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Mugen Train carries from where the first season of Demon Slayer left off. Tanjiro and company meets Rengoku for their next assignment aboard the Mugen train and most of the film is centered around the train events.

Let's talk about the good stuff first since it's easier to cover this:
The animation and art style was absolutely gorgeous to look. The fight scenes were all rounder beautifully and packed with every tiny detail and love from Ufotable. They deserve all the respect for the art and animation shown in this movie.

SPOILER WARNING!

The first half of the movie is devoted to introducing the characters and establishing the trap ... and setting. Most of it was a basic setup for the train hijacker to go about his plan. Anyway it follows the basic trope- protag team meets villain, falls into trap, frees themselves and kill villain. Also the concept of using dreams to trap people is interesting but it falls out of place when the villain attempts to multiply it onto Tanjiro. Sure, he can free himself by suciding on dreams but sooner or later it's gonna mess with his reality, especially when being exposed to high degrees of dream enchantment. This is dumbed down and instead Tanjiro has clarity of his reality in a very short span of time and kills the villain. Interesting start, dumbed ending for the first half.

Now onto my biggest issue with the film, I had plenty of issues but nothing as big as this. Fairly enough, I didn't have any big flaws with the movie but it begins to slip and fall after carrying on. Not that bad but it makes the execution of the idea mediocre at best. Anyway, my issue was Rengoku. No doubt, he had excellent scenes and stole the spotlight in the movie. His one on one with Akaza was the biggest highlight and the whole second half with Rengoku was tense.

However, the way the second half is introduced makes me think this was rushed just to introduce Akaza out of nowhere and just serve entertainment for us. We don't know his motive. We know that Akaza was there and played with Rengoku just to humor him into becoming a demon so that they both can enjoy their battles without dying. So Akaza is by himself and on high demon crack. Akaza in short, served no purpose in the story except to kill off Rengoku and fuel further determination for Tanjiro and others. When Rengoku dies, Tanjiro and Zenitsu fall to their knees and grieve for him. They barely met Rengoku a day ago and before that, they never knew him personally or even talked to him so seeing them cry and show like they were friends for a long period of time was odd. Also the way Rengoku and Tanjiro's conversation goes in the first half before the plan kicks off, was unfunny and felt cringe. Rengoku being weird didn't have to imply that the whole conversation had to be weird as well, it was their attempt at poor conversation with cutesy vibes and make it work somehow.

I liked the movie overall, but it was bogged down with weird choices and rushed plot. The movie was carried by it's stellar animation which has a lot going for it, otherwise the movie would have been poo-poo.

Part 1 was an intro to the world building of Re:Zero and it's characters. When Season 2 starts, it goes full steamed running, breathless and doesn't give time to the viewers to let it sink in. It's a hellishly beautiful first half season where the mysteries are finally revealed, the plot thickens, we find a world constructed upon world, and astral planes emerge. Subaru goes from "saving everyone" to "saving one" and goes to undo his lessons. Subaru is henceforth burdened by his new event phases, his undoing of his objectives and his psyche breaking are fine examples of why this show excells in psychological ... fantasy plots. Numerous sub plots delves all around, fantatic performance across the boards, except the animation (which I think WF will fix for bluray release)

This Part 2 follows up on Subaru's life as he scrambles to fix things and carry his loved ones to a safe haven from the winter storm and the devious plans of Roswaal. It's a complete high octane emotion fueled ride which doesnt pull its punches and brings together our cast, all ever so lovable! We gonna see Otto, Echidna, Emilia and the other characters shine. We're in for a treat to the exciting advents of the world relations with Subaru.

P.S. I'll gladly drink Echidna's tea anytime! Join me, my suffering comrades!!!

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[FINAL REVIEW]


Riding high from the excellent first Season, Re Zero Second Season continues where it left off, from the end of White Whale arc. This Season begins it's own tale. Subaru finds himself in a perilous situation where he cannot use RBD to solve. I've always admired Re Zero for it's themes. In the beginning, it seemed like Subaru was motivated due to love reasons. He met a girl and fell in love with her and decides to woo her through his hard work. But later on, Re Zero becomes more than love, it tells a fantastic tale of relationships, belief, arrogance ... and has it's own world of country politics. Re:Zero was never a tale of Subaru's suffering or torture porn.

So Season 2 starts, finally 4 years later!

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ART:

White Fox has done it again. They've blown my expectations and gone above and beyond to make this a perfect tale. Each episode is given so much care and value on their runtime, with some episodes being 30 mins long. This shows how dedicated White Fox spent trying to direct this show, and not just cram events in 24 minute episodes.
However, due to the CO-VID situation, the animation has taken it's blow, White Fox has reassured us that despite working from home, they are doing their best to keep it consistent and make visuals appealing to it's long time fans. It's less detailed now, so I'm pretty confident White Fox will add more details in the Blu-ray if it ever happens, which it will.

Re Zero's animation and visuals are a tad different from the first season style, but it helps giving the show more animation wherever needed. The art blends in well with the nature and the visuals of the show. The camera angles also compliment the art really well. White Fox has spent a hell of a time bringing the background scenes to life and making it feel immersive and real

SCORE: 10/10 (would be 9/10 but due to CO-VID situation, it gets a freebie)

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SOUND:

Right off the first episode from S2, just barely more than half of the episode in, we're treated to plenty of sound effects and sound OST. It's an absolute pleasure seeing the scenes play out and the music helping the scene give off it's own emotion. The music and sound effects are done here so well. I get chills whenever something ominous goes down. Mad props goes to the sound team. They completely blew my expectations in most episodes, they know when to leave and when to stay. They don't necessarily over dramatize events and even silence delivers it's own impact. ALSO, WE GOT KONOMI SUZUKI RETURNINGGGG! She made a hell of a banger ED and OP, granted it takes a while to release the ED and OP but when it does, it's a perfect touch. It's a jaw dropped, we're treated to scores of hip hop, jazz, electric symphonies as the scenes of ED and OP play. It's a treat!

SCORE: KONOMI SUZUKI/10 (perfection indeed!)

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CHARACTERS:

We've got our Subaru, Rem, Emilia, Ram, Beatrice, Puck, Crusch, Felix, Astrea swordsmen, Julius and many more from S1 back. We've also got new character additions. people return to work and help the roster of largely likable characters here. they're welcome and add their own charisma and ideologies to the show. So far, character's intentions are supplied by hints and visual telling in previous episodes, which calls for a re-watch to notice and see the bigger picture of them and what they do. Subaru keeps changing, as our Isekai protagonist here. He's got new goals and is on a blazing trail to accomplish it. It's a delight seeing the characters getting their moments to shine. Rem was mainly the side character who received so much screen time in S1. S2 balances out things by taking the other characters in consideration and letting them enjoy their moments. With excellent additions of Maaya Sakamoto, Kaori Nazuka, Ishida Akira, and longtime VA Takahashi Rie, Kobayashi Yuusuke, Satomi Arai. This show continues its stellar performance.

Thie witches are definitely the star of this show. Echidna, Satella, Typhon, Minerva, Daphne, Carmillia and Sekhmet are proof that the show hasn't deled yet into true hell for Subaru. Subaru's shock factor is amplified by times and times, just taking the depth of the characters, especially Roswaal to a higher plane where we feel them to be real and on the taking

SCORE: 10/10

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ENJOYMENT:

With the release of Director's cut, Re:Zero makes people notice and when I watched the Director's Cut, I observed a lot of questions being hinted possibly for S2 to answer. Also, re-watching S1 made me notice the details and how tightly woven the story and where the motives lie, and with the absolute banger of S2E4, I felt the Re:Zero shined in its characters and their motives for living and upon who they believe and act. Re:Zero has done what most isekai these days don't, it nitpicked at the nuances of the MC and gave it even more love. It went on a bold move to decide whether was the world currently in, was worth it?
It gives us and the MC a choice whether to abandon it. Re:Zero is sending a powerful message here. All in all it teaches us about the things we forget on our goal path.


OVERALL: 10/10

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Extra Info: Season 1 was an intro to the world building of Re:Zero and it's characters. When Season 2 starts, it goes full steamed running, breathless and doesn't give time to the viewers to let it sink in. It's a hellishly beautiful first half season where the mysteries are finally revealed, the plot thickens, we find a world constructed upon world, and astral planes emrge. Subaru goes from "saving everyone" to "saving one" and goes to undo his lessons. Subaru is henceforth burdened by his new event phases, his undoing of his objectives and his psyche breaking are fine examples of why this show excells in psychological fantasy plots. Numerous sub plots delves all around, fantatic performance across the boards, except the animation (which I think WF will fix for bluray release)

Waiting for 2nd part to come out in Jan 2021, See you all :)

I had my doubts for this movie and even more as it was reportedly a tribute for the the back to back titles: Bardock: the Father Of Goku, Fusion Reborn and Broly: The Legendary Super Saiyan. Most ambitious projects tend to go overboard. Entering the cinema, I felt a sense of dread overcome me and wondered about my choices. However, by the start of the movie, I felt a bit relieved on seeing the animation and the art style. so far, it held up to my expectations. I lost track of time as the movie progressed and by the end of it, I was hoping ... of some post credits or a hint of return.

TBH, this is one of the good anime movies in a long time with real spirits of its predecessors bursting with all glory and enthralled me. I was in love with the way the movie expands the horizon of the Saiyan history and the tale that begun so.

I mostly judge everything I watch very harshly, but oh boy! Thank the Lord! The movie was brilliant and nearly brought DBS back to the roots of DBZ. The animations seems a bit odd considering how much time we spent of the Yamamuro and previous animators' style. However it's still a good tribute to the 90s style of DBZ. Broly is every way human and his antics remind me of the early days of Goku and Bulma (nostalgic AF). Cherlye also makes up for a helpful and concerned person in Paragus shoes. Paragus is blatantly the representations of Japanese Dad's from the 90s, (no offense) but it also implies how much potential is being wasted on the wrong thing and how much of restrictions could cause one to go berserk.
The music is perfectly done and well synced. I found myself matching the tunes of the music and the art inspired me to rethink new possibilities for the rest of the DBS arc.

This is an absolute treat. Watch it and you wont regret it. The background is so lively like freaking real and shows more nature than before. I love it and I'm giving it a 10/10.
Must watch!