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Looks good so I decided to finally start it. But for the first five minutes, literally, one character screams every single thing he says. EVERY SINGLE THING. Screams, yell, bellows... and he is one of the two main characters. Of course the rest of the characters scream back to him, so those five minutes feels like a torture.


It may be a great series, but doesn't really looks that special though. For what I saw in three episodes, dunno, doesn't do anything great.
But mostly, I can't stand those kind of characters and attitudes.
Maybe someday I'll decide to put it on silence and continue ... watching until I see they stop yelling, but i guess the behavior of one of the MC are gonna be likewise.
So if you're like me and can't stand characters screaming nonsense all the time I wouldn't recommend it, the rest will probably find it entertaining.

All wrong. Very wrong. Basically the plot is just a big great hole in the script and you cannot follow along without further knowledge of the source material.

The two previous seasons, even when skipping a lot of things, and not developing the plot and characters correctly, could be enjoyed. Even without having read the manga (not great, but still).
But that isn't the case with RE, here's nothing makes sense: characters that were good are now bad, others are friends of those they hated, other characters you don't even know who they are until they say their name and you realize... The story is very ... poorly told and obviates many details, important ones.
You cannot show a group of characters in their house and in the next episode they're all in prison, and just continue from there. If you've read the manga you know what happened, but this is another product, a whole anime, it needs to has a plot, an exposition, development, you know all of that. This isn't a "visual accompaniment to the manga". You cannot go like "well you just know what happened in between this and that".
Doesn't help to the overall story that they tried to condense a 16 volumes Manga in just 24 rushed episodes.

The story itself isn't that great either, it misses that dichotomy of ghouls trying to be human, enforcers being worse than other ghouls and so. Tokyo Ghoul always moved between gray areas and was sublime for that. Here you simply have bad ghouls (the sadistic and very bad kind) and humans. So it is very much like just good vs bad.

And well, Haise, the main character, is probably the least main character in the story: boring, flat and absurd. Just a parody of his former self.
The other characters are secondary and no ones without exceptions stands out. In fact the the protagonist's subordinates are just as dull and bland as the former.

The animation and drawing quality is below the previous seasons as well. And personally I don't like the redesign of the characters at all, although that's a subjective thing, but I really dislike it.

I can't recommend this product to anyone who hasn't read the manga, but I can't really recommend it to anyone who has. It's bad, plain and simple.

TL;DR: good beginning, bad middle part, worst ending. But art and music make it watchable. First five episodes are really good. And well, it is entertaining if you don't care about many things.

Episodes 1-5: excellent
Episodes 6-9 non sensical
Episodes 10-11 a wreckage

I couldn't recommend the anime, still I had mixed feelings.
The first episodes are great, the characters presented are interesting, the plot intriguing and the realism in the details stand out.
Then, for some reason, since the introduction of the character of "Five" all goes down hill, everything they had done well ceases to make sense. The situations are illogical, absurd and not credible at all. ... Realism is no longer present, the characters' motivations are diluted, and they do things contrary to the personality they had shown us in previous episodes. But for real, all the script becomes crapy and sloppy. And again, nothing is credible, but not at all. It is a complete nonsense. A shame because everything was perfect before this point.

The character of "Five" is probably one of the worst ever created. I don't understand how a character with so much screen time can have zero sense for the plot, she simply chases the main characters for no reason, there is no story or logic. There's basically nothing, it is like they needed to fill five episodes with that "personal" story and in the meantime they decided to ruin the whole series.
The character of Lisa lacks sense in the story. And it is not credible the way she is introduced, nor how she is made to fit in among the main characters.
She is also an absurd person, period.
The motives of the protagonists, and their objective, once revealed, are quite absurd.
Also the means they decide to use to achieve their goal does not justify, at all, what they intend to achieve. Once discovered you almost can't agree with them.
The detective is the only really good character, but when logic and plot abandon the script it feels out of place, too real for what we will see until the end.
The secondary characters are absolutely secondary, they have no personality or characteristics or anything.

Visually it is wonderful, musically fantastic. the ending song is wonderful too.

Story: 3, there's no real story, just a plot to keep things moving.
Characters: 3, they are plain and simple.
Art: 9, just beautiful.
Music: 10, really nice and fix perfectly with the images. Yoko Kanno always delivered. She's always on point.
Overall: 6, it's entertaining, but all is a big meh. It's redeemed because the art and music, though.

Episode 10 has a lot of shots and situations directly copied from the movie Seven, as a fun fact.

My recommendation is to watch the first five episodes, and as soon as Five appears, skip to the last two. Even when the last two have a lot of holes and situations that are not believable, at least they give an ending to the fantastic first five episodes. And you would save yourself a whole lot of nonsense besides the hard time of putting up with an insufferable character.

TL,DR: over the top situations full of action scenes, an impeccable visual style, and an interesting non-logical story, but everything's so cool.

First thing first, the show is good, but as good as a good action shonen/movie/videogame, period. The rest is incidental. You should approach this anime as you would if it were a Devil May Cry, if it's cool it's cool, whether it makes sense or not.
So if you are looking for a deep and well tale story, an intriguing with no plot holes and a study of the psyche of its characters this is not that kind of anime (this is not, even with ... all the similarities, a Psycho-Pass kind of show). This is a wild ride with a story and characters that make you want to keep watching it, but without asking for any of the above.

Everything is so over the top, but so over the top that one can only suppress any logical reasoning in their brain and be dragged along with what's happening on the screen.
The first chapter is perhaps the least interesting, in fact after watching it I abandoned the series disinterested, months later I returned and watched the 2nd and ended up hooked and enjoying it. So if you find yourself, like i was, not very invested on it, i recommend you give a try to the next ones.

The visual style is spectacular (very cyberpunk-esque), the animation is monumental, the characters have great designs and unique personalities. There is a good characters development, especially of the one who would be considered the main character. The plot is quite interesting and complex (with reminiscent of Psycho Pass as i said) but at the same time nothing makes sense. And that's what makes it great.
If you are in for the ride you'll enjoy it. An anime with an interesting story where when things happen you must just focus on the “wow, really?! I didn't expect this” and not on the “I didn't expect it because it doesn't make any sense”, even when, in fact, it does not.

There's Dragon Ball fights, even some buildings are knocked down. Some characters has their severed limbs sewn back on and keep fighting. They "teleport" sometimes to a place just because it's necessary for the plot (How did they know where they were? How did they get there from the other place? whatever, is cool, who cares. Motorcycles that almost fly. Bleeding out? No problem. And the story? oh boy, interested? yes, it's impossible not to be interesting when you mix, action, consciousness simulations, genetic engineering, virtual worlds, space travel, references to a lot of well-known movies (the title of each chapter is the name of one), despotic empires, corruption, information manipulation, nuclear warfare, immortality, social issues, the greater good, indoctrination, abuse of power... not everything listed is in the anime, don't wanna spoil anything, but you can imagine the amalgam of themes one after the other.

So I recommend it as long as you know what you are coming for.
I came expecting the series to be nothing more than a superfluous show full of fanservice and no story to tell. It turns out that I ended up loving the story (although not to be taken too seriously) and there isn't even that much of a fanservice, there's a character with a big cleavage but not unnecessary frames of it the series never ceases to amaze!

The premise of the manga is interesting, although the interest of it is diluted a bit as soon as the plot advances for a simple reason: simplicity.
Everything happens too fast, it's as if someone yell "i choose violence" and all hell broke loose for everyone just like that.

The work consists of a total of three volumes (although only one appears here in MAL).

The plot is a sort of "Lord of the Flies", there are touches of all the themes in novel: morality, civility, leadership, society, innocence lost and duality of human nature. But at the end it fells flat in a sort of ... battle royale without further development.
You can see how social groups are formed based on segregation but then they start fighting and that's it. You see how without law some boys feel they have rights over girls (and you can imagine exactly what I'm talking about here), you can see how fear and paranoia takes hold of everyone in an instant... but it doesn't go further, a quick glance and that's it, more chases and fights.
The structure, where certain chapters focus on the specific circumstance of a character, and that "little story" begins and ends in that very chapter doesn't help to develop the more global themes in the plot.
It is worth noting that this is the author's first work and it is by no means bad at all. The drawing style is good and it's more similar to western works somehow, but not that much either.

The fact that it takes place on a ship in space is somewhat indifferent (sso if your only expectation was a mystery in space or a certain space setting, I would not recommend it.), it could well take place on a farm or under the ocean, it is of little importance to the plot once the reason for everything that happens is made clear.

I intend to read the last volume, and maybe my overall perception will change after doing so.
So, even if i had mixed feelings because it is a case of "not bad but could it being better" I recommend it to anyone who are interested in the themes it touches.
Also, keep in mind as a warning (you could imagined it already) that this manga is violent and certainly explicit (although nothing super exaggerated or too gore). And (spoiler ahead for a very specific situation, as a trigger warning or whatever: There's an attempted gang rape (but this is never showed nor explicit).

This manga is very good. It is incredible that having only four volumes it manages in the first two chapters to create an intrigue that you want to know more about. Also the characters grow on you as if you knew them from many more previous chapters.

It is really well written, condensed into a short manga a complex and deep story with ease. (note that I didn't read the light novel in which it is based. In fact I just discover there is a light novel because of this manga).

The premise is quite interesting and original. And when you find out more about it it's ... become more intriguing. And the more practical and empirical way in which the characters approach it when digging around makes it even more interesting.

The plot is quite good, mixing somehow the school slice of life and the situations that usually occur in that kind of stories: love, friendship, bullying...(but not at all in a boring way and without taking time away from the more complex plot), and the personal stories of the characters with science fiction/supernatural.

The characters are interesting and charismatic. There are no usual tropes, nor anything ecchi just because. So it doesn't lose seriousness or credibility (I hate it when a serious story uses those nonsense resources).
The drawing is also simply fantastic: scenery, characters, facial expressions, very nice.

The general atmosphere and the vibe (the mystery, the drama, the friendship, the situations, the locations) reminds me of Summertime Rendering (but without violence or death) or the video game Oxenfree.

I recommend it to anyone who likes drama and mystery and wants a serious and well-written manga.

After five episodes I found nothing to continue watching it. Everything's very typical: the new guy is the best and super pro but he keeps it as a secret. Everyone looks at him with suspicion and tries to provoke him, until he starts to let loose and shows that he is the best and so on and everyone's like "you really rocks!"

He is an alpha male with good vibes: "I'm the best but I'm modest, although I like that you know you can't beat me". Don't have a problem with that, that's cool, but just doesn't work for me in this anime.

I don't know, it ... could be entertaining but I don't see the interest on it, it is some kind of Harry Potter story (note that I didn't read or watched it, but know the basic plot, but could be wrong about it): they're students in a prestigious school of magic, there's bad forces that they eventually will face, there's rivalries between different classes (they're categorized as "premium" or "inferior" students, the ones with the free plan with ads I guess),
they study and practice, they need some kind of tech-tool to use magic instead a magic wand and all that.

But definitely, from the moment the protagonist's sister starts provoking him erotically, rubbing her breasts against him and touching him lewdly in a totally wtf scene I knew that it clearly couldn't get any better. Also, to improve his sister's tool, she has to undress in front of him to be scanned or whatever.
After those things, even if it was the best story in the world, I wouldn't feel any attachment or interest for the characters, so it's a no for me.

If we put aside the super sexualization of ALL women.
The ridiculous, bad, and old-fashioned depiction of All women appearing in this season.
The ultra over the top sexualization of the main villain. (Don't get me wrong, a little here and there is okay, it's target demographic is clear, but you know, it rest credibility to the overall product and became even annoying).
The lack of plot, and the nonsensical of the premise.
The eternal main fight that goes on for more than half of the episodes. Tje bad pacing of the script and the constant cuts when the action reaches its climax.
Zenitsu ... and his insufferable personality. The screaming for no reason. And many other little nuances.

And we are left with impeccable action sequences. Monumental production values.
Fantastic main villains in every way (until they nerf one of them and she becomes insufferable).
The background of those villains.
Absolutely perfect main combat (until they drag it out longer than it should be).
Tanjiro, Inosuke and this time also Nezuko (obviating the super sexualization of her character). A great Pillar, Tengen (just forgetting his over the top personality and annoying sexism specially in the first episodes).

We would get a pretty solid season that would have been perfect if we took out all the bad stuff (which is absurd to begins with and very easy to spot and known that shouldn't be there).
And either, that the season lasted only seven episodes (like the previous one) or that it had a story to tell to fill the eleven episodes that make it up.
But that isn't the case and it is what it is, so overall a 7 (should be a 6, but I do really like the villain(s) and their backstory even when it is predictable... so I gave it an extra point, but it is a 6+ to be fair).

TL,DR: Literally everything is the same as the previous arc but worst.

This is gonna be fast, did you see the previous season? This one is the same, exactly the same, but worst. That's pretty much everything.
I'm even mad, 'cause the anime could be much better, it has the characters, the drawing style, the ost, the setting... but still it fell flat.

First the good things:

- The anime is good, the action scenes (minus the 3D) are awesome, really awesome. But even so when a fights last for, literally, eight episodes you get bored of it.
- The back story of Tokito is cool (but ... predictable).
- The same old good things that it has previously are still here.
- There's no Zenitsu screaming all the f****** time (even though, there's plenty of screaming for no reason).

Now the bad:

- There is no story. You got three "normal" episodes and then the combat begins and lasts until the end of the season. (Same as previous arc).
- The structure and the pace of the script are horrendous (same as previous arc). Every single time there's some kind of climax they choose to focus on whatever or end the chapter so abruptly. Then you have the "comical" scene after credits, and then, in the next one they repeat the last part of previous episode until the opening sequence of the new episode roll in.
- Everyone yelling at each other for no reason even the most simple and mundane things. Like for real, this is the only anime in which I have had to skip parts because I couldn't stand the continuous screaming.
- Everyone shouting everyone's names every one or two minutes.
- The plot is literally null and void, and is a carbon copy of the previous season. There no character development at all.
- Everything happens in the same way: every time a character is going to die it has a flashback and it gets a rush of strength, but still is not enough, so it's about to die again, another flashback and so on.
- The enemies has infinite forms and powerups.
- Tangiro is a good for nothing ("my body ache", "I need to get up and protect everyone", "cannot feel my hands", "breathe, come on") then he sees his little brother or his mom and become stronger for like one minute and get things done (but those things last four episodes).
- None of the important dies, no matter if they are skewered by a sword, poisoned, hit by a force of 100 newtons... just name it.
- The way this anime represent women are really bad, I just get shocked every time because it is like it was written decades ago.
First of all, the over the top sexualization is still here (slightly better and less annoying in this season due to the fact that only two women are featured).
Nezuko grows big boobs and a cleavage when she becomes super saiyan, because of reasons I guess... nothing more to add lol. I mean, boobs are good and all that, but at least create a context and include other characters without the same tropes.
- The back story of Mitsuri Kanroji is a shame: "I'm not enough girly to get married by a man"... and there was me seeing how old disgusting guys rejected such a great woman while she just feel bad for not being enough.
Like what the actual f***?
She's the only Pillar that even surrenders before being saved (in a brief scene that was superfluous).
- A lot of screaming. I said it already? There's a lot. It's the worst.
- No Inosuke.
- Dull exposition of key moments of previous episodes in case you aren't smart enough to catch the reference in the current episode.

I certainly like it, but it could be a lot better.
The overall note for the action scenes would be a 9, but if there was some story and space between them would be a 10.
But as a whole, I give it a 6.
I hope the new arc improves in something.

And there you go, that's all, it wasn't so fast after all.