English Dub Review: Remake Our Life! “Be Prepared”

Overview (Spoilers Below):

Kyoya decides to step in and do whatever he can to salvage the project that the management of his company is running into the ground.

Our Take: 

Attraction Point has officially gone under, thanks to its hard-headed president. Their latest game, Mystic Clockwork, was released with an overabundance of bugs and inconsistent gacha drop rates. But hope is not lost yet, as Kyoya steps in to save the day once again. Because of his experience with the development process and Nanako’s inspiring video, he helps the company recover from its massive blow.

The previous episode offered a good and highly compelling perspective on the consequences of quantity over quality. Due to the president’s refusal to give his team enough time to make a great game, the product was released as an unfinished and glitchy mess. Even worse is that the idiotic boss blames Eiko for the dilemma instead of himself. The penultimate episode showcases the aftermath of the scenario, with Kyoya performing several solutions to get his company back on track.

One of them involves replacing the game’s engine with a purchased one from another organization with the team’s budget. Additionally, Kyoya offers a generous apology to the players who have experienced many bugs in the game and gives his team members two days off to catch a breather. Finally, he motivates Minori again by showing her some of the artwork from Team Kitayama’s game, “HaruSora”.

Despite the president’s concern, Attraction Point has recovered from the backlash. However, Kyoya has one more solution to fix that isn’t related to the game. When he’s informed that Eiko is leaving for Okinawa, he rushes to stop her before she gets on the plane. Aside from the Kitayama roommates, the friendship between Kyoya and Eiko is one of the show’s intriguing aspects. Despite her stubbornness and desire to take her career seriously, Eiko is supportive towards others in a way that helps them be better people through her criticisms, mainly Kyoya.

This episode is no different, with Eiko scolding Kyoya about his lack of confidence and his massive burden from other people. Unfortunately, while doing so, Eiko accidentally proclaims her love to him, although Kyoya’s already married, so she’s way late on that confession. Aside from that, this is a heartfelt turning point, with Kyoya understanding the good part of helping others instead of always blaming himself for changing his friends’ lives. It also helps that Marisa Duran’s performance as Eiko sold me with her emotions.

With the finale slowly approaching, it’s easy to say that the show has done well in displaying its heartfelt moments in the second half. More importantly, it effectively showcases a company’s flaws in producing a product and responding to a game’s reception. “Be Prepared” is another great depiction of the importance of quality over quantity packed with heart and a surprising conclusion, with Keiko being responsible for Kyoya’s time-traveling mishap. It looks like we’ll be getting a chance to go back to the past, like Samurai Jack, in next week’s finale, so stay tuned for that.