Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
ShoZer0Blood
An unexpected random pick turned into one of the best anime experiences of the year. The story constantly throws out twists that are nearly impossible to predict, making every episode feel like it could completely change the direction of the plot. The emotional roller coaster is intense, and the growing sense of dread makes it surprisingly difficult to look away. For anyone who enjoys psychological thrillers, suspense, or found-family stories, this is an anime that deserves far more attention.
The biggest strength is how unpredictable everything is. There are **a lot—and I mean a lot—of plot points** that completely caught me off guard. Just when it seems like the story is heading in one direction, something happens that changes everything. That unpredictability kept the episodes moving a…
Read at the sourceCaptainVanisher
This anime really surprised me. I thought it'd be another generic VR type story, but the themes are excellent. I love the idea of programming playing a role in those type of stories and here it does. Also, the main focus of the story is the relationships between the family members in-game and off-game.
The emotional tones between the family were sometimes exaggerated (especially those from the mc) but they made total sense by the end and the characters were quite well-written.
There were also a few major plot twists that I could never have predicted and were gut-wrenching.
Animation: The animation was quite good too, which is surprising for such an unknown anime. 8/10
Music: The music was also quite good, the opening was great and the soundtrack was decent. 8/10
Story/Narrative: The…
Read at the sourceUsagihatika
I went into Good Night World not expecting much—honestly, I didn’t think it’d be my thing. But wow… I was so wrong. This anime completely caught me off guard in the best way possible.
It explores AI in a way that feels real—not just futuristic or sci-fi for the sake of it. The way it touches on the emotional and psychological impact of AI, especially when it begins to spiral out of control, hit way closer to home than I expected. It reflects our world now more than we want to admit—and that’s what makes it so powerful.
They absolutely nailed it. From the story, to the pacing, to the raw emotion, this was a masterpiece. I was hooked from start to finish.
And honestly? I want more. I need more. Please.
Read at the sourceTheNoo
What if S.A.O was peak? I'm joking (I'm really not, but whatever). Anyway, this show is brilliant, the cast are well written and you can easily understand and potentially align with a lot of their behaviours.
The Premise: 7/10, the premise is a dysfunctional family in real life struggles and uses escapism through a VR MMO RPG, established quickly is the fact that this family has reunited in the game without any knowledge and get along really well in this world. However... this world is one full of twists and the notorious Black Bird that is to be caught for a grand prize of 300 million yen is not quite what you imagine... the plot is a bit out there and uses concepts of AI and VR gaming to be incredibly intriguing.
Characters: 8/10, the main character - Ichi (for his gamertag anyway) -…
Read at the sourceT-O-B-Y
Shit, shitty, shittiest and shithead were the most used words in the English dub. A major down-point to its enjoyment.
It stood out like a sore thumb and made the show worse than it could be, but that’s not everything, obviously…
The show has an interesting enough concept with the families, but it was too obvious from the beginning. Not like the rest of the plot. Most plot elements just appeared out of thin air with no further explanation, which made it hard to follow. But they didn’t stop there. The final episodes just put plot element after element onto the pile of plot, which resulted in too many actions unexplained. Most just felt way too random and unconnected to the starting concept.
By the end of episode 12 I just felt unsatisfied by all the questions unanswered. I had to sort of…
Read at the sourceFinnMont
A show with such off pacing. Interesting premise, takes a while to take off, eventually picks up, and then utterly fails the landing.
First couple episodes are pretty standard, if not a bit dull. Sword Art Online rip off. Except in this story, the main character is an extremely unlikeable shut-up (though this is done on purpose, I think it only made me feel nothing towards him).
The twist in episode 6 was insane. It's rare that a show in this genre actually shocks me with a twist I didn't see coming at all. I was invested to watch until the end at this point.
But then the second half of the show does nothing with this twist, and it kinda just falls into 'big battle as town is destroyed' trope at the end. It also tries to have some emotional father/son moments, which ALMOST work but the…
Read at the sourceSeeking__Anime
THIS IS A SPOILER-FREE REVIEW :)
I actually thought this anime would be worse than it actually was based on some of the top reviews for it.
However, as another reviewer has already stated, it is more of an anime that has a very interesting concept, but its execution of the concept could definitely use some work.
However, with that being said, the first half of the anime, up until about episode 6, was actually decently well done in my opinion.
This anime is kinda like SAO when it comes to it being about a virtual reality game, and also it does eventually get into the whole “this game could actually kill you in real life” troupe.
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So with all of that being said, I guess I’ll start with the things that bothered me in this anime.
The thing that bugged me most about this anime is…
Read at the sourceashleourke20
While it's not perfect it does have a good message about the importance of family and while there were a few things I wished had happened it was not bad. Was a little confused with some things and trying to figure them out but felt best to enjoy it and not overthink it.
all in all I thought it was not bad would have liked some more episodes but is fun to watch if you have free time.
Kind of reminded me of similar anime but also different in its own way.
Art was nice the characters were each interesting in their own ways.
Read at the sourceQueenDilettante
In the ten-ish years I've spent critically watching anime, I've found that there's roughly two types of 'bad' shows. The more common type, and the less egregious, is a show that seems trashy, unassuming, and/or mediocre on the outset and that ends up being exactly what was promised on the tin; it's not upsetting because it ends up being exactly what it seemed like it was going to be. The other type, the type that is far more frustrating, is a show that fumbles its interesting premise and incredible potential only to fall and barely skid itself into mediocrity.
Good Night World is the second kind of show.
Pitched as a family drama exploring grief, trauma, and dysfunction, Good Night World sets up a show seemingly well-poised to deliver on exactly that premise. The first few episodes do a…
Read at the sourceLen_Cancermine
this is the greatest show i have ever watched and it is the most horrible show i have ever watched. it has a lot of genuinely interesting ideas but its horribly paced and everything flies at you in seconds before you can understand it. you'll get two seconds to get used to something and then a plot twist immediately reframes everything you knew about that thing the literal second you were used to that thing. it's not a good show, but its so fast that it's entertainingly bad, and you will certainly not be bored at any point. i watched this with a group of friends about 6 months ago and we still shitpost about it to this day because its so fucking comedically bad at points, even though it is genuinely interesting at others.
TLDR; good night world is the greatest show ever made 11/10 peak f…
Read at the sourcemy_animanga-_way
Though it delivers and entertaining plot-twist felt the narrative failed at portraying in more depth the connection between the characters; as the plot-twist is actually interesting and may have distracted the writers from focusing more on the relationships they were building.
Which is a shame, as these relationships are the gadgets that make the story unfold. One never really gets too close to a character, making portrayals of characters shyful.
Furthermore, the virtual world and its rules are not completely explained, which is also a shame as would have made the story more appealing.
All in all, another average anime, the art is OK, not breakthrough, and it does not have memorable music.
Read at the sourceCodeCypheur
This story prioritises plot twists rather than focusing on the core themes that it's built upon.
Like many others, I was immediately drawn in by the unique and intriguing premise; a show about a dysfunctional family who seek solace in their online family which turns out to be their real family anyway. Yeah this premise means absolutely nothing in the grand scheme of thing; random loli bait characters, female character who loves mc for literally no reason, other random characters introduced and promptly forgotten about until their plot relevance...this is a spoiler free review so I won't go on but I have a LOT of problems with the Dad character and what they chose to do with him.
It's presented as a deep family drama of sorts and yeah I guess it does keep the theme of family but I just wi…
Read at the sourceKeksmania
This is one of the worst Animes I watched.
There are Animes you directly drop because it is basically unwatchable, this Anime is just weird.
I searched for some reasoning behind the actions and emotions of the characters but did not find anything.
The characters are annoying and have 0 personality. They are all bad humans and there is no one you can really root for. No development of any character.
The sound recording quality sounds very poor...
They make it look like a futuristic dystopia but by adding a lot of non-sensical magic there is no immersion and you don't feel anything watching this Anime. It's dull, boring and annoying...
This is my first review on this site so don't be too harsh on me ;)
Read at the sourceSe_synapse
MY.... THE WASTED POTENTIAL.
First of all, although I rated it a 7 this anime is not bad. Unfortunately, it just felt super rushed.
The character development not just for the main protagonist could have been invested in more. The backstories were almost nonexistent for majority of the characters. This could have easily been made into a second season. The story essentially throws you into a world where OG players are in charge because they're shut in elitest but doesn't expand much into how they came to be.
The plot felt all over the place, not really going into key points, but rather brushing over them. To move into the next "action scene".
I understand this anime wanted to do a heartwarming plot twist to it, but it just felt forced and didn't really have connection.
The art style was…
Read at the sourceKuroi23
This is the kind of anime that requires you to throw away your intelligence to enjoy. And by that, I mean you have to ignore every weird things that happen. And how many weird things that happen you may ask? Well, a lot. If you able to ignore those, then it quite a fun show as it has a good emotional delivery.
- Story is about a broken family who surprisingly met in the VR game world, and then as the story goes, they have conflict with evil AI in the game.
- Story development is unpredictable because it give you plot twists every few episodes. Perhaps that's what makes it weird.
- art and animation was pretty good, although the fight scenes are few
- character development is good too. Well, it's surprisingly well developed IMO
- I recommend this anime for people who want a show only…
Read at the sourceCaptainKenshiro
This is a series with an interesting premise and concept, numerous revelations, growing stakes up to shake two worlds collapsing into each other, ideas about the next step for humans or something, an anti-escapism message, and characters that do change throughout it. It should’ve been a good and quite praised series, and yet it’s not, why’s that?
Inconsistent aesthetics
The first and most superficial reason, yet true to these days, is that visually is not great. For a show about people playing a videogame, the game itself doesn’t look very engaging, the avatars look plain and some are not very different from the real people using them, the setting in the game is both typical and unexplored, the artwork, backgrounds and special effects in it look outdated for a 2023 anime. The real world…
Read at the sourcesncix
A really unique anime. Short and sweet and covers the entire 52 chapters of the manga - a cross between SAO and Inception. Whilst some aspects seem absurd, I believe it suits the art styles and the extreme personalities of the characters. I really enjoyed this anime.
Recommended if you want to watch something unique that isn’t your typical VR / game / hero anime. There are quite a number of unexpected twists. The art and animation is really quite enjoyable to watch. Not recommended if you like the typical storyline’s and plots (I enjoy these too at times, so not hating). If you’re after the handsome, mature, genius or OP MC, then this anime isn’t for you.
Read at the sourceKuraiShinimi
The story is about a shattered family that uses escapism to play a game in the virtual world where the family in reality is just a mess, very relatable for various people. The Father was probably the most complex character of the series for me and well he tries to make up for his failures of the past it only gets worse for the family. Meanwhile Netflix has been on a solid trend for me with their animes since Cyberpunk and now I don’t think this is on the same level as that but by episode 6 the series plot really does take a turn that peeked my interest the characters weren’t boring and seemed rather fleshed out a bit. For me tho I didn’t bother reading the Synopsis if I can I’d recommend viewers to ignore it as I feel it spoils a rather interesting small plot that you’d learn in the first…
Read at the sourceSachoza
Are a gamer or like gaming?
Do you like World of Warcraft or similar Open world RPG?
Are are struggling with real life?
Do you often escape into the gaming world to avoid real life ?
Are you having issues with family or people in general in real life ?
If you are any of these, you will feel related and connected to this anime.
The Anime following a teenage boy, who is the "black sheep" of the family. He is a gamer, no job, no proper education, and doesn't do anything else than sitting in his room gaming with VR, trying to escape the real world to be with his "family" he befriended in game/online. The thing is tho, non of the players know who the people of this "family" is, and that they also struggling with their real life.
Then one day, the boys father ends up in the hospital and t…
Read at the sourceconceptoftime
Highly recommended. If you love anime with loads of twists this is def for you. It's a vr type anime but it doesn't stay limited to vr (similar to sao but better imo) at least better than the first couple seasons. I seriously highly recommend at least giving it a chance and you may be plesantly surprised.
I was at first expecting something very similar to sao but it ended up not being like sao at all later on in the story.
The 12 episode season covered all the material from the manga so you won't have to wait for another season
The art style fits the characters very well and their avatars also describe how they view themselves.
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