
Soooooooooooo.....Yup......Gamers is the anime i'll be reviewing today and...It has an exclamation mark at the end, as you can probably see..If you're blind i'm sorry can't help you with that. And where to start really? Maybe with the story? Yeah let's go with that and see how it plays out.. Ok then, the story is about gam...No it isn't actually. You see my dear friends this anime apart from the first and maybe the last episode where they vaguely talk about games, is a rom-com kinda deal. So the anime starts with Amano Keita-one of the most basic lads in anime-who,one fateful day,meets the Gamer Club PresidentTendo Karen..And SHE is not basic at all..In fact i'd say she is a solid fucking 8.
Now before you call me names you'll regret cause i'm one to bite back and bite hard, i mention the rankings because Karen falls for the beta male and basic as fuck protagonist..What a surprise, right? Well no..Cause Karen as it happens invited Keita to her club and the next thing you know is he rejected her with a killer smile and that was that..She was head over heels for him. And that is actually very realistic cause people always want what they can't have..It becomes an obssession of some sorts which leads to broken marriages and one parent families and kids starting cocaine and robbing marts and raping old ladies in dark alleys..You know, the small things.
Then Karen starts stalking the brave knight while he gets to live a life full of naked and willing otaku gamer girls, who are there to please his needs, no matter how sick they are..I guess sick here means playing a video game other than Candy Crush?!
And from there starts a whatfuckery the world has yet to witness the likes of. All you need to know is that there are couples and every single individual thinks that their other half is cheating on them when in reality they don't..I wonder if the writers actually wanted to make an anime about a swingers club but the studio wanted to make it more family friendly,which is another word for no fun.
Oh and remember that club i mentioned earlier? Well that club and indeed it's 2 other senior members are nowhere to be seen after the first episode, which is a shame really cause one of them was a girl and let me tell you that bird had titties the size of a planet.
Back to the love octagon..Other than the 2 cast members i mentioned earlier there are also some other characters such as Tasuku, a former geeky gamer who somehow turned into the Japanese equivelant of Brad Pitt. Then we have Aguri, Tasuku’s pink headed girlfriend and Chiaki, a lone wolf type of gamer and last but least Chiaki’s younger sister whose name i can't be bothered to remember or search cause i have better things to do, like ending my life probably..All you need to know about her is that she's there to add a little slut spice into the already fucked up mix of gangbangery.
So a fucked up story NOT about gamers apart from the fact that they just identify as such,a cast built just to see how far a swinging club can go and what you end up with is a fun anime to watch..And i really can't put my finger on it, cause it really shouldn't work, but it's a joy to watch. Granted the title and the story on paper are misleading but then again it's still a silly anime and one you can watch after, say, binge watching a heavy duty series.
The characters are by no means boring with their little shenanigans and quirks. Every character has something to show about....Apart from development that is. So if you're on a look for an anime with characters that are interesting and show some actual growth then this is not the one for you. This is meant mostly as a break from these anime, that's the only way it can make sense in my mind.
As far as animation and music go things are pretty much standard. The characters are your standard anime fellows and the backgrounds are nicely done...It's a 2017 lineup anime so production value is very good..Unless you happen to stumble upon an anime with FUCKIN' CGI in it.
Music and VA are there surely..Opening and closing songs are very nicely done to keep in touch with the game theme..Even though the anime is about imaginary cheating.
To sum it up then, Gamers is by no means a great anime and after 10 mins of watching it you'll forget everything about it. But it serves its' purpose if you want something fun and light before you go and watch Tokyo Ghoul for example.
Should you watch it? Yeah, why not..Just for the laughs while having a nice soothing drink it's ideal.
yojiki94
BuzzFeed presents: You Won't Believe What Happened To These Gamers! This show is a giant click bait and I feel cheated having watched it. Spoilers ahead because its common courtesy to expose clickbait. Gamers! is your stereotypical love-polygon in which misunderstandings, a mysterious childhood friend, and a perfect blonde girl gets you real frustrated because you're tired of watching people blush and apologize for 10 episodes. There is actually almost nothing to do with video games. In fact, there are probably only 15 minutes of video game screen time in the 12 episode series, and 10 of the 15 are from the OP playing 11 times. Let's talk aboutthe OP. After finding this show and thinking it was about gaming from reading the title (lmao), I watched the OP and saw House of the Dead, PUBG, Smash Bros, Street Fighter, PopnMusic, and some other hype shit. "There's no way this show can't be about games," I had thought after confirming by watching the OP. AYY LMAO.
Then the show baits you in with episode 1, in which the stereotypical antisocial loser MC gets invited to play in his schools esports club with the school idol who happens to be 200 IQ, 10k MMR, Challenger, Grandmaster, Global Elite. It also introduces you to secondary characters who are interesting in their own right by being hyped as some of the best in the world at their respective games.
But unfortunately, the MC declines the offer and instead the show does a 720 and moonwalks backwards into a terribly written love dodecahedron in which video games are never to be heard of again. Suddenly, the esports club and its members cease to exist and the clips of the characters playing CSGO, Guilty Gear, and Persona 4 Arena are like a fever dream you can't really believe existed.
This show baits you hard and takes you on a rollercoaster ride where it feels like the show is trying its hardest to eat up time and make up dumb ways for the love dodrangle to grow even more complicated. You get this feeling of "Its okay, this will end soon- I enjoyed Haruhi S2 even with Endless Eight in it," and you push into each episode only to be let down with the Endless Eleven. The show continually mocks you with the splash screen that plays before and after the commercial breaks- provocative pictures of a game controller and a PS4; surely there will be an actual video game related plot with all this teasing, right?
Then you reach the end of episode 10 and then realize its too late. Episode 11 will inevitably be a continuation of the hokey pokey and the kids will turn themselves around. That's what it's all about. Then that leaves only episode 12 to continue/conclude/start(?) the plot, which of course is way too goddamn short a time to achieve anything significant.
But then the start of episode 12 starts to blow you away because suddenly it has to do with esports again and it brings back one of the beloved cool kids and the- nope, never mind. It's like after doing the 720 they decided to do another revolution and make it a 1080 to break the world record and redeem themselves, but right as they landed they ate shit and slid down a mountain. Episode 12 is a disaster in its own right. The main focus of episode 12 is to convince the main characters, and essentially the viewer, that gaming is a waste of time and money. Can you believe this shit. Even if what they say is true, keep in mind you have been praying to every deity you can think of that this show will start talking about video games and once they actually do, they tell you that your hobby sucks. The worst part is that the characters are actually thoroughly convinced until the last 2 minutes of the episode/season/plot when they realize that actually its not a waste of time and money because it just isn't.
However, I am not just giving this a poor review because I dislike romcoms or love-polygons, or anything like that. I am giving this a poor review because it really truly sucks.
There is no story or deeper exposition that this show ever starts or concludes, probably because they trashed all the world building done in episode 1. It seriously feels like a waste and almost makes you wonder why they even bothered building anything up to begin with.
The designs are so basic and characters look like background characters from other high school animes- you almost wonder if this show is a gaiden for the unnamed characters from an actually decent high school series. Another big gripe is one of the characters is literally named Ugly and her hair is pink with brown roots, making it look like someone dropped a deuce on her head.
Animation quality varies wildly, and sometimes it seems like characters are the wrong size, their bodies are not in the right plane of existence with the backgrounds, and many times you will a shift in drawing/animation styles as if each scene was made by a completely different company. The last bit may or may not be a problem because the end of episode 11 actually seemed very reminiscent of ~2010 gainax which was neato.
The sound is so forgettable I don't even remember if there's background music at all. The only thing I can remember is a short jingle that plays during the commercial splash screens.
In all honesty, if you came to this show hoping for some semblance of a video game anime, just watch the OP, episode 1, and episode 12. You will miss absolutely nothing skipping the middle 10 episodes.
kairyu_gen1
This show is so much smarter and funnier than it has any right to be. It's got the same premise as a million other cliché romantic comedies, this time with the gimmick that it's about a loser gamer otaku to justify all the idiotic things he does, as well as endear itself to a niche that will appreciate the game references (not that you necessarily need to understand them to appreciate the rest of the show, this show is about people, not games), but what sets it apart is it knows how cliché it is and goes out of its way to surpass your expectations,or annihilate them. The show relies heavily on misunderstandings to move the plot along, and it flaunts this in your face like a proud toddler. Whenever something cliché happens, it's treated as satire, dialing everything up to 11 in such an absurd way you are usually too busy laughing at the reaction faces or trying to piece together how this will affect the rest of the cast to care that they are completely unapologetic about their clichés.
It's "affects the rest of the cast" part that makes the show feel different though, because there's so much more going on than there would be if this were a generic harem anime. First of all, the show doesn't revolve around the loser main character, a lot of Amano's importance in the plot is how he affects things that don't even really have to do with him. What's more, things do get affected, this isn't the kind of show that resets at the end of every episode, the characters all have dynamic relationships that change and evolve every single episode. You need to think to keep up, but it gives you plenty to think about while assaulting you with hilarious gag after hilarious gag. In this way, despite being incredibly cliché, you really don't have a clue what's going to happen, because they could pull pretty much anything and it would be in keeping with the tone of the show up to this point.
All this said, I did find 2 episodes noteworthily unfunny, the pool episode, and the final episode. The writers managed to make so many clichés hilarious to me, but cheap fan service was not one of them, and the two episodes that featured it all more or less bored me. You might as well stop watching the show after episode 11, episode 12 did nothing to enhance the rest of the show besides a single hilarious scene featuring a side character.
Overall, still an absolutely hilarious show, probably my favorite anime of the season and worth checking out if you want a good time.
netosolano98
If the main theme were not surround by a "Gaming" plot it could have been better. Story 7 l Art 9 l Sound 7 l Character 7 l Enjoyment 7 l Overall: 7 It was sure an entertaining watch, It has all a basic rom-com anime has, self conscious Mc, a few girls who take an unusual like for him, and the cool best friend character who helpshim out.
So what's good about this anime?
This show can be described in one word, "misunderstandings" the main plot revolves around misunderstandings that kind of gets stupid conforming the plot advances, but thanks to the character development you can see why this misunderstandings happen.
The main reason I think that this anime was good, is how they portray "Self doubt".
I think everyone had feel this kind of emotion that we are not good enough for the person we love, and this happens to all our characters The Mc, who thinks that someone like Karen would ever like him, because he devalues himself, but then they show us that Karen used the facade of the school idol to mask her insecurities. or the way they display how Tasaku changed his dorky middle school self to be rebuilt as a cool kid because he thinks he was to lame to get a girlfriend, and ironically be loved by Aguri who loves him because of who he was before he was "the cool kid", and changes herself because she thought she wouldn't be enough for him.
The kind of slice of life part in this anime was really good, and relatable
The bad think about this anime without considering the amazing op was every part there was a "gamers" focus, it felt so out of place and kind of boring for even persons who considers themselves as a gamer like me.
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I actually have a high expectations for this anime since I really like games and maybe this anime is the perfect treat for me but then it led me to disappointment. Okay so when you hear the anime title "Gamers" what probably comes out on your mind? Of course games! This might be an anime where characters are gamers and they would play and explore different kinds of games. Or maybe they are ought to compete with other gamers using their expertise on games. But it's not. This is really just a school romance comedy anime. The first episode really caught my interest since itshows the different types of gamers and what games they are good with. But as I continued the second and then to next episodes, it became bad and painful to watch. My expectations were ruined but I did consider the theme of the anime in which "loving games and enjoying yourself on playing games is the best thing as a gamer" so I could continue. But the hell, the characters just kept on talking and spouting their ideals and perceptions on games and it became a source of conflict which is kind of annoying. But the most annoying part here are the misunderstandings of the characters. Characters are so dense and stupid and small things became a big thing. It was so annoying when you're watching like you wanted to throw the remote control on their faces but you can't because your TV might broke. I kinda dislike the characters here, a plain and dense hero, Mary Sue heroine and annoying supporting characters. There are other supporting characters there who are way better but you won't get to see them often in the series and I'm kinda disappointed with that.
So this anime just typically depicts the lives of teenagers in their adolescent days. Kind of cliche but it's a gamer teen version. I did not enjoy this really so if you're looking for an anime wich really uses games as a plot and not just talk about games, then don't watch this.
