Name: Summer Time Rendering

Aired: 2022.04.15 ~ 2022.09.30
Watched: 2022.04.15 ~ 2022.09.30
Origin: Manga
Studio: OLM

Since the nature of the anime is a time-loop anime there will be some spoiler tags

Animation: 10/10
From the Studio and the director that surprised us with Komi Can't Communicate, Studio OLM and Ayumu Watanabe did it again. The animation style stayed true to the original manga and managed to go an extra mile to flourish them into a beautiful masterpiece. For a time-loop / mystery genre anime, battle sequences are usually exposed as a weakness; however, the animation upheld it's high quality in dynamic movement sequences and the camera work was spectacular. The animation quality stayed consistent for both seasons and was appealing to watch.

Music: 10/10
Being unfamiliar with the music director Ryuuichi Takada, I had to do some research on his previous works. One that caught my eyes was Vivy -Fluorite Eye's Song-. This alone explained the marvelous OST's I was hearing throughout the anime. There are numerous tracks that Summer Time Rendering offers that are spectacular to listen to; however, my honorable mentions would be "Uzu" as the OST that defines the anime, "Honmei" for the hype that it brings for the final battle and "Rinne" for the feels moment.

Uzu

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Honmei

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Rinne

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Plot: 10/10
For a time-loop / mystery anime, plot is what really makes or breaks the anime. As my scores suggest, the plot was impeccable. By end of the anime, all the questions were answered and the extra epilogue episode is just cherry on top where viewers get to sit back and relax while enjoying. The anime was definitely unpredictable, many mysteries and twists surprise the viewers in a good way and the plot twists were not forced. Overall the writing was clean and clearly connects all the dots by end of the anime. There were many psychological and physical aspects that the protagonists were questioned with along their adventure and those problems were resolved in a rather ingenious way which strengthened the "unpredictable" aspect of the anime. The entire anime in their timeline only takes place within 2 days; however, the pacing of the anime was great and did not feel slow at all.

Spoiler, click to view

God was I happy to see July 25th

Character: 9/10
All the main characters in Summer Time Rendering was original and had a character of some sort. Ushio being extremely lovable character and Shinpei being the protagonist that isn't a hinderance. However, the character that really outshined others in the anime in my personal opinion would be Nagumo Sensei (Hizuru). She was the brain in the squad and had the physical capabilities to resolve issues, thanks to

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her double personality deceased brother Ryuunosuke.

Hizuru's seems cold and uncaring at first glance, but deep down we learn that she's cares about the others the most and willing to put herself in the frontlines to aid others. The intimate connection between Ushio and Shinpei was also expressed beautifully and Ushio being a tsundere she is made it even better when the scenes actually hit. I personally wish for the best for Mio, I hope she finds happiness. I ended up deducting 1 score from characters since I didn't really see growth in the characters. They were all the same characters from the first time they were introduced and stayed that way until the end.

Spoiler, click to view

Even if there were any sort of growth, they were all nullified at the end anyways.

Personal Enjoyment: 10/10
Watching Summer Time Rendering from the day it aired to the finale episode was a rollercoaster of joy. I usually watch the first episode or two when the seasonal anime drops and save the rest so I can binge it when it ends; however, for this anime I just had to watch it on weekly basis. It's one of those anime where it's just so addicting that you cannot go on another week without knowing what's going to happen next. It's been a decade since a masterpiece time-loop anime came around (Steins;Gate) and it was truly a gift to the viewers.

Overall: 98/100