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

I binged an isekai series because of CrunchyRoll's YouTube clips, number 3: Bofuri I remarked that this is like a complete newbie to Dungeons and Dragons kept asking ridiculous questions and kept rolling natural 20s. "Hey, can I eat the poison dragon?" "Well, let's see here, roll for initiative... 20. Roll for damage... 20. Saving throw vs. poison... 20. Let's switch dice... 20. You know what, you're immune to poison." Now, I hate MMOs, because I just want to play a game and have fun, not interact with potential trolls, griefers, and stalkers. So I completely understand our heroine getting the toughest shields possible and dumping allpoints to defense, although that wouldn't do anything for the social problems of griefing and stalking. It's supposed to be in VR, but that doesn't really matter, it's effectively an isekai. Well, all right, it's sort of like SAO but without the constant specters of murder and death. This is the kind of light-heartedness I can roll with. Part of the fun is seeing how Maple can inadvertently exploit the game and be a top-ranked player without really meaning to be a top-ranked player.

Visually, a good balance of 3D effects and 2D character animation, not jaw-droppingly great, not eye-clawingly awful, good enough to get the point across. Same with the audio. The characters aren't exactly Nobel literature prize material, but they're not cardboard cutouts either. All in all a fun romp.