Review of Redo of Healer

Ok so I initially wrote a review on this but it was taken down because not a lot of episodes had aired. So I have now watched all 12 available episodes so here we go... So for starters, I looked at the manga a bit before writing this for some context. It surprises me immensely that this show even got a seasonal anime adaptation. If anything I feel it could have gotten a plot-heavy hentai adaptation, I'm not so sure of how hentai is adapted, as I don't watch it but I assume its also adapted from manga sometimes? As well there's many who claim it tojust be an ecchi-anime however I feel that this goes far beyond that line without crossing the line into full on porn... it sits at a weird place, as there's lots of nudity, scenes with actual semen, pretty graphic sex scenes but no showing of genitals. So it goes beyond ecchi but with no genitals, it can't really be called hentai either.

With that out of the way, I will go onto the main part, the story, and the controversy. I could talk about the animation etc. but the animation is pretty fine, It's nothing amazing and the action scenes are pretty lame for the most part, with poor choreography, little thought, and since the main character is OP there are no high stakes really. it's nothing too bad and nothing too special.

The main claim to fame this anime has is episode 2, where there was a shocking scene with the character Flare and the main character. I saw a lot of people saying that she deserved it and that the scene was actually very impactful etc. I stop there because if there's a piece of content that has people defending rape and justifying it then I usually do a double-take. Now I don't think the anime should be taken down or anything, it has a right to exist, that's freedom of expression, etc. But as a viewer, I have a lot to say about this scene and a lot of the later similar scenes.

First of all, rape is, unfortunately, something that happens, and it's ok for it to be reflected on and talked about in media. Mainstream shows like Game of Thrones, Bad girls, etc all show scenes with rape/implied rape. As well anime like Banana Fish has quite a few scenes that imply rape as well. Here the difference though between let's say a rape scene in the anime Banana Fish and in Redo of healer, In BF the rape is implied, it's not explicitly shown because its not nesisarry. The point is not that it happened and we need to see but rather that this has an effect on the character silently throughout the show and when we put the pieces together it makes us feel for him. It's almost more impactful when it's implied because the viewer gets there on their own.

In Redo, the scene plays out as some sort of "revenge porn" it's glorified, and it's most of the episode, it's a long scene and a graphic one. Now I know Flare did horrible things, and she definitely had bad things coming, however in the scenes where the MC is being raped, you feel for him and think "wow that's awful" which is what you are meant to think. But with Flares rape, the show sets it up so that you are rooting for the rapist. Just think about that for a moment. So no, the two scenes are not the same. One deliberately has the viewer cheering on the abuser. And that setup really disgusted me honestly, there was nothing deep, or impactful about that scene. It was a mix of cheap shock value and gratifying viewers who sided with the MC.

Now normally, this is where I would have dropped it but again I wanted to write a review so, here I am...

The other episodes he builds up his harem until he basically has foursomes by episode 12. Theres usually a sex scene at the end of each episode and his treatment of the female characters is very sad, as he uses them and they're his property pretty much.

As well, this is a "revenge show" well every revenge this guy has, every solution to the problems he faces is just rape and sexual abuse pretty much. Oh, and if it's a guy he just turns them into a girl and gets a bunch of monsters to rape him. So even the revenge aspect isn't creative, it's just another excuse to show more rape, more shocking scenes, and more sex scenes.

So if you are looking for an anime, an actually good anime, there's many out there so please find a different one, unless you like poorly written, lazy, shock value-filled garbage with big boobs and tons of rape and disgusting sexual assault... then this is for you lol.