Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World

Re:Zero is truly one of the most unique and intriguing anime out there. It's very underrated, but I think it's because a lot of people don't understand it. It was during my rewatch that I myself started to understand the show. It's extremely complex so you need to make sure to watch it when fully focused.

Its biggest strength is for sure the character writing. Re:Zero uses realistic psychological reactions to change and shape a character. The characters their actions are always justified with some sort of psychological reason as to why they take said action. Many characters struggle with trauma, it changes their behavior, and the way they look at the world and others. The characters have to live with the trauma and have to try and overcome it. This makes Re:Zero their characters feel more like actual humans.

The world is wonderfully crafted with extensive lore and history. It's full of mystery which makes you speculate and theorize about the world and lore.

Re:Zero has a lot of emotional and thought-provoking moments, which can even change the way you look at life itself.

I would mainly recommend this for people above 18 years old. Not only because of the gore, violence, and traumatic events, but also because people younger than 18 probably won't understand it completely. You really need to have a more developed brain to understand the intricacies of the character writing, and to understand the philosophical and psychological themes.

Re: Zero is proof that the Isekai genre will never die. It always gets reincarnated into something better, and this anime is proof of all that. It's thrilling, psychological, action, and everything anime has to offer. It starts out like a typical isekai, MC, goes to other world blah blah blah, but it's more than that. It literally strains the characters to the brink but yet still keeps a sense of self. Also, the character interactions in this anime are so well played out and wonderfully worded. Just from the dialogue alone, Re: Zero brings heartfelt friendship and sacrifice to the table that other anime have not done before. The characters are so memorable, Subaru, Rem, Emilia, Ram, and so much more! I can't wait to see more of this amazing show!

🏆93%

The only reason I ever started this series was because of the incredible things I've heard about episode 15. I constantly hear many call it one of the greatest episodes of all time, and after watching it, I instantly placed it in my top 6 best episodes of all time. Episode 15 of Season 1 is truly a masterpiece. Then after watching episode 15, I still continued to watch the series, and even though there's no episode that's as good as episode 15, the series is still amazing, and it just keeps getting better and better. This truly is one of the most underrated series I've ever seen. Season 2 is amazing and is easily the best season of the series, and Season 3 is great and has some of the best animation and action in the series. Anyway, the thing I want to talk about the most right now is Subaru. At the beginning of the series, he's incredibly annoying and is easily the most insufferable protagonist I've ever seen. I actually despised him, but him being annoying and insufferable at first was actually intentional. Towards the end of Season 1, his character changes a lot, and he goes from this incredibly hateable character to one of the coolest and most well-written protagonists I've ever seen, and his character keeps on getting better and better every season. Subaru is an absolutely incredible protagonist, and he's now currently in my top 7 best protagonists of all time at the moment. I definitely recommend anyone who reads this review to give this series a watch, this series might be slow at first, but as I said, episode 15 is absolutely incredible, and the later seasons are definitely better than the first. Overall, Re: Zero is an amazing series!

TOP 10 EPISODES RANKED: 1. The Outside of Madness 2. Parent and Child 3. Love Me Down to My Blood and Guts 4. The Taste of Death 5. Choose Me 6. The Value of Life 7. From Zero 8. The Warrior's Commendation 9. The Witches' Tea Party 10. Regulus Corneas

🏆85% (SEASON 1): 4/5

🏆97% (SEASON 2): 4.5/5

🏆94% (SEASON 3): 4.5/5.

People who thought that this anime story is ruined after only seeing half of the episodes, are in hell of a surprise! this anime keeps getting better week after week. Its an emotional roller coaster. Anime fans shouldn't miss this amazing ride. A helpless boy struggling to do things right and returning from death to correct his mistakes is everybody's fantasy. Subaru the protagonist is the character you will fall in love with, although most of the times you might hate him, you might feel sorry for him or you might even get annoyed by him but at the end of the day you will admire him. This anime story is well written, it makes the viewer stay at the edge of their seat. With the end of each episodes every week, you just crave to know what might happen next episode. I hope they make more than 30 episodes for this series.

At first the main character is kind of naive (but likable) but as the show goes on, about halfway through the first season, he gets increasingly whiney, petty, and jealous. It was hard to watch and I was going to stop watching but I liked the action scenes and the worldbuilding so I gave it another try. The show gets a lot better towards the end of the first season. The second season is slow, like other reviews have mentioned, but it has it's good parts. Whole episodes in the second season could have been removed. They were going for emotional scenes that kind of miss the mark and drag on. If you are going to watch, be prepared for a protagonist who you actually start to hate at points but gets better over time. The ending of the second season leaves a lot unresolved (but the ending itself I was happy with).