Kyuukyoku Shinka Shita Full Dive RPG Ga Genjitsu Yori Mo Kusoge Dattara

Oh no. Not another anime whereby it involves using some system that has you fully dive into a VR gaming world and experience all its wonders. From the awesome and popular Sword Art Online to the less impressive Infinite Dendrogram, looks like now it is now the turn of Kyuukyoku Shinka Shita Full Dive RPG Ga Genjitsu Yori Mo Kusoge Dattara. Yeah, I had to copy and paste that long ass title here too. So did they purposely make that long ass title up so as to distract us from how crappy and generic this anime is going to be? Oh well, we all suckers were too late as we dived in to find out whether how true it was.

Episode 1
As narrated, the VR gaming world has advanced so much that you could literally link up all your senses and play the game like as though it’s your real life. But it soon hit a peak and everyone became bored of it. Because games are supposed to be fun and relaxing, advanced VRMMO games are now thought to be not fun. Hiroshi “Hiro” Yuuki is being given a pep talk by his teacher about his future. Like he gives a f*cks. How about playing some sports with his friend? Nah. Video games only for him. You bet Hiro’s life sucks because he gets extorted by bullies as protection money. Then as he goes to buy the latest game, Finalizing Quest 22, he finds he is short of cash. Gave too much extortion money? On his way home, he passes a shady game store. What are the chances this shop has FQ22? Asking the staff, Reona Kisaragi about it, she makes fun about its silly name and numbering. Yeah, I can say the same for Final Fantasy too! HAHA! But does she have FQ22 or not?! Yeah, she might have. After he hands his cash, he realizes it is a different game, Kiwame Quest (KQ). Money back, please! Too bad she cashes it in and gives all sorts of reasons why this game is better than FQ22. It has some adult elements… Oh Hiro, don’t let those huge boobs convince you… Too late… Since Reona plays the game too, she is willing to help out from time to time. Hiro returns only to realize this game is 10 years old! Can’t throw it away. He paid 10 grand for that! So he goes home and logs in. Pretty standard features. But he marvels at all the realism. All the senses are great. Even the pain. Ouch. There’s the exit button to make sure he is in a game and not isekai! He interacts with the NPCs. They are Alicia his childhood friend and her brother Martin who is also his best friend. They’re supposed to go pick apples but when Hiro says he wants to leave this place and head to Flora Castle as per instructed at the start, they start to panic. They tell him this town is cordoned off by the world due to goblin attacks. Hiro rubbishes all that and still wants to go so Martin beats him up! Real pain! Is this part of the tutorial?! Hiro realizes how much his life sucks so when he fights back, he accidentally kills Martin! Holy sh*t! Knife through his mouth! What now? RUN! Alicia gets mad and chases him! Hiro manages to hide in town. Oh, here is Reona. She’s a fairy? Oh, she is his support and this means other NPCs and monsters can’t interact with her. As her promise to help him, she takes a look at his tag to see his current status. Oh dear. Best friend killer? Game over?!

Episode 2
Hiro wants to restart but Reona says that is impossible. Data is retained in the hardware so even if you buy a new copy, your stats will be saved in it. The only way is to buy an entirely new VR set that costs a lot. Hiro wants his refund but Reona has a no refund policy. Couldn’t Hiro just stop playing this sh*t? Before you talk about suing and legal stuffs, Reona wants to look at this in a positive light. As KQ was only released in Japan but its player base dwindled throughout the years, there are a few that are still playing this game. One of them is Ginji and he too killed his best friend. That was 10 years ago and he could be found drinking in casinos. The next stop is to get him clothes but the town already has wanted posters of him. Better lie low. Hiro gets some hood but the shop owner blackmails him with a higher price to keep his mouth shut. Yeah, can’t rat out his paying customer, right? Soon, Hiro is found by Alicia! Oh sh*t! She still wants to kill him! Basically her idea is to kill him and then kill herself so they can join Martin and be friends again in the otherworld! Hiro manages to run for his life. And his title gets upgraded? Running Best Friend Killer? Yeah, you can accumulate titles. He wants to log out but the option is not available. KQ has this policy you can’t log out during combat. Which means… ALICIA IS HERE!!! A slash on his palm hurts so bad. That’s realism for you. Fortunately, Reona punches Alicia’s eyes for Hiro to get away. Hey, I thought she can’t interact?

Anyway, once Hiro is safe, he logs out. But soon a message from Reona to log back in tonight. Or else she’ll kill him! Can he just ignore her? But I guess his real life sucks so back to KQ. Before doing so, his little sister, Kaede warns him about playing the game because last night he was so noisy. Anyway, she’s not impressed with his nerdy hobby and thought he would go back to track and field he once was so interested. Not happening. Hiro returns to KQ in the exact same state. His palm still hurts and the bleeding can’t stop. His herb medicine didn’t work because as per realism, you have to boil it?! Suddenly a fat ugly guy comes up to him. Because of his old term usage, Hiro can tell he is Ginji. He brings him to the casino to talk about things. He too killed his best friend, Enrique. Because his sister wouldn’t shut up, he killed her too! Gosh. He did so because of the curiosity of killing NPCs. I mean, you old gamers are guilty for trying to shoot the dog in Duck Hunt too, RIGHT???!!! Ginji continues to explain how stats in KQ reflect your real life abilities. He notes that there was only a guy who completed the game, Kamui. Yeah, got a cool title too. The Eternally Invincible Never Bested Adventurer. Better than Ginji’s Not Human: Heartless! Hiro thinks Ginji can join his party but the latter declines since he isn’t young anymore and is in no shape. So how will he help? He unmasks Hiro and tells everyone the killer is here! Call the guards! Heartless indeed!

Episode 3
Hiro tries to escape but of course Ginji judos him. He is arrested and will be put on trial so Ginji advises him never to admit is a murderer or he’ll end up doing hard labour like him. Yeah, he is serving time of 13 years and is out on parole! So why doesn’t he quit the game?! He can’t… Along the way, it is part of the town’s traditions to throw stones and fruits at him. But what makes Hiro want to go to prison fast? Guess who is that one eyed avenger stalking him? ALICIA!!! Hurry and put me in my cell!!! Inside, he tries to log out but he can’t. Can’t log out in the midst of an event? Yeah, after waiting an hour, nothing happens! Still can’t log out. Suddenly he is spooked after seeing the ghost of Martin! Full dive horror! Martin wants him to remember their promise or else he will haunt him till he remembers! Get ready for Martin time! Oh sh*t! Vomiting blood all over! Hiro screams to Reona for help but it isn’t her who got him out but Mizarisa. She then takes him to her room with a bed. Then a prompt comes up that stimulation for this part is real, are you ready to experience it? Thinking that this might be some sexy adult time, you bet the power of boners has Hiro accept this. Okay then. Please lie on the bed and close your eyes. When everything is done, Mizarisa is in a dominatrix outfit. Turns out she is an inquisitor and she specializes in torture. This will determine if he is innocent or not. If he breaks during torture, he is guilty. If he can endure it, it means the blame will be put on the demons and he is set free. So I guess this isn’t some kinky S&M play Hiro expected, huh? HELP! F*ck! She’s going to saw off his leg!!! Reona arrives in time to help. Yeah, she was watching some anime. For the umpteenth time! So how does she help? By cheering him to do his best! Hiro is f*cked! So scared that he soiled his pants. Mizarisa loves it and looks forward to the torture! But looks like Hiro has given up. He doesn’t care anymore. Those dead eyes so real. Before Mizarisa could cut, the guard comes in and says the torture is cancelled thanks to Tesla the head guard ordering it. Hiro is freed and gained another unwanted title. Now he can quit. I guess you can’t blame him for rage quitting and vows never to play this sh*tty game again!

Episode 4
Back to reality. Good news: Pants not wet. This reminds him of an awful past incident. A time when he just entered high school and is taking part in a track meet, it seems this was an important one because there are scouts watching as well his biggest rival, Tatsuya Moriguchi participating. Not to mention a retired Olympic medallist turned sports writer, Mike McLachlan personally came to talk to him and saw hope in him. During the race, Hiro made a slow start. As he tries to catch up and near the finish line he trips! That’s not the worst part. Because that part is he then wet his pants!!! OMFG. You bet he became a laughing stock. Kaede tried to cheer him up but he lashed out at her seeing that this was the end of him. No more chances. Even Mike had something to say about this. Basically he has something worse than being unable to perform under pressure. Back to current time, another complain from Kaede about him being noisy last night. When Hiro claims he is quitting KQ, she is not amused and calls him a loser? I thought she wanted him to quit? Yeah, but giving up because he can’t beat it is entirely different. WTF… Next day in school, you can tell Hiro doesn’t give a f*ck anymore. Before the bullies can even ask for money, he just gives it to them. Shocking, huh? Teacher asks about his post-graduation plans. Sure. Whatever. He answers a call from Reona who needs him to come over. What a coincidence, he is on his way there too. He tries to sell back KQ and of course she brushes him off. She even laughs off that pants wetting incident. Anyway, she is here to show him a video from an assemblyman named Souichirou Kamui. In a recent interview, he admitted he was an addict to full dive RPGs. Safe to say, this guy is that Kamui who is the only player to beat KQ. Yes, he even has a walkthrough site. But why can’t players clear it then? Well, many don’t read through since most parts are in text form. And they’re insulting you! And those video walkthroughs, he is insulting the loser you are for resorting to this! Plus, lots of vague answers. No wonder many just gave up. And what’s this? Reona hugging Hiro from the back and claims she would love to marry the person other than Kamui who beats the game. Very tempting when those huge tits are pressing against your back! Trying to make the clincher by claiming she likes him. Hiro thinks it is a trap. He will not be fooled. But like every man’s weakness, the power of boner is too strong since Reona hints she can do it with him. Do you want to do it with her? Then log in tonight and continue the game. And so he is back where he last left off. The soiled smelly pants and ecstatic Mizarisa wants to keep this wet patch as her charm. Sighs… Hiro is taken to see the guard captain, Tesla.

Episode 5
Tesla has investigated Martin’s murder. Seems that if Hiro wanted to kill him, he would’ve used the sword in his room. Also, the angle of the knife even a knife master would struggle to get it so. Hence it was all just an accident and Hiro is acquitted. However this doesn’t dispel the fact that Alicia still wants to kill him so if he needs help, feel free to call him. Hiro thinks he is a free man now. But the townspeople still think he killed Martin and start throwing rocks. That’s realism for you. Hiro needs to get a job to buy some smoke bombs to escape Alicia. So if Hiro doesn’t want to break the law by robbing, time to go look for a job. Since his reputation is still not good, he has to get one at a shady employment agency rather than a guild. Hiro is being picky so he gets kicked out. The last option left is to borrow. From who? Let’s visit Ginji! Wait. How can Reona interact with Ginji? Anyway, Ginji won’t let him a cent and knows his pants soiling reputation. That word has become a taboo for Hiro so the guys clumsily fight as Reona cheers on this exciting ‘fantasy’ fight. Before Hiro could nail the finisher, he is haunted by Martin’s ghost. As Ginji explains, they randomly pop up to haunt you so get used to it. Speaking of which, here comes his. Reona thinks deep down Ginji might regret killing his friend too. Before Ginji returns to sleep, Reona lies that he lost a duel and must hand over his cash. Ginji mustn’t be thinking so here, take it all. And with that, Hiro has got a new title that includes him as a robber! Heading to buy smoke bombs, Hiro chooses this hot sexy chick store over to a shady old dude. But it’s the price to pay as she jacks up the price and charges him more for just choosing her! Lesson: Never just go by appearances. He should apply the same to Reona too… Hiro returns home to get the sword. However Alicia is waiting!!! OH SH*T!!! Throw those smoke bombs!!! What do you mean you have to light it up to use?! Before Hiro is dead meat, who is it that comes to his rescue? Sorry, it’s not Tesla. Mizarisa! She won’t let any b*tch kill her favourite bed wetter.

Episode 6
So, if Tesla has absolute judicial authority and everyone knows it and Mizarisa is going to kill anyone who disrespects his judgment, so why didn’t she protect Hiro from all those unruly townspeople who stoned Hiro after the verdict? Anyway, Mizarisa’s great sense of smell led her to him. Yeah, the ammonia in his pee in his pants is strong! However Alicia refuses to acknowledge Hiro’s innocence. She is pretending not to hear Tesla’s verdict so she can kill him! Both fight and although Mizarisa is stronger, Alicia is faster. Damn, is this girl a ninja or a certain ghost?! She can climb on ceilings!!! Mizarisa reveals her true intention to protect Hiro: So she can kill him later! However Mizarisa gets knocked out when she didn’t expect Alicia to give her powerful kick to the guts. Now it’s Hiro’s turn to die! Thankfully he didn’t soil his pants this time as he thinks of Kamui’s vague hints to get out of this sticky situation without fighting. Aha! Grab her boobs! Alicia not impressed. He will now die! Yeah, seeing Martin going to drag him to the afterlife with him! Hiro then goes for broke by saying he loves her. Alicia is confused and calls him a liar but Hiro’s smooth act and words makes her drop her knives. Alicia still blames him and if he considered Martin’s death to be an accident, why did he run away? Alicia leaves but this leaves Hiro realizing that he was in the wrong all along. Martin was his best friend but yet he didn’t try to help him but ran away. Then he goes to the tree where they made their promise as he summons out Martin. Sorry, not going to die yet. Although he doesn’t expect to be forgiven, he wants Martin to come with him. A flashback is shown to Hiro of their younger days. Hiro sounding like a dork? Anyway the promise is to be best friends forever. With that, Martin feels at ease and ascends to heaven. I guess Martin time’s over. Hiro is sad since he really wanted Martin to join him. So he got a new title, huh? Best Best Friend Killer: The Best Amicide. WTF does that even mean? The church bells are heard ringing. Oh no. The town is on fire! What do you mean such event never happened before in the game?!

Episode 7
Everyone is so selfish trying to save themselves, they won’t tell what’s happening. Maybe the blacksmith whom Hiro is going to restore his sword might help. It seems the goblins are attacking the town! The moat around the town has dried up due to the draught. Hiro needs the rust off his sword but the blacksmith has no time to do it for him. Do it yourself. Well, this is going to take forever. As a hero, he can’t sit by and let those goblins attack. Reona warns him of doing so because the goblins are super strong and he will no doubt die. So? There’s something terrible if you die in KQ. Oh sh*t. But nope. You won’t die nor will you have some body part broken. Rather, the console will break! She explains the lawsuit people tried to sue over it but the company used its massive funds and influence to stamp them all. In the end, all the returns got stored in some warehouse. So Reona just admitted she sold to him the sh*ttiest game and over the list price, huh? She tells him to save and log out now but since he wants to take a quick peak at the goblins, oh damn, they’re ugly mothers! IS THIS WHAT EVIL YODA LOOKS LIKE?! But then he sees a lost crying girl. Oh dear. Want to save her? Despite Reona’s attempts to dissuade him that she is just NPC, Hiro doesn’t want any more deaths after his incident with Martin. Oh well, let’s see how brave are you know when the lone goblin kills all the guards! Too bloody! Too gory! With Reona distracting it, Hiro goes to take the girl and run. Oh sh*t. Another goblin ahead. Out of options? Since this girl looks like a young Kaede, he tells her to run through the alley. But the goblins go after her. Hiro gives chase and as the girl is about to get clobbered, Hiro turns into The Flash and saves her! What speed! Hiro thinks this must be some game bug. All assured as Tesla is here. Something says when the goblins get afraid and start running. You bet because Tesla easily slices them apart! He is after all the strongest NPC. Viewing Hiro’s heroics, Tesla wants him to join his elite guard as he needs all the power he can get. Hiro relishes to become a hero and signs up. Yeah, the pay too. He takes this chance to log out. Seems he likes KQ as a game now and looks forward to play it tonight. But first, he seeks Kamui’s walkthrough on how to deal with goblins. He lists several options but joining Tesla’s group is the worst as your survival rate is only 0.1%!

Episode 8
Looking through the walkthrough further, it seems Kamui has a specific walkthrough for those who killed their best friend! Yeah, your survival rate just increased to 0.5%! Though, the hints feel like warning because he hints something terrible will break him after enduring 5 days of training. Hiro contemplates of quitting KQ now. But looks like he can’t. Hence he goes to apologize to Kaede that there might be screaming tonight. It is true he only ran away after he quit running. But he would like to see this game through. Whatever. Kaede not impressed. Don’t bother me. Hiro returns to KQ. Tesla has him meet Queen Govern who immediately hugs him. Her boobs touching him makes him squeal and Reona has a field day teasing him. Tesla then introduces him to the other guards. But he is not the only new recruit. Granada and Palu are new ones too. Damn, don’t they look like gangsters! Hiro is shown his quarters by Bob. They resume training under Amos who doesn’t like Hiro one bit. Hiro also meets Cathy. She is the one who took care of the little girl Hiro saved from the goblins. Amos picks Hiro for the mock sword fight. In short, Hiro is freaking weak and gets owned! This makes everyone who has hope on him disappointed. Now, Granada is a strong dude and easily overpowers Amos. This is more like it. Thanks to all that, Hiro is ostracized. Even in next day’s training, he is ‘demoted’ to just practising swings. He has to. I mean, if training was easy, nobody would’ve spent years doing it, right? So suck it up and start swinging! Granada and Palu mock him about killing his friend and that he might come after them. Despite being cleared by Tesla, they warn him not to drag them down. Thanks to Cathy, Hiro learns a bit more. Next day, Hiro is pit to fight Granada. In short, this weakling still loses. Granada and Palu tell him to just quit if he is going to be this weak. Or else just pay them for the privilege to stay with them. Does this sound familiar? Yeah. This has Hiro remember this is no different than his pathetic real life.

Episode 9
Depressed? Reona brings him to a counselling office. But the officer blames him at fault and suggests he quit! Apparently that office is only for wounds so wasted time there. Cathy suggests baptism but the nun just splashed holy water all over him! Uhm, is that it? Too bad nothing changes as he gets his ass whooped even by Palu. Even when he surrenders, he continues to beat him up. Cathy brings Amos to stop but he ignores it. Worse, Granada and Palu bully Cathy into making her admit that Hiro isn’t her friend because those who are will get the same treatment. WTF Reona laughing because his friend also betrayed him?! Hiro is really down but Reona promises to use her holy fairy powers to do something. Next day, it seems Granada’s boots went missing. It was found in the ditch. Then his sword goes missing too. Found in the toilet bowl. He is quick to blame Hiro but others point out he has no proof and Hiro helped in the search. When the nurse lost her panties but found it in Granada’s bag, he insults her. This time everyone defends the nurse and starts accusing him of being the baddie. Even Palu betrays him and stops being friends with him. This makes Granada quit. Then Tesla arrives with a letter saying that it was Amos’ doing. The letter is from Palu. Both deny this. But that is when a tearful Cathy admits all of them were being awful to Hiro. Since Amos isn’t repentant, they accuse him of being a useless instructor. Tesla doesn’t have proof about Granada’s case but the fact that none of the soldiers defended it shows his true character. He is relieved of his duties. Amos cries and it breaks Hiro’s heart to see him like that despite everyone else apologizing for being mean to him. Later it is of course revealed Reona did all this bad stuffs. And Hiro got a new wicked devilish title from it! Unrepentant Reona even wants to go further and bring justice to Palu but looks like Hiro is done for. Tomorrow is the day the goblins attack and he isn’t ready. He’ll go as far as he can. A serious Reona thanks him for playing KQ and will reveal why she was so desperate to find someone to play it.

Episode 10
Apparently 10 years ago Reona met Kamui in the game. She was in love with him and asked him to date her. However he rejected her because her boobs were too big! WTF?! Ever since, she swore revenge and will find somebody to beat the game. Then she’ll marry him and at their wedding, show the middle finger to him! OMFG… I was a fool to believe it was something serious… That night, Tesla talks to Hiro and knows he is trying to leave the city. Tesla hints he wants to leave too if not being tied up with his job. But he’ll think about it and go with Hiro once this goblin invasion is over. Hiro logs out to check the walkthrough. He gets the scare of his life when Kaede is watching him?! She got worried on what he said earlier and checked on him. He teases her she was worried for him but it’s back to the usual sibling quarrel as she storms out. Hiro checks Kamui’s walkthrough. Hmm… I guess we’ll have to see what it is when Hiro puts it into action in the game. Returning to the game, on the day of the goblins’ attack, Tesla introduces 2 new soldiers as replacement: Mizarisa and Alicia! HOLY SH*T!!! Furthermore, Tesla has them team up with Hiro because he thinks they know each other and should take this chance to patch things up. Oh sh*t… As they patrol the city, they see a robbery in action. Hiro too weak to stop so Alicia cuts off the thief’s hand! Oh sh*t! They make him spill the beans that a ringleader is making them do this. His hideout is at the casino as they see many hostages among the thieves. Ginji is among the hostages. As the girls fight the bandits, Hiro goes to free the hostages. Turns out Ginji is the ringleader as he takes Hiro hostage. Apparently he is doing this to make a profit. Hiro is upset about this and wants to settle things with him. Before the guys could do it, an unimpressed Alicia knocks Ginji out and scolds them to stop this farce. End of fight. Ginji and the thieves are arrested but it could be all part of Ginji’s plan. By purposely committing crimes, he’ll be sent to prison where he’ll get free food and stay safe from goblins. Then the alert sounds. The goblins are here. Hiro suddenly has a bad case of stomach ache. Oh dear. Don’t want to soil his pants. Better go do his business now. Just as he finishes, he notices a goblin peeking at him!

Episode 11
Thanks to Mizarisa decapitating him, Hiro is safe. In actuality, she wanted to take a peek at him taking a dump but the goblin beat her to it. It was easy to cut its head while it was distracted. Mizarisa wants to torture-cum-pleasure Hiro now but looks like Alicia won’t be allowing that. Before another catfight begins, time to find Tesla. Hiro then experiences another stomach ache. Didn’t he get it all out? Looks like as long as he is nervous, he will continue to suffer from this. Reona wants to hear the truth of why he suffers like that but after telling it all, she laughs her ass off! As expected. But thanks to all her teasing, his stomach feels better now. Not sure if that was part of her plan… They see Tesla and his men fight the goblins. You call that number an army?! Why, there are more spaces between the goblins! Mizarisa and Alicia show their might as they chop out the goblins. Yeah, Hiro doesn’t even need to help. Just spectate. When Govern’s residence is threatened by a lone goblin, Tesla believes it is One Eye. True enough, it is him. Tesla fought him once a long time before while he was patrolling the outskirts. He blinded an eye but he managed to get away. Now Tesla orders his men to bring out the cage. Mizarisa tries to assist Tesla fighting One Eye but gets knocked out via a single kick in the gut. Now it’s Alicia’s turn. Then the men return with the cage. What’s this? Goblin prisoners?! Because this stuns One Eye, Tesla manages to defeat him. However Hiro realizes the whole truth. When Ginji was imprisoned, he heard strange noises from a different cell. He thought it was prisoners but now he realizes they were goblins. In fact, these goblins are captured and confined long time ago. After Tesla decapitates One Eye, he praises Hiro for being smart. One Eye is their father! Govern is in cohorts with him to abduct goblins and keep people from leaving this place. As this place is outside the control of every kingdom in this world, you could say they are their own little nation. Goblins are smart and peaceful creatures. Unless provoked, they rarely attack humans. Hence by abducting them, they use the goblins’ wrath to keep the people in as a tool for them to rule this city. Tesla then kills his men. All those who knows this secret must die. That includes you too, Hiro.

Episode 12
Before Hiro gets done in, Alicia protects him! OMG! Time for a dramatic goodbye. So why you saved him? She had a dream whereby Martin told her to move on. So when she heard he joined Tesla’s guards, she joined to protect him. She laments she has been awful to him since. With Alicia’s death, Hiro gets mad. Tesla strikes but misses? Fluke? He strikes again but this time Hiro blocks it. How can this be? Flashback shows Kamui’s revelation about the secret technique that isn’t just limited to KQ. Apparently when you draw out all your emotions and convictions, these let you exceed your limits. Seems you can do that in real life too. So as Hiro fights on par with Tesla and is about to win, his sword breaks! Damn! Back to being a wuss. Before he dies, a vision of Martin? Hiro apologizes he is dead and Alicia too. But Martin isn’t sad. He wants him to take him along this time. Because Hiro’s broken sword now becomes a lightsaber?! Tesla is shocked he is using a cursed sword and is going to finish this with his ultimate technique. Hiro is not worried, though. You’re the cursed one! Final battle and it turns out… HIRO LOST!!! Damn, what a let-down after all that build up. Actually Govern played dirty and hit the back of his knees! This allowed Tesla to stab him.

With his console fried, Hiro should feel relieved but can’t help feeling sad. After all that he has been through, I understand he came this close to winning. Why, Reona is even willing to rent him a new set for free! Call it service for her future husband! Hiro then realizes a secret entry on Kamui’s walkthrough that didn’t appear before. It seems there is a secret technique that can have you restart an hour before you die! After booting up the new console, insert the broken game and just recite this gibberish within 10 seconds! Hiro is ecstatic because this means he can save Alicia. He tells Reona this but she thinks he is nuts. You mean Hiro remember all that gibberish?! Well, I guess he is desperate. However he wants a month before he gives KQ a try again. That’s because he starts training and this rekindles his love for running. Even if Kaede still spites him but at least she sees him in a new light. Even his friend can tell he has changed for the better. What about the bullies? They think he has been working out to beat them up. Actually, the thought of Tesla defeating him pisses him off so he snaps at that jerk. This scares the bullies and they leave him alone. That’s all they have in them? Hiro fears they have the wrong idea of him. Hey, at least they won’t bother you now. As Hiro waits for Reona who is late, he dozes off and dreams of Kamui. Arrogant jerk mouthing off as usual. But this time Hiro says back, if he knew this secret technique, does that mean he also had his console fried? Kamui denies. Now Hiro is prepared to dive back in KQ, a game that is sh*ttier than real life! Masochist…

Fool’s Dive – So Real It Hurts!
Oh what the heck?! So they leave us with that sort of ‘cliff-hanger’?! Hiro getting to retry KQ again but that’s it for us?! I guess that is our sh*tty experience for watching this crap! Not even giving this series a proper closure! Sure, I know this might give rise to a sequel but looking back at how sh*tty everything was, do you think that is possible? Maybe the producers would like to torture us again in the future but I doubt they can do that if they don’t have the funds… Yeah… Hence the only thing that is so unreal about KQ is giving Hiro a second try at the game! THAT IS SO F*CKING UNREALISTIC! YOU DON’T GET TO DO THAT IN LIFE!!! So, uhm, not so sh*tty after all with that ‘cheat code’? Oh well, not that we cared at this point.

Well, the plot doesn’t feel really concrete at all because it is mainly about Hiro being coaxed into playing KQ and make use of every penny he has been scammed out of from buying the crappiest game in history. But I guess since Hiro doesn’t get trapped there indefinitely like in some animes like Overlord and Log Horizon, in a way it feels even crappier. I mean, if he is not trapped like those aforementioned series, there is no reason why he should dedicate his time and effort to level up or increase his skill. He can log out (whenever the chance arises) and just carry on with his mundane reality. No real life threats there. Oh well, if his real life sucks this much, what is else there to say? Even in the game itself, the plot feels iffy and more like side quests. I mean, the first half feels more like Hiro trying to run away from Alicia who turned into relentless avenger killer. Even if that is supposed to be the main plot from the unfortunate route he has taken, it still feels like one big messy side quest. Once he made peace with Martin and calmed-cum-confused the hell out of Alicia’s feelings, the plot now shifts to the goblins’ invasion on the city. Damn, if Goblin Slayer played this game, he is really going to get a kick out of this one. BRING ON MORE GOBLINS, I SAY!!!

So I thought this part was a bit boring and draggy either because damn, they have to put in that pathetic training arc of Hiro joining the mercenaries and getting bullied just like in real life? Oh wow. You escape into the game to escape reality but reality catches up with you and bites you in the ass. The only shocking part for me was that the goblins aren’t the real antagonists here. I mean, I always had my doubts on Tesla being a good guy and all because my guts were telling me that there are more than meets the eye to this capable leader of the city’s guards. I just didn’t see it coming that it had some sort of connections with the goblins. So that part caught me off guard and held my interest for a while. But largely otherwise, this anime mostly feels like running around in circles with all the crap and shenanigans. I mean, right at the start of the game, Hiro was told to leave this place for some castle. Sounds like an easy task, right? Well, right up till the end, we’re still stuck in this city!

KQ being labelled as the sh*ttiest game in history could also serve as a cover up to hide how bad the plot and direction of this series is. I mean, when you set your expectations so low, how low can it get, right? So all the real pain and sensation felt by Hiro as part of the game’s aesthetics are more for comical purposes because you see Hiro in surprise on how far they go for realism. Yeah, who the heck wants to experience taking a dump in a game?! Don’t be surprised if there is really a sh*t simulator out there… Some rules felt made up because Reona in the game as character that others except Hiro cannot interact with, how comes she is seen being able to talk to Ginji and that part whereby she could poke Alicia’s eyes? So is she lying? And this Ginji character, it was intriguing that he has been stuck playing this game for so long. It would’ve been interesting if they explore this and his circumstances but I guess they forgot about it. Or it wasn’t important in the first place.

Hiro as the main character, well, he is pretty meh and useless. Both in real life and in the game. So as to make him a game otaku and nerd, the tragic part of how he is bullied in real life and a very unfortunate track event that screwed his future and went downhill all the way. Sometimes, I think that if this series wasn’t focused on Hiro playing this sh*tty VR game, perhaps if Hiro became a real life depressed high school student, it could have been a bit more interesting. What I’m saying is that we could have a glimpse of Hiro trying to eke out his uneventful days and it would provide some good drama fodder. But now he drowns himself in VR games and with the latest KQ on his hands, hence the shenanigans and crappiness. After all, this is supposed to be a comedy and had it been that dark drama I suggested, well, it wouldn’t be funny but a whole lot depressing.

So this is the excuse and plot that drives Hiro to become a recluse and end up playing his VR games, huh? Well, from what I can see from his performance in KQ, he sucks too. Okay, can’t complain as he isn’t an overpowered character. But to see him be a wuss all the way and become to butt of a lot of jokes, damn this guy is pretty useless. Even more so during the goblins’ large scale invasion of the city, Hiro didn’t even fight a single goblin! He is just spectating and shelling out comments and the likes! Hey, I thought that was Reona’s role?! Sure, being a weak character means he can’t do much and thus keeping himself alive by not getting into battles that would otherwise get himself killed. Which is supposed to be okay because he hates the game, right? But nope. With Reona’s enticing charms, this loser has to see it through. Well, I guess if you give up this game halfway, it not only means he wasted his money but also proves that he is a loser for giving up. My, a catch-22 situation he is in, huh? Damned if he does, damned if he doesn’t. But that doesn’t excuse Hiro for being an unlikeable main character. I mean, I don’t really hate him but I have no sympathy to support him whatsoever. Yeah, now I understand how Kaede feels! And the last episode temporary power up feels so cliched and predictable that even Reona had to make a snide remark how this is so shonen manga-esque. Yeah. Plot convenience is the other word.

Speaking of Reona then. Gotta get this off my chest… BOOBS!!! Yup, this is what she is. I feel they deliberately created her character this way just to draw horny guys into this trap. Yup, gotta admit I must be one of those guys. Heh. She is responsible for about half of the cheesy fanservice of this series because those twin peaks, oh damn, those huge racks are so big that it feels like they’re going to explode any time! Serious! Each time Reona gets into the picture, whether in real life or in the game, the first thing that’ll distract you are her huge tits. Hey people, my eyes are down there! I don’t know, I feel that if I use a small needle and poke her boobs, it’ll pop and explode! I just can’t shake off this feeling… So yeah, those glorious boobs could probably be the biggest swaying factor for many guys to get the crappiest things they don’t need. Doesn’t have to be KQ or any other video games. Those tits can make you buy anything! Dangerous indeed. The other boobs killer is Govern. With a name like that, who governs those twin peaks anyway?! HAHAHA!!! Sighs…

Anyway, Reona her role I believe she is supposed to be some joker or comic relief character because I often noticed that many of her part involves making silly jokes or comebacks on Hiro. She is somewhat a not so honourable person too. You think that she might be doing something out of the good of her heart but in the end, the big twist turns out to be there is some hidden ulterior motive to all that. You’ll feel like a fool for taking her seriously. Especially when she laughs her ass off like as though this whole thing is a big joke. Okay, maybe in hindsight, everything in here is a joke! Of course, it’s all supposed to be part of the punchline and joke. And yeah, Reona does really have bad luck with men. Doing all this silly KQ thing just to spite the guy who rejected her. Then having end up with Hiro the loser and now Tesla the NPC character whom she admires so much turns out to be a bad guy. Wow. I guess those tits aren’t so great now, huh? That’s why in the last scene, she had to tease us by using them to wake up Hiro and ruin his dream with Kamui. Putting those tits to good use for the first time, huh? I bet Kamui’s life advice teaching to Hiro should he be so interested to follow is to stay away from big breasted women! Yeah…

I’m not sure if this is considered a harem anime because the ladies here sure doesn’t feel like one. I don’t know, they feel a lot empty too. Like Alicia who feels more a yandere character and someone who keeps Hiro on his toes. Even if she has lost the will to stalk and kill Hiro, that lingering effect is still there. So if Hiro slips up, she might just do him in for real this time. She redeems herself in death but remember, she’s going to get that second chance with Hiro retrying the game. Then there is Mizarisa who is a crazy torture b*tch. Twisted in the head and loves guys who pee in their pants. Yeah, we must remember this tragic running joke on Hiro. Harem protagonists love it when girls fight over him. Not Hiro. Alicia and Mizarisa’s clash is mainly all about who gets to give pain to Hiro! He better hope they always end up in a draw to keep the balance between them and of course his life.

Feeling very underutilized is Kaede. From the credits, it gives the impression she could be a major character. Heck, I thought she could be impersonating as one of the NPC characters! Cathy, maybe?! Isn’t that why Cathy isn’t part of the harem even though she is NPC like Alicia and Mizarisa? Suspicious… Anyway, Kaede is your character who once loved her brother but now all that love turned to hate. We saw why. Now that Hiro has turned into a gaming nerd, the more her detest for him. But I just can’t help wonder this conspiracy theory of mine that she still actually loves him and is just being a tsundere. You know, she is waiting for the moment that onii-chan will return back to his normal self with pride. I mean, what good would it do if she tried the softer approach and being nice to him? Amai na! That’s not the brother she admired. I don’t think she really hates him and there is still a little shred of hope in her heart that he might return to his glory days. Just wait a little longer. Okay, maybe slightly longer.

Art and animation feel okay but there are some parts of the animation that I feel makes things look cheap and low quality. For instance, Hiro who already looks generic enough, at some points he looks a bit comical. Especially when he goes into that flabbergasted look, damn his face looks funny. I mean, not the comical funny kind of funny. The weird kind of funny. Not sure if this is intentional, though. And some goblin designs, they aren’t the most ferocious goblins out there but I still can’t get my mind off that some of them look like horror version of Star Wars’ Yoda! Yikes. There are some blood and gore too but they aren’t scary enough to make you sh*t in your pants. So much for our realism, huh? Heh. Thank goodness. This anime is done by Engi who did Hataage! Kemono Michi and Uzaki-chan Wa Asobitai. I wonder if there’s a connection since we’ve got a super busty babes in each of these series. Can Reona match up to the sugoi dekai of Uzaki and the dumb and dumber Carmilla?

Voice acting, Ayana Taketsu feels at home playing as Reona. Just like Ui in Okusama Ga Seitokaichou and Risya in Kimi To Boku No Saigo No Senjou Arui Wa Sekai Ga Hajimaru Seisen. Then there is Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kamui, he tries to sound a lot like Inosuke from Kimetsu No Yaiba. No pig head this time. Just a crow mask. Others I recognized are Satoshi Hino as Tesla and Shizuka Itou as Govern. Once again I thought it was Natsuki Hanae as Hiro but turns out to be, you’ve guessed it, Daiki Yamashita. Man, got to start seriously differentiate them apart. The other casts are Ai Fairouz as Alicia (Hibiki in Dumbbell Nan Kilo Moteru), Shiori Izawa as Mizarisa (Tanpopo in Witch Craft Works), Aoi Koga as Kaede (titular character in Kaguya-sama Wa Kokurasetai), Haruki Ishiya as Martin (Mordred in Radiant), Katsuyuki Konishi as Ginji (Fuegoleon in Black Clover), Kanae Itou as Cathy (Saten in To Aru Kagaku No Railgun), Kazuyuki Okitsu as Amos (Nagare in K) and Gakuto Kajiwara as Bob (Asta in Black Clover).

The opening theme is Answer by Mayu Maeshima. This hard rock outfit would’ve fit animes like Sword Art Online and Overlord. Seeing the comical nature of this series, it just feels off. The ending theme is Kisuida by Hiro’s, ahem, harem. Oh you know, the quartet of Reona, Alicia, Mizarisa and Kaede. Your typical lively anime pop but made even more chaotic with the ladies speaking inaudible lines together at certain parts. Messy. So does everybody love Hiro or just want to kill him?

Overall, this show isn’t all that bad but it is not really that good either. So it’s average, huh? Okay, I’ll say it is mediocre at best because of a wimpy main character, his harem girls who seem to just want to torment him, a plot that doesn’t matter, and everything else that just feel okay and barely passable. It defies logic of human nature to play a game that is so sh*tty and way worse than your own real life. And to show my appreciation of watching this series, I’m going to award it the title of: Best Amazing Generic Crappy Mediocre Anime With Wuss Main Character Who Pissed In His Pants And His Exploding Tits Boobs Shoved In Your Face Sidekick And Pseudo Harem That Are Just Laughable And Pitiful, Baited For Losers Who Have Nothing Else Better To Watch But Out Of Sheer Guilty Pleasure. Yeah, I laughed so hard coming up with that lame title but thankfully I didn’t pee in my pants, thank you ;p.

P/S: You know what they say, once a sh*t, always a sh*t. Even if sh*t turns into gold, it’s still a golden turd. Thank you for listening to my words of (sh*tty) wisdom.