9/10
So I'm a Spider, So What?
4 July 2021
This anime series opens in a high school classroom but doesn't stay there long; something happens killing those inside and they are reincarnated in another world. Most of them find themselves together but one girl finds herself deep in a dangerous dungeon layer; she isn't even human anymore... she is a spider. She quickly learns that for her it is a spider eat spider world, quite literally. If she is turn survive she must rapidly learn skill and raise her level. She defeats a variety of creatures and gradually evolves from one of the weakest creatures in this world to something really powerful. Most of the series is centred on her but it occasionally shows us what is happening to the other characters as they face their own dangers, sometimes from their former classmates.

I really enjoyed this series; there have been a load of series about characters reincarnated into video game like worlds lately but this shows there is still room for more; I'd rate this amongst the most fun in the genre. Our protagonist is a lot of fun and her endless monologues are rather funny. Her various conflicts also provide some great action scenes. This unfortunately makes things seem less fun when the focus shifts to other characters, even though their story isn't boring I kept wanting the action to return to the spider. There have been complaints about the animation quality; while it might fall off in some episodes it was never bad enough to distract me from my enjoyment. Overall I'd definitely recommend this series to anime fans; I hope we get another season.

These comments are based on watching the series in Japanese with English subtitles.
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