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It's clear from the massively polarized reviews of this anime that many people didn't get it and probably quit after only a few episodes. You'd think the way the anime spelled it's premise out continuously from the very beginning there wouldn't be this much contention, but maybe I expect too much from the average viewer.

Over and over again they drive home the point: 'this game is as real as real life,' In fact they at one point say: 'it's MORE real than real life.'

It's not like most Isekais in that respect, but here's the skinny: getting over trauma or real difficulties in your ... life is not pretty and not easy. This anime is a tribute to that fact both literally and metaphorically in unison. Real life rarely goes how you expect it too and sometimes it throws you a total shit storm. I saw this anime as a showcase of how the MC deals with all the tribulations thrown at him, with pretty clear lines drawn between his in-game and out-of-game life. So if you're looking for a story of continued perseverance even when seemingly futal, or if you can relate to this, watch.

I'm not going to lie, it was pretty brutal to watch the MC go through so much and maybe I continued watching this because I relate to that or maybe it's my dark sense of humor, but the true beauty of this anime is that all the people who didn't finish watching it would be the same people not finishing the game in the show. And they never saw where the show and game end up because they quit, the same as if the MC were to quit the game. And also like the game: apparently this is most people.

But maybe in this analogy that makes me the walkthrough guide Soichiro, so I'm definitely not giving you any spoilers. You didn't finish? "listen cupcake, I told you everything I'm gonna tell ya. You plan on toddling through life riding my coat tails through every wittle calamity?"

Just watch and finish the show and "once you've cleared it you'll get behind the real mystery" and viewers would do best to take Soichiro's advice: "keep your eyes open and your mind alert" both when watching anime and in real-real life.