Revenger

Tricked into assassinating his own prospective father-in-law, righteous samurai Raizou Kurima is overwhelmed with guilt. In order to reclaim his honor, Raizou swears vengeance on the lord who gave him those misleading orders. In his pursuit, he is aided by self-proclaimed merchant-of-all-trades Yuuen Usui, who is actually one of the Revengers—assassins who seek justice for the wronged and dispense bloody revenge on their behalf.

Tragedy seems destined to follow Raizou as he becomes increasingly intertwined with members of the Revengers. As he begins working as a vigilante alongside them, the complicated web between the corrupt Japanese political elite, the unscrupulous Europeans, and the Revengers gradually reveals itself. The more entangled he becomes in these affairs, the more Raizou realizes that justice is as deceptive as the honor that he sought to redeem.

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Nio Main

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Kurima, Raizou Main

Kasama, Jun Japanese

Usui, Yuuen Main

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Murakami, Teppa Main

Takeuchi, Shunsuke Japanese

Souji Main

Hayama, Shouta Japanese

Liu Supporting

Hirakawa, Daisuke Japanese

Henro no, Sada Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Kanou, Gerald Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Isarizawa, Jinkurou Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Shishido, Saimon Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Ozawa, Shinichirou Producer

Noda, Takuma Producer

Tamura, Satoshi Producer

Yamaguchi, Tatsuya Producer

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Mar 26, 2023

_Valentine

Recommended

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If you are another wierdo who highly respect boobs and nyan cat voice acting in anime then I am sorry but this is not your show. Revenger is a character development drama with a lot of unfinished or unexplained acts. It means you will have to fill gaps by your own imagination what can cause most of down voters a huge problem with thier negative IQ and addiction to oppai chicken breasts in anime.

Sorry for the toxic behaviour, but I felt like this is a very underrated and also down voted anime thanks to the part of this community who can not really appreciate ... serious subject and message. I loved the artistic world where this anime gives birth to a huge mess of opium problem and the questionable theory of everyone should meet the consequences for their actions.

What I liked: plot, characters, world (japan, faith, culture, social classes and figures), story, art, message (addiction problems, value of life, selfgrowth)...
What I dislike: This anime tries to grab a lot, on the other hand it has a limited episodes to work all of it out in acceptable details.

If you haven't recognized yourself on the first part of this review, plase give this anime a chance. :)

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Mar 23, 2023

CrimsonKing25

Mixed Feelings

The best way I can describe Revenger is that it's all style and no substance.

Or rather, the substance was there but the execution of it was done in such a way that it's almost forgettable in comparison to the blood and gore. Which, if the only thing I remember about Revenger is the blood and not the plot, then that should say something about the writing. I wouldn't say this is a terrible anime. At the very least I did like some parts and it did keep my attention for 12 episodes. But you're not missing out if you don't watch it. It's just ... there, like a houseplant.

The characters are interesting. But in this case, interesting doesn't mean good. Aside from Raizou and maybe Nio, everyone else felt so bland, didn't get enough screen time, or their backstory wasn't explained all that much. Teppa is probably the biggest offense because he's nothing more than just a muscular guy who can use large weapons and nothing more. Just hired muscle who used to be a pirate. And that's about as much as we'll get from him. The same can be said about Souji. What is either of their motivation to be part of the group other than them filling in character architypes of hired muscle and a gambler. As for Yuuen, I would say that while he does leave an impression, there really isn't much explaining about his backstory, why he's with the church, or anything of that matter.

As for the plot, I get what Urobuchi was trying to do but as I said earlier, it doesn't leave much of an impact other than it being a bloody show. I do like the concept of the show but somewhere along the way it lost it's meaning and turned into another action show with sword fighting. It had a lot to offer and it still does but Urobuchi didn't let it live up to it's full potential.

I won't spoil the ending but it's very anticlimactic. It ended in a way that tried to wrap everything up but it was rushed and done so for the sake of ending the story, not giving enough of a lasting impression. At best this should've been 13 episodes, not 12. That was probably the biggest disappointment of the whole show.

Revenger didn't end with a bang, but a whimper.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Mar 23, 2023

SanaeK10

Not Recommended

Urobuchi comes back and pens his first anime in God knows how long and all we get is this!?

Revenger is a poor imitation of Urobuchi's works without the quality that makes his shows the way they are. After watching so much Thunderbolt Fantasy I was hoping to get a show of a similar caliber, now in Feudal Japan instead of China, one that subverts expectations and delivers surprises at every corner. But no, all you get is a predictable "Church Bad Opium Bad Trade Union Bad" story that fails to elicit any emotion from you outside of boredom.

I should have known things were bad when ... the typical damsel in distress who suffers a lot dies in the first episode, with no attempt to either play on our expectations or to make any meaningful statement on it. It just...happens, seemingly out of obligation because "that's what usually happens in a story like this". You get your usual spotlight episodes on each member of the cast in a few episodic adventures before the final arc when the main antagonistic group is finally unveiled.

And I guess that's what it's like to me. Just going through the motions of a predictable story to reach a predictable climax and a predictable ending. Of course the seemingly antagonistic Chinese aren't smuggling opium in, the show is only halfway done; of course the Church that is sanctioning all the murders evil, of course the big baddie is some capitalist. One predictable beat after another you'd swear you've seen the screenplay before.

And all without any fun or interesting characters to save it. No smug sidekick who you're never sure is working for you or not, no obviously evil demon lady your party just happened to recruit, no evil talking swords, no magic talking lutes that sound like a rock guitar, no former villain burning with JUSTICE, no nothing! Here you get stoic, stoic, somewhat standoffish, brat, and muscle man with too little screentime. Each has one tiny quirk that makes them a bit more interesting than your usual flock, like the doctor growing muscles when using a bow, but they are hardly given any time to showcase it. The antagonists that are introduced near the end are a bit more interesting, but by then it's a case of too little, too late, and you really don't have the luxury of developing such characters near the end of such a short series.

Presentation wise it's fine I guess, I've seen worse looking shows with delays in their scheduling. But the show doesn't do anything to sell itself apart from other shows. Coasting off of a recognizable name doesn't magically make your show entertaining, you gotta get the guy you're promoting to put in a modicum of effort into at least producing a screenplay that doesn't seem like it's taken from a textbook. Mediocre shows like this are often harder to sit through compared to actual bad shows since it's never easy to articulate why you're not enjoying your time. You're just passively watching background noise and not really engaging with the show in any manner.

What I'm ultimately saying is that you should go watch Thunderbolt Fantasy if you like the designs in this and want an Urobuchi show from recent times that shows he still has it, and not waste your time on this monument to mediocrity.

5/10. It's so mediocre I can't move my score from its default position.

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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