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After looking at MyAnimeList, I decided to read the reviews on "Dungeon Girl" just to see what other people thought. After seeing a large amount of the low overall ratings, I thought that there wasn't enough credibility where it was due.

I will avoid including spoilers in this review, but I won't deny the fact that this is my first review and I also won't deny the fact that I am a huge gamer, which probably influences the reason why I enjoyed Danmachi as much as I did.

Story : 8
The story of "Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darou ka" takes place in a ... video game setting, where "adventurers" join a "family" belonging to a god(the gods referring to Greek mythology, e.g. Hestia, Hephaestus, Hermes, etc.) Unexplained as it is, there is a dungeon area where it becomes apparent that these adventurers journey to battle against monsters to earn money and gain experience. However, their statistic boosts(strength, agility, vitality) will not take effect until they return safely to their "family's god" where the god will then boost their stats.
The first thing people will compare this to is the popular anime Sword Art Online, but I want to refrain from comparing to other animes. In my perspective, Danmachi has a unique storyline the fully met my expectations.

Art: 7
No, I'm not rating this based on all the fanservice contained within this series. The quality of the art in my perspective is above average if you take into consideration how much art capability has progressed over the years. Furthermore, I won't deny that the costumes of each character appealed to my tastes.

Sound: 8
In hindsight, I'm actually giving the sound aspect an 8.5. I enjoyed the voice actors emotion placed into the characters, the sound effects during all the battle scenes, etc. I genuinely enjoyed each of the soundtracks.

Characters: 7
I found each character having a very unique setup, although I don't know how to explain it, but unlike most characters from other series, they're too focused on the main character Bell Cranel. Of course, he's the main character, but they all revolved around him in a way that I didn't extremely enjoy and I'm unsure of how to explain it. :x
I won't deny that the humor that was incorporated into each character legitimately made me laugh at the appropriate scenes though.

Enjoyment: 10
Completely biased opinion right here, but the unique plot line was my type of anime right here. I enjoyed it enough to watch it again, the day after I finished it. The comedy was fantastic, the action was great, and I loved every single moment of it.

Overall: 8
I'm restraining myself here cause I know that this is a review that I'm proposing to others, yet in my own perspective.
Overall, I gained a lot more enjoyment compared to what I initially anticipated with this series.