am i the only one who thinks re:zero season 2 is just kinda okay?

Nostalgik said:
Well this is the Attack on Titan situation all over again. People wait 4 years for season 2 and complain that it's too slow / boring / whatever.

This season is giving a lot of perspective to previous characters' backgrounds, motivations and events. From Garfiel, to Roswal, the Witches, Emilia of course, hell even Beetle Juice is getting a highlight. Re:Zero is finally starting to piece together its story.

Dimmadeezy said:
Nope, I have the exact same opinion as you. I’m losing interest in both the story and have nearly no interest in any of the new characters. I thought the first season was infinitely more interesting. I just feel like the mystery and suspense that made me fall in love with the show is now gone, and people are saying this is one of the best arcs too.

North25 said:

have you been watching cour 2 or is this just talking about cour 1?

Dimmadeezy said:
Nope, I have the exact same opinion as you. I’m losing interest in both the story and have nearly no interest in any of the new characters. I thought the first season was infinitely more interesting. I just feel like the mystery and suspense that made me fall in love with the show is now gone, and people are saying this is one of the best arcs too.

shmoomp said:
EXACTLYYYY season one was really gripping and satisfying while season two has just been boring

Gilgameshuu said:


Tell me then, what made Season 1 satisfying and gripping for you?

shmoomp said:
the mystery, the intensity, the villain, the plotlines, subaru's character arc, the fights, and more were just more appealing to me than what's going on in s2

BetaMaleUltra said:
Well obviously the fans are going to come at you saying yes you are and that it is a masterpiece of an anime in terms of storytelling and character depth. And they're not wrong, this is a superbly constructed anime with a well-realized world and complex and smart premise. I have to say that this is not just an OK anime, it is much more than that and its effort to create a compelling plot filled with mystery and revelations should be recognized.

However, if you're like me who's been bored out of their mind since the start of season 2, well then I fully understand you. I can see why everyone is so invested in this, but I personally really think it's a snooze fest. To me it's just blah blah blah whatever I wanted to watch some good anime not a talk show. It has crossed the point where it has become a true psychological drama and that's all good, but man I need some fun injected into this that I missed from season 1. But that's just me; I don't want to rain on the parade of the countless fans that are really enjoying this.

shmoomp said:
i absolutely loved re:zero season 1, so when the 2nd season was beginning to air back last summer i was pretty hyped, but besides episode 4 of season 2 (which imo is the best ep of the series so far), nothing all that interesting has really happened in this season for me. and don't get me wrong, I'm not a crazed emilia hater who hates this season because subaru x emilia is getting legit, it's just been pretty boring to me and i don't care all that much for the new characters and plotlines being set up. the series is still overall good, but idk... I'm hoping this changes soon

Winter_Fox said:
I think you all suffer from Impatience.

Re zero take 11 arcs to finish, why is it wrong to dedicate 1 arc to worldbuilding and reveal some mystery in the past? If you want a full blown action, re zero definitely not for you in this arc.

Wait for thr next arc. (S3)

shmoomp said:
it is absolutely not wrong to dedicate a whole arc, hell, even a whole series for worldbuilding and mystery-building, but the problem for me lies when that worldbuilding is no longer interesting

Winter_Fox said:


Why, is it because the characters? or the mystery itself? Or lack of actions? Tell me what the weakest point of that three just curious

Rob7 said:
Let's be objective:



1st Cour:

Subaru's DEATH SUFFER DEATH DEATH SUFFER SUFFER DEATH SUFFER DEATH DEATH and realization.


2nd Cour so far:

Otto's character development.
Garfiel's character development.
Emilia's character development.
(Beatrice loading.... ....)
Who is Subaru?

cchigu said:
Yeah, the second season sucks ass for me too especially since I have never liked the dialogue writing of the show and the second season is heavily dialogue focussed. Also, the drama is a complete miss since it feels like a cheap jebait to evoke emotions.

shmoomp said:
definitely the characters
subaru was and still is my favorite character by a long shot in re:zero, so having basically an entire 2 cours being about everything else but him (obviously excluding episode 4) just isn't all that intriguing to me
like the newest ep for example, it's cool to see some of emilia's backstory, but i just can't bring myself to care all that much

shmoomp said:
definitely the characters
subaru was and still is my favorite character by a long shot in re:zero, so having basically an entire 2 cours being about everything else but him (obviously excluding episode 4) just isn't all that intriguing to me
like the newest ep for example, it's cool to see some of emilia's backstory, but i just can't bring myself to care all that much

Okeanix said:

Unfortunately you are the minority. Re:Zero side characters all of them amazing and well-written. I enjoy every one of them and most people also feels that way.

Also latest episode is not just about emilia, there is a lot of other plot points you should focus.

Okeanix said:

Unfortunately you are the minority. Re:Zero side characters all of them amazing and well-written. I enjoy every one of them and most people also feels that way.

Also latest episode is not just about emilia, there is a lot of other plot points you should focus.

AnimeLeviathan said:
No its not just you. Although, season 2 part 2 is extremely good and better than part 1 imo. But Re:Zero season 1 and Re:Zero season 2 are pretty different. Watching Re:Zero season 1 was mostly for the horror, uneasy, alone aspect it gave. In season 2, the alone aspect disappeared for me, so did a lot of the horror, and uneasyness. All those aspects were the reason I enjoyed the anime, so when season came out I expected it to be the same. The anime started building up on characters and plot(which I wasn't ready for) instead of edgy shock value shit.

The thing is, if you never cared to see Re:zero's plot and characters develop, and were only there for the aspects I mentioned, it would make sense if you think season 2 is kinda okay at best. Meanwhile, if you wanted to see the characters develop, and see how the story moves on, then you should enjoy it.

Basically, Re:zero season 1 was an edgy anime that would appeal to people who like edgy animes. Season 2 slowed the pace down a bit and focused on key moments and major plot/character developments to advance the story. Hopefully that explains things.

Okeanix said:

Re:Zero Season 1 is similar too Attack on Titan Season 1.

Without understanding foreshadowing, subtext, depth behind it. It can feel empty, thats why both series criticized a lot and now getting praised after 4 years.

Season 1 is still amazing prologue. After Season 2 Part 2 before Season 3 i recommend everyone to re-watch it.

shmoomp said:
it is absolutely not wrong to dedicate a whole arc, hell, even a whole series for worldbuilding and mystery-building, but the problem for me lies when that worldbuilding is no longer interesting

ExcaliburAO said:
maybe it's better for you to binge this every time a season ends instead of watching it weekly

shmoomp said:
that might be a good idea. i don't think re:zero, a dialogue-heavy mystery anime, benefits at all from being split up by a week each time
i might do it if the ending of s2 part 2 excites me
P.S. i love ur forum pic!! toaru is great

ExcaliburAO said:
I don't know how much you have read or watched of it but yeah toaru is great. Looks like you are planning on reading the novels. Good Luck

V_2021 said:


Re has been a psychological drama from the start. Honestly if you want dumb fun, shounen exist... Jujutsu Kaisen is a really good shounen. It doesn't do anything new but it does what it needs to do well. The Dialogue is the focal point of Re:Zero. The characters relationships with each other their past and present is what Re is about. It has some action but the main focus is character interactions, relationships and the many many mysteries this show still has to uncover. I haven't seen your list but to me it doesn't seem like you'd like slice of life shows very much because of the emphasis on dialogue, relationships, emotions etc.

shows that are dialogue heavy often have a lot of substance and can be dense but once you digest whats going on, you see why it matters. If its really boring, drop it. I dropped Noblesse and Gibate because I got bored of them. Shows like Kaguya sama has comedy that only works because of the dialogue. Rent a Girlfriend, Oregairu, Adachi/S, Horimiya and even Jakuchara Tomozaki all have no fight scenes to be found but are able to keep my attention even more then some shounen because of the substance. I mean, I really liked Yu Yu before the dark tournament arc. People say this is one of the best tournament arcs but to me the pacing took a nose dive and I could only get 30 eps in before i called it quits. I can barely get through 2 episodes at a time of that now because its fight after fight I couldn't care less about.

BetaMaleUltra said:


I don't mind that it's all chit chat, I just personally don't find the subject matter that interesting, in my HUMBLE opinion

shmoomp said:
yeah i really wanna read the light novels especially after index 3 was rushed
I've seen all of the toaru anime, besides a few one-off ovas/specials

ExcaliburAO said:
I would say the adaptation in general is not that good. They cut like 75% of touma's monoloques making him seem generic. But the content is there so people still like it.