Information:
Other Names: And you thought there is never a girl online?, Net Game no Yome wa Onna no Ko ja Nai to Omotta?, ネトゲの嫁は女の子じゃないと思った？
Studio: Project No.9
Writer: Tatsuya Takahashi
Director: Shinsuke Yanagi
Music: Maiko Iuchi
Type: TV Series, Light Novel Adaptation
Length: 24 mins per episode approx. 12 Episodes.
Genres: Comedy, Ecchi, Romance, School
Rating: PG - 13
Air Dates: 7th April 2016 - 23rd June 2016
Alternate Recommendations: "Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai!" & "Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko".
(Source: MAL & Wikipedia)
Synopsis:
Our naïve protagonist proposes to a female character in an online game, only to find out that the player is actually a guy. Traumatized by that, he decides to never trust a girl online, but now, two years later, a female player is proposing to him. What will happen?
(Source: MAL)
Review:
The concept of girls for play games or into anything nerdy
in general was once a strange topic that was very alien to men who did, but that
was then and this is now 2016, where it is very common place with over forty
percent of gaming players to be female while steady increasing at the same
time. So why did this anime feel so alien to me, like it was out of place and
should have been released far in this past around 2007 – 2009. Well that’s because
it revolves around a guy, the main protagonist “Nishinmura” finding out that
all of his guild mates as well as in – game wife are all girls playing as boys
and he is generally surprised by this, while the audience including me was not.
Starting with setting which as mentioned before is a world before female gamers became common place or at least it seems that way, the main characters of our story play an online net game and are part of a guild within that game known as “Alley Cats”, in which all members of the guild are believed to be male with exception to Ako the main female protagonist who uses a female avatar, to which the only real male in the party is the main male character Nishimura also known as Rusian, this he finds out when they schedule an offline meeting. The people he meets are not only girls, but also high-school the same age as him and not only they also go to school and are in his year. Pure coincidence right?
Starting with setting which as mentioned before is a world before female gamers became common place or at least it seems that way, the main characters of our story play an online net game and are part of a guild within that game known as “Alley Cats”, in which all members of the guild are believed to be male with exception to Ako the main female protagonist who uses a female avatar, to which the only real male in the party is the main male character Nishimura also known as Rusian, this he finds out when they schedule an offline meeting. The people he meets are not only girls, but also high-school the same age as him and not only they also go to school and are in his year. Pure coincidence right?
As for the characters themselves I found that they were fun to watch as well as
having good chemistry and fairly good conversations with each other, that I didn’t
find forced in anyway, which also includes minor characters as well. Which
could be said for characters personalities as well, even though some do go hand
in hand with known anime stereotypes, I felt like they were tweaked enough to
make them stand out better, which similarly can be said of the character
designs in which the real life character design are fairly plain, but the
in-game character designs are nice to look at, feeling different but also recognisable
as to what class they play in the game. But as far as the characters
development goes it isn’t all that great, sure each girl slowly warms up to the
main character but no enough so it turns into a harem, this felt like a bonus,
aside from this nothing really happens by the end.
Which can be said of the romance sub-plot and the main plot as well, due to them both having a fairly good built and good pacing going along with it plus fun episode that are a joy to watch, but by the end it falls flat into a cliff-hanger ending or rather a none conclusive ending, that feels dry and bland.
In a final note I must say that the animation was good during the fight scenes that take place as well as decent enough during normally animated slice of life type scenes; which also be said for art which felt fitting for the series giving it a good identity. As for the soundtrack, it felt okay at times fitting the necessary scenes that unfolded but had no stand out tracks, this can also said of the opening and ending songs as well; fitting but outstanding.
In conclusion Netoge is an anime that feels out of place in time but is still a great show with heart-warming characters, which are fun to watch and is overall enjoyable to just about any audience.
Which can be said of the romance sub-plot and the main plot as well, due to them both having a fairly good built and good pacing going along with it plus fun episode that are a joy to watch, but by the end it falls flat into a cliff-hanger ending or rather a none conclusive ending, that feels dry and bland.
In a final note I must say that the animation was good during the fight scenes that take place as well as decent enough during normally animated slice of life type scenes; which also be said for art which felt fitting for the series giving it a good identity. As for the soundtrack, it felt okay at times fitting the necessary scenes that unfolded but had no stand out tracks, this can also said of the opening and ending songs as well; fitting but outstanding.
In conclusion Netoge is an anime that feels out of place in time but is still a great show with heart-warming characters, which are fun to watch and is overall enjoyable to just about any audience.
Final Scores:
Story/Setting: 7.2
Characters: 7.4
Art/Animation: 7.1
Sound: 7.2
Final Verdict: 7.3/10 (Good)
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