The plot was a bit of a disappointment. Let me explain: after a great start (the two first epidodes) the show takes an uxepected turn as it becomes more like SAO (which I'm not a big fan of) and more generally every fantasy anime that came out in the last two years or so with this "videogame" type of setting with a display, abilites, levels, power-ups, ecc... It's definitely better than your standard fantasy/adventure anime but I was kinda left high and dry after the show took this turn. But honestly sometimes it's good to turn off your brain for a bit and have some fun by watching some "senseless" stuff like this. And this, with its great fight scenes and animation, makes all the other fantasy animes pale in comparison. In the end, a plot that we've already seen before but that's way more entertaining that the rest of the products on the market out there.
Character-wise the show only cares about its main character as the other characters basically don't even exist. The main character is JinWoo Sung, a weak boy who, after escaping death and being awakened, manages to develop many abilities that make him incredibly strong. Of course we are in the presence of an overpowered main character but, unlike the majority of todays animes, he earns his strenght by suffering and surviving despite all odds. His growth was homogeneous, not forced and very well developed despite the anime being only 12 episodes long. The other characters didn't have too much space therefore they weren't able to leave a huge impact and were all empty. But Jinwoo is a great main character who's able to carry the show on his back and make it really fun to watch. His backstory is good as it makes feel sorry for him and his growth, as I said, was great all throughout the anime. To some degreee I found some similarities to Shinici from Parasyte: The Maxim. They both seem to have lost their humanities at one point, Shinici due to Migi and Jinwoo due to "the system".
The animation is probably the anime's biggest strenght as there were some of the smoothest and most fluid combat scenes that I've ever seen. Soundtrack-wise the show deliveres on that aspect too. The music during the fight scenes were always right so they made some of the fight scenes ever more epic than they already were and the opening theme is excellent too.
Not a perfect anime (it has many flaws) and it's definitely not the anime of the year but, overall, I quite enjoyed it.
