Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Break Time 2nd Season

Aaah, Re:ZERO... what a series I had been missing out on! After having watched the first season in less than 2 weeks, I immediately continued on with the second one and boy, was I satisfied! The second season of this work of art is (almost) as amazing as the first. Now knowing all the possibilities of this new world presented to us, we are shown much more character development outside of Subaru himself. I have to say that it's a shame season 2 ends on such an abrupt note, but I suppose every nice thing has an end. I was disappointed that Rem never returnedfrom the state she was put in, but again, the future seasons will probably resolve that issue! I do think season 1 was more enjoyable and it certainly was more of a rollercoaster of emotions, but season 2 really teaches us who our main cast is and why they're involved in this story. Overall I recommend this series to anyone that can handle seeing their favorite characters die... multiple times... Re:ZERO was amazing, and I'm looking forward to season 3 already :)

Before anything else, one thing must be kept in mind: This entire show is a series of shorts in a chibi artstyle. It's a lot more immediate comedy and dialogue focused, so don't go in expecting great fluid action scenes or a big enthralling story out of it. However, the show does just keep going through several POV characters, so there is variety in backgrounds and the like. That said, if you are a fan of re:zero WATCH THIS SHOW. There is some funny in Break Time, but where it really proved outstanding for me was in what it added to the main Re:Zero show, eventhough I binged break time after having already watched the whole second season of Re:Zero first. Break Time's shorts add some context, and more importantly, add some great characterization to the various characters in Re:Zero, including some rather emotional ones or which flesh out characters that might otherwise just come off as 2-dimensional if one only watches the main show. Sound-wise there is occasional music, nothing original though, just stuff taken from the main show and used for comedic or even dramatic purposes. The art is relatively fluid (it is still chibi), with some energetic variation in movements and expressions. Not my favorite thing in the world in terms of enjoyment, but certainly a very worthwhile experience.

Normally I am not a fan of these chibi shorts that anime sometimes do. They usually involve comedy I don't find funny but are short enough to be inoffensive. this usually leads me to score them at around a 5. The shorts this time around, however, are the opposite of what I expected sure they do have comedic elements but they also use them to flesh out characters from the episode the viewer has just watched and they pair really well with them. I found myself looking forward to them after the episode rather than just putting up with them as I do with mostof the time. They are definitely worth a watch alongside season 2 if you are watching it for the first time or are rewatching. I'm not sure I would go as far as to rewatch all of season 2 for them though

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