A new type of VRMMO called "One More Free Life Online" is out. He logs in as a young boy avatar called "Earth." Taichi Tanaka (38, single) has a regular office job and enjoys playing video games in his free time. In a world where the player is free to do as they wish, he decides to master a skill that's been deemed to be useless! He makes potions that are too much of a hassle to make, cooks food that is excessively too good, and uses bizarre original weapons to hunt monsters...
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BadOxymoron
To be quite frank, I never thought that I would actually leave a review for anything on this site, using it mainly just for informational purposes. However, after completing this show, I feel compelled to leave a review for it in an attempt to ward off anyone thinking it might be worthwhile to watch. It isn't. At all. It starts off mediocre and...fine. Unoffensive but lame. However, by the time the show ends, we have been subjected to the main character (called "Earth", in the game which serves as the shows main setting) being an absolutely unlikable mean-spirited jerk for almost the entire latter part of the show.He has basically no redeeming qualities as a person, and only his "skill", in the game is actually what makes people drawn to him. In reality, he's just thrust into relationships with people, and by his own admission would rather completely avoid them than work with them other than when it serves his own purposes, such as going through a dungeon or having things made for him.
He happily uses powers bestowed to him by the Fairy Queen character of the game, but is largely extremely rude and ungrateful to her, at multiple points literally tying her up so that he can run away. His entire attitude towards the fairy NPCs is one of convenience, and they serve has nothing more than a means to an end for him despite them largely wanting nothing more than to help and support him because they are "drawn to him".
He becomes ostensibly the game's first "famous" player, but then is under the impression that he can seriously walk around just going "yeah you've got the wrong guy", when people see him. He was literally shown to every single player and seen by hundreds of players fighting in the tournament in which he battled the Fairy Queen. Other players started using bows simply because he used one in that fight. And yet he think he can just continue walking around thinking people won't recognize him? Seriously? Even though the player-base expands multiple times for reasons outside the game, that doesn't erase his reputation in it.
If, while playing an MMO, I see the same player a few times while doing my thing, I will remember them. If they were literally famous in the game, I would definitely remember them and even tell other people that I saw them. It's the equivalent of seeing a streamer in-game, basically. He cannot escape the fact that he is well-known. And yet despite allegedly having years of experience playing MMOs and being almost 40 years old in real-life, he cannot comprehend this simple fact.
The show tries to redeem Earth at points, but then is ultimately undermined almost immediately by him again being rude or at best standoffish to the characters who want nothing more than to spend time with and support him. As said above, his interactions with other players seem cordial enough on the surface, but in reality he only interacts with them to serve a purpose. Which, fair enough, plays in to his whole "want to play alone" nonsense. But that does nothing to endear him to the viewers of the show.
To be quite honest, Earth alone is reason to completely avoid this show. The plot is entirely forgettable, but again unoffensive, even if multiple plot points are left almost entirely unexplained or abandoned. If Earth had been even remotely likable...it still wouldn't be worth watching considering just how many good shows exist. But at least it wouldn't have left me with such a sour taste in my mouth. As it is, I am borderline angry with myself that I wasted my time watching this.
I doubt that it will, but I swear if this show gets another season I'm going to be extremely frustrated when it takes a wonderful show like The Devil is a Part-Timer a literal decade to get a second season.
It gets a 2/10 simply because the other characters are at least semi-likable and despite how much I hate how much time I wasted watching it I don't really feel comfortable giving anything a 1/10 because I think everything has *some* redeeming qualities.
KANLen09
A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life - What's this, a "Let's Play" playthrough of somebody who has clearly never played a MMORPG in real life who yet manages to chock up 10 years of this seemingly "ambitious" BS fantasy work? That's quite the sus motive. Yes, you heard me right. Novelist Shiina Howahowa started this work as a Syosetu title in January 2013, at the time when Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online was taking off on its massive popularity, serving as the revival of the Isekai MMORPG genres, spawning works turned into anime, like Mamare Touno's Log Horizon. But you'd have to be amadman to realise that the author managed to come up with the LN, which, as of this review, is a massive 28 volumes long (WTF?), running at his or her own "pace" of what defines a "unique" VRMMO, but never having actually played a game for the most basic references. I'm sorry, but that just does not fly, but other than the current juggernaut that is novelist Katarina's Shangri-La Frontier also airing this season (which is just overall better in every way), I'd bet even ChatGPT could make a better story than this rather nonsensical BS plot.
You might be tempted to think that this show reeks similarity to the Isekai and reincarnation themes, but it's not. It's just a VRMMO that's monitored by its engineers, then programmed through AI to suit the themes of its setting, which is where lands the real-life 38-year-old man by the name of Taichi Tanaka, to be portrayed in "One More Free Life Online" as a young boy named Earth. Yep, you're not squinting your eyes; he's literally called Earth. (Why the stupid generic name!?) The rather unassuming young boy, with a rather unrefined skill that once harnessed, becomes a rather "unique" skill that allows him to create better weapons, cook appetising food for the masses, and also gets him to befriend godlike entities like the Fairy Queen. I'm just going to stop here because there is absolutely NOTHING that appeals to anyone about this show, even if studio Maho Film's anime adaptation came just about a decade too late. Not that anyone was thinking of adapting this (albeit with idiotic people thinking that this deserves an anime) and seeing it through as some production committee's "free time" to produce a subpar show that appeals to no one. (Hey, better use your resources for better shows).
Speaking of Maho Film, over the course of the studio's 4 years of existence, they've become the 3rd-rate junkyard studio for mediocre to bad Isekai and/or fantasy shows, and watching this show, you can really tell that it does not take debut director Yuuichi Nakazawa, series composer Touko Machida (which I consider to be one of, if not the worst screenwriters in anime), and the staff team much effort to produce this, which, come to think of it, is a rather good punching bag since better works are given to better studios to adapt, leaving new studios like Maho Film to "create anime with magic" of the BS kind.
Everything from the lackluster "Let's Play!" playthrough sequence is just awful for both the story and its characters to the literate point of boredom, which, coupled with the rather mediocre production and music, just screams like everyone working on this is "quite content" with getting by with the lowest (not even the bare minimum) of talents. And it really shows: the show's potential that it will not get ANY better.
Just do me a favour and make a hell of a skipping runaway from this show. The author clearly is warped by his or her own mindset, and if you take the plunge, you'll be the obvious clown of foolishness.
GravenER
Imagine playing a cutting-edge, realistic VRMMO filled with amazing combat/life skills, and being extremely good at it! You're top-tier both at fighting and in crafting. So good, in fact, that you have the hot Queen of the NPCs with human-like intelligence (basically super-advanced AIs) falling in love with you, 3-4 parties to switch through and complete dungeons and events, and are frequently awarded a bunch of new objects and skills just for existing. But you want NONE of that. Nope. You're playing a game, but you "don't want to stand out" (nerd face), so you basically spend your time crafting ugly-looking weapons to test out whilesolo hunting trash mobs, or cooking. You even reject said Queen, pushing her away after treating her like trash for half of the series (despite her skills saving your ahh more than once) and even physically hitting her, too, because you can't be arsed spending your time around her.
This would've been a decent 6/10 mid game-themed anime, but the MC is so annoying that it almost makes it unwatchable. Dude, you're playing a game, why do you care about "standing out"? It's not as if that's your real face or name, right? Jesus. And why do you treat everyone around you like an annoyance? Spell me out what "MMO" means real quick. For real, just go play Skyrim already.
PanzerIV-J
I wouldn't say that this is bad, but it sure is boring because it makes nothing out of itself for these 12 episodes. "Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki" is the quintessential "Middle Of The Road" or "slop on a plate" equivalent of anime; Its super bland and generic with everything you see here done in a different context in other anime, and does nothing overly good, yet nothing overly bad either. Story-wise it makes itself to be based on the video game "Old School Runescape", not to mention it also really wants to be an Isekai but can't really do that because of its VR videogame themes stopping it. And being honest, it really would be better as an Isekai, because the main character would have more of a reason to actually grind to get stronger.
This is because he would need these abilities to actually survive, and as such would make more of a reason to your fight a opponents, plus the MC cannot cheap out with a respawn if something goes wrong, adding stakes into the mix. Overall this makes everything feel milquetoast and bland with no real risk.
Side-note: The comedy is just poor, it has the "I do not want the fairy queen with wolf ears to be my wife!" unfunny comedy every episode. Not to mention the ending is hot garbage and actively makes the story more mediocre.
Not saying that there isn't good aspects to this show, the crafting system that is shown is cool, but that's just a reinterpretation of blacksmiths. Other than that its fights scenes are pretty interesting and unique, and really holds up the rest of the anime with it, since they are very good and have pretty cool tactics. The characters are not all bad, they just do dumb things for no reason sometimes, but they tend to have good character.
All in all, its middle of the road type of anime, not amazing by a long stretch, but not bad either. Take that as it is.
🗿 6/10 🗿
red-artist
Plot Just a middle-aged "gamer" guy playing a new VRMMO daily. Its mostly him whining that he wants to play alone, but still smh getting caught up in all kind of crazy situations making him the center of attention. The Game: The MMO is really futuristic. We are talking about people smelling, eating in-game food. The NPCs are also very advanced, making them feel like almost real characters. For example, the game allows people to have pets. But if the owners do not treat the pets nicely, the pets will refuse to cooperate with the owner. It even has kingdoms of different races, with their own politics goingon.
All of this makes it feel more like an isekai than an actual MMO. Especially when MC is interacting with NPCs like they are real people, it starts to feel really cringe.
The MC:
is more of a lone wolf type. As usual, there's not much of a personality. His OPness is kinda bullshit. The world bends over backwards to make MC "smart" and the rest of the players dumb. He chooses crafting to make potions, which is supposed to be a useless skill, as everyone can buy them from NPCs. But eventually, NPCs run out of potions and now MC is the rare player who can sell potions. MC chooses to improve his cooking skills. And eventually the pets stop eating NPC food, so everyone flocks to MC again to buy his food. And apparently, even if other players learn to cook, its actually not going to taste as good as MC's food.. because reasons.
The entire series is basically filled with these plot armor bullshit.
MC being mostly alone means that there is A LOT OF NARRATION or info dump. This really cannot be understated. MC is always explaining his thoughts or feelings or game mechanics or commentating on events of the game etc.. So, you keep hearing his voice over and over. Sometimes, i wake up in the middle of the night because i hear his voice in my dreams.
Everything else:
The series is average tbh. There's plenty of crazy characters. Lots of potential with new kingdoms or races. Guilds. irl drama and balance. etc.. It also felt like a nice slice of life at the beginning.
But the writing is real subpar. all the serious scenes feel silly when you know that this is just a game. MC getting all "sentimental" about breaking his equipment is just gross. You are 40 years old ffs. And we don't know anything about MC except that he is a blue collar worker who spends a *huge* amount of time in-game farming xp. very hard to relate to a no-lifer like that.
Anyway, i really want to stress the "MC garbage" point. Because you will be seeing a lot of him. If you are okay with that, this is not bad if you want to turn off your brain and just watch something.
For most people though, just go find something better.
Seifer911
This is not an anime for you if you liked SAO. This is not an anime for you if you don't enjoy slice of life fantasy series. This is for you if you don't mind a slower paced fantasy series that captures actual MMO feel. This anime is not a high stakes crazy action anime, and as a fan of the manga since it came out, I can say this anime doesn't exactly match the energy of the original work but gets pretty damn close. This is an anime about experimentation, the joy of learning new things in a medium you care about, and getting to experiencewhat someone who would actually play this game feels.
Look, I get it that most people aren't going to like this, but for those lone few who find this style of anime interesting: You're in for a treat.
Yubikiri-desu
Never thought I’d see a so called “Slice of Life Isekai” be so bad. This animes only redeeming quality would be the character Queen, everyone else is generic AF and the show made the supposed heroine a Bokke character. Main character wanted to have an easy life that when he triggers an event, he complains and whines about it so much it’s insane. I will now compare this Anime to other SOL Isekai and explain why it lacks a redeeming quality Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita - Main character also wants a slow life but finds appreciation on the changes onher life. UNLIKE THIS ANIME
Benriya Saitou-san, Isekai ni Iku - Introduced a variety of characters and have their own lore that adds up with the story. Not just some randos you team with for 1 ep or 2 like this anime.
Level 1 dakedo Unique Skill de Saikyou desu - Show sucked but atleast the Heroine has some screentime and MC takes care of her.
Tondemo Skill de Isekai Hourou Meshi - MC is legit having fun with his party, and when he said he hated fighting, he really meant it and pursued what he wanted. Also, Sui is adorable AF unlike Pikasha
Kami-tachi ni Hirowareta Otoko - MC is restarting his life and enjoying the things he do, never complains and is very modest.
Isekai Nonbiri Nouka - MCs obliviousness is Cute while Earth’s Obliviousness is somewhat an annoying trait.
To make the long story short, this anime has rude attitude MC, complains about events, Rude to Heroine, acts friendly but is fed up when people coddles up to him afterwards. Thinks of himself miserable when he has power.
Does not recommend
Ilung
Wowww this is Actually one of hidden gem never watchd anime so enjoy before until the last episode and can't wait to see the next story. Talking about the story Toaru Ossan VRMMO was perfectly fine but really disappointed with the animation they didn't put a lot effort maybe due to budget or something but whatever the reason Toaru Ossan VRMMO really really deserves high quality animations so this can be top anime also compared with the big names of anime this year, the releases of this series can competed fairly. Theme: VRMMORPG 30's salaryman give me good vibes 10/10 Story background: i love kind of this baseof story background so 10/10
Plot: the plot definitely very smooth 10/10
Story: everything was packed and worked in very very good way 10/10
Characters: the rangers party was really interesting one 8/10
Animation: very very disappointed the studio absolutely need to threat this series seriously 3/10
Opening Ending music: under minimum bar 3/10
Music background and etc: need more added so people can enjoy a lot more when watch it 4/10
Senpaika
This show is something else. It's so horrible that some people are blinded by its stupidity and say that it's better than SLF. Like bro what were you smoking while writing that? Yeah, I have a problem with both BUT Shangrila at least makes some sense, it's entertaining, has a good MC with supporting characters, and explained game mechanics. Let's separate it a little. The absurd technology: Ok, imagine we have a world where there is a deep dive technology and AI NPCs are more human. Yeah as I said deep dive like in SAO because SAO made those things mainstream in anime/manga. Here our MC goes intoa deep-dive while sitting. Hmm yeah, a 40-year-old dude sitting on a regular chair while in a comma. I think he must not have any pain after that.
Nonexistent game things:
Hmm, what to do with our game? Let's make only one player enjoy all the great things. Like what game would just make an entire story for one character? Like wtf, that's not MMO that's a singleplayer. Our MC has by pure luck acquired an AI companion exclusively for him he also had storylines exclusively for him. Like yeah, let's say that AI did all those things. Still, an average player would quit because of no interesting content. That is maybe why there is a nearly non-existent player base shown in the show. By the looks, it would be in our time something like a worse version of Nostale or RuneScape.
You can craft everything you want without recipes:
Yea, we are shown that our MC can craft himself all kinds of weird stupid bows but others can't make longswords until it's discovered in the dungeon? Like what? So our MC can craft himself those absurd bows and boots while others can't craft their sword an inch longer? We can see that he can craft anything he wants and also cook whatever meals he wants from irl but others can't. By my assumptions, there are maybe only 10k players and that would be really generous. You don't say that at least 10% picked Smith, another 10% picked Cook and some the potion maker?
Combat:
While trying to have some RPG mechanics it just makes so many mistakes. The author clearly had not played any game in years. Even tho the combat is at least partly watchable. It makes you think wtf is this?
The side characters are good...
Yeah, side characters are at least watchable. Be it the queen or the party. They feel like normal characters.
Mindless stupid nonhuman MC:
Another instance of MC with no real character. You can't even distinctly emphasize with him even tho you were a solo/party player he just doesn't make any sense. Don't say that he is like that because he is Japanese/introvert nah... that dawg is clearly mentally ill. You won't see any character progression or growth.
Non-existent reason to watch:
Ok it's not a slice of life, it's not a fantasy nor an isekai. It's literally about a dude who goes to work(we don't see him too much in irl, there also are not any scenes in the IRL world only his room) and plays for whatever reason games that he clearly can't even enjoy. There is literally zero reason for him to play as well as there is no reason for you to watch this anime. It's not even like SLF where skill matters. Nor does an actual level exist in that game he literally can take down a much higher-level enemy.
Art style:
Very 5/10 meh art style.
Overall 4/10. While it's true it's boring and stupid with non-existent entertainment value so it should be 1/10 BUT we at least have a wolf wifu there.
Reiko_chan23
Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki is an isekai anime about a middle-aged dude named Suzuki Ichirou who dives into a VRMMO game called "New World Online." Unlike other isekai protagonists forced into another world, Ichirou chooses to chill and enjoy the game on his own terms, opting for the "useless" archer job. What's good: - Relatable character: Ichirou's laid-back and caring personality resonates with many, especially those familiar with family life. - Intriguing crafting system: The anime introduces a unique crafting system within the game, offering potential for further exploration. - Engaging fight scenes: The strategic and well-choreographed fight scenes are a strong point of the anime. - Character development:While sometimes illogical, the characters exhibit growth and depth throughout the story.
- Positive message: The anime emphasizes the value of seemingly "useless" things in certain situations.
What's not so good:
- Repetitive story: The plot lacks challenge and tends to be repetitive, making it feel somewhat flat.
- Unfunny humor: The humor often falls flat and feels forced.
- Dissatisfying ending: The conclusion weakens the overall plot due to its poor execution.
Overall:
Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki has potential, but its execution falls short. If you're looking for a chill isekai with a relatable protagonist and a positive message, this anime might be enjoyable. However, those seeking a complex story, exciting action, and good humor might want to look elsewhere.
AeroGunz
“A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life” is what happens when You want to write an isekai but the higher ups force You to make it a video game one. It may be the fact that I’ve seen a lot of garbage anime recently, but I don’t think this one is a travesty. The quality of writing varies from episode to episode but it does get better, especially when it comes to characters playing off each other. It’s not bad but it’s not good either. It’s a very middle of the road plot with absolute garbage world logic and little to no story. Before we start Iwould like to explain something. I will be talking about “plot” and “story”. Many people use those terms interchangeably. I’m not one of those people, so to make sure everyone is on the same page…
I use the definitions for “plot” and “story” as Lisa Cron describes them:
“What happens in the story is the PLOT, the surface events.”
“STORY is about how the things that happen affect someone in pursuit of a difficult goal, and how that person changes internally as a result”.
The most infuriating thing in this show is the whole “game” shtick. There is a lot, A LOT of bullshit in this department.
How the fuck does the smell and taste work in this VR system? If You eat something in game does it trick Your brain into not feeling hungry? If yes then can You use it to starve IRL? If not… What's the point? Well… I don’t really see the point even if You can use it to stop feeling hungry… maybe some sort of effed up diet? We saw that Earth was moving his hands during character creation so it’s not like the deep dive system in SAO wich means it doesn’t affect Your brain and You don’t have a mask of any kind so how the fuck did people smelled the food he was making let alone taste it?.
The Fairy Queen - what the hell is her deal? It’s an NPC that acts like a person. Demands food, attention and even forces Earth into pseudo marriage. She also complains about handing out crystals to new players and writing emails. Yes. Writing emails. In a game. That has procedurally generated dungeons, pop up windows in the sky and whole menu system. Why the fuck is she even doing that? It’s a game, the devs write it once and set up an auto send. Why the hell would she write them? You could make an argument that since she’s an AI her responses and reactions are the result of learning and analysing player data but why make it for only one player? What’s the point? What happens when Earth won’t log in for a long time or quits the game all together? Will she run amok? Have depression? It’s just so dumb and plays into the whole, overused “chosen one” cliche. At least it’s not as bad as “Bofuri” in that regard. Small victories I guess.
Another thing is with crafting. After a night (in game) of crafting Earth declared that his hands hurt. Why? It is obvious You don’t swing Your hands to play this game. So why the hell would Your muscles be sore? The only thing I can think of is that they are getting way into roleplaying.
Other, smaller bullshit could be chucked up to Earth having certain items or skills but it is still bullshit because it favours one player and locks other players out of those profits. Bad game design at its finest.
All that sums up to a very lazy world that had little to know thought put into it. It could work as a fantasy world, but not a game world. There are things that make sense in games but not real life. I doubt even if people had the tech to create such realistic VR game worlds the developers would implement half of the bs this show serves as “game world”.
It’s pretty obvious this shouldn't be a game world show (I am not sure if this could be callen any kind of isekai) if the writer put those systems in. It should be a standard fantasy or isekai. At least I wouldn't have so many questions about why this game has so many redundant systems. It’s like Bethesda and Ubisoft had a baby. All that’s missing are microtransactions. We don’t even see Earth out of the game so what’s the point?
Apart from the worldbuilding being absolute crap it’s actually a solid slice of life fantasy show. Nothing groundbreaking but it can be rather enjoyable. My gripe is with the fact that the hero is OP and at some point the show layers on the “chosen one” cliche really thick. Despite being OP it’s a nice change to actually see him fail. That said, we don't see that often. I think 2 times in the whole show but it is still nice that the show admits it’s own hero can fail. If we would see him fail more often and in more critical situations I think that would be a benefit both for the plot (everyone loves a revenge story) and the main character's appeal. I would even stomach the fact that the mofo killed a boss designed to be fought with a party if at the first try he would get his ass handed to him on a silver platter and go through the whole planning and preparation phase after. As it stands he’s a bland character that the world bends over backwards for.
That said, the writing does get better (not by much I will take small blessings in this case) as the show progresses. It manages to balance its comedy with drama and adventure aspects pretty well. There are even scenes in the later episodes when characters play off each other well which provides a nice dose of comedy.
The downside is that it suffers from the same thing most slice of life shows suffer from - lack of focus and story. Because there is no main goal or overarching plot the writers can go wild with their shenanigans. It’s not necessarily a bad thing as long as there is a story there. Unfortunately there is no story. Earth doesn’t change in any meaningful ways, doesn’t help others to change, does not grow or learn anything in any meaningful way and is more often than not a very reactive character.
Surprisingly the later episodes have some really good ideas and in the hands of a more mature writer those ideas alone could carry the whole season or even two. Especially the missing person quest or the visit to the fairie territory. Both have layers to them that are mostly ignored and resolved in a very lazy way that shows the writers didn’t think things through.
All in all this is a very safe show with a plot that is mismatched to the genre. There is no real benefit or reason for this to be a game. It would work much better as a fantasy of isekai. The fact that it’s a game doesn’t bring anything to the table and the type of plots it shows us are ill suited for it anyway. I think You can still enjoy it, just don’t expect much.
sky48
An old-man who play VRMMO game. He use an uncommon role, but can adapted with it an become recognized by other players. Story 7/10 Actually the idea is interesting, but lack of conflict and a bit boring Animation 6/10 Art style good enough. Sound 5/10 Since this is an isekai genre that has battle scene, so it expected to has background sound that adding value to this anime. But, this not happen.Character 7/10
Main character is interesting and developed well. The supported characters also well developed.
Enjoyment 5/10
Unfortunately, this anime not really enjoyable for watcher expect to see epic battle with epic animation and background sound.
Overall 6/10
Snaiy
This series certainly is something, but not in a good sense, some very good elements, mixed in with some very bad elements, sprinkled with a whole lot of mediocrity averages out to, you might have guessed, incredibly mediocre. That in itself would not be a bad thing, as the series is mostly a slice of life and a bit of action, with some interesting fights, but I got the feeling the anime tries too hard to be something it 1. Never should have been and 2. Never took the necessary steps to become one. It takes itself too seriously at the wrong places, and notseriously enough in the necessary places. For example, we have soke scenes with the developers dsicussing events that happened because of our MC, and they seem like some evil shadow organization, while literally nothing happens because of them, but we got some clues on their characters and maybe some intrigue against(?) the MC
Minor spoil
(this plot also goes nowhere in the anime, dont know about the manga, but it is also incredibly stupid, or I should say they are incredibly stupid).
So to rate in a systematic manner:
1. Story: Mediocre at best, its mostly a slice of life, so it is understandable that not much is happening sometimes, especially with the whole premise being that a middle aged salaryman playing to relax. But the anime only has two modes, either batshit insane thinga happen in quick succession (with zero plot supporting it, or anything really, it just happens out of thin air but completely changes the game the anime takes place in, like why?) or nothing happens other than some character interactions and some mild skill developing for whole episodes. Again, I dont mind nothing, I like SOL, I also dont mind if batshit insane things happen, but at least have the story actually support and either foreshadow, but at least pave the way for these thinga to happen, not just out of thin air. Also the story goes literally nowhere, but meh, I dont even care about that at this point.
2. Art and music: I liked the music, it was not good, but it wasnt bad either, I think they used too little music, but I think it is a matter of taste. The art itself is nothinf out of the ordinary, lot of still shots, with (luckily very little) cgi scenes, especially when there is some people who are not main characters just strolling trough the scenes (I personally noticed 3 such scenes, so not much), luckily the fights are animated normally. So mediocre again.
3. Worldbuilding: Kinda ties ino the story, but we got very little info on the world itself, I wrote it up to the slight mystery of the characters and the watchers not knowing fully if its really a game or a game that goes to another real world situation (at the last episodes we get massive clues about this, but I dont want to spoil, also it is not that big of a mystery, I think it was more lazy writing than masterful suspense), but I cant just chalk it up to that, especially when adventuring should be the focus of the story. The anime tries several times to build something but it fails under its own (feeble) weight at that.
4. Characters:
Now this is where the anime really bleeds out, if there characters would be great, or at least good, the other things I mentioned would have been forgotten (at least by me), but no.
Lets start with our MC, who is an obnoxious little shit, having both the mental capacity to make Einstein fear the dark and the capacity of a somewhat retarded toddler trying and failing miserably to open a cookie jar. Examples for the first would be the skill and crafting system in the game, I liked those, and the MC actually got in those mostly without plot armor, it was more of a case of nobody tried it that hard or that way, rather than just straight up asspull "he is suddenly better at shit skills than other people ever will be, because I said so". Every character interaction (beside some minor NPC characters) and literally everything that happened in relation to the plot are examples of the latter. Dont even get me started on that we know nothing of his real life, other than some random tidbits (like he has or had depression because of the lack of exercise, and he has allegedly years of VR/MMO game experience). He is very rude to actually pretty good characters, like the Fairy queen, and the dragon girl. The comedy had some moments at the beginning (I want to be left alone, be unassuming = edgy ass bro) + (Fairy Queen loves me, but I only use her gifts and her assistance, but when she tries to comically spend time with me (usually.romantic) I slap her/bondage her/yell at her and run away. His interactions with the rest of the characters are not better, just more rare. We also never really get an established dynamic between the characters, but considering that the side characters have less screentime tham TenTen from Naruto and usually either disappear completely after their episode or just disappear for episodes completely, Im not suprised. They are also very 1 dimensional characters, which is very funny, when you arrive at the end you will see that the Fairy Queen is the best charavters in this shitshow, but she is not even a living being.
So, all in all, if you want a slice of.life show with little progression, shit story, an ending that is more of a cliffhanger tham the 90's Stallone movie and shitty characters, I can recommend this. If you are turned off by either of those elements, or the combination of those, I would not recommend.
I still gave it a 5, because the slice of life elements and the skill/crafting/progression system are actually pretty nicely done and made it enjoyable all in all, you just have to turn your brain off.
CapBuster
I came in to this anime expecting absolutely nothing, and I was right, there is nothing special about it. The series started and ended mediocre at best. The series became slightly bearable with the introduction and appearance of the Fairy Queen, but that didn't last long. The MC (Earth) himself, despite being generic, is also a very unlikeable character. They attempted to make him into an "interesting" character by giving him interesting skills, have him use uncommon equipment, and have a whole lot of plot armor built around him. Now, why is he a very unlikeable character? I guess mainly because of my bias towards the FairyQueen.
In all seriousness, I hated him mainly due to how he treated the Fairy Queen. Despite how the Fairy Queen saved him in multiple occasions, and how she treated him, Earth just pushes her away time after time, just because he couldn't care enough about the Fairy Queen and wanted to be a "lowkey, unsuspecting" everyday player, while at the same time, is enjoying all the benefits bestowed upon him by the Fairy Queen.
They also spent some 2/3 of the entire series building up the relationship between Earth and the Fairy Queen (albeit quite one-sided). And where they decided to go with this establishing relationship? Yep, that's right, straight into the trash chute, just so they can go full circle and go back to how it started - An everyday salaryman who wants to be "normal/unsuspecting" in a VRMMO game he plays on his spare time.
I'm gonna call it a 4/10, could've been lower if the other characters are just as boring as the MC
olokinprime
This anime is for those people who play games to craft items and quest solo. The Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online (VRMMO) milleu is not unique. It has already been done with Bofuri (Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense) to a similar comedic effect. In fact, I think this show consciously chose to be as opposite as possible as Bofuri. Middle-aged man versus high school girl, experienced gamer versus newbie, a mostly solo player versus a guild player. Thus, the appeal for this show is different. As an older anime watcher, having an older main character appealed to me.I enjoy playing games solo. That is what the protagonist wanted but being the focus and gravity of the story, it was inevitable that he gets drawn into unique quests, but given the choice, he would reject if he could.
Recommended for those looking for a quick and easy show to watch, but even I must admit that the first three episodes were kind of a bore. The pace quickened as it raced to the end. I would be the first to tell you that there better shows to invest your time in. 2023 had a bumper crop of new anime. But if this was the only show available to you, you could do worse.
Technosamurai_op
A calm mind, a light and crispy anime once more. I can say that I had quite some fun watching it, but I also got bored from time to time. However, it can help pass the time. The general theme is about 'a player in a VRMMO world who doesn't want to attract attention but constantly becomes the center of attention,' and they have managed to handle the topic with above-average success. They haven't exaggerated themselves with big mysteries or absurdly long storylines. The series has generally remained balanced, but please, stop using 3D engines in your animations; they look terrible. Either draw them ordon't make them at all; move on, why do you insist? I don't understand. If there's another shortcoming, it's the power balance. The character explicitly states at one point that they cannot defeat these opponents, but in the end, they slap the person who was supposed to be the strongest rival. It's genuinely absurd. Finally, it made me contemplate whether to recommend the series wholeheartedly or not because there are points where you might get bored. The actions are genuinely second, maybe even third-rate. If you enjoy more casual things, I recommend watching it, but if you derive more pleasure from action, it might not be a series I strongly recommend.
Let's move on to the scoring: (Coefficient)
Story: 6/10 (7)
Character Development: 3/10 (5)
Animation and Art Quality: 6/10(3)
Music and Sound Design: 7/10 (3)
Emotional Impact: 6/10 (6)
World-building and Atmosphere: 6/10 (5)
Direction and Pacing: 6/10 (6)
Themes and Messages: 6/10 (5)
Total: 228/400
Score: 57/100 %57
HoroTW
The anime is a mixed bag of feelings, some things are really good and others are mediocre at best. I really enjoyed the slice of life parts of the anime. It captures the feeling of a VR MMO game with a person who has a real life alongside it. (Especially in the first few episodes, you feel that he is playing a game, but knows that the game can bring him something in his life, be it thoughts or memories). I also like the idea of escaping into a VR world - whatever that says about my mental health *laughs*. You see the characters grow and become morebelievable.
They are not perfect and they make mistakes, and for that they remain relatable.
I felt that the animation quality was not very good. Lots of stills and nothing happening in terms of action.
But I would rather have a "well drawn" still than a bad CGI animated scene!
I generally liked the characters.
I would have liked to see more focus on the romantic parts and the implications of that, but maybe that would be something for season 2.
In conclusion, this anime has many flaws, but for me it was generally enjoyable.
If you like the setting, you could also enjoy it.
