BTOOM!
I will rate this after I am done with other anime and stuff
I have yet to write this... because I am lazy or something
I have yet to write this... because I am lazy or something
BTOOM... I guess that is the sound-effect of an explosion or something. I do not know, well whatever, in this world it is the number one online game. An interesting concept, an FPS, I think, where you fight only using explosives. Anyway Sakamoto is one of the top 10 players in this game. He is your typical top ten player, unemployeed living at home. However, in the game is has some degree of virtual respect, hell he even has a virtual wife. As where in real life he just sits in his room leeching off his mom.
Well one day Sakamoto wakes up on what appears to be a tropical island. Oddly enough with all his possessions he had during one of trips to the outside world. After some wandering around he finds himself being attacked by another person. Someone who is throwing bombs at him. Odd this seems like a real life version of the game he is so good at. Maybe he can find some kind of use for those skills.
Season 1 Episode 1
I Remember This Movie
I cannot exactly say this is a total rip off, but it is a pretty decent knock off. Who remembers the move The Last Star Fighter? Let me draw lines here. Guy plays game, does really good, has to do it in real life. Like I said it is not the only knockoff out there, but this is the first one that I have seen where it is really close. Oh well at least it is not exactly like The Last Star Fighter.
Granted this is the first time I have ever seen an anime try to make others understand why us gamers get so lost in our games. I won't sit here and say the reason is a good one, but at the very minimum it is the same reason why normal people hate video games. They do not have the same glory in there as they do in the real world. When I think about it I cannot recall any anime out there where the author tries to explain that fact. Hmm odd, oh well, I get what he is saying. I think it is something that you have to experience to really understand. Well that or have someone who is smart like me be able to draw up good metaphors for it.