Review of The King's Avatar

Ehh, a very mediocre anime with nice anime art. The story: 5/10 A very cliché start, hated kickass player gets kicked out of the company and a smirking youngster slyly smiling up at him takes his place. A rather calm and cool protagonist decides to leave quietly and call it off for a year. Then a story begins when he enters a cafe and decides to start from the beginning. here is nothing really special or different about the story, it's all about following up his life and how he plans to be first again. So, the legendary god of games Ye Qiu has retired andsuddenly this great, Qiu-like talented fighter appears. With the same weapon, umm---no suspicion? It was irritating how much time it took them to realise that Lord Grim is Qiu. Throw in normal, pathetic, angry antagonists and you get what you expect, exactly. The last two episodes, however, are completely idiotic. To avoid spoilers, I would say they took a completely unrelated turn in a very annoying way. We get it, Qiu is a god of Glory, but the final episodes were too exaggerating.

**One a rather personal side note: I sometimes--a lot of times---found the anime hard to follow and a little confusing, there are far too many teams and characters thrown from the beginning, and sometimes players would go off and play with other teams, and with Xiu creating/joining different teams, it got quite difficult for me to follow up.

If you're looking for a game themed anime with a strong plot, interesting twist and engaging action, this anime is not for you. It's a rather Slice of Life full of fighting scenes.

Main problem: Ye was way too strong, it sometimes stripped out the fun of watching. I'd understand if the game was tricky or is full of twists, but you see nothing more than fighting scenes.
Side problem: The anime takes itself way too seriously. Funny how it's listed in the 'Comedy' genre. They make it seem as if the people are fighting for their lives in wars. There are a few 'funny' scenes featuring Steamy Bun or Huang Shaotian, but they are very limited.

TL;DR
+For the most part, the story is not bad, but it's not at all special.
+A nice amount of episodes is entertaining,
-Way too strong protagonist, sometimes strips out the fun from the episodes.
-Last two episodes are idiotic and exaggerating.
-Nothing much happens, feels like a Slice of Life. (neutral)
-We get introduced to many teams and characters so it can get confusing.
-Anime takes itself way too seriously.

Characters: 5/10

The protagonist, Ye Xiu, is a very calm and collected, cool player. Sometimes he comes off as *too* cool, but otherwise he's fine. Sometimes it bothered me that he led people without explaining things first, coming off as not my type of leader, but it soon got okay since the outcomes are always very good. He does not judge people by their levels or abilities, and is willing to work with anyone and improve everyone's skills. He believes in teams rather than working individually, slowly becoming more appealing. I wouldn't say he's a mindblowing character, but he's someone I wouldn't mind watching. What irritated me a bit is that they made him seem so abnormally cool and laid back, sometimes (And way too strong!). In contrast to all his always amazed supporters or hotheaded, easily angered antagonists.

The supporting characters:
Rou Tang: Aside from the stupid antagonists, Rou was my least favourite character in the anime. She's way too robotic and monotone, almost always expressionless and seems bored out of her minds if she's not. I couldn't, for the life of me, understand why she exists.

Steaming Bun Invasion and Huang Shaotin: These two characters can come off as annoying for a lot of watchers, but I personally liked them because they made the anime much lighter, and cracked me up/made me smile more than a few times.

Guo Cheng: For some reason, I never managed to like this character. She was too thickheaded and idiotic for my liking.

I would have loved it if we had seen more of Su Mucheng, the character seemed very interesting and intelligent. Unfortunately, we don't get to see much/enough of her.

My main problem with the characters are the antagonists, they're all volatile and short-tempered, coming off as a little *too* cliche for my liking. They're all easily forgettable and a little bothersome.

TL;DR
+Nice main character, sometimes *too* cool.
-+Variety of characters. Expressionless, boring, funny, too many of them.
-Poor antagonists. Very cliché and short-tempered.

The Art: 8/10
Perhaps the best aspect of the anime. It's very, very decent. The characters are well-drawn. Though the scenes are a bit repetitive, the anime art is, for the most part, very pleasing to the eyes.

The Sound: 4/10
I started watching the anime without knowing that it's Chinese--don't even ask, and because I'm used to Japanese voices, I was taken a bit off-guard and very annoyed at the beginning when I heard Chinese (Especially because I don't like how it sounds) But it takes less than an episode to get used to it, the voice acting is terrible, though. Some characters completely do not match with their voices.

As for the music, it's very underwhelming. The song played at the final episode is cringe-worthy. Opening and closing are meh, and the background music isn't very good.

Enjoyment: 6/10
Maybe I would have enjoyed it more had I known it's more Slice of Life-ish, the expectations vs. reality made my enjoyment become a bit less. But once I've accustomed, it got much more entertaining.

Overall score: 5/10. Meh, not something I would recommend, but not something I'd regret watching at all. Pretty mediocre. (And pretty bad for the genres it's listed as)