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What is the meaning of gamer? If we go to our favorite culture dictionary, we will consider a gamer someone that plays video-games. Is it the main topic of this anime? Sadly, it isn't. The video-game idea is irrelevant here unless that we associate the game concept with a relationship. In that case, we can say that the plot of this anime is a relationship game and a "gamer" interprets, acts, and plays on that relationship game. The goal of the game could be ending with someone, maybe love, etc.

I can give several convenient titles for this anime, "Misunderstandings," "The mess," "Mistakes," "Misconceptions." All ... these titles point to the same problems in a relationship and how messy a relationship can be. It would be wrong waiting to see a full-time anime about "video-games," tournaments, and more video-games. If you just watch this anime for that reason, you will receive a big blow on your face, you will lose all your health points, and you will end very disappointed with a big question ¿And the games?

Story: 7/10
Relationships are complicated and love ones are even worse. How many times have we seen an anime about them? If you answer just this one, I will call you Pinocchio. This anime created some relationships from a simple topic the "video-games." The characters have something in common, video-games or persons that played them. These characters will try harder to find more about other players because they have THAT something in common (games). That's the main story of this anime. Keita the typical gaming freak meets another gaming freak called Karen. Call it destiny, cliché, lack of argument she felt something for Keita. For me, both them are the first gamers. The goal is that they end together. During this adventure, other "gamers" joined this messy match and added chaos with some alternative endings. For example, Keita should end with Chiaki, etc. All this mess is titled "Gamers!" an amusing comedy with funny moments and some frustrating events but enjoyable at the end.

I know, Gamers' story isn't that amazing. After the half of the series, we can consider it average and repetitive. Also, several persons expressed unsatisfaction of the same misunderstanding recycling and how it only gets worse. From my perspective, that is the main argument of the series if you remove this "mess" we will end with an empty casket that would talk about video-games, a gaming club but won't be an enjoyable comedy. Besides, no matter if the argument is repetitive we can associate it to the insecurity found in every relationship. They are average students without any relationship experience, they will make several mistakes and will tend to overthink everything.

Characters 7/10
We have five main characters. They share the ability to mistake relationships from bad judgment. They don't have any love experience. They will overlook every decision for that reason all ends in chaos.

Keita Amano, the conventional freak. We can see him as a zero at the left. None notice about him and he lives in a gaming world. Insecure, shy, but cares for his new friends.

Tendou Karen, the freakish idol. She is a beautiful face, desired student, popular, and with a hidden gaming addiction. From a relationship perspective, she is very insecure and timid.

Chiaki Hoshinomori, the last freak. We can consider her a secondary freak. She is similar to Keita, they like the same and do the same, but they have several differences when they talk about games. She also is the last acting.

Tasuku Uehara, the ex-freak. A reformed "Keita." He was like Keita but changed and became popular. He wants to help Keita, but he overthinks everything and ends creating a bigger mess.

Aguri, the insecure lover or better the ex-freak lover. She has a particular personality, but she is very uncertain of her relationship and sees a cheating ghost every time. Even if she doesn't like games, she enjoys being around gamers.

All these characters have a twisted insecurity that keeps adding gasoline to the fire but thanks to that we can see some hilarious moments. Sometimes we want to hit the screen with our head but overall the moments are good.

Art 7/10
The art isn't that amazing, and there are some angles where we can see some ugly spots or weird faces. In general, the art is acceptable. They focus on the characters, their faces, and details to create an impact on the expressions depending on the situation. The palette is the same most of the time as the lighting model, so they used a bright light with a pastel combined palette. In general, the art is acceptable for a comedy.

Sound 8/10
The sound mix helps on the situations and adds tension when needed but also focus on the awkward moments, so it helps with the plot and levels the climax. The OP and ED are good, I loved more the ED, but both are very catchy.

Enjoyment 8/10
No matter if the problems are repetitive the show offers several hilarious scenes. The insecurity of this group is presented to the audience with a combination between mess and comedy. This concept works well with the storytelling, a good pacing, and produces a twisted love comedy that we will enjoy.

Overall 8/10
Finally, I want to apologize. I overused the word "GAME" maybe you are exhausted from it, but I am sure this simple messy story will bring a smile on your face. It isn't the best comedy out there, but it is acceptable. The characters have their moments, and their insecurity is used to create some epic events. I am sure that you will enjoy some of them. Give it a try.

Typically I can't even decide if I'll like an anime after just 4 episodes but this time I NEED to write this review in order to persuade people into watching this.

So, first time I saw this I was convinced it's some kind of copy of "Netoge no Yome wa Onnanoko ja Nai to Omotta?". They're both basically about the same thing (slice of life in a video game club) but their execution is way different.

This anime basically completes netoge in some areas and it seems to explore the social aspect of video game geeks. At the same time, it seems to be a manifesto for ... playing games the fun way. Nowadays, with the popularization of eSports a lot of people have started to play games in a competitive manner that, in my and apparently this anime's opinion, spoils the fun.

I'm a sucker for good romcoms that don't have a linear, boring boy-meets-girl-they-fall-in-love-funny-stuff-happens, and this seems to hit the right spot. It's kinda underrated in my opinion, but it can be argued that this anime formula is already overused. Still, I believe it's worth your time.

DEFINITELY give this a try.

STORY: 8/10
CHARACTER: 9/10
ART: 7/10
SOUND: 8/10
ENJOYMENT: 10/10
OVERALL: 8/10

Funny enough ‘Gamers’ is NOT an anime about Games, rather it’s an anime about the people who play Games! The show is more a Slice of life Romcom about teenagers where the story just focuses on their lives at High school and their interactions with one other which may disappoint some viewers due to its Soap Opera-ish vibe. (If you are looking for something similar but with more gaming involved, check out ‘Netoge No Yome Wa Onnanoko Ja Nai To Omotta?’) I too was upset upon learning this, but the anime brilliantly defends itself by delivering spontaneously strong, albeit ... sometimes cliched Comedy! By not resorting to a Harem anime like everybody else, it’s a breath of fresh air to have 2 main guys rather than 1 and all girls. The 1st episode itself foreshadows uniqueness as the show deliberately sets up a Generic Romcom setting where the MC is invited to a Gaming club by a beautiful girl and the other characters presented clearly looked like the shows main cast. Only to swerve all of us towards the end by having the MC be like ‘Nah, this isn’t for me’! Realizing the show had the balls to create a ‘fake cast’ of characters just for 1 Joke meant I was in store for something Awesome! And I wasn’t disappointed! Another thing I liked was the shows effort of making fun of the Harem genre itself. We actually have a character who calls upon this in one episode! The same character even plots to force a Harem on one of the MC’s which ended up rebounding horribly! ‘Gamers’ uses an old exaggeration of an over the top love triangles which gets everyone confused and misinformed, thus resulting into utter chaos! (The show bravely points it out to us from time to time) You have things like characters hearing only the worst parts of a conversations to someone suppressing important info just to protect another character’s public image which may look frustrating, but it was fantastically executed!

All the characters are genuinely interesting by managing to stand out via their personalities. We have our simple looking Amano, who’s very bad when it comes to judgements due to his uncertainties. Nevertheless, he’s a good MC since he’s peculiarly zealous about certain type of games and will fight ‘’verbally’’ tooth and nails to defend his point despite sucking at playing games! He manages to come across very kind to others and it’s his infectious passion for games that resulted into Tendou falling head over heels for him! Tendou herself is a big gaming fan (in secret) so others simply can’t understand her infatuation for Amano which results into Tendou losing her ‘Highschool Dream Girl’ image. (Being REJECTED by a Nobody really hurt her image at school!) Even though she doesn’t do much later, her depiction of a major crush was humourlessly presented to us which never got tiring. After all this is how a person with a real crush acts! The person goes through unstable amount of emotions without ever expressing it out loud. Uehara is another character who comes off looking cool but isn’t as smart as he thinks! Often a prey to his own schemes due to bad decisions, results in being the root for the whole group problems! Aguri bonds nicely with Amano and she’s all cute and innocent while Chiaki turns out to be even a bigger Gaming nerd than the MC himself! I liked how her story went along with the main arc and whenever she said ‘Desu Desu’. These 5 characters provide us with the bulk of relatable Comedy in a hilarious and ridiculous manner that will have you LOLing pretty hard!

Animation is pretty basic, though colourful and the character designs are by the numbers. Both the OP and ED were a stand out with very catchy music and bright visuals which is appreciated with great Voice Acting from the cast for both Subs and Dubs. The opening video boasts wonderful ingenuity by showcasing countless parodies of video games like Mario and Street Fighter and the work done on facial expressions were superb!

Despite its flaws, I found the anime funny and entertaining. Episode 5, now remembered as ‘The Mother of All Misunderstandings!’ was hands down the best episode the anime has to offer as it managed to deliver a perfect storm of emotions ranging from Jealousy, Love, Envy, Confusion, Shock, etc in a Comedic fashion! (I loved how the MC was totally oblivious to all it!) This reminds me of a movie called ‘Crazy, Stupid, Love’ which pulled of a similar scene of misinterpretations by Comedic means. But exactly like the movie, this brilliant plot unravelled too quickly as the anime failed to entertain us on this level again! The anime tries to repeat itself with the follow up of a Board game, but it just didn’t have the same kick to it! And add in the pretty Meh ending, hurts your final thoughts about the show. Still the characters had their own side plots which were nicely demonstrated though the interactions between them remained the highlight of this anime. Certainly, recommend it to everyone as it’s one of the good anime of this year!

Alright, I almost dropped this anime from episode 1 because I got influenced by some reviews saying its 'cliché'. Note to self: Never read mal reviews before judging a show by myself ever again.
Just know that clichés do not automatically make a show bad. A very great example of a clichés done right is Konosuba, which utilises the isekai trope to create a wonderful and humorous parody of the actual genre, and in my opinion, another great example is Gamers!. This turned out to be one of the most impressionable romcoms for me.

The reason I almost dropped this show was because I was overly judgemental ... on its first episode. Admittedly, the following clichés were a bit of a turn off at the beginning: "high school game club" and "otaku-pandering main protaganist". Basically the premise of episode 1 at first felt kind of uninteresting and even unrealistic.
I decided to give this anime another chance after months because I saw that it had potential. After re-evaluating the character motives and making the effort to actually think deeper into the actions of the characters, it made so much more sense. It's evident from episode 1 that the character motives in the entirety of the show can be sometimes hard to grasp and character's actions can often feel unreasonable or confusing (as expected of every drama show tho). However they really are quite meaningful when given a second thought. The premise starts getting way more entertaining after episode 2 with the slight twist. What’s hilarious is that the much hated ‘game club’ cliché was actually almost never mentioned again in the show, despite spending 1 episode introducing it. It just shows how self-aware the humour is, by first baiting the audience into thinking “It’s another one of those shows… .-.” then surprising them and making fun of it. (tl;dr: so if you're planning to get into this show, be prepared for a little bit of confusion. if u want to understand every character fully, give everything some thought and it's actually quite meaningful)

The main appeal of this show is that it handles the relationship drama part of it really well. Its humour stems from how self-aware the show is to the many supposed clichés, making fun of it and deriving humour from that. (I kind of see elements of Konosuba’s humour in this show.) It also does the whole ‘misunderstandings’ thing better than most other shows by making light-hearted fun of it. I find it so funny because it makes fun of exactly what I LOATHE about many drama shows and actually making it work well.
See, misunderstandings in anime, especially in romance dramas, were something that I always hated to the core. It always annoyed me to no end when shows used 'misunderstandings' as a main driving point of its plot as an excuses to either lengthen itself or to drive its melodrama. Shows like the second season of Kimi ni Todoke has fueled my hate for this because it JUST isn't realistic, the character's constant beating around the bush and not noticing the most obvious things just annoys me at how un-humanlike the characters become because of it. The problem is that most of the time, their misunderstandings can all be fixed if the characters just calm the fuck down, sit down and talk it out... Shows like that just feel very unnecessarily dragged out, insincere and boring. Drilling the frankly petty misunderstandings into our heads and making it the main point of the show be the drama that comes from them honestly makes it emotionally exhausting to watch.
Of course, I have seen a small few anime that actually effectively used misunderstandings, but that’s hard to pull off, because you have to make the effort to make the misunderstandings feel genuinely realistic or relatable for the show to be actually be likable. (One example is Tsuki ga Kirei, I could get into why in another review)

However, when misunderstandings are used as a meta plot device to not only get great humour out of it, but also as a way to bond and develop characters, that’s good shit. Gamers! does it so well. Notice how really it doesn’t get sad and edgy all because of some stupid misunderstanding but it not only gets funnier, characters also know each other better and develop through those experiences.

Here are some other small examples of self-aware humour that I laughed way too hard at, which made fun of things other anime did badly:
1. Having Uehara as the intelligent, NOT dense character that actually knows what’s going on. The fact that he judges situations and can read people’s expressions (like a normal person would) is just hilarious. Viewers can really relate to him as he actually reads into things instead of being any other dense character that does not give anything a second thought.
2. The fact that Uehara and Keita consciously calls everyone into meetups to clear misunderstandings LIKE A NORMAL HUMAN WOULD DO. It’s so rewarding to see anime characters use common sense instead of beating around the bush.
3. Small things like the cliché-looking student council members of the other school or other blatant references to different clichés like Misumi Eiichi's little section on the last episode. XD
4. How the game club which was 'supposed' to be the main focus of the show completely became irrelevant later in the show.
5. The extremely amusing and exaggerated misunderstandings that thankfully were not unnecessarily over-complicated and edgy.

I'd give this show a strong 8.5/10
This show is great and it has some silly and lovable characters that unexpectedly develops through light-hearted drama and misunderstandings. The ending was an emotional pay-off and was greatly satisfying. Instead of being sad and edgy and unrealistic, it resolves all the romance and drama like a man, and in heartwarming and gratifying ways! You know a show is great when you actually like and care about every one of its characters. I have not even mentioned the "Gamer" part of this show, which I absolutely loved and related to. References everywhere, and it even teaches some really meaningful values for gamers at episode 4. Gaming is a huge theme (no shit) in Gamers! and fits into the contexts of the plot and characters so well: characters are bonded by and understands each other through the common interest of games. Maaaybe a little otaku-pandering but still relatable to most people. Yes there are some flaws that I won't mention here, but overall it's an extremely sweet and enjoyable show that can NEVER DESERVE THE “4” RATING. HMPH >.<

I’ll edit in more to this review when I can remember more necessary things to add. Right now I’m too tired to remember everything I wanted to say. This was basically a drunken rant at 3 am after getting slightly triggered by the bad ratings in mal and wanting to do this anime some good. Knowing the fact that I almost dropped this show and that more people like me will because of mal reviews, I wanted to do this anime some justice. This definitely deserves more praise imo!

What comes to our mind when we hear 'Games'? Is it excitement? thrilled? seducing?.. I think it is.. Just like anime itself.. But what if.. There is an anime about 'Gamers'.. You know.. Typical teenagers that goes to high-school then they go home to not study, but game all day. Gamers on real life are like sand grains on the beach. They are too many. We cannot count how many sand grains out there am i right? Thus, games ARE really popular throughout our generation. From toddlers who play 'ABC' games, to adults who play 18+ games out there. Almost all of us are gamers. ... This season we are presented by an anime that you can summarize on 1 word only because of its title.. Yes.. I am talking about ''Gamers!''. The most cliched, cringy (I guess?) and misunderstanding anime out there on this season. While there are some poor stuffs about this anime like showing-off so much rip-off versions of games like in CSGO, Candy Crush and any other RPG smartphone games out there, there are some hidden good sides about this anime. With its very unique opening, to its unique romance style of an anime, I will discuss it if this anime is totally worth it to watch.

Story: 6/10
We are presented by a simple story with a simple set of characters on this anime 'Gamers!'. No, really. Gamers forming a game club and a gamer inviting another gamer that plays smartphone RPG games and arcade games but ended up getting rejected because of the gamer boy's pride then after some episodes they formed like a gamers council all four of them. Simple. But as the story goes on and on. We are like forgetting the title of this series. Instead of 'Gamers!', we are getting introduced by a new title called 'Playing With My Heart'. 'Gamers!' focuses on the characters named Tendou Karen, Amano Keita, Aguri, Uehara Tasuku and Hoshinomori Chiaki, where all of them game AND have a roullette of misunderstandings of love and affections for countless of episodes. Though, the comedic factor is great on this anime because of the misconceptions of the main characters themselves, but the fact still remains that most people thought that this will be an anime that focuses on games itself. From the opening where they showcase so many parody of games, from the actual scenes where the other characters play it, we thought we will have a decent ''gamers'' anime. But instead, we were introduced by an anime about a sole rom-com. Not duo, or even trio, but a Romantic-Comedy Quadro. Though the story itself is interesting (dicarding the game itself but only focusing the romcom stuffs) but for some reasons, each episode of it focuses on characters asking question like ''Is Keita the boyfriend of Aguri?'' Or ''Is Tasuka the boyfriend of Tendou?''. The story was messy but funny at the same time..

Art: 9/10
Art style of the anime is vivid. It seems that its a bit more colorful than an usual one if you think but it adds up the emotions of each characters as well. The art is great on this anime, not only the character sketches and effects but also how the artist represent parodies of games itself.

Sound: 8/10
An anime is nothing without sound. Though some can watch anime without sound by reading the subtitles, but on this anime, i dont know if you can enjoy this one without sound. The opening and ending songs were quite fine for the ears to listen but how the background music tells the scenery change and all. Yeah sure this turned into a Romcom from being a gaming one but still. The sound here is splendid.

Characters: 6/10
Cringe. When the romcom started, thats the first word I come up to summarize it (especially the main character Keita). I mean cringe is a normal thing to everyone but as it goes on, it is sometimes painful to watch the other characters having cringy moments. It just hurts. Though they all suit with their roles and that was good and all, this feeling is hard to forget. The characters are very less on this anime compared to other Summer 2017 animes out there and this makes the anime a little bit not confusing to watch. So.. Less characters = fine story line (for this anime)

Enjoyment: 7/10
We are all watching anime for entertainment. Though not all the time. Some watch it for studies as well to get ideas for story writing and all. But please.. Don't pick ''Gamers!'' for a story to tell. Though, it has a lot of good sides, but cringe is common on this anime. Comedy is fine and all. Romance is good but the characters' misunderstanding is quite cringy enough.

Overall... 7/10 is i can give to 'Gamers!'. With its cringy characters puffing so many blushes on their faces, romantic-comedy at its finest and a story that can either make you laugh or punch the wall, a score of 7/10 is fine.. unless you hate the anime itself.

You're probably looking at this and thinking it's a lazy attempt to grab the gamer crowd, throwing in whatever heartless, big bang theory tier references they could think of but I am so happy I actually tried it out.

God damn, niggas! This is the most satisfying romcom I've seen in a millennia. The best part is how it takes the trope of stupid anime misunderstandings and twists and turns it into the satisfying comedic mess that other anime would try to make you take seriously. It keeps weaving this web of needlessly complicated relationships between the 5 main characters that'll have you screaming "JUST TALK ... TO EACH OTHER" but they don't and it keeps piling on in the most ridiculous ways that'd put Tu love Ru to shame (probably not actually). What makes this particularly funny to me is how closely it mimics actual normies and their "it's complicated" relationships problems and how they could be solved with a simple conversation. I'm really not sure how it's gonna go from this point but I'll be happy to follow through.

Despite dropping the emphasis on gaming pretty quickly I'm actually surprised at how accurately they portrayed the gaming aspects of the show. Like how hard it is to initially talk with someone when the only base you have to go on is that you play games, and just how easy it is to bond and befriend someone based on playing a game. It can be cheesy at times but that's just how gaming is, sometimes you have to use cheesy strats to get a win.

It's not a groundbreaking exploration of a gamer's psyche by any means but it's been a fun and enjoyable experience that hasn't fallen into many cliches of a romcom anime so far. I'd recommend it.

First of all, im not really good at english and this would be just a small review (and my first one), but i need to speak about this GREAT ANIME.
Im a huge fan of "romcom's", and i can't understand how this anime doesn't have a better score, so that's why im writing this [NO SPOILERS]:

This anime has everything that a romcom needs, and of course this might sound like something normal but it is really difficult to found a anime with good humour and at the same time a good romance. This serie has both:

- The humour is just natural and hilarious. There ... are not the typical cliches of this kind of series, the plot create the perfect situations and the characters just need to follow what we, the 3D people, would do in the same situations. Who has never been wrong when thinking about what the girl/boy he/she like's has done with the guy/girl who was with him/her the other day?, well, that's what the writer of this show use to create the comedy.

- The romance is the center of the plot (im not really sure if this is the correct way to say it in english lol), and is always evolving. You can be laughing about some joke or funny moment and in just 10 seconds you found that the plot is using that moment to evolve to something really interesting. Is not just that this show focus his plot in the romance, is that this show have a REALLY GOOD romance plot, or it is what seems up to the chapter 8.


Finally... i just want to apologize about my bad english, but i disagree with the score of this anime and i felt the duty of writing a review .

A considerable amount of opinions regarding Gamers!, especially in the reviews here, come from people who didn't even paid attention to what the anime actually tried to do, and therefore criticize it for expectations that were never given in first place. It's a low and not so smart move if you ask me. The main subject in Gamers!, as is shown multiple times, is: MISUNDERSTANDING. The very first scene proves this. Also, it's a lie that the anime was meant to, firstly, talk about games. The story's subject are the GAMERS, not games. But before we get any further in this idea, let's start with ... one of the keys to understand the anime: the characters.

At first, have Keita Amano. Even though he has a good look, he is an insecure, quiet and reclusive gamer. Amano is passionate about gaming, and even puts it above interpersonal relationships, as is shown initially. His main goal with games is only to have fun, and therefore he doesn't really give value to competitions. Keita is also very self conscious of who he is, he knows about his insecurity and fear of socializing, and above all he knows that games can look like a waste of time. With this in mind, Keita wants to change. He wants to be outgoing, even though his passion for games makes this objective difficult, and distracts him from people around; however, again, he is self conscious about it. Amano is not perfect, and the anime shows this all the time, especially when he gets impulsive in order do defend his main and loved hobbie. He plays under two alias: Tsucchie and Yama (both kanjis of his mother's single surname).

The second character, and my favourite, is Karen Tendou. She is pretty, and the madonna of the Otobuki High School. She receives thousand of love letters in her school cabinet every day. But, even with all the attention and spotlight, she is humble, and gives value to the inner of human, therefore Karen never judges the students, and greets all of them at school; even with all the respect and admiration towards her. Also, always helps the teachers with their materials. However, like Keita, Tendou is also a gamer, but she somehow conciliates her hobbie with her social life and studies. She also becomes easily distraught when the subject is love, and, like Keita, Tendou initially doesn't know her true potential, doubting of her positive qualities. Karen is the president of the gaming club, and takes part in it secretly. The main goal of the club is to improve as gamers, and initially there are other three characters, and senpais, along with her: Niina Oiso, Gakuto Kase and Main Fushiguro, with a fourth, Eiichi Misumi, joining them later in the final parts of the first episode.

The third character is Chiaki Hoshinomori. She is, initially, a solitary gamer, antisocial and also gives more value to fun over competitions, just like Keita. In her first appearance, she has a somber atmosphere and her hair almost covers her face, and that, generated by lack of self esteem, disguises her beauty. It is shown later, when she changed her looks, that she develops games, under the alias of "Nobe", and plays using another nickname: "Mono" (both kanjis are from her mother's single surname). Initially, she started to develop games as a hobbie, but when online users started to bash her games, she felt insecure about them. However, a certain user called "Tsucchie" encouraged her to keep her work (neither Chiaki nor Keita were aware of their online identities initially).

The fourth character is Tasuku Uehara, a good looking and socially famous student. However, deep inside Tasuku holds insecurities about his past days a nerd, and tries to achieve a "perfect school life" (girlfriend, friends and general acceptance).He is also a gamer, but his situation is class is the opposite of Keita, who Uehara looks down mentally. It is shown in the story that he initially did this because he saw himself in Keita, and this feeling turns into a positive one, after episode 2. Even though Uehara is what would be called a "normie" (a term he hates to be called, as is shown in his conversation with Keita), Tasuku believes in his first appearance that his girlfriend, Aguri, is with him just for the looks, but that turns out to be a lie later, as she was in love with him since his nerd times.

The fifth character is Aguri Sakurano. She is a happy, beautiful, cute and at times absent minded student (but is proved later that she pretended to be like this, in order to be accepted by Tasuku). Aguri was, in her first school years, a shy nerd. However, unlike the other characters, she was never a gamer. She always goes with Tasuku to the arcade, and tends to ask him to pick up dolls from the claw crane. Sakurano sees her nerd days in Chiaki; like Tasuku, she wants to break from her past, and be accepted socially. Aguri is insecure, and, initially, has an emotional dependency towards Tasuku. She then breaks from her fears when involves with the club, especially when a friend of hers, Sarina, says that she will always be an antissocial, and Sakurano thanks her for the words.

And at last, but not least, we have the sixth and recurring character: Konoha Hoshinomori. She is Chiaki's sister and the president of the students council, and was always perfect at school, from grades to behaviour. Nevertheless, Karen took her place due to her good fame. Even though Konoha has a unbreakable image to take care, she holds a secret passion for eroge games, which she always hides from Chiaki.

These are the characters from Gamers!; they have complexity, and also so much to tell, so I had to say as many things as I could. As it is shown, besides their hobbies, they all have their flaws and insecurities. And the anime ALWAYS makes sure to show them, especially the latter. Now, let's move to another important part: the plot.

The story starts with a term I mentioned previously: misunderstanding. In the first scene, we have Keita and Karen looking to one another in a class break. All the students are staring at them, since the idol of the school is involved. Tendou asked Amano to join the Gamers Club, to which he said that wasn't interested in competitions. It was her second time proposing, the first being her presentation of the club, and its members, and the second being rejected again in front of the class. After this situation, the students understand as if Amano rejected Karen romantically, even though that was never the case. His reason, as shown later, is because of his principles of having fun beyond competition, and it's revealed that Chiaki was also invited, but rejected the offer for the same reason. However, they both would like to know Tendou's ideas about competition better, and even want to become friends with her. After some time, Tendou gets interested in Keita, who has a crush on her, but doesn't believe somebody like her would ever fall in love with him. Eventually, they start dating, and their first destiny as a couple is the bowling and gaming alley, in episode 7. Her reasons for interest were due to their passion in common for games, and due to the fact that he defended her and the Game Club in a energetic conversation with Tasuku.

I like that the misunderstandings evolve little by little. At first, they start in class, but eventually they take the mind of the main characters. Their paranoias regarding one another show their preconceived ideas falling apart, one by one. Aguri is worried about a """possible""" affair between Chiaki and Tasuku (lots of quote marks here); Tasuku thinks that Aguri and Keita are dating in secret at a local cafe; Keita has the "obvious" conception that Karen fell in love with Tasuku; Karen holds the idea that Chiaki and Keita are also dating (even though Tasuku had the intention of making Keita feel more comfortable around gaming girls, in order to make friends with not only Chiaki, but with the main goal: Karen herself); and finally, Chiaki believes that Tasuku and Keita were together, due to a misunderstanding: both students were having a conversation about their own paranoias towards the girls; Konoha supports Chiaki to take part in the gamers group, and also pretends to bring her sister and Keita together by any means, in part because of Karen's accomplishments and perfect image in school.

Gamers! shows that communication is an easy action, but when the parts involved are blinded by confusion and precipitation, it becomes nearly impossible. And it is brilliant when showing how this issue can grow in exponential heights. The anime always breaks with the conceptions we have about the characters, and shows that, before being gamers, students, friends and game club members, they are humans. In this task, Gamers! excels perfectly, fulfilling its goal.

The characters grow emotionally, and develop through the storyline. Keita starts to give more value to his friends and girlfriend, Karen, over gaming. He even forgets about the pre sale of a game called Space Ocean 2. When he tried to purchase it at the very day, he prefered to give emotional support to Aguri, in a sudden moment of misunderstanding and vulnerability of hers. They become siblings emotionally, as she says in several times. Chiaki's issues with Keita regarding differences of opinions change, evolving into a feeling of admiration and respect as a rival. She wasn't able to tell him about her being Mono and Nobe, both Keita's favorite game developer and best online friend; however, the anime shows that eventually, she will be ready to tell. Not only due to him, but also because of Konoha's support and friendship. Karen starts to give more value to fun and entertainment as gamer, after meeting Keita, who also begins to value the competition side. Although she still has preference for competitions, Amano respects her views, and even says that this is what he likes in her the most. Tasuku and Aguri learn to let the past go, but never try to hide who they are; whether they enjoy games of are secretly nerds, what really matters is their feelings towards it, above everybody else.

To show people's will to grow, their flaws, insecurities and their love in common: THIS is where the beauty of Gamers! shines.

Regarding sound, I really liked the main theme "Gamers!", the scenes and song atmosphere are perfect to the concept of 'games with friends'. It is a powerful opening in many ways, and the game sfx fit well to the verses. "Fight On" and "Koi No Prologue" are two sweet themes, depicting the three main female characters. They are beautiful, and gave me the feeling of wanting more of the anime; like it wasn't a farewell. That said, I'd really like a second season in a near future.

The animation is pretty good, the colors are very lively, and the design of the characters are well done. They are not necessarily complex, but pleasing enough.

A last idea: I think it would be better to fit episode 12, the one about the meaning of games, as an OVA. It makes more sense as an extra, since the amusement park date (episode 11) is perfect as the season finale.



So, generally, this is how deep and complex this beautiful and fun story is. All in all, Gamers! is a genuine masterpiece, that was severally misunderstood through the years (what an irony). I rewatched this anime today, in a sunday. To be honest, I didn't even pretend to watch everything at once, let alone write a review now xD
I felt the need to write a proper "scanning" of the characters background, as a carefully written and deserved review, since Gamers! deserves it. By the way, I plan to read the light novel soon, it looks as amazing as the adaptation.

Thank you for reading this far, hope you enjoyed. And I hope I gave you the will to watch or rewatch this masterpiece, in order to take these points into consideration. Have a great day.

So far this has been a clusterf*** but i like it.


I mean it makes you impatient to know what's coming next week, or how they will clear up the misunderstanding between the characters.

The story is kinda misleading but its tolerable.


What i'm saying here is you should give it a try, watch a couple of episodes, but i suggest you to wait for the whole show to end except you're extremly impatient like me.

... This review may sound retarded but i'm trying my best to describe my opinion about this anime.

And remember this: You've got nothing to lose

I've seen five episodes so far, and right now it's the perfect anime for me. One of this show's favorite gags is to set up a cliche that I've seen many times before and then knock it straight down. Add in some cliched rom-com misunderstandings and I've been laughing or grinning all episode every episode.

Also, it's pretty rare for anime to take the stance of "don't take life too seriously, but don't let it pass you by". I might be wrong about its direction (and I don't want to spoil anything), but so far I've liked the show's message.

Whether or not you'll like this ... show greatly depends on your sense of humor. If the above sounds like it'd irritate you more than entertain you, it's likely that this show isn't for you. I feel like this is common sense for a comedy show, so insert this paragraph into every comedy review ever.

Well if you're looking for an anime that has a good story this is not the anime for you, you see this anime is created to make laughs not to make a connection with a person's heart in a emotional way. It is more like watching a stand up comedian, yes it is funny and good but that's all, if you remember any jokes it means it is the type of comedy you are looking for. If you criticize a show that gives jokes or an anime that is an actual joke and made you laugh through out the series and it is the only ... thing that you did then comments "This anime is dumb, it doesn't have any depth in its storyline nor i can't even relate to it" yes that's the point, the story of it is created so that the punchlines of the jokes has a channel to travel. So again of you are looking for a complex RomCom anime this is not an anime that you are looking for.

This show is so much smarter and funnier than it has any right to be. It's got the same premise as a million other cliché romantic comedies, this time with the gimmick that it's about a loser gamer otaku to justify all the idiotic things he does, as well as endear itself to a niche that will appreciate the game references (not that you necessarily need to understand them to appreciate the rest of the show, this show is about people, not games), but what sets it apart is it knows how cliché it is and goes out of its way to surpass your expectations, ... or annihilate them. The show relies heavily on misunderstandings to move the plot along, and it flaunts this in your face like a proud toddler. Whenever something cliché happens, it's treated as satire, dialing everything up to 11 in such an absurd way you are usually too busy laughing at the reaction faces or trying to piece together how this will affect the rest of the cast to care that they are completely unapologetic about their clichés.

It's "affects the rest of the cast" part that makes the show feel different though, because there's so much more going on than there would be if this were a generic harem anime. First of all, the show doesn't revolve around the loser main character, a lot of Amano's importance in the plot is how he affects things that don't even really have to do with him. What's more, things do get affected, this isn't the kind of show that resets at the end of every episode, the characters all have dynamic relationships that change and evolve every single episode. You need to think to keep up, but it gives you plenty to think about while assaulting you with hilarious gag after hilarious gag. In this way, despite being incredibly cliché, you really don't have a clue what's going to happen, because they could pull pretty much anything and it would be in keeping with the tone of the show up to this point.

All this said, I did find 2 episodes noteworthily unfunny, the pool episode, and the final episode. The writers managed to make so many clichés hilarious to me, but cheap fan service was not one of them, and the two episodes that featured it all more or less bored me. You might as well stop watching the show after episode 11, episode 12 did nothing to enhance the rest of the show besides a single hilarious scene featuring a side character.

Overall, still an absolutely hilarious show, probably my favorite anime of the season and worth checking out if you want a good time.

This show really stood out to me trying to hold a seemingly double life outside of school and work. I'm a closet gamer with most of my friends around me thinking it would be really nerdy to be playing them for hours at a time so when watching even the first episode it hit home pretty hard

But everything about this show is amazing starting with the art and music its a bright and colorful show to watch it will catch your eyes and ears immediately.

The best part of this show is the characters starting with the main characters Keita hes a game obsessed guy ... who plays in every spare time he gets and stays extremely true to his own character
The main love interest Karen honestly shes extremely cute girl and the idol of the school who wants the main character to join her video game club that she has opened in secret because her friends don't know about that side of her

The characters dynamic are spot on with the humor they use to show it making you have no choice but laugh at all the situations these two get into. It also tends to reference a lot of video games as well like CS:GO which adds another cool thing to look out for in each episode

All together its a great show to watch this season if you like a cute romcom with the only main character out there that has a valid reason to be that unobservant to see whats going on around him

Gamers is hilariously stupid. I came across Gamers while looking at the summer anime list and once I came across the genre "Romance" and "Comedy" I knew I had to check it out and I'm glad I did.

Story 8/10:
The story isn't special. It's about a gamer kid who loves games so much that he attracts the attention of the hottest gamer girl in school and gets asked to join her gamer club which he hilariously declines. This rejection ultimately allows the main MC to make new friends and the start of misunderstandings happens from thereafter. Trust me, the story isn't really interesting but that's ... not the strong suit to this anime, it's the character interactions. Many of the characters have some relation to each other, some characters have a crush on each other, some characters believe that another characters likes someone else, and some characters think that other characters hate themselves and with this spider web of misunderstandings, it opens up the hilarious premise of trying to solve everyone's misunderstandings with more misunderstandings. Honestly if you like stupid funny this is the anime for you.

Art 8/10:
The art really isn't special BUT the strong point to the art are the faces that the characters make. You can easily tell how a character is feeling and the drawings are a bit exaggerated to give it that funny element. Overall, art is solid.

Sound 8/10:
Sound is solid. I like the opening, it's cute and well made. The voice casting of the characters are also solid. I like the main MC's voice as well the girl. It suits them.

Character 10/10:
I like the characters. None of them are specifically annoying and all of them are quite likable. There is never a moment when a character shows up and I begin to despise their existence. The character personalities are what make up this anime as they are all dumb in their own way so because I like the misunderstanding aspect of this anime I give the characters a 10.

Overall, this anime is a light hearted enjoyable anime to watch. Trust me it isn't about games but GAMERS and boy is it hilarious. This show is relatable but in an exaggerated sense and the characters are delightful. If you like a romcom with a bunch of laughs and giggles Gamers is the anime for you.

If the main theme were not surround by a "Gaming" plot it could have been better.

Story 7 l Art 9 l Sound 7 l Character 7 l Enjoyment 7 l Overall: 7


It was sure an entertaining watch, It has all a basic rom-com anime has, self conscious Mc, a few girls who take an unusual like for him, and the cool best friend character who helps ... him out.

So what's good about this anime?

This show can be described in one word, "misunderstandings" the main plot revolves around misunderstandings that kind of gets stupid conforming the plot advances, but thanks to the character development you can see why this misunderstandings happen.

The main reason I think that this anime was good, is how they portray "Self doubt".

I think everyone had feel this kind of emotion that we are not good enough for the person we love, and this happens to all our characters The Mc, who thinks that someone like Karen would ever like him, because he devalues himself, but then they show us that Karen used the facade of the school idol to mask her insecurities. or the way they display how Tasaku changed his dorky middle school self to be rebuilt as a cool kid because he thinks he was to lame to get a girlfriend, and ironically be loved by Aguri who loves him because of who he was before he was "the cool kid", and changes herself because she thought she wouldn't be enough for him.

The kind of slice of life part in this anime was really good, and relatable

The bad think about this anime without considering the amazing op was every part there was a "gamers" focus, it felt so out of place and kind of boring for even persons who considers themselves as a gamer like me.

Misunderstandings the anime.
Episode 1 is as basic as it gets till it destroys all of your expectations of it being a club anime and throws them in the fucking trash. This show strays away from Clichés and is unpredictable in every way.
The cast is diverse and some archetypes like the protags bro are things you don't generally see in anime, a confident handsome guy who knows his way around girls. If you want a romcom that feels different and is different give this one a try. Every episode was a treat and I laughed my ass off uncontrollably while at the same time really ... caring about what's gonna happen next.

At first glance Gamers! feels as if it's one of those cliche, dime a dozen Rom Coms that extend the story by adding in pointless misunderstandings. And Gamers! definitely is one of those shows but it still manages to set itself apart. And that's because studio Pine Jam, understands what makes Rom Com's entertaining instead of just copy pasting stuff from other popular shows verbatim.

Unlike most shows that use misunderstandings to unnecessarily to extent the plot, Gamers! uses it as it's main driving force. Almost every single moment will be misconstrued without fail, leading to utterly hilarious hijinx.

Another reason why this show stands out ... is because of how it treats it's subject matter. Gamers!, surprise surprise is actually about people who enjoy video games and the different ways they experience it as a medium. The show constantly takes this to heart, resulting in nuances such as how every member of the principal cast treats games differently but all the actual video gamers treat it as a matter of life or death in their own way, the dumb reasons that are behind the name of the character's avatars and how the character's actually play actual real world video games as well as games that are blatantly referencing other popular games, or how the cliche scene where the female cast members are jealous of each other's figure actually consists of a heated debate about the joy of difficult video games.

While not revolutionary the main cast of Gamers! manage to have good chemistry between each other. Which helps make the fact that most of the plot being someone suspecting another for cheating a bit more believable.

Gamers! is not a revolutionary show. Nor is it something you go out to watch. But if you are a person who is a bit too invested into video games (like me, if the review didn't make it obvious) or are willing to follow a group of dumb teenagers doing dumb things you might find yourself having a good time.

Gamers! is an anime that initially you think is going is to be a show about gamers with a thinly veiled romance plot, only to be a romance plot with a thinly veiled gaming aspect. It's a show that relies on two things: the viewers tolerance and general understanding of the misunderstanding trope, and the heavy prominence of game mechanics references in relationship to, well, relationships and everyday life.

These two managed to work well on me, even as I'm one who generally hates misunderstanding tropes and usually only mildly likes gaming references.

What pushes this show into entertainment and why it works so well ... is the level of effort put into both the references and the misunderstandings themselves. The five main characters form a complex web of their own perceptions about what's supposedly really going on with everyone else. Characters that don't realize what kind of situation they're in perfectly understanding when one of their friends is bumbling up. It feels very true to life in that aspect, as each dumb teen is only perceptive enough to figure out one thing going on at a time and that's it. One of them even constantly tries to get the others into situations where they can talk it up only for the misunderstandings to pile up. All of this culminates in the sixth (and quite possibly best) episode, where the set-up and eventually pay-off is honestly good enough to stand on its own in a lot of ways.

The other thing this show thrives on is its gaming references, which are clock-full in each episode. Rarely do they feel cheap or shoehorned in either, some even being quite subtly (took me about four episodes until "Karen Tendo" really set in) and others are used to build whole episodes out of, like in Karen's episode or most of Amano's. They go all out with the sound effects and the "gameplay" of the games in-universe, to the point that most of them feel like they could be real games. All this extra effort really shows and makes the games and characters feel more alive because of it.

Obviously, though, the series isn't perfect, and I think a large portion of that rests on the second half of the series. The first half is the perfect string of misunderstandings that were relatable and that connected with the viewer while the second half...fails to use all of them properly. The series doesn't even try to end on any conclusive note, although I don't think it necessarily needs to, it does use a few episodes in the second half to set up a conflict it never resolves it in-universe and personally it feels like we're getting at least a little cheated out of the possibilities of that one storyline.

Overall, even though because of technical and story limitations in the end, I still highly recommend this show to people who are tired of stupid misunderstanding tropes and good rom-coms with a hint of gaming for extra flavor.

~Howl

Yo it's your classical romantic comedy about a gaming loving dude... But it's actually really good!

Story:
Revolves around this total gamer, you know the one who would have posters and video games all over his room. Type of kid to come to school with headphones in and on his phone... Tbh that's me AHAHAHA. But reality you can relate to him. The anime is really about him liking this girl who is WAYYYYYYY out of his league. I'm talking big time, as he is on Earth and she is in Narnia, like man don't even try. But he does and this whole anime goes with the ... group he joins, well creates and it's really funny! Many misunderstandings but done right! Not cliche like "Oh no you walked in on me having my hand on this girls chest, no it's not what it looks like..." But real in world teenage problems and how teenagers would see simple things and go total overboard. Don't lie, we were once all and most still, we act like that ahahaha
Art:
Nothing special here, just you run of the mill clean cut art. Imagine any modern day HD anime set in a school and bam! THE DIRT IS GONE! Wait... Sorry... Bam! That's your art style!
Characters:
Really good! You can totally relate to them! They're fun and all but where they shine is how they're different in many ways but around one certain thing the main character does, brings them all together. It's a true friendship! I also like how the friend of the main character becomes his friend, it's really nice!
Overall:
Want a Dub, Comedy, High School, Harem (Aspects), Games and a really chill anime to wind down your weekend arvo because we have jobs WHICH BREAK US DOWN AND WE STRUGGLE AND THE WEEKENDS ARE THE ONLY TIME WE HAVE TO OURSEL.... Sorry, just if you want to relax,laugh and have fun. This is the anime!

I get why a lot of people won't like this anime and why would they gave bad notes and such. First is the people create hype about what are they going to see, they expect a different anime. And that's because it sounds (and actually starts) as an interesting premise of modern gaming and a club of pro gamers. That would get the attention of a lot of different people, and a lot of them will find themselves disappointed about the actual premise of the series: a romance comedy with a small touch about videogames.

After saying that, let's start with the actual review.

STORY ... - 7
The story as a romance comedy is not outstanding, but it does the job.

ART - 8
The art is really well done, and the reactions in the faces of the characters are great too.

SOUND - 8
The music is good, it has some nice touches of videogame music here and there.

CHARACTER - 6
The series follow 5 characters, which form a romantic triangle and a couple that doesn't quite trust each other but still like the other. The small difference with other series is that the majority of the characters are gamers that love games in their own way. This is something that could have been done better, in my opinion their personalities could have more work.

ENJOYMENT - 10
As usual it has the typical misunderstandings between the characters, this is the point that could be the reason of the love or the hate for the series. The misunderstandings are insane, they are really crazy, and the way the characters react make it really funny, by them being unable of clearing the misunderstandings as normal people, and talking but taking conclusions from what they see. This is the second reason why people might wont like the series, but for me it just adds to the charms, it's so irreal it's amazing, I love it!

OVERALL - 9
For me this series are a good example that if the parts aren't that great, in the end, what matters is the final product. The enjoyment I have for this series might be a little bit to high, but I cant do nothing about it, I love it! =D, every new chapter made me laugh and it made my day, and that's not something everything does. But I will also repeat, I totally get why people wouldn't like this anime. In the end, it's just my silly personal opinion, I hope that if you watch it you love it as much as I did =D.

This is my first review, but there were some things I really needed to say about Gamers!