Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu

When Subaru Natsuki leaves the convenience store, the last thing he expects is to be wrenched from his everyday life and dropped into a fantasy world. Things are not looking good for the bewildered teenager; however, not long after his arrival, he is attacked by some thugs. Armed with only a bag of groceries and a now useless cell phone, he is quickly beaten to a pulp. Fortunately, a mysterious beauty named Satella, in hot pursuit after the one who stole her insignia, happens upon Subaru and saves him. In order to thank the honest and kindhearted girl, Subaru offers to help in her search, and later that night, he even finds the whereabouts of that which she seeks. But unbeknownst to them, a much darker force stalks the pair from the shadows, and just minutes after locating the insignia, Subaru and Satella are brutally murdered.

However, Subaru immediately reawakens to a familiar scene—confronted by the same group of thugs, meeting Satella all over again—the enigma deepens as history inexplicably repeats itself.

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Emilia Main

Takahashi, Rie Japanese

Natsuki, Subaru Main

Kobayashi, Yuusuke Japanese

Rem Supporting

Minase, Inori Japanese

Beatrice Supporting

Arai, Satomi Japanese

Ram Supporting

Murakawa, Rie Japanese

Argyle, Felix Supporting

Horie, Yui Japanese

Romanée-Conti, Petelgeuse Supporting

Matsuoka, Yoshitsugu Japanese

Suwen, Otto Supporting

Amasaki, Kouhei Japanese

Pack Supporting

Uchiyama, Yumi Japanese

Karsten, Crusch Supporting

Iguchi, Yuka Japanese

Tanaka, Shou Producer

Iizuka, Aya Producer

Beniya, Yoshikazu Producer

Yoshikawa, Tsunaki Producer

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Sep 13, 2024

Osamu2497

Recommended

I'm late to the party as I just binged both seasons. Anyways, I'm not a fan of isekai, but the reason i believe this series is a masterpiece is solely because of the characters. The plot is above average, and the horror is actually really good, but the core of this show is Subaru and the characters around him.

I balled my eyes out in the episode "from zero" and the "parent and child" episode cause it feels like Subaru is me in a fictional form. I have always had issues with feeling useless due to major health issues. I have issues with not having ... many friends or love interest. I also have issues with trying to be something I'm not. Subaru is the most relatable character I've ever seen in fiction for me.

I know that sounds sad, but you know what? It's the truth. This show has finally made me realise I need to open up to my parents, and the few people I think might actually care for me. I'm also going to be going to see a psychiatrist, cause I do not think I can handle the feelings alone anymore, and that's okay. This show has shown me that, and I'll be forever indebted to the creator for changing my mindset.

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 5, 2024

Theprophet334

Mixed Feelings

A lot of times a popular series can end up feeling overrated or if you hit a jackpot it might be the best thing possible. RE: Zero is essentially the middle ground there are some solid concepts thrown in here where if you truly care about details only then the cracks start to show. Without much of a spoiler MC is designed to be a sort of self-insert character who literally dies for the people around him specially when it comes to Emilia the heroine of the show. There are a lot of times where he does come up with very good plans and plays ... them out accordingly but there are a lot of times when he is just straight up stupid during S1 and the side story and the prequel movie his character doesn't develop much more than being more confident in romance.

Now there is a point to talk about regarding romance in particular. I didn't end up starting the series thinking it would dabble so much into this thing if anything nobody would expect that this would get into very much like harem. EIther you care about it or not this season the MC does sort of make a big decision and one of them appears to be the clear winner but don't go into it expecting much more than that because if the anime is set to follow very closely with the source material basically the romance subplot is kinda dead which would have been better if they handled it and settled things. It is much harder to respect shows that dance around the bush in terms of who is actually winning rather than having a clear couple and story unfolds from there with examples like Rascal, Monogatari etc.

Now to the good parts the worldbuilding is quite interesting characters when it comes to anything non romance related are varied but you will see the clear pattern that this girl is the naive innocent one, that one is the tsundere who pretends to not care etc. it isn't easy to create compelling characters but they are decent enough to be likeable.

The story is a bit all over the place with pacing issues some arcs in the second half are really good and even if you decide to not continue the series the S1 ending is quite compelling all things considered.

In conclusion this isekai anime weirdly felt like it dances on a very narrow thread of being suspense while being overly dramatic with harem aspects sprinkled in it. It is not a watch I could confidently recommend if you're more interested in action set pieces and MC's main power which is basically the shows entire selling point but also I couldn't recommend it fully if you're looking for something with good waifu characters both of these aspects are not really fleshed out but coincidentally it still managed to be entertaining. If you're looking for something more specific this is not for you but if you're just looking for things to watch this series can fill up that hole.

Reviewer’s Rating: 7

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Mar 25, 2024

Lockensocke

Not Recommended

If you read through the synapsis of Re:Zero there is one crucial information missing to set your expectations accordingly, that is: Re:Zero is a harem anime. It is the main genre and the only reason people like it, I guess. I really can’t come up with another explanation. Basically you got a pathetic main character (MC) who is surrounded by a bunch of cute female characters, all interested in him, for some reason, unbeknownst to the audience. You got a cute waifu for every taste, with almost all the hair colors and chest sizes imaginable (I say almost, but who knows what they will do ... in following seasons).

Overall the anime is primarily centered around our MC, with probably more than 90% of all scenes including him and he has by far the most dialog. He however is the most obnoxious, unlikeable, dimwitted and annoying character I have seen in a long time. So what makes him so unlikeable? First of all, he is our “fish out of water” character in this isekai, so he is surrounded by a new environment, but instead of learning as much as he can he constantly makes annoying game references (as if every isekai is a videogame). But despite his advanced knowledge on isekai tropes it takes him like 4 deaths to realize he is in a death loop trope. So he is not the sharpest tool in the shed. He is also very inconsistently written, since later on he still loses his mind because he saw some dead people, even though that stuff has been happening since episode one. Besides being stupid he is also physically weak, useless without any talents and has some aggression problems as well, being instantly confrontational when one of his waifus just talks to another man and when one of his waifus is nowhere to be found he physically attacks strangers to get information (even though he could have just asked normally). And it takes him an entire character arc to apologize when he was 100% clearly in the wrong. I think this whole death loop trope works better with a level headed character who thinks before he acts, but what do I know...

The anime also doesn’t have any greater narrative. Especially the MCs motivation only revolves around pleasing his newly found waifus and bad mouthing anybody who utters a word of criticism towards them. There are at least some nice action set pieces later on in the anime and the overall world building, while being a bit slow is at least somewhat interesting. However I have to add that there is a certain goofiness that makes me not really take this world all too seriously.

So in general I would say this show is a poor excuse of an isekai anime and rather dabbles in the harem genre with the focus mainly being set on the MC and his relationship to his multitude of newly found waifus. Since all the characters are 0-dimensional and uninteresting this show has nothing more to offer than to be fap material with some occasional action scenes sprinkled in. At least they kept the fanservices to a minimum.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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