Re-Main

To remain or to re-main

It's summer season, so it's a great time for some water ball, I mean water polo. Sport movies/series genre in general are about underdog story. It's almost impossible to deviate from this trope. Because of this, many sport anime become predictable. RE-MAIN didn't stray away from this trope, but to my surprise I actually enjoyed this anime more than I expected.

The reason for this is the character. The dementia aspect helped making our main character interesting and conflicting, not just within himself with also in other people around him. Although his character transition near the end was a bit rushed due to the runtime, I was invested and felt satisfied at the outcome. Other characters also have decent backstories, although they are more generic than the main character's.

It took me 5 episodes to realize that RE-MAIN was animated by MAPPA. The characters have less texture than compared to other MAPPA's works that I have watched like AOT and Jujutsu Kaisen. Still, the coloring was refreshing. Each member of the underdog water polo team has a distinct color that reflected their personality.

The animation for the water polo games was on point. I could see the field clearly and aware of the positions of the players. Each game only took one episode, but they were pretty intense and entertaining.

The opening of this anime gave me good vibe. The song and the vibrant colors of the characters and the swimming pool made me feel refreshed and calm whenever I start a new episode.

Overall, a great and different sport anime with a twist in the character arc. 8/10.

Re-Main had a great potential but couldn't display as per it's calibre. This Water Polo themed sports anime by MAPPA had great animation, a simple but captivating plot, but the execution felt 50-50.

With just 12 episodes, Re-Main didn't covered enough aspects of the game to give a thorough enjoyment. A bit of comedy, with some past of the characters, the anime was strictly fine, not because it was short, but because it couldn't capture any aspect perfectly, be it with friendship, personal life or sports whatsoever.

It was an okay affair for me and I hope if it gets a sequel announced in the near future, the story is built better. Among the leagues of Haikyuu, Kuroko and other sports anime, Re-Main was a decent watch, but couldn't create a big impact.

My Rating : 6/10.

Had high hopes because it's from MAPPA, but honestly it's just too unnecessarily emotional and the characters kind of lack personality.

Seriously characters and story plot is great...last episode finished with an open plot for second season...hope they announce S2....don't know why ppl hate this anime...one of the best anime's for sports by mappa...that's what u expect from mappa...hope they make a S2 in near future. I guess just coz of water polo is not a popular sports...that's why ppl hating it...idiots can't appreciate good story and character development!

Really awesome loved it great motivation.need season 2 pls.the main character minoto who gets caught into a accident by his mom has lost his memories in the accident after that he only remembers his middle school but he was in high school already tho this really made an impact on the surrounding plp and the friends he had before but he never gave up and over came the possibility to being weak he made new friends and started playing polo it was a great time after that he regained his memories and lost new one which makes the story a bit clumzy but that guys has really been cool noe he is so awesome.