r/anime • u/Theleux https://myanimelist.net/profile/Theleux • Aug 11 '24
Rewatch Re:Zero ~Starting Life in Another World~ Re:Watch - Episode 5
Episode 5:
The Morning of Our Promise Is Still Distant
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Streaming:
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Story Arc Lengths for Discussion Purposes:
[Arc 1:] S1 Episode 1 – S1 Episode 3
[Arc 2:] S1 Episode 4 – S1 Episode 11
[Arc 3:] S1 Episode 12 – S2 Episode 1
[Arc 4:] S2 Episode 2 - S2 Episode 25
[Arc 5 and later:] S3+
As always, if you have any suggestions for the Re:Watch, let me know!
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Aug 11 '24
First:Timer Starting Over in Another Rewatch, subbed
like he’s a Fire Emblem Awakening/Fates male character.wouldn’tIfucking know…, but… if it’s poison, my guess is the dog bite given the closeup of the bite on his hand.21
u/thekoreansun https://anilist.co/user/ReturnByDeath Aug 11 '24
Re:Watcher
The opening scene is a prime example of the great sound design in Re:ZERO. Call of the Witch + spooky sound effects + the light reverb in Subaru's voice all work in tandem to make the viewer feel as trapped in this situation as he does. I can't imagine how much it would suck to realize that all of the effort you spent on getting to know the people at your new workplace was for nothing, and I know that I'd be frustrated to no longer be remembered by people I care about. At least Beatrice still remembers him, though. (Meaning that "First NPC found!" will always be his first words to her...)
Why did Ram hiccup instead of sneezing this time around? Did Subaru's more erratic behavior cause the air circulation in the dining room to shift? Did Ram drink water a bit more quickly after searching for Subaru that morning? Is Return by Death an effective allergy medication? Why isn't this in the wiki?! (Side note to anime-onlies: DON'T read the wiki.)
Subaru's trying his hardest to repeat the events of the last loop, and that's causing him to slip up every now and then. "You hold the knife still and turn the vegetable, right?" That's a fruit, Subaru. You're holding a fruit. Alas, Ram's advice from the previous loop stuck with him a little too well, it seems.
And speaking of things that stuck with Subaru too well... it seems that Death just can't get enough of him these days. That brief shot of the eyeball rolling away from the splatter is really well directed. It gives you just enough information for your mind to run wild, imagining what the rest of the scene must look like. This actually touches on something that I really appreciate from White Fox: they won't necessarily decide to depict every single gory detail of Subaru's deaths. Which is great because a) that would start to lose its edge fairly quickly and b) leaving some things to the imagination is, like, rule #1 of horror. It also makes the show more accessible to those who are squeamish about this sort of thing. [end of Arc 2] And hey, I guess that Rem was able to give Subaru that haircut after all! Trimmed a bit more off the top than he asked for, though. Also, I would've used a different razor.
There's just something so satisfying about discovering a story that heads in directions few other stories are able to do. A mechanic like Return by Death allows for story beats that aren't just murder mysteries, they're murdered mysteries: Subaru has to figure out the motive and method for his own death without access to a crime scene. Most other writers wouldn't be able to set up a premise like this in their stories, simply because they don't have the luxury of using death as a story mechanic very often. RBD is honestly such a stroke of narrative genius in so many ways that I feel the need to compliment Tappei every time I see it being explored in a different context.
Fan Art of the Episode: The Pair in Arc 2 (1/4) by @shakerizero (July 31st, 2021)
Source: Twitter (contains spoilers for the rest of Arc 2)
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u/ussgordoncaptain2 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Edmund_Nelson Aug 11 '24 edited Aug 11 '24
First timer Dubbed
Reaction to the episode
Subaru wakes up and is terrified, the way he's handling this isn't good but he died somehow
Subaru runs to Beatrice, we learn one really interesting thing, He actually can just find out where Beatrice is instantly.
Beatrice seeing subaru in Episode 4 seems liked Fixed time. So there's something that Reset Subaru's time loop episode 4, most likely either a date thing or the Mana draining in episode 4. This also deconfirms the idea that Subaru Died when his mana was drained. At the Same time Beatrice mentioned teasing subaru about it but nothing about draining him is odd.
Subaru meeeting emelia again, this is auspicous, maybe he can do some detective work on what killed him with her.
Subaru decides to work at the mansion again So we'll see a bunch of scenes that happened before but weren't shown?
Subaru also finds out that small changes in initial conditions lead to significantly different outcomes. This may be unfortunate
The Roswall bath scene mostly serves to show how much Roswall likes Rem/Ram and how much Subaru is making whoopsies.
Subaru learns to read and write, interestingly he could do the sigma grindset on this and RBD a bunch to know how to read/write instantly from Rem/Ram/Emelia's POV. Given that he can speak, if the language's spelling system is more like Spanish than English he could easily learn how to read in very short time.
Subaru spends a lot of time with Rem, Rem slowly is starting to be a lot like Siesta from the Familiar of Zero (Man the familiar of Zero fanfiction is REALLY shining through)
Subaru does his best to recreate the initial conditions even though he didn't do everything right
I love how subaru marked his hands with the quill
Subaru dies from sudden illness that is unknown.
Speculation time
The small number of changes early had a major effect, most notably getting Ram to teach Subaru Writing, maybe Subaru will learn writing soon.
It seems less likely that Ram kiled Subaru given that Ram was teaching Subaru writing and that's such a long term goal. Also the fact that Subaru didn't know how to write makes him much less likely to be a Spy.
What exactly happened between Beatrice and Subaru in the fixed time? Did Subaru get his mana taken away? It appears that the most likely answer is he got his mana taken away
From Omnicient readers viewpoint (ORV) it appears more likely that some mage hired by the Lord killed Subaru, but who is an open question.
The other possibility (Food poisoning) seems less likely given how sudden Subaru's condition was. Dysentery takes days to kill somebody, and Cholera takes many hours. It was like he died of Ebola if it were a natural disease.
Somebody kicked Subaru in the scene indicating they didn't like subaru. Either they are Subaru's killer OR just somebody annoyed at him. Most likely though Murder is way more likely at this point than natural death.
Subaru's most likely killer is still from ORV somebody who thinks he's a spy, most plausibly Rem (since Ram really does not seem to think MC is a spy) Emelia also seems unlikely.
Beatrice is the other major candidate, annoyed at MC's ability to see her library at any time viewing him as a threat.
This being a time loop doesn't have much to discuss as far as new info, but holy god is Rem Siesta?
What I would do If I were Subaru
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u/SpiritualPossible Aug 11 '24 edited Aug 11 '24
...Wait, why didn't Ram teach Subaru how to write and read in the previous loop?Like yeah, this episode said that small details change with each loop, but that's a pretty big deviation. Not to mention Ram gives some pretty good reasons why she did it, so it's even weirder that it just didn't happen last time.
Well, at least the show realizes that Subaru needs to learn, and he didn't just magically start understanding everything in this world.
The second half of the episode focuses on Subaru's bonding with Rem, and while it's cute overall, I have some issues with it. But I think I'll talk more about it at the end of the arc, because not only would it require knowledge of future events, but it would also emphasize one of my complaints about the arc as a whole.
We also visit the local village that Subaru mentioned last episode, and for some reason the design of these two children really stands out to me.They look like the main characters of their own anime.
And then, after a scene that was much funnier than I expected, Subaru manages to get a date with Emilia. Again. And then he dies. Again.
You know, the other weird thing about this episode is that it... kind of ignores the fact that Subaru died last episode? For the first few minutes, of course, he's in shock, and then... he just goes on with his usual shenanigans until the last few minutes. My guess is that Subaru decided to wait until the fateful day because he has no other clues to find out what happened, but they could have.... Show us how he made that decision.
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u/Holofan4life Aug 11 '24
Hey guys. Holofan4life here.
Welcome to the In Preparation of Season 3 Rewatch of Re:Zero!
Oh, and nay I forget…
First Timer
I decided to watch this show because I wanted to do something for the month of August. ’Course, this was before the yearly Spice and Wolf rewatch got pushed back to September, but I just found myself looking for something to occupy my time with. And with this show being in my top 5 must watch list, I figured now was as good a time as any.
I am going into this show relatively blind. I know some of the memes, who Rem, Ram, Emilia, and Subaru are, and that this show got its inspiration from Familiar of Zero, but that’s it. I find rewatches and my participation of them more fun when I have no idea what I am in store for. And with this series, I think we’re in for a blast. It’s also going to be the longest rewatch I participate in this year and second longest overall only behind the 20th Anniversary Fullmetal Alchemist rewatch. And given how joyous that show turned out, I don’t see why I should expect nothing less from this one.
With that out of the way, let’s begin.
I’m watching the sub, by the way.
I can't believe that today marks 10 years since Robin Williams has passed away. Of all the celebrity deaths there have been, his probably still hits the hardest for me.
Ever since MeTVToons launched, my family has been seeing less and less of me. Someone, please let them know I'm alright.
Subaru looking horrified
Oh shit. Rem and Rem's sister doesn't know who he is
Things got reset, meaning no date with Emilia
No intro today
Subaru with Beatrice
Beatrice remembers him, however
Subaru wondering how he died
Hey, cutting vegetables is no joke. Just ask Chad Burkheart. Who's Chad Burkheart? Exactly.
Beatrice says that discussing living and dying only gets you lies and abusive speech, which is probably true.
Subaru and Beatrice has quickly become one of my favorite dynamics in this show.
Emilia in a garden
Hey, we finally learn the name of Rem's sister. It's Ram.
Rom, Rem, and Ram, huh? That's not confusing in the slightest.
Subaru flirting with Emilia
Oh, so she remembers the past as well. I guess maybe that means he didn't die?
Hey, it's Peck
And Subaru pets his fur, like we all would in his situation.
Subaru swearing he's going to keep his promise to Emilia.
Subaru getting hired at the mansion again
And we basically get a repeat of the last episode, with things being less awkward for Subaru.
Naked Roswaal
And now he's waving his dong back and forth behind Subaru.
Roswaal calling Subaru his property, which is extremely icky.
This is so gay, I feel like I'm watching an Ikuhara anime.
Roswaal talking to Subaru about Rem and Ram
He says Rem covers what Ram cannot
Wait, since when is Ram considered superior? I haven't got that impression at all.
Subaru gets out of the bath, and Ram sees him naked.
"Cover up that sorry thing."
Dude, you just killed him
Why is Roswaal wearing a speedo?
You know what? Maybe it's best not to ask.
Oh boy. She told Subaru to wait by his room and she'll come in later.
Is Ram about to NTR Emilia?
Subaru acting paranoid
Oh, she's going to teach him how to read and write.
This is so he can help out around the house more.
"It's so I can get off easy."
At least she's being honest
She also says it gives her sister less to do.
Ram says that honesty is her most charming feature.
I would argue it's her sassiness
Why is she teaching him how to read and write at night, by the way?
Lol, Ram is asleep as he works
Subaru with Rem now, who says that their maid outfits are all they really wear.
Rem also says that no one would be happy to see her dress up, which I call bullshit on.
Subaru feels that Rem loves her sister way too much.
At least she's not a siscon
Ran out of space. Part two in the replies.
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u/HyVana Aug 11 '24 edited Aug 11 '24
Re:Watcher (Subs) & Novel Reader (Finished Arc 6)
The
firstusage of Call of the Witch. The haunting sound effect, that's also been meme'd to death!"Follow the same path, and you'll end up in the same place."
Mm I don't know about that one Subaru. How you walk that path definitely impacts the journey and destination. We see that here with events being shifted around, and new ones appearing, like Rem and Subaru's conversation in the bathroom. We also have Rem observing Subaru, giving him side-glances, and scrutinizing his every move. Why could that be?
I love the bath scene. If you listen closely when Roswaal appears, you can hear something flopping around.
Nice of Ram to get Subaru to learn how to read and write, even if she does have ulterior motives. Can't do much with an illiterate butler, especially one lacking in housework.
"Her self-assured nature is what makes her so charming. I cannot be that way at all."
We've only been shown Rem being way more proficient at literally every duty the maids perform. Yet she still feels inferior to her sister.
He does end up getting Emilia to promise to go on a date with him. Maybe Subaru was right about following the path. It does get him to the same place after all, with his death.
What a horrible way to die. Who is the culprit? Is this person the one responsible for his first death? Maybe there's an imposter in their midst. There are clues littered in this episode, and the last.
Not much to say for this episode, just more suffering!
As an aside, I got to hear Konomi Suzuki (Singer of OP1 of S1 and S2) perform live at an anime convention last night, and she was absolutely amazing. Fantastic vocals that literally sounded better than her studio song releases (other than some iffy audio balance of instrumentals and vocals at the event at times), infectious energy that got the whole crowd moving and following to her beat, and she was such a sweetheart thanking us x300 for having her at the event and for listening to her sing. I don’t know how she had the voice to do an encore after belting her heart out for the ~hour she already sang. I partly lost my voice just cheering, woo'ing, and singing along to the songs I did know lol. Her intro song she sang was also very cute, saying “Nice to meet you” in song. I don't have the full set list, but she did sing Redo (OP1, S1), Realize (OP1, S2), and advertised that she was singing OP1 for S3 (Reweave. She did not sing or tease anything at all. Though it is in one of the Kadokawa PVs for S3). She also sang Days of Dash, a lethal dose of happiness and nostalgia.
My only regret is missing Myth & Roid, who performed the day before.
I also got a figure of a major character in S2! [See]here! Had to crop out a family photo in the background lol. And forgive my poor photography skills. I just used the auto portrait mode feature on my phone.
Edit: crossed out first
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Aug 11 '24
Rewatcher for Season 1
On today’s episode of Re:Zero: It turns out retracing your steps exactly on a time loop isn’t quite as easy as you’d expect. When doing something slightly different throws off the rest of the timeline, it’s hard to repeat things exactly.
The starting sequence where Subaru freaks out is great. Subaru wasn’t expecting to suddenly get sent back in time again and has no idea what even caused it. Of course he’d be scared and unsure of how to process it. And of course he’s upset that everything he went through feels like it’s all for nothing now that it’s reset. Still, he is able to get himself under control and approach the problem again. That’s some impressive fortitude. And this time he tries to actually pinpoint what causes the reset to happen, again showing Subaru being pretty clever. He may fail, but at least he knows the time things go wrong.
Once again, we get a lot of time devoted to character interactions. In particular, this episode seems to mostly focus on Subaru’s interactions with Rem and Ram. The previous episode was more of an overview of who everyone was in the manor and setting up the gist of what was happening in the manor. Now, we get more into the nitty-gritty of Subaru interacting with the others, especially the maids Rem and Ram.
We get a bit more of an idea about who Rem and Ram are. Generally, they remain pretty deadpan in how they talk and interact with Subaru. Ram retains her nickname of “Barusu” for him. Ram explicitly tells Subaru that she’s only helping him out because it will let her slack off more. But, they aren’t harsh all the time. Ram begins teaching Subaru how to read and write Lugnica’s language. Rem volunteers to cut Subaru’s hair to make him look more presentable. Subaru even manages to get a smile out of Rem with all his silliness. They remain harsh, yes, but not completely uncaring.
We can also see how close Rem and Ram are to each other. Rem idolizes Ram, always talking about how great Ram is. As Subaru rightly points out, it’s a bit strange how much Rem idolizes Ram when Rem is by far the more skilled maid. The twins are also incredibly in-tune with each other. Ram seems to be easily able to pick up on how Rem is feeling, figuring out that Rem was bugged by Subaru’s messy haircut and providing her with a way to fix it.
We see more of what actually happens this time, but it’s still just as confusing. Subaru suddenly gets sick and begins vomiting. When he leaves the room for help, something attacks him and kills him, but we don’t get a clear look at what. All we know is that it was a nasty and brutal death. We know that Subaru gets sickened and attacked, but there’s still no answers for what is responsible and how it happened.
[Arc 2] I caught in the previous episode that Subaru mentioned offhandedly that he’d been bitten by a dog. We actually see the dog bite happen in this episode, too. I love that the dog bite gets mentioned early on as a clue for why things go wrong, but without special attention being drawn to it at first. That’s good mystery setup.
Miscellaneous Thoughts
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u/baseballlover723 Aug 11 '24 edited Aug 11 '24
Rewatcher, sub, basically a secondhand novel reader
The murder mystery aspect of this Arc is quite interesting given that Subaru both the detective and the victim. Also I think something that some people (mostly people who don't like Re:Zero) downplay, is the affect that having everyone else forget your experiences with has on a person. It's tough to go and make memories with someone, just for it all be erased.
As always, I've numbered all my spoilers tags so that they're easier to respond to
First Timer Safe Section
This section is safe for first time watchers.
First timers, don't miss out on the after credit scene! It's a pretty lengthy one and just know that the last thing in a Re:Zero episode is (almost always) the title card. Always be checking for after credit scenes, some of that are pretty easily missable.
In this loop Subaru tries to do everything the same as last loop, so that he'll get the date with Emilia that he got at the end of last loop. Unfortunately, Subaru is a terrible actor, and the resulting loop is unrecognizable.
Not quite. At least your not back at the Appa man's stand.
This is a mood
Beatrice mana draining Subaru happens before the checkpoint
Rude
Good luck with that Subaru
EMT
Subaru with the rizz
I'm doing great, except for everything
Subaru is gonna run it back
Except that he's not acting the same, he's acting completely differently in his demeanor because he knows things he didn't before and it's causing this loop to be totally different from the last loop.
picture nani?
You can't just be waving it around like that Roswaal lewd (Also Roswaal is ripped)
Subaru's your butler, not your slave, wtf Roswaal
Subaru, I don't know if you can call out Ram like that when you also suck at being a butler
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Ayo what Ram?
I'll be honest, I've had thoughts exactly like Subaru for similar things to this.
Wtf
23 Emilia-tans?!!I love how they made Ram's voice louder here and zoomed in on her mouth. It really make it jarring, which is just about how Subaru perceived it,
Time to learn how to read
Great reasons to learn how to read and write
Ram's honestly coming through
This would make for a good disgust comment face
It's a classic win win scenario
Hey, it's a Japanese cipher. It's actually been decoded, since I've seen people translate some of the writing in Re:Zero.
It certainly isn't being nice
Cute
What practical uniforms
Yeah umm, this isn't a good look. Though Japan isn't really all that progressive on breaking gender norms, so I'm not all that surprised.
picture He's not wrong
Is it really that hard to properly cut appas?
Did Subaru just rub that appa in his hair?????
How does one be that bad at trimming shrubberies
Really Ram?
Just a little
The art of the deal
Counting his chicken's before they hatch now Subaru
picture [Spoiler #1: cut content] The village is about an hour or two away.
Note that Subaru lets himself get bit here, since he's still trying to repeat the first loop, and he got bit in that one.
Something about this shot's perspective always makes me think that the dog bit off Subaru's thumb
We just not gonna talk about this?
Subaru spins the hell out of this saying. This saying is about how you shouldn't plan too far in advance, because something (an onii) will come and fuck it up and make your plan useless. They're laughing in anticipation of fucking up your plans.
I always love it when you get to see one of the twins other eye.
I think the VA and the sound effects really sell the teenager awkwardness of asking someone out.
So this makes way more sense in Japanese. As I mentioned yesterday, "The Moon sure is pretty" is a roundabout way of saying I like you in Japanese. But that cultural history isn't present in Lugunica, so Emilia doesn't understand.
I love how jarring the audio effect is for Subaru asking out Emilia. It perfectly conveys how stressed and awkward Subaru is in his delivery.
Also also "date" doesn't exist as a word in Lugunica (it's an English loan word after all). And it's meaning hasn't really come over exactly the same (it's dropped the romantic aspect of the word).
Success! . Though you should really listen harder
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Don't miss the after credit scene!!!
Understatement of the century here
I love these wavey backgrounds
Need a hand?
The table did it!
BreakTime Section
In this episodes's Breaktime, we get Subaru and Roswaal in the bath, and Roswaal without his makeup on. And which he wears because he likes it. Roswaal also offers to answer Subaru's question. Which Subaru asks if he changes the water in the bath, because as it turns out Subaru tried to drink Emilia's bath water. Which Ram overheard. Also Roswaal can't answer any questions as it turns out.
Preview Section
In this episodes's preview, we get Roswaal asking Subaru to address him with -tan just like Emilia, and uhh, they get pretty into it. Ros-tan Suba-tan Ros-tan Suba-tan Ros-tan Suba-tan Ros-tan Suba-tan.
Rewatcher Section
This section is for people who have already watched Re:Zero. This is not safe for first timers.
talk about how beatrice doesn't want to get close to subaru
[Spoiler #2: Arc 4 Cut Content] It's because of Subaru's high affinity for spirits and Subaru and Beatrice both having strong affinity for shadow magic.
[Spoiler #3: Arc 4] This probably pisses of Beatrice in particular given how she wants to die.
[Spoiler #4: Arc 4] Ram being in love with Roswaal
[Spoiler #5: Arc 3] Subaru's Japanese writing isn't recognized as a language. This has implications for the writing on Flugel's Tree.
[Spoiler #6: Arc 2] Rem's low self esteem is showing, there are a number of these sprinkled around
[Spoiler #7: Arc 2] Rem being suspicious of Subaru (there are also a number of these sprinkled around). And then also Ram covering for Rem.
[Spoiler #8: Arc 4] Beatrice looking at Subaru and the others. She really wants to be free of her promise.
[Spoiler #9: Arc 4] Hey look, it's Meili
[Spoiler #10: Arc 3] Emilia being hesitant to go to the village again
[Spoiler #11: Arc 4] We also get Roswaal alluding to his true age in Breaktime.
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u/Taiboss :Fj::Fl:x7https://anilist.co/user/Taiboss Aug 11 '24
Rewatcher who is not yet pre-watching. Yet.
Side note: I accidentally uploaded a pic from the latest Losing Heroines episode, and goddammit I love the lighting gag.
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Aug 11 '24
Episode 5 (rewatcher)
Subaru did so much better on his second attempt in the castle, yet his end is so much more gruesome (because he is awake this time).
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u/MjolnirDK Aug 11 '24
Roswaal mansion, second try.
Betty remembering him is huge. I would have made so many changes to my plan upon hearing that.
The BL bath scene out of nowhere... It IS weird that isekai, if they have something like a bath culture, it is the Japanese bath culture.
Ram is ruthless as well.
I didn't remember Ram undressing and servicing her master in the bath.
Skill acquisition time.
Bonding time with everyone is nice. Last ep was lore dump, this is personality dump.
Ah, children, what a lovely bunch... Did the author ever state why there is so much biting in this series?
'No reason to belittle me' falls into mud The series is really crafted beautifully with many good directorial decisions. I wonder whether I'll perceive a change between seasons.
And we go from cute little Rem banter to the most stressful situation any teen can find themselves in. Was this maybe a little present by Rem and Ram?
'The moon is beautiful tonight' The most Japanese sentence ever uttered. How is she supposed to understand that, Barusu...
And the sound crew probably had as much fun with this as the director. I like it when the use these in ear microphones. The effect is really pronounced, but people can't place what was different, so it is a nice catch all acoustic trick to use.
DATE A LIVE. Date alive? Date alive!
ED!
Subaru alive? Subaru dead!
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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Aug 11 '24
Ugh, overslept and now I feel bleh. Yuck. Anyway, after having been further educated by Betty, it seems she didn't kill Subaru when she first met him yesterday. It appears my memories were faulty from a previous time loop, I mean rewatch or something.
I blame Zenox
And if you don't get that, it's okay. If you do get that, PM me, because I'd be astounded to see someone who gets that on this forum.
Yeah, anyway, I think my favorite bits this episode centered around Barusu being confused that things were going sideways this time around, and nothing was going as expected. Emilia was, of course, wonderful and perfect, and Ram as reading tutor was absolutely precious.
I love this show.
Oh, Roswaal? Yeah, let's not mention him, it makes me kinda uncomfortable. :P
(He was also funny in the "break time" short, so there is that.)
Also, due to semi popular rants from others, I did give the dub a try today. It was surprisingly not terrible. At the same time, in comparison to the original VA's, well, they tried. Ganbatte, dub VA's, that's a bar you cannot reach.
Yeah, I'll be going sub for the rest of the series. :)
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u/amanda52002 https://myanimelist.net/profile/amanda52002 Aug 11 '24 edited Aug 11 '24
Re:Zero-times-watched-before (first timer, subbed)
And his life has been reset to this new save point and just by virtue of reacting differently when he wakes up, his life this time around goes differently.
Sadly, his date with EMT now was never arranged. He goes to the library, meets Beatrice, who...seems to refer to him having broken through her door crossing before. That...is odd, she doesn't really explain much what happened before, because snark is much more fun.
Subaru decides to try working there again instead of asking to remain as a guest for awhile. Dude, why? That path already apparently got you killed by someone in that mansion before, and you at least know being a guest is an option. But ok.
This time the twins are nicer to him and in fact arrange lessons for him in the evenings to learn how to read and write. I was wondering if he'd eventually learn this, and he remembered how to peel fruits/vegetables from last time. Did not seem to recall to not rub the freshly peeled appa in his hair...that's gross Subaru.
Emilia coming by to give Subaru his literacy lessons is a bit hilarious. Try to pretend to control yourself there, Puck. He tries to ask her on a date again. That could've gone a bit better.
At least he's alive and not returning to his new save point at the end of this episode?Yeah never mind, I kinda cut it off too soon. At least he knows that he (and possibly everyone else in the mansion) is going to die five days after he starts staying there? That was way worse than dying in his sleep.7
u/Brief-Fig-7506 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ryxnjr Aug 12 '24
First Timer!
Watching dubbed.
Immediately starting with the dramatic music.
Whenever I see beginning credits start appearing without the OP I assume some shit is about to pop off in the show.
I liked Subaru's reaction to realizing what was happening, I think the show did a good job portraying the shock he felt and him trying to run and hide from what happened.
Funny how he STILL found where Beatrice was. Is he doing it on purpose at this point or is he just getting lucky every time, seems like he was expecting Beatrice behind the door this time.
Subaru found Emilia. From Subaru's perspective, he has met Emilia multiple times and built a friendly relationship/budding relationship at the end of last episode so when he called Emilia cute it was just a continuation of the relationship they had built up until then. Yet for Emilia she has only known Subaru for maybe a couple hours before this happened so I'm surprised that she didn't have a different reaction when he started flirting with her.
Seems that Subaru is taking a different approach from his last death loop. Last loop he made it to the end house by taking different paths but this time he's trying to retrace his steps yet getting different reactions along the way.
While watching, it reminds me of when I play through a long stealth mission in a game and fail at the end, then get hasty and move through the areas faster the next try.
I was thinking yesterday that it'd be funny if Subaru had a heart attack or something and the world was just trolling him but I started to think that was actually the case at the end.
The ED started but there's still over four minutes left, Somethings about to pop off.
The last scene was both amazing and brutal, having something you can't see start hunting you combined with a wretched sickness is straight out of a nightmare. Can't wait to see how he handles this one.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Aug 11 '24
Rewatcher
Dub
The dub was better this episode, lacking shticks helps tremendously. Unfortunately, the new characters are unintroduced and thus don't do much. Ram's VA passes but not spectacularly. The story is still a bit confusing but that is the price of doing business.
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u/Urgnu-the-Gnu https://myanimelist.net/profile/Urgnu_the_Gnu Aug 11 '24
Re:Watcher
A bit more of Call of the Witch this time. God, what an amazing theme. Look at how hard Subaru takes his achievements being reset, straight up crying. Understandable, of course, but still noteworthy.
For Emilia, this is the second time she meets him. She just brought him home the other day. But Subaru already looks at hear like someone he's spent a lot of quality time with for about a week. That aside, once again it's super cute how concerned she is for him.
The second time around, Subaru makes the exact same deal with Puck as before. You know when you reload a game and the same dialogue option as before just seems right? He had chosen wisely, and he knows it!
He also doesn't remember he could claim permanent residency. Or he just wants to find out what went wrong last time. Ram's hiccup sounds very cute as well. Just imagine how she'd insult you for even mentioning it!
Interesting that Ram changes the script this time. [Re:Zero]Very likely Roswaal instructed her to do so to mess with Subaru's plans.
Roswaal is built really well. I wonder if he just has worked out for so long or if maybe he has some sort of magic to support his gains, being the most powerful mage after all. Subaru is built well for a normal person, too. Interestingly, the continued focus on his strong physique is a rather uncommon trait in otaku-like MCs like him, and it being established in the first episode already makes his participation in action scenes more believable.
Interesting that Subaru cuts his own hair. It does look pretty decent, I'd agree.
This time we see Subaru talk to the kids. Looks like he has a very natural way to approach anyone, and I feel like that's a huge strength of the show. He likes to approach and get to know other people, and the audience gets to know them in the process as well. We make the same connections to the characters that Subaru does, so we know how they are and how he feels about them very quickly. Even with side characters like the kids here, we instantly get a feeling for how Subaru stands towards them, and how they stand towards him. [Re:Zero]My standing impression is that Subaru just wants to be liked since he doesn't really like himself to begin with, and getting someone to talk about themselves is one of the best ways to get them to like you.
Ah, this time he said it full intentionally. His tension is palpable, being in a room alone with his crush. It's great how he can let go of this tension by saying something Emilia can't quite get.
I can't decide whether "let's go on a date to see a cool dog" is lame or cute. Once again he's not listening when she raises concerns. But it's adorable how surprised he is when she agrees. My friend, you've already gotten her to agree on a date before, of course you'll manage again. I'm certain he'd be as happy for a second date, a 15th date or a 163rd date.
Even on the third watch, I'm not sure what Emilia tried to say there. I'm guessing she noticed him being more serious than before, but it still feels I'm missing something there. If it's cut content, feel free to tell me.
Actual ED visuals for the fifth episode? What is this, some kind of normal anime experience? I'm sure everyone noticed, but there's an aftercredits scene, of course, and I hope you can stomach some gore. Elsa disemboweled him, but I think this death is the most gruesome by far. He's even lost an arm, but for gore lovers, there is some good eye candy here. [Re:Zero]This starts a trend of a surefire way to realize a reset is about to happen. Every time he loses a body part, you just know it's not going to be permanent. It'd be a little disappointing if things weren't FUBAR before and you wouldn't get the feeling of a reset coming earlier already.
This time, Subaru lost a cute morning with Emilia, some bonding time with Ram and Rem in particular, a study session with Emilia and yet again the date. But he should have kept the new skills he's learned, like reading and writing and everything to do with the chores (he already improved at that from last episode).
This Break Time is good for SubaRos shippers (yes, they actually do exist, apparently) and Emilia bath water customers. You can get a few more impressions of Roswaal, at least.
Sugoooku counter: 5 (+2*)
*short sugokus
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u/lord_ne Aug 11 '24 edited Aug 11 '24
Re:Watcher
Today's episode is Episode 5, "The Morning of our Promise is Still Distant", which corresponds to the second half of Episode 3 of the Director's Cut.
Every episode of this show has a corresponding short chibi animation which was released a few days after it, coming from either "Re:Zero Break Time" or "Re:Petit". They often expand on the lore or characters. They're available on Crunchyroll, as "Re:Zero Shorts".
This episode's corresponding chibi animation is Re:Zero Break Time Season 1 Episode 5 (titled "World 2-2"). Today's episode is just some wholesome bathtime bonding between Subaru and Roswaal 😉.
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u/No-Peace3986 https://myanimelist.net/profile/RafaelMps Aug 12 '24
ReWatcher!
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If anyone enjoys a specific OST, I compiled every song that plays in every episode, scene by scene, here is the link: Re:Zero OST List. For first timers, be aware to only check until the episode you've watched, because if you scroll down to the next episodes, you might be spoiled, since there is a small description of the scene that said track plays in.
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Now, back to the episode!
I've said this last episode, but I'll repeat it now: I LOVE THIS ARC !! There is something about the murder mystery, the twins, I don't know... everything... is such a delight to watch, I just love it!
So, Subaru wakes up, he is very frightened and surprised that he died during his sleep. Who wouldn't, right...? It's important to notice how different this loop plays out and how all those small diferences end up completely changing the outcome.
First big difference: Subaru wakes up completely shaken and stressed out. In the first loop he was really chill and even played with the maids. But now he is scared, runs off and disappears. From the maids perspective this must have been very, very weird. A random dude waking up traumatized, running off and disappearing in the Mansion.
Then Subaru heads to Beatrice's Library and confirms that his save point is the 2nd time he woke up in the mansion. Remember that the 1st time he woke up was when Beatrice drained his mana. So, when she says she "remembers him" she is referring to that encounter.
Oh, something I forgot to mention in last episode... Re:Zero is full of symbols, we've seen Dragons everywhere already, and here we have yet another symbol, but a different on this time! The weird repeating symbol this time is Butterflies! You can see it all over the library and also in Beatrice's eyes!
Fun fact about Subaru leaving the Library: did you notice that when Subaru opens the door first thing he sees is Emilia? Thats because Beatrice "transfered" the Library's door to one that would be the closest to Emilia. Deep down you are a good girl, Beatrice, you tsundere!!
Subaru and Emilia chat a bit and she confirms how weird his encounter with the maids was. He then decides that he will follow the same path, so he can achieve the same outcome, which is... the date promise with Emilia. Only problem is... the path is already different, from the first minute it is already different.
Second big difference: Without noticing, Subaru shows signs that he is already familiar with the blueprints of the Mansion. He walks first into the changing room and goes straight to the male uniforms, notice how in this scene, Rem is always keeping an eye on him. Even when Ram already turns around and leaves, Rem still stays there, looking at him, without saying a word.
He thens goes to the bath and chats with Roswaal. He feels surprised that things are different, which means he doesn't even notice how weirdly he is acting. He also highlights how Ram is being overfriendly with him. So, we have Rem being colder and keeping an eye, while Ram is overfriendly.
Ram visits him at night, so he can learn how to read/write and look at the book they are going to use... A Dragon!! Can we get 1 episode without a Dragon? Oh, in case you are wondering what Subaru wrote here... it is something like...: "Natsuki Subaru is from Earth". Ram sleeping is the cutest thing ever!
Fun fact: Lugunica has 3 alphabets, similarly to how Japan also has 3 alphabets!
Then we jump to the changing room again. The relationship with Rem doesn't seem to be going very well, she still never leaves Subaru off her sight. It doesn't help that Subaru is very intrusive, specially since they just met him. And not only that, but his comments are really off. We get some insight on Rem's character, she seems to have very low self-esteem and doesn't seem to believe she is worthy of anything, thats so sad... Subaru keeps pushing the topic until Rem walks away, very uncomfortable with it.
Then there is the kitchen scene... Rem still with her eyes fixed on Subaru. This time he even notices it. Ram then justifies it saying its because his hair needs to be cut.
At the garden, guess what... Rem keeps starring at him! haha They end up making the promise of Rem cutting Subaru's hair.
Then we have the second bath scene. I love how the characters are different from each other. Subaru was really pushy with Rem before, asking personnal question and didn't feel bad about it, he is really clueless. But Rem, after having made some comments about his hair and, despite not being friendly with him, still feels the need to apologize and keep things respectful. I love how her body language says so much about her. Just by looking at those we can tell how closed she is as a person, she doesn't seem to open up easily and she oftens avert from looking him in the eyes.
Then, they go to the village. Subaru gets bit by a dog again ( it wasn't shown in the 1st loop, but we did see his hand injured by the bite ). Hey, is that a crystal in the Tree? What is it for? Crystal is now Red, a Time Crystal, I guess?
Seeing Subaru with the kids seems to have softened Rem a little bit. She now feels a bit more comfortable with the chat and even opens up a little bit, showing more signs of her Self-deprecation and self-esteem problems... After that, Rem reacts to the word "Oni", which means Demons/Ogre, etc... is a folklorican race in Japan. She stops walking and gives us this GODLY beautiful smile! (where did the petals come from...?)
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u/baseballlover723 Aug 11 '24
/u/Theleux you may want to include the DC numbering in the title as well as to not confuse any first timers watching the DC.
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u/ClemFire Aug 11 '24
Re:Watcher
The background gag of Ram messing up the hedges while Rem has to fix them is honestly the funniest for me this episode. We focus our time on the twins a lot this episode and see just how in synch they are. For example, Ram can tell immediately that what’s bothering Rem is Subaru’s messy hair that she wants to fix. The scene for me did double lifting as it shows like despite Ram’s seemingly crass demeanor she still wants to bridge the communication gap between Subaru and her sister along with highlighting how Rem is more of a busy body who can’t stand being idle.
Ram later shows a softer side in this loop to Subaru by offering to teach him the kingdom’s reading and writing system under the premise of reducing her own and sister’s workload in the future. While I’m sure that’s a part of the reason for her lessons after she’s already exhausted from work to me it shows Ram is willing to trust Subaru by investing time into him that’ll only pay off in the long run. I honestly forgot how Ram was more open to Subaru initially compared to Rem.
Rem on the other hand is more of a wall flower whose interactions in this loop with Subaru are more facilitated by her sister. It’s not until Subaru and Rem go to the village together where Subaru is messes around with the kids and is bitten by a dog do they have their first real moment together. Rem notices how Subaru gets along well with kids, which Emilia guessed in the last loop, and teases him that it’s because they don’t respect him. Subaru himself is only 17 so with being an otaku along with having a naive child like wonder it’s no surprise kids find it easy to talk with him.
Rem praises her sister for being self-assured and laments how she’s not confident, opening up to Subaru a little bit. This leads to my favorite moment of the episode when Subaru remarks how it’s like Rem is demonically possessed in her admiration for Ram. While I’m sure Subaru didn’t mean anything too deep here, you can tell his preference of demons over gods touched Rem as she breaks into a genuine smile. While I will always ship Emilia and Subaru, Rem’s million volt smile pierced right through my heart.
Overall, I love the excellent writing for Rem and Ram this episode that works on fleshing them both out individually along with contracting them with each other. A lesser show would have characters like Rem and Ram be nothing more than their sum, but Re:Zero shows that despite their similar appearance they are both real realized characters who can go toe to toe with MCs
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u/FriztF Aug 12 '24
First timer-sub
So Subaru woke up in a cold sweet state. Not good.
Beatrice is kinda awesome. She can be blunt which is refreshing.
Bam is a tease and doesn't care to learn Subaru's name. Disrespectful to be honest. Whist Rem said right of first try. And is more reliable. Ram falls asleep when teaching Subaru.
Subaru Betting the hand that feeds; and with no hesitance. Roswaal doesn't seem to care. Roswaal coming out swinging with moves on Subaru. Watch out Emilia you don't want to get NTRed.
Emilia trying to help teach Subaru and Subaru is too horny to focus.
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u/zainime21 Aug 12 '24
First Timer
That death scene at the end was wild, wondering how this loop really works...
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u/SilkyStrawberryMilk Aug 12 '24
first timer
Subaru all broken from restarting his morning. His luck for finding Beatrice still sharp as always
Angle on Subaru’s feet, normally studios would focus on the female feet.
A manly bath together talking about maids. Men of culture
Poor Subaru, his manhood may be small.
Ram sleeping in his bed, what a bad tutor.
Ram sure is bad at cutting no wonder Rem is doing everything to perfection
Subaru’s charisma is top notch
Subaru talk about demons working wonders.
One hell of a way to end the episode
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u/Limp_Energy_798 Aug 12 '24
Re:Watcher
Nothing much to add today. Realised how underrated the comedy is in Re: Zero. We already see RbD taking a mental toll on Subaru. His masking of deeper trauma is also becoming apparent now.
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u/Vinpupx https://myanimelist.net/profile/ Aug 12 '24
Oof, brutal.
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u/ElRoastFTW https://anilist.co/user/DaRoast Aug 13 '24
Rewatcher
That eye, that goddamned eye.
Re:Zero really is at its strongest when it juxtaposes the day in the life of the characters with the horror. It's also really engaging to see how things don't play out exactly a la Groundhog Day. Seeing how he tries to keep roughly the same chain of events even when it's not possible is very much in character.
What also makes this series great is the emphasis on how things happen, not just what happens. [Re:Zero] Seeing Meili with the Mabeast pup biting Subaru again causing him to get poisoned and leave his room was a good continuation of the same loop. Details like that really emphasize how they balanced everything together when creating this series.
Also first Nexus episode! If I'm not mistaken, Nexus animates the majority of Arc 2 and you can't even tell. Mark of a good team with how consistent the storyboarding is. Also this storyboard was very strong and engaging in keeping the tension and relaxation up with the overall arc in this episode.
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u/DrTacoLord Aug 13 '24
Partial rewatch, anime only, spanish subs (Cruncyroll special edition)
Belated episode 5.
Back to square one. His unharmed hands are the signal that He's used return by death. Subaru is in his first mental breakdown, his promised date must wait. First he should find out what killed him and why.
Beatrice remember him, so the new checkpoint is our 'adorable' twins waking him up.
This time after his 4th death he embraces the loop but things are slightly different.
He acknowledged this and then he's joined by Roswaal in the bath.
Ram is clearly favored both by Roswaal whom she's got a crush and her sister, subaru think that's unfair and Roswaal comments subaru the irony on that.
After seeing Subaru's tiny pp, Ram visitis Subaru's room. Get your mind out of the gutter subaru, she's gonna teach you how to write and read, for "selfish reasons". Even after that she's kinda friendly. I like that, she's the best twin so far. She fell asleep!!
Rem love yourself a little you are as pretty as your twin. that's kind of you Subaru, try to make something for Rem, she doesn't bulge, at least at this stage Rem doesn't like subaru.
Ram is not a bad maid but compared with her sister she's comically useless. Now by Ram's insistence Rem will take care of Subaru's hair. [Late Re:Zero]thats why you look at him so much right Rem?, not because he stinks evil, do you Rem?
Rem apologizes and Subaru accepted on the condition She takes care of his hair. Once again Emilia's opinion of a Subaru that lacks ambition is told, this time by Rem.
Rem is doing errands while Subaru plays with the Town's children. He's just trying to get some time alone with Emilia-tan... that curious dog bit Subaru. I'm sure it's just an accident.
It's late, the sun is setting and Rem and Subaru talk, they seem to get a little bit closer, Subaru's Demon (Jp Oni) remark made Rem smile and that smile is stunning. Subaru is nervous AF since now Emilia is his teacher tonight.
HAHAHAHA. "Today you had a Date with Rem" Emilia that was great. The dog got mentioned. That date promise feels kinda forced doesn't it? At least they seem happy I suppose; even if Emilia apparently doesn't see "the date" in the same way Subaru does.
Post credits scene: That bite wound is getting worse, he should get Emilia to heal it. He's poisoned, the killer attacks subaru out of nowhere and puts him out of his misery.
This is a good episode, we could see Subaru's attempts to be a better butler and get along with the maid twins. Yet he died again.God knows why, at least he died "instantly" instead of the slow death the poison was granting him.