So many things good about this anime:
1. the characters! I loved the characters.
-Even though there were some that I didn't like, it was me not liking them for a good reason. For that reason, I like them in their own way, also. All the characters have a purpose in the story.
2. The story!
-The story in general was really nice.
-I feel like that they also captured the emotions of the how the world views board games quite accurately. I work at a local tabletop game store where I live. Everyday, I get a classmate of mine, or a stranger, question games and question why they are still a thing. Question how we're still in business and how games like Warhammer, D&D, etc. are still big and growing even bigger every day. So, I feel like they definitely captured everyone's emotions about their first interactions with these games quite well and the story premise is just good overall.
3. I liked the attention to detail in the store background and the explanations for some of the games.
-Again, I work at a game store, and I know every single game in the background. It was fun trying to take the time to also look in the background and go, "we sell that game, too!". And they were pretty accurate with the explanations with some of the games as well.
Not only that, but they did a good job making it fun, and enjoyable, to watch the characters play these games together.
The only thing I didn't like about the anime, was how it was 12 episodes. Because it was only 12, and the company isn't doing a 2nd season, some parts of character development was a tad bit rushed.
- It's understandable because of the amount of episodes, the amount of people that watched the anime when it was ongoing (not many), etc. just made the company feel like a second season wasn't worth it... especially since the company they chose isn't known to make second seasons, from what I've read.
It's just, I guess I wish there was a 2nd season cause I loved it so much and I wanted each character to get longer attention for development.
But, thanks to this, I'm definitely going to read the manga and see what is supposed to happen next. If they do, for some reason, end up making a second season, I will definitely watch it! 9.5/10.
