Anime Review: Log Horizon (Season #1)

Anime Review: Log Horizon
Anime produced by: Satelight
Story and art by: Mamare Touno
By: Aliraluna
Review:

The adventure begins when at the twelfth expansion of Elder Tales, a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game with over twenty million players, thirty thousand in Japan only, are found trap in the game itself if they were log-in. The story is centered with Shiroe, a level ninety, half-Alv enchanter realizes he’s in Akihabara and finds that his friend Naotsugu is online. While in their way to gathering information Shiroe and his friend Naotsugu encounter a quiet ninja that knows Shiroe, and asks him if he can sell the appearance-changing potion; which transforms the ninja into a cute, black haired girl called Akatsuki. Shiroe notices that there are more NPC than before, which are called People of the Land, while the players are called Adventurers; but also all the beautiful-looking well-made food… tastes the same- like nothing. While eating, he receives a call from Maryelle, the leader of ‘Crescent Moon Alliance’ and decides to pay a visit. Shiroe learns that inter-city transport gates are offline meaning the only way to move is by “foot”. Later on, Shiroe with his friends will help to rescue Serara, a girl that was being followed by another alliance and a former member of the Crescent Moon; in which Shiroe and Naotsugu will find another friend; Nyanta, that was in the legendary the Debauchery Tea Party and they do so using amazing, and very rare griffons in order to

Shiroe and Akatuski (and at their side, Naotsugu)
riding the legendary Griffins)

arrive safe and early. They also find out that when you die you revive, like in the game, at the cathedral. But this means that other players can kill you and take your items. In their return trip, Nyanta shows them that there’s a way to make food taste good: making it with your own hands and not with the system; but there’s a catch: you need to be a chef. After arriving, Shiroe gets the news of how all the guides are working to make themselves better and stronger, and about the guild called Hamelin in which two siblings (Touya and Minori) are being held as slaves. Will Shiroe be able to form an alliance between the guilds and save his two little friends? Will he be able to make his own guild, being a solo player for so long?...

Thoughts:

Log Horizon is by far one of the best anime I have seen. The story is amazing on its own way in a more “friendly” environment, (let’s not forget that they still can kill you, take your things and slave you) but the adventures and challenges Shiroe and his friends will have are amazing and mind-blowing. The thing about this story is that The People of the Land will start to act as we do, which you can see from episode one. Shiroe will make different changes even if it means to change his own ideals to help others and will be; more than he already is; an amazing player. 

SEASON II OF LOG HORIZON IS HERE! DATA-BASE DATA-BASE OH OH OH OH!