Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki (2024)

BadOxymoron

Not Recommended

To be quite frank, I never thought that I would actually leave a review for anything on this site, using it mainly just for informational purposes. However, after completing this show, I feel compelled to leave a review for it in an attempt to ward off anyone thinking it might be worthwhile to watch.

It isn't. At all.

It starts off mediocre and...fine. Unoffensive but lame.

However, by the time the show ends, we have been subjected to the main character (called "Earth", in the game which serves as the shows main setting) being an absolutely unlikable mean-spirited jerk for almost the entire latter part of the show. ...

KANLen09

Not Recommended

A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life - What's this, a "Let's Play" playthrough of somebody who has clearly never played a MMORPG in real life who yet manages to chock up 10 years of this seemingly "ambitious" BS fantasy work? That's quite the sus motive.

Yes, you heard me right. Novelist Shiina Howahowa started this work as a Syosetu title in January 2013, at the time when Reki Kawahara's Sword Art Online was taking off on its massive popularity, serving as the revival of the Isekai MMORPG genres, spawning works turned into anime, like Mamare Touno's Log Horizon. But you'd have to be a ...

GravenER

Not Recommended

Imagine playing a cutting-edge, realistic VRMMO filled with amazing combat/life skills, and being extremely good at it! You're top-tier both at fighting and in crafting. So good, in fact, that you have the hot Queen of the NPCs with human-like intelligence (basically super-advanced AIs) falling in love with you, 3-4 parties to switch through and complete dungeons and events, and are frequently awarded a bunch of new objects and skills just for existing.

But you want NONE of that. Nope. You're playing a game, but you "don't want to stand out" (nerd face), so you basically spend your time crafting ugly-looking weapons to test out while ...

PanzerIV-J

Mixed Feelings

I wouldn't say that this is bad, but it sure is boring because it makes nothing out of itself for these 12 episodes.

"Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki" is the quintessential "Middle Of The Road" or "slop on a plate" equivalent of anime; Its super bland and generic with everything you see here done in a different context in other anime, and does nothing overly good, yet nothing overly bad either.

Story-wise it makes itself to be based on the video game "Old School Runescape", not to mention it also really wants to be an Isekai but can't really do that because of its VR video ...

red-artist

Not Recommended

Plot
Just a middle-aged "gamer" guy playing a new VRMMO daily. Its mostly him whining that he wants to play alone, but still smh getting caught up in all kind of crazy situations making him the center of attention.

The Game:
The MMO is really futuristic. We are talking about people smelling, eating in-game food. The NPCs are also very advanced, making them feel like almost real characters. For example, the game allows people to have pets. But if the owners do not treat the pets nicely, the pets will refuse to cooperate with the owner. It even has kingdoms of different races, with their own politics going ...

i-like-this

Not Recommended

Preliminary (4/12 eps)

Trash Game.

A Playthrough of a Certain Dude's VRMMO Life certainly does what it says on the box, nobody can argue that. This is the story of a certain thirty-eight-year-old dude playing a light novel shovelware game written by someone who has clearly never played an MMO or witnessed the toxic carnage of an online multiplayer lobby.

The light novel shovelware game fittingly called "One More Free Life Online” is the playground for the certain dude’s avatar… “Earth”… no seriously, his character name is “Earth”…
He decides to make an off-meta build as an archer who can craft healing potions and cook stat-buffing food and gets ...

Shinkuo

Not Recommended

Preliminary (3/12 eps)

If you close your eyes and breath deeply through your nose, what do you smell?

Air freshener and the faint scent of musty sheets? Axe body spray and unwashed gym clothes? Flat Mountain Dew Code Red and stale Ranch Doritos?

If any of the above apply, consider cleaning your room. Your time will be better spent than watching this show. If not, consider scouring your corners for dust bunnies as you will have a more exciting adventure moving your furniture around and searching for dirt than watching the main character Earth and his attempts to be the coolest anti-social, but actually social, mid-life crisis gamer.

The show ...

Seifer911

Recommended

This is not an anime for you if you liked SAO.

This is not an anime for you if you don't enjoy slice of life fantasy series.

This is for you if you don't mind a slower paced fantasy series that captures actual MMO feel. This anime is not a high stakes crazy action anime, and as a fan of the manga since it came out, I can say this anime doesn't exactly match the energy of the original work but gets pretty damn close. This is an anime about experimentation, the joy of learning new things in a medium you care about, and getting to experience ...

Yubikiri-desu

Not Recommended

Never thought I’d see a so called “Slice of Life Isekai” be so bad. This animes only redeeming quality would be the character Queen, everyone else is generic AF and the show made the supposed heroine a Bokke character. Main character wanted to have an easy life that when he triggers an event, he complains and whines about it so much it’s insane.

I will now compare this Anime to other SOL Isekai and explain why it lacks a redeeming quality

Slime Taoshite 300-nen, Shiranai Uchi ni Level Max ni Nattemashita - Main character also wants a slow life but finds appreciation on the changes on ...

Senpaika

Not Recommended

NogueraB

Not Recommended

Preliminary (7/12 eps)

This anime had a good oportunity to work with the initial narrative about an adult men with so much little time to play games, could evolve the story about the problems of the japanese society and a really good anime about MMO games, unlike the other trash of this season (Shangri-la) that is another horrible anime in another way.

But for something that I can't even undestand this anime become a isekai, nothing happens out of the game, we even don't know when the dude logoff and how he live, which problems the game will help him to surpass... It's just the guy being MC on ...

Reiko_chan23

Mixed Feelings

Toaru Ossan no VRMMO Katsudouki is an isekai anime about a middle-aged dude named Suzuki Ichirou who dives into a VRMMO game called "New World Online." Unlike other isekai protagonists forced into another world, Ichirou chooses to chill and enjoy the game on his own terms, opting for the "useless" archer job.

What's good:

- Relatable character: Ichirou's laid-back and caring personality resonates with many, especially those familiar with family life.
- Intriguing crafting system: The anime introduces a unique crafting system within the game, offering potential for further exploration.
- Engaging fight scenes: The strategic and well-choreographed fight scenes are a strong point of the anime.
- Character development: ...

Ilung

Recommended

Funny

Wowww this is Actually one of hidden gem never watchd anime so enjoy before until the last episode and can't wait to see the next story.

Talking about the story Toaru Ossan VRMMO was perfectly fine but really disappointed with the animation they didn't put a lot effort maybe due to budget or something but whatever the reason Toaru Ossan VRMMO really really deserves high quality animations so this can be top anime also compared with the big names of anime this year, the releases of this series can competed fairly.

Theme: VRMMORPG 30's salaryman give me good vibes 10/10

Story background: i love kind of this base ...

sky48

Mixed Feelings

An old-man who play VRMMO game. He use an uncommon role, but can adapted with it an become recognized by other players.

Story 7/10
Actually the idea is interesting, but lack of conflict and a bit boring

Animation 6/10
Art style good enough.

Sound 5/10
Since this is an isekai genre that has battle scene, so it expected to has background sound that adding value to this anime. But, this not happen.
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HoroTW

Mixed Feelings

The anime is a mixed bag of feelings, some things are really good and others are mediocre at best.

I really enjoyed the slice of life parts of the anime. It captures the feeling of a VR MMO game with a person who has a real life alongside it. (Especially in the first few episodes, you feel that he is playing a game, but knows that the game can bring him something in his life, be it thoughts or memories).

I also like the idea of escaping into a VR world - whatever that says about my mental health *laughs*.

You see the characters grow and become more ...

Technosamurai_op

Mixed Feelings

olokinprime

Mixed Feelings

This anime is for those people who play games to craft items and quest solo. The Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online (VRMMO) milleu is not unique. It has already been done with Bofuri (Bofuri: I Don't Want to Get Hurt, so I'll Max Out My Defense) to a similar comedic effect. In fact, I think this show consciously chose to be as opposite as possible as Bofuri. Middle-aged man versus high school girl, experienced gamer versus newbie, a mostly solo player versus a guild player.

Thus, the appeal for this show is different. As an older anime watcher, having an older main character appealed to me. ...

CapBuster

Not Recommended

I came in to this anime expecting absolutely nothing, and I was right, there is nothing special about it. The series started and ended mediocre at best. The series became slightly bearable with the introduction and appearance of the Fairy Queen, but that didn't last long.

The MC (Earth) himself, despite being generic, is also a very unlikeable character. They attempted to make him into an "interesting" character by giving him interesting skills, have him use uncommon equipment, and have a whole lot of plot armor built around him.

Now, why is he a very unlikeable character? I guess mainly because of my bias towards the Fairy ...

nkz9lt2

Not Recommended

Toaru Ossan at VRMMO Katsudouki came to make anyone's day more miserable than usual, but that's life, what do you do?

The definition of this work is very simple, we have a middle-aged gamer playing a VRMMO style game, for fun, and we have the ´´pleasure`` of following this ´´beautiful`` story, a plot never done before, Even so, that's okay, how many times have we seen an anime be generic and more of the same be good due to striking and unique characteristics that differentiate them from so many others?

Unfortunately, I must inform you in advance that this is not pleasant, cool or fun to watch, ...