Before I give you the actual review, let me be clear: I haven't read any novel and this season was the 1st contact I had with the story, characters and lore.
THERE'S NO SPOILERS!
Animation:
The visuals are pretty to look at most of the time but there's a fatal flaw: CGI. Anytime we get CGI in this, regardless if you're a fan of it or not, you'll cringe. It's so bad.
Story and characters:
1) There's two storylines that you'll be introduced to: the spider's journey and the humans' journey. The timeline is not properly explained until several episodes in.
1) Kumoko (spidey-chan) is the best thing this anime has to offer. You'll immediately be invested in her story and her personality so she alone will be the main reason why you'll watch this anime to the very end. In fact, when she's the main focus of the episodes, you'll wonder how the heck did 20 minutes go by so fast?!
2) The human cast is plain and boring compared to Kumoko. This means that anytime an episode isn't focused on Kumoko's perspective, you'll find it boring and somewhat of a chore to watch. For me, I was only invested in this half of the main story once I got to the 14th episode. However I must say that it didn't take long for my interest to die down soon afterwards.
3) The ending isn't as satisfying as it should've been but clearly they're going for at least another season.
For me this is a 8/10 because the plot is interesting, there's good comedy and a great MC (Kumoko).
