The animation wasn't as good as I expected, but I've been meaning to reread the manga, so this serves as a great alternative for me.
I completely forgot about some of this, like the baseball mascot lmao
I've enjoyed the very first episode. I love survival/death games premise so I am digging shows like this one. Overall, art-wise it's just okay for me, but on the other hand I really liked the music during first episode. I am also in love with Shuka, so yeah. The way the first game resolved was kind of "lmao", but hey, shit happens - unlucky. That and ending was pretty meh in my opinion, but overall first episode was pretty solid for me.
I will have to agree with previous posts that the ending was absolutely horrible and I'm quite tired of women being portrayed this way in anime. It gets old, repetitive, and plain boring, while being degrading on top of everything else. However, this is a talk for another thread.
As for the episode, I found it interesting. I had the manga on my planning list for a long time now and never got around to reading it. So I was pleased to see an adaptation was coming out. It was moreso of what I expected and I liked it for the most part. I just have to wait and see where it's headed.