The anime "This World is Too Imperfect," scheduled to air in spring 2024, tells the story of a group of players who are debugging an incomplete, full-dive, open-world RPG that is still in development, only to find themselves trapped inside the game. Set in a harsh world where there is no logout function, and it is unclear whether players can respawn if they die, there are bugs that prevent progress from freezing, and if players get stuck in a deadlock, there is no way to return without a reset button, it is an unrealistic story that feels very real. Here, we have made a subjective ranking of the most memorable scenes from "This World is Too Imperfect"!
Famous Scene Ranking #10: Overturning a Losing Event, But...
Haga, investigating the world as a King's Seeker, defeats an incredibly powerful dragon that attacks the village where villager Nikola lives, using a mysterious trick (a pattern trap) to save the village. However, Nikola and the villagers he supposedly saved are engulfed in flames and die. In fact, this world is a game, and Nikola and the villagers' deaths are predetermined by a losing event. Even if he overturns that, they are destined to die. It's a common occurrence in games. Haga was the game's debugger, and after repeatedly abandoning and debugging the quest, he discovered a pattern for defeating the dragon. However, this incomplete game lacked a winning event.
Famous Scene Ranking #9: Goodbye, Lu
Amano, an employee of Asobing Co., Ltd., left his selfish boss and found refuge with the NPC Lu. Lu generated a quest called "Tell Me a Heroic Tale," and Amano continued his hobby of writing manga as much as he wanted and sharing it with Lu. He was living a more fulfilling life than ever before. However, the company presidents indirectly killed Luu, and Luu became lost. In this world, NPCs are one-off encounters, and once they die, they never return. Because NPCs in this game are highly advanced AI, they feel like living humans. Despite being game characters, Luu's death left a deep scar on Amano's heart.
Famous Scene Ranking #8: Actual Death?
Haga, Nicola, and Amano invade Asobing's headquarters to defeat the company presidents, but the president is killed by the employees, and Haga and his friends are discovered by the employees and put in a difficult situation. They no longer had any sense of ethics, and a clash was inevitable, but with debug mode sealed away, the Hagas were at a disadvantage no matter how you looked at it. So the plan they came up with to defeat them was to use a gust of wind magic to blow away enemies and force them to skip checkpoint events, thereby intentionally freezing the system. In this world, once debuggers are unable to move due to freezing or other such events, it is almost impossible to recover. It is unclear whether they are even able to log out, and if they are not careful, they will remain conscious but be unable to move forever, effectively dying. And so, even though the Hagas were trying to protect themselves, they ended up killing a fellow debugger...
Famous Scene Ranking #7: Farewell to Ruu
The president of Asobing was supposedly killed by his employees, but he survived thanks to a substitute item. The president tells Amano that there is a way to bring NPCs back to life. It is an NPC resurrection code that the president stumbled upon. Ruu is revived using this code, but her memories of her time with Amano are gone. Amano decides that it's better for Ruu to be forgotten than to be with him in this imperfect world, so he bids a true farewell to Ruu and continues his journey with Haga and the others.
Famous Scene Ranking #6: Mysterious? Encounter with
Hagar arrives in the Kingdom of Sai and attempts to report to the game's management that the meta-AI, Alba, is overly interfering with the game. However, before she can report, Alba whisks her away to the Kingdom of Sai's underground dungeon. There, she encounters a mysterious "? mark." She's a part-time employee at Entertainment Co., Ltd., originally a lizardman. However, when she tries to change her model using the "Fluffy Dragon Transformation Set" brought by a traveling merchant, the model isn't updated, and she's unable to return.
Famous Scene Ranking #5: Eipa Haga Special
Haga is trapped in an underground dungeon in the Kingdom of Sai. The raid boss he encounters there, the "Silent Demon," is a formidable foe, and it seems impossible to escape. However, Haga manages to exploit a loophole in the game's mechanics to defeat the Silent Demon. However, the Silent Demon has a second form, making it impossible for players to defeat. Despite being at a disadvantage, Haga manages to grasp the enemy's pattern and successfully force it into a permanent pattern, a common occurrence in fighting games. However, the power of this permanent pattern is so low that it takes hours of repeated attacks to defeat it.
Famous Scene Ranking #4: Has Akira Reached His Limit?
While Haga was smacking the raid boss, Amano and Akira were searching the area. There they encountered a monster disguised as Ren and Alba: the Mimic Demon, which mimics people's desires. Akira, who was saved just in time, went berserk, tearing the Mimic Demon to shreds and bursting into tears. Akira had taken the stance of adapting to this world and living in it, but in reality, he was a student on work experience, and he yearned more than most to go home. In fact, many debuggers who come to this world suffer mental damage like this.
Famous Scene Ranking #3: Reunion with Nicola
It's been a year since Haga and the others were trapped in the underground dungeon. Despite various challenges, they managed to escape from the 1000th floor on their own. Meanwhile, Nicola, who was left behind, believed that Haga would never leave her there without doing anything, and even as an NPC, she wasn't just wasting her time. Nicola has become an assassin over the past year and rescues Haga and the others as they emerge from underground. She's become a reliable presence, a stark contrast to her days as a simple villager, but her inner self hasn't changed. Nicola is relieved to see that Haga is the same as when they first met, and cries with joy at their reunion.
Famous Scene Ranking #2: Sudden Food Terror
After reuniting with Nicola, Haga and the others are guided to the Assassin's Guild, where they find an Iekei Ramen stand. There, they meet a staff member named Haruto, who is also familiar with Akira and Akane. Haruto poured his passion into creating Iekei ramen in this world, and began to feel positive about living in it. However, many debuggers, including the team's leader, Ren Mizoguchi, began to suffer mental breakdowns. Ren developed a technology that turned debuggers into NPCs. To escape their suffering, he transformed many players into NPCs, and even became an NPC himself. We hear the shocking story of what could be interpreted as a mass suicide.
Famous Scene Ranking #1: Akira Becomes an NPC
During the final battle between Alba and Ren, it was revealed that Ren had not actually become an NPC. However, his mental state was already on the brink of collapse. Ren stole Akira's consciousness during the battle and, using a special command, transformed him into an NPC. Akira no longer possessed his former will, and all his time spent with Haga and Amano was wiped from his memory. As an NPC, Akira became hostile towards Haga and Amano, as per the game's premise, and even if he abandoned the quest and restarted it, he would never return. While these precious companions were effectively dead, they were not necessarily dead in real life. Haga and Amano's goal was to complete the game and log out.
[This World is Too Imperfect] Ranking of Famous Scenes
Here's a compilation of the best scenes from the anime "This World is Too Imperfect," which will air in April 2024! Despite being set in a game world, the deaths of NPCs are significant, and if they become incapacitated by a bug, they are effectively dead, and in some cases, they may even remain conscious for the rest of their lives, highlighting the harshness unique to this work. The strong sense of realism despite being a game makes this a truly memorable work, so I highly recommend watching the anime!
