A sci-fi, summer story filled with suspense set on a small island with Shinpei Aijiro, whose childhood
friend Ushio Kofune died. He returns to his hometown for the first time in two years for the funeral.
Sou Hishigata, his best friend, suspects something's off with Ushio's death, and that someone can die
next.
A sinister omen is heard as an entire family next door suddenly disappears the following day.
Furthermore, Mio implicates a "shadow" three days before Ushio's death.
(Source: Disney+)
The art of mystery is always a tough thing to achieve perfectly. It’s one thing to be suspenseful, a bit scary, and leave viewers at the edge of their seat, but to have the story done without convolutions or questionable points is what’s difficult. This show looks great, and is pretty good in showing off its brutal moments, but has its share of questionable moments that took away a little from the immersion. For the most part, this show was pretty good, but as it went on, it kept losing steam towards the finish and sputtered to an ending that probably could have been better. My grading criteria: Story: /25 Art: /10 Music: /10 Characters: /20 Enjoyment /15 Thematic Execution /20 STORY: 17.5/25 The story at first, was very engaging, and Episode 1 was a great hook to the series. The mystery of how Ushio met her demise before Shinpei’s arrival to the island was a good setup for the story. The investigation of the Shadows was interesting and had its share of suspenseful and horror elements that had me on the edge of my seat, and those themes were executed to near perfection. However, as the show went forward, while it did maintain a good chunk of its quality, I don’t know whether I could call this show too long, or too rushed. There’s a lot of dialogue and meandering, while the advancement of the main plot points went by in a flash when it decided to advance. In my opinion, for the most part, I think that it probably should have been in the realm of 30+ episodes to really flesh everything out. To compare the first and second cour of this show, both cours had its share of elements that were intriguing, and backstories that were a little emotional/messed up. Towards the end of the second cour, I could see the rather obvious contrivances rearing their ugly head, but it’s not bad to the point of me hating what happened at the end. Throughout the story, I could draw elements of Re:Zero, or Higurashi, though the comedy was ridiculous sometimes, perhaps comparable to something like Jojo’s, because those tonal shifts between action and comedy were so abrupt sometimes that it felt like that. All in all, this had an intriguing story at first, that started to lose me more and more towards the end, which was to be expected, though perhaps doing this show in a split cour format would have kept my attention a bit more. ART: 9.2/10 The animation was pretty good throughout, with its vibrant, yet dark undertones, and great sakuga in the fight scenes. MUSIC: 9.2/10 The OP and ED in the first half of the show were very creative, and I enjoyed those two a lot, and the OP and ED in the latter half felt more “normal”, but had some emotional weight in the final episodes. The soundtrack throughout matched well with the show. CHARACTERS: 15.5/20 Believe it or not, I was never wholly invested in the characters, because their overall development wasn’t that strong, but every character had their share of good moments. Shinpei is a decent protagonist, not the dumbest you can imagine in stories like this, as he tries to decipher mysteries and control his powers, but still makes questionable decisions, like telling the villains too much information, for example. He’s quite the dumb one at the beginning, but I’m glad he developed a sense of awareness and became a much more likeable protagonist near the end. Ushio was a strong character, but she was also the character who contributed to the most tonal shifts due to her bubbly personality, leave it to her to make a joke in a tense moment. Won’t spoil much more about the characters, but Mio, Haine, Shide, Hizuru, and others all had their moments of emotional weight and badassery to impress me. ENJOYMENT: 13.2/15 I enjoyed this a lot, but my enjoyment did fall off a little throughout the series. THEMATIC EXECUTION: 16.3/20 The horror and suspense elements were done rather well, as the eerieness and quietness of some scenes really had the edge of your seat, as the show waits for the perfect moment to cut that silence. The nightmare fuel wasn’t cut, and there was a lot of vivid imagery for sure, which is always welcome. There were some themes that were unnecessary, like some of the comedy, and the shots of fan service as well. OVERALL: 80.9/100 A quality show that I believe most people would enjoy, which is why it really was a shame that this show was locked behind Disney jail, which limited a lot of the discussion that could have been intriguing. It has its share of convolutions and shock factor that didn’t feel very strong, but if you’re looking for an action and mystery series, this one would be a decent one to pick.
After getting heavily disappointed with the latest Higurashi titles—Gou and Sotsu—I was very excited about Summer Time Render. It ticked all the boxes I sought—a murder mystery in a rural town with time travel, scary monsters, two-cour without any prequel and sequel, and good production values. With the first minutes of Shinpei's journey, I quickly sold out for the series. The summer atmosphere was on point. The art style was great for the most part. The main plot was like a knock-off mix of Higurashi and Steins;Gate but still gripping, and most importantly, you could feel the thriller. So, what happened? How this propitious thriller show turned into a mindless action where you can't get the intensity. ~~~__The first major problem: Breaking the "Don't Show the Monster" rule__~~~ In horror/thriller works, if a horrifying monster is way more powerful than the main characters is present, there's a crucial rule about not showing the monster. Why? It's simple, due to the nature of the mind, we fear the unknown. If we can't see the scary monster that tries to catch the main characters, we start to feel uneasy and almost feel like we are in the same story as those characters. Summer Time Render breaks this rule very early by showing its two main antagonists and revealing some of the most important secrets of shadows. Although nothing says this rule is absolute, if you throw it into the dumpster after the first couple of episodes, you need to use another method to make for its absence. And, once again, Summer Time Render has a perfect contender for this. One of its antagonists is a very tall shadow with four arms. His strength is ridiculous, and he has so many tricks under his sleeves. This guy was a perfect contender for being an "Implacable Man" where he will chase the main characters while they are hopelessly trying to find a solution to this calamity. However, this four-armed idiot doesn't chase the main characters. Instead, he backs down, relaxes, and gives enough time to the main characters to come up with multiple plans. If there was a threat who constantly chased the main characters and they tried to come up with a strategy during this cat-and-mouse game, it would be way more exciting. Also, it would be a match made in heaven with the shadow concept. Instead, the author used him as a simple action boss. And this is not something unique to this four-armed beast. The whole show starts to become an action story after the episode the main antagonists are introduced, and it almost totally transforms into a generic battle shounen with the start of the second half. ~~~__The second major problem: ACTION!... Action?__~~~ I was strongly sorrowful after realizing I got deceived into watching a battle shounen instead of a mystery-thriller. Still, I didn't fall into despair quickly. There were some battle shounens I liked a lot, and Summer Time Render could turn into one of them at the end of this journey. However, despite having some great sakuga sequences, most action scenes felt underwhelming due to the dialogues. If we trained an AI to read every battle shounen created in human history and requested it to write a new one, the story it would come up with would have the Summer Time Render's dialogues. These dialogues are the corniest, the most cheesy, and the banalest dialogues you can ever write. The plot already has enough problems—like how the time loop concept becomes a useless gimmick in the second half—and because of these AI-generated dialogues, even the good parts of the plot are left in the shadows. So, we only have a battle shounen with horrendous dialogues at the end of the day. But we still have a broad character cast. They can save this abomination, right? ~~~__The third major problem: Characters, all of them__~~~ I'll get straight to the point, all of the supporting characters in Summer Time Render are either generic stereotypes or failed attempts at writing characters with multiple layers. There isn't even a single exception for this. Mio is there only to create an unnecessary love triangle, Hizuru and Ushio are just fanservice materials, and Ryuunosuke is just a plot device. All three members of the Hishigata family could've been compelling characters, but they didn't get explored enough. Nezu was so close to being a well-written character, but his character arc got only 5 minutes of screen time which is very disappointing. Shide is just a cliché villain who wants to destroy the world. Haine is a complicated villain, but her character gets tossed out from the main focus for no reason, and Shinpei is ~~~__The fourth major problem: A failed time traveler protagonist__~~~ The last and most crucial major problem I will touch on in this review is how worthless Shinpei is as a mystery story protagonist and time traveler. Although the show heavily shifted into action in the second half, it still holds onto mystery and thriller elements, so what I will complain about in the next segment will include the whole show. For time travel shows, where the protagonist needs to repeat certain events over and over to find a solution to the dire situation they are in, the main traits of the protagonist should be set very early by the author. Otherwise, the audience can see most of the protagonist's actions in the later parts of the story as unnatural or plot convenience. Two of the most popular time travel anime are good examples of this—Re:Zero and Steins;Gate. In both shows, the protagonists face much stronger enemies than themselves. And the most important thing these two shows manage to do is make the viewer as desperate as the protagonist. You know the protagonist has the wits to defeat this enemy, and you try to think about what will be the protagonist's next move and how they can beat the enemy, and this thought process makes you as nervous as the protagonist. In Re:Zero, this is done by setting Subaru's character as a masterful tactician right in the first arc, so you know he will come up with an astonishing plan no matter how things become worse and worse. In Steins;Gate, this is done by making Okabe a clever problem solver in the trigger messages stories—so he can be seen as a reliable protagonist when the real action starts despite him being a kind of goofball from time to time. However, in Summertime Render, just like Shinpei, you also have no idea how he will defeat the enemy because you have no idea what Shinpei can do in this situation since you don't know Shinpei enough. And the reason for this is the show didn't care about his characterization—he is just a cardboard protagonist filled with generic tropes without any riveting character traits. So, unlike in Re:Zero and Steins;Gate, the feeling conveyed to the audience is cluelessness, not despair or anything else powerful.
I had high hopes for Summertime Render at the beginning. A show that was seemingly different than the rest of the seasonals with its focus on suspense, murder mystery, and thriller as the foundation of the story. The first episode was so good I didn’t know I was hungry for some good old murder mystery thriller until Summertime Render hit the Spring Seasonal charts for 2022. The show in the beginning had everything set up to be at least an enticing suspense show for me to indulge in for the rest of its runtime. What could go wrong? The show demonstrated with absolute certainty that there won’t be any contrivances or complete divergence from the original gripping story beats. I was convinced that if any changes were to occur, it would only strengthen itself with good and competent writing. Truly, I was so convinced nothing could go wrong for Summertime Render that I once gave in to the idea that this show would become the dark horse of the Spring Season as some eagerly touted it was. Summertime Render firstly hooks its viewers and glues them to the show's mystery, setting, and tone in an enthralling fashion. The first three episodes or so do this extremely well in showing this through Shinpei Ajiro, a former resident of Hitogashima Island returning for the funeral of his deceased childhood friend: Ushio Kofune. During the funeral, however, Shinpei quickly discovered strangle marks around Ushio’s neck before the closing of the coffin of her laying body. As expected, he became suspicious and doubted that the cause of Ushio’s death was drowning as the rumor goes. This reveal was the first instance of murder mystery that Summertime Render was destined to be but never was. Substantially, the episodes that followed deliberately heightened the suspense when we see others around Shinpei began to act suspicious. They were questioning and watchful of Shinpei’s doings, giving the implication of distrust and secrets which they wish to withhold; as if they were trying to prevent Shinpei from discovering the cause of Ushio’s death. At this point in the show, I was on board. It was delivering everything I want in what I thought was a murder mystery thriller. But the exact breaking point was in the same episode when Mio Kofune confided to Shinpei about similar deaths and disappearances that had been occurring due to a phenomenon called “Shadow Sickness”. A phenomenon derived from the island’s folklore where these entities called Shadows kills their targets before they copy the said target and act as them. It’s then implied by Mio that Ushio’s death is somehow linked to the Shadows. Naturally, the plot then revolved around the Shadows and became everything to Summertime Render. The Shadows are the catalyst for its narrative and uncovering Shadow’s relation to Ushio’s death was the driving force of the plot. The introduction of the Shadows also served a second purpose: a way for the show to continue the suspense but in physical threat to Shinpei and the rest of the cast alike. To do this, the Shadows were presented to have assimilated into the larger human population of the island. Additionally, their known ruthless killing and copying of people naturally provided a constant sense of danger to Shinpei and the rest of the cast. Cause from then on, they have to be wary of who were and who were not Shadows. However, I think Summertime Render made the first grave error when it actively chose to reveal Ushio, the plot’s driving force at this point, to be alive in Shadow form. Not only was Ushio revealed to be alive and well in her shadow form, the Shadow retained Ushio’s memories and personality; meaning that she was not a threat to Shinpei. This also sets the precedent that Shadows like her, who retains the memories of the people they killed or copied, would not be a threat to the cast either. The existence of Mio’s Shadow later in the show is the proof. But what I want to get at is that the existence of Ushio’s shadow completely threw away the essence of Ushio’s character in the show. Her death was the sole driving force for the plot of Summertime Render and its characters. Bringing her back with no reasons other than to be the reminder that she’s the main love interest to Shinpei and that she can fight with her new hair powers just completely crumples the show. This is where Summertime Render begins its comical contrivances to justify the existence of a plot. With the abandonment of its original objective and frankly, the narrative and the elements that defined Summertime Render in the first place, the show has to resort to the less exciting, more predictable methods that further require contrivances as it goes. To justify the Shadows’ existence, the series first made the impression that these Shadows are invaders. Their sole purpose was to serve as a superficial threat in the series for Shinpei and others to have conflicts with. Then, through the reveal of Haine, the Shadows' reason for all the havoc, killing, and copying are so they can go to the land of “eternity”. This, however, was never expanded on because the show proceeds to abandon it as soon it was introduced and favored a more tragic manipulation route: Contriving sympathy for Haine. Haine, over the course of an episode, went from a literal feared being among the Shadows to a sweet little innocent girl who was the victim of the curse that she unwillingly obtained from a Shadow Whale that happens to lie on a coastal beach hundreds of years ago. Summertime Render then uses this to pinpoint the real evil on Haine's righthand man who turns out to be manipulating her for three hundred years for his selfish gains. The plot progression that Summertime Render undertook is exacerbated when all the meaningless fights, conflicts, and drama are sandwiched in between. The conflict and drama served no purpose whatsoever. So what’s left of Summertime Render? Nothing. For one, its sole original captivating element was the murder mystery, which the show forsook. Two, the shift in focus on the shadows and their reveal felt flat and shallow; it lacked the anticipation and tension that the series entailed in the beginning. I would say that Summertime Render could’ve easily just stuck to the path of a murder mystery without justifying the shadows' existence. It had everything and every reason to do so. This series isn’t even worth a second of your time given that the characters are just as flat, boring, and skimpy as the narrative in itself. Summertime Render has a large assembly of casts and each of them gets the bare minimum character archetypes and relations in the grander landscape of anime tropes. In a series like this, tying the characters to specific anime tropes is not the problem, the problem lies in how the series utilizes the trope and further develops the characters associated with it. But of course, Summertime Render chooses not to invest much into its characters but more so into an already heavily contrived narrative. The product of that choice is the main character whose original goal is shifted from finding out the causes of Ushio’s death to saving the Island to learning about the shadows and whatever the heck the plot needs him to be. That’s not interesting. That’s not something for me to get behind. For the entirety of its runtime, there’s not a single ounce of depth that’s naturally developed in Shinpei and the rest of the cast alike. We learn little to nothing about his relations to the Island and Ushio besides the surface-level “family” and “love” that the creator wrote it into—it goes to show how little the creator thought about this. And any “depth” that the series loves to remind people of is the poorly contrived ones like the relationship between Hizuru and her long gone but still exists in shadow form brother. I simply can’t understand the praises for Summertime Render no matter how I look at it. The series is full of dull moments, weak characters, lackluster directing in action sequences, and artificially created drama. The captivating element from the beginning of Summertime Render was the mystery surrounding Ushio’s death. And Shinpei, the series protagonist’s relationship with her. It’s safe to say I was utterly disappointed with how it was all played out. The shift in direction prompted the series to take on a path that’s less about its original element that hooked the viewers in the first place, but more on the side of mindnumbing exposition dumps and boring action drama.
Time loop stories are no easy type to write and most of the times they leave viewers unsatisfied. Its extremely hard to execute such tale well that would leave little to no complaints. To my eyes, however Summer Time Rendering has managed to provide and enjoyable experience from start to finish that I would gladly return to in the recent future. Let us embark on a journey to Hitogashima where various secrets lie beneath that will change the person striving to render for a new tomorrow. Characters are important factors in a story and its mostly due to them that we keep enjoying a tale. If they are not interested or engaging in are eyes then we as viewers would have less incentive to keep following them but if the opposite happens then we gladly continue observe their every move and get invested in their fate. Shinpei is the protagonist of the story whose most important trait is that he is very smart and learns from mistakes while also implementing new ideas based on various experiences and its this trait of his along kindness that makes audience sympathize and root for him. Ushio who is a friend of Shinpei and one whose story strongly revolves around is also a force that makes people want to keep watching due to her funny personality and chemistry that she has with Shinpei and the rest of the cast. The opposite could be said about antagonistic forces who are very smart and cunning which makes their tackles with protagonist that much more interesting to follow and the way in which Shinpei and co try to overcome those obstacles combined with bonds that they build is what is so appealing. Story is part where people opinions would mostly differ and it depends on the mindset that you put while watching the show. Given its premise and what has been established throughout there are a lot of ideas that the author uses later on that were placed from the start and carefully introduced and expands various concepts to keep things fresh and interesting to follow. While the mystery aspect is one of the driving elements that initially dragged many into the show there is another element that makes each episode that much more intriguing and it’s the psychological aspect that both the protagonist and the antagonist share which makes their encounters so great in the first place. Usually one force would overcome the other through sheer power difference and there would be no way for the other to even touch the opponent but once mind comes to play many various doors appear to open with different ways to tackle opponent, however opening these doors alone and finding key is not enough when an enemy adapts so quickly to the protagonist and outwits them in a way that most of the times doesn’t feel cheap but its something that is a logical conclusion based upon the evidence that was brought before and the way to beat it has also been there. While I should not be mentioning a release model In a review due to the way we experience medium in a different way but I believe that those elements that I mentioned heavily shine once watched on a weekly basis because a mystery series heavily relies on clues, thinking so having time to slowly process that is an important element. Animation is an aspect that is the most appealing to many people and seeing various clips would convince one to take a chance with a series and while Summer Time Rendering does have its share of impressive episodes what I have to say is the consistency in drawings throughout consecutive 2 cour was maintained and neither felt way off or distracted from experience. When it was necessary to have dynamic movement and camera the staff and freelancers brought thanks to connections managed to pull it off in spectacular way which added this fantasy element that sure was present from the beginning but added this new flavor to it. There were also cases of subtle character animation that is slowly fading away as time goes on but is aspect that brings character to life through expressions, movement and subtle elements that combined could add to the immersion too. The OST while feeling out of place at times for the most part was an integral part of the story that set the mood correctly depending on the circumstances sometimes delivering intense music with choir and vocal while in others a calm and soothing type like the sound of waves crashing on the surface. I had a very good time watching this series partially due to being an anime only but other that I was heavily invested in the characters and story presented. Each episode made me want to see more and left me with various thoughts that I could use in order to figure stuff out and it this weekly experience is what in my eyes made this such a memorable show. All of these aspects mentioned above combined into something that was no doubt worth the time investing into even if it took months to get it done but even so the hours spend on watching and bonding with these characters were certainly not for naught and I’m sure that those feelings that I had throughout be it sad or happy will remain in me for years ahead. Those 3 days were short but felt like an eternity. The presence of time depends on how you how you love it and with whom you live it. The memories and bonds you share with others will make the dullest day one of the brightest ones. Though we may never experience something as unnatural as this story what we could get from it is a lesson to be remembered. It may have been a dream and it may soon fade into nothingness but I’m sure that even in parts of a puzzle they would remain in your heart and shape you into a better person, but whatever you shall do with this memory and will you toss it away or not depends only on you alone.
__Summertime Rendering__ is essentially one of the most underwatched and underappreciated show this past season. It's been awhile since we get to experience a good time conceptual anime paired with a horror and supernatural element. I havent really enjoyed a mystery thriller show this much in such a very long time and for me, this will prolly be one of the best if not the best mystery anime to have come out this year. Its a type of show that when you put on the next episode, a unexpected and/or a mindblowing plot-twist happens then opens up another set of intriguing mystery to be explore by the next episode and each sequence adds a very well-put element and essential informations that makes the entire premise better and much more interesting as it progresses. ~~~img500(https://i.imgur.com/L30U5vJ.gif)~~~ The story structure follows a very compelling and mixed up scenarios as revealed progressively and yet a very well-paced plot executions. Generally speaking, it is divided into 2 parts (comprehensive mystery part) which delivers and elevates well with how it manipulates you into creating theories and prediction that radically engross you to be more invested to the show, And (stimulating action part) which may or may not be a hella at its best and breathtaking like any other action shows but it still keeps you at the edge of your seat. The efficiency of thrill and emotions that this show has managed to bring out of me in a various ways is an indicative of a really good and incredible story telling. It executes great on its premise, everything is just lined up and make sense, I got clear answers for the entirety of what is happening and a very satisfying conclusion thats unexpectedly made me speechless! ~~~img500(https://i.imgur.com/bSrKzr9.gif)~~~ Lastly, Let's talk about Characters. One of the best element of the show narratively, is the great characterizations. Basically all of them are great but I'm just gonna mention the main thing for the MC and Antagonist since this show is too reticent about each characters and also to avoid spoilers, - We have Shinpei a smart MC that literally knows what he is doing, tho he may have folded and fumbled in some circumstance but thats the thing, you need your main character to have flaws and difficulties in order to experience being beaten up, it is intended for him to do some stupid move and dull moments to have an equal tension and unravel things he needs to improve. - The Antagonist who are also very smart into playing its cards right that each actions and decisions made make sense. It may not have the best reasons to what they were intended to do but it doesn't necessarily have to be that impressive to understand how genuine of a character it is. It is pretty straightforward but it goes along very well with the story and dynamic conflict. It is literally the game of chest for these rivalry where the difficulty level is raised after each and every loop. Perfectly balance atmosphere. ~~~img500(https://i.imgur.com/cmMZPvv.gif)~~~ __Overall :__ Summertime rendering has its own league, an Anime worth one for the history books! It's a show that I will definitely comeback to or rewatch and that I care about deeply, a show thats surely fun to talk about or discuss with someone. It's been a very exciting, horrifying, and emotional ride along with countless episode rewatch just to build up theories and solve mysteries, its been really really fun and i'm glad to have genuinely experienced it. P.S. : OPs and EDs are a banger! esp OP 1 <3< /p>
>**Name: Summer Time Rendering** **Aired: 2022.04.15 ~ 2022.09.30** **Watched: 2022.04.15 ~ 2022.09.30** **Origin: Manga** **Studio: OLM** img600(https://lostinanime.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Summertime-Render-04-1.jpg) *Since the nature of the anime is a time-loop anime there will be some spoiler tags* **Animation: 10/10** From the Studio and the director that surprised us with Komi Can't Communicate, Studio OLM and Ayumu Watanabe did it again. The animation style stayed true to the original manga and managed to go an extra mile to flourish them into a beautiful masterpiece. For a time-loop / mystery genre anime, battle sequences are usually exposed as a weakness; however, the animation upheld it's high quality in dynamic movement sequences and the camera work was spectacular. The animation quality stayed consistent for both seasons and was appealing to watch. **Music: 10/10** Being unfamiliar with the music director Ryuuichi Takada, I had to do some research on his previous works. One that caught my eyes was Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-. This alone explained the marvelous OST's I was hearing throughout the anime. There are numerous tracks that Summer Time Rendering offers that are spectacular to listen to; however, my honorable mentions would be "Uzu" as the OST that defines the anime, "Honmei" for the hype that it brings for the final battle and "Rinne" for the feels moment. **Uzu** youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oA-d_IdMAHE) **Honmei** youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzana7mnx6Y) **Rinne** youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LsAxoiOQneY) **Plot: 10/10** For a time-loop / mystery anime, plot is what really makes or breaks the anime. As my scores suggest, the plot was impeccable. By end of the anime, all the questions were answered and the extra epilogue episode is just cherry on top where viewers get to sit back and relax while enjoying. The anime was definitely unpredictable, many mysteries and twists surprise the viewers in a good way and the plot twists were not forced. Overall the writing was clean and clearly connects all the dots by end of the anime. There were many psychological and physical aspects that the protagonists were questioned with along their adventure and those problems were resolved in a rather ingenious way which strengthened the "unpredictable" aspect of the anime. The entire anime in their timeline only takes place within 2 days; however, the pacing of the anime was great and did not feel slow at all. ~!God was I happy to see July 25th!~ **Character: 9/10** All the main characters in Summer Time Rendering was original and had a character of some sort. Ushio being extremely lovable character and Shinpei being the protagonist that isn't a hinderance. However, the character that really outshined others in the anime in my personal opinion would be Nagumo Sensei (Hizuru). She was the brain in the squad and had the physical capabilities to resolve issues, thanks to ~!her double personality deceased brother Ryuunosuke.!~ Hizuru's seems cold and uncaring at first glance, but deep down we learn that she's cares about the others the most and willing to put herself in the frontlines to aid others. The intimate connection between Ushio and Shinpei was also expressed beautifully and Ushio being a tsundere she is made it even better when the scenes actually hit. I personally wish for the best for Mio, I hope she finds happiness. I ended up deducting 1 score from characters since I didn't really see growth in the characters. They were all the same characters from the first time they were introduced and stayed that way until the end. ~!Even if there were any sort of growth, they were all nullified at the end anyways.!~ **Personal Enjoyment: 10/10** Watching Summer Time Rendering from the day it aired to the finale episode was a rollercoaster of joy. I usually watch the first episode or two when the seasonal anime drops and save the rest so I can binge it when it ends; however, for this anime I just had to watch it on weekly basis. It's one of those anime where it's just so addicting that you cannot go on another week without knowing what's going to happen next. It's been a decade since a masterpiece time-loop anime came around (Steins;Gate) and it was truly a gift to the viewers. img600(https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/09/49231-16645022250769-1920.jpg) >#**Overall: 98/100**
Summer Time Rendering is essentially one of the most intriguing horror-suspense stories that spawned without a shadow of a doubt a supernatural intrigue: conceptual elements being time loops in which the premise of the story managed to pull off flawlessly. As of the time of this writing, this well-received adaptation of the popular work by mangaka Yasuki Tanaka had been regrettably gone unnoticed due to an infamous release model. Grievances here and there but it speaks of how captivating the entirety of the series turned out to be. It's a riveting mystery-thriller that manages to elicit fright and immediate tension. Every single episode there's a degree of anticipation turned anxiety, as the perfectly hidden shockers disparate with deaths and betrayals are concisely set up in dreadful proportions. Tantalizing plot twists concurrently, inducing an all-consuming curiosity to explore the next strange yet mystifying incident that takes place. Sequences of events are connected in irreversible coincidences and necessary intel relayed for the viewer to piece together themselves. The series can be summed up into 2 distinct parts: the first half dabbles into the full-scale uncertainty the mystery aspect entails, along with bloody gore and sure to excite the viewer. The latter half, while not as enigmatic, the shonen action portion still enhances the show. It still keeps you on the edge of your seat with impressive set pieces: well-choreographed movements and special effects, aided nicely with a chilling OST to accompany for good measure. It speaks of how monumental storytelling is when it showcases so many thrills and emotions. Time loops are difficult to truly grasp the entirety of in writing and overall story structure. Only a few that bear mentioning, such as Re:ZERO and Higurashi, expertly succeeded on implementing that plot device. Summer Time however, managed to do just that and even more. Characters were initiated into the proceedings, as every one of them had a role to play. Their engagement factor as appreciative qualities affect how we otherwise might enjoy a story. Thankfully they have endearing traits easy to comprehend, either rooting for or against. The protagonist Shinpei easily became one of the best characters to grace the screen. His intellectual predilection for mysteries already kept me up to speed with his trained level of thought. He takes ideas and reintegrates them into strategies to more capably turn the tables. His upfront warmth and sympathetic nature for others aligned with an unrelenting fury when paired against the antagonists made him a force to be reckoned with. He's smart and knows exactly what to do when confronted with a situation albeit with some existent flaws at the moment. Ushio serves as a co-lead and an affectionate person to invest in. Her story strongly revolves around the main plot, herself an important factor in the mysterious happenings. She has an amusing personality and her dynamic with Shin makes them the perfect power couple. The antagonists serve as a great foil to our main characters. They're very manipulative and cunning, able to orchestrate unrestrained tragedy without a single notice. Their true goal is parsed over time and the emotional drawback to such a revelation pays dividends. Seeing Shin and the others try and fail, then succeed and flop their chances repeatedly over many loops interests me immensely. Them overcoming these obstacles while obtaining the bonds they've cultivated is what really sells you on the harrowing scenarios prescient within. It's practically a game of cat and mouse: each outsmarting the other in wholly innovative directions and the results pay off immensely. Difficulty level just rises exponentially which makes it even better. Animation is consistently solid. Characters were surprisingly on model within a limited production at OLM Studios. The staff are nothing to scoff at, as the mostly outsourced episodes proved to be splendid with a steady continuity of well-maintained drawings making it stand out. High-octane movements that were incredibly dynamic as a result. Camera angles sure to please with a deep level of immersion added nicely to expressive character animation, which is used sparingly to better exemplify the supernatural-fantasy elements grounded in realism. The show's narrative structure adds a lot to the betterment of everyone's characterization. Music also, with intense scenes receiving an invading chorus consisting of foreboding. Other parts embellished with a tearful calm and soothing vibes, waves converging upon the surface. It was a gripping, horrifying, and emotional journey across mere days replayed across what felt like infinite loops (it wasn't). From start to finish the characters freed from this nightmare tinged with Shadows impacted me greatly with a multitude of laconic memories to cherish.
__Overview:__ Disney doing anime? An anime that is relatively dark in content too? Hmm, they really are in everything. Not the first big company, Universal also does a bit of a dabble. Anyways, Summeritme Render is about time travel. Not a traditional sense of time travel, one that is loops, sort of like a VN but not. It is more similar to Re;Zero and Steins;Gate mixed together. The type of time travel covered is a finite amount of loops that can be done with each progressively getting closer to the end. Avoiding death delays the inevitable further and the amount of time that shifts is not 100% certain, there is still a bit of uncertainty to how far forward. More details uncovered about this power as story progresses. Each loop is further progression right? Heh, well one could say that. As the ending is a conclusion afterall. With the journey to get there quite something with several ups and downs, twists and turns. Not all being shock value, mind blowing twists. There are a few that will make the viewer sit back in awe, while other times sitting there going `mah man`. The journey to uncover all that’s happening to this island he grew up on while seeking what he believes to be a perfect future is a good way of putting it. __Visuals/Music:__ Visuals are something else, by far they are done to a very high standard 95% of the time. Especially come the end, there was no slacking and full throttle. Very surprising considering the studio is OLM, the one that does Pokemon… ya who knew they would go from child friendly to, keep the kids away, daddys turn on the TV. From character design, movements and vibrancy when needed is all there. With details to match each scenes foreground and background. Its all there and no complaints, waiting for a blueray release to see the touchups is going to be quite something. Making great even better. Music, well they really didn’t hold back a budget. Silence is used accordingly with a mix of sound effects only to really be impactful. Then when osts are needed for intense scenes, there it is. Followed by the more emotional scenes having tracks that meld perfect with what is happening. Was no point where it felt out of place, too intense or even wrong. __Final Thoughts:__ Very highly recommended to others looking for a complete and quick story. A good comparison of quality would be Parasyte. Both are about on par with how good they are. There is action, death and a nice conclusion that has a lil cherry on top ending dialog that draws forth content. Due to being on Disney Japan, will hinder the broader audience it can reach internationally and even locally in Japan. Sad Disney didn’t choose to do the same they are doing with bleach where its Disney internationally with a bonus broadcast on hulu in US. Should be hulu internationally as well but who knows what goes through big corporations heads. Spoiler~! for ending to clarify something that was shown but may not have been understood is a paradox. At a glance it may seem that the paradox was created by going back in time to place the eye, however that isn’t the paradox. The paradox is the shadows themselves. As the ending shows, without shadows a perfect world is reached and obtained. Them going back and eliminating the shadows from existing and warping the timeline allows for proper flow of time. Shadows had the ability to change a timeline by the works of the 2 eyes. With the power gone and shadows erased the paradox that originally split the timeline is fixed. Some I saw saying the paradox is them going back and fixing that problem with Haine and the whale which would make it impossible thus a paradox. Looking at it as the shadows existence itself is a paradox explains how thinking that way is misleading and untrue since the shadows shouldn’t have existed in the first place. !~ Final note, Haine best girl, easily best girl hehe. :mrclean: Characters (main) – 4/5 Characters (sub) – 4/5 Enjoyment – 4/5 Visuals – 5/5 Music – 5/5 Story – 5/5 `Overall Ratings - Rec: 4/5 Raw: 90%`
~~~img420(https://assets.cdn.moviepilot.de/files/e50dac66fa808e531e3f118ebdf96e94af9387835ef4bfd55d0892236144/limit/1024/2000/MV5BOGNjYmZlZGItODg2MC00NWYxLTkyYjktYzFjZmJkMmNmYjYwXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTEzMTI1Mjk3.jpg)~~~ ___ I finally managed to watch Summer time rendering. And it really blew my mind. I've heard it said a lot like a combination of Higurashi, Re:Zero and Erased. And you must know i love all of the 3 anime. And that's why I thought either this anime is going to be just incredibly good or just really bad. And luckily it was the first of the two. So as a start the question: "How good is Summer Time Rendering?" from the title of the review. If I answer directly, this anime is really really good and I can only recommend it to you. At first I thought this was more of a slice of live anime or a comedy anime set in the summer. Because the one girl in the anime is wearing a swimsuit, but I was so wrong about that. I have to say first of all. It's really a combination of Higurashi and Re:zero and also a bit of Erased. I couldn't really believe it at first. But the story and the characters and even the background music really gave me vibes from the 3 anime. You'll definitely understand once you've watched the anime. In any case, I can already recommend it 100% to everyone who is a fan of Higurashi, Re:zero and/or Erased. __________ __Story: 10/10__ I went into this anime really blind. Without having had any prior knowledge. The only thing I knew was that the anime was supposed to be like Higurashi, Re:zero and Erased. At the beginning you are thrown straight into the world of Summertime Rendering without any explanation and you only experience everything little by little. I love something like that in general, that you can make up your own mind about how and what and why happened. And I found the story interesting right from the start and I wanted to know everything about why things happened the way they did. There was also an opening, which I don't think was that good, but it didn't spoil anything and really anticipated it. On the other hand, I found that to be really good. (The 2nd opening, on the other hand, was really good and couldn't really anticipate anything from the story, because you roughly knew the story at the time.) What do I think is part of every good story, that it is well thought out, from start to finish. And you get all your questions answered. And that was definitely the story of Summer Time Rendering. And the whole development and structure of the story was implemented really well. There were always moments in the anime where you have this mind blowing moment and are always surprised by the story. And I love that. And on top of that, the ending was really perfect and fantastic and it was a really fitting and good ending for this anime. As you've already noticed, there really isn't anything particularly bad about this story, and that means definitely. __Musik/Sounds and voice actors: 9/10__ Opinions differ widely on this point in particular. But from my point of view, the voices of all the important characters also fitted really well. In addition, the background music, especially at the beginning, really reminded me of that of Re:zero and Higurashi. And I think the music was really perfect for this kind of anime. And above all, the music at the end was really perfectly chosen and really hit me emotionally again. The sound effects were really good too. __Characters 10/10__ I think the characters are portrayed really well. You really noticed and saw how the characters developed over the course of the anime and learned from their mistakes and other things. In addition, every character that was important also got a backstory scene, which I really liked. Not every anime does something like that, and I particularly noticed it here. It definitely strengthened my understanding of the characters. And in general I think the characters fit the anime really well and their character types were implemented well. __Enjoyment: 9,8/10__ I was really immersed in the anime's story from start to finish. And I couldn't stop watching because I wanted to know what's going to happen next and how it will end. There were 1-2 scenes that really only bothered me a little while watching, but they weren't relevant to the story or anime at all and I think I'm the only one who found them annoying. __Art and Animation: 9/10__ The animations were definitely very good. In any case, I didn't notice anything bad. On the other hand, there weren't many scenes where I would say: "The animation is sooo good, I love it." But there were definitely beautiful animations in the most important scenes. And for this kind of anime, the animations were definitely good. __Over all 10/10__ In any case, I really liked the anime and I loved the story and it captivated me. In addition, the anime really made me think about everything and triggered a lot of emotions in me and I think that's what makes a good anime, doesn't it? In any case, I can actually recommend this anime to everyone and especially people who like the mystery and the topic of parallel universes and time travel, time loops, etc. who will particularly like it. By the way, I'm one of those people. In addition, I love something like that when you build real theories from our real world into an anime. Donald Davidson's "swampman theory" was incorporated into this anime, for example, and it also fitted the story perfectly. And like I said, the ending was really, really good. There really isn't much negative I can say about the anime. _____ img2209(https://media.tenor.com/Rok1RbUSunIAAAAC/summer-time.gif) __~~~ Thanks for reading my review on Summer Time Rendering <3~~~__ _____ __My last thoughts(Read this after Watching the Anime)__ ~!One thing that still bothers me now was the question that Ajiro, Shinpei asked Karikiri, Masahito. "If the original is copied completely with all feelings and emotions and DNA and experiences etc., is it still a copy or is it already the original" This question made me think a lot and I really tried to answer this question for myself, but unfortunately I haven't found the right answer until now...!~ ____
Summertime Rendering is a thriller mystery anime series with a time travel premise which is something that I am really interested in. Time travel to me has always been this mix of fantasy and science fiction and I really like this blend of qualia. The nature of time travel in this series however leans heavily on the fantasy side which is still fine because the time travel aspect is what I am most interested in fundamentally. From a production standpoint, it is really professionally made with clean art, expressive and dynamic animation during its action scenes accompanied by a fitting sci-fi vibe soundtrack reminiscent of Tenet. And I absolutely love soundtracks like this which give a pressing and hype sense of urgency that every second counts while watching those scenes where the protagonists are fighting not only against the monsters but against time itself. I wish they make more of use this soundtrack. The series definitely has a really interesting premise and intriguing mystery. Everything feels out of place and wrong like it shouldn't be. This uneasiness is reflected in the cast of the characters as each of them at times seems to be more puzzled than grieving at the tragedy that is introduced in the beginning. I really feel that its premise and its lead up to the chaotic apocalypse that is going to happen is slightly rushed and it should be given more time to cook for me to be invested not only in the mystery but the characters and their home. But it is fine because I there are several other series that made me care more and more about the characters as the series progressed such as Erased. But here is the problem I believe, I never really cared more about the characters the more I watched. Not to say I did not care about them at all, probably admittedly I am quite an empathetic person that can easily relate and care for characters solely based on what they are going through and what they want to achieve; in this case the main protagonist's anxiety of losing his friends and his commitment to protect them and their home. But I don't really connect with him beyond that. It's akin to seeing a stranger rushing into a burning building to save lives, you definitely root for them but that feeling would be so much stronger if it is someone you know. I think there is a bit too much hand-holding in the way they explain its exposition for my taste. I prefer to decipher the plot and narratives for myself even if it means sometimes not fully understanding the specifics of how the story got from A to B. The only time I feel infuriated when not understanding the story is when I absolutely give my 100% attention and even fail to do so even when I do research either by rewinding or reading forums because it is just badly written. But for Summertime Rendering the plot is really easy to follow due to its hand-holding to the point I feel slightly patronized. Lastly, for such an exposition-heavy story I don't think it works best for the medium of Anime. This is related to my previous point as there is so much explanation that sometimes feels like I am listening to a lecture. If this was in the form of a manga I think I would be more patient with it because it is something that I can absorb through reading quickly. I have seen heavy exposition adapted perfectly visually in Anime before: like Demon Slayers' no-exposition straight-to-action approach example. But I can see how it is not the easiest thing to do, still, it's a point I believe warrants some criticism. Overall, it was alright. Love the concept, love the production quality, the characters were not the best but never unlikable either, feels slow and wordy a lot of the time but its last few episodes are admittedly hype and it was a sweet ending. Pretty cool.
~~~I wrote this review when I watched the last episode of Summer Time Render during fall of 2022. Because of that all the written down thoughts and impression you will read below personate still my honest and unadulterated feelings about the series. At first, I have to say that few anime were able to rise my interest so much after being introduced to the story, the environment and it's characters, in the first episodes. It happens very rarely that an anime has this special vibe surrounding it and an interesting premise as it's foundation, that I fully absorbed by it, watched multiple episodes successively, after getting in touch with it for the first time. It was a knew and unfamiliar feeling for me to get that engaged in a plot, and develop a curiosity to know more and discover new aspects of the story. If I didn't had a watching routine, I would've bingewatched this show with certainty. One of the key qualities of this anime are the one after another created twists, as well as difficult situations and problematic tasks, that have to be solved. In my case, they always got me with that, I was always curious to know, with what procedure they would engage, the new situation at hand and what instruments could be the solution for it. The thrill during the first episodes was on another level. Especially the characters of the show are a great plus. They all differ, have various backgrounds and distinct characteristics. What has to be point out in this context is, the amount of good written female characters in the series. Back to all characters in the show, my favorite among them all, happens to be Nezu-san, or in another term, the old bearded sniper, he's a calm and collected fellow and has this aura of life-experience and seriousness around him. In addition to that, he's a badass when it comes to fighting. img400(https://randomc.net/image/Summertime%20Render/Summertime%20Render%20-%2015%20-%20Large%2009.jpg) From the two openings, I considerably prefer the second one. youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsYbt0sBYWo) Aside of that, I found the music mostly fitting to the atmosphere and the presented situation, but none of it soundtracks sticked to my mind permanently. As a negative aspect, I unfortunately can't avoid to remark, that the show lost it's magic for me, in the last episodes.~! (Since it was less about riddles and mysteries and more about combat, which can be explained since there was few new things to discover, one was already known to the abilities, elements and characters of the show).!~ Also the ending left me a bit disappointed, it's admittedly logical and reasonable but I didn't got me from an emotional perspective. ~!(I just didn't like that they rewrote history itself, not just a few days, and that all those memories, experiences, relations had been fade away. A happy ending for everyone, with the exclusion of myself as a viewer, not for me :D) !~ But that doesn't negate the fact, that we talk about a great mystery show, which I would always recommend :) img600(https://www.animetoast.cc/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/v52521.jpg) ~~~
_[The post is written in Bengali language]_ # ~~~ʻʻIt's not about how long you lived. It's about how well you lived. —Minakata Hizuruʼʼ~~~ __"...আমাকে খুঁজতে ভুলো না শিনপেই। মিওকে রক্ষা করবে, ঠিক আছে?"__ উশিও... বলে চিৎকার দিয়ে জেগে উঠে শিনপেই। উপরের কথাগুলো তার কানে বাজছিল। এগুলো স্বপ্ন কি বাস্তব, তা এখনও বুঝে উঠতে পারেনি সে। [২২ জুলাই] পিতামাতার মৃত্যুর পর কোফুনে পরিবারে আলান কোফুনে আর তার দুই মেয়ে উশিও ও মিওর সাথে হিতোগাশিমা দ্বীপে তার বেড়ে উঠা। পড়ালেখা চালিয়ে যেতে টোকিওতে পাড়ি জমায় সে। উশিওর আকস্মিক মৃত্যুর খবরে দু'বছর পর প্রথমবারের মতো দ্বীপে ফেরত আসা। কোবায়াকাওয়া শিওরি নামের এক ছোট্ট মেয়েকে উদ্ধার করতে গিয়ে ডুবে মারা যায় উশিও। প্রচলিত সত্য এটি হলেও অন্ত্যেষ্টিক্রিয়ায় এসে নতুন কিছু আবিষ্কার করে শিনপেই। তার বন্ধু সু, উশিওর গলায় পাওয়া ক্ষত চিহ্নের ব্যাপারে জানায় তাকে। ক্ষতচিহ্নের কথা শুনে খুনের সম্ভাবনার কথা ভাবতে থাকে শিনপেই। বলা বাহুল্য, সু'র পিতা হিশিগাতা সেইদু দ্বীপের একজন প্রসিদ্ধ ডাক্তার। [২৩ জুলাই] এদিকে দ্বীপ থেকে কোবায়াকাওয়া ফ্যামিলির সবাই হঠাৎ নিখোঁজ হয়ে গেলে, ঘটে যাওয়া সকল বিষয় নিয়ে মিওর সাথে আলাপ করে শিনপেই। মিও জানায়- উশিওর মৃত্যুর সাপ্তাহ খানেক আগে হুবহু উশিওর মত দেখতে এক মেয়ে উশিওকে সব জায়গায় ফলো করতো; এমনকি উশিওর মৃত্যুর একদিন আগে সে নিজেও স্বচক্ষে এটিকে দেখতে পায়। তাদের এই আলাপচারিতার একপর্যায়ে উঠে আসে দ্বীপের পুরনো এক লোককাহিনীর কথা। >প্রচলিত আছে যে, ছায়া রোগে (শ্যাডো সিকনেস) আক্রান্ত ব্যক্তি নিজের ছায়া (শ্যাডো) দেখতে পেত। আর যারাই নিজের ছায়া দেখতে পেত, তাদের মৃত্যু ছিল অবধারিত। তারা প্রত্যেকে নিজের ছায়ার দ্বারা খুন হতো। এমনকি ছায়া যার রূপ ধারণ করত, তার পরিবারের সবাইকে খুন করে ছাড়ত। পীড়িত লোকজন নিজেদের পরিশুদ্ধ করতে হিরুকো (জাপানি জেলেদের ভাগ্য দেবতা)-এর কাছে প্রার্থনার জন্য যেত। এসব শুনে দ্বীপের উপাসনালয়ে যাওয়ার সিদ্ধান্ত নেয় তারা। কিন্তু সেখানে পৌঁছানোর পর তারা এমন এক ঘটনার সাক্ষী হয়, যা তাদেরকে বাকরুদ্ধ করে দেয়। শুধু তাই নয়, উক্ত ঘটনার পর শিনপেইর সাথে যা ঘটে তা ছিল শিনপেইর জন্য ব্যাখ্যাতীত। [২২ জুলাই] উশিওর মৃত্যুর খবর পেয়ে দু'বছর পর প্রথমবারের মতো দ্বীপে আসে শিনপেই। কিন্তু সবকিছু তার কাছে কেমন যেন দেজা ভ্যু লাগছে। এসব আগেও ঘটেছিল কি না ভেবে চিন্তায় পড়ে যায় সে। তবে যাইহোক, এবার সুযোগকে কাজে লাগিয়ে যে করেই হোক হিতোগাশিমা দ্বীপের অন্ধকার রহস্যের সাথে লড়াই করতঃ উশিওর শেষকথা রাখতে- মিওকে তার রক্ষা করতেই হবে। কিন্তু শিনপেই কি আর জানতো এটি করতে গিয়ে যে সে ফেঁসে গেছে ইটার্নাল হরর এবং কল্পনা ও ব্যাখ্যাতীত এক লুপের মাঝে! Afterwords: রিলিজের টাইমে ভালো রেটিং পাওয়ার পর লিস্টে রেখেও ইগ্নোর করছিলাম মূলত এর মূল পোস্টারটি দেখে (পোস্টে সেটি ইউজ করিনি)। ভেবেছিলাম স্লাইস-লাইফ টিনএইজ ড্রামা হয়ত হবে। পরবর্তীতে নির্দিষ্ট জনরার অ্যানিমে খুঁজতে গিয়ে পুনরায় এটি সামনে আসলে এবার প্রথম এপিসোডটি ট্রাই করে দেখার সিদ্ধান্ত নেই এবং এপিসোডটি শেষ হওয়ার আগেই এতে হুকড হতে সময় লাগেনি আমার। খুবই ইন্টারেস্টিং প্লট এবং মাল্টি জনরার অ্যানিমে। মাল্টি জনরা বলার কারণ হচ্ছে- একটি অ্যানিমের মধ্যেই অ্যাকশন, ড্রামা, রোমান্স, সাইফাই, ফ্যান্টাসি, থ্রিলার, মিস্ট্রি সহ আরও সাবজনরার উপস্থিত এতে রয়েছে। প্রতিটি এপিসোডই প্লটের জন্য গুরুত্বপূর্ণ বিধায় কোনো এপিসোড দেখার পরে মনে হয়নি এটি না বানালেও চলত। তাছাড়া এপিসোড যত সামনে এগোয় প্লট ততই আরও কমপ্লেক্স হতে থাকে ফলে, মনোযোগ অন্যদিকে সরানোর কোনো উপায় নেই। কিছু জায়গায় অতিরিক্ত কমপ্লেক্সিটির কারণে মাথা আউলিয়ে যেতে পারে, যা একদম স্বাভাবিক বিষয়। তবে এতে দেখার ইনজয়মেন্টে প্রভাব ফেলবে না। কোনো না কোনো কারণে স্টোরিতে আটকে থাকতে হবে। সো ফার অ্যানিমেটি নিয়ে তেমন একটা আলোচনা দেখা যায় না। এমনকি ইউটিউবেও রিভিউ কম রিয়েকশন পোস্ট অল্পস্বল্প। যার কারণে শুনতে অবাক লাগলেও এটিকে আন্ডাররেটেড জেম বলতে বাধ্য হচ্ছি। যারা মাথা ঘোরানো টাইম-ট্রাভেল বা টাইম-লুপ কনসেপ্টের সিরিজ লাইক করেন, তাদের জন্য এটি মাস্ট ওয়াচ। আর যারা ডার্ক দেখে ভেবেছিলেন এর চেয়ে কমপ্লেক্স কিছু হতে পারে না, তারা ট্রাই করতে পারেন। তখন ডার্ককেও হয়তো আর কমপ্লেক্স মনে হবে না! কেউ যদি বলে এত প্রশংসার পর আমি নিজে সবকিছু বুঝেছি কি না, আমার উত্তর হবে- না!
__This review may contain spoilers:__ "Summertime Rendering" is a unique anime that explores time looping in a fresh and intriguing way. Unlike other anime where the main character loops to save one person, this show has the MC looping to save everyone. The anime wastes no time in introducing the looping concept, and it's fascinating to see how quickly the shadows figure out his ability. The explanation behind the time looping is pretty clear, and the drawback of looping with the event horizon coming close adds tension to the show. One of the most interesting aspects of "Summertime Rendering" is the addition of the antagonist also looping, which keeps things interesting and unpredictable. This is exemplified when Hizuru dies despite killing Shide in the previous loop. The anime also delves into the psychological aspect of whether there is any difference between someone and their perfect copy, adding another layer of depth to the show. The final scene of the final episode was truly touching and beautifully executed. After all the trials and tribulations the characters went through, I was concerned that their experiences would be forgotten, rendering their efforts pointless. However, the scene portrayed the characters with a semblance of their memories of the loops and the events that took place. This added a sense of closure to the story, leaving the audience with a bittersweet feeling of hope and nostalgia. It was a lovely and heartwarming conclusion to a unique and intriguing anime. However, there are some issues with the show that need to be addressed. Firstly, it's unclear why the MC started at the 22nd July (boob scene :P) the very first time he went back, especially since his respawn time should have been way back since he never did this before and the event horizon moves considerably slower. Additionally, Haine's desire to leave to her planet with her family is confusing as it's not clear who her family is. Leaving Nezu alone in episode 14 is also puzzling, either a dumb strategy or a very big oversight. Furthermore, there are several unanswered questions in the show. These include how Shinpei received the eye and what sort of monster Gill (and others like him) is. Additionally, it's unclear how her brother's shadow possessed Hizuru, especially since shadows were never shown to be able to do such things anywhere else. Finally, the scene where Haine erased all of the oxygen from the hall in episode 15 was not clear since shadows should only be able to copy stuff. Overall, "Summertime Rendering" is a unique and intriguing anime that explores the concept of time looping in a fresh and innovative way. While it has its flaws and unanswered questions, the show is worth watching for its fascinating storyline, well-developed characters, and psychological depth. It's definitely a show that will keep you guessing until the end, and the final scene is a satisfying conclusion that ties everything together. Despite its flaws, "Summertime Rendering" is definitely worth a watch for fans of the time looping genre or those looking for something different and thought-provoking.
~~~img410(https://wallpapercave.com/wp/wp11257933.png)~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ >“Don't forget to find me.”- Ushio ~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ Writing time loop stories is difficult, and they frequently leave the audience disappointed. It's really difficult to execute a story this effectively and have few to no issues. To my perspective, Summer Time Rendering has succeeded in offering a pleasant experience from beginning to end that I would gladly return to in the near future. Let's go out on a voyage to Hitogashima, where hidden mysteries exist that will transform anybody working for a better tomorrow. ~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsYbt0sBYWo)~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ Characters play a crucial role in a story, and they are mostly responsible for our continued enjoyment of it. We viewers would be less inclined to continue watching them if they did not pique our attention or engage our gaze, but if the contrary occurred, we would be happy to continue keeping an eye on them and become emotionally engaged in their outcome. The main character of the novel, Shinpei, is highly smart and learns from his mistakes while also integrating new ideas based on numerous experiences. This quality, together with his generosity, causes the audience to identify with and support him. Due to her comedic attitude and the connection she has with Shinpei and the rest of the cast, Ushio, a friend of Shinpei whose tale is mostly centered around her, is another force that draws viewers in. The opposite could be said about the antagonistic forces, who are very intelligent and cunning, which makes their encounters with the protagonist even more interesting to follow. What makes this story so compelling is how Shinpei and company attempt to overcome those challenges while forming bonds with one another. ~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~img410(https://images6.alphacoders.com/126/1267556.jpg)~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ People's perspectives on the show's plot will most likely vary, and how you view it will depend on your frame of mind. Given the book's premise and what has already been established, the author employs several notions that were presented carefully at the beginning and expanded on later to make the story exciting and new. While the mystery element is one of the main attractions that initially drew many viewers to the show, there is another element that adds even more intrigue to each episode, and that element is the psychological connection that both the protagonist and the antagonist have, which initially makes their interactions so great. Opening these doors alone and finding the key is not enough when an enemy adapts so quickly to the protagonist and outwits them in a way that most of the time doesn't feel cheap but is something that is a logical conclusion to the situation because normally one force would overcome the other through sheer power difference and there would be no way for the other to even touch the opponent. The release model shouldn't be mentioned, but I will A mystery series largely focuses on clues and thinking, so having time to gently absorb that is a vital factor. Although we each experience media in various ways, I believe that those components greatly shine once viewed on a weekly basis. ~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGG3OyeOfSM)~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ While Summer Time Rendering does have its fair share of impressive episodes, what I have to say is that the consistency in drawings throughout consecutive 2 cour was maintained and neither felt way off or distracted from experience. Animation is an aspect that is most appealing to many people, and seeing various clips would convince one to take a chance with a series. The employees and independent contractors provided through contacts were able to pull it off spectacularly when dynamic movement and camera work were required, adding a fantasy aspect that was undoubtedly present from the start but gave it a fresh taste. There have also been instances of subtle character animation, which is progressively disappearing but adds to the immersion by bringing characters to life through emotions, movement, and other little details. Although it occasionally felt out of place, the OST was a crucial component of the narrative and helped to set the right mood, depending on the situation. It sometimes delivered intense music with choir and vocals, while in other instances it delivered a calm and soothing type like the sound of waves crashing on the surface. ~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvZquo5uSno)~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ I enjoyed watching this series a lot, in part because it was all anime, but also because I felt a strong connection to the characters and plot. Each episode piqued my interest and left me with a variety of ideas I might utilize to solve problems. In my opinion, it was this weekly experience that made this such a memorable show. Even though it took months to complete, all of the aforementioned factors combined to create something that was undeniably worth the time investment. The hours spent watching and developing relationships with these characters were undoubtedly worthwhile, and I'm confident that those emotions, whether happy or sad, will stick with me for years to come. ~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~img410(https://e1.pxfuel.com/desktop-wallpaper/323/600/desktop-wallpaper-summer-time-rendering-episode-4-release-date-preview-where-to-watch-summer-time-rendering.jpg)~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~ While only 3 days long, they seemed endless. Time is present depending on how you love it and who you live it with. The ties you have with other people and the experiences you share will make even the worst days memorable. Even though it's unlikely that anything as bizarre as this story would ever happen to us, there is a lesson to be learned from it. Even if they were merely pieces of a puzzle, I'm confident they would stay in your heart and help you become a better person. However, what you decide to do with this memory and whether you decide to throw it away or not is entirely up to you. ~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png) ~~~youtube(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfGaxCmuu-4)~~~ img820(https://i.postimg.cc/cLvmPqRC/unnamed-1.png)
This is my first-ever review on this site, so it might be structured differently than what's standard here. Additionally, this review is going to be very spoiler-heavy, but as my spoiler-free disclaimer, I adore this show. It had me riveted for the three days across which I binged it. Its premise is unique, and it thrusts many fun, memorable characters into it. I would recommend it for anyone who wants a suspenseful, memorable watch! However, in this review, I aim to discuss how the show's unique premise both created memorable characters and left others in the dust. Summer Time Rendering suffers from an identity crisis, as it feels like two congruent narratives overlaid on top of one another. On one hand, this anime is a psychological thriller mystery, think Higurashi. It opens up with an eerie premise, this vague idea of people seeing their own shadows and not being able to trust the people you see. This is the brilliant hook that drags you into the meat of the show, its second identity: a battle shounen, with high-intensity fights and a fleshed-out power system. Now, on one hand, this blending of identities is genuinely fun, it felt like a very cool (and importantly, well-earned) bait-and-switch. The show's main sci-fi elements--Shinpei's time-travelling abilities and shadows--work in both narratives, as they create a suspenseful, mysterious air of distrust for the mystery side of things and act as exciting, high-stakes setpieces for the show's battle shounen identity. In fact, I'd like to highlight my favorite characters in this show, who I believe emphasize the strengths of this double identity: ~~~img220(https://64.media.tumblr.com/20c2bfe49b1b0eb4aa78baa06348419f/3796faa0a3166774-48/s540x810/63faffd9e4ba52fcc057b81002883dd6619387af.gif) img220(https://media.tenor.com/4Yzi3xu6hVsAAAAd/ginjirou-nezu.gif) img220(https://64.media.tumblr.com/44501e912a574aea5f65e2f207af230b/e739e30640dcea02-06/s540x810/5d3725c3c9661864c001a94188a2c09dfd1836ef.gif) ~~~ Hizuru certainly didn't stand out much to me at first--at first, I was worried that she was just going to be a fanservicey joke. While there were more boob jokes than necessary, she ultimately became my favorite character in the show by a mile. Her connection to the island's history was meaningful and revealed at a natural, rewarding pace. She fulfills her role as a psychological mystery character by filling the position of "supposed outsider who knows more than she lets on" before being revealed to be more personally connected to the show's conflict than almost anyone else on the island. She's a suspicious character that we develop a natural trust for as the show progresses. As a battle shounen character, Hizuru's complex body-sharing ordeal with her brother creates extremely tense (and badass) action scenes--Hizuru's body is simultaneously invincible and fragile, and her brother's future sight is just a fun battle shounen plot device. Hizuru perfectly fits this show's narrative needs on both fronts. Nezu, the grizzled hunter, is a character of a tried and true archetype. I don't have too much to say about him, because he's simple and effective--he knows things others don't, his connection to shadows is immediately apparent and believable, and he's consistently reliable. His skepticism is a valuable perspective, as it provides a human contrast to the grandiosity of Shinpei's time-traveling "godly" perspective. His sniper rifle is used effectively as a battle shounen setpiece as well, creating many tense scenes where heroes and villains alike need to be wary of who can see them. Now, lastly, our main character himself is a truly interesting case. Shinpei is, as expected, the character around whom the psychological mystery revolves, with his mind and perspective being the main one explored. I do have some issues with his writing, but they're mainly an extension of other characters whom I believe were left at the wayside (Mio, Sou, and even Ushio). What's uniquely important about Shinpei, being the protagonist the story thoroughly focuses on, is that he NEEDS to make both of this anime's narratives work. Shinpei has to be the glue that holds both the mystery and the battle shounen together, and I believe he does so phenomenally. As an "outsider" of two years from the show's setting, Shinpei is forced to acclimate to a familiar-yet-distant environment amidst the grief of Ushio's death and the strange mystery brewing surrounding it--this is an extremely fitting protagonist for this sort of mystery. Then, as a battle shounen setpiece, Shinpei excels, and not just for the badassery he gets up to in the latter episodes of the anime. Shinpei's goal in a fight is often the opposite of a standard protagonist's--he wants, or often needs to die. This fact, especially considering how it conflicts with his life's clock growing ever shorter with each loop, positions him quite uniquely in each intense encounter as someone who is simultaneously a vulnerable human being and the most powerful character in the room. His powers are complex, they're cool, and they tie this anime's identities together quite nicely. Now, these are the main characters I can thoroughly praise for their roles in the story. Others were fun, had powerful moments, and contributed greatly to other characters' characterization, but here's where we get into my primary gripe with this anime--one that truly detached me from its last few episodes and left me feeling disappointed after watching an anime I loved. As much as some characters beautifully tied together this anime's two narratives, some failed to find a footing in one or the other, or worse, actively detracted from the story as a whole due to only working in one narrative or the other. First, I'd like to look at two characters who got me excited for this show's mystery but who quickly became disappointing as the battle shounen narrative came into view. ~~~img220(https://media.tenor.com/Wc1b5YhK0AMAAAAC/shinpei-shinpei-ajiro.gif) img220(https://media.tenor.com/jcbByzSSzNYAAAAC/mio-mio-kofune.gif)~~~ Not a good look when your protagonist's two best friends both drop out of meaningful plot relevance. Sou, the lovable goofball best friend character, fills that role perfectly... but that's it. This sort of character has lots of potential in a psychological mystery--the best friend character is someone you want to be able to trust unconditionally, but in an environment where nobody can truly be trusted and characters are littered with hidden motivations, a goofy best friend can be a brilliantly tragic character. Unfortunately for Sou, the show moves away from just being that mystery, and it becomes a narrative where the lines of who can and can't be trusted become set in stone for the audience. As a battle shounen character, Sou is utterly disappointing--sure, he has his moments, but they're less about him as a character and more about the show's good fight choreography; Sou being the one to trap Haine was cool, but it wasn't his plan, it wasn't a moment about Sou. His character is dumbed down to "just a reliable guy" and that really saddened me as someone who wanted to see his relationship with Shinpei evolve under difficult circumstances. Mio is potentially the most disappointing character in the show, it's hard for me to say definitively. Sure, her start wasn't perfect--I wish Mio wasn't sexualized in any capacity as a 15-year-old, but the minor iffy moments with her were things I was able to ultimately overlook, because I saw her character as having immense potential (and Shinpei's COMPLETELY out-of-pocket question about her underwear had me laughing my ass off as much as I was cringing). In theory, Mio, as an emotionally wounded younger sibling with multiple direct ties to the show's central mystery, could be a major player. Ushio's primary message of "protect Mio" at the beginning set her up as someone truly crucial to the show's plot and Shinpei's character, especially considering the fact that her shadow is one of the most notable. Her love for Shinpei was part of an extremely ugly love triangle (that I will get into) but in a vacuum, it could've created unique decision points for her. Mio's character is filled with "could". She could've been so much--she could've been someone who Shinpei is driven to commit himself to, but Ushio monopolizes that position so thoroughly. She could've been a player in the battle shounen action, but she's sidelined in favor of her shadow, who provides an interesting lens through which we can view her character but ultimately wasn't used in any truly stand-out ways. Mio is a damsel in distress, but she's barely even a part of the show's battle shounen identity, so she merely fades into the background. Now, conversely, there are characters on the opposite end of the spectrum--truly amazing battle shounen set pieces, monsters and monster fighters with distinct skills to bring to the table. However, they suffer due to not feeling present enough in the show's mystery, and thus feel disconnected from the narrative as a whole. ~~~img220(https://media.tenor.com/OMmxd9zm6nQAAAAC/shide-shadow.gif) img220(https://media.tenor.com/0s6F6dzQ7zYAAAAC/tokiko-hishigata-summertime-render.gif)~~~ Karikiri, Shide, whatever the hell this man is--he was awesome, and I did find him to be a fitting main antagonist. I did genuinely really love him as an action setpiece in the show's second half, and Shide was nicely introduced early on in the show as a truly mysterious villain. The fight choreography with this character was consistently stellar, and he had some truly stand-out moments, especially with his two bodies. However, as much as he was a well-executed "final boss fight", he did not truly feel like a well-realized antagonist, and that largely comes down to his lack of presence in the show's mystery. I wish we saw ANYTHING from him in the show's first half besides bland, one-off moments of minor characterization. All of his characterization is derived from a single conversation with Shinpei, and I liked that conversation, but I wish we'd gotten ANY of that beforehand. I found him being the twist villain to be far too obvious, which didn't feel earned because he wasn't a meaningful character at all in the show's psychological mystery narrative. Shide was to an extent, but the man behind the mask wasn't. Truthfully, I don't have much to say about Tokiko. Sure, the reveal that humans were working with shadows was cool. Sure, being able to summon/control giant shadow babies is cool. Tokiko set up some really fun battle shounen scenarios, but she's by far the character I was least invested in, because she received no meaningful characterization at all before her short-lived moment as a twist villain of sorts. Even once the show's battle shounen narrative came into full swing as its primary identity, Tokiko was little more than a shadow-summoning plot device. (Also, unrelated to this and unrelated to the show's love triangle problems--I genuinely can't tell if Tokiko was lesbian-coded or not. If she was, geez, that feels like queerbaiting, and I wish they'd done literally ANYTHING between her and Mio. If she wasn't... it still feels like queerbaiting. Thankfully, I don't care about her character enough for this to matter much.) So, we've got characters who function well in tying these two congruent narratives together, and characters that suffer due to feeling like their lack of presence in one narrative strips them of important characterization or plot relevance. I have thoughts on characters like Haine, Sou's father, and Ryuunosuke, but no particularly strong opinions on them--I think they generally contribute well enough to the narrative and don't feel like they have missed potential. There are a few nothing-characters like Tetsu and Alan, but that's fine. The last character I want to talk about is so thoroughly ingrained in my central problems with this anime that I don't think most of my gripes with the rest of the cast would exist if not for her. In dual narrative fashion, she is simultaneously the glue that holds this anime together and the blade slicing it in half. She's a character I love and a character I hate. She's a shadow and a human. ~~~img220(https://media.tenor.com/SCPXj9wk_xEAAAAd/kofune-ushio-str.gif)~~~ Ushio Kofune is a character who, in theory, is a brilliant centerpiece to both of this anime's identities. She's the catalyst for the mystery, she creates the coolest fight scenes (besides Hizuru) and she feels like the sole focus of this show's well-realized protagonist. She functions in both narratives, she is INTEGRAL to both narratives. However, how she's woven into each narrative causes immense problems for the anime's other characters, and even undermines the show's themes. At first, I thought Ushio appearing on the festival night was some sort of glitch in the system, an oversight in whatever force governed this strange time loop, and that felt really fucking cool. She was a ghost, the entire story revolved around her death--but the battle shounen nature of the show is established by undoing that death, by making her a human shadow. Ushio is not a fleeting, mysterious catalyst for the show's events--she's an ever-present centerpiece who is treated as essential to the plot at all times, at all costs. Her words of "protect Mio" become a distant memory, with the stakes being so far beyond her (or anyone else Shinpei is close to) that the only thing that actually matters to him is Ushio. Speaking of Mio, what do she, Ushio, Shinpei and Sou have in common? They make up the messiest, most unnecessary, most character-destroying love triangle (love quadrilateral?) I've ever seen. Sou is stupidly in love with Mio, Mio is stupidly in love with Shinpei, and Shinpei is stupidly in love with Ushio. Sou's love for Mio is a half-baked accessory to his character that ultimately just serves to add an annoying element to him. Mio's love for Shinpei is something that I think could have been written better, but as it exists, it's another accessory that barely informs her choices, isn't explored in any interesting capacity by her shadow, and is impossible to get invested in due to Shinpei's immense love for Ushio. The relationship between Shinpei and Ushio is crucial to the show's dual narratives, so it is unbreakable, and the audience understands this. As such, Mio's love--while something that can be well-written as foolish--ends up being pointless, and worse, FEELING pointless. As she exists, Ushio necessitates congruent, overlapping narratives; Ushio must be both the centerpiece of the psychological mystery and a central setpiece of the battle shounen. Not only do these narratives harm the writing of numerous other characters in the anime, but they in turn necessitate the unflinching nature of Ushio's relationship with Shinpei, completely destroying the weight of an already silly and benign love triangle that had become the central focus of two important characters. All of this is bad enough, but Ushio in a vacuum and her relationship with Shinpei are well-written, right? If Ushio's character intrinsically derails so many other characters, we get something meaningful out of that, right? Well, yes and no. ~~~img220(https://64.media.tumblr.com/16ac1f19d23c436413305af163821b7e/9c09b28ff3668e87-39/s540x810/315e2ba8dddf088362d3ce96df507bc6fb01922a.gif)~~~ Ushio's writing destroys the primary themes of Summer Time Rendering. Regret is a powerful force. It gnaws at you, eats at your confidence and leads you to worse decisions down the line. Shinpei is someone who wants to live without regrets--he takes time to analyze situations rationally so he doesn't regret his decisions. However, the tragedy of his character is that he does have regrets, ones he struggles to acknowledge or consciously deal with. Shinpei, as the audience comes to know him, is a character that needs to learn how to deal with regret. Shinpei needs to learn how to grieve, he needs to learn how to make up for unsaid words. Ushio's seemingly fleeting reintroduction in the middle of the series is, in a vacuum, perfect. Shinpei has the opportunity to reconnect with her, to make things right--but there's always that underlying air of temporary bliss, the knowledge that Ushio isn't there to stay. That lets us cling onto ideas like "maybe the heavier psychological narrative will resurface, bringing Sou and Mio back into relevance and allowing Shide and Tokiko to be explored further", or "maybe the love triangle actually has weight, and Mio and Shinpei will have to have a real, painful conversation about why things won't work out", or even just "maybe Ushio's dying wish for Shinpei to "protect Mio" could have some weight." (If it weren't clear already, I do think Mio is the character most betrayed by this anime's narrative.) However, it becomes apparent far before the climax of the show that Ushio is not temporary, she is not fleeting. Her death at Shide's hands has no weight beyond the following five minutes, which sucks, because it's the first time a character was ever truly gone, seemingly with no hope of returning. The psychological mystery does not resurface--the hyped-up battle shounen immediately resumes. The love triangle is not resolved meaningfully--Sou and Mio give half-assed "welp, I still love you, I guess this sucks" to their respective crushes. Mio is thoroughly pushed out of relevance. Ushio, from that point on, is here to stay. Everyone else can be brought back, but not Ushio--until she CAN be brought back. The central focus of Shinpei's regrets, the reason he couldn't move on, will never leave him. So, Summer Time Rendering, what am I supposed to take away from you? Am I supposed to learn how to deal with regret, how to rectify my mistakes? Or am I supposed to fight for a world where those mistakes had no consequences? Did Shinpei have an opportunity to grow from grief? Did Mio, did Sou? Shinpei faced his regrets by moving backwards. When we're overburdened by regrets we can't directly rectify, how do we move forwards? When the fleeting blessing of Ushio's gone, what's left for Shinpei? Is it Mio? ~~~img220(https://i.imgur.com/UQXJioI.gif) img220(https://media.tenor.com/msGnntys97YAAAAC/mio-mio-kofune.gif)~~~ I love this anime--the good, the bad, and the ugly of it. I've been told I'm generous with scoring things, so I think calling this anime a 9/10 after all I've said might genuinely sound ridiculous, but I'll stand by it. There's a reason why this is the first anime I've been passionate enough about to write a review. From Shinpei to Karikiri, from Hizuru to Tokiko, every major character had a place in the story, and I loved that. Mio and Sou disappointed me tremendously, but they wouldn't have done so if they weren't established as characters I loved. Even Ushio, as much as I think her writing diminished this excellent story, was a joy to have on-screen. I wouldn't trade her comedy, action, and soulful moments for anything--I just wish there was more. This anime's incredible presentation and unique, thrilling plot beats filled in the gaps for the most part--so I'm calling it a 9/10, because I feel like it, and the only thing holding it back from a perfect score is that it could've been so, so much more. ~~~img220(https://i.pinimg.com/originals/0c/db/77/0cdb77f62255be237fb24551b3e0feaa.gif) img220(https://64.media.tumblr.com/3b59a027b038b2349764414f8759e941/1547e78f206d89bb-e2/s1280x1920/bd08691877c7d16a8277b6d0e57a5433edc81c1e.gifv) img220(https://media.tenor.com/ZsAC5BpYoRsAAAAC/shinpei-shinpei-ajiro.gif)~~~
# ~~~__Review sin spoilers__~~~ >Hacía ya dos años que Ajiro Shinpei no veía las claras aguas que bañan la costa de la pequeña isla Hitogashi, donde se crio. Pero no es alegre el motivo de su regreso, ya que el día anterior había recibido un mensaje que no esperaba, Kofune Ushio, la que fuera su mejor amiga, había fallecido a escasos días de su decimo octavo cumpleaños. Sin embargo, poco después de su llegada a la isla empieza a ver, que quizá lo que pensaban que había sido un accidente era realmente un asesinato... La historia empieza con el clásico, te presento unos hechos para rápidamente mostrar que era mucho más de lo que parecía, y por común que pueda parecer, Summer Time Rendering lo hace sorprendentemente bien. Siguiendo la investigación que hace Shinpei junto con su amigo de infancia So y su amiga Mio, iremos descubriendo el oscuro secreto que hay tras esta sospechosa muerte, que puede llegar a dar muchas más vueltas de las que uno esperaba al principio. ~~~img320(https://85128.net/zb_users/upload/2022/04/20220416192152_17388.jpg)~~~ # __- Trama (9/10)__ Sin entrar en detalles, la historia empieza siendo simple, y añade complejidad conforme avanza sin llegar nunca a volverse demasiado complicada para seguir, son 25 capítulos en los que van descubriendo cada vez más secretos y te mantienen pegado a la silla queriendo ver más. Se que pueden dar miedo las series que tratan de bucles temporales, pero esta serie tiene los límites bien definidos y cumple bien en ese aspecto. # __- Personajes (9/10)__ Junto con la trama es claramente el punto más fuerte de la serie. El protagonista, Shinpei, resulta bastante carismático e inteligente, no como otros protagonistas que necesitan que se lo den todo hecho... (Le veo similitudes con Subaru de Re:Zero en sus mejores momentos), los amigos del prota se sienten naturales y aportan bien a la trama cuando es necesario. Hizuru es simplemente increíble, todo lo bueno de un personaje femenino fuerte, decidida, inteligente, se come la pantalla cada vez que aparece. Y por último el enemigo es bastante bueno, despiadado, cruel, haría lo que fuera por cumplir su objetivo y no se va a echar atrás, genera odio a su persona lo que deja claro que está bien pensado. ~~~img620(https://staticg.sportskeeda.com/editor/2022/08/9e77e-16613053031356-1920.jpg)~~~ ~~~Hizuru~~~ # __- Animación (8/10)__ La animación se merece un notable, tiene algunos momentos muy bonitos, momentos de pelea bastante buenos y dinámicos, aunque hay algún que otro capítulo donde flaquea un poco, aún así ligeramente por encima de la media me atrevería a decir. # __- Banda sonora (Ops y Eds) (7/10)__ La banda sonora cumple, sin destacar en ningún momento salvo quizá en algún momento de los últimos capítulos, pero nada memorable. Los openings y endings bien, sin más, quizá el segundo ending sea el que más recuerde # ~~~__Conclusiones__~~~ Empecé a verlo porque me parecía bonito y una protagonista rubia siempre suma, y yendo sin expectativas me he encontrado uno de los mejores animes que he visto de 2023, con todos los puntos que ya he comentado, pero lo más importante, que ha sido capaz de atraparme, sus personajes han llegado a cautivarme y me da pena no ver más de alguno de ellos, y además tiene un final tan bien hecho que tras acabarlo se queda uno más que satisfecho, muy recomendada si te gusta un poco de misterio, ciencia ficción y drama, lo recomiendo.