What makes a good anime? a good story? Cool animations? or a concept so unique and confusing that it makes the viewers’ heads spin? If you like animes that make you stick to your screens or those kinds of animes that make you think about them all day, even when you’ve stopped watching them, we have found just the show for you.
What if you’re living in a world where death is not actual? Where you can make as many mistakes as you want and still get a chance to correct them every time. Where you live life with no consequences and get to restart anytime you want to. Sounds pretty great, right?
Re: Zero – Starting life in another world is an anime series often referred to simply as Re: Zero and is based on the manga written by Tappei Nagatsuki. It was published by White Fox studios, and the show had a long run. Having only two seasons, it first aired on April 4, 2016, and ended on March 24, 2021.
Re: Zero received an immense amount of love and support from everywhere since its release. The show was a great success for the producers and everyone involved in it. The anime is based on the concept of time travel but not in the way you see it in other shows.
The writers and the directors took the concept of time travel and added a little spice to it to make it unique in their own way. We usually see time travel happening through a time machine or something else, but Re: Zero makes it happen through chance and luck.
Apart from that, it also makes you wonder if something happens after death. Everyone from philosophers to scientists have always been intrigued by the question of “What happens after death?”. Re: Zero does its own part in answering this question by showing us that the game of life never really ends, and you always get your chance to correct the mistakes you made.
Anime lovers have been obsessed with the show since its release, and it became such a great success that Chime Corporation developed a game based on the show named Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne. The game was published by Spike Chunsoft Co.Ltd and was released on January 28, 2021.
The game received mostly positive responses from fans and critics. It is an adventure strategy-based game, and if you are a fan of games belonging to this genre, then you should definitely give it a try. Re: ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Prophecy of the Throne is available for Windows, PlayStation, and Nintendo Switch.
Interested viewers can get the game directly from steam and start playing it now without any problems. Coming back to the anime Re: Zero – Starting life in another world is a unique anime. Its story, characters, and whole experience are different from other animes. So, if you are looking for an anime that shows you something you have never seen before, it is for you.
If you are still not sure whether you should invest your time in it, then let us clear your doubts.
Re: Zero – Plot
The plot revolves around our main character named, Subaru Natsuki. While on his way from a grocery store, Subaru is pulled into a fantasy world through some form of magic. While in this fantasy land, he meets some new characters. Unfortunately, his stay in this world is short-lived, as he is soon killed by a witch named Elsa.
It is after his death Subaru finds himself in the exact same place where he was when he reached this fantasy kingdom. Subaru realizes he has the power to control and turn back time each time he dies, and thus begins his crazy adventures.
Subaru learns how to use his powers to his advantage and tries to do all he can. During his stay in this kingdom, Subaru falls in love with a girl named Emilia. Subaru uses this newfound power of his to save Emilia and help her in her endeavors.
Subaru experiences many adventures during his journey and also meets some other new characters making new friends along the way. Every time he dies and is revived again, he only to find himself remembering everything that happened in the past.
Subaru also faces problems and obstacles as he is the only one who remembers the incidents leading to his death many times, not even knowing who killed him. He thus has trouble trusting people and making them understand what is happening to him. Although he successfully completes his missions and helps his new friends in this mindblowing journey.
Re: Zero – Characters
What makes a good anime the best one out there is the overall character development and the way in which they are written, and Re: Zero sure did an amazing job in finding and writing the most unique characters we have ever seen. The magical characters sure look cool and totally badass, but that is not the only good thing about them.
The overall character development was done in a way where we individually saw each character grow and become better and better over time. Let us talk about some of the main characters and how they made the story and feel of the anime better.
Subaru Natsuki is the main protagonist of the story and the character who improved the most during the anime. At first glance, we see Subaru as a nice innocent guy who tries not to hurt anyone. He does not have much fight inside of him and thus is constantly pushed around by those more powerful than him. But as the anime proceeds, Subaru becomes a brave man.
He does his best to save his friends from all harm and even fights the fights that are not his to fight. He starts taking rational decisions and becomes calm and composed, evolving from this clueless young boy in the beginning to someone who plans their next move and takes decisions rationally.
Emilia, the main heroine of the show, is not a girl who would rely on anyone to do her work. This silver-haired, purple-eyed girl, as we see in the beginning, is a strong woman solving her problems on her own, not relying on anyone for anything.
We see Emilia as a cold closed person who doesn’t show much affection. She never shows what she is feeling on her face and thus appears to be strong. As we soon realize, this behavior of hers takes a toll on her mental health, and Emilia becomes very fragile from the inside.
She also overcomes and becomes more open to people as the show proceeds to make her more likable as a character. We also see her hitting her lowest point in the series but learning to overcome it and move forward. This emotional journey of Emilia makes the viewers feel more attached to her and feel her pain.
Re: Zero has more characters like this, each having their own story and weaknesses that they learn to overcome throughout the show. This makes the show more fun to watch it also helps the viewers relate with the characters more. We see the story of each character fighting their own battles while the main story proceeds.
The show also has great animations that make it more fun to watch, and thus the viewers will not get bored or feel like they are watching a cartoon show as the animations are really well done and make the show feel more intense, thus keeping the audience always engaged.
Re: Zero – Final Verdict
Our final take on the show is that Re: Zero – Starting life in another world is an anime worth watching. The show is written in a great way with a lot of twists and turns, plus the ability of Subaru to be revived after dying adds a lot more room for the writers to bend the story and add several plot twists.
Re: Zero is one of the best shows out there belonging to this genre, and it should be on your watchlist if you are a fan of time-traveling shows or psychological thriller shows in general.
Our Rating: ⭐ (4.3/5).
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