Log Horizon

Log Horizon

Watched Sword Art Online(SAO)? Prefer less romance but more in-depth game detail type of anime? Then Log Horizon is an anime that you should watch. It has the same genre as the “Highly liked” Sword Art Online but only with less Romance, Harem and Drama. Difference between Log Horizon to Sword Art Online is that its storytelling base is more towards the game and society itself. Characters and the game’s world itself are explained in more detail than SAO.

Story: 9/10

The Story is based around the same as SAO, A large number of people being trapped in an online game and being unable to log out and return to the real world. BUT!. Players who die in the game will not die but revived in the last visited town they were in. Once the players figured that out, they started living in the game normally and act as though nothing can go against them. The Main Protagonist, Along with his team, starts to discover strange thing that happens to the society of the world they live in now. There were problems that occured in the society. Stealing, Discrimination, Abuse cases were all caused by different players inside the game. Thus, the story is about how the main protagonist solves all these problems and fixes the rules in the society that people can once again live well and be safe in the game.

Characters: 7.5/10

The Characters in the game were all diversed as expected in such multiplayer game. There are many different players with different classes till you can hardly see 2 of the same type of class characters together. The Main Protagonist’s Personality and character design matches him very well. He is a smart , scheming and one of the best strategic person you will ever want to be. Although there is character development in some characters of the anime, there is not really much difference and development from start to the end.

Animation and sound : 8/10
There is nothing much i could say about the animation and sound. But that does not mean it is badly animated. The Setting and character designs were great and each major character looks different. They also made sure details of vines, and forest-like attributes in the setting of their town. The Magic animation they used also felt great like how normal MMORPG games would be. Sound wise was just….normal… not too bad and not too great.

Enjoyment: 9/10

As a gamer like myself who likes to play MMORPG games, I Enjoyed alot when watching this anime. They do not leave you out on some minor character details such as what the skill this do and what plan was made before the action took place. Is that during fight scenes or a plan being in action, they do not leave you out on what happened and why this happened. They explained it well and clearly. Another thing i liked about this anime is that when i was watching, it makes me feel like I want to live in such place, I wish that such fantasy was real, or at least a game like this was real. The only thing that pulls the enjoyment level down is some of the episodes began to become real slow. I like how they explain the story clearly and slowly but… it slow builds each after each week starts to get boring really fast. But i like well explained details and i was patient enough to watch it through.

Overall :9/10
It is one of my most favourite anime due to its aspects that i have mentioned. The number of characters are alot more, just that i did not want to mention them and want you to find out for yourself when you watch. Animation and sound was not bad but it was not that great either. Story telling was there and able to get you hooked in some of the episodes. But the it could get abit slow for a few episodes especially in the middle. So If you like to watch a gaming anime, with more detailed explanation, SAO with less Romance, do not mind large amount of talking. then i recommend you this anime to watch.

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