Reviewing Ghost Game is kinda hard as its as brutally episodic as it comes. Theres some semblance of an overarching story but I wouldnt be surprised if the writers forgot it was there every few episodes. As such for a series like this its much easier to focus on the overall quality of each individual episode and with this in mind I can say that Ghost Game is one of my favorite animes of all time it surprised me with how dark and scary it could get and had me wanting more with every episode
Lets get the bad stuff out of the way first: The ending is rushed to shit also I think there was 1 kinda mid episode somwhere in the 40s. I dont care
Aight now to the good stuff
As I said. Ghost Game is episodic to hell and back theres some idea of a story with Hiros dad being fucked off to the digital world and sending Hiro irregular messages about his whereabouts and stuff the series barely cares about this and so should you and Im absolutely sure any negative comments towards Ghost Game come from people that just wanted some linear story instead of what we actually got
And what did we get? Check the review summary about 64 short digimon horror stories the last few eps are the ending. No story drags for more than an episode all episodes are self contained with at worst a cameo of Blacktailmon to remind the audience that Hiros dad is still chilling out there. And I swear that every single last episode is better than the last its really amazing how they managed to have this many episodes and at worst 1 or 2 that are sorta bad but never BAD bad more amazing yet that it manages to have an absolutely AMAZING episode every 4 or 5 eps in terms of consistency Ghost Game never lets down.
And even better than all that: Variety. Ghost Game doesnt just have fights against evil Digimon or whatever it has some but not all. Some episodes are about helping a Digimon some are about teaching a Digimon how the real world works some Digimon are evil some are misunderstood some just need a lil help. One episode will have a lil guy haunting a small hotel because he misses the old lady that used to work there some will have a giant machine freezing an entire area of Japan to help the other ice type Digimon not melt some will have a yandere plant girl inject herself with poison and rot in front of her lovers eyes to become more human
Oh yea and I should mention that too: Ghost Game does not fuck around it does not censor itself or hold back with the body horror. Eyes growing where they shouldnt bodies twisting into fucked up slugs the entire world tangling and spiraling unsubtly implied necrophilia. Ghost Game is a horror anime and it knows that damn fucking well Im amazed that they were able to get away with so much and Im also really damn glad they did
But once again this is about all I can say as Ghost Game is about each individual episode and reviewing or explaining each one would be somewhere between a disservice to the show and just stupid.
So in short Ghost Game has more than 60 fully episodic self contained horror stories regarding maladapted awkward scared or just plain evil Digimons every episode is better than the last the main cast is a ton of fun the insert songs are amazing and it never holds itself back. It good
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