The emotional moment between Arisu and Kyuma in the end was fantastic, but the episode tanks hard after that.
This show's biggest problems start shining when we're introduced to a new game, where Chishiya is the main character for us to follow.
He's a flat character, but that's not the issue, it's that this show's cartoonishness goes overboard with the new side characters, who are so cartoonish and ridiculous, that they just take you out of the serious life-and-death vibe the show is going for. And that's not the first time this happens.
At least the show has the decency to kill the annoying new characters off eventually, but wow, this overly-cartoonish characters thing is a recurring problem.
This show's biggest problems start shining when we're introduced to a new game, where Chishiya is the main character for us to follow.
He's a flat character, but that's not the issue, it's that this show's cartoonishness goes overboard with the new side characters, who are so cartoonish and ridiculous, that they just take you out of the serious life-and-death vibe the show is going for. And that's not the first time this happens.
At least the show has the decency to kill the annoying new characters off eventually, but wow, this overly-cartoonish characters thing is a recurring problem.