The overall plot/premise/world is just right up my alley, the fantasy genre, the protagonist with a unique power... The things I look for are all here, and were executed quite well. How can I put it into words? There's just something very engaging and exciting, following Subaru, trying to find out what and why happened, what can we do to avoid it, how it affects everything else, what awaits us on the other path, that there was actually something else all this time waiting... These kinds of things. And at first glance it may seem impossible. How can I go through this and live? It seems like death is unavoidable, but I don't wanna leave them, I wanna make it better, these people don't deserve it. Every time making different memories, getting to know someone more and showing that there's more to them... And then finally getting the breakthrough, utilizing all the knowledge gained through suffering, because it wasn't just worthless and pointless. It is satisfying. To see alternate possibilities, to see all the failures, and to achieve an impossible win. Defying reality, defying the entire universe. There are thousands of ways to doom and nobody will ever know. Nobody but us.
So I guess that was me trying to describe why I liked it so much, using my emotions. Maybe some people will now better understand why I am so hyped? I like the story and characters, can't say anything bad about them, there was a lot of people of different factions and backgrounds, showing different sides of themselves depening on what happened, which I like. I have nothing against the art as well... About the sounds, I honestly only remember Call of the Witch, but I remember it very distinctly. It's so creepy, amazing.
By my rating standards, there wasn't a lot of things I disliked, and there was a loooot I liked, so I must rate high. But since I didn't touch upon things I don't like, I'm gonna mention it: cringe. I really dislike when anime has cringy moments, and this one had a few. The first big one was when Subaru called Emilia by the wrong name and she got mad. The redeeming quality of the cringe in Re:Zero is the fact, that at the end of the day, most of those moments didn't actually happen. Watching with that in mind really makes me feel better about it. Thanks, Re:Zero, very cool.
Overall, really liked it, and I know it's a pretty famous anime, some people call it overrated... Personally, can't agree. If you like fantasy, magic, superpowers, isekai... give it a try and watch an episode!
