Jun 11, 2021
Now normally, this anime is a solid 7 out of 10, decent production value, decent music, etc.
The comedy here is what elevates it in my opinion as it's basically a lot of tropes of the VRMMO genre in anime (think .hack or SAO) but subverts it and also in doing so exposes the dark underbelly of MMO, gaming, and other digital medium culture in general. To put bluntly, if you're a longtime MMO player and gamer like I am, and you play titles like WoW, League, and other "not great/anymore" games living in communities such as those, you'll feel right at home with Full Dive
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RPG as outside of the not-too great but redeemable MC, the younger sister that has a proper relationship with her brother (which is rare in anime btw), and the on-the-nose yet still well-written generic childhood friend NPC character, Full Dive is full of character tropes and archetypes you've come to know and love along with subverting them. You got your crappy manipulative e-girls, toxic elitists, and scumbag yet crafty arses in full force here.
Overall this show is about embracing the trashiness of online society and learning how to deal with it positively (by using MC's idiocy as a cautionary tale) and move forward in life trying accomplish what you set out to do regardless of the ugly warts along the way, and in this sense, Full Dive RPG 100% mirrors some of the themes and ideas in Yoko Taro's cult classic precursor to NieR, Drakengard. Especially seeing as for the same reasons everyone hates and thinks Full Dive is trash, DoD also has and it's a shame people can't empathize with the plight and goal simply because the characters are not morally correct (alongside the case of DoD originally being very crappy gameplay-wise), which btw, just because the characters aren't in the moral right doesn't mean they're poorly written.
Alas, as goes light, so goes darkness. And trust me I've watched my fair share of trashy comedy anime and this one ain't it chief.
On that note, while Full Dive is the Drakengard of anime, I also highly recommend you all look into a legitimately good series that is Vivy which is the NieR of anime and imo WIT's best work by far bar none (yes even better than AoT, considering Isayama couldn't capitalize and fell prey to the Shonen franchise death trap of deadlines with the final chapters.)
Reviewer’s Rating: 8
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