Audience reviews
20 · Sample from the first available page, separate from the total number of ratings.
worlddestroyer
Overall Score: 6/10
Animation: 6
Voice Acting: 7
Story: 5
Sound Quality: 6 At first glance, Rewrite feels like a typical school-themed anime, filled with club activities, comedy, and a cast of quirky characters. The supernatural hints are there, but they’re buried under a lighthearted tone that lasts through much of the season. The animation is fine, the voice acting does its job well, and the sound design supports the mood — but nothing stands out as extraordinary.
The biggest issue lies with the story. It's ambitious but poorly structured. Important world building elements are glossed over or thrown in without context, making it feel like there’s a whole prequel we never got to see. Characters often act in confusing ways, and major events occur without the emotional grounding they n…
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Mid anime with naive mc and cute girls around him, nothing special in this anime except the comedy, a lil bit cringe at the start but entertaint at the end, not good enough but not bad either.
I want to drop this anime in the beginning of the story cause wtf did y'all doing, go touch some grass nerdy, despite that the conclusion isn't that bad at all, i think this anime is not bad, it's just the anime i watch before this anime is just to good, even to compare it with random cringe anime.
This anime isn't just a piece of shi, but the writing is still not the best to boring in the begining, and a lill bit entertaint at the end
That's REWRITE in my opinion
Fyi: this is my first time watch anime with 2x speed just to handle this shi
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I suppose I should get my biases out of the way as soon as possible. Despite being a huge fan of visual novels, I’m far from one of those typical haters who claim that most visual novel-to-anime adaptations suck. Quite frankly, I don’t expect modern anime budgets or modern viewers to have the time to sit through a 50+ episode anime that fully adapts a 50+ hour visual novel. Even if they're watching weekly, that’s a huge commitment. The only exception most people make is Clannad + After Story, and that’s only because people simp for Kyoto Animation. When JC Staff adapted Little Busters!—which had similar writing quality and structure to Clannad—people ignored it just because it wasn’t KyoAni.
That said, Rewrite, despite being a visual novel by Key (the same developers of Clannad and Little…
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I played one route of the visual novel from start to finish (Common ----> Kotori) and I feel this anime has one problem: Tone.
In the VN, they dwell a lot on the supernatural and what exactly it is. Ghosts? Cryptids? Other worlds? Fairies? There may even be talks of UFOs iirc. It was the most interesting parts of the story, with the slice of life being a sort of downtime between the mysteries. It worked well because often times you're going down a path because you like a particular girl and then random stuff starts happening and you're left wondering what is going on. Sometimes it feels like something out of a horror comedy where no one can see the monster but you and they don't believe you, making you intrigued as to what exactly is happening.
If you've seen the twist, you're both mys…
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This is a review of seasons 1 and 2
You all don't understand how much I LOVE Key. Air, Clannad and Angel Beats specifically altered my entire being in more ways than I can even begin to express. I WORSHIPPED this company and their flawless track record of creating absolutely beautiful storytelling and unbelievably gorgeous works of art in animation and music. It was unfathomable that they could ever make something subpar, let alone downright terrible. But then.... I saw Rewrite.
It pains me a LOT to say that, but I was right to drop it after two episodes like I did so many years ago. But I don't give up on shows. So I came back to it, hoping this new environment would give me a better experience. I rewatched the first two episodes, and.... they are without question some of the worst epis…
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Out of all Key titles, Rewrite probably is the one that has the worst anime adaptation yet. Clannad was good, Kanon was decent, Little Buster has their flaws, but it ultimately still capture the essence of the VN. Rewrite on the other hand was rewritten to the point that it's barely recognizable which is a shame because the Source Material really is Amazing.
Story: 1/10. The Anime is a mess. It's slow when it didn't need to be and became really fast when it need to slow down. Worst yet, it added a bunch of fillers to the point that the entire season 1 is mostly pointless filler. They want to make a new story but still want to include references to the VN routes which resulted in a story where things just happen with no payoff. Then suddenly shit hit and they try to cram as much reference…
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the first time i watched this, i hadnt read the visual novel yet and was unaware that key had produced another vn after clannad which was a mistake. although they shouldnt have (im not even sure if it were intentional), it seems as if they produced this anime as a love letter to all the fans of the source material and it really shows if youve experience the vn. after i finally experienced the vn in whole, i decided that it would be a good time to reflect on my experience with the anime with the memories of the vn still fresh in my mind. as a result, my recent memories of the vn material that was missing in the or hadnt had as much emphasis put into it filled in the blanks and therefore, the problem i had with the anime the first time was gone. if you watch this anime as a "complete" experi…
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Let me begin with a reminder so that you probably won't accuse me for not reading the visual novel since y'all like to harass me if I'm not in the majority view: I do read them. But looks like I'm on a majority on this, and that's my honest review, so probably you won't need to.
In terms of adaptationality - they should get a low score. Admittedly the visual novel has some conflictive contents between routes, where, if y'all made it to the second season, understand the issue: the MC should take side to whatever the heroine affiliation is. And that means the affiliation should be justified enough.
The issue is we need to combine those routes so all options and contents are at least presented in an arranged manner, and that didn't happen. In comparison, Rewrite VN has 5 routes and as I con…
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Of all the Visual Novels by Key adapted into anime that I've watched lately this is the one I think I got the most enjoyment out of. Maybe I'm just biased against older anime, but the sheen of quality that comes from something that was produced in the HD era can't be denied. Combine higher quality visuals with a cast that's actually likable and not just cookie-cutter trope machines with no personality, and you've got yourself a pretty good show. The character introductions are memorable and make you want to spend more time with this group, and the story has enough mystery and a splash of the paranormal to keep you engaged.
The ending left me with a lot of questions, but not in a bad way. It left me wanting more and wanting to find out where they're going with this. So, so far I'm really e…
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Ok, seeing so many bad reviews I didn't expect to get this level of enjoyment of the show. As for people comparing with angel beats and Clannad, is nothing like either.
A town with two different groups waging a war on each other in secret, and using their powers to cover it up. One sees the world need protecting and needs a reboot without humans, the other plans to kill "the key" to stop the planet ends. Through the actions of both, it just speeds up the process of each side escalating the process and some start to realize, maybe is not the best way forward and most miraculously are members of the occult club.
The characters often come from tragic circumstances, a child who blanked the memories of her from her parent's mind, a girl whose parents died in a car accident, our MC whose paren…
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After finishing this.. All I could say is it ended with everybody accepting their fate with the characters accepting the consequences of their actions. So you could say it's all done and wrapped. I suppose at the very end of the anime, kagari watched as a "lifeline" I suppose disappear so that concludes the human race and its extinction.
BUT WHY IS THERE A SECOND SEASON OF THIS? shouldn't it have ended already? It seem like the perfect ending to wrap up the story
Ok Just watched the second season and my theory was proven to be invalid..well half of it was anyway.
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Before Starting this I would like to say yes I know of all the aspects of what makes this anime not very good but no matter what I still like the anime. This sometimes has me second-guessing my sanity but this for me at least is an anime I will never forget. The story seems a little unique at least within all that I have watched and let me state I do know all the aspects that ruin this anime but for one reason or another the story actually makes me feel something. And is not that I think the story is relatable but it is that for some reason I get largely invested in the story and I can't turn away.
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This anime was HORRIBLE it wasn't funny we have NO BACKSTORY TO ANYTHING why kagari killed him, we don't even know how he got his ability where the fucking shiny blue blade came from and kagari was in the anime from the very start and for 8 EPISODES she didn't appear and then MAGICALLY she pulled up AND BECAME LIKE FUCKING BEST FRIENDS it makes 0 sense the intro was shit would not reccomend watching lazy artwork the only thing good i can say about this anime is the voice acting, there is not a dub yet but the sub voice acting was amazing but it was wasted on such a bad anime overall this anime sucked ass and i wouldn't reccomend
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Rewrite is a story about....about..ah...I don't know what it's about...
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Rewrite started off very nicely.With the protagonist that's not cliche with a character cast that was very colorful. But at some point, it got so complicated that I couldn't keep track of anything . In the last 4 or 5, episode it dumped so many things together onto me. The writer could have done a much better job of explaining things. To me, it felt like the show turned into something another in the middle. And totally did not like the ending. the voice acting was decent and the animation was very nice. The only reason I gave it a 6 is because of the animation. The sound design was decent too. I enjoyed the first 6 or 7 episodes of the show but after that, it turned into something that I didn't expect and it wa…
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OH rewrite... What can I say except this show had so much potential. In the beginning it sort of had my attention and the only reason I even watched it through to completion is cause I am a competitionist.
On the surface this is nothing more than a sloppily delivered hit piece on the destructiveness of humans, and their overwhelming capacity for bringing nothing but tragedy. That alone is reason enough to ignore this anime.
Then you have the main villain, who is essentially your stereotypical individual who retains the memories of their previous lives and see humanity as a scourge upon this earth. They are poorly written and leave no real lasting impression other than that they hate humanity. This is one of the most horrific portrayals of an antagonist ever made.
Then you have the fact…
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Ill write the same review as I did with the second season. If you just watched season 1 or haven't watched a season feel free to read because I didn't really wrote any spoilers
When I watch, finish, understand and feel an Anime I get depressed after I finish it, thats how I rate an anime.
This anime made me feel mixed emotions specially at the end of the two seasons. The end of season 1 was depressing and could have kept me depressed for a long time if I watched it while it was being aired but since I watched it late season 2 was already waiting for me. Of course that didn't lessen the impact the scenes gave. Plot wise id say it made my feelings dance. Specially season 1 where there are good mix of comedy specially between Kotarou and Yoshino, Romance and friendship between Kotarou and…
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(This review has been adapted from my blog/reddit thread. Spoilers ahead!)
“Rewrite” is a word that I am intimately familiar with.
I cannot tell you how many times I have rewritten paragraphs within my reviews. Entire sentences. Even singular words. Each instance of rewriting getting me one step closer to a piece that I feel comfortable sharing. One that I can be proud of and say, “Yes. This looks good.”
It’s never perfect because there is always something that can be rewritten. But what matters is going through that process in the first place.
Unfortunately, I don’t believe Rewrite got the memo. STORY
Rewrite kicks off in dark fashion. Tennouji Kotarou, a high-school boy, dies in his dream at the hands of some ribbon-twirling girl. While he fears whatever curse has been laid upon him…
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I came across Rewrite originally from the visual novel, so I had a basis to start off with and had expectations. I wanted to see how the animation would play out because in all honesty, I don't know how they were planning to go about it as in the visual novel I had only completed about 2.5 routes. Each route goes through a different point of view with a focus on on of the girls the MC interacts with and due to how that works out, I wasn't sure how the anime would decide to do things.
As the anime started, I remembered parts of the visual novel but essentially it skips a lot which I expected because the visual novel is so long and focusing on one route would be 12 episodes on its own I guess (or maybe a bit less). So in the anime a lot of things are skipped and you immediately reach the st…
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This Anime I have no Honest Words for. This is Gold!
Story: Outstanding Storyplots! Seriously, You needed your story to be put on the databased attraction after all those flashbacks. Please write on the plot.
Art: Great Art! The price is best for it all, Somewhat really familiar and intrepid, I didn't want to see the world end on the data base
Sound: Very Good Sound! Somewhat really accordingly hilarious to figure the plots! Surely the sound is most familiar! And somewhat I found Kagari's Scream from Episode 12, Really disturbing.
Character: Kagari is the best character I found on the show. Though she made cameos in episodes 1 and 2 and I think some other episodes I think of, And appearing in episode 8. She still turned out to be better than the rest. All the others were enjoyable too.…
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***THIS IS A SPOILER FREE REVIEW***
After watching Rewrite I am honestly wondering who the hell this anime was made for. Was it for the veteran VN readers or was it some sort of advertisement for the fresh anime watchers? Regardless of their target audience I think that 8-bit has failed miserably.
Story: 2/10
First, an introduction to the story. Kotarou is the main character of the show. The show literally follows him around as he tries to make the most of his high school life. He ends up reviving an old club in order to form memories with his closest friends. These friends include Akane (a snarky, devious, and rich female), Chihaya (a super strong, airhead idiot), Kotori (Kotarou's childhood friend that loves pocket change), Lucia (the typical loud class rep), and Shizuru (the best gir…
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