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An anime about watching people play video games...

[ART: 8]
The art style is clean and animated well. Vibrant colors and the environmental animation for different biomes really feel like a fleshed-out world.

[ACTION: 8]
The fight sequences are well done.
Abilities are unique and the combat from trash games are representative of the issues-turned-mechanic that you would find in actual games.

[STORY: 7]
... You feel like part of the game. The intended plot is nice, with sub quests and side stories, just like actual games.

[CHARACTERS: 6]
There is some slight character development. The characters themselves are unique. You also have trolls, furries, people that take RP way too far, PKers... just like a video game

[OVERALL: 7]
The anime is good at what it sets out to do... show the characters play a video game and progress through it.

And that's where the issue is for me personally. There is nothing serious. Although the action scenes are excellent, we as the viewer don't feel any sense of urgency or desperation. It's a video game.

Dungeon Meshi is pretty much a slice of life, comedy, adventure anime all rolled up into one.

It deals with serious situations with a light-hearted feel. What would be considered a serious issue, such as death and murder, Dungeon Meshi addresses with a light-hearted approach. At first I was taken aback, but keeping an open mind, I would assume this was intentional on the writer's part.

The characters are regular roles that you would generally find in a party, characters don't really have any personal development. We are simply along for the ride in this dungeon run.

The anime's and consideration for the ecosystem of a dungeon as ... well as well as a more logical approach to certain interactions with monsters make it unique in comparison to other anime where that topic is generally ignored.

The art is not bad, but not amazing. It gets the job done.

The plot is simple and most time is spent on interactions with certain monsters and preparation of food (obviously).

The current issue I have with the anime is that it lacks any serious tone. Although we witness a plethora of situations, the series very rarely evokes a negative emotion. This leaves viewers feeling incomplete and empty.

Nevertheless, there is still 18 episodes left and the anime is fine enough to merit a watch. It is worth watching in between your favorite anime episode releases. I will update my review once the series is complete.

Story[5] Art[7] Sound[6] Char[6] Enjoyment[8]

The story of Qin Yu's external arts cultivation continues.

Although the action continues, the sense of "hardwork pays off" is less prevalent in season 2. We see our hero gain powerups within the span of days and weeks, rather than the first season where he worked hard for years.

Side characters feel much more expendable than before and are treated as meals.

Although the plot leaves much to be desired, and character development has pretty much halted, the action scenes, which is the main reason why I watch some of these donghua, still delivers.

Although I hope future seasons are better, someone getting into ... this for the story, would best consider stopping after at 11:04 of episode 5, and appreciating an open ended ending, where our young hero will head forth into the cultivation world.

I don't even know why I finished this anime. Probably because it was so easy to stream on Netflix.

The story was horrendous. It started off well enough and showed some sort of semblance of a story. However, a few episodes in, it just became character introduction gallore. There were no of story. They just kept introducing weapons halfway through the series.

Art was okay. Nothing great, nothing really

I put 1 for Character since there were pretty much no development. Some characters shown earlier in the series didnt appear for a giant chunk of the series.

Enjoyment was ... poor because I assume I must have enjoyed something about it. But with the series being so chaotic, I don't quite remember.

Overall, the series left me wanting more of everything possible from a series. I wanted a more cohesive story that developed characters and plot... like most series do. Unless it's obvious that it's supposed to be episodic.