Let's Play

Let’s Play is a story that orbits around the character, Sam, and her day-to-day adventures of hanging with her friends and gaming/game development. I was certain this story was going to be a fun new Romance with a splash of Reverse Harem...but boy...was I incredibly misinformed by the cover art for this and the summary. The romance in this story is minimal at best, and there is hardly one solid love interest, much less more than that. Upon completing this story, I had to sit with myself and think over: what is this story trying to tell us about Sam? What does it want us totake away as viewers? Is it about following your dreams? Is it about following your heart? Is it about learning to love yourself despite your flaws? While all of those themes are shown in fragments throughout this anime, nothing is ever properly fleshed out or examined. There is no singular theme at the heart of this tale. Her love interests are barely that, her passion for game design is sorely underdeveloped, and though she acknowledges in the beginning that she does need to work on her confidence, there is no actual character development in these twelve episodes that shows that she’s learned to appreciate and love herself better despite even receiving help from outside sources. I really love characters who take the initiative to change themselves. When they see their potential, they do whatever they can to grow. However, Sam is extremely reactive instead of proactive. She doesn’t do anything for herself, even when she’s given all the tools to be successful. Because of this, she’s never matures - making her rather frustrating as far as characters go. Surprisingly, for me, the side characters were more enjoyable than she was. Very seldom do I like a whole cast of friends/family, but I actually did thoroughly enjoy everyone else in this story aside from her. Other than the flaws that I mentioned, I will say that I did overall enjoy my experience watching it. And do recommend giving it a chance, but just know going into it that is not really a romance anime despite being advertised as such.

As someone who has read the webtoon from start to finish and enjoyed it very much, this felt very rushed. The animations were good, the plot stayed mostly the same but I felt the storyline was rushed the same way horimiya felt rushed. I will say that overall it stayed true to the Webtoon from what I remember. In my opinion, Link and Marshall's voice actors were not what I expected and it threw me off a little. The intro had introduced a lot of the characters by name but those characters had too little screen time for them to be name dropped in theintro sequence. I felt like a few things were missing and I can't quite put my finger on what it is. Overall I would say it is enjoyable but I would like to see them make another season, expand on the other characters, and personally i would like to see more of the "emotions".

Yıllarca webtoonunu okuduğum ve hayran olduğum için onunla da kıyaslayacağım biraz. Orijinalinde hikayesi yetişkinlerin günlük hayatta karşılaştıkları zorlukları, duyguları ve ilişkilerini oldukça gerçekçi şekilde ele almıştı. Animesinde çizimler karakterleri fazla genç ve sıradan göstermiş. Hikaye de daha iyi uyarlanabilirdi (seslendirmen kadrosuna bayıldım bu arada). Animesi beklentimi hiç karşılamadı ve sıradan harem animesi gibi hissettirdi. İzlenmeyecek kadar kötü değil yine de. Since I read the webtoon for years and was a big fan, I’ll be comparing it to that as well. In the original, the story portrayed the everyday struggles, emotions, and relationships of adults in a very realistic way. In the anime, the character designs madethem look too young and ordinary. The story could have been adapted better, too (though I loved the voice cast). The anime didn’t meet my expectations at all and felt like a typical harem anime. It’s not bad enough to be unwatchable, though.