However, extremely poor handling particularly by the writers, doomed this show. Characters are extremely uninspired and one dimensional, to the point of being baffling and lacking all real motivation behind their actions (in particular, the "villains"). I don't mean to sound too hostile when I say this, but the characters and plot legitimately feel like they were written by high schoolers.
The show also has some of the worst pacing I have ever seen in a television show. Entire episodes are dedicated who bland, utterly uninteresting exposition dumps and completely break any semblance of pacing. Indeed, an entire main character seems to exist solely for the purpose of dumping exposition. The show violates many cardinal sins on "good" storytelling.
I feel very generous giving this show a 5/10. Most of what I did like was extremely surface-level stuff that is more a product of people like the animators and character designers who were hired for the project being extremely talented, than anything resembling prowess in producing a good anime. But on that note, yes the art, animation, and soundtrack are all very well made. But Re:Creator's abysmal plot quality made the show impossible to enjoy, and frankly at times just frustrating to watch, hence my dropping it halfway through the series.
I should note that I did watch this series when it originally aired.
