Gamers!
Gamers will love the show Gamers! because… well, the anime is about gamers. Although the anime focuses on five different characters pretty equally, the show is primarily from the perspective of Keita Amano, a high school boy who enjoys playing video games by himself.
One day, Karen Tendō, the most beautiful girl in school and head of the school’s Gaming Club, approaches him to ask if he’d like to join. Ultimately, Keita declines, because he’s not into competitive gaming. To say that this decision causes a chain reaction of misunderstandings would be an understatement.
The entirety of this anime is about a group of gamers who are in some bizarre love pentagon, and each of them being too self-absorbed to notice the others’ obvious hints. By episode four, things are already absurd. Normally, it would be rather easy to write off such a ridiculous show, but Gamers! keeps the audience engaged, and gamers will love all of the random video game Easter eggs in this anime.
If anything, Gamers! does a good job of showcasing how self-centered a gamer can be. When you’re focused on something, whether it’s a video game or a crush, it’s difficult to notice the obvious signs around you. Gamers! may not have been my favorite anime of 2017, but it has helped me to stop and self-reflect on my behavior. I think it will do the same for other gamers.
