Revenger

Tricked into assassinating his own prospective father-in-law, righteous samurai Raizou Kurima is overwhelmed with guilt. In order to reclaim his honor, Raizou swears vengeance on the lord who gave him those misleading orders. In his pursuit, he is aided by self-proclaimed merchant-of-all-trades Yuuen Usui, who is actually one of the Revengers—assassins who seek justice for the wronged and dispense bloody revenge on their behalf.

Tragedy seems destined to follow Raizou as he becomes increasingly intertwined with members of the Revengers. As he begins working as a vigilante alongside them, the complicated web between the corrupt Japanese political elite, the unscrupulous Europeans, and the Revengers gradually reveals itself. The more entangled he becomes in these affairs, the more Raizou realizes that justice is as deceptive as the honor that he sought to redeem.

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Nio Main

Kanemoto, Hisako Japanese

Kurima, Raizou Main

Kasama, Jun Japanese

Usui, Yuuen Main

Umehara, Yuuichirou Japanese

Murakami, Teppa Main

Takeuchi, Shunsuke Japanese

Souji Main

Hayama, Shouta Japanese

Henro no, Sada Supporting

Suwabe, Junichi Japanese

Liu Supporting

Hirakawa, Daisuke Japanese

Kanou, Gerald Supporting

Ootsuka, Akio Japanese

Isarizawa, Jinkurou Supporting

Koyasu, Takehito Japanese

Shishido, Saimon Supporting

Okamoto, Nobuhiko Japanese

Noda, Takuma Producer

Ozawa, Shinichirou Producer

Tamura, Satoshi Producer

Tasaka, Hidemasa Producer

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Nov 6, 2024

RadicalNoticer

Recommended

I'll keep this short and sweet.

One of the better anime series' I've watched, one of the few I've watched again and actually enjoyed instead of watching it because I was bored and wanted some background noise. I'm surprised it has such a low score, so I figured I would take the time to give it a positive review. It has one of my favorite themes - vengeance and righteous fury. Nothing more satisfying than watching effete and decadent shadowy elites who manipulate and deceive, drug dealers, and actual scumbags, get the justice that they deserve and so often escape in real life. It would be ... nice to get a bit more character development for the supporting characters but it's only 12 eps, they do have their own distinguishable personalities and natures which allows you to fill in the gaps on their motivations etc. It isn't perfect but definitely worth a watch if you enjoy these types of stories, I thought it was better than most anime I've seen lately.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Apr 21, 2023

creedkiller

Mixed Feelings

Revenger was an average show, neither amazing nor terrible. It was on the borderline of being just fine. One aspect that stood out was the music, which was the best part of the show. The action was decent and the story was alright, though it mostly followed a 'monster of the week' format until the end. If the show had delved deeper into the story and characters, it could have been more compelling. The side characters lacked sufficient backstory and motivation, with only one character receiving some development. If you're looking for something to watch and have nothing else in mind, you probably won't hate ... Revenger, but it's just a decent watch. I would rate it a 6 out of 10. it had potential but ultimately failed to fully deliver on its promises.

Reviewer’s Rating: 6

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Jul 10, 2023

Lycanhunt3r

Not Recommended

The lack of coherence destroyed any impact this show could've had, the unrealistic and badly thought-out action finished it off.


From the first scene to the last, all this anime did was hold crucial information from the viewer only to force a sense of a "mysterious narrative". Basically, you don't know why two characters are dialoguing or fighting until it's reason is revealed at the end or in the next scene. It was like decrypting an enigma in every single moment of this show, often making me inattentive to the current situation as I was trying to decode the previous one, consequently making me completely lost. ... Perhaps this would be way better as a slow read, something to analyze scene by scene or chapter per chapter; but this style is awful for a TV show.

Not only that but holding information back numbed the impact of many scenes to an absolute zero. If I had known why someone was fighting, the risks they were taking on doing so, and possibly their potential consequences; maybe then, and only then, I would actually care. But that never happens. Even in the climax, they kept holding information back on a second-to-second basis to create this sense of "mystery" of how everything was playing out; now answer me this: how in the hells can my mind decode a single-second mystery in an action scene?? It only took me off the whole thing and crashed any impacts they could've had. (A character was hit? Instead of delaying, confirm where they were hit and proceed with the rest of the action, it's more impactful)

I also noticed some other micro errors. Such as, a few dialogues being unnaturally developed. Or the characters' design not affecting the story much nor being well developed to fit in it. The pacing sometimes felt off as too fast or too slow. Many of the conflicts didn't have much originality or importance, making many of them forgettable, amplified by their drained impacts of the forced "mysteries". Then the whole main concept of biting gold coins to pay for revenge is weird, don't know if it has any historical value but why would a group of assassins have such an honor to keep their deals? and how they kept their business running since many of their clients, well... die after their order? none of it makes much sense to me; maybe it should've been more explored in the story.

And to top it off, all the characters have superhuman powers. It's okay to have some geniuses out there, the problem is when everything is solved with a single flicker of a finger. I mean... a guy literally flickers his finger to throw a thing that changes the course of a flying weapon in order to kill one of the "main" villains. Again, it's okay to have it, but not all the damn time. From bullet evading, supernatural sixth-sense, to perfect precision, all problems are solved without a drop of strategy or planning. My dudes simply stroll on the beach killing people, without a care for consequences.


To finish this review, the positive points are: a few good dialogues, generally cool animations, unique(?) plot, and differentiable characters. But overall, not worth the watch (unless you have nothing better to do and absolutely love overpowered samurai-ish characters).

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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