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

This is a "girls being cute" show, rewritten as an Isekai, rebranded as girls playing a MMO. With a progression from cute to "girls doing battle", there is not much of a story aside from that. It features bad writing (what you see, what happens, and dialogues) throughout the show. Half of which stems from the Isekai/MMO contradiction: Despite constant reminders, that all of it is inside a game. Half of what happens does not make sense (is impossible) in that context. So, if you want to watch this, you need a bit of tolerance for thoughts like "this makes no sense!" or "this is so dumb!"screaming inside your head. Plus against getting bored. This show simply felt "dead" to me (maybe because of the bad writing). It didn't engage me, I simply did not care (even though this type of show is right up my alley).

The visuals look good, sound is ok. But ..
Time and locations just jump abruptly on a regular basis. Every now and then static images (moving camera or few moving elements) are used to a bothersome degree. And sometimes it feels, like it was all edited in a rush; scenes just mashed together.
It's like when two people work together - one doing good work, the other messing everything up. You can still see the good parts, but the finished product is a mess.

To be frank, I quit this show many times in the middle of an episode. I couldn't take it anymore. If it wasn't so highly rated, I would not have cared about finishing it (to write this review).