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This anime doesn’t try to be special, because the most special thing is all about having fun in this world...
*“Now to distribute status points? Everything I've got goes into defense!” - Maple*
~~~If you couldn’t tell from the title, Bofuri isn’t an anime that you should take seriously and expect anything crazy from. The characters are hilarious, the atmosphere is light and refreshing, and the storyline ce…
Read full review on AniList →Remember Ragnarok Online
At first, this show looked like standard cute girls doing cute things show that come dime a dozen these days. However, after two episodes I realized this show struck a powerful chord.. as New World Online reminded me of the fun days I played in the real game Ragnarok Online. Reminded me all of the i…
Read full review on AniList → The true VRMMORPG anime experince.
One of my favorite things I used to do on a daily basis growing up is playing a lot of online-focused games. From the creative levels from Little Big Planet 2, the turned planning of competitive Pokemon the heavily social base Playstation Home to the addicting strategy first-person shooter Battlefie…
Read full review on AniList →This anime is for those people who need their MMO craving scratched but don't want a serious story.
__VISUALS: 90/100__
They did a fairly great job in the animation for this. There's CGI used here and there, but I think they handled it well enough and transitioned from it to traditional and vice versa pretty smoothly. There are also really great scenes visually, like during the times when Maple g…
Read full review on AniList →A show that never forgets it's ultimately about a girl playing a game with her friends, having fun
_~~~Urged on by her friends, Kaede joins VR MMORPG_ New World Online. _Not wanting to get hurt, she opts to be a shield user and starts putting every status point she earns into increasing her defense stats. Despite this leaving her with slow movement and no magic, her high defense allows her to end…
Read full review on AniList →A comedic love letter to MMOs that focuses too much on the game systems and not enough on the player experience
In a sea of gauche power fantasies and wish fulfilment, it is easy just to pigeonhole Bofuri as nothing more than that. However, Bofuri easily surpasses this tragically low bar to be a show that is earnest about its subject matter: what it is like to play an MMO. While it still does have a superfici…
Read full review on AniList →BOFURI - Maximum Defense Powers At It's Best
____This review contains spoilers, you don't want to hurt the spoilers, cause they'll max out their defense.____
In a world where a girl enters a virtual MMO game, and realizes she has a special skill, she now has a bunch of defensive attacks to rely on her adventures. This is story of BOFURI, an a…
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