86 Special Edition: Senya ni Akaku Hinageshi no Saku

I was excited for the special episode, but it was a completely empty episode. It disgusts me that such special chapters are only summaries The only good thing about the episode is that it offers a good opportunity for those who forgot the anime. Other than that, I'd say a waste of time. Fortunately, the trump card of the anime is not over yet, the second season will come. It is quite difficult to even evaluate because it was a completely summary section. My only advice for those who want to watch it would be to wait untilyou have forgotten the anime. Overall : 2

After seeing the notification from MAL I was excited for this special episode. But it was a complete summary. Even though it's a summary episode, I watched all of it without skipping. If you have watched the anime week by week, you may have missed some details or did not fully understand some parts, and if you don't want to waste your time watching the whole series again, I recommend you to watch this directly. Shortly 11 episodes in 1 episode. But if you haven't watched the whole series and you're planning to watch this one summary episode you won't be able to understand theseries. Basically it was a great summary for someone who watched the whole series. I recommend you to watch it before 2nd season.

I'm going to just lay the cards on the table here. This is just a recap episode. If you've just watched the rest of the show, there's absolutely nothing about this special that is required viewing. It sums up the story nicely, and I do actually feel it would be mean to judge it harshly purely based on the quality of what it's recapping. As my review of the main show should make clear, "86" is a pretty phenomenal show, easily the best mecha show of the past few years, and that's with only half the story. As for the details of the recap episode, Ithink it does its job well enough. It's well edited, utilises the show's score well, and provides a nice summary of the show. It's restricted runtime does mean it glosses over some of the gentler character moments that I think make the show special, but ultimately, if you're watching it, you've probably already seen all of that. Skip it if you don't care, watch it passively if you're a completionist like me.

As it's already said, this is a recap of the first season. It's nothing new since season 2 will be released in October 2021 so don't expect too much of it. I think they did a good job with telling the whole story again, it made me feel like I was reading Lena's diary. There aren't many emotions since her character itself is very mature and I also wouldn't expect her to write in a emotional way about her experiences as a Major. I still love the music and the artstyle! Overall a great episode for next autumn when we all will need something to refresh ourmemories! [English is not my first language, there may be some mistakes]

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