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Just like season 1, this show is an amazing experience. I have yet to see an anime that emanates the feeling of gaming just as this one does. Not to mention the incredible worldbuilding. Somehow this video game world feels like a separate dimension that we, the protagonist and the watcher, have been isekaied into. I digress; I love this season's continuation of that story.

In this season, Sunraku and friends are continuing their mission to level up and take on the impossibility of a game that is SLF. The fight scenes during this are very thought out and well animated. I love watching Sunraku abusing ... game mechanics to speed through the game as fast as he can. That is exactly what a lot of gamers I know do! It is very grounded and realistic in that respect. I find myself baffled at how intelligent the fight scenes feel while using all of the introduced game mechanics and the pure physicality of the character model.

This story feels like it is created by gamers for gamers, which is exactly what I need in an anime.

This may be an unpopular opinion, but I love how they occasionally switch between games to further the plot. Showing the other games Sunraku has been playing not only makes the story more immersive, but it is such a unique way to introduce characters and plot points. I feel a lot of people I know meet gamers through one game and then bring them along to the other games in their collection.

The voice acting I feel is great. I am watching the dubbed version, but somehow it is still very good. I know I've watched quite a few anime where the dub fails in comparison to the original Japanese voice acting, but the dub feels right. The voice actor for Rakuro/Sunraku goes HARD. There is also so much gamer lingo and gamer-esque jokes in the dub that further immerse the watcher into the experience. It makes me feel like I am watching a kid experience an incredibly detailed video game universe, which I am, but a lot of shows fail to write Gen Z kids.

I have already touched on this somewhat in this review, but the animation is great. I find it is smooth, the action sequences are well drawn, and the art style is exquisite. I love the detail of the eye movements while Sunraku is wearing the bird mask!

Overall, I wholeheartedly believe that this is the best video game anime I have seen, and I cannot wait for the anime to continue releasing for the season. I am reliving my childhood with every episode that I watch. This truly feels like the gamer experience in an anime, and I am here for it.