Review of Recovery of an MMO Junkie

I was initially put off by the first episode. Thankfully, after being disillusioned with the latest Fruits Basket anime and reading reviews praising this anime instead, I continued. I am glad 9 episodes later of watching back to back I continued. Aside from disliking the main MC in Fruits Basket, this anime is an anime that I can relate my life to personally. It's this anime that reminds me there's hope! There's still animes I can not only watch but see myself it! I'm not in my 30s yet, but I am close. The main MC, Morimori-chan is super relatable and down to earth. Sheis a real person with very real insecurities and feelings of guilt that I could really relate to. This is surprising - since I find myself unable to do that with a lot of anime characters... (Looking at you Tohru.)

I would highly recommend this anime if you are like me, and burnt out from college/graduate school/work. I like how this anime does a lot of showing instead of necessarily telling. For me, I have entered a period of time where I am needing to take time off due to burn out. This anime is worth a watch because of how human the characters are. I like how awkward the relationship between the 2 MCs are. It's straight to the point. He likes her, but she unknowingly blows him off because she's that awkward. Again super relatable! There is a sort of cathartic moment for Morioka-chan at the end that I needed to hear. It's basically that it's okay to feel guilty all the time whether or not what you're doing is okay, or how you are spending your time is really okay. And noticing I put myself down a lot when perhaps the people around me don't see me that way at all. That I am okay just the way I am.

Looks are deceiving.