Log Horizon

A good ending to this season, which has its ups and down, but mostly good enough. This finale do answer some of the question, like who was the mysterious lady, but I feel like it is intentional, so we'll move to a new plot next season while slowly unravelling other mystery. Maybe tone down the romance because that felt dry, in my opnion. But overall a great series with an even greater world building and lore.

A fun problem indeed. In this episode we get to see how Shiro could adapt to how the enemy is thinking. It might take him some time, but I do like how he doesn't instantly understand how to solve the problem at hand. I feel like this plotline is just a fun little tidbit that has little consequence (Maybe, we have to see next episode for its conclusion).. I can't wait for the season's finale!

A cute episode as we continue the festival, but now there's no love triangle quarrel, instead we found out that basically everyone has their own coupling, and people who don't default to Shiro, which is meh. I personally think the story is cute, but I can say that the author isn't strong at writing romance, feels clunky imo. But then we were hit with a plotline at the end, a hook for us to finish this series off with!

A cute little episode where Shiro was dragged to a festival. I think this episode is cute, as we get to see Akatsuki getting all panicked lol. I like Akatsuki from the start. But I also find it disturbing that a middle schooler (As Akatsuki said) is coupled up with Shiro, a MASTER degree student, which makes me raised an eyebrow, a 14 years old and a 23 years old, what could go wrong lol. Idk, maybe it's just me that felt a bit icky.

Watching the closing of this plotline felt more fun than seeing that middle part, I wonder why hm. Then again, all is good, as we get more mystery, with that scene when Shiro saw a storyteller. And We get a hook for the next couple of episodes too! Oh, and author, I have a question, why do you pair the master dergee student with the highschooler? BIG HMM

Author and writers, please keep writing this that whatever they were three episodes prior to this. I think this anime's strength is definitely the world building, and seeing Shiro doing thing out of the norm (With it being hinted at us, mind you) is really fun to see. And the character having a moment really hits deep (If not overshadowed by their own stupidity). I personally think this episode highlight the strengths of this story.

I shouldn't have watched this as someone who played MMORPG everyday for half a decade in the past. It's blatantly clear what the outcome of this fight is, using the underleveled people to fight against so many mobs at once. Without constant healing, without them properly kiting or any proper plan, like pinch attack. it's frustrating to watch, especially knowing that these lvl 90s are the ones giving the okay, and not ONE of them come with them. Again, I personally think that the story and that fight in the rain is good, but the writing and decisions are frustrating to watch.

I think that reply from the first adventurer during the princess' speech encapsulate it all. "She's ethereal." because that's all it took, I guess? With her Charisma modifier +5, I guess she could even moe moe kyun her way, especially since the players are probably otakus lol. Again, this character is unnecessary, unless if it's for Krusty's love interest (But that's weird, especially after he said she's similar to his little sister and all) She's endangering herself, making whatever the commotion in the noble faction back at the castle too. Again, I don't know why the writing took a turn like this.

I genuinely scratching my head over the decision made in this episode, it feels like watching my DnD party kept choosing the wrong options when the DM has made a path VERY clear. Why does the princess has to go THERE? Why adventurer, when you're the princess of NPCs? Why Shiro comes along? Why did they attack instead of evacuate? I'M SORRY I'M SO CONFUSED.

I wanted to drop another praise for this story, and I get it that this should've been Minori's time to shine, but I just couldn't fantom someone who just discovered how to make a formation think about all of this. I'm sorry, but the jump of thinking and experience is too big, I'll believe it more if it was suggested by a more experienced player. There's no thinking process like before either, she just gets it, which rubs me the wrong way, because this anime likes to explain how people thinks.

OH GOSH, I have theories already forming in my head, especially after the loredump from the previous episode, than that scene with Rudy and Isuzu, and lastly that last scene at the beach, I think these scenes intertwined in a way. I hope they'll confirm it next episode. But all of thise made me really excited and pumped for this anime! The lore and worldbuilding is beyond my expectation, and they could build tension too, which is needed for such series.

An episode filled to the brim with loredrop. I think I haven't praised this anime enough that they create this lore around the game itself and what has been happening even before the game was created. We get to know about respawn and other stuff that might seemed menial but is very fun to think about. I do feel the B-plot of the level-20ish are moving cosiderably slower than the plot with Shiro, which is disappointing me a bit, but hey, they seemed to have an idea from this episode!

I've said this in every anime I've reviewed, but I really like when a story expanded to their side characters as well, giving us glimpse of their lives. We get to see another side of Krusty in this episode, as he gained a "shield" from the NPC nobles. We also learned the nobles opinion on the adventurers, with a little request put out there also. I wanted to see more of the low leveled players, I hope they're okay. But I have a bad feeling, I think something ominous is approaching, after that beach scene and that ending.

We slowly dove deep into the plot. I like how we have two main plots now, the one with the nobles on Shiro's side, and the other one is the under-level-40 training. I don't know if the author intended for the plot to converge or not, but I hope they'll do, because I want to see their writing. It's fun seeing the round table discussing about how the relationship between them and the NPC would go forward, while we also get to see the level 20-ish are fighting for their life lol.

After what happened before, I feel like we're slowly setting up for the upcoming plot point, which is nice. But something I noticed is that whenever they're setting up plot, the pace slowed down, which isn't a bad thing (At least for me), but it is noticable enough. I feel like after what happened last episode, we'll be diving to the player and NPC relationship, which is fun. Overall, a good bridging episode, I hope it'll ramp up soon!

Ooo this episode is interesting, as we get to see something that was hinted a tiny bit episodes ago, where in this world, NPCs aren't just mere NPC. I really like the concept of it, and it makes me have a thousand questions on where the author would take this. But beside that, I also like how they wrapped up the previous plotline, and now is setting up for a new one. The world building on this anime really is a top tier, especially for its genre.

I have to give props so Deen. This anime always has a so-so animation, but their directions and cuts makes the tension in this episode, especially during the scene with Touya and Minoru felt real. And I really like how I couldn't predict what Shiro was going to do. I genuinely thought we'll get an action filled episode, but what I got was better (In my opinion). Overall a great episode, I wonder what Shiro would do next.

Oh, I didn't think the second phase went like this, but I do like where this is going. All that talk in the negotiation scene really pumped me, because it felt real, with how Henritta conducted the whole conversation. I do wonder what will happen next, with the teasing hook at the very end which make the audience has a vague idea about what's going to happen.

The dove in to the first stage of Shiro's plan. This is a fun plan, and I have to say that I enjoy this type of plan than the usual "Let's just dove right in" type of plan protagonists usually do, which makes it more intriguing. I have a vague idea what Shiro was thinking, but I do hope that everything goes well, even though I doubt it, since this is an anime after all lol

I really like how the author write Shirou, as we get to see why he is motivated to do the things he does and what he is thinking, which is more fun in my opinion than the silent protagonist. And the people around him, the side characters also has such unique bond to him, which is nice to see too. But the build up in this episode is what makes it shine in my opinion, especially towards the end. I'm so pumped for the next episode!