Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki

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 base ... of 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

Old man playing games the anime is a journey. Is it a good journey? Meh. Could've been better,could've been worse. It's a hard mid. For anybody intrested in the short answer this is what i can give you.For people intrested in more,let's get into it:

Old man who's almost 40 is an anime about a salary man playing a a SAO like game,minus your life being on the line and gettin stuck into it of course. We already have a peek into what we can expect when this individual creates his character, stating that he wants to not stand out. So yeah,it's that sorta show:"imma try ... not standing out by i will anyways". Not that his behaviour helps with any of that anyway. He takes classes and abilities literally nobody else in the game even uses,so want it or not you'll stand out. Of course from a game's perspective that is non-sense. Even if something's underpowered and/or not that useful there'd still be people using those. Especially cooking and herbalist jobs,those would still be decently popular in a MMORPGs since there's plenty of people roleplaying and such.

Now, as far as the game aspect goes, this anime does a pretty decent job. Although i do have some complaints about naming first of all; fairies should've been called familiars really. For obvious reasons. Now... The story starts out pretty well. It's bland and inoffensive,but it gets the job done if you don't expect much and watch it mostly to pass the time. The other characters outside of the MC are.... allright i guess? Not much to be expected,but they accomplish their jobs i guess? They don't really leave that much of an impression.

The animation is mid to pretty bad. Sound effects are pretty good overall.

Now; the further i watched this, the further i got really annoyed. And there's just one cause for this:The MC. This guy singlehandedly ruined the anime. Him and the story trying to cover his infuriating behaviour. Especially in the last episode. The last episode of this show was easily one of the worst experiences in my life. I got pissed to no end.

A first point is the relationship between fairies. Specifically his interactions with the Fairy Queen. We have an arc about how people use uncanny ways to get their fairies to help them. And those people suffer consequences. I personally liked that as far as an aspect of the game. But then we have MC and the Fairy queen. And while it's played as comedy it's not only straight up abuse,because dude keeps hitting her throughout the show for barely any reasons,but it also completely ignores those said consequences they already established. It's basically a reverese of that trope where the dude gets hit for no reason. But it's somehow worse because at least in the usual trope there are more over the top situations and all that. All the Queen does is ask for him to cook some meals.No big deal especially since he does that literally almost all the time. And it all culminates in this freak doing a suplex on her just because she hugged him while sleeping. That's about it. This trope is never funny. No matter the spin. Not to mention it feels so wierd he's so against any physical contact ... Inside a damn game... What's the big damn deal? It's not like the devs implemented 18+ stuff,it's not that kinda game.

And that's a behaviour he repeats throughout most of the show and not just with the fairy Queen. Imagine you're a dude in your 40's and you get that mad at that sorta situation in a game. It goes beyond anti-social. I would've prefered my usual inoffensive MC that gets flustered and dodges the situation.


And the cherry on the cake is the last episode,where he does a 180 and is suddenly so mad that people are asking him to cook(even though most of the show is him happily doing that,outside of feeding the queen and some other characters for whatever reason),he starts a fight on that alone with a dragon. Not to mention that disgusting hypocrisy towards the queen and all she's done for him..... Only to fully rely on her gifts and squeeze them for all their worth in the next scene. Also, near the end they forgot what explanation they gave to that seven falling stars ability cuz it does literally nothing of what it was previously established. But the biggest issue is the story trying to paint the childish tantrum of a 38 years old dude in a good light. While he's playing a damn game no less.

So it starts well, it gets worse,it culminates in an infurating and honestly very awkward and out of place ending.

“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 I ... would 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.