A popular gaming trope that Sword Art Online helped bring into the mainstream received a powerful, literal translation from the unlikeliest of anime, And You Thought There Is Never a Girl Online? The harem-esque And You Thought… unabashedly panders with anime fan service so thoroughly that later episodes exploring the darker aspects of gaming pleasantly throws off every viewer regardless of whether they're watching ironically or see it as a guilty pleasure.
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