The most anime anime to ever anime
(This review contains
spoilers!)
Re:Creators
feels like the Steven Universe of
anime right now. Most of the time it’s just fluff and filler that’s just a
complete chore to get through, but every once in a while you get an episode
like this that just completely blows you away with how creative it is at mashing
multiple anime genres into one delightful piece of entertainment.
This episode pulled no punches when it
came to the epic battle, as Selesia’s romantic interest from her series entered
the fray fighting for Altair. I’ve long felt that Selesia’s character has been
kind of a waste, especially considered she’s featured front and center on most
of the promotional material, but this episode was a very satisfying cap off to
her small arc.
Having her becoming more of a
hindrance to the other creations by trying to stop them from fighting her
friend (I don’t remember his name) is a great way to use the character to
amplify the darker tone of the episode, as well as a lead up to her grand
finale at the end. Despite Selesia’s character being sent to the sidelines in
favour of characters like Meteora and Alice since the first few episodes, her
send-off here hit pretty hard.
I’m also pretty amazed the writers had
the balls to kill her off like that, but again she’s been more of a supporting
character than a main like the advertising would make you think.
Alice also kicked the bucket this week
after trying to one-on-one Altair. I’ll get back to Alice in a second, but
Altair was my one big problem with this week’s episode. She’s becoming less of
a cool villain with a backstory that ties to Sota and more of a Broken McBusted
type of villain that can just deus-ex machina her way out of any problem. Magic
bullets? She can deflect them. Ultimate fire attack? She puts up an unbreakable
shield. Literally getting stabbed through the chest? Nope, she can revert the
laws of physics!
While a seemingly unstoppable foe is a
great way to utilize all the special abilities of the cast, there’s a fine line
that draws the point where a character goes from overpowered to full-on broken,
and Altair crossed it with this episode. My big worry is that since it’s
inevitable that Sota’s mysterious addition to the story will be integral to
stopping her in the end, she’ll ultimately be destroyed by a complete and out
of nowhere plot twist, and that’s just no fun.
But anyways back to Alice, she’s definitely
had the most complex arc of anyone this entire show, as we got to see her grow
from justice obsessed warrior to a compassionate knight fighting for good. While
the way the writers decided to finish her off was a bit cheap, her end was another
great way to say goodbye to her character.
All in all, this episode is the reason
why I never dropped Re:Creators even
while it got slumped with delays and filler. The action was brilliantly
directed, the animation and music were both fantastic, and it was filled with
fantastic character moments. I do think as a villain Altiar crossed the line
and became a little too overpowered this week with her basically breaking the
rules of physics to kill Alice, but other than that this episode really got me
excited to see what the last three episodes have got in store.
FINAL
SCORE
9/10
Amazing
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