Mar 30, 2024
I really tried to keep an open mind while watching this show, but I don't get it. It's just another wish fulfillment power fantasy where this useless scrawny dude gets ridiculously overpowered, and now that I've watched the series through, I still find myself wondering what exactly people were so hyped about. If you're here because of all the hype surrounding this show, drop that hype and draw your own conclusion instead, or you may end up disappointed.
Starting with the story it's nothing special. It can be so predictable and just so bland. It somehow takes ideas from similar shows and somehow makes them worse
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here. Obviously not going to say much about it here, but if you've seen other shows similar to this like "Sword Art Online" and "I Got a Cheat Skill in Another World and Became Unrivaled in The Real World, Too", then you probably know where this is going already. Throughout this whole show we also get this like side story sprinkled in with these side characters who we learn absolutely nothing about apart from the fact that they're supposed to be huge deals in this world... And that's it. This is our introduction to whoever these characters are. Why should we care about these characters when we know nothing about them? And the main story sometimes has to pause in the middle of fights in order to show off this side story. This isn't good writing. This is a terrible way to introduce these characters. It just feels like it's there for padding and eye candy, as for some reason the show focuses a lot on this one female side character, and we end up getting a lot of shots of her from behind if you know what I mean. And by the end you still know basically nothing about her.
Next, the characters... They're nothing special either. I found myself frustrated with pretty much all of them, and now that I think about it, I don't like any characters in this entire show. Like some of them just make such terrible choices that conflict with their motivations. And then the MC, good god the MC. I found them at least likeable to begin with, but they really take a turn for the worse over the course of the show. They had a unique design that set them apart from other power fantasy shows similar to this, but then drops it by changing their design completely, making them look like a generic fantasy protagonist. The difference is so jarring too, especially when you look at them side by side. At first I thought they were a completely different character. Now sure if it was just their design that got changed, then maybe I could've let it slide, but man did they really have to give this dude an ego too? He starts off as just a nice guy trying to do his best and make ends meet... Until he gets OP and gets that ego of his, clearly letting his new power go to his head (reminding me even further of Sword Art Online), and if that wasn't enough, they gave him plot armor too, because of course.
About the only good thing in this show are the fight scenes, because yes they're pretty cool... But that doesn't really last long. The coolness of the fight scenes starts to really wear off once you realize how OP this MC is, and that no matter what, plot armor will save them in some way or another.
Overall, I can't recommend this show. Back when this first started to air, I remember being pretty excited for it! I was going in completely blind but people seemed pretty hyped about it, claiming it had such a good story, cool fights, and great characters... But it left me disappointed, but that's mostly on me for listening to all that hype and taking their word for it. Because this show did not live up to all that hype. Not even close. It eventually got to the point where I would have to force myself to keep going with some people even saying "it doesn't get good yet, keep going". But it never got good.
This is a 4 for me. I really can't give it anything higher than that. If you didn't like Sword Art Online, you're probably not going to enjoy this as they're incredibly similar in some parts.
Reviewer’s Rating: 4
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