Onigiri

Onigiri. The short mmorpg battle anime that surrounds several girls that continue to fight against the supposedly evil Kamikui. In all honesty, before watching this anime, don't expect tons of intense battles, though there are a few. It's more like a random rpg style slice of life anime.

Story 7/10: Not much really. There are several mini stories/arcs in the anime that usually last one episode. It's a slice of life anime with no plot (sort of like One Punch Man).

Art 9/10: Average art. It wasn't amazing, but it wasn't bad. I liked it, and the art style suits the anime for what it is.

Sound 8/10: ... This anime has an opening, and a decent ost, but no ending. The opening song Hime wa Rankiryuu☆Goikkousama is cheerful and happy. It doesn't wow me, and the way the anime opening is done is rather simple. Flashing all the characters in front of your eyes with some simple battle scenes, special move, or flashback to cover the last episode.

Characters 7/10: Not very unique, but likable. All the girls are cute, and there is a catgirl in the anime for anyone that likes those. Nyaa~

Enjoyment 8/10: This was an anime I didn't really look forward too every week, but it didn't make me bored either. It was fun while it lasted, and I enjoyed the anime even if it had no plot.

Overall 7/10: This anime was good, but it didn't do an outstanding job. It had some comedy, a few battle scenes, and some fanservice that I enjoyed, but it's not worthy of being a masterpiece. Just another fun short anime to watch with not many expectations.

I'm pretty hardcore about anime, especially ones based on video games. Because of this, I try to give just about every anime I find a chance, including this. I've never played the game, so perhaps I'm not being entirely fair with this review, but these are just my honest opinions with the anime which may or may not change over time.

First thing you need to know is that these episodes are only about 3-4 minutes long, so you can knock all of the episodes out in about an hour. May or may not be for the best in this case.

The art style and characters were ... actually pretty charming, though due to the shortness of each episode, they can't and don't use much time to flesh the character development out, instead just adding more characters we know even less about. In turn, we know very little about them and leave us constantly wondering "who are these characters and why should we care?" For all those pervs out there, they DO label the girl's measurements, so that's something, but don't expect much fanservice if you're here for that. You'll have to look elsewhere.

Ultimately, this is where things start to fall apart. Also a consequence of the episodes being so short, they always move from one plot point, almost rush it, then move on to the next. At the very least, they make up for it by being somewhat humorous, and the comedy can be pretty charming too.

All in all however, the lack of character development, plot points, and run time makes it seem like one thing to me: an advertisement. Essentially, it's just one big advertisement for the video game. At the very least, it does succeed in grabbing interest in the game, but the anime however I felt could've been better, especially since other anime adaptions of video games have proved to be more enjoyable while still grabbing interest for the game.

The ultimate question though is "Should you watch it?" Well, it's not terrible, it's at the very least decent. If you're a veteran of the Onigiri game or if you just love that genre, it would be worth your time, but if you're looking for something considered a masterpiece, this isn't what you're looking for.

It's an anime advertisement for an MMO at best.

They take the self awareness too far when they use it and then neglect it despite having perfect set ups for nice jokes.

It's got some minor level of fanservice I guess, if you're here for that, the hotspring episode is probably as far as it goes? But it doesn't even include most of the characters so it seems failing even in that respect.

It might be passable to watch since it only has 4 minute episodes (opening and credits take 30-40% of the run time) but honestly, there's no commitments made story wise to even consider this to ... have niche appeal.