Review of Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online
Mannn... This is such a nostalgic trip for me personally. This is my first ever seasonal anime I ever watch, so I might be biased but this anime is awesome. Mind you that I never watch any other SAO franchise. So my review is also gonna be very different from people who is a die hard fan of the franchise. All I know about SAO is that if you die in game, you die in real life too, but with this anime its not really the case, kind of. After doing a little research I found out that GGO is a game where SAO 2take place. So with that in mind, this is like an alternate universe or something? But they also reference the original SAO in here, yeah idk about the timeline.
The story take place in 2026 where VR games are all the rage, now with more safety included. Follow a college student with height complex. But instead of being short complex, this girl have the being tall complex. She try to avoid reality because she is very tall. Really love the unique comedy this anime bring with the tall complex thingy. Like there's one scene where she got kabedon'd and of course it looks goofy because she is taller than the man. Not gonna lie, the comedy in here is always on point, I find myself laughing every episode. Even to the point where I can't wait for the action scene to end just to see the character interaction. Also again that is probably biased because I'm a Slice of Life fans.
As a person who don't watch action anime that often, I'm actually quite impressed they can make me hooked on the fight scene. Sometimes I got flabbergasted because before I realize it, the ED song is already playing. Btw, I never skip the ED song because its feel nostalgic, taking me back to 2018 when everything is still okay. While the OP itself, I rarely pay attention because its just sounds like generic action-pumped anime song. Though if its compared to other popular shonen fighting anime, this one is gonna be below average. There are not really any stake at play here because they fight inside a game, even if they're dead, they can respawn. And I quite love that, cus that mean I don't need to grief when I lose another cute anime girls.
The MC design is very contrast with each other. In real life we have this tall gorgeus woman, while in game she is a little chubby pink girl, unapologetically pink. Everything is pink about her. Beside the MC, we also have other supporting characters. Its so clever too. We can immediately judge which one gonna play which role in the anime based on their design alone. There's a big plot twist in the last episode, and it can be suspected if you're really keen about every characters, but since I already watch it once, I just enjoy the anime without trying to theorize anything. Though I might say by rewatching the series, its also kind of lose its appeal because the mysterious girl is not so mystery anymore.
This might turns out to be a personal yapping down the memory lane rather than an actual review of the anime, but isn't review is also a personal yapping? Yeah idk. Life really has changed a lot since then. I remember I also watch Kobayashi-san as a side anime, but then I stop watching anime. The animation if compared with nowadays anime, of course it will lose. But one thing that stand out is that this anime have a lot of shootout scene. As a fan of FPS games, it is really satisfying to watch barrage of bullet plus cute anime girl on the screen. That's all I can say about this anime, thank you for reading my review :)