Review of Redo of Healer

I will start saying that this show for sure will have a 100% rate for misleading content in reviews, both positive and negative. In this one, I will tell you what does work in this anime, what doesn't, and what do you have to expect to watch and enjoy this. Basically, a true review. Too easy to just say "mastahpiece!!12!1" or just start saying it's trash because it has controversial themes, has sex scenes, you didn't like it, or a combination of the three. The anime ain't perfect of course, it has its flaws, but it also has a lot of strengths. The first note, though, is that the animehas very controversial themes in it, so if you are not well receiving controversial content, avoid this anime without any doubt.

The themes include but are not limited to: sex, sexual violence, gory violence, cruelty, betrayal, revenge, irrationality, blame shifting, torture, depravation, corruption, self justification, arrogance, abuse of power, massacre.

Let us start with the rights and the wrongs now.

What this anime definitely did right:

- Revenge with no buts. Saying any character seeking vengeance is irrational would be very wrong. Instead, every single character that enacts revenge in this show has a very solid set of rational rules and morality in mind, that will be followed strictly. That said, the moral itself will be bloody wicked and evil, and nothing good for the target will ever come out of it. However, not all revenge will be inherently bad for everyone. For example, the protagonist has sworn to never directly harm anyone who never opposed him. Sure, he didn't say he would protect them from his enemies at all costs, but as long as they don't get involved, he will not act against them. On the other hand, his enemies do not give this courtesy to bystanders. It's clear that protag-kun is better than them, come on!

- The protagonist. He started his revenge because he was the first one being badly mistreated and abused. He decided to give back everything as it is, twofold, threefold, tenfold. He feels he is justified because of it. He is justified because of it. He said so. They are evil, they deserve it.
But despite all of the above, the protagonist is very aware that he is not the good guy either. And he never claims to be, and never intended to do so. He will even get to the point of letting people do evil deeds under his nose just to be justified afterwards in punishing them. For his satisfaction. Also he is a badass and he always gets what he wants, because when he wants something, he just reaches for it and grabs it. He doesn't need to ask or wait to be rewarded for any good consequence of his actions, he just claims what he knows belongs to him. Then he also accept rewards, of course, why not.

- The OP protagonist trope. The protagonist was not much powerful at first, but he used his prior knowledge of four years to be an omniscient observer over his past, and because of that, he obtained power he wouldn't be able to obtain otherwise. Not a perfect way to portray this trope, but good enough. At least it explains why, when and how he becomes more powerful.
And still, we are shown that he's not invincible, yet. He is powerful, he has knowledge, he is making allies, he is manipulating other people, he's pulling strings. All of this to cover for his weakness. It's all part of his master plan.

- The antagonists. They deserve it all. They did something terrible to him, giving them back the same and more is the very least. Also they're evil and corrupted and are bringing the world towards its ruin. The anime is clear about this. And if you root for the protagonist, you will agree. He will save the world, in his own way, without ever being kind to anyone to whom he doesn't feel they deserve it, and will take everything he wants as his own belonging, because he has that right. You know, the one right he granted to himself.

- There are no heroes nor antiheroes here. Maybe some secondary characters will look like that at the start, but they will be forced to take a stance sooner or later, losing their moral high ground. The protagonist will act as an antihero from the people's perspective, but in reality, he is just the villain of villains, which is very different. Stain from BNHA is an antihero. Keyaru is an antivillain.

- The show doesn't fear showing sexuality themes, that are viewed even above bloody violence for some reason, and shoves it in your face all the time. Confidence feels good.

- The show portrays rape, and while it doesn't directly glorify it, it doesn't always demonize it either, and doesn't fear going "an eye for an eye" even for rape. If the average anime fan can tolerate violence for violence, the cultured anime fan will tolerate rape for rape. And will look at it and say "it's always x for x, so it's fair, regardless of the theme", without hypocrisy.

And now let's get to the flaws of the show:

- Completeness. The anime suffered what most light novel and manga adaptation suffer: the number of chapters adapted was very low, and the story didn't go much further. It could've explored way more, but like that, it just publicized the source material a little bit, and not more.
Will definitely be a pity without a sequel, because very little material will be actually be adapted

- The sex scenes itself. The anime really didn't bring any justice to its source material, be the light novel, or the manga. In both source materials, the sex scenes blended very well with the story, and you could feel the badassery from the protagonist, smashing on the battlefield and then smashing hoes in bed. In the anime...well, the scenes were bad hentai 10-frame loops, and the voice acting was lackluster there too. The vibes I got from the source material weren't there at all. Definitely the biggest let down of this anime, imo.

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Overall, the anime is definitely a watch.
Despite adapting not much, and having failed in the sexy bits part, the revenge part is actually amazing, and an overpowered wicked evil protagonist like Keyaru enacting his vengeance like a boss, against a bunch of even more terrible foes, is just priceless.

So go forth and become a HealBro, you too!