Ever heard of this saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away"? Well, this anime brings that definition into a whole 'nother level.
That said, this show is shitty levels of wack trash perception, and so are all of you in real life. I pity those who went in thinking they would experience the typical "serious" fantasy show, without thinking in the back of their minds that this is MEANT to be a comedy first and foremost.
In order to understand this bait-and-switch of a conundrum, ask yourself: What is "anime logic"? The smart-ass in me would've said something like this: "“Anime logic” is
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a term used by many oversmart retards to look cool by showing their advance noticing skills and PhD in Physics.
Seriously y'all, why do you even point out something and say it doesn't make any sense because it won't happen in real life when you're literally watching hand-drawn sketch animation? Also, anime or any forms of media entertainment are intended for the pleasure-seeking experience of their audience, and one thing people tend to forget, is that you watch media to explore something new, to escape reality because if entertainment were like our daily lives, then what's the point in watching them when we can just live our daily lives?
Also, some situations are made that will probably never happen in real life, and people pointing out that “This should've not happened” or “Why didn't he/she/it do that” is just stupid because you haven't experienced that moment yet so who knows what will you do.
So, "Anime logic" means logic LITERALLY applied in anime in order to give you viewing pleasure and let you experience a new reality of It's own. Because we all know everyday life is boring and laws of physics will never let us do crazy things we want to. It may seem ridiculous or stupid to you, but just realise that it's ANIME!" Heh, spoken like a big-brain dork with a PhD in AniManga.
And now, back to Full Dive. The first thing you need to know is that this is by the same author of Cautious Hero, and the most ambitious part is that the anime adaptation was announced just 4 months after the inception of the LN, man, talk about the fastest turnaround time I've ever heard of a source material getting an anime THAT FAST. But if you ask me, the real reason lies with the fact that it's the higher-ups at Kadokawa who are to blame, now that the big corporation is pushing source materials under their big and massive source umbrella to adapt and produce 40 anime per year until 2023. That is great for anime fans, but not so much on the "liturgy" that is the current state of the anime industry, and if you know anything about it, is that it promotes overwork and stress to the point of real-life death (that isn't funny at all).
The second thing about Full Dive, is that it isn't afraid to be the laughingstock of an imitation of SAO, with the VRMMO-esque feature bundled in, together with the help of series composer Kenta Ihara (who also worked on Cautious Hero) and prominent Seiyuu VAs which had their roles passed onto other people. You know Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, the VA who voiced the chad Kirito, he's essentially the one who cleared SAO and many of its VR world derivatives, and now in Full Dive, he has also cleared through this shitty 10-year-old game called Kiwame Quest, which boasts of a literal full-dive RPG...but with realism attached to it so real and shitty that there's no indistinguishable difference between the game and real life itself. And now, his playthrough of Kiwame Quest is solely desired by the "new" Kirito: high schooler Hiroshi Yuuki (voiced by Daiki Yamashita, OreSuki's MC Amatsuyu "Jouro" Kisaragi), whom one day, has desired to look for a game that he could play to pass the time of his past accident, and was stupidly roped in to purchase this shitty game from a game shop, managed by the busty Reona Kisaragi, whom is voiced by Ayana Taketatsu, Kirito's sister Suguha (well that explains the oversized busty boobs). The new "Kirito's sibling sister" role of Hiro has been passed onto his sister Kaede (voiced by Aoi Koga), which if by any indication that she has also VA-ed Kaguya and the soon-to-be Komi Shouko, looks to be a spiritual successor of SAO in the sibling pairing. Add in the fact that the "XL Joushi" Hentai VA Haruki Ishiya voices the Best Friend trope Martin; Ai Fairouz voicing the yandere Alicia (which is absolutely *chef's kiss* perfection) and SAO's favourite monster spirit and Silica's pet Pina's VA Shiori Izawa voicing the sadist Inquisitor Mizarisa, and you have the making of a 100% no-holds barred SAO Abridged version that the pitiful peeing Besto Friendo MC must conquer and find himself clearing the game at a brisk pace (because this is also an SAO trademark). Good luck trying to clear a game that as shitty as it is, you MOFO just have to YOLO this one out with a shitty fairy NPC who makes the mockery out of you both in-game and real life! Isn't that such a wunderful premise and with characters so wack you'd be bulging your eyes out at the complete insanity of it all? YES!? OK, calm down, cool me.
I'll admit that ENGI still has a long way to go with the studio's subpar animation, which are very noticeable with a lot of cutting corners strewn almost everywhere, but the character designs are striking to make up for the lackluster visuals. This show being the studio's 3rd work in Kadokawa's line-up of its astounding "40 anime per year" quota is quite staggering, but the studio hasn't had any choice since it's a subsidary of Kadokawa after all, it was made to promote anime-adaptation works published under the massive corporation. Dang those money-shelling shitty corporations!
At least you get some fun in the form of the OST, to which music artiste Mayu Maeshima has already made her name known on Re:Zero's Season 2 Part 2's OP as her solo debut, not forgetting the fact that she was once part of MYTH & ROID, the go-to "It's Free Real Estate, and Ready Perfectly" outstanding band unit for Isekai shows with banger songs. With her 2nd song "ANSWER" for this OP, I just can't think of a better OP to represent this ballsy lunatic show. Same with all the female MC VAs (plus a sister) for the ED, with all the IN YOUR FACE butt and boob-shoving and amazing voices, how can you not love a show that knows how to subvert your expectations to just for pure insanity?
To finish this review proper, if you still don't get my references of endless satire, you're just as shitty in real-life, NO QUESTION. Love it or hate it, Full Dive as a show is one that will not be a masterpiece in comedy, but it definitely feels like a spiritual successor to Cautious Hero, IMO of course.
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth? NOPE, this show is the meaning of "TIT FOR TAT", a hoodwinked bait to lure you into watching shitty anime that is all bad and low-key good. A guilty pleasure of a show that even if you find massive hate in it, there's something to love about it as well.
Alternative Titles
Synonyms: What If the Ultimately Evolved Full Dive RPG was a Crappier Game than Reality
Japanese: 究極進化したフルダイブRPGが現実よりもクソゲーだったら
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TV
Episodes:
12
Status:
Finished Airing
Aired:
Apr 7, 2021 to Jun 23, 2021
Premiered:
Spring 2021
Broadcast:
Wednesdays at 22:30 (JST)
Licensors:
Funimation
Studios:
ENGI
Source:
Light novel
Theme:
Video Game
Duration:
23 min. per ep.
Rating:
PG-13 - Teens 13 or older
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Your Feelings Categories Jun 23, 2021
Ever heard of this saying "An apple a day keeps the doctor away"? Well, this anime brings that definition into a whole 'nother level.
That said, this show is shitty levels of wack trash perception, and so are all of you in real life. I pity those who went in thinking they would experience the typical "serious" fantasy show, without thinking in the back of their minds that this is MEANT to be a comedy first and foremost. In order to understand this bait-and-switch of a conundrum, ask yourself: What is "anime logic"? The smart-ass in me would've said something like this: "“Anime logic” is ... Apr 28, 2021
Alright well I gave this 4 episodes and I don't think I will continue with this series after today. (Spoiler Warning just in case). Before I get to review, please stop messaging me about it. If you don't like it, then disregard it and move on. I will just delete your message without reading it, so don't waste your time.
Story (3): I was interested with the idea of the "full dive" VRMMO but it is like the creators don't know how most MMO's start. Does every player in this world get 2 childhood friends that can become AI party members? Because that doesn't sound like ... Jun 23, 2021
You know, the worst thing about a show like this is that deep down within, there is a reasonably competent, even funny and interesting anime buried within, that thanks to incompetent writing or directing or whatever will never see the light of day.
Full Dive is terrible and I'm the kind of person who enjoys the stupid dick jokes from Sentouin Hakkenshimasu and held them in high regard. One of the biggest issues with this is with the characters. My God, Hiro has got to be the one of the most insufferable whiny unlikable twerp in anime (not the worst, that dishonor goes to Ouma ... May 22, 2021
I never do reviews but this anime was horrible. They try to combine a comedy with a serious anime with a horrible premise and it goes worse than you would think possible. Its not funny or interesting and each episode makes you like it even less. Its horribly written and never picks a path it wants to go down so the theme of it shifts every 30 seconds. That being my biggest problem with it, it just can't pick what it wants to be and tries to be everything and fails. Just don't watch it its a waste of time.
Jun 23, 2021
I debated back and forth internally about whether or not I even felt like doing a review for Full-Dive RPG. Ultimately, I decided I needed to let people know about this show. If you thought this was another VRMMORPG Light Novel cash grab, you would be wrong. This is genuinely a unique anime. Uniquely bad, that is.
SA…I mean Full-Dive, is one of the biggest wasted opportunities I’ve seen in some time. Episode 1 grabbed my attention and genuinely had me laughing out loud. I remember commenting in discussion threads that this would be the next Konosuba, and how funny it was. I could not have ... Apr 28, 2021
I would like to get this out of the way, this is a COMEDY. The biggest complaints come from people who are taking this show too seriously or question the logic in some situations.
Story: Our mc, Hiro, goes to the store to purchase the brand new version of a game. Short on cash, he's instead coerced into buying a shitty dead Full Dive RPG game known for being 'too realistic'. Hiro suffers during his quests while playing Full Dive but a portion of the story takes place outside of the game as he logs in and out. The pace so far is slow and steady. ... Jun 23, 2021
Recommendation: Don't waste your time, this show is bad and not in an entertaining way. Slight spoilers below.
Welcome to One Joke: The Anime. From the paragraph-length light novel title of this series, you can probably already tell what the one joke is. Hiro, our main character, is pathetic and cringeworthy beyond belief in real life and the game he tries to play as an escape only piles on the misery. Usually in a story like this, there would be a little bit of the protagonist being pathetic before growing into a heroic figure the audience can actually find respectable. Well, ... May 15, 2021
I don't understand how people are writing reviews thinking this show is completely serious when it's a pretty on the nose parody of VR games as a concept with direct parallels to Sword Art Online.
Saying that the characters make horrible mistakes or that plot points don't make sense is missing the point of the Parody. This would be like lambasting Madoka magica for it's somewhat weird explanation of why magical girls exist. Or blaming Konosuba for the failings of the party on their quest to kill the demon lord. Too many people are missing the point of Fulldive, it's by no means a masterpiece ... Apr 28, 2021
Written by the Author of the series "Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious" you get another series with a Name that's way too long.
Full Dive RPG, just like the title says, is about a game that's even shittier than real life. After the MC gets scammed into buying a game that's over 10 years old for 100 bucks by an attractive shopkeeper he suffers through a game that lets you feel real pain, has only one savegame and needs you to buy a new console to start a new run. After doing some stupid stuff because he wasn't aware of that extremely ... May 3, 2021
First of all I want you to understand that this is my first time writing a review and the reason I am doing it is because of how bad this anime is, I mean I am feeling roped after watching these 4 episodes so much that I had to make a review about it.
This anime is so cringe and depressing that it made me wanna off myself. The story is trying to have a point and to give you a moral but that is being done in the most shitty way, that is on top of making a story based already on an oversaturated genre just ... Aug 20, 2023
non spoiler review:
This anime is a cynical comedy on virtual reality anime. With tons of comedy sketches with the MC being the straightman in the show. This anime is not for people who want epic fights or people who loves to get hyped when an MC gets an upgrade or power up. If you love gintama, isekai ojisan, grandblue or kazuma's straightman comedy then this anime is right up your alley. Story is unpredictable and unique Art style is a mix of grandblue and isekai ojisan Characters are 1 dimensional but the way they mix and interact with different characters makes them fun to watch Jun 23, 2021
i know it wasn't the best story but i would really like to see a season 2 because i thought this show was so funny like you can't make up thee amount of times that I laughed while watching this show, it's insane. I really wanna see Hiro finish the game but i always forget that an anime is just an adaptation of a manga or light novel so if it was canceled and i did not know that it was, that would be really sad. I never expected him to marry o girl, the fairy chick, i just thought it was there for shits
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May 6, 2021
So i really did give this a go, im 5 episodes in but i just can't watch anymore. The story seemed interesting enough at first but then it jumped off a cliff and the rest is just watching someone scream in freefall wating for the inevitable to come. It feels like watching someones personal hell, kind of a downer in general.
Art looks pretty good (Clap-Clap) nothing too exciting but could be far worse. Sound is there, along with the incessant screaming... Characters are.. Well the protagonist is someone with commen sense, the rest of the note worthy characters are demons stringing along said protagonist without any concern ... May 29, 2021
I created a MAL account just to review this garbage.
I wanted to like this show, but I just don't understand how this is a COMEDY. Oh, yeah, it's so hilarious to watch a character be tortured, psychologically and physically (getting his leg almost sawed off by a psychopath-- yeah, that's so funny), and experience severe depression in his real life AND in a video game. Video games are supposed to be a fantastical escapist realm, not whatever in the HELL this is. It really lives up to the name of the anime; and that's pretty much it. Why would anyone want to watch ... Apr 28, 2021
ill start with the positive the art/art style had nothing to do with why i dropped it i don't think you'll find any sakuga here if you like that ut its not bad 6/10
the sound wasn't bad either tho i never bothered listening to the op or ed which there seems to be no music outside of the op and ed no music isn't bad music 5/10 theres nothing better than a story entirely built on tragic miscommunication 3/10 the characters just kinda suck the main character is kind of a cringy prick with no good aspects about him and his backstory for why he is an ... Apr 29, 2021
Overall, this isn't a bad show. That being said, where good comedy works and bad comedy fails is down to shifting of expectations, but you have to shift expectations in the right way. You build upon a common premise, that people can understand and even relate to, and then turn the expectations on their head. its why the author's other work was so funny. Here's the hero, is he going to jump into heroing? No. Because he wants to prepare first, cue a little exaggeration to make the funny happen. The first two episodes were enough to make me give this show a 7 despite
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Jun 23, 2021
Bad jokes, terrible characters, no interesting plotlines - that's what anime is all about. I wasn't really hoping for anything good, but I thought it would all turn out much better. This is the worst spring 2021 anime I have ever watched. But to the point:
The story begins 10 years from the present. During this time, the full dive technology has been very well developed. During this time, many VRMMO and VR RPG games have been created. The main character is Hiroshi Yuuki, who after he could not buy his favorite game in the store (because his schoolmates robbed him) went to a small shop ... Jun 23, 2021
Let me get this out first. This anime is really cringe. So that's a warning for anyone wanting to watch this.
The story is simple. The p*ssy MC sees this plainly suspicious store out of nowhere searching for a new game where he got scammed into buying a different "shitty" game. Then the p*ssy MC, being the pussy he is, agrees to buying it. That's the general idea of the plot. And it's not bad, just badly executed. I don't know anyone who would say that this had good story, and if someone I know says that, then I don't know them anymore. To explain why it's bad, ... May 22, 2021
This's my second time writing a review and I only write them on trash or close to trash anime. As this anime is still ongoing, I will update my review once I complete it. But for now, this is what I think about this anime. Don't worry, it's free of spoiler.
World of games! But not like those reincarnated into game-like world isekai. This one is more like SAO series with some minus and plus. I'll just go straight to the point. Story so far: 4 We now have an advanced full-dive game! You can now experience a whole reality inside a game! BUT!! It's bad. Let's summarize ... May 13, 2021
In a few words this is probably the worst anime I've seen in a while, originally I had hopes for the story as it's supposed to be a game in which the players have somewhat of a realistic and close to real life skills, but since early on I lost that hope.
It's like they decided to make an anime about the absolute worst player in history. So... this story is supposed to be about a guy who knows about games entering a new game and yet every decision he makes is the most stupid decision. "Let's go apple picking" "Nah, I want to go here" ... |