Mirai Nikki: Redial

Honestly this OVA is nothing but a fan service, showcasing a path that the actual anime would definitely not take, as it slaughters the tragedy and eternal melancholy that ripped fans hearts out but was necessary for the success of the show, leaving an ending full of fluff and contradiction basically to the entire series.
Now if this had developed into a season 2, i.e. shown the result of this, maybe Yuno becoming the God of the third world, other complications, I would definitely support this turn of events.
The episode itself is beautiful - action scenes are wonderfully choreographed, fast-paced, and artfully consistent; the Japanese ... vocal cast is intune with the needs of the character; the music is phenomenal, the opening scene blew me away with the art and fit of the song to the anime.
Unfortunately the humour (a present but not vital part of the original story) dominates the piece, and the drama, fighting and reuniting (THE GOOD BITS) are all shoved into the last minutes of the episode - come on, you haven't seen the love of your life in 1000-10,000 years Yukki! Writers please give this some time!

Overall I love the series and the concepts, but this was really underwhelming. Sorry, not sorry.

You finished watching Mirai Nikki? Do you feel like something is still missing? You crave some kind of epilogue or closure? In that case, watching Mirai Nikki Redial...

...will do nothing for you. I'm sorry. As much I hated the plot-hole-ridden, crazy and unfinished ending of Mirai Nikki, at least it kind of ended the series on a fairly positive note. As for Redial, it's pure fan-service in every way.

The first half is the obligatory beach trip, the staple filler episode that was missing from the main series. Yes, sure, we get to see a random group of the main characters again, frolicking on the ... beach in swimsuits, having fun or goofing off with each other, but it's only that. It really adds nothing to anything.

The second half is where everything happens. It's a corny, tacked-on prologue, that forces in a half-assed "happy ending", continuity and plot holes be damned. It's pure fan-service. It completely destroys what meaning and power left in the original ending, the impossible choices and sacrifices made by the main characters, only to magically bring them together in some sort of weird pseudo-reality and give the fans a totally out of place, saccharine HAPPY END. So, if you just couldn't handle Yukki and Yuno not ending up together and live happily ever after, well, there you have it. The tear-soaked pillows and sleepless nights are finally over. Good for you.

Yes, it was nice to see the old gang again, some more fun, action and some extra story... But if you were looking for some real answers or closure after Mirai Nikki, well, I'm sorry, but you won't find that in Redial.

I will assume you (the reader) saw the original series. Now redial is about what happens after the original series so if you haven't saw it then don't read this please. I'll get to the point the OVA tries to put a "closure" to the series which I find personally it only made it more complicated. Skip to Overall for final opinions on the entire series. (Spoilers)

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Story: 5(Spoilers)
So Yuno after being everyone's favourite yandere girl turns normal she feels something empty inside her and senses something is not right. In another world we have Yuki... who has lived literally 10000 years in solitude. Now thats ... the one of the things that most bothers me. I don't care if people say it is just an anime it not real but really 10000 years! He is a god couldn't he have made a new world filled with Yunos or at least a blow-up doll... Anyways Yuno is living a great life blah blah blah then decides to search for what is misssing. Plot happens and in the end.... nothing happens all you hear is "Yuki" in her yandere voice. So what can we conclude on this? Nothing. Did Yuki build a new world with Yuno as a Goddess? Did they go back to world #1 and have a normal life? And most importantly did Yuki ever grow a par of balls?

Art: 7
Nice Art, the fighting scenes were alright.

Sound: 8
Good sound quality. I really don't say much about art or sound.

Character: 3
Yuno she is so cool I guess but dumb as hell. Why because we have one of if not the most annoying character in Anime history Amano Yukiteru. How do you defend someone who is that weak, I have seen chickens who stand up for themselves more than he does. "But Kamistuff-san if you where in that situation you too would be scared" Yes I would but I would know when to hide in the corner and start to cry and when to stand up and die like a man or fight which ever it comes to.

Overall: 5
I liked the original series and its ending. I think that there was no need for this OVA. And yes most of my hate for the series comes from Yuki and the plot that sometimes doesn't make sense. Again jokes aside it had potential but the ending was too unclear and it was rather forge just for Fan service. EX: "Omg YukixYuno 4ever" Thank you for reading and if I came off as rude I do sincerely apologize.

So, uh... this... was apparently supposed to be a better ending, correct? I just wish Gasai Yuno stayed without her memories. Yukiteru Amano is just a dick of a god, and Gasai Yuno is his crazy lover. Literally... crazy. Insane. Needs help.

Story: 6/10

Uhmm... There's not that much really to say. The second is dead, I guess, and... just read the description on the MAL page or some other page. I'm not explaining it, but I will say this. Second = Dead, without memories, goes to find guy that randomly appears in memories, sucks him of- no, not that part.

Art: 8/10

Animation, art, character design, whatever the ... fuck you are to call it, is the exact same as Mirai Nikki. Now... that's about it.

Sound: 7/10

I can't remember the music used in this, except for the fact that they made a third opening just for this OVA. What the hell was the point in that, huh? HUH?! Unless they make a season 2 (for some reason).

Character: 6/10

I don't really like much of the characters in Mirai Nikki, anyways, I hate the main characters, the only ones I really like are the minor ones. Kousaka, Hinata, Mao, Akise, Uryuu, all them good minor characters. Akise and Uryuu aren't really minor, but somewhat major to the story, but fuck it, who cares.

Overall: 6/10

It's a fair score, okay?! Well, it's the exact same as my Mirai Nikki one, so... deal with it, okay?! The ending was... not really as good as... Steins;Gate's perfect ending. You know what? Fuck it, in every review of a bad anime in my opinion, I'm just going to compare it to the Steins;Gate ending, considering Steins;Gate's ending was pure fucking gold. Anyway. This is my review. And this... is.... the end of my review. You thought I was going to say Sparta? Dayum, you watch too many movies. YOU SHOULD BE WATCHING ANIME!!

This ending was not, for most people, a bad ending. I have to say it's not necessarily "Bad" but I find it very generic. Like the last season of Bleach this takes all the sacrifices of the main character and throws them away in place of a mismatched "feel good" ending. I can't say any more without spoiling the OVA but this episode just gives people the cliche ending. And if that's what you wanted after seeing the harsher ending of the actual show than you'll love this OVA. However if you like unique endings I would say give this ... one a pass.

The original series had a lot of great ideas that weren’t enough for 26 episodes. What a surprise that this OVA has more ideas that can fit in 30 minutes. Redial doesn’t feel like an epilogue. It feels like a sketch for the third season.

The obligatory beach section rears its head, but it’s not here for fanservice. Once again, the franchise takes a trope and plays by its own rules. The jokes and the focus is on the cast, which is as lively as ever. The ecchi moments don’t feel like tacked on but emerge organically. They involve only the characters who will deal with ... sexual confusion at that stage in life.

The re-appearance of the diary holders has the same vivid characterization as the original. My theory was true. Each time a diary holder is allowed to do stuff, their personality comes alive. The 12th remains a hilarious, energetic presence. Everyone is crazy, but he’s so far out there that everyone else backs away.

The 12th gets the most development, but others get some development. John Bacchus gets a few jokes of his own. The humor here stems from the characters themselves, rather than specific punchlines. Such comedy is more than funny, but builds the character. The impression these scenes leave is that Future Diary could develop a Slice of Life anime with its cast.

Things get fuzzier when Redial goes back in touch with the plot. It tries to develop the romance concept, but it ends up being confused on what it wants to say. The original was satirical about it. It presented an intense love, but showed its danger. Yuno’s obsession with Yuki isn’t healthy or productive, and the original knew that.

The conclusion hints at a love-conquers-all message. The original always dealt with extremes, so a love that defeats such barriers isn’t out of place. It doesn’t align with the satire, though. As an exploration of Yuno’s psych, it’s too short.

The changes in the new world weren’t enough to change everyone completely. Rei still has a sadistic side to him. Expecting Yuno to be psych-healthy is ridiculous. Psychological problems often take time until they manifest. Give this a few episodes, and you could get a true psychological series. A psychological story doesn’t need a seriel killer. It’s enough just to follow a character, and this OVA hints they could do that.

Even Deus and Uryuu get some development in their brief appearances. 30 minutes aren’t enough to develop all of these ideas. It’s a nice addition and it’s great to see these characters in an alternative setting, but that’s it. There’s so much steam left in this franchise, it’s odd nothing else came out. Attack On Titan is getting so many spin-offs it might as well be a carousel. As good as that one was, it doesn’t have Future Diary‘s lively madness.

Hopefully, someone will pick this franchise again one day and give it a new spin.

3 blind men out of 5

I find it rather confusing... it doesn't make any sense. The original series was fine, though, except that the characters remained unchanged throughout the story.

It was obvious that World 3 has Yukiteru, and its Yuno had not met him yet. But, let's discount that off - say, he didn't transfer to the same school after the destruction due to the timeline being altered heavily.

The story still suffered a severe lack of progress on its characters, and this sequel certainly isn't an end even for that. It's short, though, and attempts to do that (It'd be more fitting if Yuno then entered the second world... (Edit ... : Reading the manga ending, I see that the anime is at fault here)), so some bonus points for that (After the edit, 1 bonus point, actually, for being short).

(Edit : You might prefer to read its manga and the normal manga ending, too... at least, that's what I'd recommend.)

I can honestly see why people wanted this OVA to exist, since it gave a happy ending to Yukki.

But why ? I was fine with the original story, since it gave a conclusion, where nothing more bad could happen. yes, it left Yukki more of an emo than anything else, but it still concluded.

let me start from the beginning, it is a normal summers day, where suddently, Yuno gets the feeling that she is missing someone in her life. and according to the OVA, it is inplanted by 1. murmur WHO have received the memories from 2. murmur concerning Yuno......how ? she was ... imprisoned the Whole time, so how did she receive the memories and transmit them to Yuno ? not to mention that alot of the characters from the series that we see in this one, have either gotten Little to no screentime or their characters have gone a 180-turn without us seeing why.

So yuno wants to retrieve the memories of her 1ST version from Deus' archieves, while most of the characters in the archieve arbitrarily lets her go through with it, with Little to no concern about her insanity getting inherited to the 3rd version.....O.O.......

as for the technicalities, I liked them. even though the original opening theme wasn't there, it's replacement wasn't bad. the animation, art and sound was still that of the original series. so I cannot complain about that.
But what really bites with ones own tail is the writing:
beloved characters are rarely shown, have Little screentime or have been arbitrarily changed simply to suit the story to give our original main hero a good ending. and that is one of the biggest "no-go"'s in character writing: writing them to suit the plot. because that is what usually make stereotypes and blank characters.

I know that I have spoiled a few Things and I have been a Little bit angry, but I swear: the animation, art and sound is still as good as the main series, but the story and characters could have used a rewrite.





don't fix, what isn't broken.

mirai nikki redial is just fanservice for the yuki and yuno shippers, well-done, but fanservice after all. there's some really funny moments and beautiful scenes, but the story lacks in some aspects, like not being predictable. and i don't think yuno and yuki reunited would be the best for them. yeah, the yuno from third world doesn't killed anybody, but the most logical reaction after seeing the other yuno's memories it would be: seriously, i've really killed all these people? i've really been like that? and not run for yuki

This is my first review, so I have no real experience reviewing.
After watching the original series, I wasn't really satisfied with the ending at all.

I understand that Redial is just pure fanservice for those who weren't really satisfied, but in a lot of cases it didn't really work out very well, they added beach scenes which weren't really needed.
I didn't find and of the humor really funny in the first half of Redial and it didn't feel necessary, since the original series was never really meant to be funny at all so the humour used felt misplaced. Also characterization in the original series ... wasn't the best, especially in terms of side characters so the humorous moments didn't feel humorous.
Where Redial really starts to redeem its boring first half is the last ten minutes of the OVA when the focus is shifted to Yuno and when she starts to remember what happened in the original events of the series.
In Conclusion, the first half of Redial is just fanservice and a bit boring and rather mediocre, while the second half is better, but that doesn't mean that your time wasn't wasted watching the first half of the OVA.

I'm gonna keep it a buck: I'm watching this way after the first series and I didn't really love that all that much, this review isn't gonna be full of praises. I've also since seen a lot of anime that have appealed to me a lot more than this one, so I'll be able to "pass judgement," so to speak, a lot better.

I don't think this episode was necessary. I do remember feeling like the original series was left unfinished, but from what I recall of the plot and the ending, getting this episode and ending feels a little forced. I also remember that ... one of the gripes I had with the first series was that I didn't really like any of the characters. There was one that was fun to see again because his personality is really nicely written, but other than that, I wasn't all that invested. It does progress the plot, so it's definitely a good thing to watch if you want to close out the series. That being said, for me, it didn't need to be there. All in all, I'm not a huge fan of the art and animation, the characters bug me a bit, and the story isn't amazing. However, reentering this world was still quite fascinating as Future Diary was one of the first anime I watched, so it was cool to go back. If you liked the first series, but you were dissatisfied with the ending, this will probably sort all that out for you. Just wasn't for me. At least I've completed it, finally.

I just don't understand this is bad on so many levels! It ruins the ending to the original series and brings back characters just for fan service. Some things in the OVA just aren't explained and the OVA solves some mysteries that didn't need to be solved and shouldn't have been tampered with.
The OVA is just a waste of time you should only watch this if you're
1. A Die Hard Fan
2. Don't like endings that leave you with a cliffhanger
3. Like to torture yourself


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Spoilers for main series ahead

This OVA of Mirai NIkki explores the ending of the original series in further detail. A very simple 30 min OVA that probably used around 5 minutes of recycled footage from the last episode.

All in all, it's a fanservice ending to the Future Diary story and the story of Yuki and Yuno. The writing is around the same level as a fairly competent fan-fiction, and the content is fairly fan-fiction-like as well.

The art and animation is a bit of an improvement upon the original series given that it's one single OVA episode aired around a year after the ending. ... Fairly fluid and clean, with some characters' designs cleaned up a bit as well.

The story is split around half-half. Half of it is a brief look at characters' lives in the third world where the Future Diary games never occurred. Which frankly I don't really care about, given that most of these characters never made an impression on me in the first place. And half of it is the third world Yuno finding a way to second world Yuki. The manner in which this occurs is fairly non-sensical, but not completely outlandish, and certainly wraps up the ending in a slightly more satisfying manner than the original. Mostly because the original ending was completely unexplained. Unfortunately, similar to the original series, if you just think about this episode a little bit, the consequences of people's actions here, as well as their motivation, are quite illogical, and the whole thing kind of crumbles.

Despite that, it's still worth watching, You've come this far into the series, what's 1 more episode. Just don't look for anything more than a well-animated fanfic level ending expansion, and this shouldn't disappoint you.

Ight. So like. I can't say much about this without spoiling it, but I'll try to say why I didn't like it without spoiling it much.

Basically I liked where the series ended. The ending of the main series was were it felt right. It ended on a somber and bitter note which made sense for the main character's arc and the way the story was going. The ending of the main series was a great and fitting ending for the story.

This OVA continues forward past that ending and presents a new ending with a wholly different tone. I'm not a fan of the direction this ... OVA goes with it and I felt like the ending presented to the original series was more fitting.

It feels to me like the ending in this OVA spits on and undoes the ending the main series left on that I felt was the perfect place for it to end. However, it's not like this ending is non-canon or something. The main series' ending did set this up so it's not like this OVA just comes out of the blue.

Even though I disliked the new ending it gave, it was nice seeing the characters again and seeing where they were at so it wasn't an entirely bad experience for me.

Overall it depends entirely how you felt about the main series' ending. If you liked where it left off than this OVA will probably disappoint you. If you were unsatisfied or upset with the main series ending this OVA might be exactly what you wanted.