I was very optimistic about this series after watching the first episode, something along the lines of another Overlord with its own flavoring. The premise is simple, our main character is a nice, charismatic girl, and the world is generic VRMMO fantasy that needs little-to-no explanation (again, like your slimes or your overlords). The first two episodes are promising, but I write this as we're 6 episodes in and I can say with confidence that this is a tough weekly watch to come back to.
I don't know what here is lost in translation -- from the LN to the animation -- and I'm going to give it the benefit of the doubt and say it's quite a lot. But just like any other series, when reviewing the anime, we can't pretend it is its source material. Our MC makes no sense. In some ways, I will blame this on the anime not conveying her written thoughts from the LN. Thing is, I haven't read it, and I feel like I'm missing out for it. Practically nothing happened this [random] episode, and suddenly our MC is flipping out and chastising other characters around her, or she gets depressed, or suddenly makes a decision that makes little sense, even with context clues. This is an issue, but not a big one.
But then we start talking about the plot. It feels as though the plot is secondary to our MC being super duper strong. Here's an example (very light spoiler), so you know what I mean. Are there other players? Unlike Overlord, we get our answer quickly, and some kid is still playing the game, somehow, and he knows it's a game and it's clear he wants to treat it as such. Our MC wins by overwhelming force, and when her opponent is crying on the ground asking to be spared, she doesn't have any questions for him. Not a single one. Not "are you playing or are you trapped," not "how long have you been here?" not "who are you?" Not even when he's been *spared* does anyone ask any questions. I guess all of this to say it has a slow start, and it feels directionless compared to Overlord.
