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…
Read at the sourceLazyBoy-kun
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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Really good anime, as usual for a Key VN adaptation.
Though of course like any other visual novel, unfortunately the reviews have run amok with morons endlessly bickering over how the VN was adapted. Can't please 'em all I guess.
Anyone interested in this anime, go for it. Definitely give it a watch. Unless you're one of the bizarre new race of try-hard anime critics who couldn't judge something well or properly if their lives depended on it, you will enjoy this anime.
I have a strong feeling season 2 is much better, just given that they decided to adapt a specific route from the Rewrite VN, and season 2's is more interesting. But still season 1 did a solid job. I don't really have any complaints really.
Obviously this isn't a proper review, it was just disgusting seeing the review sect…
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If anyone has read some other review that he has done he will know that clarifies whether or not it contains romance and this is no exception.
Rewrite is a full-fledged harem but it gives more importance to the mystery than to the same romance but of course the romance is more than present, each heroine has its own small story that helps us understand why its actions but not this Deceive them since centering more on the mystery leaves you more doubts than answers so if you are of people who hate not knowing what happens best think twice before seeing it, entering more into the romance could describe it as boring and deceptive but clear Is my opinion of the first season, as it seems that the second will bring great changes. In short Rewrite is an anime that I catalog as a gamble as it may i…
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Rewrite could have been great. I can smell the potential of the source material on it. However, it turned to be a big mess since the very beggining, and with second season "Rewrite Moon and Terra" coming, i feel the need of doing what I consider an accurate review of this show, specially about the main problem i have with.
Talking first about its skin, the art in Rewrite is pleasant. It is your typical Key art with moe characters and eyes bigger than your hand but it's very colorful and shining. Animation is also rather good, with fluid movements and fights. CGI was ok and overall a good animation for a studio with almost none specially previously good work.
Well, i'm pretty sure why this is not the exception.
This is my main problem with Rewrite: It is indeed very rushed. Well, you can th…
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As someone who has played the Visual Novel, this adaptation is disappointing. It is not impossible to create a perfect depiction or adaptation of a VN, a fine example would be Clannad which just happens to be another Key VN.
I am not saying it has to follow through the VN's story completely, I am fine with many new plot twists because new content actually excites me. However it is obvious that 13 episodes is not long enough to condense the story of a VN no matter how much you twist and turn the storyline. I wouldn't hold my breathe for the announced 2nd season either.
My advise to whoever is interested in picking up Rewrite is, play the VN first then watch the anime.
For me, my experience with Rewrite the video game has been truly astounding. The animated adaption has only served me as…
Read at the sourceFlawfinder
Well well well, Romeo Tanaka. We meet again. It hasn't even been a year since I reviewed that last atrocity with your name on it, and now you're teaming up with a company that people only remember at this point because After Story still ranks high on MAL after all this time in order to get recognized by anime fans who will never play your supposed masterpiece Cross Channel, and thus will only remember you as the guy who made Humanity Has Declined and a load of shit that no one cares about. I sympathize with you. I really do. The anime industry is a fucked up place that holds back actual talent. We all know that by now.
But like the people who okayed that godawful Ratchet & Clank movie, you've got to ask yourself this: is having an anime adaptation of your work really the ultimate prize it…
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KEY Anime Adaptations plus those KEY Original Anime have been disappointing me for the past few years because of poor handling of said series and the goddamn pacing. I get that producing a 2-cour series is expensive than 1-cour but due to how KEY's story structure is set-up, 1 cour is NEVER going to work.
[Story]: (5/10)
A lot of KEY fans who read the Rewrite VN hyped this series even though the red flags were already raised and flying. I do understand why though. Firstly, it's a KEY work. Their works are usually really great with great story and amazing characters. Secondly, I just started playing the VN 2 weeks ago and it's a lot better than the anime but I'm not going to do a lot of VN - Anime comparisons for this review. I'm just going to write this review as if I'm writing this wit…
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Before starting the review I would like to say that I have read most part of the Visual Novel, and I love it, but I will not compare them and I will not argue about the number of episodes, because the review section is supposed to tell about the anime only, and why you should watch or not watch it according to my opinion.
Rewrite is set in the fictional city Kazamatsuri where treeplanting and afforestation have caused the city to become overgrown with trees and flowers in much the same way that other cities are filled by buildings. Tennouji Kotarou lives here. He's a high school student who has the ability to rewrite his own body. He can become stronger and faster at any time he chooses. He investigates supernatural mysteries with five girls from his school.
That's the story very simplif…
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Rewrite. The second highest rated Key Visual Novel on VNDB, only surpassed by Clannad. Something more than well worth reading, in my eyes.
That's not what this anime is, at all. Not only was it hardly an adaptation with its gratuitous anime original content, but they managed to ruin any small thing they did adapt.
Therefore, I'm going to review this while trying to put aside my thoughts of the original material.
Story: 1/10.
-What is the premise? What am I watching? Where is the plot?- All questions asked throughout Rewrite's duration. None of which were answered. The fact is, this series had no direction. We have "twists" that are in no way surprising, and generally poorly executed. We have info dump after info dump of information that in the end, really amounted to nothing, and yet…
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Have a great story and long stories like Key usually get them done, are priceless to see in animation, this one, even with its own factors, it's one of them...
The characters are the basis in all stories, and in this one the characters have a great color because each one tell its own story and with that, the story change itself to its true colors.
The sound and art are nostalgic to the novel, even the 3D sprites, and the usual BGM, so you gonna have a great environment with the luxury of a visual novel material in animation.
The story, good this animated route, it explain characters, environments, plot, etc... but for the popular opinion, this is only at the start, when the real problem enter in the play, the anime take a speed of explanation and change of scenes that can make you say:…
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A lot of anime each season tends to adapt material from a different medium. Manga, light novels, videogames, and sometimes even visual novels. Of all of them, a visual novel is arguably the hardest to adapt. Why, you ask? Since visual visuals novels tend to have branching narratives with multiple possible storylines and alternate endings, it’s difficult to simply “choose” one to adapt or adapt the “right” one and pull out a good anime from.
Decisions made by the player during the game compound on top of one another and can eventually change which storypath the VN goes down and lead to an alternate ending. It’s not uncommon for VNs to have well over 5 alternate endings, so when it comes to adapting it to anime, how does it actually work out? How do you adapt multiple story lines into one 1…
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Sometimes I can't help but wonder why certain things have to be animated in the first place.
Already back when it was first announced that Rewrite was going to be adapted, I was getting some very mixed feelings. On one hand I was happy that one of my all-time favorite visual novels was finally getting an anime against my expectations, but on the other hand I also knew that making a good adaptation out of it would be incredibly difficult. This is partially because the visual novel is extraordinarily long and partially because all of its routes directly contradict each other and therefore wouldn't make much sense in a linear medium like anime. So it's fair to say that I came into this with a fair amount of skepticism, especially considering that 8bit were the ones pulling the reigns: the sa…
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I had to write a review for this. Because Rewrite is my favorite Key work of all-time. Because it deserved better than this.
If you are wondering if this anime is worth your time, I say this: if the premise catches your eye, or the character designs, or anything at all, I absolutely implore you to check out the original visual novel. It's deep. It's beautiful inside and out. It's got a message that cannot be ignored. None of which can be said about this travesty of an adaptation. 8bit did not know what they were doing, and do not deserve five hours of your time spent here. Avoid this trainwreck at all costs.
The story jumps around like a pinball in a dryer. There is no semblance of cohesive storytelling to be found. It takes bits and chunks of the branching "routes" from the visual novel…
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Have you ever look forward to a new episode that you can’t stop thinking about all throughout the week? Well, that was the exact opposite with me and Rewrite. Trying to make a joke about wanting the show to be “rewritten”, but now I just wished it wasn’t written in the first place. Everything about it was a whole lot of wrong.
I’ll admit, I have not played the original visual novel. However, I won’t use that as an excuse to why I didn’t like it. There were other adaptations of works by Key that were fairly decent. Planetarian was one that was came out the same time and was much shorter, but at least that was more entertaining. Again, I know nothing of the original source, so I don’t know what is faithful or not. But, that doesn’t mean I can’t distinguish a good story from a bad one.
That…
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Rewrite, one of Key’s most prominent visual novels getting an anime adaptations? This almost feels surreal, right? I’ll get straight to the point. While the idea of Rewrite finally getting an anime has been a dream for Key fans for many years, it may also be somewhat a tarnished reality as we realize what we’re really getting. After finishing the show, it’s more than just tarnished. Much more.
On paper, Rewrite follows a lot of standard Key formulas you’ll recognize easily if you’re already familiar with their work. The slow paced story from the beginning, generic character personalities, and supernatural phenomenon are just a few to name. However, one thing this adaptation didn’t fully embrace is its ability to move the audience. What that literally means is its inability to make the vie…
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Key's claim to fame has always been supernatural harem VNs with deeper meanings and plotlines that go past your typical romcom-style visual novel as themes involving them are usually thought-provoking to some extent and have more value to them with each route that the player accomplishes. Pairing up with animation studios like Kyoani and P.A. works, the newest Key adaptation comes from our friends at 8bit who can't create a bloody cohesive story, Rewrite. And I must beg the question. 8bit, you sure this series DIDN'T need a rewrite?
Story: Tennouji Koutarou is a classic harem protagonist going to a school that has rather ornate-looking female uniforms. Upon finding himself associating with the occult club, he is asked a question from its president asking whether or not if he had the choic…
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The first two episodes are funny school life characterization stuff that was genuinely enjoyable to watch. Then the mystery, supernatural, and action elements begin to become more prevalent, and my interest dived.
This anime is plagued with issues. Some of them have to do with having too much source material to adapt and thus make the anime feel rushed or overall poorly paced. I will not be talking about those issues.
Even if an anime is poorly paced, there is a limit to how much an anime can jump from one scene to the next with wildly different tones without it being jarring. One scene can seem pretty tense and traumatic, and then the next scene goes to a short BS school drama thing and sours all of the emotion of the previous scene. The characters act as if they have NO MEMORY of past…
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This is one of the worst adaptations I have ever seen, and easily the worst Key anime to date. 8-bit, Tensho, and the entire staff should be ashamed of what was produced here. This Rewrite adaptation is in the similar vein as M Night Shyamalans "The Last Airbender" adaptation where you have characters with the same names and some of the story elements, but presented without soul and crushed down until it possesses none of its quality. The original source material wasn't perfect. In fact I would deem it inconsistent and flawed, but it was refreshingly different from other works from Key and was a very interesting read. However, to see it degraded to this ugly mess was utterly depressing.
Story: 1/10 (atrocious)
Seriously!? Who is this adaptation for? Studio 8-shit thought it was a great…
Read at the sourceMozillaFennekin
Since Rewrite is a visual novel by Key, a lot of people will compare it to the likes of Clannad, Angel Beats, Air Cannons, etc. But, I propose some new comparisons.
1. Shitcom, because both are pretty shit comedies.
2. The sensation of hitting your head against a brick wall for six hours.
If you enjoy either of these, then Rewrite might be the perfect show for you. Otherwise, I consider it one of the worst anime of 2016: a fucky jambalaya of overdesigned characters, dumb memes, and a plot that was probably written by someone putting a bunch of sticky notes on a dartboard and writing in whatever they threw at.
Before I go on, let me just say that I don’t give a flying fuck about how good the visual novel is or isn’t. I don’t care what purpose this anime serves to it, whether to be some s…
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