A lot of the reviews here call the anime confusing. It's not all that complex. The real world and the game differentiate vastly. There's also scenes of him logging in and out of the game. Everything doesn't always have to be explained in a story.
Other than that, this is an anime that just focuses on a boy playing a game with an end goal in mind. If you like the RPG anime genre, I'd recommend this one.
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babraham-2681125 October 2021
Warning: Spoilers
The Silver Guardian itself is a cliche in itself of an anime show. This doesn't mean that I'm saying it's bad, though.
The animation is good in terms of meeting expectations & the music synchronizes well with the intro, a tame outro, & throughout each episode.
My issue with this show is the pacing of the storyline:
Season 1 started out with 12-14 min episodes, which I thought seemed like a good idea, being "short but sweet", at first. Unfortunately, the whole beginning portion seemed to drag along due to the fact that each episode only lasted for 13-odd minutes compared to the usual 23-30 min episode length which does get incorporated into Season 2.
Then, more cringe moments for me started to pop up going into the new season: -Character development appears lackluster with the MC, for example, becoming too much of a perfect character; to be honest, would've liked him to behave more structured rather than excessively heroic with his cliche lines.
-Speaking of lines, halfway through the 2nd season, wherein major battles start to occur, there is SO MUCH dialogue; I felt dragged down with all this unnecessary commentary that I just wanted the fighting to be done and over with. I can see why TSG's creators would add dialogue so that everyone can stay on the same page in regards to the plot itself, its developments, & specificities. However, when there's too much of an explanation, it really takes away for focus of the current situation and becomes annoyingly bland, like explaining a joke after saying it prior.
-The 2nd season didn't have much content with only 6 episodes premiering what I complained about prior.
With the cliffhanger at the end, I wonder if EMON will even consider continuing this series as it is. Furthermore, as I've mentioned previously, there seem to be a few bumps regarding the structure of its characters and its storyline pacing. I definitely think Season 3 is still a possibility; they really NEED to just fix the incongruences of TSG's core outline to make sure to get back on track into something refined.
The animation is good in terms of meeting expectations & the music synchronizes well with the intro, a tame outro, & throughout each episode.
My issue with this show is the pacing of the storyline:
Season 1 started out with 12-14 min episodes, which I thought seemed like a good idea, being "short but sweet", at first. Unfortunately, the whole beginning portion seemed to drag along due to the fact that each episode only lasted for 13-odd minutes compared to the usual 23-30 min episode length which does get incorporated into Season 2.
Then, more cringe moments for me started to pop up going into the new season: -Character development appears lackluster with the MC, for example, becoming too much of a perfect character; to be honest, would've liked him to behave more structured rather than excessively heroic with his cliche lines.
-Speaking of lines, halfway through the 2nd season, wherein major battles start to occur, there is SO MUCH dialogue; I felt dragged down with all this unnecessary commentary that I just wanted the fighting to be done and over with. I can see why TSG's creators would add dialogue so that everyone can stay on the same page in regards to the plot itself, its developments, & specificities. However, when there's too much of an explanation, it really takes away for focus of the current situation and becomes annoyingly bland, like explaining a joke after saying it prior.
-The 2nd season didn't have much content with only 6 episodes premiering what I complained about prior.
With the cliffhanger at the end, I wonder if EMON will even consider continuing this series as it is. Furthermore, as I've mentioned previously, there seem to be a few bumps regarding the structure of its characters and its storyline pacing. I definitely think Season 3 is still a possibility; they really NEED to just fix the incongruences of TSG's core outline to make sure to get back on track into something refined.
Confusing!
jeromemeim29 April 2020
Story is so musguided
damage-8908621 February 2020
Love the anime.
jeromeboodlal11 May 2021
Excellent, waiting for another season
petergedyepg4 April 2024
I don't understand why people are giving such less rating I think it has a great story and animation is also very good. I can't understand what people expect from isekai harem anime which was not in here, because this is a Masahiko Ôkura and
Ken Andô anime, however the girls are getting interested in the MC .
It was just how I like to see. If you want to see deep anime with complicated story then you shouldn't expect it from it. It is pretty entertaining anime with op mc. I think it deserves next season for sure.
Gaming anime is always fun.
The story is a little strange, but it felt like they were trying to push in as much storyline as possible to bring on more episodes and season.
I really hope they revive this one.
It was just how I like to see. If you want to see deep anime with complicated story then you shouldn't expect it from it. It is pretty entertaining anime with op mc. I think it deserves next season for sure.
Gaming anime is always fun.
The story is a little strange, but it felt like they were trying to push in as much storyline as possible to bring on more episodes and season.
I really hope they revive this one.
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