Overrated

This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Game is manifold. It is thing that play in home, outside. VR and App are popular recently. I experienced VR last week. That's amazing. Thus game itself always keep on evolving. Unless companies go into bankruptcy. Incidentally, I don't like Mobile game. I have never played it before. I always have and I always will. Money is precious. Don't waste your time.Then, I talk Btooom! since now. Protagonist of this show is Ryouta Sakamoto. Ryouta is high level online player, and He is what you call "NEET". I hate NEET, but considering his cruel past, really sympathize with him. One day, when Ryouta woke up, he was in uninhabited island. He get into trouble there. He makes full use of inherent skill, bomb (BIM), radar, he need to survive this game. Another participant, Himiko. She is heroine of this show. She also have tragic past and circumstance as same as Ryouta. At first two persons don't act together, but they made them start to trust each other in a certain event.Story is simple than you would think. Kill and Kill. That's all. However, depiction of characters are wonderfully realistic (a bit of Sci-fi elements). Did I ever tell you the definition of life? Get busy living, or get busy dying. They must eat and fight to live. At times someone fall into madness. My point is that you can know human's real nature through this show.Characters are some mature adults. Ryouta is smart and intelligent. Himiko have not special skill, but she is very delicate. One of participant, Kousuke Kira is freaking cool child character. Though his turn never many, he will make an intense impact you. Promise also psychological battle with Ryouta and Kousuke. Not simply throw bombs each other. Nobutaka Oda and Hidemi Kinoshita are formidable pair. Spotlight of this show could say. I can't write about other characters because it is danger, but they are quite twisted.The Animation is plainly beautiful. Especially background, sunlight, forest, animals. Explosion effect is flashy and fresh. It use different organized depending on the situation. Art style is supremely likable. Each character has my type. Especially Himiko's design is awesome. Includes a little sexual content, but I think that opinions are divided. There is person that not be concerned about at all, or there is person that it is say dirty and unnecessary. I'm the former.Soundtrack is not impressive. It doesn't match some scenes. But It is basically not break atmospheres. Voice acting is solid. I tasted feeling like dub of Movie. I wrote it by Japanese style. OP and ED songs are best of this show. OP song is rock, stylish, and want to listen it over and over again. I love this song so much! Actually, I listened to full version of OP song in Youtube's official music video before I watch this show. No harm in trying listen. ED song is quiet melody about Himiko's sentiment. You will want to listen to it in regularly. Lyrics also got to the point of story. Very polite. Great Job, Nano and May'n.I express weak points from now on. First of all, story's progress is very slow. Somewhat takes time for begin to get interesting. Secondly, a certain character is ugly and mean bastard. I hate this character. Trademarks are skinhead and glasses. Finally, the story is unfinished. It depends on my interpretation is ended beautifully, but as I thought indigestion.On the whole, this show is drastically good. Individualistic and so many flaws, but still entertaining. First I avoided this show because I dislike protagonist's setting, but when I start watching, I was immersed before I knew it. This show also not for everyone. But if you love products like Bomberman, Far Cry 3, Lost, The Hunger Games, then you will enjoy.I watched this show by Rakuten TV (Japanese video distribution site). And I bought Blu-ray Complete Collection after a few days. The reason is that I love this show and I want 2nd season. There is no help for it now, but I did my best as much as possible. Although it seems some people have already given up, I'm still hoping.NO PAIN, NO GAME. THE CURTAIN RISES OF KILLING WITH A BOMB PLAY.

When I watch an anime...I never compare them too other anime or related games..... I only judge on what i can see and my own feeling towards the seriesAlthough the title seems a bit...childish....the poster seems interesting(most of the fan i know choose anime base on cool poster...lol)a beautiful girl and a cool hero...The character designer did a very good job.....the characters are beautiful and cool..the director and writer also did a wonderful job in introducing the characters and gist of the game....the action sequence is exciting.....and in my opinion the development of the hero and heroin romantic relationship...is welll plan.... not too fast and not too slow....I think that the production team were not given enough episode to fully tell their story... it is a pity that there are no 2nd season..... maybe if they were able to have a few more episode, the series would have made a better impression on the viewers.I couldn't find any other anime that uses bomb as their fighting tools...so i consider this series is unique and original(if you can forget about the game).I think that the series is worth watching and you will enjoy it very much however, the ending will be a bit disappointing as i feel that there are no closure.

If your into kill or be killed, bloody, immoral, psychological & violent anime then this should be pretty high on your must watch list! I will say the story is fairly predictable but done really well enough that its still very interesting. This show is about killing 7 other people and taking there chips to be able to get off of this island they've all been stranded on with nothing but an assortment of bombs. I will say the weapons they get are pretty unique and make for a good story, the characters are pretty good, the main male character reminds me of Light Yagami from Death Note similar looks and thought process. I'm kind of sad that theirs not more episodes or a season two for it yet, i know the reason though two years ago when this anime was made they used every chapter from the manga(about 40-50) to make 12 episodes and since its a monthly chapter manga theirs only about enough content for another 6 episodes currently.Overall: 4/5. Why not 5/5? Well the overall outcome of everything is pretty predictable(so far that is, i haven't read the manga) but what can you expect for the story line there's not much more i could ask for(don't get me wrong though its end outcome is predictable yes but it doesn't fail to keep you watching and wanting more with every episode), my only other reasoning is that there's not a season 2 yet. This show came very highly recommend to me and everyone who's watched it liked it a lot or loved it, so i think they should write chapters a bit quicker.On a irrelevant note, because this anime is still ongoing and there isn't a season two yet and i enjoyed it so much i'm going to buy all the current mangas(about 50$ total) to help support its continuation hopefully it helps it on its way for a second season since it really isn't that old yet i'd say theirs a 75% chance for a second season especially with the ending of season one, its wide open with several big question marks!

Ryota Sakamoto is one of the best players of the online game 'Btooom!' which involves players fighting with small bombs to achieve their objective. Then one day Ryota wakes to find himself on a remote Pacific island with a satchel containing eight of the bombs from the game... he is now playing for real! Over the course of the opening episodes he has to fight some other players and ends up teamed with Hamiko, a girl who unbeknownst to him had played the game alongside him on line and Kiyoshi Taira, an older man who also played the game. During this time we learn that there are a variety of different bomb types and players can only use other people's bombs if that person is dead, everybody also has a chip implanted in their left hand that works as a radar to spot other players and if a player collects eight such chips they will be taken off the island... which of course gives everybody a motive to kill and a reason not to trust anybody.This may seem like just another fighting-anime but it is much more than that; there is a good amount of action and the tension is always high but this is more about how the characters behave and how the game makes trust difficult. Ryoka and Hamiko make good protagonists; they are obviously skilled at the game but they aren't that much better than other players so it frequently looks as if they could be hurt. The premise itself isn't that different to 'Battle Royale' but the execution is different and the fact that players need eight chips to get off the island rather than needing everybody else to die means it is more believable that they would form teams... even if those teams are fragile. The fact that they are fighting with a variety of bombs is original and when they detonate it is well animated. There is a small amount of fan-service but it isn't excessive enough to be off putting.The series is only twelve episodes long but the final episode clearly leaves things open for a second season... and I'm sure most people who watched this will be hoping for more; I know I do.These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles. At the time I write this the series can be watched legally on Crunchyroll.