First of many reviews today, let's get started.

Haruyuki is the very definition of a bullied kid, short, chubby and pretty much a loner with his only release being computer games, that is until he meets Kuroyukihime who upon seeing his game skills, enlists his help to defeat the six kings in an Augmented Reality MMO called Brain Burst, a game where by acquiring a certain amount of points can gain advantages in the real world by entering a zone that is akin to time slowing down to the point where life becomes easy.
Taking up the mantle of Silver Crow, a taller winged avatar, Haruyuki sets out with Kuroyukihime to defeat the kings and discover the true nature of Brain Burst.
The writer of this also did Sword Art Online and immediately this feels like an apology for the story decay of Sword Art Online and all it took was changing up the dynamics of the plot.
I felt absorbed in the story as I really wanted to see where this was going and I was also rooting for Haruyuki and Kuroyukihime as a couple but it's let down by the anime ending after one of the weaker arcs of the story in which an ass hole named Noumi uses the system to cheat life and abuse a program to steal abilities from other players, it really drags down the anime to it's lowest form and makes a number of characters look worse for it which up to that point had been doing pretty well.
Dub is mixed between exceptional performances to average, Haruyuki himself being the standout.
It's a massive upgrade compared to Sword Art Online, I just wish it was treated with a bit more care.
Final Verdict: An engaging story with unique characters only let down by a weak story arc to finish the anime that ultimately leaves the series with no resolution.