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User Reviews for: Recovery of an MMO Junkie

Ayvah
CONTAINS SPOILERS6/10  5 years ago
It's a cute anime that's entertaining to watch, but it relies way too much on coincidence and it kind of rushes the ending.

The title of the anime is very misleading. Nothing matters here except for the romance plot. There is no "recovery". There is no exploration of the shortcomings of her lifestyle. (As a gamer, I would have liked a more critical portrayal of the game's microtransaction and loot box mechanics in particular.) There is no exploration of the circumstances that caused her to become a NEET and/or MMO Junkie. All we get is [spoiler]passing comments to the effect that her job was a little stressful, apparently? I thought we were going to find out that she'd been sexually harassed? Or more detail about how demanding her employers were (perhaps a critical look at Japanese work culture?) Never happens! Even in the end of the series, it seems she's still both a NEET and an MMO Junkie.[/spoiler]

The romantic plot is the only aspect to receive any kind of resolution, and even then it's only kind of half-assed. The only conclusion is [spoiler]they start holding hands.[/spoiler] This is a moment that could have emotional weight but not in the way it's portrayed. [spoiler]They don't even acknowledge themselves as dating at the end.[/spoiler] There's no real struggle. Just a series of increasingly unlikely coincidences that lead to the romantic outcome.

Overall, it's not a bad time, but there's a lot of wasted potential and in the end it feels a bit like a hollow piece of marketing.
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