Review of Darwin's Game

Just finished the series and found it to be amazing. It is by far the best "Death game" anime I have every seen. I won't go into subjective reasons for why this show is great, such as the incredibly likeable characters. However, I think we can all agree that the action scenes have great animation (or at the very least, not low-budget), the power variety is deep and unique, and the pacing is efficient and consistent. No wasting 50% of screen time on filler (looking at you Fate series). My favorite aspect of Darwin's Game is how they use their powers in creative and realistic waysto get out of daunting scenarios. No deux ex machina "let me just go super saiyan 500" to get out of this situation.

The MC's power level is perfect. The useless wimp trope is seemingly beloved by the anime community, yet overpowered characters are seen as unfair. Kameme is at a perfect balance where he has a power with OP potential, but it's up to him to develop and utilize this power in unique ways. I cannot stand the refusal to kill trope in anime, but the writers of this show seem to be self-aware of this, and there are constantly satisfying moments throughout the plot.

Of course, everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but I do not understand critiques of this show that it is just "braindead fun." This just seems like a circlejerk opinion passed around by reviewers to make themselves feel big-brain.