Scarlet Nexus is both hard to fault and hard to praise, and in many ways its averageness makes it harder to recommend than if it were an outright dumpster fire – it lacks the spectacle that disasters often have.
May 10, 2022 • Subscribe
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Scarlet Nexus
Actually I did not want to watch Scarlet Nexus in the first place. It was never even close on my watch list and it was a forgone conclusion…
Scarlet Nexus – 04
「レッドストリングス」 (Reddo Sutoringusu) "Red Strings" Have emotions so you can open the big void.
Scarlet Nexus – 03
「陰謀」 (Inbō) "Conspiracy" Scarlet Nexus has hidden codes that tie in with special side-quests inside the game, now included in this coverage!
Scarlet Nexus – 07
「追跡、ナギ」 (Tsuiseki, Nagi) "The Hunt for Nagi" Talk less; smile more; don’t let them know what you’re against or what you’re for.
Scarlet Nexus – 02
「スカーレットガーディアン」 (Sukāretto Gādian) "Scarlet Guardians" Nothing to see here, just your another typical day in the world of Scarlet Nexus
Scarlet Nexus – 05
「カレンの反乱」 (Karen no Hanran) "Karen's Revolt" Ideals and dreams can be crushed when the truth is exposed.
Scarlet Nexus – 06
「破滅の明日」 (Hametsu no Ashita) "A Doomed Tomorrow" Scarlet Nexus continues to dig deep into its ordinary succinct lore, while still doing a lot with very little.
Scarlet Nexus – 01
「緋色の超脳力」(Hiiro no Chō Nōryoku) "Scarlet Psionics" Scarlet Nexus might not be the hottest of the season, but given its interesting premise, it should be a fun ride for those that…
Scarlet Nexus – 08
「病院の真相」 (Byōin no Shinsō) "The Hospital's Secrets" The not, not recap episode.
Scarlet Nexus Episode 8
My thoughts on the eighth episode of Scarlet Nexus.
Scarlet Nexus Episode 5
My thoughts on the fifth episode of Scarlet Nexus.
Scarlet Nexus (First Impression)
“Solar calendar year 2020: grotesque organisms called Others have begun eating people. To take down this new enemy, the Other Suppression Force is formed. Saved by this elite…
Scarlet Nexus Episode 4
My thoughts on the fourth episode of Scarlet Nexus.
First Impression: Scarlet Nexus
The metropolis of New Himuka is constantly under threat of invasion by alien creatures called the “Others,” who descend upon the city in waves. To protect New Himuka’s…
Scarlet Nexus – Episode 1
When Sumeragi Yuito was a child the Other Suppression Force (OSF) saved him from being killed and later joins the OSF to save people from the "Others".
RPG Review: Scarlet Nexus
After watching the first episode of the extremely cringy anime series, I decided to get the game ironically cause there was a Steam sale. Fortunately, I unironically enjoyed…
Scarlet Nexus Episode 9
My thoughts on the ninth episode of Scarlet Nexus.
Scarlet Nexus Episode 7
My thoughts on the seventh episode of Scarlet Nexus.
Scarlet Nexus Episode 6
My thoughts on the sixth episode of Scarlet Nexus.
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 14
Ancient moon people! A boss fight with meat to it Why’d this take so long? So, in what was an absolutely shocking display, Scarlet Nexus put forward an…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 20
Computer turns off Let’s just go to the past now Oh look, mom is back! So, this week on Scarlet Nexus we start by giving the finger to…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 7
Platoon leaders up! Storm a government black site. And…? guess that’s all, folks! So, this episode of Scarlet Nexus, we follow up to find that both Yuito and…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 1
I love JRPGs. I know as someone who is at least a bit of a gamer that I shouldn’t utter that sentence, but I do. I like it…
Summer 2021 First Impressions – Scarlet Nexus
Streaming: Funimation (the version I watched was the premiere version posted early on their YouTube channel, and includes a message from the Oral Cigarettes, the band who sings…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 21
Family is happy For a quiet episode Say goodbye to mom So, we start off this episode with… cooking! Yay! Yuito, Kasane, and their mom actually get a…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 2
Great misfortune, huh? Standard training, deployment… Ah, there we have it. Pardon the return of the Haiku intros. This episode is the kind that goes by in a…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 18
Flashback time is here Love triangle in the past But enough of that! Most of this episode belongs to a fairly needed flashback to the history of Fubuki,…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 6
What ho, time travel! A history is explained And then it happens. We do at least see how Kasane got to the end of the last episode here:…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 13
Flee from Togetsu Tell us something we don’t know And learn what to show I think, perhaps, the biggest crime of Scarlet Nexus is that it doesn’t know…
Scarlet Nexus #01 — “As You Know…”
Did someone set out to make the world's most generic and average action anime? The first two episodes had an early English-locked pre-air. Actual broadcast begins on…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 22
The time travel rules Say Karen is needed here That will take doing This was, in isolation, a better episode – it’s determined that the Kunad Gate will…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 12
The Show’s not over It is exposition day In creepy moon land So, this week was the final nail in the coffin of the idea that this would…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 11
Go to Togetsu Get there, and nothing more yet It is quite cold there In a show with many episodes that don’t achieve a whole lot, the penultimate…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 4
Red Strings, there you are Cryptic talk and cryptic scenes Seto bites the dust? So, we resume Scarlet Nexus with a big battle on the highway, and things…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 15
A scheme revealed Burn up a nation for spite Rest in peace, Nagi At least the show is looking up. This episode essentially focuses on Yuito’s group. They…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 17
Karen’s still cryptic One plot point this episode So what else is new? So this episode we recap last episode and follow up with Karen getting a copy…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 23
Scenes that don’t connect Like a game, leading us to Trippy Flashback Crypt So, yeah… this episode is scenes. They don’t exactly weave together, much like all the…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 10
Every side is bad, And everywhere you’re outlawed Time to change venue So, the point of this episode is to get both main groups headed to Togetsu, a…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 19
Kagero, confess! Turns out he didn’t do it. Leia is Luke’s sister?! We’re kind of back to oldschool Scarlet Nexus bloat, using the lead-in on recap as well…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 3
Oh crap, boss monster. Everyone playing both sides. The pace is awful. So, we start by finding out what weird way Naomi was going to ‘die’. Turns out,…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 16
Human Others fight A message sent to the world Time and Death abound So, this week we follow up with the comment about the human-derived Others being moved.…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 25
Anticlimax time! There’s no final boss for you. Karen deleted. On paper this is a fine resolution to the problems the show faces, but in practice, it’s kind…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 8
Is that really plot? Answers in a hospital More in another Episode 8 is something of an exposition episode. It turns out shambling Nagi isn’t malicious as he…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 24
It all means nothing This episode’s a smoke screen Think we won’t notice? Did you want to see an esoteric mess that does very little to advance the…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 5
Run and fight and run As you know, it is a coup Wait, Kasane what? So, from last episode we reinforce Karen’s cryptic nonsense as the coup kicks…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode Episode 9
Follow the convoy To a PVP grudge match Soylent Red is Brains Once again, we have an episode basically dedicated to a single set piece event. For the…
Seasonal Selection – Scarlet Nexus Episode 26 (End)
Boring time is had An unneeded episode Nebulous future Everyone forgets Karen other than Yuito and Kasane, but some faint echoes remain with the rest of the cast.…
Scarlet Nexus Episode 21 Review – Unraveling Entanglements
Why couldn’t Wakana stay a bit longer?
Scarlet Nexus Episode 25 Review – An Alternative Path
I feel bad for Fubuki and Luka…
Scarlet Nexus Episode 18 Review – Understanding Karen’s Motives
Probably the best episode of the anime so far (and the only one I fully understand).