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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Jun 18, 2025

FranqitoH

Recommended

Okay, here we go for the twenty-sixth time:

Characters:
-Main characters: Good character development, as I think it's good, sometimes, to make you hate a character so that you can then love them. Subaru is simply the most realistic and raw protagonist I've seen in an anime.
And I can't deny that I also like Emilia, even though we don't know much about her yet. (7/7)
-Secondary: Good character designs and a love story for one of the characters, which is great. But if you give me the true “supporter” of the entire anime, then I can't deny that they excelled in this area, especially with Rem. (4/3)

Logic:
It's not ... perfect because of a scene where the two heroes start talking when they were preparing to launch an attack on the villain in front of them. (9/10)

Entertainment (Personal):
And it shows when you don't get bored watching an episode where they only show you two characters talking. (10/10)

The basics in an anime:
-Animation: It was 2016 and the animation surprises me. (2/2)
-Music: When you even love the OSTs, it's a clear sign that they really outdid themselves here. (3/2)
-Addictiveness: Not all of them have a hook that makes you want to watch the next episode immediately, but that also depends on whether you chose to watch 25 or 12 episodes. (1/2)
-Tag fulfillment: They promise and deliver more than you could have imagined. (3/2)
-Ending: Many complain, asking for a suspenseful ending, but you know, sometimes a captivating and moving ending to a story arc where there was mostly suffering for everyone is much better. Although showing us briefly how Rem is doing wouldn't have been bad at all, especially after she didn't appear in the last 3 episodes after saying goodbye while injured. (2/2)

Plot development (or initial premise):
Character development, painful death scenes, romance, and more—I couldn't have expected anything less from Re:Zero, and yet it still managed to surprise me. (10/10)

Personal reflection (clearly personal):
Things like if you save someone, then you have to take responsibility for the colossal or eternal gratitude they have for you, also that sometimes it's necessary to sacrifice yourself for the greater good, also that when you propose something to someone superior to you, you have to do it with your head held high, also that it doesn't matter if you try hard for someone if that person isn't even interested in you (like the last crazy villain with the Witch), also that you must take into account that other people do not see you the same way you see yourself, and much more. And honestly, after finishing this entire franchise, I wouldn't mind rewatching it from scratch! (10/10)

Comments:
I find it impossible to choose a team from any of the girls in the anime; I prefer to live happily enjoying the show and its romance peacefully. Now I want to have a drawing of Subaru striking his pose on my bedroom wall.
But anyway, I still have a long way to go to catch up with the series, and even so, I can't help but praise the quality of the content offered, so I ask for a round of applause for ReZero for proving to be one of today's star isekai.

Final score: 10.1.


(Note: Since I am very tolerant of anime, my minimum score for all of them is currently 4.)

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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May 25, 2025

TangyAbleOrange

Mixed Feelings

After bingeing isekai after isekai, I finally got around to this one I've heard many say as being among the best ones out there. I can definitely see why it's considered this way, though I do find it to be lacking in several ways.

Pacing-wise, it's pretty great. Things never feel slow, or if they do they at least feel necessary. Plot-wise, the first episode was a great hook and the first arc overall was satisfying. The second arc started to present minor issues that grew exponentially in the third arc, but still was compelling with the promises set up initially regarding the MC solving several ... mysteries while under the threat of prevalent death-triggers. The third arc was where the story almost lost me, not due to the MC. I honestly don't get the criticisms of Subaru, as he is a believably flawed character with largely understandable actions and qualities. For me, it's the other characters' actions towards Subaru that aren't believable.

Though I overlooked it for the most part as it was an interesting twist, Arc 2's death-triggers involving Rem were pretty insane. Like, her character had to be insane to go the lengths of what she did to the MC. I didn't really buy the justification of "protectiveness" because there are tons of other options before that. It came across as not only nonsensical but cruel. I also didn't really buy her later unconditional, self-sacrificial devotion in arc 3. Though her character presented my biggest complaint, several other characters showed this shoot-first-ask-questions-later approach that seemed unreasonable, and not so much actions characters would take and more so plot obstacles for the MC to address conveniently thanks to his ability.

So, arc 3... Yeah, it dialed up the nonsensical brutality and antagonism to the MC to eleven. Mid-arc I was uncertain whether I had accidentally gotten myself into anime torture porn, it was so gratuitous. I get the point, to throw the MC into utter despair, but with literally everyone (except Rem) being needlessly cruel to the MC it was ridiculous (and, coupling the douchebaggery of characters and monotony of every route leading to death, it was bleak). Two (somewhat spoiler-y) examples that come to mind are when Subaru makes a reasonable effort to ask (1) Crusch and (2) Priscilla for help. In (1) Crusch simply distrusts Subaru and is cutthroat about her competition which is fair enough, but her BS excuse is that he "didn't once" give the reason to save Emilia. B*tch, he literally premised the request on saving Roswaal's domain, which includes Emilia. In (2) Priscilla offers the MC the option to leave and receive no help or to debase himself by licking her foot in order to potentially receive help. The MC, obviously out of options, goes with the latter, and she has the audacity to blame him for apparently making the wrong choice. She, too, gives a BS reason that labels Subaru's motives as being "disloyal" and "greedy." B*tch, everyone is acting for their own self-centered interests. She, herself is so embroiled in self-interest she treats everything as an amusement that only has the potential and purpose to benefit *her*. I don't accept that these bints have the right to call Subaru out on not being altruistic seeing as they themselves act toward their own ends (in an ironically unself-aware and supercilious manner) and, if that were the case, he wouldn't know Emilia's name nor be there. Again, I get everything is to put the MC in dire straits, but the story doesn't have to make characters into ridiculously cruel and hypocritical mouthpieces for the writers of the show to tell the audience what psychological obstacle the MC has to overcome before anything can go his way.

Whew, that sort of turned into a rant. Anyway, I'd summarize my problems with the show being the way characters outside the MC are written. They come across as arbitrary and dependent on what obstacle the MC should overcome at a given time. Otherwise, the animation quality and soundtrack are nice.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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May 7, 2025

big_joe25

Not Recommended

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I will never understand why this show is so highly regarded. It has very little substance, it's filled to the brim with suffering porn that is ultimately inconsequential to the characters or the story as a whole, and the concept of the show itself removes any and all stakes it could have. Investment in the characters and plot is directly disincentivized, ultimately because the writer could just wave their hand and throw any major plot event in the garbage on a whim, which they do on multiple occasions to serve the earlier-mentioned suffering porn.

The main character is an unlikable loser, the side characters are ... weak, and the plot is ruined by its own foundational concept. It's an average, unremarkable, borderline-waste-of-time show.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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