Darwin’s Game (2020) Detailed Anime Review

Director: Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Studio: Nexus
Genre: Action, Sci-Fi
Year Built: 2020
Episodes: 11
Anime Rating: 10/7

STORY FICTION AND PROCESSING

The first episode started very solid. We saw even a bit of romance from the first episode: drama, action, comedy (I think some of the severe places were funny). On top of that, we found a powerful, intelligent, and brave main character before us. However … Afterwards, our wisdom anime took our main character into a process of getting used to, and this process ended with the main character escaping, hiding, setting up tactics, and winning the war with his intelligence in order to end the war without killing anyone. At many points, he was not killed just as the main character, and other characters died instead. So if I give a brief special: Part 1 was better than all parts of the Anime except the final episode. The subject between the 2nd and the 8th episodes progressed too quickly, but in this process, the main character lost his strength and courage in the 1st part and entered the process of getting used to this death game. Between 8–10, the main character partially turned close to Part 1, and we saw a few and a half good battles in this process. In Episode 11, Anime reached the quality and potential it should have been. It was a very cool, brutal and beautiful part and it was very enjoyable. However, more than half of the Anime was spent with the main character’s absurd nonsense when we look at general fiction.

CHARACTER FICTIONS

Character fiction generally does not fail. It is especially effective in this that characters other than Kaname are aware of this death game’s weight and do not believe in the nonsense of winning without killing anyone. However, as I have shown in the story fiction of our main character, Kaname, it takes until the final part to get used to this death game logic and kill the killers and people who deserve it. This means that the whole of season 1 was officially passed by the main character coming to life and getting used to the logic of the game. It is nice if you want fiction that is processed to the digestion, but … Anime does not have 11 episodes and the second season in total. If this is a 24-episode anime, I would understand how to handle it, but it is nonsense to spend an entire season getting the main character to get used to the Anime’s logic. First of all, this means a season that should not be watched without season 2. Secondly, this is very boring handling. What is it about waiting for the main character to gather his mind and see the work’s weight during 11 episodes? Especially after she showed her in Chapter 1? I wouldn’t be so angry with this if it wasn’t for his extreme strength in Episode 1, but the guy in Part 1 doesn’t officially come back until Episode 8. And nothing heavy happens. It may even be said to be under more pressure in Episode 1 because it is the first time he’s involved in it. Consequently, when we look at the situation like this, this is not more than deceit such as “Let’s make the 1st Episode very beautiful and even the main character is very strong, brave and intelligent so that the audience can watch the new episodes.” It’s also ridiculous. After fighting like that in Episode 1, how can this guy fight worse in 8 episodes? What happened? Did he play his cousin instead in Episode 1? No? Besides, there were characters who died just because this idiot did not use his power and did not fight and was constantly running. This is running, walking around, setting up a plan, but then someone dies or fights until their hands and feet are cut off. Brother, you are the main character! WAR YOU LAN ?! BATTLE YOUR SON ?! WHAT IS THE EFFORT TO WIN A WAR FROM THIS WAR, WITHOUT KILLING ANYONE ?! As I said, okay, it is getting better in the finals, but this is always the case until the final. Someone is fighting, and the main character is missing; what is he doing? The plan dries up and hides. Oh, what a beautiful fiction, what a beautiful fiction. Anyways…

DRAWINGS AND VISUAL QUALITY

The drawings and visual effects are generally above average quality. However, there is a part that attracts my attention and looks bad about the character drawings, the distance between the eyes and the nose and mouth on the room’s face. So it seems obvious that this distance seems too long and strange that you will notice it when you watch it. I wish they would handle it properly instead of doing this because it grins a lot.

HOW ARE THE STAGES OF WAR?

The battle scenes are extreme in Episode 1 of the Anime. Some characters fight between 2–8 except the main character. They show very enjoyable battles, I do not eat their rights, but if we look at the main character, 2–8 is very unhappy. 8–10 is okay. And the final episode is too tough enough to overtake Episode 1. You know it’s pretty solid: the final battle is saying wow, so beautiful, so cool.

HOW WAS THE FINAL?

The finale was pretty meaningful. Frankly, I can say that I was not expecting such a final. His capture of the regions and the banning of D-Game playing in those regions was thought very well. It was also nice that they broke that ridiculous attitude of not killing in the finale, which is the only reason I have hope for Season 2.

CONCLUSION EVALUATION

As a result, we have an anime that is very enjoyable with its 1st episode and its finale, but with the unnecessarily slow main character development and unnecessary fast story progress, I cannot decide whether it is successful or unsuccessful. If season 2 comes out, I would say watch it very clearly, don’t miss it, but how logical is it to watch it without the 2nd season? I think it doesn’t make much sense. As I said, the whole season officially passes with the main character getting used to the death game theme, which is pretty annoying. In addition, although the main character is progressing extremely slowly, the story of the anime is progressing extremely fast, and the room feels very strange. My advice is, don’t watch it and wait for the second season.