Content material warning: fanservice
What’s it about? Sooner or later, the MMORPG The New Gate grew to become lethal, stopping the gamers from logging out and killing them in actual life if their avatar died within the recreation. The curse was solely lifted when a participant named Shin defeated the ultimate boss. However as an alternative of being logged out and despatched residence, Shin is led to an surprising place: the world of The New Gate about 500 years sooner or later.
I like a sequence that presents an fascinating premise after which does not do something with it in any respect, do not you? Regardless of the twist on the ‘trapped in a recreation’ system and the intriguing (if… complicated) setup, THE NEW GATE appears fairly content material with waltzing by way of acquainted plot beats, character varieties, and misogynistic disappointments we have seen play out earlier than.
Shin, like many protagonists in his style, is not a lot to put in writing residence about. It is good that he single-handedly defeats the boss and frees his fellow gamers, however this all occurs so shortly that there aren’t many clues to this. Why he does it. In the identical means he sleepwalks by way of his new existence The New Gateworld with out a lot sense of private motivation or emotional response (aside from an admittedly humorous bit the place he rolls round on the grass complaining about being isekai-ed. Which is honest sufficient. I am not blissful about that both) .
He has a cool black and crimson outfit and a strong sword. He is tremendous robust, particularly with the buffs he bought from defeating the monster earlier than the timeskip. He can nonetheless entry his stat screens, which apparently nobody else can see, which provides him an edge in any battles he encounters. He has entry to his stock and might create issues out of skinny air, one thing that’s handled as an historical, weird magic solely obtainable to a choose few. He has a lot to do and but so little.
Okay, truthfully, that final half is no less than fairly fascinating: the concept that participant characters are a long-forgotten folks and being a gamer is an artwork misplaced to time. Apart from that, although, this premiere does not do a lot with the “recreation world 500 years after all of the avid gamers have disappeared” premise and slips comfortably into acquainted plot beats about Shin rescuing an elf child from bandits and becoming a member of the adventurer. guild, and combat an enormous, cool, distinctive monster. He additionally takes the time to ogle the aforementioned elf babe, with the digicam sliding all the way down to her ample cleavage. So pardon me, I am telling a lie, no less than that’s An defining character trait for our hero: he likes breasts.
He is fortunate as a result of there are many them. We meet 4 feminine characters on Shin’s new homeworld and every of them is scantily clad in their very own distinctive means, together with – maybe most insultingly – a girl who’s the primary to introduce cleavage within the closing seconds of the episode. It definitely looks like it units her as much as be necessary to the plot, however it’s clear that establishing her bells and whistles is probably the most essential a part of this cliffhanger.
This premiere units the tone THE NEW GATE transferring ahead: a bland and typically perverse protagonist, weak world-building, and fanservice served by each the character designs and camerawork. Fortuitously, I am not pressured to remain logged in to this world, so I am saying goodbye.
