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Circlet Princess 01

This show did a pretty good job of establishing the near future setting very quickly and effectively while still making the world feel like it relates enough to the modern day that you can get into what is going on and not feel alienated. Every other aspect of the show is basically just adequate in all regards, or subjective.

I don't know what counts as standard for good action scenes in anime anymore, but I would say the action in this was pretty good. Not great but not terrible either. I wouldn't watch it just for the action.

The characters actually seem pretty okay. None of them have a lot of depth yet but they all have their own quirks and you can see how they could potentially develop or how their relationships will play off of each other in the future.

The humor is decent. I smirked at a few scenes. Nothing made me laugh out loud.

If you wanted me to classify this as science fiction or fantasy I would definitely say fantasy, and I think that's the weakest thing about it. Being about e-sports you think there would be explanation of the rules or how the game works. Sadly, that is not the case. Everything just kinda happens as the characters need it to happen. Maybe they'll explain more technical aspects of how everything works later but, based on this first ep, it really does not seem to be that type of show. All you need to know is that they are battling in a virtual world.

The Circlet Bout itself was also fairly disappointing, at least to me. The characters don't have any avatars, and there's no actual video gaming aspect to it. They basically just fight in a virtual arena while running around with their actual bodies and fighting with virtual weapons. If there is a team play aspect it was not featured in this episode. There's no actual game mechanics, it's basically just a sport -- it's like they are playing kendo but in VR. I wouldn't say this is objectively a negative quality but for me I definitely didn't like it.

Overall I would say I expected this to just be a trashy fanservice show and it's not really that, but it's not what I would consider a great sports anime either. If you're the type who likes Ace of Diamond or Haikyuu, I would say this doesn't seem to fill the same niche. If you like stuff such as Kuroko no Basket... maybe check it out. If the concept of an e sports anime is appealing to you... okay, just keep in mind this is more like a fighting game in virtual reality e sport and not like a MOBA.
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