Review of Lapis Re:LiGHTs

< Concise review > Oftentimes, when the shows average score highly disagrees with the reviewers, it's the sign of a misunderstood anime. MAL ratings are notoriously unreliable. However, when it comes to idol anime, this is generally not the case. If anything, you should be even more skeptical of a show when you see this pattern. The producers of idol themed anime know full well that the idol fanbase will gladly eat up poor writing, lazy direction, and cliche ridden garbage so as long as it includes some cute girls singing while wearing cute clothes. Unfortunately, that's exactly what Lapis Re:LiGHTs is. This anime is nothingmore than yet another installment of boring uninspired near-plotless nonsense, with the only conflict of the show ( OMG We Gonna fail and get expelled ) being an excuse for said cute girls singing in said cute clothes. I couldn't even include spoilers in this review if I wanted to because there is legit nothing to spoil. The only saving grace is that the animation quality isn't horrible, but at the end of the day this anime is like an extremely bad musical fanfic of Harry Potter stripped of everything that makes the "Magic School" setting interesting.

4/10. And ONLY because the animation quality is acceptable, otherwise it would have been a 2. Unless you are a rabid idol fan who has finished consuming your previous idolproduct and are now seeking to get excited for your next idolproduct, avoid.