Hmm.
This beginning is a standard “I have a useless skill that I’ve practiced so much that it’s now overpowered” fantasy plot.
The MC is vanilla, with a very understated understanding of his ability, e.g. the title is “I Parry A Cow”, when he’s fighting a 12 foot tall minotaur, but the writing and direction feel sincere so far.
Will this deliver anything that we haven’t seen before?
Worth another episode.
That’s great, but did you run 20km, do 200 pushups, 200 situps, and 200 squats?
Umm okay…
Deathgames are fine, but the main problem I see is that in this game, the characters don’t seem to have much agency.
At least not so far.
A seemingly random A or B choice question shows up on a screen, and the characters live or die.
I’m sure this didn’t get the umpth most requested anime adaptation for no reason though.
A few more episodes to really be able to judge this…
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