Reviews

This episode has a bully in it! Tensions flare as the romance between that one hot guy and that one standoffish girl is taken to a whole new level, while Jack the hardened criminal gets hostile to another patient (presumably named Goliath) even though he wasn't really being rude. But he had every right to be rude to him because as it turns out HE IS THE BULLY!!! :O

Meanwhile we've got a kid named (Davey or David?) with his jaws wired shut, and Kit mercilessly makes fun of him for being fat and losing the fight while he cannot speak. Kit is such a lovely character ain't she?!

Tensions REALLY flare when Holden is rushed into the ER after he clearly fainted suddenly at the beginning of the episode and no one noticed. While Kit watches on in horror, the bully kid sneaks into Davey/David's room and starts beating him up while threatening to break his jaw again. For all I know he was probably planning to kill him right then and there. This is apparently because Davey/David got him kicked off the lacrosse team.

Watch out future lacrosse players; it's a TOUGH sport with TOUGH people! Ain't no sport for fellow Weenie-hut Juniors!!! >:)

They break up the fight, the bully kid is revealed as the bully. All the volunteers get in trouble, but not....really. Then the episode ends.

Writing and acting doesn't get much better than this. I accidentally gave it 1/10 but I absolutely meant to give it a perfect 10.

Also almost forgot about Holden.....how much u wanna bet he's gonna die? Liek if u cry every time. :'(

This is actually probably the second movie I ever cried watching, after The Spongebob Movie (2004). I was eight when this movie came out, and I remember crying my eyes out when Otis' dad died. Gawd just thinking about it is making me choke up again. This ain't no animated masterpiece, but boy did it have some heart, and I still remember it to this day.

Be right back I've gotta get some tissues cause I am crying just thinking about Otis and his dad in that one scene :''(

My family absolutely LOVED this anime, and I'm more than happy that people are enjoying it. That being said, I have some notable issues with Bofuri:

First I'd like to address the "This is like Sword Art Online but done RIGHT" comments. No, I do not think that is true at ALL. At it's core they have a similar premise about VRMMO's but most everything else about this anime is very different from SAO. While SAO was about the characters being trapped in a game and would die in real life if they died in-game (and after effects of the trauma), this is a lighthearted comedy show where the characters are playing at their own pace with no real-world risk. I get WHY people are comparing the two, but the whole story of both shows are very different.

This show is about Maple, a girl coerced into playing a VRMMORPG by her friend, and as the title suggests she just goes fully into defense. It's an interesting setup, but what ultimately comes of it is a character that virtually cannot be defeated since ya know....she maxed out her defense. The first episodes consist of Maple getting attacked and unharmed by many small creatures and ultimately defeating them since they would tire themselves out. Then as she gains more skill from the creatures she "defeats" she grows to be more and more powerful in-game. This is where my problems begin....

What is my problem you ask? Well to me, it seems our protagonist Maple is what I'd call an OP (Over-powered) Mary Sue type character. And I just did not like that at all. She grows in popularity throughout the series due to her being so OP, and it just continues to irk me because there's just NO WAY I can connect (or enjoy watching) someone who is having everything go so.....perfectly well. She is basically adored by EVERYONE in the game by the end of the show. Heck she is popular within the first three episodes due to her unusual way of becoming OP. I mean, Kirito from SAO was kind of a OP Gary Stu, but at least in that show we knew he had plenty of experience playing the game and learning all of its skills and secrets through hard work during beta-testing. Maple is the exact OPPOSITE of that. She goes in completely unprepared and inexperienced, and comes out pretty much as goddess of the game......

Maybe that was the point??? But it just does NOT work for me at all. Aside from the fact that I didn't like Maple or her development, I didn't really like any of the other characters any better. There's just nothing to them that I could relate to or find remotely interesting about them. They were just.....THERE.

Another pretty minor nitpick is how they would frequently show chat between players in the game, and they would scroll though it SO FAST that I couldn't read any of it without pausing several times! As a matter of fact, my parents spent several minutes trying to pause it just at the right time so they could read the millisecond-screened messages. They couldn't even read every message. I know what you're thinking: Why do you care so much? They don't really matter in the long run, and it's probably that way BECAUSE they didn't expect anyone to read them! Well, I'm the kind of guy that's always looking for the small details in media. I will frequently pause and rewind to make sure I didn't miss anything (perhaps that is partially my OCD to blame for that) so this kind of stuff will frustrate me to a point where I usually just end up rage-quitting. I don't know why they bothered throwing that stuff in there only for it to appear an accumulated total of 25 seconds throughout the whole show. Just.....AAAGGGHHH!!!

Credit where it's due, the animation is very vibrant and colorful and the voice acting is great as always (might recommend the sub over dub this time since there are some line alterations on Funimation's part cause they are apparently more **woke** than ever). But that is not enough to make up for the irritating flaws it has.

I'm still giving it a 6 cause I wouldn't call it a ""bad"" anime. Just an anime I didn't care for in the end. I recommend you see it for yourself and decide whether you like it or not. Considering most of the reviews are positive, this one will likely be (and stay) and outlier. It probably won't even be read by that many people.

Give it a go if you want. You'll probably get more out of Bofuri than I did. And that's great! I really am glad people are enjoying things I don't care for as much.

But Bofuri was ultimately swing-and-a-miss for me

Spoiler alert, but I think anyone planning to watch this ought to read anyway cause I think it's very important.

I would recommend for anyone sensitive to graphic stuff, you might want to skip this episode as it actually shows a suicide. Luckily the actual suicide is not shown ON SCREEN but you do see footage of someone who saw it as it happened. It's honestly one of the most shocking scenes I've ever seen in a documentary, and I just want to warn anyone who might be planning to see this episode that it does happen.

Still a very interesting and bizarre episode of an already bizarre documentary.

Rest easy Travis (1994-2017), you were gone way to soon. :(

I generally enjoy the average B-movie from the 1980s or 90s just for nostalgia sake, but this one was an exception as I did not laugh once or crack a smile. I did cringe a few times though so.....yeah

The jokes fall flat, the story is ridiculous, there are many plotholes, and worst of all it's just not that enjoyable. Even by campy 90s standards. It's just an all-out cringe fest that begs many more questions than answers. Like why does the antagonist need to marry Bess Armstrong's character? He's got all he needs to find "great grandaddy's treasure" so.....??? It is never explained that I recall.

Want a good 90s kid film? Check out The Sandlot. It was released the same year as this film (1993) and does everything better. The kid characters are more relatable and likeable, the story is simple and fits the movie better, and it honestly has more heart to it. Do watch the Sandlot instead. Also watch JonTron's "The Skateboard Kid" video on Youtube, as it made me laugh way more than the actual movie.