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Apr 1, 2024 11:30 PM

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Well, it looks like it's gonna be better than Liar Liar at least....
Apr 2, 2024 12:44 AM

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Kimisen author is actually on an insane run rn with this, Kimisen and another show next season. Shoutout to him.

As for this one, animation quality is the big stand out so far. LIDENFILM really had some rough shots in this premiere... hopefully it gets better. The story reminds me of Liar Liar mixed with NGNL and the dynamic between the two leads has potential. Other than that, too early to call. Can’t lie, I did find myself dozing off a bit during the halfway point. Just felt very generic and uninspired. I do love Kimisen, so hopefully this gets going..

The big thing with this is going to be making sure the games are explained well and that their relationship stays fun..
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This would be popular 9 years ago
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redorzo said:
Like others already stated it reminds me of Liar Liar, which I liked the premise of it way more but was way too rushed which resulted in it being bad, but this is just dull. The animation and story telling is subpar and you need to lure me with something less generic to impress me. I'm interested in what the high stakes exactly are here, what happens if you as a apostle lose all your games, do you lose your arise?

Liar Liar was at least creative in terms of direction despite the animation being absolutely dogshit
Apr 2, 2024 5:56 AM
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why the start of this anime feels that bad and even the animation

if someone has poor taste than dont watch this anime anymore if someone has good taste and likes this anime pls continiue to watch I like this anime

even from that start if someone thinks that it was ok for me its a bliss to watch something this good and plus dont make any negative comments about this
anime and pls dont think badly about the animation as well as about the creator who worked so hard to make this anime air on the anime streaming
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Wow, this is bad on so many levels

Making a game about introducing characters is smart... Until the game is actually very short, and 2 out of the 3 questions asked by the protagonist are skipped (about dreams, and about hobbies, the "dream" question being the most important one, as it should've answered the girl's wish to go back to the god's realm, the same question our protagonist asked at the end of the game)

Mediocre animation with very basic artstyle, followed with a weak chara design because of uniforms

Lore dumps

Uninspired games for now (3 of the god's games we've seen for now are all about "fighting" monsters in some way, and the 4th one at the end of the episode looks like it's the same as the others)

Honestly, it kind of reminds me of those fantasy school-life protagonist OP with a redhair tsundere controlling fire
Apr 2, 2024 6:16 AM
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Yeah idk bout this one.

Episode was pretty boring, especially the general set up and how the game the MC was playing with the former god.

Only good thing was that ass shot from her but other than that, this seems like it'll be another forgettable series in the vein of ones like Liar Liar.
Apr 2, 2024 12:26 PM
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I don’t get the hate that this is receiving I like the premise it kinda reminds me of Liar Liar and No Game No Life with the way they’re playing these high stake games while battling Gods. A lot of information was given to us but it’s good they gave us information considering this world seems to be alright with these God games bc if they didn’t I swear y’all would be complaining that this didn’t make any sense just like with Metallic Rouge, that show gets hated bc they don’t “explain” thing throughly🙂

Well it looks like Akari Kitou is playing yet another anime character for this spring season and I’ll be honest she’s my favourite VA so I’m sticking with it just to hear her voice😌

The ecchi wasn’t recalling ecchi’ing but ngl this didn’t really feel like an ecchi show tbh I guess we’ll see more in the upcoming episodes (hopefully😫)

The animation is ok at best tbh it’s always a hit or miss with LIDENFILMS not saying it’s completely ass I like the character designs and shit especially Leoleshea she looks really nice and that ass shot tho😮‍💨

So far this is like a 7/10 for me let’s see if this gets better and that Fay shows off that he’s smart asf🔥
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Apr 2, 2024 1:18 PM
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I liked this anime. It is like the anime Liar Liar. We are waiting for the next episode
Apr 2, 2024 5:57 PM
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good
very good
list conform the arriscd its very good
Apr 2, 2024 6:46 PM
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i also want to have a big chested red hair goddess girl that likes me in just one episode, seems too complicated irl. anyway, the show is moderately interesting, hardly a show that feels fresh and original, i like game animes so gonna see how it goes
Apr 2, 2024 7:26 PM

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That was some of the worst dialogue between characters I've ever seen, what a way to introduce your main character. Instadropped five minutes in.
Apr 3, 2024 3:41 AM
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they tried to make a game of memory intense.. whats next? go fish?
Apr 3, 2024 7:54 AM

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Amazing first loredump episode, but now with 3D MEMORY, wow. Main guy should've kept the glasses, would've made him less generic. Really gonna need to step his game up to make those 3 episodes.
Apr 3, 2024 11:40 AM
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The sub is definitely better after watching it in dub and sub. The dub performance felt very flat and one dimensional to me, the sub at least had some energy and life to it. The animation felt like I was looking at colored clothes that were washed too many times without proper care so everything felt faded it was stiff and definitely not of the highest quality. Overall I don't hate it. It has a very simple premise, I think they should have just started the first episode with one of the games and not with a lot of info dumping.
Apr 3, 2024 3:24 PM
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This anime is kinda boring for first Episode, not sure im gonna watch more
Apr 3, 2024 8:37 PM

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I honestly don't know what I should say here.

It's just average and it doesn't help that the animation quality is pretty awful.

Apr 4, 2024 8:40 AM

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Aliceliese of Kimisen had a cameo. Now, just got hyped for its 2nd season!


Apr 5, 2024 6:06 AM
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gamibo said:
@merukomu11 Very mediocre animation. Due to million studios making million animes nowadays,animation quality has gone to shitt. It literally looks like a cardboard paper drawing. 10 or 20 people decide to make a new studio and work on anime, if it works they get bumper profits, if it fails then those 20 people will shutdown the new studio and go back to big studio or freelance.Good Manga creators shouldnt allow anime adaptation with such bad studios or production budget !!

animation isn't the only thing to watch in anime champ, otherwise Demon slayer should be the best anime in the history and It isn't. The story in this anime/manga is pretty good (wort to watching). Is obvious that many anime studious haven't Ufotable/mappa budget for the animation
Apr 6, 2024 6:13 PM

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I am highly interested in the PLOT and LORE of this new fresh release.

Apr 6, 2024 9:07 PM
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Trivia: this is the 2nd anime from the same light novel author, Sazane Kei.
First anime from the author's work was "Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen" (EN: Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World), which will also have a 2nd season in the near future. [the female main character of this story has a cameo @1:35 timestamp in this anime]
There's also another anime coming soon based from another of the author's light novel series titled, "Naze Boku no Sekai wo Daremo Oboeteinai no ka?" (EN: Why Doesn't Anybody Remember My World?) so that would also be interesting (basing on the manga adaptation).
Apr 7, 2024 7:39 PM

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Am I the only one that thought she was still going to be in the ice? LOL

I didn't realize it was in English until I saw someone's comment. I was partially reading subs thinking it was really easy to understand. smh
Apr 8, 2024 5:57 PM
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Seems like a good start to the show. Seems pretty cute. I'm not into "games" so I maybe do not relate to the characters as much but the concept of the show is interesting and I'll need to watch two more to see if I can get into it or not.
Apr 8, 2024 9:23 PM

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At first I didn't understand anything, at the end it seemed like I was at the beginning
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Apr 9, 2024 10:58 AM
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Good intro to a lighthearted and refreshing series. looking forward to the rest of the show.
Apr 9, 2024 8:54 PM
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awesome start good story nice animation reminds me of no game no life and Liar Liar which is a must watch for me can't wait for Episode 2
Apr 9, 2024 8:56 PM
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tekkenshu7 said:
Trivia: this is the 2nd anime from the same light novel author, Sazane Kei.
First anime from the author's work was "Kimi to Boku no Saigo no Senjou, Aruiwa Sekai ga Hajimaru Seisen" (EN: Our Last Crusade or the Rise of a New World), which will also have a 2nd season in the near future. [the female main character of this story has a cameo @1:35 timestamp in this anime]
There's also another anime coming soon based from another of the author's light novel series titled, "Naze Boku no Sekai wo Daremo Oboeteinai no ka?" (EN: Why Doesn't Anybody Remember My World?) so that would also be interesting (basing on the manga adaptation).

cool I'm gonna check those anime out if they are in English dub
Apr 10, 2024 8:55 AM
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Seems like cheap wish-fufilment, but I am interested where will game aspect will go.
Apr 13, 2024 1:41 PM

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LOL, just started watching and the first 1 mins I am already questioning some things...

Like if the Goddess has been sleeping for thousands of years (assuming those dudes saying Ice Age is correct, that's 10,000+ years)

But the Goddess instantly speaks in Japanese, LOOOOL (which doesn't exist til like a couple 3000-ish years ago)

What's interesting is tho... there seems to be "multiple Gods"? Since it's God's game, and the ones they're already playing in isn't from the "former goddess" that was in Ice

(and more red hair heroines, LOL, all main heroines must have red or pink hair, YUP)

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Also, on one of the hologram billboards, I just saw something like "Battle Royal" where ppls were falling down from the sky into the battlefields, LOL

But then they were playing a game similar to "Squid Games" where people gets eliminated

Except instead of Shooter game or Mini-games, it's more like a PvE where people fights monsters

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And the Goddess and MC gets introduced to each other.

But... "each card has their own speed and orbit"... yet... we just saw all the cards moving at same speed on same orbit... LOL

I guess they didn't really want to animate the actual thing, probably take too much effort.

And the Goddess is right, why wear Underwear when regular cloth already cover ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Also.... HUH?... 90% of the world is still hostile... and filled with... DINOSAURS...

(I guess this means the "Ice Age" isn't of our Earth timeline, but rather this world they're in... is still very new... where Dinosaurs still exist, Ice Age only lasted a thousand years, and Humanity is probably also just a couple 2000-3000 years old, maybe... aka, imagine Earth timeline, and then squash everything down by 70% of time and it's this world's timeline)

Especially with Humans having advanced Tech (that's more advanced than our current RL Tech)

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Other thing... if the "trip" was one-way and the Goddess can't return back to God's land... does that mean God's land is actually similar to Human's world? since the Goddess also seem to indicate her physical appearance is what she always is. But she doesn't have her former God's powers.

Which apparently is the "end reward" where the Gods will grant the Humans anything they want, including multiple wishes. I wonder if this means the Goddess is going to use the wish to have the other Gods send her back to God's Land or something, LOL.

ALSO, this "God's Game" is pretty much a Reality TV Show for the Gods to watch on TV as entertainment, LOL

Imagine the Gods just sitting on couches and laugh at the Humans being destroyed by their Games.

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(BTW, I dropped Liar Liar around the mid of series cause I got bored of the stupid ways MC's doing to cheat in the games, lol)
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Apr 13, 2024 4:55 PM

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What a total disappointment.
From the show name was expecting a NGNL at home, but what i get is a snore fest.
Boring first game, boring god design, boring way to introduce world setting, and a boring generic nice male protagonist.
They butchered the mystery of a God and make this first game super boring.
MC personality is boring as well. Unlike NGNL which you get to see mc charisma through their action, this show basically just tell you he's the best player and we have to accept it cuz that's how it is.

Anyway, dropped already. Next one.
Apr 13, 2024 5:03 PM

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awesome start good story nice animation reminds me of no game no life and Liar Liar which is a must watch for me can't wait for Episode 2
@Kreshre Lolz you for real?
This is not even NGNL at home.

I just went back to watch NGNL ep 1 again . What a massive difference in quality , story telling, characters, and even realism.
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Well that kind of sucked. It felt all over the place and I don't like how it spent more time explaining rules than playing the game. I am convinced these types of shows is just the writer being full of themselves the whole time. I actually had plans to watch Liar Liar. I may need to cancel them as these shows may not be for me as I don't really care for anything.
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Ventus_S said:
@Kreshre Lolz you for real?
This is not even NGNL at home.

I just went back to watch NGNL ep 1 again . What a massive difference in quality , story telling, characters, and even realism.

elements of no game no life no a copy there is a difference
Apr 16, 2024 10:12 PM

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Animation is pretty good; the story and such seems to miss a bunch of things. Would've liked to see 'how' the MC won three of those games; what where they, how where they played etc.

Also why didn't he ask if she had any offspring or incarnations or whatever...
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Apr 21, 2024 8:15 PM
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Mid. Prolly worse than Liar Liar
Apr 30, 2024 2:30 AM
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worse than ass slow and boring
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can't wait to drop this
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