Log horizon was recommended to me as a Real good anime based on a MMORPGs experienced, I was told “is good not like SAO”, since I really hate SAO, I thought wow I finally found a good MMORPGs inspired anime, I was wrong. Now, Log horizon is definitively better than SAO, but any anime is better than sao LOL … let me elaborate
Story (5/10)
At the begging looks so promising but the pacing was so slow and became something else so fast.
Watching the anime you´ll realized of the huge amount of plot holes it has, there is no purpose, there is no reason, there is no bad guy whatsoever; you´ll see a bunch of people that are trapped in this game, that´s all. They are in a game platform but they decided to make a city, instead of exploring. The only realistic reaction was that gamers became a bit cruel and created a bit of chaos, but that was only in the begging, later on they were so happy and forgot everything and decided to go to all “matsuris” they made in their new city/home. I mean there is nothing bad in that but I didn´t see anyone complaining or being desperate trying to go home, they were just okay with the idea of being trapped, I’m a gamer so I guess I will like it, but eventually I will be at least I BIT worried. No one decides to explore for real just a guild leader (Legolas guy was the only one with a real good reaction when they made the round table). In other word I felt that most of the decisions or reactions, or just simple the Behavior was a bit unrealistic.
I like that they explain the mechanics of the fights, the powers, the level, the types of characters , not like SAO (which I hate since kirito was the only one all-powerful gamer, I mean is a MMO game, the idea is team play, actually you can’t defeat bosses by yourself) the Team play was so cool, you have the healers, and the armor type, and the supports; it was really good, that will be awesome if it wasn´t that fights appears every 15 slice of life episodes, yeah ! For me this was a slice of life anime. Also a cooking anime ._. They decide to make an entire episode of how to cook, and there is a bunch of episode of the girls making deserts and a cat making food.
People tend to blame you that you didn´t understand the plot when you get bored and want to skip tedious talking, I actually saw the whole thing without skipping anything, some conversation were political and interesting and some other were no sense, that all, with this anime some episodes were cool and other ones were completed unrelated and boring. For some reason I feel like the anime slowly became a loli harem slice of life cooking show.
Characters (4/10)
I hate the fact that a cool really independent ninja girl became a helpless in love cliché girl, she did also behave like a teen, when they clearly told that she was an adult like shiroe. She was even jealous of a little girl that for some reason supposed to be a teen, it doesn’t matter both look like kids, apparently that is moe, I can´t stand lolis, they are so plain and boring MC , anywho at the begging character seem so unique but I was wrong . there is no character development in here, no unique or strong characters, is more like stereotypical ones , the bunch of lolis, some huge breast girls, I cat that can cook and some guy which I couldn’t understand, was he funny ? Was he just relaxed? Or he was just there to make Shirore look better?
Shiroe was the only character that was interesting, cuz you know, he was the strategist. There was also another Megane guy but he didn´t appear that much and in the second season he literally was missed the whole thing until the end (why ? he was cool)
Anyhow empathy is missing and there is no real connection with the characters, most likely you will forget them.
Art/Sound /enjoyment /overall (6/10)
The animation is good, sound is good as well really like the OP and the second Ed. Enjoyment was good, the anime is not completely bad, sometimes is boring some other was cool(good fight/ elaborate plan team scenes). Overall is an average anime, its okey when you don’t have anything else to watch, most of episodes are fillers with no connection with the plot but are quite cute and I did like most of them.
