Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season

Reddit Zero: Isekai Shonen 3: Started Yapping in a Disney World. I can't believe I ever liked this repetitive slop. Of course I was gaslighted into believing there's more that meets the eye before. Last season for me. The only thing going for this is it has some semblance of an original story, something that is woefully lacking in anime industry these days. RZ is back with it's usual mutilation loop in the beginning that contributes nothing to the plot, the usual generic medieval danmachi fantasy plot, the usual edgy af comically evil cuckoo villains with no tangible motivations; and I don't know is this the first time it became an exposition dump wasting time while cutting off source content? I seriously hope content was cut because this was the worst season by a mile. Anywho I have grown resistant to the shock novelty, and it's just murderporn soap opera slop that old people watch in their mundane lives, and WWE shonen slop that kids like. It's so bad, I went back to rate the first two seasons and OVAs low. The single biggest problem with season 3: Direction and Art Character Design. You start the season with a scene in the initial episodes where an antagonist mutilates a character in a second, by kicking a small stone with tremendous force at him/her. That clearly showcase the ridiculous skill gap between the two. There should be no way the latter survives a second against the former solo in their later fights taking place in a matter of two days, right? I mean forget the fights, the Direction puts the latter in completely exposed public spaces multiple times as he/she wastes time lecturing cringy pretentious Disney Demon slayer expositions in front of enemies with killing intent. If I'm plotting something with someone I would at least move out from the middle of the road and go to an alley so that I don't constantly have to look out for shots aimed at me. It's also insane it's implied he/she is somehow "holding out" the later fights with villain without any mutilation, off-fucking-screen ofc. (E: I guessed right, I learnt in LN character was supposedly master of evasion through buildings, windows etc which makes the holding out possible, cut from the anime) This similar direction is repeated elsewhere in other character showdowns, people having time to sing, kiss, grope, nosebleed on each other in front of serious villains with no worry of getting killed. Of course fans will distribute copium that the enemies weren't considering them seriously and "playing with food", ...which would make sense if they weren't butchering mobs without reason earlier, and weren't getting bored and annoyed easily enough to eliminate the cringe that was in their way. The character designs echo the same sentiments, physically ripped enemies losing on pure strength(not agility) against weak, lean, fragile twinks. Villains be munching huge ass dragons and scyllas but too "bored" to wipe out brigades of ant people. Make it make sense. Also unrelated, there were some of the most non-thematic out-of-place sakuga fights I have ever seen towards the end of the season. The sakuga was itself good but woefully anti-thematic. Another Direction problem is the decision to not include some recaps/flashbacks. It's not my fault RZ production took it's sweet time to return after so many years. Some obscure shit from the previous seasons will be used as a deux ex machina plot device to save people at the very last moment. Only fans and TV junkies would remember or rewatch and flex that people don't watch properly especially on cableTV. I won't rewatch and waste my time as it's not my responsibility. It's the production's responsibility to insert appropriate recap clips to remind what happened after producing this season after so many years. Even worse some critical info is only available in BreakTime omakes and isekai quartet. Rz is no MCU to risk pulling this shit. The Second problem is the plot and is independent of production. Just a few episodes ago people treated Subaru like literal gnat's piss. But suddenly after the 2nd season fights, the same people are rushing and queuing to suck his dick like blind followers like Subaru-sama yOu sO gReAt!! OMFG. Endless patronising of Subaru. Can the characters stop yappin, STFU and not repeat the same pretentious bs with minor variations, whether the toxic positivity "You can do it!" comments, or the shocked "How could you do such a thing!" despair, it's cringe, boring and repeated adinfinitum. The demon slayer expositions legit triggered me to write this review. Is this how the LN is? jfc. I should have watched with dub instead and wash my dishes meanwhile. And the constant chuuni manicspeak from the villains. Not VA fault, more like the decision to pack more of the same archetype of crazy villains in a single arc, as if it wasn't already bad enough with one per arc before. All the villains were carbon copies, nothing like say the unique homunculi in FMA/B who are also monsters based on 7 sins, or Made in Abyss White whistles. What is the appeal here? It's the lowest common denominator edgy shit that reddit bogans would consume to fit in the crowd. I'm trying to find any redeeming qualities and see none. It's just shock, rimuru tabletalk, fights, the anime. Greatest Isekai my ass. No wonder fans are insecure of MT and One Piece. Also can someone go isekai into their world and teach Emilia sex education? Else the author will use her ignorance on the matter into a plot device again. Someone clearly went already and injected something in her boobs to grow like a cow, among several other ecchi baits in the season.

Re:Zero has long since established itself as one of the greatest isekai series of all time. It’s shown us time and again the possibilities and heights this genre can reach with a competent writer, delivering some of the most famous and beloved scenes in the history of the medium. I mean hell, one of the most iconic characters of all time hasn’t even been around in two seasons. This show has become one of the most iconic in history, yet season 3 manages to blow everything we’ve seen out of the water. White Fox have always been a great studio, but the attention to detail and quality that went into season 3 of Re:Zero are through the roof. From more light novel accurate character designs, to better pacing, to enhancing big moments from the LN, this was incredible. Arc 5 is my favourite arc in the series and this season did it justice. It both tugs on the heartstrings and makes you want to jump out of your seat with excitement. There’s a little bit of something for everyone in this season and every single cast member gets a big moment to shine. Well done White Fox, you were at your best here. I personally have always been pretty pleased with the job WF did on Re:Zero. Yea, some monologues and scenes were removed or swapped around, but that’s how it goes adapting a book. They have always nailed the characters, the eerie atmosphere, the world and story and that’s the most important thing. But season 3 marks a change in the approach. It’s clear either fan feedback has been heard by the production committee or the staff themselves wanted to focus on bringing everything out of the source material this time around. The number of episodes, splitting the season into two, going with extended length episodes a couple times, White Fox felt much more in command of the story this time around and it couldn’t have come at a better time since Arc 5 sees Subaru take on his greatest challenge yet. We’ve seen him fight one archbishop, but in this season he has to take on FOUR. As you can imagine that’s not something he can do alone, so teamwork has never been more important than in this arc. When I say every single character gets a big moment to shine and grow, I mean it. It’s truly a group effort to overcome the archbishops and save the city from impending doom and it’s only achieved thanks to everyone stepping up and surpassing their limits. Look, I was hype as hell reading this arc and seeing Garf, Priscilla, Otto, Wilhelm etc get their big moments, but seeing it animated with the incredible animation WF brought to Priscilla’s big fights, Garf’s big showdown, Regulus v Subaru, Wilhelm’s big moment etc., just made it that much better. This season also showcased just how deep and complex the magical and ability systems are in this world. The sheer number of fighting styles on display this season was cool to see. Tappei-sensei has put so much work into this world and I’m glad it’s paying off. Simply put, this season of Re:Zero just feels bigger and better than anything before it while acting as a platform for Subaru to showcase his growth. He’s always been someone who overcomes insane obstacles that would break most people, but this is the start of a new Subaru. A much bolder and more confident protagonist who can stand up to characters of immense strength and not backdown because he KNOWS he will find a way to overcome, even if it requires dying a few times. For a guy that’s suffered as much as anyone in this medium has, to see him grinning with that sort of confidence was such a treat, even the other characters who are much stronger than him have supreme confidence that he’ll figure out a plan to save the day. Our Subaru is no longer someone who stands behind others, but now he’s leading from the front and even able to strategically go on the offensive like we see in his big archbishop fight. It’s a full circle moment that feels very satisfying given the hardships Subaru has dealt with. But he’s not alone, Emilia, Otto, Garf, etc., all showed tremendous growth in this season and in some ways it feels like the start of a new era for our characters. They’re battle hardened and ready to go on the offensive against the witch’s cult. Production wise, RZ season 3 has got a total makeover. The pacing, direction, art style, animation, EVERYTHING is the best it’s ever been in the franchise. Admittedly I’m limited in the WF series I’ve seen, but Garfiel’s fight scene might be the best piece of animation this studio have ever made. Emilia’s big action scenes looked great and of course my beloved Pristella got so much attention to detail. My favourite tweak was the character designs though. I love Otsuka-sensei’s art, so seeing the anime get closer to that was a welcome change! I think this season of Re:Zero is as close to perfect as one can get. I know there’s some fans who still weren’t satisfied with some details being cut out, but you can’t please everyone nor can you ever really cram everything from a 300 page book into a tv show. It just doesn’t work that way. White Fox did a great job of conveying things from the books using flashbacks, direction techniques and more though. They went with a show don’t tell approach and it worked. Hell, this season was so good I came out of it an Emilia fan and I HATED her before. Now I agree with Subaru and think she AND Rem are the way forward. Great fights, emotional storytelling, the most interesting arc with the highest stakes, most intimidating villains and the biggest disadvantage for Subaru and Co. thus far. Their story of overcoming insane odds is the best Re:Zero’s ever been and one of the all-time great seasons. Re:Zero season 3 gets a very easy 10 out of 10.

Re:Zero Season 3 is an odd one. The animation quality was great, a huge step up from the previous season (which was most people's main complaint about it), and the content of this season story-wise was phenomenal, but after all is said and done, it felt like something was missing. This wasn't the case for the first few episodes. The element of mystery and tasteful despair really set this Season up to be on the level of Season 1, at least tonally, which was extremely promising; Unfortunately though, something changed part of the way into this Season. Perhaps it was because of the huge number of fights, or the large cast of characters that needed attention, but regardless of what the core issue was, it resulted in the majority of the Season failing to properly convey fantastical yet subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) dark elements that Re:Zero is built upon. After the first encounter, this Season genuinely felt akin to Shonen slop, with the perspective ping-ponging from one character and their fight to the next. At a glance one might assume that this is a given considering the events of this arc in the Light Novel, but what a lot of people don't understand is that parts of the source will always be cut in an adaptation, and in Season 3 they cut things that simply shouldn't have been cut. This is perfectly put on display in regards to a certain greedy guy who has a huge presence in this season. The fight with this figure in the anime is very goofy, which on its own is fine and really plays up this character's pathetic nature; but unlike for instance the Betelgeuse fight in the first season, which was goofy but still carried aspects of underlying horror/threat, this fight had none of that. I personally left that experience a little bit disappointed, having had great hopes for it; but I relented, assuming that in the source material that fight was the same way... apparently it wasn't?? Supposedly everything that was missing, such as genuinely menacing moments, and monologues that delved deeper into this character and their twisted nature, existed in the Light Novel but were excluded from the anime. This to me is frankly unacceptable from a directive standpoint. It would be different if they simply had too little time to include these things, but not only did they cut the season's contents down from what COULD have been 24 episodes, they devoted a good chunk of that specific fight as well as other ones to flashy moments and fanservice. I don't mind these things, but the fact that they were included while CORE elements of what this season SHOULD have been weren't, is silly. To put it in perspective, it's literally like if the moments where Betelgeuse talks to himself, explaining his logic and twisted sense of love, were omitted. These are core to helping the audience understand this character and their perspective, even if it's almost alien and frankly insane. To generalize what I've said and apply it to this entire season, it genuinely just needed more time allocated to its characters and the themes attributed to them. This is surely not exclusive to the aforementioned fight, and I have no doubt that there are other moments that fail to carry the energy that they should have. For example, I don't know for certain, but considering how out of place it felt in the anime, Garfiel's character arc definitely had aspects of it cut. To know for sure about any of these things I need to fully read the Light Novel (which I intend on doing), but until then, given Tappei Nagatsuki's amazing track record, I choose to believe that these flaws are all due to a failure to properly adapt the source. You cant even blame it on budget this time like you could with Season 2 Part 2, because all of these episodes looked phenomenal; It's simply a directing issue and I couldn't be more disappointed. I personally think that they did things in the way that they did in order to attract new viewers (tourists), but I'm probably not going to get confirmation on that. With all of this being said I love Re:Zero and consider it one of the greatest series ever conceived, so the lowest I can give this Season is a 7. This Season is by no means unwatchable, it's quite a fun watch actually (other than that Liliana episode holy &*#%), but if you appreciate the complexity of the earlier Seasons it will no doubt leave you feeling as if it could have been more. I just hope that the reception is mixed enough that White Fox understands what went wrong and gives the show a full 24 episodes for its next season. TLDR: Needed more episodes, with time dedicated to complex aspects of characters and tone-building, decided to clip farm with its budget instead.

I'm back, baby. Re:Zero fans' brains are trembling. If you don't know who I am, I currently (and, for the past 5 years) have had the highest-rated negative review of the second cour of Re:Zero Season 2 (albeit, it's a preliminary review, so if you want to see it, adjust your filters accordingly). My relationship with this show has been a complicated one through the years. I thought the first season was pretty solid–there were a lot of interesting things set up, the animation was clearly done with love, and the character designs were striking. But it also tired me with its long-winded speeches, boring expository dialogue and self-indulgent navel-gazing. Then season 2 started and it was without a doubt one of the worst arcs of anime I’ve ever seen. I won’t retread my old review here, but what I will say is: after rewatching the whole series in preparation for season 3’s airing, I would absolutely double down on that original review now that the whole thing has aired and I could binge it in a day instead of watching weekly. Fast forward almost 5 years. We finally–FINALLY–get the 3rd season animated. I’ve often wondered why this show takes such long breaks in between seasons when it’s so successful, and I think in a way, that question is its own answer. This series is a money printing machine even when it’s not airing; with merch, light novels, and manga sales to keep the dollars (or, I guess, Yen) rolling in. With that solid financial foundation it can take its time in between seasons to give White Fox a chance to really cook with the animation and build hype with the fandom. That’s just my theory, anyway. Going into this show and coming off the heels of the Sanctuary arc I was fully prepared to hate this season with the same fiery passion that I hated the last one. And, well, apologies for burying the lede but: I actually, surprisingly, kinda liked this season. All of the haters who filled my DMs last time are going to have to put their pitchforks down, and maybe my long-winded introduction was just my way of edging you–you’ll never know. Anyway, since the vast majority of positive reviews here are just going to be fanboys glazing the show, I’ll take a slightly different approach and try to sell this season to you if, like me, you weren’t a fan of season 2. First huge positive change: we finally get a new location! Season 2 took place entirely in one place–and it had to be the most visually boring place in the world: the middle of the woods. For 25 consecutive episodes we ran around in the woods and I was begging to see more of the interesting world this story teased us with outside of the dumb Sanctuary. In season 3 we head to the Watergate City of Priestella, which is a Venice-inspired beautiful city built in the middle of a lake below the water level, leading to a complex system of locks and levies which looks visually interesting and immediately sparked my imagination. Then, there’s our cast. We finally pick up the plot thread of the royal selection candidates which we started at the end of season 1 and basically abandoned during season 2. Crusch, Priscilla, Felt, and the rest of the gang are back and boy did I miss them. Garfiel is still with us unfortunately (I wish we could have left him behind in the Sanctuary with his obnoxious shouting) but he wasn’t nearly as annoying of a presence in this season as he was in the last. Finally, we get to the real meat of the story. What actually happened in this season? Well, considering the first eight episodes are called the “Attack Arc” and the last 8 are called the “Counterattack Arc,” I think it’s no spoiler to say this is basically a long battle arc, and that fact has been mildly controversial in the community. I’ve seen people say this arc had way too much action and not enough plot or story progression and believe me, if there’s one thing I hate it’s big dumb action shows. But, my biggest problem with season 2 was that all of the conflict happened internally and unconvincingly. It was all characters moving from one vaguely defined emotional state to another vaguely defined emotional state via talk no jutsu while standing around in the woods. Forgive me, but a battle arc feels like a breath of fresh air after that. And for a battle show, the battles are really good. They’re well animated, the stakes are high, and the battles always progress the narrative. Making this season into a battle arc also returned a certain “heroic” nature to the characters. In season 2, I didn’t feel like any of the characters were really heroic; they were all stuck inside their own heads and written to be as pathetic as possible (aside from Ram being based and battling Roswaal). Basically, no one in that season was someone I wanted to be. There were also very few positive interactions between Subaru and any of the characters, which became exhausting to watch. To really emphasize the difference between the two seasons, consider this. The entire formula of season 2 was: Character: “I feel a certain way” Subaru: “You shouldn’t feel that way” Character: [kills Subaru] Subaru finds out Character’s tragic backstory Character: “I feel a certain way” Subaru: “Here’s why you feel that way. Now stop feeling that way” Character: “Aw dang, u right.” Repeat ad nauseam. Make sure the characters are screaming at each other during the whole conversation, too. You end up with a story that has a ratio of people-talking to things-happening that is way out of whack. In this season, we make up for lost time by swinging the pendulum to the other side and going all gas no brakes. It’s fast-paced, snappy, and filled with sakuga. Do I wish it was more of a thinker? Sure. But I’ll take this over what we got in season 2 any day. Now, we have to talk about the downsides. First of all, it absolutely boggles my mind that Rem is still in a coma. She was the breakout character of the first season and became one of the most–if not THE most–popular anime characters in existence. And the author made the wise decision to capitalize on her popularity by… writing her out of the story? This isn’t a spoiler by the way–Rem has no credited voice actress on the MAL page for the show so it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that she wouldn’t be making an appearance in this season. The only explanation for her absence I can think of is that Tappei Nagatsuki basically wrote himself into a corner by making Rem a competing love interest to Emelia. When Subaru declared his unwavering devotion to Emelia in season 1 but still led Rem along because he needed her, the fandom didn’t react very well to that and with good reason–it made Subaru look skeezy. But because Re:Zero is a light novel and Subaru needs his harem the author couldn’t think of a satisfying way to resolve that conflict and so just took the chicken way out and put Rem into a coma until he could think of what to do with her. With that being said, we also have the lingering issue of the writing in general. While the long boring preachy monologues about emotions from season 2 are largely gone, the DNA of this show still shows through. For instance, in episode 7 there’s a speech Subaru gives that goes on for literally (I timed it) 10 full minutes and it could have easily been boiled down to 45 seconds. The people who claim that this show is some kind of brilliant masterpiece of subtle writing are living in a different dimension than I am–either that, or they’re 14 years old. We also have a few random annoyances that kept taking me out of the show. Emelia’s chest has grown several sizes for no apparent reason other than the typical chest inflation that always seems to affect these long-running light novel adaptations. I have no idea who that’s supposed to appeal to, if you want to have a busty character just put them in the show, why change an existing character’s design for no reason? Also, while technically impressive that Aya Yamane voices Liliana’s speaking and singing voices, they’re extremely…

gng dis shi ahh It's such a downgrade from what originally was a stellar anime. Season 1 had all the pieces together. It was the goat in every aspect. It was creative , used Subaru's return by death cleverly with stakes and actual loss (interractions between characters) , side characters introductions which at the time felt like enriching a very large world and establishing a list of viillains under the 7 sins with one being introduced being unforgettabble and amazing overall and clear connection between the plots so they don't feel that they come directly out of nowhere. season 3 HAS NOTHING OF THE SOOOORTS. Every single character even the 3 thugs NO ONE cares about are in the same location , get screentime and ARE ALL FRIENDS???? And it's not like it makes sense??? The war arc or whatever this is supposed to be comes out of thin air???!?!??! thin air like that. The most boring rotation of villains come out of nowhere and start attacking the city. And then Subaru gets the quickest most no-stakes , boring deaths oat and then it's fight fight fight fight fight. The plans and dialogues and emotional speeches are non-existant. The viewers may tell you otherwise , the show may tell you otherwise I won't though. Subaru's speech did nothing , entire episode spent on it only for it to do NOTHING. Plans go nowhere. The plans are essentially ''I'll go fight this guy here... u go fight ovah there'' AND THEY JUST DO THIS LOL FOR THE ENTIRE SEASON. Without spoiling Wilhem becomes relevant again in this season and it's yet again due to his backstory which was already explored in season 1. It actually adds nohing new to it. NOTHING. It's the carbon copy same thing from season 1 with an added backstory that serves nothing , fight that does nothing , emotional scene that has no meaningful message behind and it's a rip-off of an overall great mini-arc of a side character in season 1!!!! But no let's dedicate a FULL EPISODE about it alongside of filler spread out through the rest of the episodes. Surely that wouldn't feel cheap. There was a scene I was kind of looking forward to where Subaru t-ups and encourages everyone to fight on. Sum powerfuul speech yknow? Yeyeeyeyye that does nothing. straight up. LOSS of time. Another episode spent on a pointless interaction that legit has no consequences moving on in the story. And it's an entire episode and most of which is spent who to actually do the deal and if it ain't friggin obvious enough big man subaru the PROTAGONIST your average Joe has to do it cause he's js the greatest this season and can do no wrong. This season just doesn't work. It's trash , garbage , awful IDK what other words to use. It pains me to see how much the entire show degraded since season 1. I already had beef with s2 but at least it was somewhat well written and some of the moments were genuinelly amazing. THIS SEASON HAS NONE OF THAT . NONE. The planning and constant blabble , yappage fest leads to nothing but fight. When the characters are cornered and spend 10 minutes of talking it usually resolts to ''Ima go fight DIS guy u go fight this guy'' that's it bro. It was at that part at episode 1 where Subaru gained clairvoyance and started singing the same lyrics Lilliana was singingthat she thought up in less than a minute ago while both of them directly looking at the camera with the derpiest smiles on their face that I knew I was watching something that only mimicked re:zero but in reality was more fit to be a corny disney show where the characters randomly burst out and starts dancing and singing about green grass and blue weather and birds chirping. At least that's what most of Lilliana's songs were about. Not a single ounce of good writing in this season folks 3/10 (giving it a 3 only because of some hype moments , good animation and some reusage of the actually good ost from seeason 1 otherwise it would've been a 0)

Re:CUCK -Revenge of the Otakus in Another World- Season 3 is the worst in the series thus far, and the "rocking" OP that has all the smugly smiling characters lining up like they're walking into a capeshit film is telling. The dialogue and characters have always had weaknesses that were masked by the more intricate plotting, mystery, and tension of past seasons, yet with almost the entire cast bouncing off of one another with sassy one-liners and yucky banter in what has shapeshifted into a battle shonen, the series is at its most juvenile: Just look at the Looney Tunes ice skating chase with hammer bonks or the 12-year-old DBZ/Superman fanfic writing of one character heading to the moon and back to earth in less than a day. Early parts of Re:LOLI feel like they're set at a kindergarten because of all the lollygagging with lolis, upping the ante for the baby talk moerot like never before, until they're sent to nap time because of how long the battles are. Looking to the latter half, episode 14 is a contender for the worst episode of the franchise. At least half of it's a sluggish, pointless flashback consisting of information the viewer either knew already from the White Whale arc or didn't need to know. The forced drama and crybaby antics here look like a parody (except they're dead serious) of a soap opera. Re:SNOT has led me to realize how important animation and composition are for crying scenes in particular. A raw closeup of grandpa Astrea ugly crying all of his dignity away, with the tears practically looking like icicles stabbing him in the eyes because of how static the shot is, cheapens everything further. The sappy music is the rotten cherry on top. The director embraces the author's clumsy melodrama and makes it even more obvious, when an adaptation should try to diminish these issues rather than double down on them. There are also a few added characters and developments outside of the main plot and battles: There are new rambling villains, with Wrath being like a Diet Petelguese but with a poorly concealed identity, and the reveal will undoubtedly be butchered by the ridiculous melodrama. Liliana is a bard, who looks exactly like Trixie Kong, with a hackneyed filler backstory that she dumps on us in the middle of a battle because we just needed another flashback to Re:TARD the pacing. For the character with the most bloat in Re:BARF, there's Garfield boasting of being a "Gorgeous Tiger," the unconvincing "trauma" of having Elsa stalk him as a figment of his mind (as opposed to the more appropriate Subaru), a generic quest for vengeance, and a sappy backstory and "must protecc" side plot. We could have done without most of this, and it's hard to imagine anyone being moved by his portrayal, as the main reveal undermines any developments to his character from the Sanctuary arc and is embarrassing. There are cliche things with great execution in many cases, but this is told without any real craftsmanship. Most other characters aren't worth mentioning. Although not as expressionistic as other examples of weebish heroes, like Dandadan's Ken Takakura and his removable pork and beans, Subaru is perhaps one of the most well-rounded pathetic, simp, doormat, zero-to-hero archetypes to emerge from the collective consciousness of the otaku. Which is not to say that Subaru is a good character, but he represents all the trashy wish-fulfillment, otaku pandering, and "Just Like Me" syndrome cases, and Re:REEK distills it all into one of the stinkiest, please-change-out-of-your-Adidas-track-suit-that-you've-been-wearing-for-several-years-straight-and-take-a-bath packages. It's all there. A NEET with no confidence, who sits around playing video games and does unspeakable things with grill figurines, dies and is isekaied into a world where he is quickly thrown waifus and responsibility far more desirable than what he'd ever find back home. That's not to say Subaru's rise is without considerable effort, for Re:CUCK isn't the easiest of power fantasies, at least at first. Furthermore, while he is OP, it comes with a cost: He is a loser who fails over and over, soaking up the pain and rage of the otaku like a suffering messiah as he works through the elaborate plot like a puzzle and makes things right with the help of his reset hacks, various mommies of his harem course-correcting and pulling him up by his bootstraps, and numerous higher-status males who come to respect him and blow smoke up his increasingly smug and annoying ass. An obvious undercurrent running through the series has always been Subaru's self-loathing, relative uselessness compared to the other characters, the constant tone of "You're pretty awkward and not very reliable, but I can see how hard you try," and whiny insecurities. Of course, because of the "reset by death" hack he achieves great things. Re:CUCK is ultimately about the reformation or redemption of the NEET otaku, but since being a cog in the machine is not particularly inspiring, we're instead treated to an exciting fantasy world, adventure, and lots of waifus. The meeting of Emilia and Subaru in S1 of Re:SIMP, which has him ascending from would-be stalker to white knight by means of a plot convenience, goes something like this: Emilia: Boohoo! Oh, if only I could reform the kingdom and end discrimination against half-elves like me. Subaru: That sounds like a great cause, Emilia-chan. Tell me, does your hypothetical society discriminate against otakus wearing Adidas track suits, by any chance? Emilia: What's an otaku? Are those the vegetarian hobbits with smol Peepis that I've been hearing about lately? Subaru: Ahahahaha... forget I asked *Subaru shifts his beady eyes*. I would be honored to help as your knight, milady *Subaru kneels and takes Emilia's hand, his long, thin, forked tongue slithering out with a hiss*. It appears quite a bit of that redemption is underway by S3 because the tone is now much lighter, whereas S1 sometimes felt like a horror series, for it dripped with Subaru's despair (okay, that was probably just the waste seeping out of his track suit), reveled in crushing suspense, and what seemed like perpetual dying and resetting. By contrast, S3 has all the characters appearing to respect Subaru, and even though ikemen like Julius used to roast him on a spit (at least he got in his "loli tsukai" line in this season, which is equivalent to little girl user/tamer/wielder), they're now brothers in arms, if not outright bromancers. A number of his waifus had tsundere traits, yet almost all of that has vanished, with even Ram probably eventually getting the tsundere-to-deredere pipeline taming treatment in future installments. Subaru, unsurprisingly, gets the kindest, most unconditional, mommy-like moeblob of all time, Emilia, who can see his inner beauty beneath the track suit, as his main squeeze (any moeblob who will not accept him unless he takes off his track suit is trash!). There are a few reasons why the tsundere archetype is popular. One is because they are more difficult to tame, and the other reason is because the more beta society becomes, the more desire there is to be treated like a doormat. But I think the other thing to note is that even when the tsundere kind of likes or even begrudgingly comes to love the MC, when she's being mean to him, there is a subconscious knowing that the little rat bastard deserves every kick to the balls and wounding of his pride that he gets. There's almost none of that here, even though he deserves it for being such an insufferable MC; spare the rod, spoil the child! Nevertheless, Subaru is on his way to becoming one of the great men of Re:CUCK's world and acts like a smug bastard put on a pedestal and worshipped. I'm sure he'll go down in history for his laughable "Okay, everyone, listen up. I'm a loser and totally pathetic compared to all of my allies, but even I'm managing in this struggle, so you can too" speech. Then he's like, "Don't make fun of me... I kn…

Okay I'll be blunt. It is trash. Loli harem? Loli of lust? Come on, pedo much? Anything that involves or resembles a kid to sexualize just to entertain the degenerate minds of the author and his coomer friends is an automatic cancel in my book. This is why I don't like the likes of MT, an old man, living inside a young boy lusting after underage girls, it is just fucking creepy for me, I didn't even finish the first season because I feel like I wanna tear that mfker apart when I see him. Subaru is just a simp, anything beyond that is totally unredeemable, and he will be til the end, honestly I can't relate to him, watching him I feel repulsed and attacked. His world only revolves around Emilia. It would have been great if this was a redemption story, where our protagonist prioritizes self growth, but no, it's a simpedo story, author revealed his true colors. The first season was okay, I can relate, I thought it was cool and unique, but second season began to rot, I guess it began when they decided to sideline one of the spices of this anime, because it outshines the main ingredient, but that main ingredient is actually bland af. And they will continue to do so because I think they hate the idea that a maid outshines their main female character, I see now, author is also a degenerate fucking simp for Emilia, why am I even surprised, just kill the maid for fuck's sake. Third season is just a heaping pile of shit with all the loli and stuff, that's the only thing they added, the loli. One loli is not enough for them I guess. Bye, I'm throwing this one in the trash bin, never to be recycled.

What happened? How did we get here? Why did we get here? In this weird side quest. This is not ReZero anymore, it turned into a generic isekai (with an NTR fetish) focused on mediocre fights. Subaru only dies and returns 3 times in the entire season, in the first 2 episodes. That's it. Over the course of the past 2 seasons, Subaru basically had to win by trial and error. Sacrificing his life, whether he wanted or not, over and over again to arrive at the result with the least casualties, saving as many people as possible. And through this, we got all kinds of analogies and allegories (and straight spelling it out by Satella) about how precious life is and how you shouldn't throw it away and all that. Good stuff. But now? Well, now all of that is apparently not needed anymore, Subaru and company get it right first try. With a few fakeouts along the way. That's right, even though they are fighting MULTIPLE very dangerous archbishops at once, they get it right first try. With a small twist at the end which is basically a repeat of something that happened before. But wait, there's more! They've cucked Subaru as well. The other guy physically glues his heart to Emilia's heart (through magic). And that's not even all: Emilia clearly states that she actually does not love anyone currently and hopes that one day she will find love. WHAT??? Excuse me but, didn't they kiss last season? Wasn't Emilia blushing when talking about having babies with Subaru, never saying no to the idea, or showing disgust or any other negative emotion or reaction, on the contrary, saying that she is ready to take her new role of mother seriously? What... the... hell? And the worst part of it all? They didn't even play "Call of the witch" during any of those 3 deaths. Terrible.

The third season of Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- had developed all the pieces necessary to create an impactfully large-scale conflict but was ultimately disappointing in execution. This arc was not bad in quality but rather consisted of both excellent and poor moments. The action animation improved significantly, the narrative groundwork for success was already laid previously, and the pacing and movie-length first episode were on point. However, it is difficult to be invested in a more action-oriented arc with underwhelmingly designed main antagonists, various weird character archetypes, odd humor, and unnecessarily disturbing scenes without purpose. An exciting premise diminished by distasteful content.

"Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer to forge it." — Bertolt Brecht (German playwright and poet) Previous seasons of Re:Zero have consolidated their reputation through striking scenes, the result of a masterful combination of sharp dialogue and inspired direction. These moments, loaded with emotional weight and narrative tension, elevated the adaptation of the light novel to a singular artistic level. Unfortunately, the third season fails to sustain this legacy, exchanging dramatic depth for generic conventions and a technical execution that prioritizes fast pace over narrative construction. Forced Dialogue and Fragmented Script: The first episode, with its extended duration, exposes one of the season's biggest problems: excessively eccentric or comical dialogue in an artificial way, often breaking the immersion and making it difficult to understand the plot. Even in scenes with narrative relevance, conversations are truncated or poorly articulated, as if the script were more concerned with meeting deadlines than with organically developing the plot. The deviations into unnecessary humor and rushed exposition result in moments that should be impactful – such as revelations or emotional conflicts – losing strength due to lack of room to breathe. On the other hand, the action sequences come as a relief, but also as a narrative crutch. The battles against the Witch Cult serve as a vehicle for character development, albeit superficially. While established arcs (such as Subaru and Rem's) already have solid foundations, the new characters lack memorable characterization, reduced to generic traits or plot-driven functions. The Lost Direction, Style vs. Substance: the absence of director Masaharu Watanabe is acutely felt. His ability to translate anguish and despair into storyboards was one of the pillars of the series – just remember the iconic scene of Subaru dragging himself with Rem in his arms (Ep. 15 of the 1st season), where the visual composition, rhythm and soundtrack elevated the drama to a devastating climax. Or even the prolonged and raw dialogue between Subaru and Rem (Ep. 18), which dispensed with abrupt cuts and edits, trusting in the power of conversation and the time dedicated to the characters. In the third season, Masahiro Shinohara opts for a more commercial approach: episodes stuck to 24 minutes, with rigid cuts that stifle the fluidity of the dialogues and the construction of atmosphere. The scenes lose the visual inventiveness and emotional charge that once made them memorable, limiting themselves to fulfilling basic narrative functions. The animation of the fights, although competent, does not compensate for the lack of boldness in the direction – it is technique without soul, efficiency without impact. Conclusion: Drama as a Forgotten Center Re:Zero has always distinguished itself from generic isekai by its raw look at human suffering, transforming repetition and failure into powerful metaphors. Without this dramatic density, the series becomes just another in the wake of disposable productions. The third season is not an absolute failure, but it is a noticeable decline – and, for fans who expected the same greatness, a disappointment."Re:Zero has lost precisely the power to 'hammer' the viewer with its visceral drama". We can only hope that a fourth season will rescue the essence that made the work unforgettable.

Alright, so let me tell you something about this series that makes it unbearable to sit through. - Subaru. I come to realization that he is incapable of making right decisions and he takes thousands attempts before he can make any conclusions from previous outcomes. He is not just slow in comprehending the scenarios and the seriousness of these play-outs, but also lacks in decision making which makes it way more dramatic and thus way more unrealistic. If he truly dies and suffers millions of times, why not include all his comrades that are next to him and believes in him that could have been helped the situation to succeed preferably sooner without all these torture and abusing moments. So I came to the conclusion that this series is all about shock value that makes Subaru the perfect character for this narrative, since he makes the events way more disturbing and dramatic only for the shocking effect. His looping power is also created the way to support his wavering-fearsome personality to fulfill his secretly masochist fantasies. Regardless that the animation quality is improved. With the fully depicted picture and comprehension of the storyline. In spite of how immerse and deep its world-building has been portrayed. In its core authority, it ultimately came off as a scripted pandemonium. Subaru, just can’t seem to work in a team and as a solo he is incapable of doing anything other than suffer or witness torture. Since his personality is way too weak and his power is only the looping which again just supports the story to be more frustrating and crazy. Subaru not just weak, but also quite stubborn and although you might say he just wants to protect his people, he behaves really snappish towards them, especially towards Emilia which is ridiculous. (The yells). Re Zero is a painful experience. It was created to make people feel disturbance and a sense of stress. It triggers endorphins that you rarely receive, which then the brain interprets as “pleasurable” or more of an thrilling feeling. It really does work, but this series seems to stuck on this “shock effect” mode and forgot to move towards improvements. To put it briefly, Re Zero story was unarguably promising, the movies especially which didn’t include Subaru are comfortable to watch. However, in the end, the highly anticipated mysteries to unfold and its lucrative lore was held back by the lack of any sight of character development that ultimately led the given narrative to devolve into this miserable idle. There is a show called Summer Time Rendering. That is actually one of the greatest media that made close to perfect sense in time-travel and holds a relatable and smart main character. It deals with historical events, quantum physics and some of the best thriller mysteries and romance. So I highly recommend to check STR out if you want to see reasonable time looping. From what I can conclude from this series in summary is; promising attempt, awful execution. I could have watch Rem sneezing and her “hah” responses for hours, but not Subaru crying for another season. Might be back for the finale though.. but this was wasted energy. Anime is slowly losing its credibility. Final Score: 2/10 ⭐️ Your attention to this means a lot, thank you.

Do you remember the deaths from the first two seasons? In Season 1, Subaru died in some of the most horrific scenarios imaginable. He got decapitated after crying to Rem. He was killed by Puck after watching Rem get mangled in front of him. He was cut down by Julius after he forces him to, and kills both himself and Emilia at different points. In Season 2 you got even more of that. Beatrice watches him die as he fails to save her. He dies in Emilia's arms as he watches her get corrupted. He gets eaten alive by rabbits after failing to save anybody. Kills himself TWICE. There are many more. The main drive of the story is the absolute heartbreak and horror that this situation brings to an under-powered protagonist. His entire thing is persevering in world after world until he FINALLY gets past it all. His resilience is his character. Every moment was tense, and you never knew if he was about to die again or if he was going to finally pull it off. I felt fear watching them. That tension is NOWHERE to be found in this season. He dies three times in two episodes near the beginning. That's it. His entire premise, and that's all they use it for. They weren't even really heartbreaking deaths either, just setups for the main arc, which is one of the most generic wastes of time I have watched in a long while. The entire arc is about fighting a bunch of sin archbishops at the same time and somehow this guy and everybody he knows pulls through on attempt one. Every episode towards the end is just shifting to another battle happening at the same time, and it follows the same bland formula. A bizarre amount of exposition, out of place lines, an underdeveloped villain, and the protagonists at that fight pull through. There is no real fear because you can tell they aren't using Subaru's ability again. A lot of these issue were already there to some degree for the first two seasons, but the show made up for it with Subaru's tragedies. They eliminated the one real quality part of the show. Without that, all they have is bland and emotionless action. I never felt tense or worried, and often found myself skipping through parts of episodes 10 seconds at a time. If I wanted a bland Isekai I would've looked elsewhere. I'm going to watch the 4th season and if they don't return to form I'm done with this show. They need to stick to their strengths, because this was not it. Imagine what they could've done with the Liliana backstory episode instead of whatever that was. What a disappointment.

This season was boring, that's the first thing that comes to mind. Let's try to unpack why that is. The first couple of episodes were things per usual for the show: Subaru gets into a life or death situation with an unclear way forward, struggling to cope with dying horrifical death multiple times. That's all fine and dandy but the show turns into a pure action anime after that and a bad one at that. It's not that action anime are bad or anything, it's just that the story is so lackluster and the animation is so average that it cannot carry the show like how it could in other action anime. Season 2 was bloated with lore dumps and exposition, and this season does the opposite so we don't really learn anything new and interesting about the world and characters of Re Zero. There are tiny bits of information thrown here and there, but it's mostly just one battle after another. Well who are we battling in this season? Four different Sin Archbishops, four and no less. They are all uninteresting which is a shame. You've got one who's insane, another one who's insane, the third one is insane and the fourth one is misogynistic and insane. I don't understand why the villains are so bland when the show already proved it can make good antagonists (Echidna, Rosewaal). Even Petelguse who was also just insane was a better villain because the things he does and the way the show slowly presents him makes him unforgettable and shocking. Nothing shocking happens in this season, There is no psychological horror here, no mystery, no shocking scenes, no character progression, nothing. All of the great appeals of Re Zero are nowhere to be found. Now I don't need every season to be a copy paste of the previous one but if you're gonna do a completely different season you have to at least make it good, and this one just ain't it. I'm going to give this show another chance in season 4, but if season 4 is gonna be like this I'm gonna have to drop it. If you haven't enjoyed Re Zero season 1 and 2 much, then you definitely have nothing to look for in season 3.

I try to avoid as many explicit story spoilers as possible in this review; however, this review talks about the overall focus and direction of the season. This season sucks. The entirety is essentially the Petelgeuse fight scene. A bunch of fight scenes with crazy villains that sadistically and fanatically inflict pain while the good guys fight back. In shonen shows, this would be the good stuff, the exhilarating fight scenes, but I felt nothing from this. It's rinse and repeat. Previous seasons kept me entertained as the focus was on Subaru and dealing with absurd situations filled with drama and psychological suspense. The uneasy feeling of encounters with villains and plot twists/shocks had me watching episode after episode. The thrilling feeling of everything crashing down when Subaru suddenly resets, the despair of nothing going right, the encounter with the Witch of Greed, the hand caressing his heart while time stops... This season abandons that focus and shifts towards fight-focused encounters. In fact, far too many. I much prefer singular, focused encounters over multiple split ones involving a multitude of characters swapping back and forth. The mental warfare and problem-solving are still present but are secondary and a repetition of what we've seen before. I do not feel the rush of encountering villains as I did previously; rather, a plain acknowledgment of their appearance. "Everything is going bad, but with the power of hope and friendship, we can fight back" type show. New characters are introduced, which, frankly, I couldn't care less about. None were memorable or likable, especially the Songstress and all scenes involving her. Without delving deeply to avoid spoilers, I absolutely HATE this character. Anything involving them is complete garbage, and their specialty kills the mood. All scenes with the Songstress as the main focus are cringe-infested trash that make me roll my eyes, and emotional scenes are rendered superficial. I had to fast-forward the majority of this character's screen time. I genuinely hope never to see them or anything of a similar nature in future seasons. The only new character I enjoyed was the Archbishop of Lust, as their abilities and involvement with certain characters were fairly interesting. Making villains as oddball as possible in personality, actions, and appearance is NOT interesting. These villains are evil for the sake of being an antagonist and are so comically evil that it takes away from the seriousness. In the same regard, having overpowered characters leads to power creep issues. How do you showcase an extreme display of power when the character is already untouchable? The actions they perform become more and more absurd. JJK suffers from this heavily, and it bleeds into this show. This season still contains its fair share of good moments, but overall, it's a boring snoozefest that brings nothing new or exciting. A forgettable one that you're better off reading the spoilers and skipping to watch the next (hopefully better) one. But I have doubts, considering what I enjoyed most was Subaru's trauma of getting eviscerated and unknowingly reset. The previous season steers him away from shouldering everything and encourages him not to use his reset ability as much as possible and to rely on friends instead. The psychological drama and horror thriller that was abandoned this season leaves me worried for future ones. At least I got to see Priscilla half-naked.

Okay, so RE:Zero Season 3 is definitely something I watched, and honestly, it's... fine? Like, it's still RE:Zero, but comparing it to the earlier seasons, something just feels a bit off. The story this time around felt kind of predictable, you know? That feeling of not knowing what's coming next, which was such a huge part of what made me love the show before, wasn't really there as much. And Subaru's "Return by Death" – I swear it only happened once or twice, maybe I'm misremembering, but it definitely didn't have that same weight. The fights were cool, I'll give it that, but RE:Zero was never really about the action for me; it was always about the mind games and those crazy twists. Look, I'm still telling everyone to watch it because it is still RE:Zero, but I walked away feeling a little let down, like it didn't quite capture the magic of what made the first two seasons so unforgettable.

Surprised that this season is (currently) rated higher than the rest! Season 3 wasn't bad, but it also wasn't special. It just felt very generic, at least the first ~14 episodes. Episodes 15 & 16 sort of had the same vibe as previous seasons, but even then it wasn't quite the same. The season felt soulless, like some generic action-centric anime with non-stop combat and repetitive, boring cycles - bad guy appears, says/does some bad stuff, team figures out how to deal with bad guy, rinse and repeat for 75% of the season with very little going on outside of that. Hardly anything in the way of drama, character development, backstory, romance, nothing pulling at your heartstrings, no great revelations, just very bland - which is a shame because I felt like those were all things Re:Zero did very well and what made it rather unique. Again, the season wasn't bad, the animations were good, some of the action/combat was cool, but that's really all it had to offer. As a huge fan of season 1 and 2, this one left me feeling disappointed.

This was really boring and no development from the Mc,bro is serious when he needs to chill and is childish when he needs to be serious,like how can another guy save your girl and that guy is seriously fighting and the only thing you can think of is how sexy she looks in a wedding dress, that part was so cringe and annoying,and the side character are far more interesting than the Mc. Definitely not watching the next season, do not watch this annoying piece of garbage’s, Art was so bland and was it necessary to add some music girl like it’s some Disney cartoon

Season 3 of Re:Zero has definitely been my favourite of all the seasons so far and that's no competition. To me, season 3 fixed a lot of my issues that I had with the other 2 seasons. That's not to say I didn't enjoy season 1 or 2, because I did. However, in terms of pacing, action, animation and character development - I would say this was by far the best and strongest season so far. Season 3 felt way more fast paced, intense, more graphic and way more fleshed out than its previous seasons. Season 1 I really enjoyed but I do feel like it repeated itself way too much and at least upon first watch it can come across as confusing unless you're fully paying attention to what was going on. Season 2 was the same. A lot of return by deaths and whilst I enjoyed it still, it felt fairly lacking. Season 3 however didn't feel like this at all. Graphically the season went hard on the animation, especially the blood and gore scenes. When blood was appearing on screen, it felt way more gory compared to what we have seen before. Emilia felt way more developed this season too. There was so many times she came across as badass then just a damsel that needs protecting from her knight, Subaru. I also loved that we got to see more of the sins. I do feel like they could have added fewer and given a few a bit more screen time and or flushing out but that might just be me. I also feel like Subaru was way more likable in this one. In the previous seasons he came across as pretty whiney and very annoying sometimes but in this one he was able to defend himself way better due to the training he under took and spoke about in the first episode. Overall, this season was fantastic and by far was the best of the bunch to me. Looking forward to season 4 and hopefully the return of Rem 9/10

I always come into Re:Zero with absurd expectations that are never really met maybe S4 is actually the real good stuff? I'm not sure if the internet can be trusted when all an anime needs to do nowadays is to have peak fights with animations and you're going to sit at an 8+ score like solo leveling. What's inherent wrong in this season is that the sense of urgency is pretty much lost. A bunch of villains were thrown into the city and you the characters fight all of them. There was always albeit slow pace arcs that required Subaru to puzzle it together. Sure the way it was dragged out was hard to stomach but it was very interesting to see him finally come out on top. This time however he just straight up guesses what to do in the second half without even the need of RBD. That just sends a message that these villains cannot be taken seriously. The funny part of it all is all the memes that were born of Emilia having no real character growth and Subaru just married other girls. Priscilla was likely the saving grace of the new characters but even then it seems like a lot of characters made the villains very weak the whale fight the rabbit the previous seasons archbishop posed really really big threat this time they are just there monologueing to themselves. I'm not a hater I'm just a guy who sees this being called nonstantly peak so expect Monogatari levels of writing but it just fails to do so.

Well just like every other season, this season of Rezero is a banger. Although I can tell we had a shift in the tone of the series for this season. But it doesn't take anyone too long to realise that it's because of the fact that subaru has grown up. He is still very willing ready to sacrifice himself for the sake of others but he understands that rewind should be the last option and he should only do it for people that he truly wishes are worth dying for. Other detail that make this season light hearted is presence of 2 individuals. So be ready for spoiler and theories. 1) Reinhardt (the spelling might actually be Reinhard tho)- As we know he is a walking cheat code. That's why the "one who manipulates the gospels" sent regulus here. His purpose was to keep Reinhardt busy so others can make the deal with 10 ministers of the city and retrieve the bones of the "witch of pride". What would they need it for? Well in season 1 petelgeuse said that the seat of pride is empty. That means no one has the authority of pride right now. That's why they were trying to see if the authority went back to dead witch after the last archbishop of pride " Stride Vollachia" died. After regulus got defeated the time immediately teld them to flee ( ngl I laughed when Anastasia called out capella for being a butler for the book). 2) Aldebaran - This is the most suspecious guy in all 3 seasons. We know he is from japan cause when subaru made the remark about how saving the people in need comes to him as naturally as jumping in front of a street light to save a kid. There are no street lights in lugunica or any other kingdom of Rezero. While others didn't fully grasp or give any reaction, only Al understood the meaning. He is definitely japanese or at least from Earth who knows culture of japan. Subaru's name means the pleadies constellation which has to meanings " to unite" and "the seven sisters constellation". While Aldebaran is the name of the following star of pleadies constellation. Al also said lines like " u better rrun before I die" and "I know I won't be able to kill you even in 100 lives and I am already approaching 50 at this point". Given the connection of stars in Rezero. Al might have the second half of subaru's power aka the ability to willfully set his own checkpoints that he can manipulate at will. He also made sure in episode 5 that the city gets flooded in time before subaru fells off the dragon. He started this plan at least 30 minutes before they even started fighting. He was definitely aware pf when and how subaru needs to die and when him not dying is needed. I guess I wrote too much. But I will say if u are reading this before starting season 3 then I am sorry for spoiling so much ( although I did put the warning) Anyways 10/10 season. The vibe is different cause the real MVP this season is Al. And we are watching him just like how others watch subaru. This is like the perfect timeline that everyone remembers. Even the viewers aren't allowed to see the true that might have happened in this season cause Al didn't allow us. GOATED CHARACTER. BRO IS THE LETMESOLOHER OF REZERO.