current favorite anime trope is when a firey red headed woman with immense power by their own will decides to transform into a withdrawn nerd that wears glasses
i think its really smart writing how how mii and payne are consistently loved by the new world online devs despite being just as overpowered as maple. because the thing is, to the majority of gamers, maple would be playing the game the "wrong" way if it were real. she goes afk in the middle of a forest, she doesnt want to kill the cute monsters, she puts all her skill points into defense-- meanwhile mii and payne are significantly more conventional players. a mage and a swordsman who rely on their respective attack powers to tear through enemies and other players. that's way more common and way more expected. the devs clearly didnt plan for how balance the game when taking a play style like maple's into account because it just isnt seen as the "normal" or "correct" way to play.
Anime dropped this year 16: Bofuri: I Don't Want to get Hurt, So I'll Max out my Defense Season 2
2 episodes watched
4/10
Transcript under the cut
So, when I finally finished watching the first season of Bofuri last year after having put it on hold for a good long time, I was pretty sure that I didn't really need to see the upcoming season two. For me, the joke of having characters stumble into absolutely gamebreaking combos had pretty much run its course and I felt like I was going to end up just getting more bored of it the longer it went on. However, I also figured that it had been a good nine months at least since I had watched the original season, maybe I would be able to take it again after all this time.
Well, that theory didn't hold up. I was pretty tired of the joke in the first place and that feeling settled right into place at the start of the season. It doesn't help that I had seen several other overpowered protags in the months between. It also was a bit of a problem that from the moment the season started, there were characters that I straight up did not remember from the last season and it hadn't even been a full year since I watched it.
That's the issue with Bofuri to me. It's not an entirely awful show, but it's just so middle of the road and unremarkable that I fail to retain much of anything from the experience. There might be one or two jokes here or there that I enjoy, but most of it has left my mind entirely within a day or two of watching.
I Was Watching the Finale of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense and I saw this guy. I immediately went "Who in the Matrim Cauthon?!"
I was watching the finale of BOFURI: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense and I saw this guy. I immediately went "Who in the Matrim Cauthon?!"