Let's Play: Quest-darake no My Life

Through her college years, Sam Young devoted hours upon hours to developing her adventure puzzle game, Ruminate. Despite being very ill as a child, Sam aspires to become a true game developer. But when her favorite gaming streamer, Marshall Law, tests the game, he horribly misunderstands it and declares it the worst game he has ever played. As a result, his fans bombard Sam's game with negative reviews, jeopardizing her dreams.

To make matters worse, Marshall moves in as Sam's new neighbor, unaware that she is the developer he so harshly criticized. Although he appears caring and kind, she struggles to befriend him. Before she can develop her second game, Evermake, Sam must first figure out a way to repair her ruined reputation.

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Young, Sam Main

Hanazawa, Kana Japanese

Law, Marshall Main

Tsuchiya, Simba Japanese

Hudson, Link Main

Sugita, Tomokazu Japanese

Jones, Charles Main

Nakamura, Yuuichi Japanese

O'Neil, Angela Supporting

Sakura, Ayane Japanese

Parker, Dee Supporting

Saiga, Mitsuki Japanese

Calhoun, Abe Supporting

Tsujii, Kengo Japanese

Edgar Supporting

Matsuda, Kenichirou Japanese

Hudson, Dallas Supporting

Watanabe, Hiroshi Japanese

McKenzie, Monica Supporting

Sonozaki, Mie Japanese

Sakamoto, Minaka Producer

Horn, Heather Producer

Sugawara, Hana Producer

Satou, Mai Assistant Producer

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Oct 15, 2025

Ephemeric_soul

Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Let’s Play: Quest-darake no My Life seems to be off to a rocky start this Fall 2025 season. Despite having no user reviews on MAL yet, it’s already sitting at a 6.17—surprisingly low (on MAL) for a brand-new IP. Curious about the negativity, I gave it the classic three-episode trial to see what all the fuss was about.

From what I’ve seen, much of the criticism appears to focus on the show’s visuals and animation. The webtoon it’s based on is apparently well-regarded, so expectations were likely high. But as someone coming in blind, I actually found it… pretty decent.

The first thing that stood out to ... me was the color palette—soft, flat, and somewhat lo-fi. The character designs follow suit: simple, but in a way that feels intentional rather than lazy. The backgrounds, with their pastel tones, complement the rest of the visual direction nicely. Sure, it’s not bursting with dynamic animation or flashy effects, but nothing about it is unwatchable. In fact, the subdued aesthetic feels refreshingly different from the usual glossy, overproduced rom-com fare.

The story, while still unfolding, shows promise. The premise is interesting enough to keep me watching, and both the opening and ending sequences deserve special mention—not only for their songs but also for their well-crafted visuals.

Overall, Lets Play feels like a project made with genuine heart and a clear artistic vision. If you’re new to the series and aren’t burdened by webtoon expectations, I’d say it’s absolutely worth giving a chance. After three episodes, it’s already shaping up to be a modest but heartfelt entry in this season’s lineup.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Oct 22, 2025

Phi__Phi

Mixed Feelings

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

Toxic Romance

Although only the first few episodes are out, curious minds can seek the webtoon for answers regarding how the plot or character development will unfold. This show tries to ensnare stereotypical anime fans with the promise that gamer boyfriends (and girlfriends) are represented. This is hardly the first show to use this tactic, and yet, others have done this so much better.

Further points are deducted for the execution of the self-insert reverse harem trope. I have a hard time empathizing with the MC when there are several other - better - options available for her. Knowing how the future story unfolds, it's certain this ... show will leave viewers frustrated, baffled, and concerned by her choices.

The video game and content creation industries that are the backdrop of this drama simply pander to audience fantasies. This show is the inverse of Sword Art Online: instead of a male isekai self-insert power fantasy, it's a female drama self-insert reverse-harem romance. Both trashy. Both popular because of videogame culture being flaunted.

Don't let this review stop you from liking the show, however. Everyone has their own tastes.

Fanfiction exist with more compelling characters and storytelling than this.

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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Nov 2, 2025

ssssaturna

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

Elephant in the Room: The Art Style is atrocious, it's so abhorrently low quality that you believe you're constantly watching at 480p if it weren't for some sharp lines, that's how much quality this lacks, it makes me question genuinely what happened in the studio to have this be created because I've never seen an anime look this ass, the colouring and contrasts are awfully misaligned as well and it made me genuinely question a lot of times if this was AI-Generated (you'll get it when you see it). Though surprisingly sometimes for scenes they show for comedic effect vfx that are unfittingly good ... despite there not being any fantasy, meaning they can somehow animate characters in their head doing black flashes from jjk but nothing else. (Not to say also there's good animation also because it's horrendously stiff as well, no shock since one of the producers Slow Curve was also behind TBATE)

Apparently this is a Webtoon and that is well-received, I don't know anything about that so I cannot rate it on its accuracy but I only hear they didn't do justice on that front, so it could be potentially worth checking out if you can feel a gem underneath this presentation.

You get the troubled "starting plot" of the show, which interludes to the MCs upcoming dynamic the show will center itself around. But it will tell you very bad things the MC goes through and PARTIALLY the show will explore the cause and effect of these things seriously affecting her life, but with how constantly strange these random things and the 'skits' that happen in the show its hard to take anything seriously because it doesn't feel like the show wants you to take it seriously with how it was directed. And frankly, it gets quickly out of repetition so extremely boring with how stagnant a lot of minutes also are. It's lacking of any taste which is pretty bad when you're tackling a modern setting where there's not a lot that happens anyways, which make so many things just come as random weird events when going into this anime. Everything is slapped onto your face without any real desire for you to think or reflect about, you see a diverse cast of characters but they're just so disappointingly extremely flat, dry and generally just so "Friend A" and "Friend B" coded with how the most they're being used is just as narrative "listening" devices for the story to explain to you what's the current topic.

The MC, and Popular Streamer Guy are just front and center of these initial episodes, and everything spinning around their dynamic is what the show tells you, but it takes no time to flesh any of that out or make much of it if not to only remind you that it is the main plot of the show. The humour in this is too childish for me, some people also didn't like how it tries to appease and act trendy like with the vibe it going such as with its incredibly cringey description btw, maybe it gets better, but the show is not my taste and I don't think it would be your taste either which is why I don't really recommend it if you care about what you're getting from the show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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