So we meet Fumiya Tomozaki, a lowlife who spends his days playing Smash...so much that he's the number 1 player in Japan. After one match with the number 2, the two of them decide to meet and...its one of the girls in his class. Normally, she gets embarassed and pretty dissapointed that he was the number 1..so she decides to help him get better in life after COMPLETELY saying she was terrified of him...where does this make sense? No matter; now our "hero" with the helpful tips from Hinami Aoi(his classmate), is trying to be a somebody and try to "beat" this game called life. Essencially, this is an educating anime for those who probably feel like this..but honestly this is an insult. They make this situation look too easy like as "you do this and that's it, you're the best"...its not always like that you know? Lots of people struggle with this shut-in problem, some feel terrified about opinions on what other people might have on them and others perhaps had some experiences in life that, unfortunately, led them be like that...but this anime throws that fact out of the window by using its "facts and logic"("you do this and that's it, you're the best"). The problem with this anime is that it gets decent...on the last episodes.
I get it, this anime most likely will have more seasons as we go but that glimpse of what's to come only shows very rarely; clearly Tomozaki is growing to be a better person but those scenes show up very rarely in the anime and gives more focus to other character's problems..hasn't our MC suffered enough in his life? I don't think he would be capable of understanding other people's issues when he can't even fix his(if he ever had issues either way). If the trend from episode 11 continues, perhaps this turns out to be a good show afterall.
Characters are too uninspired. There's tons of girls and yet not a single one where i can be satisfied with; either they don't have screentime or they just talk nonsense that doesn't interest anyone. Regarding Tomozaki more, often you will see him say "I suck at this game of life."; "I want to become a better player at this." ; "Her level is too high...", can't they tone down with the gaming talk...its making this anime more cringy every time i watch it(biased opinion, you can discount that from this review.)
Art is pretty dissapointing, sure it looks alright but they cut perhaps the best scenes that the manga had and replaced them with generic boring normal things...this is where all the "gaming" content could have been presented like in the manga. Animation is quite decent, nothing out of the regular. Music is nothing special too, the opening and the ending sound quite upbeat but other than that, its as generic as it could be.
So should you watch this anime? Frankly, depends how the second season goes or how the story in the manga is because i can't recommend this at all. The best compliment that i can give to this anime is that the voice acting is quite good but other than that, better stick to the manga; its not a huge step up but its a better experience than what you see from this animation. Dissapointing.
