Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
friereniserm
Honestly, the anime isnt so great but thats mainly do to the VA selections and the animation. The tone of the anime just doesnt feel right as well. I personally recommend you check out the manga, which is amazing by the way, and skip out on the anime. Although if you like the anime death-match gimmick, you should try this out, complete the season then head over to the manga ofcourse, because there isnt a season 2. Honestly Im so grateful that I felt like I was left at a suspenseful part of the anime, forcing me to check out the manga. To summarise, Im not a fan of the anime, but the manga is absolute class.
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Battle Game in 5 Seconds is underwhelmingly uninspired in practically all categories. From a production standpoint, the animation is static and barebones. As well, subpar 3D animation was the substitute for even the most minor of movement. The sound design was unremarkable, and some of the voice acting was genuinely irritating. Even those looking for an action survival binge should move on. Action scenes are rigid. And the semi-interesting power system is underutilized. Narratively, there is no real purpose. Characters are thrown into an arbitrarily-paced scenario without explanation. Moreover, unnecessarily disgusting content was shoved into the second episode for whatever reason. Completely avoid this one.
Read at the sourceTheTIPGuy
It's an anime that caught my attention because of its description. When I saw its rating in M.A.L. I wasn't expecting this underrated masterpiece tho!
Internal Consistency [10/10]
A lot happens during the series, but not enough to make it hard for the viewer to follow along. Everything is handled really well and the script never contradicts itself! Even with the rules of +30 powers
Characters [9/10]
The characters have clear goals from the start and ALL the important ones have a backstory (both good and bad characters). They’re memorable and original and you quickly empathize with most of them! Plus, the MC is not like others in a death game anime. The only detail is that the true intentions of the person organizing these fights are never revealed... so far...
Animation [6/10]
2D animat…
Read at the sourceOtakuGirrl
Battle Game In 5 Seconds was such a wild ride, and I genuinely had a great time watching it. If you enjoy psychological strategy games with unpredictable twists and superpowers thrown into the mix, this anime really delivers. From the very first episode, it throws you into the chaos, and it never really lets up.
What I loved most is how clever the main character, Akira, is. He doesn’t rely on brute strength, he plays mind games, uses logic, and constantly outsmarts others in a world where everyone is trying to survive. There’s also an interesting variety of characters, each with their own unique powers and motivations, which keeps things fresh and intense.
It may not be perfect animation wise or story wise, but it’s entertaining, engaging, and packed with suspense. Definitely a solid pic…
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tl;dr: A death battle anime purely about the battles, but with pretty good battles.
This anime has the standard battle game premise that involves a group of people being given supernatural powers, and then forced to fight each other in a systematic fashion with a variety of different rules and match types. As far as this season gets, absolutely no background has been provided on who’s running things or what their goals is. There’s not even a hint of mystery or foreshadowing. It doesn’t seem to touch the subject at all. As such, the plot is centered entirely on the fights themselves.
The protagonist, Akira Shiroyanagi, has an ability that’s a bit unique, though what it is and the specifics of how it work could be considered spoilers so I’ll be vague about it. It’s an ability that requires…
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this was a master piece in its on. i wonder if their is a second season. i was on the edge of my seat the whole time. the part where they ended up back home had me thinking how wicked and weird.
I wonder if he negotiated with neon to let them all go back home and be free but still participate in the game. since the game gives them a thrill and different form of life they were all searching for. truly loved this. i like how their where parts of the scene that looked like the game. and i also felt bad for most of the players because of their background story. but at least now they can be at rest. it truly was a beautiful anime with a true story about how we are all trying to survive life and find out place in the world. and how sometimes we lose ourselves to where we no longer see value in…
Read at the sourceAeroGunz
“Battle Game in 5 Seconds” is what happens when You have a pretty nice idea to put a twist on a survival game genre but get lazy almost as soon as You show it off for the first time.
The plot follows one Akira Shiroyanagi. One day when he was out and about he got attacked by a mysterious humanoid. Keeping his cool and using his intellect and love of games, he manages to kill it. As a reward he gets killed.
He wakes up, fully healed, in a mysterious place, surrounded by other people, where a sociopathic catgirl declares that everyone there was chosen to be a part of a game. They are given powers and force to take part in fights. Now… no one tells explicitly that people have to kill each other but let’s be honest, it wouldn't be a survival show if everyone played nice. And so our not likel…
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this genres is really unique (i think kind of isekai fantasy and supernatural?)
if you just started watching anime i think this series is good for started because this anime is not boring to watch and not require you to focus to understand stuff.
the graphic is very good (visual and battle effect) and the story is also good at least not make me bored with the chit chat and stuff.
the story kinda unpredictable and also full of plot twist.
dont worry the plot twist is still realistic.
if you like mind strategy battle stuff i think you should watch it.
Read at the sourceSalvatierra21
The only thing I can say is that this anime was good. The theme of the challenges that are presented is of different dynamics, so that the battles are entertaining, using the powers to the maximum rather than a simple battle royale.
But in the rest of it, it falls to the deepest depths of the ground. First, the characters have nothing to highlight; if you put them in another anime, there would not be a difference, as the protagonist is the typical expert, calculating master of the theme of the series, and we are already tired of that. The opposite character is there to make the comic relief, which would be the blonde who has a headache.
The second important thing is the animation, which is bad, with a mixture of sloppy CGI and poorly designed backgrounds, leaving the episodes flat and st…
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I hate long reviews. And mostly review for future self-reflection's sake.
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MC is an avid reddit user on r/im14andthisisdeep sub. After another casual day of living the privileged life but being too deep and misunderstood by world, he skips school, opting instead to spend time as his heroes do, wandering the streets and being a public menace. He gets kidnapped so badly animated Squid game x X-men death match can start. Plot doesn't progress anywhere, gives no reason to sympathize with any of characters and series viewer base is based on cliff hanger addicts.
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Ignoring the execution, idea of random people having knowledge of having a super power which needs to be discovered seems fun (Gantz, Btooom! vibes). The archetypal trope of villainous/ethically gray protagonist, can serve…
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This anime has been on the low probably because of his visuals and his overall aspect in my opinion visually didn’t look so bad even tho it looked a bit oldish.
But I’ll start by saying I think it deserve atleast a high 6/ low 7.
Sure the story is a déjà vu, and the main character act as if he was the kid from kirito on SAO and light yagami in DEATH NOTE.
I feel like the anime is getting a lot of low notes from people who doesn’t see all the work behind an anime and can’t get another look from their first impression.
I’m sure the Art doesn’t help especially in combat where it sometimes look like you’re having 10 fps and it’s really bad.
But there’s still a good enough effort to make it over the average anime now when you see notes like a 3 or 4 people are just out of their mind,the ov…
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In terms of the anime's story, it's actually unique because every time there is a fight scene they immediately fight after meeting for 5 seconds. The strength of each character is quite unique. The battle scenes in this anime rely on strategy so I don't get bored while watching them. The opening song in this anime is a banger. For the ending song, I think it's normal and nothing special. What makes this anime less good is the animation that looks stiff and lacks detail so that the battle scenes that should be epic and exciting are now ordinary. Perhaps this is due to rushed production and short deadlines. What a pity
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I was surprised when this anime was first announced. I thought the survival game / battle royale genre has been left far behind in the early 2010s, since we are deep into the isekai era right now (for better or, probably, for worse). So while the key visual and PVs for this anime did not inspire much excitement, I was cautiously expecting an at least somewhat average palate cleanser with a hint of nostalgia. Well, that's pretty much what I got.
I have not read the manga, so I will judge this purely based on the anime. This is pretty much the bog-standard death game anime you would see bouncing around the seasonal charts a decade ago (with art and animation quality to match). What makes this somewhat more intriguing is the mystery element - whereby the participants in the death game appear…
Read at the sourcePhat-Hamburger
Battle game in 5 seconds? more like I should've dropped this in 5 seconds.
Seriously, this show was absolutely mediocre in nearly every aspect. I don't really want to get into the nitty gritty of it, because most of the other reviews do a better job of it, so I'll just jot down some of the really irritating issues the show has.
From the get-go every character is a boring cliched stereotype, for example, Akira, the MC, is cold and calculating, he's your ideal loner, edgy "it's me against the world" character (like we've never seen that before). While he does have somewhat of a change of heart in the last episode, there really is no depth to the characters, especially side characters. The side characters are really just there to move the plot forward. I'll get to the plot in a second, but I…
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Deatte 5-byou de Battle does nothing innovative with the death game genre. If you're into these types of shows, then you'll find it acceptable, and if you don't, then you'll think it's trash.
I don't think Darwin's game is anything innovative or anything, but Deatte 5-byou de Battle doesn't even try with it's pilot episode. It's pretty clear that the author wanted to get the beginning out of the way so the death battles can begin. An extremely intelligent and convenient MC is shown in the very beginning, is which he's trying to "immerse himself in a game to escape reality" is coincidentally, given an opportunity to immerse himself in a game to escape his current reality. Wow! Usually, you're also given a sort of mystery as to why people got abducted and placed to fight each other in weird…
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Hi everyone! And welcome to “Garbage of the Season [3]!” The series where I discuss the current season's trashy pile of unwatchable monstrosities so that mom can’t say I’m doing nothing with my life. But before I start, I’d suggest you smash that helpful button and click on notifications so that you won’t miss out on any of my upcoming reviews. So without further ado, roll the intro…
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Today’s garbage is the ever popular Deatte 5-byou de Battle. A show that doesn’t even have a grasp over its own title. Battles do in fact not happen five seconds after meeting on the vast majority of occasions. So there goes the only thing that would make the show stand out, as everything else is just copied homework from others like it…
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So, to keep it short, the dynamic of the show was: bad premise, quite good continuation, and gradually getting worse second half. Despite having one of the most stereotypical and bad premises out of there (and also character introductions), the following episodes got way better and actually interesting, only for the growth to be completely thrown out of a window later, with the story becoming stagnant, typical, and boring. The characters don't really help either, not even the interesting back stories being able to save the show. The fact that it loses its realistic factor, that made the characters feel human, only makes it completely ruined.
The story starts with an arrogant loner gamer boy that's extremely intelligent and thinks other people are not worth his time (that's definitely the…
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The survival game genre feels like a disease that just doesn't seem to go away these days. Sure, they're not as popular in the anime medium compared to the video game industry. Yet, some of them still lands a spot on television. One of them is called Battle Game in 5 Seconds.
Now I could argue that the anime industry has been dominated by the isekai trope in recent years. But once in awhile, there's an anime about survival games. Battle Game in 5 Seconds was chosen to be adapted into a 12-episode anime series despite the manga having over 17 volumes and ongoing. Yes, it would for whatever reason, they wanted to showcase an anime about superpowers that draws the line between fiction and reality. And it all begins with protagonist Akira Shiroyanagi.
Akira isn't your typical protagonist as…
Read at the sourceTheUnholySausage
The death game genre has reached a pit of mediocrity in modern anime standards. Most shows in this genre usually turns out to be god awful from the start, or has a decent beginning but crashes and burns in the end. So when I saw a new death game anime in this season, my immediate reaction was “Not another one” a saying DJ Khaled would be really offended by. But I’m honestly surprised to see this show hold up pretty well, enough to get me to watch the whole thing, start to finish…or it did at first. Does that mean it’s great? No, not really.
The premise is pretty straight forward like most death games. Kill or be killed situations, surviving a platoon of super powered people and be the last man standing. It starts off with a giant, 8 foot crocodile ass looking man attacking our mc. Our mc…
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What makes a good battle royale show? Is it the story of where and how it all started? Is it the crew of characters that each and everyone of them have their wishes fulfilled? Or is it...a death game where if you die, you're dead forever both in-game and IRL (like in SAO)? For Deatte 5-byou de Battle a.k.a Battle Game in 5 seconds, truly in 5 seconds, you'll come to see that this show is just purely "All according to Keikaku." the Animation in all of its average drabness across the entire anime's run.
Death-perception game shows are nothing new in this day and age, the most recent example being of last year's Darwin's Game, and that by itself is a fast and frenetic death game that doesn't take its sweet ass time to develop the settings and such. It just infodumps you right in without any…
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