Series in one sentence:
Scrawny child manages to beat up testosterone-riddled maniacs 3 times his size. Like and subscribe.
Series in more sentences:
Hobin -targeted by bullies obsessed with the age of Youtube content creation- happens to get recorded fighting one of them during a live stream, but instead of public humiliation, viewers see a champion worthy of encouragement, motivating Hobin to start his own channel and earn much needed money for his hospitalized mother.
Fun premise, but the bullies are laughable and most characters unlovable. Hobin and his friendship with his rather annoying ex-bully I struggled to care about, and at many parts in the series, it didn't feel like he was doing this Youtube business for his mother anymore.
The glimpses of the Youtube parody site and few explanations on how it and its audience operate are pretty accurate to the real Youtube, but, Viral Hit doesn't know how to portray real life and people. I don't think it wanted to, but that's what made it hard for me to truly like this show.
Imagine a likeable bully victim, a normal person down on his luck, working hard to become someone he isn't, just so his mother may live. Instead, we have this undeniable loser, making warped faces at the camera.
I don't know if there'll be a season 2 to improve on matters. The ending of season 1 was pretty anticlimactic, but otherwise conveyed the story isn't over. Then again, I've seen plenty of anime that ended like this and.. well, actually ended.
This stuff costs money and if no one watches, then it's over. It's not like American entertainment today, where failing or disliked projects keep getting pushed onto people.
Regardless, I don't think I'll watch more of this. It's a series that needs real relationships to thrive, and just nothing in it feels real, no matter how many tears the characters shed for each other.
