The first episode introduced us to Ryota Sakamoto, the main protagonist who were forced to play in a real life version of a game called BTOOOM! where players have to eliminate each other by using explosives known as BIMs in order to survive. Ryota is actually one of the world's top players in the online version of BTOOOM! but somehow he was nominated to be in the deadly match of the real life version of BTOOOM! by someone. Shocked and confused as he cannot remember how he got on the island where the game was held, he unwillingly participated in the game using his knowledge and skills from the online version. And as he bumped into one of the other player, he would have to make a decision that would determine his survival on the island.
The second episode introduced us to another main character, Himiko. This is my favourite episode out of all 3 episodes that I reviewed here because of the tragic incident that befallen Himiko that led to her nomination to be in this deadly game. Back at her hometown, she was a regular high school student who occasionally hang out with her friends and also one of the player of the online game BTOOOM!. However, due to one unfortunate event, she ended up on the island and met three other guys who decided to team up with her. Soon, she would have to decide whether teaming up with these three guys would come to her benefit or would result in her death. I love how cleverly the episode played out in which they showed the same scene at the end of this episode with the one at the end of the first episode, but because of the revelation of how Himiko ended up in the game, both scenes were viewed differently by audiences despite being the same scene. This showed how deep the story can go and also proved that this anime series is definitely not for kids.
The third episode brings the focus back to Ryota as he bumped into another character, the real estate agent named Kiyoshi Taira. Since Ryota lost some of his memories, Taira helped to explain to him some of the things that happened during the briefing on the airplane before they we forced to jump from it with parachutes. Decided to team up together, they hurriedly gave chase to the location where they saw an airplane dropping something which they suspected was food supply. But as other players trying to reach to the food supply too, would they be able to reach it first?
I'm very satisfied with these 3 episodes of BTOOOM! that I watched; the story is amazing and intense, the characters are great, and the quality of the graphics are good too. I love how the characters (for these 3 episodes, it would be Ryota and Himiko) question about their moral if they kill another player in order to survive the game, and also how the circumstances were revealed that led them to being one of the players in this life version of BTOOOM!. The details that were incorporated in the story and in how the characters think showed that this is not just another series with easy plots but one with depth and meaning that audiences can think about. It's a good, high-quality anime and anyone who loves anime with great plot would definitely loves BTOOOM!.
BTOOOM! aired on Animax Asia every Monday to Friday at 11 pm (for Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines and India) and 10 pm (for Jakarta and Bangkok). Don't forget to watch it. ;-)
For more information about the anime series, check out the Animax Asia official website.
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