Revisiting World Break

Motivated by mild curiosity about the difference between last January’s Seiken Tsukai no World Break and last month’s Seiken Tsukai no World Break Retake version, I watched both iterations of the first episode side by side. Apart from a ten second long still frame added to the beginning of the “Retake version,” I noticed only two very small updates applied to the “Retake” rebroadcast. Neither difference seemed worth re-broadcasting or re-watching the episode for.

This still frame lasts for 10 seconds and is the new first shot of “Retake ver.” episode 1.

In the original broadcast version, Satsuki had two tears streaming from each eye. In “Retake ver.” she now has only one tear streaming from each eye.

At the end of the episode, one shot of Moroha depicts him holding his sword in a slightly different stance.

I didn’t see any other differences in running length, animation quality, or art design between the original broadcast version & the “Retake version.” Perhaps later episodes include more significant alterations, but the show isn’t good enough to warrant detailed study.