Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- The Frozen Bond: Manner Movie

Nice looking movie, but I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be praising here, is this an origin story for Emilia? For an OVA this does not have especially good animation and relies mostly on a couple of characters, just Emilia and Puck for most scenes, with some other unnamed characters. The dialogue, especially that of the weird spirits she fights is kind of cheesy. This whole "you're a half demon and simply existing in this world is enough reason to kill you" is not a very compelling plot device. This is mostly a monster fight between Puck and some very corny fire spirits. Itfelt like an episode of Fairy Tail. The fight against the fire spirits, which for some reason appear as flaming pegasus, and announce themselves in a commanding voice but speak more like a bunch of Daleks. And since none of the other characters from Re:Zero are present, it doesn't feel connected to the rest of the story. And if the story of Emilia's origin was more than "Waaa why does everyone hate me!" without ever getting a convincing answer- it might have been interesting. Unfortunately it just felt like a chore. I have never liked Emilia as a character in Re:Zero, she is too much of a hopeless damsel in distress and goes around acting like a victim. Nothing about her says 'leader', nothing about her says she should be a Queen Candidate, and apart from her loyalty to Subaru she has no other real function in the story. If you do like this perpetually weeping, helpless waif of a girl then you might like this movie. If you find her kind of helpless and uninspiring, it will just be another hour or content you can miss.