Audience reviews
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Twin_Flower_05
Plainly, it's an anime that's very unique among the sports genre in that it focuses on the main characters struggles with himself rather than taking advantage of the large cast that comes with sports. This however is not a negative thing with this story as I feel it does this very well and wraps up nicely too.
If you like stories that focus on singular characters and their development you will like this show, and I suggest going in as blind as possible. I tend to prefer stories with focus on most of the cast, but this one left a good impression despite not suiting my tastes.
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สนุกมากกก แนะนำควรดูสักครั้งอาจจะเดาง่ายแต่แบบจังหวะร้องไห้คือมี เราสงสารพระเอกมากแบบคิดว่าเป็นตัวเองลืมตามาอีกทีอนาคตเปลี่ยนไปจากที่ฝันแถมยังไม่ได้ทำเองคงเสียใจมากๆเข้าใจที่ตอนความทรงจำกลับมาจะหัวร้อนแถมน้องสาวยังไม่ชอบตัวของตุวเองอีกมาได้ยินคงเสียใจมากแต่ก็เข้าใจมี่น้องอยากเห็นพี่ร่าเริง แต่พระเอกนิสัยจริงๆก็ดีอยู่แล้วนะ เก่งมากที่สุดด เราชอบทั้งตอนมีความทรงจำกับไม่มีเลย เป็นคนที่เก่งจากความพยายาม เท่มาก ทุกตัวละครก็มีการพัฒนาอยากจะให้มีภาคต่อจริงๆ;-;
So much fun! I recommend you watch it once. It might be easy to guess, but the crying moments are real. I feel so sorry for the male lead, like he just woke up and the future changed from what he dreamed and he didn't do it himself. He must be so sad. I understand that when his memories come back, he'll be hot-headed, plus his sister doesn…
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Good anime. I can say the same thing I said about Buddy Daddies. Short and sadly unfinished. That's all the negative things I could say about it.
I've already stopped watching the 1st season anime, because most of them are just used as Novel promotions, and a lot of good stories went to waste.
Another sin of Remain is that it's an anime original :/ I can't find out what will happen after the anime and it hasn't been continued for almost 4 years and it may not get one. -.-
The story dealt with the past and the present at the same time, and this is true of the new and old teammate. While the story also had a family and love thread, and he turned from an egotistical MC into a normal guy and team player! It had everything a good anime needs. (good start)
It's worth watching, but unlike Bud…
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The anime is quite abnormal, but unique for a sports anime, but it's watchable. It 's also created by MAPPA so the animation and art-style is top notch. Though there should have been more content on the 3 year and 1 year long periods, like when they kind of "co-existed". Although in sports anime there's always a character who is a lot worse than others, nothing bad in it, but it's kind of "used". The characters were intriguing but I wish there was more content with his old team. I think some people might love it, others, well... enjoy it. It's a hard anime to hate.
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This Anime was absolutely a charm. Been watching so many Anime recently, but this was like a fresh breath.
Absolutely loved the characters.
I wouldn't call it the best sports Anime out there, but it doesn't need to be the best. Sports might not be the best area this Anime expels at, but this Anime had a lot going for it. And they were really good.
Characters were great.
Especially the MC. They showed that MC, even though he was good, he was very flawed.
After the incident, he struggled, but he did not gave up. Other characters were also good. The helped lift each other up.
And the Sweet Family Moments were like really great Deserts with Cherry on top, if I say so myself.
All in all, might not be as big as other sports Anime, or put too much time into each character, this was still a wo…
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I have go to say, my mind was blown when I found out that MAPPA,
the same studio that did Jujutsu Kaisen and Yuri!!! on Ice, also
worked on anime like this and Days. Regardless, I consider this
to be a very interesting show that both embraces and subverts
tropes commonly found in sports anime.
Visuals: It's MAPPA, so the visuals are, as expected, pretty
great. Although not quite at the same level as some of this
studio's more popular works, Re-Main still boasts visuals far
above the average seasonal anime. However, I do have one gripe. I feel like the actual sport this show is about, water polo,
could've been presented better, especially given who is
animating it.
Characters: The main character is easily one of the best parts
of the show. I was expecting this anime to take the
stereotypi…
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Re-main started as a great show but ended up being the most generic drama in existence. Be warned that this show tricks you to think that it's a sports show, but it's a drama with water polo wrapped around it.
The pilot episode was very good. The amnesia that Minato suffers is cheesy, but the pilot executes the pacing and sets the tone of the story. Minato loses his memories, goes through rehabilitation, gets accepted to a new school, and get introduced to two to three new characters, and everything seems quite natural. You aren't overloaded with information, but a lot of events happen. The second episode is not terrible either. It follows up with the pilot episode by introducing Minato's potential love interest as well as introducing Minato's motivations, mental fragility, and his eventu…
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Honestly, I'm not sure how to review Re-Main, so I'm gonna base this review off of the most common critique I've seen of it, which is that it isn't a successful sports anime or a successful drama anime. Basically, the critique is that Re-Main tries to be two different anime and falls short in both areas. I can definitely see why this comment is made so much, but I don't always agree with it. For instance, there aren't a lot of matches (or games? I'm not sure) in this anime. Considering the eventual focus these characters have on winning, the lack of time they actually play is a bit dissatisfying. That being said, I don't really feel like the point of this anime was the same as a typical sports anime. Yes, the characters had the same goals of winning tournaments and beating their rivals, bu…
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Absolutely wonderful. Haven’t seen a sports/club show this enjoyable since “Free!” was airing. If you like “Free!” and want more of that, but not a knock-off, despite the fact that these are both for sports that take place in water, try this. It’s tropey in an absolutely wonderful way (honestly it gets really cliche at one point but it’s used quite well, or at least worth sticking through for the painful but good character moments), with beautiful animation, beautiful music, a wonderful cast who are lovely and also mostly ikemen in speedos, and honestly a lot of great messages.
I haven’t seen a series that handles major injuries and deconstructing stereotypes the way this one does, particularly the former. Yes, it’s cliche, but it treats Minato’s injury and recovery in a way you don’t re…
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So, i finaly watched Re-Main.
I was looking forward to this show but just could not find the motivation and time to watch it.
In the end im glad i actualy watched it instead of letting it rot in my plan-to-watch.
I was doubting weather to give this show a 9 or an 8 but this was not due to an outstanding plot or outstanding characters but rather my own enjoyment, i will come back to this later on.
About the plot, its about our protagonist becoming the junior high waterpolo champion of Japan after which he gets into an car accident and loses the last 3 years of his memory.
When he regains consciousness (about 2/3ths of a year later) he is faced with friends who he does not know and is also burdend with the image of him being a waterpolo champion which he just isnt after his accident.
Th…
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This show is one of the strangest sports anime I’ve ever seen. Calling it just a bad show feels wrong somehow. And don’t get me wrong- this show is not good, but there’s just something so, so weird about it. It can’t seem to decide what it wants to be. It seems like they want to tell a more serious story but can’t figure out how to. None of the characters are likeable, and the show has a bad habit of retroactively making itself worse. The worst example of this is the final scene, which is so genuinely unsettling in its implications that I have no idea what to make of it.
Let’s start with the plot. In the first episode, we are introduced to our main character, Minato. He used to be a star water polo player, but on the way back from one of his games he was in a traumatic car…
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I really like this show. It was my favorite out of the season. I really like the mc and his story. It just happens to appeal to me. The op and Ed are good, the art is good, the plot is good, the characters are good, and the development is good. I may be biased, but the show got me to like it a lot so that’s a good job for them too. Im writing my first ever review too, as the time of writing this it has a 7.25 score which I think is a bit low. But on a practical stand point, even if I didn’t fall in love with the show, it’s still a pretty good show. Watch it!
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Came for the cute boys, stayed for the plot twists. When I was watching the first three episodes I didn't expect myself to like this anime that much. In fact I once remarked, after the first episodes, that this anime would be forgotten in no time after airing - well, it is for the majority of the anime watchers, but not for me.
The art and music are above average. They certainly are not the best, but good enough to get the job done. I especially love the ending theme; the lyrics and tone fit the plot so well. The structure of the story seems to be a bit messy at first glance, but after rewatching the whole thing, I notice that all the lines and plot points are being referenced later, so there certainly are some careful plannings.
This is not your typical sports anime, so don't expect a l…
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To remain or to re-main
It’s summer season, so it’s a great time for some water ball, I mean water polo. Sport movies/series genre in general are about underdog story. It’s almost impossible to deviate from this trope. Because of this, many sport anime become predictable. RE-MAIN didn’t stray away from this trope, but to my surprise I actually enjoyed this anime more than I expected.
The reason for this is the character. The dementia aspect helped making our main character interesting and conflicting, not just within himself with also in other people around him. Although his character transition near the end was a bit rushed due to the runtime, I was invested and felt satisfied at the outcome. Other characters also have decent backstories, although they are more generic than the main ch…
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After MAPPA's C team last original sports anime (Taisou samurai) i cant say i was hyped for this show. But i'm always up for a sports anime, especially if it is a sport i dont know much about.
STORY: 6/10
It seems that MAPPA is trying to do this "really emotional sports anime" thing. Kinda like Hoshiai no Sora did but with better animation. What you risk while doing this is losing the "sports" part of your sports anime which you could say happens here. There are 2 and a half games of water polo in this water polo anime. And the games we do get feel rushed, like we are just speeding trough the minutes of the game. However the show does feel emotional and shows how painful memory loss can be. Its kinda fucked up how belittled it is by the characters in the show. Also i like the change in t…
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Disclaimer: I played competitive water polo in college and a 5 out of 10 to me is average
For most people, water polo isn't something you start at a young age, especially on the east coast. To take it a step farther, most people don't even know about the sport at all. I swam for years, but I really wanted to spend my college years doing a team sport. Just like with Shuugo, having a background in swimming really helps in the ability to keep up with the play. As we saw with the first quarter of the last episode, there's a lot of times where you're swimming back and forth. There's also strengths that you need to possess to succeed at each individual position. Re-Main provides us with these characters with unique personalities and strengths that go beyond a lot of sports anime out there.
To…
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Here's an odd take but probably not a unique one. I think quite a few will be feeling the same way. Re-Main is a sports anime that would have benefitted greatly by not being a sports anime. An anime torn between being a character driven type drama and a sports anime, failing to deliver on both and ending up to be average in all areas. I can't give it a low score as the anime was not bad. But there was a lot of potential left unfulfilled. It's middle of the road 5/10, there is better out there, and I would only recommend if you are really bored. Continue reading for some light spoilers and more in detail explanation.
As a sports anime, Re-Main leaves a lot to be desired. I came away from watching feeling I know very little about Water polo. The anime itself featured very little as most ep…
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I don't know much about water polo, but this anime-original has given us an accurate portrayal of that sport in anime. Re-Main was hyped by Mappa so it was an obvious must-watch for fans of Mappa's previous works, such as Jujutsu Kaisen and Attack on Titan season four. Despite it not changing the sports genre in anime, it still showed us that even something as simple as water polo has the potential to be properly animated. Although the pacing for Re-Main is a bit problematic, combined with its character growth, the anime itself is well done, along with these points that make Re-Main good.
The plot of Re-Main focused more on character development than actual water polo, much to its irony. If given more episodes, there would've been more scenes where the main cast starts playing against mor…
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This anime as a whole does not deserve more than a 7. I'm not being honest putting an 8. But the last chapter has made it so for me.
The first 7-8 chapters do not deserve more than a 6, the important event that happens made the series a 7 until chapter 11, but the last chapter.... ah!!! I loved it so much. it has made me bloom many beautiful emotions. There are many anime that I would recommend before Re-main, but if you have time and want to see a nice story of a group of students who become friends playing a sport, give it a try!
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Re-Main: the old term for "offside" in water polo, but honestly, this anime can be also said in this manner: it Re-Mains to be seen of the potential calibre of how much this show could've had, that squandered some liberties to make this show a decent one.
Paraded as one of many shows at the MAPPA Stage 10th Anniversary event, Re-Main is the brainchild of Tiger & Bunny author Masafumi Nishida, of which this not-so-young director has oversaw the anime and movie adaptations of his work in the past. And now, Re-Main is his 2nd self-directed series, and imagine someone like him has to manage all of these positions: Chief Director, Original Creator, Series Composer, Scriptwriter, Sound Director. That's 5 main staff roles all burdened into one for some creative control, and I feel that while Mas…
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