English Dub Review: Gods’ Games We Play “Mind Arena”
Overview:
Fay and Pearl team up to fight against Dax and Kelritch. The game: Card Battle Sugoroku: Mind Arena. Will Pearl be able to prove herself to her friends?
Our Take:
I know I’m going to catch some flak for this one but I think I might enjoy this show more when it’s human vs human. This episode was a lot of fun and after just reading through Alice in Borderland it wasn’t as stressful because people aren’t dying. Can you imagine playing a board game in Mario Party style but life-size? That is what got me to enjoy this episode so much.
This show is interesting because it hasn’t been bad by any means but it sure has taken its sweet time getting going. I’m not sure yet how many episodes we will get, but until I’m told otherwise, I will assume it’s the typical twelve. This means you have to get going quickly or have a bad ending. Luckily, the light novels this series is based on are available in English which isn’t always the case but some people want to watch the anime. But as for now I like this arc and look forward to seeing the next game.
Short of getting Roiland back, which I'm sure isn't going to happen, I don't even think they could get much better than the new voices from the previous season. And the ratings for season 7 weren't much lower on average than for season 6; it was pretty much just a normal season-to-season drop that most likely would have happened regardless.
I mean, look at the actual averages:
Season 1 - 1.57 million viewers Season 2 - 1.97 million viewers Season 3 - 2.33 million viewers Season 4 - 1.52 million viewers Season 5 - 0.96 million viewers Season 6 - 0.56 million viewers Season 7 - 0.42 million viewers
Ever since season 3, it had been having steep drops even with Roiland still involved; the season 6 to 7 drop is actually the smallest-percentage drop it's had since it started dropping, and if anything it's possible that changing the voice actors actually *boosted* interest a bit and prevented it from dropping even more.