First, let me start off on why I think it's bad.
Story: 1/10
The story contains more plot holes than I can count on my fingers and toes (EX. If Sora and Shiro had the previous king basically write them an instruction manual on the shooter game they played against the animal people, why did they freak out when they realized they were in the city? Surely the manual mentioned that. And don't even get me started on the cheating. Cheating is one of the only rules established, and yet everyone does it to the point where it's not even a game of skill or wit, but a competition to see who can cheat better. AND NO ONE EVER GETS CAUGHT) The games themselves are entertaining for the first 5 minutes, until we are bombarded with table turns. One minute, Sora and Shiro have a commanding lead, then the next they are helpless only to repeat this cycle man times throughout the entirety of the games. This wouldn't be as bad, however, if the main protagonists could lose, BUT THEY CAN'T. They literally say countless times throughout the show "Blank never loses." I don't know about you, but I lost all interest after the constant repetition of "Blank never loses." Oh, they're losing this chess game? Good thing "Blank never loses." What's this? The opponent is cheating AGAIN (and surprisingly no one notices) WHAT'S COULD POSSIBLY HAP... Oh wait I almost forgot. "Blank never loses." The games fell flat and became incredibly uninteresting because of this. It's also a fudging ecchi (and ecchi is my least favorite genre.) Need I say more on that? xD Lastly this show ends with a terrible "read the light novel ending." When I got to the last episode, I found myself 100% DISsatisfied, and that in and of itself was enough to make me not like the show from the get-go. (It's my least favorite ending of ALL TIME) I would have loved to have heard or have seen more than 2 races, but I guess I'll have to read the light novel to do so (Spoilers: I'm not going to)
Characters: 1/10
The characters are abysmal. Sora and Shiro have one driving factor, and that is to be kings of this world. Anything more? Any backstory? How did they meet? Why are they so good at games? Why doesn't Shiro wear a longer skirt, so there aren't as many pantyshots? (She's 11 btw) The show neglects to tell us all these things (especially the last one,) and the main characters are incredibly empty because of it. What about Jibril? Nothing to say there either. Same with that one elf girl and her former slave who's names escape me FOR SOME REASON (It's because they are irrelevant.) No backstory, no real driving factors, no development. Just plain, 2D cardboard cutouts. Notice I've saved the best for last. Steph. Steph is the worst character I've seen in anime to date. She is nothing but a fanservice device, she is the intermediary character who goes from smart to dumb just for the sake of relaying Sora and Shiro's thought processes to the audience (not like it matters considering Blank never loses) and has no backstory or development to speak of. All the characters are completely worthless to the point of not being able to call them characters.
Art: 7/10
I will give credit where it's due, the art is really good. Great use of red outlines, but just a tad bit too bright for my liking. The game world looked great, and backgrounds were really well done.
Sound: 6/10
The sound was good, as well with a fantastic opening, and great VA's
So that's why I think it's a bad show, but why do I hate this show so much?
Enjoyment: .05/10
Bet you didn't think it went lower than a 1, did you? Well, I had to make an exception in this case. There is one reason besides everything mentioned above) why I dislike the show so much, and why it's my least favorite show of all time It's the fanbase. The people who have told me this utterly terrible show is good. Now, if you like the show, that's 100% fine. I can't argue with your opinions, and I think NO LESS of anyone who likes this show. But it's the countless arguments I've had with people who try to tell me this show is actually good. As you can see, I can back up my reasoning on why I think this show is bad because I've had to do this exact same thing many, MANY times. I've typed LOTS of paragraphs to people, and sometimes with a negative and condescending intent because I've been told by one of these people AND I QUOTE EXACTLY "I am not going to lie I won't lie I am going to say this right now you are worthless please kill yourself this anime is in so many ways..." (keep in mind I said nothing to this person prior to this comment on my review on my Youtube channel)
If I were to average my scores, it would be a 3.1 but this show doesn't deserve that.
So that's it. Sorry I ranted, and I mean no ill intent nor do I mean to be condescending to anyone in any way by anything I've said. And let me finish by saying again, I have no problems with anyone liking this show. Your opinion is just that, and I can't (and won't) hate you for thinking the way you do. I'm just plain hate it when people are condescending about me not liking it as much as I do, or try to tell me it's a good show xD
