Re:Monster Episode 4 Discussion

The episode is between average and bad right now.

They use this frame for 8 seconds as a slow-mo shot. I'm no expert, I think the right ear is misaligned.



Yeah... This adaptation is rushed.

Yep, it's just a speedrun of blah.

Nice art style, animation has a few decent moments, but it's so fast-paced and they're obviously skipping a huge part of the story, it's annoying.

If I do watch it through, and that's doubtful, it's likely to be one of those anime I forget about the minute the last second rolls.

A shame -- could have been interesting if it wasn't adapted like this.

Yeah, it is a speedrun and this shot really confirmed for that this adaptation lacks in quality control or does not know what quality control is.



They use this frame for 8 seconds in a slow-motion shot while having a misaligned right ear.

The visual quality is clearly bad, but as far as the plot goes, almost nothing has been skipped. This episode did exclude some scenes involving the elves, but I think they will be rearranged in the next episode for better context. If they aren't, then it's because it's too explicit for tv (not graphically, but as it relates to themes).

That's right. The manga is not at all more visually graphic than the show so far, contrary to what some people have been decrying. It's just that they've left out single pages of dialogues about rape, suicide and other things relating to sexual violence. Otherwise, you could almost say the manga is the screenplay for this show.

Yep, it's just a speedrun of blah.

Nice art style, animation has a few decent moments, but it's so fast-paced and they're obviously skipping a huge part of the story, it's annoying.

If I do watch it through, and that's doubtful, it's likely to be one of those anime I forget about the minute the last second rolls.

A shame -- could have been interesting if it wasn't adapted like this.

The story is supposed to be this way, things will get slow eventually, but this grinding part is really fast. If you want to check the manga you will see that several days pass on just one page.
There's nothing rushed, it's just that you've never seen something told in this style before

@Raphaela28 yeah they completly ruin the story, could had been a great and difrent anime then what you see most the time, but nope they rushed it and makes it a big mess that makes no sense.

@Tharnok

You can see it with the rapidly collapsing rating on MAL as well.

If it doesn't improve in the next couple of episodes, it will probably drop below a 7.

Was thinking it's weird, because I thought I was usually a huge fan of Studio Deen -- Sekaiichi Hatsukoi, Junjou Romantica, KONOSUBA, Sasaki to Miyano, Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu, Rurouni Kenshin, Higurashi, etc --

but then..

when you look at their massive library of projects, a huge number get very very low ratings compared to a handful of hits. Turns out, Studio Deen has produced more crap than many other studios combined.

Guess we can shove Re:Monster in with the majority of what they've produced ;)

Anyway, I'm not ready to drop it yet as I want to see where it goes, but I am watching it on 1.5 to 2x speed depending on the scene.

The story is supposed to be this way, things will get slow eventually, but this grinding part is really fast. If you want to check the manga you will see that several days pass on just one page.
There's nothing rushed, it's just that you've never seen something told in this style before

@Chanbara Wrong. The pacing is all over the place compared to the manga. It gives gives an incorrect sense of what's going on and how long they spend on what.

In this episode the most egregious part was the skeleton battle and grandpa humping.
If they'd spent a little less time on him humping and a little more on the skeleton battle it would've made more sense.

In the manga Gobrou sits back on his throne and watches the others fight, then realises there's a summoner. After that he announces that this is now an xp grinding event and that they should kill as many as possible.
The manga then skips to 4 hours later just before dawn where Gobrou decides to finish them because he's getting tired of waiting.

Sure, they can cut that down to less, but the way it ended up is that it looks like it was over in less than a minute for them.

Quite literally in the episode he goes from "Keep smashing skeletons for as long as you can"
To one of the others instantly responding "But then what"
and him answering "Leave that to me" after which he proceeds to immediately wipe them out.
This exchange is 9 seconds long and shows no timegap.

So where did all the experience they got from that battle come from? A few dozen skeletons divided between all their fighters? No, from several hundreds of skeletons over multiple hours.

This was a transition episode. I feel like until now, we are viewing a intro for the real trama.

This episode kinda felt like a speedrun.. blazed through a lot of details really quickly, and I’m kinda struggling to follow along at some points… but the main takeaway is that Gobrou’s village is preparing for war and everyone’s getting stronger.

I think levelling up the human girls is nice because as more and more people begin to inevitably target the village, it’ll be impossible to protect them all. So having red hair girl become a Noir Soldat and start holding her own is nice. After all, you’re only as strong as your weakest link.

The elves showed up talking all that shit just to get bullied and captured by Gobrou lmao. Wonder how they’ll fit into the coming battle.

Need that Gobimi evolution now 🙏🏾