Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO

Filled with a lot of death scenarios in the other world/real timeline. The story has a relatable main character XD, and the world-building feels realistic and well-connected.

The time loop hits very late in the story, which is a good thing, in my opinion. But the explanation is very sloppy, and the writer is more inclined to make us feel sorry for the characters ;-;. I don’t mind that, but killing beloved characters and calling it fate is not fair ;-;.

The sad thing is that they don’t explain what happened to the universes/timelines the MC saved or went through. Do they still exist or not? And ... the good thing is that by the time you finish the anime, the majority of your questions will be answered (in the last 3 episodes).

A REWATCH IS PREFERRED; To analyse and to have fun :)

Meant to write this ages ago and I accidentally wrote it in the comments section of my personal rating.

I struggle with my rating for this because the first half or so of the series had a really good thing going. It was very suspenseful and kept me on edge. Then about halfway through it brought in some new plot elements which added a different sub-genre to the series. About 2/3 of the way through the series it shifted genres completely and at that point it didn't really even feel like the same series. The final episode left many plot holes and unanswered questions, although it ... is hard to seamlessly wrap up stories involving time paradoxes. This show overly complicates things by employing both the grandfather paradox and causal loops. The protagonist must repeat the past several times over until they have taken the course of action which will alter the future. Yet we find out they are continuously stuck in the same casual loop despite this. There is a lot of fancy talk about causality, but not real explanation or conclusion on the subject. The one thing I will compliment them on is at least they took out the incest which apparently is abundant in the original visual novel.

Listen I have watched a LOT of anime over the years and I know I always struggled with time, space and multiverse animes but I wanted to give this one a try so hear me out why I think this one is a huge waste of time without spoilers.

Some points I think I understood correctly while watching this:
- It's a game adaptation
- The anime goes through the story one heroine after another
- Time and history are not set in the time space continuum but in something totally different that uses the concept of causality (i said no spoilers)

While watching this mess, other than confusion to ... what's happening and being happy for hearing Jiraya's Seiyu I felt no joy watching this.
The story is bland and makes little to no sense especially the last arc and the jump in time + the whole "let's forget about whatever was happening before we got here" since it's totally a whole different story.

17+ episodes to actually hear the name Yu-no which is fine I guess there was build up that leads to it eventually but the whole thing felt so wrong in some many ways.

This anime could have been a 12-13 episodes and you wouldn't even notice the story ending.
A lot of people recommended playing the game because the anime does a poor job at making it look good but I'm not paying 50€ for some text on a screen and horny jokes.

The anime even has very weird and questionable scenes, I understand the need for Ecchi since it's present in the game but the grooming to the showing a child's pants was a bit too much and weird even for me.

I regret watching it and don't let the 6 I gave fool you because I was just being honest.
It had some cool ideas that were rushed beyond return and you can feel it could have done differently.
And no it's not because you liked Steins Gate you're going to like this one please let's not compare a masterpiece to this "thing".

If you watched it and enjoyed, good for you don't come for me.