Firstly, the art is lovely, the pastel style is nice and really gives the show a fantastical feel. Now, the premise seems to be along the lines of SAO or .Hack/Sign although with some nice twists and for my money is probably the best of the genre (although I do have a soft spot for .hack). The characters are varied and passably interesting, although there is an annoying one. The MC is surprisingly engaging given the type of show this is and he actually wrestles with some meaningful personal struggles. Plus it avoids being haremy which just doesn't work for me in these shows. I also rather liked the slower pacing, it worked for the style of the show. My only criticism there is that the big twist in ep3 felt like it came a bit too soon, but it still worked okay.
However, the main thing that annoyed me about this is what annoys me about so many LN adaptations and that is the fact that this isn't a whole story, it's 1/3 of a story. The show asks so many questions that it doesn't even begin to answer (and that would be fine if it was the point of the show, but it isn't). No, the reason everything is unanswered and this isn't a whole story is because it's a promo for the LN and this really irritates me. If you are going to adapt a property, then make the adaptation the best it can be, and give it an ending. I know people often rag on shows for having anime original endings, but I would much rather watch a complete story than a half finished one. I'll forgive it if there is a plan to follow up with a season 2, but here, like in so many cases that doesn't seem to be the plan. Grrrr. Rant over.
Anyway, this was, apart from the fact that it just stopped, pretty solid. 6.5, rounded up to 7 (and if it had been 24 eps and told a whole story it probably would have scored higher)
