Z…Z…Z…oh wait I have to write a
review
(This review contains
spoilers!)
While I’ve enjoyed Re:Creators up to this point, there’s no
denying that it’s had several faults. The biggest problem thus far is a
complete overdose of exposition and explanation over the past two weeks, with
this episode hopefully being the last one we need to get through before the
story actually gets started.
This episode was a complete and utter
slog to get through. It’s only 22 minutes long, but trust me, you feel every
second of those 22 minutes. From start to finish this episode is just talking
and talking about stuff we really didn’t need to hear about. It gets to the
point where it stops feeling like an anime and more like history class.
A new creation has arrived on the
scene, but don’t ask me any questions about him because he got barely any
development whatsoever. He’s a parody of mecha anime protagonists, and I liked
that they were able to capture their tendency to be quick to anger as well as
their seemingly endless need for food, but that’s it. It wasn’t long before the
entire main cast was brought in for a senate meeting to discuss what to do with
the situation.
The senate meeting is a complete
snooze. They don’t talk about anything interesting or anything that furthers
the plot. All it serves as is a way to explain why the government isn’t
interfering as well as a way to fill time. It drags on for over 15 minutes, and
at no point do they discuss anything remotely interesting.
The creations are essentially given
free rein to do whatever the hell they want, even if it means robbing the
government blind of weapons worth millions of taxpayer yen. That’s it. That’s
all that is accomplished in this entire episode.
Oh, and there’s a scene at the end
where main character dude realizes he knows the Military Uniform Princess from
somewhere. It seems interesting, and I’m sure there’ll be a logical explanation
for how he knows her. But since this scene is placed at the end of 22 minutes
of pure monotony, it’s hard to even be remotely interesting.
I sincerely hope this tidal wave of
blah means that we’ve finally made it through the exposition. While this show
showed immense promise from the first few episodes and I’m still invested
enough to want to see where it goes, I’ve been growing less and less excited
for new installments each passing week. First impressions are very important,
and Re:Creators is approaching the crucial
6-episode mark with only a clever premise to show for itself.
FINAL SCORE
2/10
Awful
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