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As Thomas Hobbes wrote in his seminal work Leviathan, human life is nasty brutish and short. Something that Kanojo mo Kanojo has contributed to in my life.

Kanojo mo Kanojo's comedic sense can best be surmised as being infantile, volume based and nonsensicle. To the point where I had a headache by the time I had finished watching an episode. Both the humour and storyline are so devoid of enjoyment and plot that watching every episode genuinely felt like a chore.

The characterisation is completely told and not developed at all through the actions of any people there. There are those that argue that this is alright ... for a comedy, it is not. Without a good setup jokes and storylines based around absurdity have no contrast to properly bounce against. Indeed, this is to the extent that I genuinely have had to take pain medication after each episode due to how hard my brow furrowed.

I have previously mentioned that I thought the show was a war crime, while I admit that it is an exaggeration I still fully commit to the point that this "anime" is an insult to the human mind and should be treated as such.

I would advice people to avoid this anime outside of using it as a reference point for what not to do. I lost IQ points watching and reviewing this, and I am adamant that I leave a warning to other's in some way so that they won't subject themselves to this atrocity.

tl:dr - the humour and story line of this show are absurd to the point where no joke lands properly. While the characters are so poorly fleshed out they do things for plot convenience rather than for any other reason. They are also awful both morally and in terms of entertainment value. Avoid this anime like the plague.

Peach Boy Riverside has all the makings of an anime that would be pretty decent, in that it has likable characters, an interesting hook and a solid plot progression. However, the anime adaptation stumbles in quite a few areas, the most obvious being the decision to skip past the backstory and set-up through telling the story non-chronologically.

Non-Chronological storytelling is most certainly a valid technique, and is beneficial for many shows especially more episodic ones. In this particular case however, it ends up cofusing an otherwise simple and enjoyable plot by withholding important chracter information. While simultaneously lessening the impact of certain twists and events within ... the anime.

Furthermore, the fan service of this anime is often distracting as it is poorly timed in a manner that is a disservice to the overall atmosphere of the anime.

The characters art, and actual story of Peach Boy Riverside are all quite good and the voice acting and backing tracks all work together seemlessly. It is a shame that the flaws of the anime end up weakening the whole and making it a less enjoyable experience. In my opinion it would be worth waiting until the anime is finished and then watching it in chronological order for the most enjoyment.

I don't understand how people are writing reviews thinking this show is completely serious when it's a pretty on the nose parody of VR games as a concept with direct parallels to Sword Art Online.

Saying that the characters make horrible mistakes or that plot points don't make sense is missing the point of the Parody. This would be like lambasting Madoka magica for it's somewhat weird explanation of why magical girls exist. Or blaming Konosuba for the failings of the party on their quest to kill the demon lord. Too many people are missing the point of Fulldive, it's by no means a masterpiece ... but it is certainly passable for what it's attempiting.

Fulldive is a decent parody that has some genuinely funny jokes that are material for long running memes. It points out how realism in gaming is not necessarily good and how bad a pain system in a game would be.

In short Fulldive is a pretty decent show for what it's trying to do, and everyone understand this simply doesn't remember the promise we made under the tree and will be forever stuck in Martin time.