Review of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense.

It overstays its welcome and I personally think that Bofuri would have been perfect with 6 episodes rather than 12. While the absurdity of Maple’s strength is the point, the way in which she gains that strength during the first half of season was interesting & thought out with her seemingly using her brain to combine skills & methods to improve on the negatives of only putting points into defence. However during the second half of the season Maple is basically given every op item, skill & ability in the game without issue. This had occurred with the Hydra but the frequency during the secondhalf of the season is rapid & frustrating to the point that the show loses its appeal.

Maple also becomes a background character for a majority of episodes along the way and those who take the limelight are rather bland and shallow. The show also seemed to utilize training montages a lot and the same song for each of them, causing tedium.

By the final episode I was rooting for the other players to win rather than the main cast & the protagonist.