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| Abema TV streamed the second episode today. Imo, Shirayuki is too nice for a character and they pushed her personality to her role. Episode also gave more insight with the activites at school. I can't stand Sarasa though..she's so bratty and pushy. Hiroto's win this episode also felt underwhelming. They really need to step it up with the main story to keep this entertaining. |
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| Hiroto, having been admitted to the dorms, the pretty maid Shirayuki Himeji was kinda disappointed that she was expecting a girl, not a boy. But regardless, she will be with him as his live-in assistant. Hiroto wants Shirayuki to relax at his call, though she still acts her role as a housemaid, briefing him on the scam's game plan, with the Seven Star being the primary target for all. Right now, Hiroto's abilities are limited to a One Star level, though the need is to drive him up the ladder as quickly as possible through games. And since he defeated the Empress, countless people have requested for a battle with him, though they will win by cheating, or hacking, through Ami Kagaya, to be the strongest in a short matter of time. Through his class, both Fuuka Tatara and Yuuki Tsuji guiding him along, a game comes fast with the challenge from 3 Star Haru Urasaka. With commentary by Suzuran Kazami and Sarasa watching the game, her game is one for speed, though Hiroto gets nervous at every step of the way. And as the plan would have it, the Company does all of the work while Hiroto only needs to work on his marketing to make sure the hacking was done discreetly. A secret meeting with Akabane on the real Sarasa, she was mysteriously kidnapped while Akabane filled in her place easily since she was part of her friend group. And this is especially important for Hiroto to find his childhood friend on Academy Island, to protect their lies until the goal is accomplished. PuraOre's Smile Princess's ED is a Horimiya aesthetic reference, it's good. But the anime is starting to get rushed, which is norm for LNs. |
KANLen09Jul 8, 2023 1:08 PM
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| Wow that was surprising, Didn't know they aired to episodes back to back lol, I've heard of another show doing the exact same thing this season but I digress After finding out that this "Sarasa" that Hiroto beat isn't actually Sarasa it's up to him to keep both of their lies without being leaked! We also meet best girl Himeji Shirayuki, Hiroto's maid and a person who hacks into other peoples device so Hiroto can win. The whole racing part was funny ngl, and now seeing the full premise of the show I gotta say I'm intrigued. The soundtrack is very hype holy I love this soundtrack, the OPs fine I guess the ED is kinda catchy though I won't lie. The soundtrack really just elevates and brings the craziness of this anime to a whle other level and I'm here for it. I'm excited for what this show has to offer and I love me some Tournament Arcs in anime and this just feels like a whole anime about Tournament Arcs and I'm here for it! |
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| Been enjoying this series so far it reminds me of kakegurui just not as dramatic |
| We got more info how and why he needs to protect his status for both his and Rina secret. Do not expect the hacking to always go well, so wonder how he will deal with it and how Rina might assist him with the alliance. Wanted to see how the first game played out even though it was not important probably, but they skipped sadly. |
| Already a rushed adaptation. They completely skipped the second game, and didn't even show Kagaya's hacking skills. Also the bar where they were having the secret talk was supposed to be underground and a dark place with no windows. And they also completely skipped his first day in school where he introduces himself in front of his class. |
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| Himeji > Saionji and that's all I really care about. The show is fine for now. |
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| Well, I have to admit, the hacking makes the story quite contrived, but it's still amusing, though fundamentally, it's not that "good" of a story, it's just fun. Let's just hope it doesn't get generic and stale too quickly. The pacing felt a bit fast this episode with a skipped game. My enjoyment did level off a bit with this episode so we'll see how it goes from here. |
| Not technically an hour long broadcast, but the double broadcast of episodes 1 and 2 was cool. Story seems pretty weak other than the mystery of what happened to the real Saionji. The main appeal so far is the cute girls and their interactions with the MC. But the lack of fanservice so far is a big minus. Also it’s kinda hilarious to have a game based show and skip the games. I mean, surely that should’ve been most of this 2nd episode? Skipping the hacking which is also an integral part of the story is also odd. The art and girls are good, but this needs something of substance to actually pull people in. I have the LN pre ordered(August) but based on the scores I’ve seen for that I don’t think it gets any better lol. |
Marinate1016Jul 8, 2023 9:29 AM
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| How does this system work? Can they actually turn down game requests? If he got 42 game requests, then did he take part in every single one of them? I don’t think so. And if he didn’t, does that means that they can refuse game requests? If so, why even take part in them if he’s at 7 stars? I don’t get it. Btw in that race even after falling, that chick was so much closer to the finish line than this guy, she could’ve easily outrun him lmao, she just kept chilling there. |
RinTheWanderer said: So, did the anime just leave out important rules or is the whole setup incredibly flawed? Whats to stop students from losing on purpose to transfer stars to one of their fellow students so they have a 7 star and get ranked higher? What is the personal benefit for having stars in the first place. And possibly the most important, why would a 7* ever accept a match? All they can do is lose stars. Not to mention, how are 7* not more common? You only have to go net positive 7 games. Yeah exactly, that’s what I thought about as well. Why would they ever accept a game when they’re at 7 stars? It just doesn’t make any sense, and if it somehow does and grants them some benefits, I’d appreciate if the anime told me about them lmao |
| Surprisingly good first 2 episodes. I wasn’t expecting much but I like the show a lot so far. |
| Shirayuki's so cute, like her. |
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| Cheating and all is fine but they should've detailed us about the stars and game system. After all assuming something firsthand and then them showing it wasn't the case gonna sour the mood later on. Typical skipping over the stuffs problem.. yeah it's the usual for every other LN. |
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| Shinohara having to lie and cheat his way to success seems interesting, but hopefully the games themselves are more entertaining later on. |
| People on MAL refuse to actually enjoy watching anime. Your taste in anime isn't a personality trait. MAL is literally just anime Twitter as its own website lol. |
| Red haired tsundere crashing in the very beginning with not so weak MC.... this anime smells 2010s battle school harem. It's been a long time since I saw one. I think I will watch this one purely on nostalgia. |
| Seems like a fun watch (even if it will be likely pretty mid anyway), it's like a child between How not to summon a demon lord and Gakusen Toshi Asterisk. |
| Hiroto meets Hirayuki who serves as a maid there. Hirayuki explains a lot about the game and the stars or something. Hiroto wins a duel against someone and Hirayuki helps him. Looks like Hiroto made new friends named Yuuki & Fuuka? Hiroto is being set up for a duel against someone in a stadium. Suzuran only knows the word "meow" apparently. Hiroto is dueling with Haru. Sarasa is also there to help Suzuran. Hiroto wins against Haru because he and Hirayuki did some digging. Hiroto is being invited by Sarasa to an drink by a cafe and there she tells her story and Hiroto tells his story. They became alliances. Seiran came out of nowhere. |
__andre__Jul 8, 2023 3:18 PM
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| So... the "dorm" isn't exactly a dorm, but rather a mansion to serve MC so he can pretend to be the "strongest". Cause there's no way someone strong would be living in regular "dorm". Gotta keep up the lie . And yup... it looks like he's going to be "cheating" the entire series in order to win against others to keep up his "lie". So yea... this is a [Fake/ Reverse No Game No Life]. . Hmm... not really sure how I feel about this series where they're literally just winning by cheats. Meaning the entire series is doing to be very predicatable since it means the MC will just keep on winning with cheats and there's no actual "gameplay" involved. That means even if you removed the parts about showing MC playing in "games" nothing about this series would be changed. . Can literally just go [episode start] "I won with hack" [episode ends] Majority of the series seems to be going to be about the character's "Drama" (aka, finding the truth, ironic isn't it?) |
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| Idk how I feel about him winning games via hacking. And it’s odd that these maids can hack so perfectly without anyone knowing… dunno seems a bit off. The strategy of using “abilities” to win games seems a bit boring to me. Rather than pure skill/intellect like NGNL or Kakegurui. But I guess I’m just nitpicking now. Do all the districts have a house like this with the maids? |
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| I have a rule where if an anime scored less than 2 after 2 episodes, I will drop it. I personally think they dropped 2 episodes at once just to let me drop a seasonal within its release day. Great job. |
| so he's looking for someone huh, i randomly wake up one day and start missing my childhood friends so i join random competitions on random islands to see them too. very relatable. also, he got rem a maid, damn. JamesNuts said: real (real)Him cheating and lying is so relatable bruh |
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| Yeah I don't think you're supposed to watch this for the "strategy game", it's quite dumb and lazy afterall. Glad I watch this for the sarcastic kuudere maid instead. Izayoi-kun123 said: What happen if you ignore all of them? Any time limit?pastuch said: How does this system work? Can they actually turn down game requests? If he got 42 game requests, then did he take part in every single one of them? I don’t think so. And if he didn’t, does that means that they can refuse game requests? If so, why even take part in them if he’s at 7 stars? I don’t get it. Btw in that race even after falling, that chick was so much closer to the finish line than this guy, she could’ve easily outrun him lmao, she just kept chilling there. A dual request can't be refused but one is free to choose in which order one takes them. |
| Definitely not a fan of the games so far. They look to just be facade for the author to do whatever. And maybe the anime's portrayal was different but that bike was horrendous. +1 for cute maid though. |
| Ok I'm loving this anime dayum I like that the anime is not all about the MC, what i mean about this? Well There's a world building perfectly made before the mc shows up... I KNOW THIS SOUNDS STUPID but i appreciate this kind of care from the author and more in animes of this type of stories where the world seems to just live for the mc |
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