Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World
Re:Zero is an anime that falls under the isekai genre ( which means other-world) with incredible world building, storytelling and beautiful character. Created by Tappei Nagatsuki based on manga/ light novel of the same name, Re:zero focuses on Subaru Natsuki an average teenage boy living in Japan before he was suddenly teleported to another world, one that is filled with magic, mystical creatures with a medieval setting. Unlike most typical isekai anime, the protagonist (Subaru) does not possess any overpowered skills, magical abilities or combat knowledge which is the usual narrative for most isekai anime as the protagonists are known for having a unique ability that sets him apart and gives him an added edge over antagonists or conflicts that may arise. The only known ability Subaru has is the RETURN BY DEATH SKILL. This is quite a bizarre skill which allows the main character to return to a fixed point in time after he dies.
After Subaru is relocated to an entirely different world without consent or a heads-up, he tries to navigate in this new world without any knowledge, powers or any form of financial assistance, he is rescued by a half elf known as Emilia from a gang of hoodlums. Grateful to her for saving him, Subaru immediately falls in love with her vows to protect from danger and also ensures that she sits on the throne of the kingdom as she is one of the eligible candidates to become it's monarch.
Subaru is not your everyday traditional hero who saves the day with few skirmishes along the way. Subaru has to die over and over again before he is able to achieve a single victory and what's worse is that the trauma from those experiences move on with him even after he goes back in time. He gets to fill the pain, the torture which happens way too often.
There are also other notable characters like Rem and Ram who are twin maids of Emilia with Rem eventually falling in love with the hero, puck a magical beast/spirit that belongs to Emilia and so many other characters that add depth to the story.
Re:zero is not a full on romance anime however there is a kind of a love triangle between Rem, Subaru and Emilia. If you are looking for an anime that blends, fantasy, isekai, awesome character development, psychological characteristics, a little bit of love etc, then you can't look any further than this.
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This is a gross misrepresentation and mis-characterisation of this anime.
First of all, protagonist have no special abilities whatsoever. He does not control "Groundhog Day" loop and he is at mercy of forces that transported him into another world and keep restarting it, making him re-live the same situation over and over again. (Later it is hinted in the show that a powerful witch did that to main character.) It is not a skill.
Romance is unfulfilled promise in Re:Zero. It just never goes anywhere. Instead viewers get more than generous portion of emotionally manipulating tragedy, with not only protagonist dying in agony over and over again, but also everyone around him keep dying, despite his desperate efforts to save them, so he breaks down more than few times, going through complete emotional breakdown. That grotesque drama is nothing like what you've described.
World building of Re:Zero is genuinely interesting, especially in the beginning, but development slows down as quality of storytelling decline with progression of the show. Unsurprisingly it is unfinished, or as one might say there is "open ending"...
Alright thanks for the correction
I haven't read the light novel yet
I also only watched the anime series.