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Interesting show. The 陰キャオタク Fumiya Tomozaki has some distorted thinking about the world, and how it's a クソゲーム, and essentially thinks the responsibility lies everywhere but himself. The リア充 Aoi Hinami condescends and clashes with him, but then decides to take him under her wing, gamifying real life to help him improve his shortcomings (real or imagined). Some of the tasks are wholesome, some of them are kinda messed up and manipulative, and that does eventually become a source of conflict. Even the more questionable tasks end up benefiting both Tomozaki and his eventual friends or acquaintances. Speaking of which, the supporting characters are extremely well-developed (even if they're a bit ridiculous or unrealistic at times)
One thing that's nice about the show is, despite the initial judgemental MC, the show isn't passing judgement on リア充 or オタク in general. It's also hard to tell where it's going at any given moment, which I really enjoyed. I wasn't super thrilled with the way the show resolved the conflict between the two main characters towards the end. I also have some issues with how reductively and simplistically the show treats its message. I'm hoping that gets dealt with more properly in season 2. Overall I enjoyed the show, and got interested enough to start reading the light novel. I can't quite articulate why, but I really liked the feeling of the language in the show. While I wouldn't say it's a "must watch", I'm glad I watched it, and looking forward to seeing where it goes.