Review of Recovery of an MMO Junkie

This was my greatest surprise this season. It seemed cool when I read the synopsis, but just another romcom... Well, on first episode I could see it is much more. Story: 7\10 - The premisse is simple, it is a romance between a couple that are friends on a mmo and happen to met in real life, but the surprise is how amazingly it is executed. The romance is great, the comedy, really good and the display of real world\game is really well done. On the other hand, there are exceeding coincidences that makes the show look a bit contrived and the ending, although making ckearwhat will happen, it isn't conclusive at all and don't look like a real ending (I know the manga isn't over yet, but I'm giving a score on the anime and there probably won't be a season 2, so not being conclusive harms it).

Art and sound: 7\10 - Again, simple but creative and effective. I really like the opening, both song and animation.

Characters: 8\10 - All the characters are charismatic, funny, at least bit complex and the relations between them, be it friendship or romance, are well displayed, relatable and surprisingly clear (and thank God, at least in this show there isn't a fucking love triangle). Even the dynamics between the character in real world and their characters in the game are realistic (they aren't exactly the same in real and virtual life, but similar and recognizable), but the best is that they really resemble real people and they are adults facing different problems if compared to the usual highschool couple. It really deserved a 9, but, besides 4 of them, the other characters didn't get much screentime or development. This was the right choice since the show have only 10 episodes and really should focus on the main couple, but still... It would be better with 12 episodes.

Enjoyment: 10\10 - It was really good to watch, heartwarming and funny, but clearly a bit more than that.

Overall: 8\10 - Not the greatest show or best anime of the year, but still a really good one.