Should I Watch Btoom?
Btoom's writing is nothing short of an offensive joke. It's so shallow, pretentious, and utterly devoid of personality that I do not hesitate to compare it to Sword Art Online , if that gives you an idea.
First off, the characters are extremely one-dimensional and horribly developed. Most of them are hackneyed "villains" who embody what this show would like to unironically call "human nature," betraying everyone they meet and thinking only about themselves. What's worse is that Btooms takes itself seriously and seems to expect the audience to agree with its laughable message, one akin to what a 12 year old would come up with after listening to one too many Linkin Park songs.
Every single character who is not the protagonist will always be reduced to either a Saturday cartoon villain or a sex object. This would be somewhat tolerable if only protagonist wasn't such a braindead cookie-cutter self-insert jackass who, due to his "game experience," is the smartest and most formidable player on the island. He never loses a duel and can never die. He is protected by so many layers of plot armor that no conflict that involves him ever feels substantial or interesting, because nothing is ever at stake. Did this extensive description remind you a certain other overpowered protagonist from another anime? Well, that's exactly my point.
But it does not end there.
The plot started as a somewhat interesting action thriller but slowly devolved into a parody of itself. First of all, the "battle of wits" are made to look very dramatic and intense but in the end they all boil down to wacky deus ex machinas and very basic strategies that are not as clever as Btooom thinks. Secondly, the bare-bones romance subplot between the protagonist and the heroine is purely unneeded and nothing short of cringy. This is when the self-insert undertones really creep to the surface, reducing Btooom's writing to nothing but masturbation fodder for male audiences.
And worst of all, Btoom has a very uninformed and oftentimes sleazy obsession with misogyny and rape culture. It's like the writer learned everything he knew about misandry, androphobia, and rape culture from the first two paragraphs of a fucking wikipedia page. Btoom treats rape as if it's just a fact of life, as if it just happens and victims of rape should just move on, should just forget about any physical, mental, or emotional trauma inflicted on them in the process. Btoom's message is neither sympathetic nor complex. It just uses rape as an easy cop-out plot device to pull edgy backstories out of its own asshole. But then again, I would at least tolerate this offense if Btooom didn't approach the issue so shadily and lecherously.
To give you an example, a character was nearly raped twice.
You'd think the show would exhibit some degree of sympathy towards her, right? Show her compassion and maybe put her in more comfortable situations?
Nope. Btoom proceeds to sexualize the fuck out of her, frequently showing shots of her in her underwear and actively puts her in very sexually provocative poses. It also does this very scummy thing where it treats her like she's stupid and crazy for being distrustful of men after her traumatic experience. By the end of the show, she is reduced to just a powerless sex object whose only purpose is to get into trouble and be rescued by the oh-so-heroic protagonist. Once again, deja vu? Shit Fart Online vibes? I don't believe in coincidences.
tldr:
Basically, what I've described is the scope of what this dogshit show can do with its writing. Truly a travesty. A completely predictable, shallow, edgy tryhard story with piss poor execution and obscene character writing.
Art:
Madhouse does good work, but sadly that effort is wasted on this pile of dung disguised as a "story"
Sound:
Mediocre. Nothing memorable.
Enjoyment:
3/10
Overall:
3/10
Fuck you Btooom. You're neither deep, thrilling, nor clever. You're just glorified self-insert wank bank material.
Btoom's writing is nothing short of an offensive joke. It's so shallow, pretentious, and utterly devoid of personality that I do not hesitate to compare it to Sword Art Online , if that gives you an idea.
First off, the characters are extremely one-dimensional and horribly developed. Most of them are hackneyed "villains" who embody what this show would like to unironically call "human nature," betraying everyone they meet and thinking only about themselves. What's worse is that Btooms takes itself seriously and seems to expect the audience to agree with its laughable message, one akin to what a 12 year old would come up with after listening to one too many Linkin Park songs.
Every single character who is not the protagonist will always be reduced to either a Saturday cartoon villain or a sex object. This would be somewhat tolerable if only protagonist wasn't such a braindead cookie-cutter self-insert jackass who, due to his "game experience," is the smartest and most formidable player on the island. He never loses a duel and can never die. He is protected by so many layers of plot armor that no conflict that involves him ever feels substantial or interesting, because nothing is ever at stake. Did this extensive description remind you a certain other overpowered protagonist from another anime? Well, that's exactly my point.
But it does not end there.
The plot started as a somewhat interesting action thriller but slowly devolved into a parody of itself. First of all, the "battle of wits" are made to look very dramatic and intense but in the end they all boil down to wacky deus ex machinas and very basic strategies that are not as clever as Btooom thinks. Secondly, the bare-bones romance subplot between the protagonist and the heroine is purely unneeded and nothing short of cringy. This is when the self-insert undertones really creep to the surface, reducing Btooom's writing to nothing but masturbation fodder for male audiences.
And worst of all, Btoom has a very uninformed and oftentimes sleazy obsession with misogyny and rape culture. It's like the writer learned everything he knew about misandry, androphobia, and rape culture from the first two paragraphs of a fucking wikipedia page. Btoom treats rape as if it's just a fact of life, as if it just happens and victims of rape should just move on, should just forget about any physical, mental, or emotional trauma inflicted on them in the process. Btoom's message is neither sympathetic nor complex. It just uses rape as an easy cop-out plot device to pull edgy backstories out of its own asshole. But then again, I would at least tolerate this offense if Btooom didn't approach the issue so shadily and lecherously.
To give you an example, a character was nearly raped twice.
You'd think the show would exhibit some degree of sympathy towards her, right? Show her compassion and maybe put her in more comfortable situations?
Nope. Btoom proceeds to sexualize the fuck out of her, frequently showing shots of her in her underwear and actively puts her in very sexually provocative poses. It also does this very scummy thing where it treats her like she's stupid and crazy for being distrustful of men after her traumatic experience. By the end of the show, she is reduced to just a powerless sex object whose only purpose is to get into trouble and be rescued by the oh-so-heroic protagonist. Once again, deja vu? Shit Fart Online vibes? I don't believe in coincidences.
tldr:
Basically, what I've described is the scope of what this dogshit show can do with its writing. Truly a travesty. A completely predictable, shallow, edgy tryhard story with piss poor execution and obscene character writing.
Art:
Madhouse does good work, but sadly that effort is wasted on this pile of dung disguised as a "story"
Sound:
Mediocre. Nothing memorable.
Enjoyment:
3/10
Overall:
3/10
Fuck you Btooom. You're neither deep, thrilling, nor clever. You're just glorified self-insert wank bank material.
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