Audience reviews
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stickdaddy
Mirai Nikki: Redial — My Soul Needed This
There are stories that leave you satisfied, stories that leave you heartbroken, and stories that leave you so emotionally devastated that you desperately need something to put yourself back together. Future Diary was the latter for me, and Redial was exactly what I needed.
I had just finished the original series, which had gradually transformed from something I found mildly entertaining into one of the greatest experiences I’ve ever had watching anime. By the final episodes, I was completely immersed in the story, profoundly moved by its characters, and utterly captivated by the almost unimaginable extremes of Yuno and Yuki’s love.
The conclusion broke me.
Then, less than thirty minutes later, Redial managed to do it all over again.
What aston…
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Positive Points
1. A Conclusion Fans Awaited
Redial's greatest strength is offering a clear ending. Where the series left room for interpretation, the OVA provides clear answers about Yuno's fate and the reconstruction of the world. For viewers frustrated by the original ending, this is a relief.
2. Faithfulness to Characters
Yuno remains true to herself: obsessive, tragic, but also deeply human in this OVA. Yukiteru, for his part, appears more mature, which gives meaning to his journey. The characters are not betrayed, which is essential for an epilogue.
3. A More Emotional, Less Violent Tone
Unlike the main series, Redial places less emphasis on brutal survival and more on emotional healing, forgiveness, and hope. This allows us to revisit Mirai Nikki from a more serene and introspect…
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Ight. So like. I can't say much about this without spoiling it, but I'll try to say why I didn't like it without spoiling it much.
Basically I liked where the series ended. The ending of the main series was were it felt right. It ended on a somber and bitter note which made sense for the main character's arc and the way the story was going. The ending of the main series was a great and fitting ending for the story.
This OVA continues forward past that ending and presents a new ending with a wholly different tone. I'm not a fan of the direction this OVA goes with it and I felt like the ending presented to the original series was more fitting.
It feels to me like the ending in this OVA spits on and undoes the ending the main series left on that I felt was the perfect place for it to end.…
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I really enjoyed the original series, but the ending of ep 26 felt awfully rushed and left me craving for more - I mean, you can't just open up a whole alternative world in the last episode of your series and then just show like 50 seconds of it.
That's why I was very pleasently surprised when I found out that this OVA existed: It achieves everything the final episode didn't, and even though the OVA's ending also felt kinda rushed, it still gave a very good sense of closure to the series.
Most of the important characters make their appearence in this alternative world, and especially this alternative, pure version of Yuno is interesting - living a "perfect" live (especially in comparison the one the original Yuno had to go through), but still feeling strangely empty... like something ver…
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About a month ago I was at the pub with a buddy of mine. I met him last year at University but he's apparently been a mega weeb since middle school. Unlike him, I'm actually kind of new to anime, only picking it up about a year ago due to boredom during quarantine. (which was a great choice as it quickly became one of my favourite forms of entertainment.) As conversations with a long-time weeb usually go we end up talking about anime, primarily anime he reminisced over. This is when he brought up Mirai Nikki.
"So it was this anime about a guy who gets a diary that can see into the future, but eleven other people also get diaries too and they have to kill each other, the last man standing becomes the next god of time" he explains
"what the fuck? sounds kinda wacky. I've never heard of it…
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Spoilers for main series ahead
This OVA of Mirai NIkki explores the ending of the original series in further detail. A very simple 30 min OVA that probably used around 5 minutes of recycled footage from the last episode.
All in all, it's a fanservice ending to the Future Diary story and the story of Yuki and Yuno. The writing is around the same level as a fairly competent fan-fiction, and the content is fairly fan-fiction-like as well.
The art and animation is a bit of an improvement upon the original series given that it's one single OVA episode aired around a year after the ending. Fairly fluid and clean, with some characters' designs cleaned up a bit as well.
The story is split around half-half. Half of it is a brief look at characters' lives in the third world where the Future D…
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To start, I like this ova and I highly recommend you watch it after finishing the main series, it will or may give more sense to the events on the last episodes of the anime.
May contain spoilers to the main series: The OVA started as a beach episode with a comedic tone with a little bit of fan service that I enjoyed to some extent, the first half showed us how the characters in the 3rd world lived their lives which left me satisfied. It would've been better if we also got a glimpse of our 3rd world Yukki. However, things started to get serious in the second half where Yuno's struggle was shown. Overall, it is a solid 30 min episode with a lot of content.
The OVA answered my questions with the ending on the main series, like "Was that it? How tf did Yuno came back to Yukki after 10k year…
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Mirai Nikki: Redial brings about the conclusion to the 26 episode + OVA series and, for some reason, this ending wasn't included in the original series. I'm not sure why! I'll assume you've watched the original 26 episode run so the sake of this review.
Story: Redial leaves off where the original Mirai Nikki ended off. This time, we're viewing it entirely from the viewpoint of Yuno. We know of what came of her in the first two incarnations, so we have to remember that this is the third world. One night, Yuno feels like something is completely off, so she takes things into her own hands. However, the roles of just about every character that we saw in the original series have changed, at least a little - including the second world's Minene. When Yuno attempts to find out what's wrong, we ge…
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If you just finished Future Diary I recommend searching up “filler free Mirai Nikki OVA” on youtube and just watching that.
(spoiler free)
It’s like the creators of Future Diary knew the ending was disappointing, so they tried to make it better with an OVA. Is the ending now happier? Yes. Does it make any sense? No... How did this Yuno even know about Yukki? This Yuno having a faint memory of things that didn’t happen in her timeline doesn’t align with the rest of the storyline. Not to mention the OVA was 75% filler with characters I didn’t care about in Future Diary. This ending feels cheap, forced, and lazy.
Disappointing conclusion to an anime with a concept that had so much potential.
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Mirai Nikki: Redial (2013)
This was a much-needed finisher to the series which stayed true to the Manga if only slightly out of order. Here lies the true ending of the show and one that concludes with the source material, a happy ending.
The art is the same as in the previous show.
The sound is the same as in the previous show.
The characters develop in a different timeline and you see some pretty funny scenes especially with Tsubaki and her maidens. I really liked the flow of this especially with Yuno from start to finish.
It is definitely nice to see a show complete with the source material knowing this really is the end of the story. A happy ending achieved in the nicest way possible in a new world as such.
10/10.
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(Quick Review)
This was a great way to end the series for everyone to be happy. The sequel continues in the third universe where everyone from the anime is all happy and is enjoying themselves but we see Yuno from the third universe had been feeling odd as if she is forgetting which then she entered the place where it kept Mur Mur from the first universe and she wants Yuno to fulfil the wishes of the first Yuno wanted, which she gains her memory back from the first Yuno which makes her remember Yukiteru and then she enters the second universe on where Yukiteru has been alone with his dairy until she comes back to him mending the story.
I loved how they ended this story which had all the characters be happy in the end, ending this anime properly.
Story 9/10
Art 7//10
Sound 7/10
Characte…
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This is a very great story to connect from season 1! Need to watch the first season to understand this! Man I almost cried when finished watch this!
Story :
Although its just 1 episode, it is really heart touching ! To understand what's going on, you need to watch the first season first! The ending was very satisfying ! I think by watching this season, you will got the answer why the next season of mirai nikki never ever planned !
Art :
Still good for early 2010s years. The quality and the uniqueness still resemble the Mirai Nikki. Although it is a fantasy genre anime, its still within realistic boundaries.
Sound :
Pretty fair, the soundtrack is really good. I really enjoy the ost , op , and ed. The soundtrack really match the anime!
Character :
I really liked the characters, especi…
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Taking place 2 years after the main series, Redial explores the relationships between the characters in their new universe.
Honestly, this isn't worth watching unless you've seen the full series and even then, don't watch it. It doesn't add anything new to the characters and is just fanservice (which can be fun, but in this case, it did not leave a satisfying feeling. Also, unnecessary beach trip episode featuring sexual harassment & groping of characters + predatory lesbian trope! Awesome!).
Bad bad bad bad bad & the original ending of the anime is so much better (even though that still wasn't great), so please, don't even watch this. It will not make you feel anything but mildly confused and upset.
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I just don't understand this is bad on so many levels! It ruins the ending to the original series and brings back characters just for fan service. Some things in the OVA just aren't explained and the OVA solves some mysteries that didn't need to be solved and shouldn't have been tampered with.
The OVA is just a waste of time you should only watch this if you're
1. A Die Hard Fan
2. Don't like endings that leave you with a cliffhanger
3. Like to torture yourself
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I'm gonna keep it a buck: I'm watching this way after the first series and I didn't really love that all that much, this review isn't gonna be full of praises. I've also since seen a lot of anime that have appealed to me a lot more than this one, so I'll be able to "pass judgement," so to speak, a lot better.
I don't think this episode was necessary. I do remember feeling like the original series was left unfinished, but from what I recall of the plot and the ending, getting this episode and ending feels a little forced. I also remember that one of the gripes I had with the first series was that I didn't really like any of the characters. There was one that was fun to see again because his personality is really nicely written, but other than that, I wasn't all that invested. It does prog…
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I loved Mirai Nikki, and I was actually expecting much more to it. So if you are too, then you would be really disappointed.
Mirai Nikki: Redial is short. It showcases the life of Yuno in the 3rd world, the world in which her parents didn't drive her into insanity. She's like any other sweet and cute anime girl, but you knew that already if you watched the last episode of Mirai Nikki. Because of that, expect A LOT of recaps.
In the end, Mirai Nikki: Redial is a cute little addition to the ending of Mirai Nikki's last episode, and it has a cute little message about how love can transcend even dimensions. But it's not that important to the overall story.
Mirai Nikki: Redial is low key a waste of time, but if you have that time to spend, go ahead.
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Once you put your time and effort of understanding into this anime , things start to become more clear. Second time watching the first 26 eps, and this is my first time with the Redial:) They have simplified many aspects and left for a very pleasing wrap up ! Some of the things I had to really look into will be listed:) I would overall agree with others, please watch the anime fully before watching this , there may be a lot of parts you will not understand otherwise.
Amazing anime , I found nostalgia, realism, polotics, fantasy,beauty,artwork,history,romance,curiosity and so many more things while indulging myself in every moment ^.^ It is well worth the watch :3
1. Yuno Did meet Yuki, after the first incident and probably subconsciously hearing him while he was carrying her around . Eve…
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This'll be a short review since it has one episode.
(May contain spoilers)
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Well, I mean the way this end things is just unsatisfying. The main story was pretty good, but there are things that are left unsatisfying and just outright off. The fact that I hated most about this series was how 3 the worlds connected. The first world was just utterly sad since everyone died (except yuno but then she died so yea).The second is pretty much the same except the fact that the real Yuno was killed by the first Yuno. And the third one was actually fucking good. The problem with the third one was that Amano and Moe were couples. which pretty much broke my heart. Then I understand that they wanted Amano and Yuno to be together but how they made it was just not that good. I still feel like t…
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Want a happy end to Mirai Nikki? Then WATCH THIS.
Really, it's simple as that. If you felt unsatisfied with the ending of Mirai Nikki, with the way they had to part ways and basically still not being allowed to happily live together even after all they've been through, then watch this OVA.
Of course, it gets creative at some point to pull it off, but come on, we're talking about timelines, timetravel and future telling here. You can't say "no, this is not possible!" at many things.
Most things in Mirai Nikki as well as in this OVA can be based on valid theories of time (like memory dripping through interference with different timeline versions of yourself).
But even if you want to be more critical about how it plays out, I feel you could easily overlook it for the sake of their happy…
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In all honesty, I don't really see this as an OVA at all. As it's clearly implied in the last episode of Future Diary, this is just an extension and an explanation of how Yuki and Yuno met once again.
In all honesty, I adore this because it changes the ending from bittersweet to how it should be. It removes the insane Yuno from the equation of the romance without having to forget about her entirely. I thought it was a really sweet episode, and if you like the original series, I think this is a must watch.
The story itself was pretty good, though most of it felt like a filler and was pretty annoying. Some clips of 3rd Timeline Yuno remembering things would have been enough instead of doing an entire beach episode, but I guess it might've felt rushed without it. It was nice checking up o…
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