Re: Repeat
(This review contains
spoilers!)
Well, despite all the trials,
tribulations, and scenes of extended dialogue, we’ve made it to the end of Re:Creators. As is customary with these
things, it’s time to unpack everything and review not only the final episode,
but the series as a whole.
EPISODE 22
To be completely honest, I’m pretty
satisfied with how everything wrapped up. There was no big and overlong scene
of the characters discussing something like this show loved to do so much.
Instead we got a bunch of little vignettes focusing on the surviving creations saying
goodbye to their creators. We get a nice scene with Meteora discussing Selesia’s
death with her creator, Yuya and his creator talking about what’s next for the
series, and the like. It’s nice to get one last moment with these fun
characters…with one exception.
Magane, arguably the most interesting
and fun of the creations, is nowhere to be found this episode. Why? I really
wanted to see where she was going next after we last saw her at the airport! It’s
bad enough she turned good completely out of the blue, but now they decided to
just send her on her merry way without even a namedrop in the final episode. Oh
well.
They decide to end the whole thing
with Meteora staying behind and Sota giving a big “yeah creativity!” speech,
which, in all honesty is probably the best ending we could’ve asked for at this
point. For a show that got so caught up in itself during the second cour, a
quiet goodbye without the use of big, important words and lengthy discussions
is all I could’ve hoped for.
All in all, this is a pretty
satisfying ending for a pretty unsatisfying anime. While the exclusion of
Magane is extremely disappointing, having the other characters all get their
own moments in the spotlight is well deserved, especially those that got
unfairly sidelined in the second cour, like Meteora. It’s not a bad finale.
FINAL
SCORE (Episode 22)
7/10
Good
FINAL THOUGHTS
This anime was basically the
definition of a rollercoaster ride, and not
in a good way. For every high point there were several low points, and the
show fluctuated from fantastic action show with homages to every anime genre
under the sun to a show that could barely contain itself from telling the
audience how important everything was and explaining anything and everything
that was happening.
The animation and music were stellar
throughout, as were the character designs. It’s obvious that this was an anime
made by huge anime fans, because each character from each different genre
looked and acted exactly as you’d hope. The show did eventually suffer from “large
cast syndrome”, with several important characters getting unfairly shoved to
the sidelines once the show decided they weren’t too necessary anymore, but the
characters were ultimately Re:Creators’
biggest strength.
Easily its biggest weakness was, as I
said earlier, the fact that the writers got a little too caught up with
themselves in the script. Everything that is deemed even slightly important is
given an entire episode to itself just so we can hear the characters explain
what’s going on, why it’s going on, how it’s going on, why they have to stop
what’s going on, and how they’re going to stop what’s going on. It’s in no way
fun to watch, and results in a lot of lost time that could’ve been used
furthering character development or actually doing something fun with this
concept. Being stuck in a board room listening to someone talk for half an hour
doesn’t make for good TV.
The climax was also a huge point of
frustration, as it kind of felt like the writers trapped themselves in a corner
with the villain and couldn’t find an easy solution. Altair went from being an
intriguing baddie to an unstoppable force that the heroes threw themselves at
over and over until finally Sota cheated her creator into existence to destroy her.
I’m glad this final episode was a good epilogue, because the last few really
left a bad taste in my mouth.
If you’ve been reading along and for
whatever reason haven’t watched the show yet, I can’t really recommend dropping
everything to watch it like I would this year’s Little Witch Academia or Princess
Principal. But if the concept seems interesting to you and you don’t mind
listening to a lot of dialogue, it’s not an offensively bad watch either. Kind
of a middle-of-the-road verdict, but this is an extremely middle-of-the-road
anime.
FINAL
SCORE (Overall)
5/10
Average
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