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ReviewBonfire

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  • Joined Apr 12, 2020
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Kumo Desu ga, Nani ka?
I am a spider, so what?

Another isekai straight from an infinitely huge pile of isekai.

Now, what does this isekai do to stand out and win over the audience?

The answer is, he has a lovable chaotic spider in Kizuna AI format. And this is the only thing this isekai did right because this female character manages to carry the entire series on her back.

While on one hand, it is also interesting to see that this Isekai has more background plot than most of the others, so far the plot is in the background.

Well, and what about the rest? The rest of this adaptation is a huge mess, I've heard that the novel and manga are supposed to be different in pacing and flow. And believe me, the CGI is one of the best things about the anime, the CGI is better animated than the rest.
I'll go into more detail.


[Story 4]

A complete mishmash that could hardly lend itself to a single point. While the protagonist makes the dungeon unsafe and develops more and more through very slow battles. Her other classmates have completely different problems. Reborn as humans, they have to fight against the demon army and overcome intrigues. During this, the story of the two sides jumps and you later see the confrontations of both narratives.

However, the studio has managed to create record slow pacing, with some of the worst scene changes you'll find anywhere and bottomlessly disastrous pacing in episodes 13-24 (especially 13,21,22,23,24) these episodes have been an insult and possessed nothing but pain except for the protagonist.

How then do you stray so far from the original work when you can expect such a sordid result? You absolutely couldn't agree on the flow of the scenes and what happens next.


[Characters 3]

Kumoko [Wakaba] is the protagonist and only true star of this series. Had she not been present, this would have been one of the worst isekai you can find. Although it has been interesting to learn which character will play which role in the world, this could hardly be enjoyed after it was revealed that the collection of characters consists only of running empty clichés. Not only that, even the dialogues and conversations between them were empty. The only thing I liked about it is that the characters had a healthy amount of mistrust and thus didn't blindly say "okay, I believe you" to everyone.

The protagonist, on the other hand, was a running laughing stock, in the sense of being a combination of a self-confident combative personality, an introvert, and a comedian at the same time. The majority of her jokes were based on isekai and game-based clichés, however, her wacky and explosive personality added the appropriate spice. I can't help but find several parallels between her and the famous Youtuber "Kizuna Ai".


[Animations 3]

Many complain about CGI and understandably so, but here the CGI has been less of a problem. But rather the normal animations. Although up to episode 4-5 it was still decent in terms of backgrounds, characters, and battle animations. Brought everything together from episode 10 (especially 13). And one reached a level comparable to Arifureta. Some paint animations would have probably been on a higher level than this. Even Melodias vs Escanor from Deadly 7 Sins was higher quality than this.

I don't know what happened to the studio and why the quality plummeted by 100%, but that was insulting.

[Music 7]

The osts are very fitting, hit and supported the atmosphere and respective moments well.

The two intros have been unexpectedly solid and frankly wasted on this anime. Both would fit pretty well with higher quality shounen.

The outros especially positively surprised me, with their bizarre visual style as well as musically. Can't decide which has been better.

[Conclusion]

An Isekai which halfway convinced me in terms of sympathy. But I could still enjoy it quite well. I can't say that I found the anime bad.

Regarding the adaptation, however, I feel soiled and insulted. I wouldn't even pay a cent to own such a half-baked production.

[Enjoyment 6]

4/10 story
3/10 animation
7/10 sound
3/10 characters
4/10 overall
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