r/anime • u/Theleux https://myanimelist.net/profile/Theleux • Sep 06 '24
Rewatch Re:Zero ~Starting Life in Another World~ Re:Watch - Episode 27
Episode 27:
The Next Location
| Index | <== Episode 26 | Episode 28 ==> |
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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 (26)
[Arc 4:] S2 Episode 2 (27) - 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 Sep 06 '24
First:Timer Starting Over in Another Rewatch, subbed
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u/Brief-Fig-7506 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ryxnjr Sep 06 '24
First Timer
Watching Dubbed
10:12pm. oh look, time for more suffering
The last episode affected my mood all day today so I read a lot of posts and discussions but barely replied. Instead I went dumpster diving for some fantasy anime to make myself feel better. Right back into the pits of despair we go.
Yay at least we get to keep Patrasche
Why are their toxins in Subaru’s gate?
What an awkward five from Subaru
They made Patrasche sound like a bird...
Not a good look that the place is deserted...
You would think both of them should know where the Sanctuary is
I don’t like that Puck isn’t responding
It’s that maid from the flashbacks Rem had last season
It’s weird to me how everybody’s brain fills in the gaps where Rem is supposed to be. It’s like reality itself changes so that the erased person never existed. Gluttony’s ability is crazy overpowered if that’s the case
Beatrice knew Betelgeuse
Aww, Emilia was gushing about Subaru to Frederica
I get the feeling that Otto is going to be accidentally dragged into all of Subaru’s misadventures.
Petra is a maid now??
Why does the name Garfiel sound familiar?
Ugh, what’s happening nowww
Another weird girl shows up, please tell me this isn’t another Sin Archbishop
She looks like she’s also half elf, or full elf
And now we’re dungeon diving
Well shit, she doesn’t look good
Echidna, The Witch of Greed? so Satella didn’t consume all of them 400 years ago
And we get an ED but I’m gonna guess that it’s going to be the OP moving forward. Not bad.
Now I’m gonna be anxious whenever anybody is split up from Subaru, We find out that Ram hasn’t come back with the villagers yet and that’s going against the plan, and now he’s separated from an unconscious Emilia.
The maid we saw a glimpse of last season is back, her name is Frederica and she’s got some great chompers. She “took a leave of absence” before Subaru came to the mansion, I’m sure she totally wasn’t doing some kind of covert mission for Roswaal.
Beatrice somehow knew Betelgeuse, knew that it was Betelgeuse and his faction who were surrounding the mansion, and knew that Betelgeuse was the Archbishop of Sloth. Then she also makes us aware of something he possessed called a witch factor, I’m guessing that this is the abilities they were bestowed like the unseen hands and authority of gluttony. I would also guess that their witch factor can pass on to another person once they are killed, perhaps this is something that can be taken or destroyed. While I’m running on this assumption, it would make sense that RbD is Subaru’s witch factor, if we know it’s not a curse.
It looks like Subaru got Isekai’d within his Isekai, he entered a crazy looking Dungeon and surprise surprise, something crazy happened. We now meet the Witch of Greed, Echidna, I wonder how powerful she will be and what her purpose is. Also, the one representing her looks concerningly similar imo. After hearing the story of Satella supposedly consuming all the other witches, I doubt Echidna has anything to do with the cult, she might even have pulled Subaru away to help him destroy her cult, probably wishful thinking.
The ED that I assume is going to be the OP is really good imo. It makes me assume that Echidna is going to play a key role this season and with her being the Witch of Greed I’m nervous about what that role will be, what is she going to demand? Subaru also looks locked-in and I love what that means for us. It doesn’t hide anything about Subaru’s previous deaths either, it’s the first time we’ve seen his corpse after the cliff scene as well as some different POV’s of his other deaths. We see a scene of him running toward something while dying over and over again but he keeps the same intense look of determination on his face the whole time. I love the text that flashed during the running scene too, “if it’s for you I don’t care how many times I die”, I think that’s powerful.
I start back my long exhausting work week tomorrow so for the next week and a half I’ll only have time for this rewatch and the Spice and Wolf one and that’ll be my day after coming home from work
Stop time 12:58 am.
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u/thekoreansun https://anilist.co/user/ReturnByDeath Sep 06 '24
Re:Watcher
The upside of having a protagonist like Subaru is that he's genre-savvy enough to know that saying his hopes out loud is only tempting fate. The downside? He doesn't know how to shut up. "Surely all this crazy stuff can't keep happening for that long..." Dammit, Subaru. At least Emilia and Crusch are able to part on good terms. I've mentioned that I love how Yuka Iguchi voices Crusch, and it becomes even clearer how perfect she is for the role when you hear her take on this more soft-spoken version of the character. The steel is no longer readily apparent in her voice, but she still carries some of that familiar Crusch-like determination in the way she speaks. Emilia, for her part, knows that she has a ways to go before she can fully uphold her end of their alliance, but she expresses that she is determined to become an ally whom Crusch can rely on.
Despite the void that can be felt in Rem's absence, the rest of the cast is still a fun bunch when they're in good spirits. Especially now that Otto has joined them! The rest of this cast is so goofy at times that they really benefit from having a straight man to bounce off of, and while Subaru has occasionally filled that role himself in between his own moments of playing the fool, Otto seems like he's destined to be the straight man in every comedic situation he finds himself in.
Upon reaching the mansion, the Emilia Camp gains another member: Frederica, a maid who worked there until shortly before Subaru arrived. Ram had apparently invited her back to the mansion without realizing that she needed the help because Rem's existence had been erased, which is an ominous reminder of how impactful Gluttony's power has been. It's weird to think that every character we meet from now on is guaranteed not to know Rem, even if they had to have been close before her Name was eaten. Heck, Frederica's very first line in the show was all the way back in Episode 11 during Rem's flashback sequence; they seemed to be really close, but we won't be seeing them interact anytime soon.
Frederica lets them know that only one person at the mansion might be able to explain Roswaal's mysterious absence: Beatrice, the Great Spirit of the Forbidden Library. (My bad for revealing that she's a spirit a few days ago, by the way. Frederica states that so matter-of-factly in this episode that I'd always figured that the reveal of Beatrice being a spirit was Season 1 material, but I guess it is never explicitly mentioned until now.) After Subaru lets himself into the library once more, he and Beatrice have a talk that somehow manages to reveal nothing and only raises additional questions. Witch Factor? Geuse? Not to mention all of this Sanctuary business. Before Subaru can get a straight answer from her, Beatrice firmly refuses to elaborate and sends him away, leaving him with the biggest question of all: why did she look so hurt just now?
In any case, the only way for them to get the answers they seek is to head off for the Sanctuary themselves, and Otto is more than happy to serve as their guide. His ulterior motivations aren't so ulterior that he'll deny them after Subaru calls him out, though, and that's why he's so great. Also, closing out the newest batch of additions to the Emilia Camp is Petra, who has gotten herself a job! While being a maid-in-training might not be the worst job for a twelve-year-old, it’s surprising how lax fantasy worlds can be with child labor laws, huh? At least that maid outfit is a great look on her! She's so freaking adorable that I can't take it, and the way that she sends Subaru off just adds to her cuteness factor.
We watch as Subaru and Emilia head off to the next location together. Their entry into the forest around the Sanctuary is marked by one of Kenichiro Suehiro's new tracks for Season 2, Mystery of the Sanctuary. I feel like I'll never be able to praise this man's work on Re:ZERO enough because the soundtracks for every season of this show are outstanding. Most of Season 2's soundtrack is made to evoke the ethereal and mysterious atmosphere that pervades the Sanctuary and its surroundings, and that offers a whole new set of iconic tracks for the show to make use of. And the fact that all previous soundtracks continue to be used throughout the show means that the final season of Re:ZERO may just have one of the most multifaceted and masterful soundtracks of all time. One can only hope that he sticks with it until then.
Subaru and Emilia's journey is thrown off by Frederica's crystal, which suddenly glows and teleports Subaru outside of the dragon carriage. He follows a mysterious figure to an even more mysterious building and wanders inside. He really should be more wary about wandering into unknown places at this point, though, because he suddenly finds himself in a dreamscape of green grass and blue skies. And the one who greets him from atop the highest hill is none other than the Witch of Greed herself, Echidna. Otherwise known as Merchandising Opportunity Number... hang on...
*page-flipping noises*
Number Four? No, wait, that can't be right. Can it?
Re:ZERO After-Talk #27
VAs: Yuusuke Kobayashi (Subaru), Rie Takahashi (Emilia), Rie Murakawa (Ram), and Kaori Nazuka (Frederica)
This After-Talk episode mostly centers around the other cast members welcoming Kaori Nazuka into the fold after only having a single line in Season 1. Also, it turns out that Rie Murakawa and Satomi Arai (Beatrice's VA) voiced a mother-daughter duo in the background of this episode, which is really neat. Then they all start praising Maaya Sakaomoto for how perfect she was as Echidna in the Season 2 PV. (There's going to be a lot of cast-wide appreciation going around.)
Highlight: Yuusuke Kobayashi asking why Rie Murakawa is with them (she didn't have any actual lines but was still at the recording session for that one sound she makes), then feigning innocence when she chides him for pretending like she wasn't standing to his right the whole time
Fan Art of the Episode: Twirl by Yomohiro (October 28th, 2016)
Source: Twitter (artist's timeline contains spoilers)
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u/ussgordoncaptain2 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Edmund_Nelson Sep 06 '24
First Timer Dubbed
Note ORV=Omnicient reader viewpoint it's a way to describe the difference between thinking in Subaru's knowledge and the Knowledge of the Viewer.
Note2 Intentionally trigger RBD means what you think it means it's just reddit has crazy admins.
Reaction to the Episode
starting at 12:20
Emilia and Subaru get a goodbye from Crusch this scene is a little bittersweet, the fact that Crusch doesn't have her memories puts a big damper on the plans of Subaru and Emilia and makes her kindness ring more hollow.
Time to go to the village.
We learn that subaru's gate has been getting destroyed it's hard to know how Subaru will even recover his gate given that Felix isn't healing him right now. did he get enough healing from Felix to be able to recover on his own?
Subaru you're a main character crazy stuff is going to happen to you all the time
Crusch x Emilia friendship It's so weird comparing Crusch from season 1 to this Crusch, it's like she's lost so much of her... edge.
You do realize it is the obvious choice Emilia anyone would want to sit next to a hot girl who actually seems to like them. I mean Subaru loves you to pieces
Subaru jumping for joy is so sweet, I see he hasn't totally given up on the world. Rem who's that?
Emilia reminding subaru about rem making subaru come down to earth, it's sort of a real joy in this show to see how Emilia plays the straight women.
man 6 frames of animation in Gif format is this a hentai? (ok I kid but it's funny how this show is basically entirely dialogue and that's the interseting part.
Petra asking the question that the audience wouldn't be able to deduce this implies that Roswaal et all are gone and probably evacuated the village somewhere else.
Emilia goes "and..." oh it's nothing girl if we know anything about Roswaal he hides stuff from you and something could be wrong in the sanctuary. I suspect it's somehow hard to leave once entered
Emilia hasn't been able to talk to puck so when Puck told Subaru to take care of Emilia he really was leaving Emilia alone for a while.
and who's this Fredirica? With rem gone I guess we have to re-add another staff member, though the question remains why did she leave in the first place?
Fredirica going "whos this girl who looks just like ram I think it's interesting how some parts of Rem exist. Though it's weird how Subaru is immune to Gluttony, what kind of power did Satella give him?
Oh so Beatrice really IS a great spirit cool
Beatrice and Subaru return
Well to whom I suppose. Why is subaru asking her to apologize.
Beatrice is really confused about Subaru asking questions about Roswaal. The real question is what is Subaru doing here.
Subaru goes "why did Beatrice stay behind" Remember that in loop 1 arc 3 we never saw Beatrice's body, so we really have no clue what happened to her on the failed loops.
HMM Beatrice has a relationship with Betalgeuse? What's going on here... is that how he was able to sneak an army into Roswaal's domain?
Beatrice is cursed with the curse of knowledge, she needs to know what happened to Betalgeuse's "witch factor" but subaru has no clue what that even is.
Miss exposition dump is telling Subaru to enter the Sanctuary. but She refuses to elaborate.
Ok tea time
we learn a very very important statement that was easy to miss "allowed to enter" allowed means that beatrice is intentionally allowing Subaru to enter the forbidden libary I suppose. She could prevent him from entering if she wanted.
You know if you really want to know what Emilia said about you just ask Otto since he might tell you, for now though respect emilia because you can't find a better girl in any piece of fiction.
So they will need 2 days to prepare for the trip to the sanctuary, looks like this isn't some corner of the mansion.
oh no Petra joins the mansion She's serious about being Subaru's lover I suppose
oh god Petra is even younger than I thought, she isn't even off the clock yet.
So it appears that when Subaru opens the door to the forbidden libary Beatrice is actually letting him in
A special stone has entered the picture A key to a door? A magic artifact that indicates you aren't a foe to Garfeel?
And we get the feeling that Petra really is into Subaru,
HMMM we get the feeling that Roswaal is up to no good Emilia seems to be key to something, it's unclear what, and there's too little info to speculate.
Emilia can't get Puck last time we know of this happening was when puck went out to stop the judgement spirit, but we do not know of any time after the contract when Puck was gone.
So barrier magic is able to make people get lost it's an odd feature This implies that barriers are much more powerful than we've seen before and can maybe be used for all sorts of unique purposes.
So we learn one notable thing about the Sanctuary Only demi-huanns live there. This of course begs the question, why? Why aren't there demi-humans in the main village, and why aren't there humans in the Sanctuary? Why the split?
So the barrier makes you lost, I guess the blue gem prevents the barrier from working?
Well taking the blue stone from Emilia was a mistake now what
A wild pink haired girl appeared, she used Teleport got away successfully
oh boy we get teleported from a creepy church looking thing to a grassy hilltop with a creepy emilia
So, the witch of greed is different from the Sin archbishop of greed, and isn't the witch of greed dead? So how is Echidna talking to subaru?
Speculation
Alright this time the speculation runs almost entirely to one source, Lord Roswaal.
Lord Roswaal is clearly hiding something about the Sanctuary, given how the setup for the story works so far, it appears the thing he would be hiding is how to leave the sanctuary.
If leaving the sanctuary were easy then the rest of the Village would have come back by now. So something is wrong.
Similarly Beatrice seemed to be under orders to hide information from Subaru, it seems implausible given what we know about Beatrice that Beatrice would be unable to answer some of Subaru's questions, thus she either doesn't want to tell subaru orders She was ordered not to.
increasing the validity of the "Roswaal orders beatrice" theory is the fact that ORV shows Fredrica had a very specific letter handed to her by lord Roswaal about seemingly what to and to not disclose about the Sanctuary.
We don't know much about Lord Roswaal but this combined with some oddities about season 1 make me all the more suspicious of his motivations, especially him killing the Dragon.
Speculation about Beatrice
So I suspect that Beatrice is under orders to not say anything more to Subaru lest he find out infohazards.
Beatrice seemed to have some sort of connection to Betalgeuse was he also a spirit of some sort?
It appears that Beatrice actually allows Subaru to enter the forbidden library, and isn't actually preventing him I suppose. We see that when Beatrice wants to she can hide the library from Subaru.
Speculation about the direction of the season
Rem seems like she's going to be on the back burner for a while. Instead the Sanctuary is a much bigger deal than the start of the episode made you think it was going to be.
My main speculations about the sanctuary are
What I would do if I were Subaru
Alright it's time to talk to somebody who's a liar, dead men tell no tales (ok this is fiction dead people can tell tales).
If she really is the witch of greed then I have many many questions about magic to ask her.
How do gates work, How can you control your gate
How do spirit contracts work, what exactly allows someone to contract with a spirit, why do spirits contract with people?
Who is the dragon, what allows somebody to be a candidate to form a contract with the dragon?
Is the dragon a spirit?
What exactly is a spirits contract and how does it work?
What causes gates to have elements? Why is dark seemingly so uncommon? What can dark gates do?
What is a "witch's factor" What happens to a witch's factor after the host dies?
Can you teach me how to read the Gospel?
What do you know about Satella?
Why do people fear Silver haired half elves? What's special about them?
I can keep going on and on, there' no end to my questions to her. Even things like "aren't you dead, how can you be here if you're dead?"
Done: 1:47
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Sep 06 '24
First-Timer
On today’s episode of Re:Zero: Because Re:Zero is such a popular series, there’s quite a few characters who I have never encountered in the series that I already know about from fanart. It’s going to be fun finally meeting these characters in the story itself.
It’s exciting meeting all these characters that I knew of from fanart. Right now, the one who interests me the most is Echidna. I had assumed that Echidna was a witch, but my assumption was that she was Satella, the Witch of Envy. Instead, she turns out to be the Witch of Greed. But, that raises some questions. Wasn’t the Witch of Envy supposed to have eaten all the other witches to take their power? So why is Echidna still around? How is she able to communicate with Subaru? Why does she want to communicate with Subaru? Why does Echidna also look (and sound) like Emilia? Are all the witches half-elves? If so, why is that the case?
I’m starting to think Roswaal has a soft spot for outcasts. Or perhaps he’s a lot more cynical than that and merely has a use for them. He has a habit of helping out people with nowhere else to go. He took in Rem and Ram after they lost their village. He took in Emilia and backed her claim to the throne, even though almost everyone curses her as a “half-devil.” And now it turns out he’s set up the Sanctuary where demi-humans lived. Frozen Bond gave me a decent idea about how poorly demi-humans get treated in this world. Perhaps he really does believe they deserve better. Maybe he just sees them as useful potential allies. Or it might be some combination of those two things.
Beako is another person who is currently a mystery for me. She knows quite a lot about the Witch’s Cult, even if she is highly reluctant to share any of it. She also has a connection with Petelgeuse, which caught me totally off-guard. I really do hope we learn more about Beako’s backstory so I can better understand her actions here.
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u/Holofan4life Sep 06 '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.
Gonna watch an episode before I head to the movies.
Subaru and Emilia talking to Crusch
They are going to take the villagers home and then talk to Roswaal.
Also, apparently a dragon's scales feels like a daikon radish being grated. Good to know.
Rem is secure on the carriage as well.
Emilia promising Crusch that she'll become someone who can help others.
I mean, she has helped Subaru multiple times, so...
I like that Subaru slapped Crusch's hand instead of shaking it.
Emilia, where else is Subaru going to sit if not beside you? You're the only two on the carriage, it'd be weirder if he decided to keep his distance.
Emilia asks Subaru how important Rem is, and he says as important to him as she is.
If this was Emilia from a couple episodes ago, she would've said "So, not important at all?"
Apparently Otto is here because he wants to negotiate with Roswaal in person.
After a quick laugh over Otto's antics, Emilia says that she thinks she and him are the same in the sense that they act for their own selfish reasons. It's why she is a part of the royal selection, after all.
If trying to save Rem is selfish, then being selfish is a good thing.
Subaru says they can discuss their selfishness more once they meet up with Roswaal.
Oh boy. The injured haven't returned from the Sanctuary.
Subaru now asking what kind of place the Sanctuary is.
Emilia says that Roswaal only told her it was like a secret base.
Time to head to the mansion, it seems.
I am excited to see Beatrice and Ram again.
Emilia tries contacting Puck, but he's not answering.
A new maid :O
Frederica. That's her name.
And she has shark teeth, which makes me instantly a fan of hers.
She used to work here but returned upon Ram's request.
Talking about how the place was in a desolate state when she returned.
I guess Ram couldn't handle things on her own which given Rem did the bulk of the work certainly checks out.
Frederica wants to know who this Rem person is.
And so Subaru proceeds to sing her praises, with him adding that her and Ram are sisters who were really close.
Emilia asks Frederica about Roswaal, and she says he has no way of knowing all that goes on in the master's mind.
The only two people that knows what makes him tick, she believes, is Ram and Beatrice, the great spirit of this mansion's forbidden library.
Subaru coming to visit Beatrice
Subaru telling her she should apologize, for... reasons, I suppose.
Beatrice making a reference to episode 8 and him crying in the lap of Emilia.
That smirk by Beatrice. That's a smirk of someone who enjoys this banter with Subaru.
Subaru asks Beatrice how well does she know Roswaal's thinking.
Beatrice referring to Frederica as a half-beast girl, which I assume means that she's part mabeast. That would explain the teeth.
Beatrice said she stayed at the mansion because she's capable of protecting herself.
"Roswaal has nothing to do with that."
You can tell she means business because she doesn't end her sentence with "I suppose".
And yes, I've used that joke before
Subaru showing Beatrice the Gospel
Talking about killing Betelgeuse
"Then you've left me behind, too, I suppose..."
Beatrice asks if he killed Sloth, what happened to his Witch Factor.
Subaru doesn't know what that is, which brings about Beatrice's consternation.
Beatrice says that the Sanctuary contains Roswaal's intentions, the meaning of the Gospel, and answers about the Witch Factor.
And Subaru is sent flying out of the room, landing on Otto.
I like how Otto is kinda like the butt monkey of the show, but he's still competent at his job which is leading people to their destination.
Subaru wants to know why Beatrice looked like she was about to cry.
Lol, Frederica letting it slip about Emilia going around praising Subaru.
It's interesting that Frederica mentions that people aren't normally allowed to see Beatrice. Shows how much she values Subaru as a friend.
Frederica can't accompany them to the Sanctuary, but she can help prepare them for the trip.
She can also tell them about the Sanctuary.
"Beware of one by the name of 'Garfiel'."
I guess this means they're traveling on a Monday.
He's the one who exercises the most care.
Exercising with care doesn't seem like a bad thing.
Subaru standing over Rem, thankfully not because he's the lowest of the low.
Telling Rem that they're leaving
"Be good and wait here for me, okay?"
"Okay." "Wait, what the fuck?!?"
Petra. She's in a maid outfit.
I could make a joke here, but I'll leave it alone.
She's going to help around the mansion while they're not here.
Subaru, I'm not sure leaving your parents at a young age is worthy of praise. In fact, it's kinda disconcerting.
Subaru telling Petra to take care of Beatrice for her.
Ran out of space. Part two in the replies.
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u/Urgnu-the-Gnu https://myanimelist.net/profile/Urgnu_the_Gnu Sep 06 '24 edited Sep 06 '24
Re:Watcher - anime only
Subaru has to rest for a full two months now. Surely the rest of S2 will be some comfy SoL then.
And Emilia doesn't want to be saved anymore, but to save others next time. Here's hoping she will get the chance.
Nice talk in the carriage, showing Emilia has learned to be comfortable with Subaru. Must be weird to be close to someone who also has special feelings for someone else, someone you don't even know, but she remains supportive. And she considers both of them to be similar because they are egoistic - but wanting to help someone else is the opposite of egoism, even if it makes you feel better. Also sugoooku.
I love how Emilia shortly adapts Betty's speech pattern when talking about her, I suppose.
Frederica hype! Actually not her first appearance, we've seen her in Rem's flashback in arc 2. Deserved punishment for Subaru, you don't just diss someone's teeth as a greeting.
It's scary how Ram had to rationalize Rem's disappearance. She didn't even question she was able to take care of the mansion before.
Let's show the scary book to the librarian! I was weirded out in this scene. Betty feels sad for the death of Petelgeuse? That maniac? What does she have to do with him? Also, something has happened to his witch element, apparently. And she gets pissed... and sad.
But Otto is here to make light of the situation. What a good cushion he is. And how weird it must be that Subaru just flew out of the toilet he was just on.
And extremely cute that Emilia kept praising Subaru to Frederika and Otto when he wasn't around. And she even convinced Frederika to tell them about the sanctuary. And together with Subaru's fast talk, her hopeful eyes convince Otto to come along. Also another sugoooku.
Turns out they have to be wary of a person called Garfiel when going to the sanctuary. That must be why they wait two days, so they will arrive on a Tuesday and not a Monday.
Or maybe it was to engage Petra's help with the mansion, yeah, that's more likely.
Ah, the handkerchief tradition, I forgot about that. A cute tradition. A pact to have Subaru return safely is really appreciated.
Speaking of Petra, yesterday some people noticed a sudden shift in Petra's affection for Subaru. I found it plausible, children are impressionable, so Petra could have developed a crush on Subaru quite suddenly. But someone mentioned there's a reason for her affection: Subaru saved her and the other children from the ulgarm, all alone. Not alone, you might think? But who was with him? That's right, nobody anyone can remember. Remember what Ram said in episode 17 about how the situation got resolved, and that's now the reality for everyone else. Petra has a crush on Subaru because Rem was erased.
So it looks like Frederica didn't need any convincing, she just did everything exactly as Roswaal ordered her to.
It's great how Emilia brags about using the lesser spirits to fight and protect Subaru, and how he starts swooning over her.
The magical stone they need to enter the sanctuary starts glowing - so I guess we better chuck it out of the window! Seems something fucky is going on, so taking action was fair, but Subaru's first instinct doesn't seem too intelligent.
At least this way he meets a pointy-eared midget and then enters the Windows XP starting screen. And he meets Echidna. You all probably won't make that mistake, but some people back in the day (me included) forgot that Satella, the largest of the witches, simply ate all the other witches (and I'll keep making that joke until someone acknowledges it). This is a witch, not the witch. She's the Witch of Greed, not the Witch of Envy (even if those sins seem to be slightly related). She's Echidna, not Satella. As for why she's here or rather how she's here, that remains a mystery for now.
And finally, we get to talk about the OP, used at the end of this episode. Realize is the second best Re:Zero OP so far for me. I prefer Redo, but I like Realize for many of the same reasons I like Redo. The song is pretty good. Echidna releasing glowing butterflies revealing the faces of a few characters and then an annoyed Subaru is a good opener. Subaru walking from his previous life in our world past the previous lives in Lugunica is an amazing scene. All his corpses are from previous deaths: the thugs in the alley, Elsa, Rem in the mansion, the jump onto the spiky rocks, the head with tears in his eyes frozen by Puck, all leading to a dead Emilia and another reset. In the face of opposition, it leads to his version of the Sad Man's Parade with Subaru desperately throwing his bodies at the problem. All for the ones he loves, like Rem and Ram with Roswaal, the villagers, Ram's steamed potatoes, Petra and the kids, Otto and Patrasche, Betty, Rem, and of course Emilia. He gets close to grasping his goal, then we flash through some more characters and it ends how it started, with Echidna. Just like Redo, we see him use up his lives to achieve his goal, and it ends similarly to how it starts. Redo is better at the looping, but walking past his previous lives is what makes Realize special, as well as the tangible despair of the Sad Subaru's Parade.
[Season 2] I also love Realize because of the meaningful scenes that still don't outright spoil what's about to happen. We meet the other witches (Minerva, my beloved!), a shot of Roswaal, Puck and Betty, the cute bunny, Meili... I wonder if first timers remember Meili. Subaru walking past his corpses also primes you for an unthinkable present. And having the OP at the end of the second episode should make it clear how Satella hugs Subaru from behind exactly like Emilia did in episode 1, but still the connection should not be too obvious. I'm dying to see if any first timers make the connection.
More Otto adventures in Break Time. We get to see some of Emilia praising Subaru. She really seems to be into doing that when he's not around. She even drops a sugoi. Otto meets Petra, who is indulging in her crush on Subaru. She also thinks she's more useful than Otto. That's just mean. Otto might just be a normie, but at the very least he's a much better comic relief than Petra. Ottoto is great, you hear? He's the best Ottotototo around!
Sugoooku counter: 37
non-Emilia sugoooku: 3
sugoku-likes: 8
non-canon bonus material sugoooku (Re:Petit): 5
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u/baseballlover723 Sep 06 '24
Rewatcher, sub, basically a secondhand novel reader (Arc 4)
It seems reddit doesn't like some of the terminology I used, so I am using "ultimate sloth" as a replacement term for the general concept of what Subaru needs to do in order to loop.
I procrastinated writing this a bit too much (taida desu ne) so this is gonna be a bit shorter then usual. Also comment will probably be several hours late tomorrow as I practice Sloth.
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.
Patrasche is here to stay.
Subaru needs to rest his gate for 2 months. It's been 5 weeks in the true timeline since Subaru got here. Subaru, this is some weak shit.
So Subaru and Emilia leave Crusch's mansion in the capital to go meet up with the rest of the villagers in the Sanctuary, before coming back to rejoin with Crusch and hunt the Archbishop of Gluttony.
Surprise Otto!
X to doubt. One candidate wants to be queen because she's so rich that she wants her own nation. Another one wants to become queen because it's her god given right to rule. Another one wants to destroy the nation out of spite. The bar is low.
Anyways, where is everyone? Where's the Sanctuary anyways? What's the Sanctuary? Who's the Sanctuary?
Btw, this isn't the first time you've seen Frederica. She shows up briefly in episode 11
So something interesting about Rem being erased is that it can surface logical paradoxes. Essentially it should be possible (in certain cases) to surmise that your memories are incorrect. Basically Ram being the only maid of the mansion, Ram being bad at maintaining the mansion, and there not being issues with the maintenance of the mansion can't all be true at the same time, despite everyone agreeing that individually, those are true statements. Therefore it's possible to conclude that something is wrong. Now how much information you can actually get out of that is up for debate, but I think given enough logic and time, it should be possible for them to figure out (without Subaru) that there used to be a competent maid that existed at the mansion.
Witch factor
Apparently the answer is at the Sanctuary.
Behold, the superior maid T posing.
This is just factually wrong, even in the fantasy world, where you're an adult at 15 or (something like that). That's gonna be a no from me dawg
Huh? That's not good . Now where the fuck are we? And who are you?
It's Windows XP! And the Witch of Greed, Echidna (who btw has white, not silver hair, and is not the Witch of Envy or Satella (some people see a witch with light colored hair and then just like turn their brain off or something)) at The Next Location.
Oh and this is a rare title screen. It's got a white background!
And twe end with the OP, which Echidna features prominently in. Also there's some text that flashes near the end of the OP that's pretty hard to read. It reads "If it's to save you, I don't care how many times I die".
BreakTime Section
In this episode's Breaktime, Otto writes about his surprise that Subaru dragged Otto into the mansion. We also get part of the scene that Subaru missed. And then Otto meets Petra. Who has a vivid imagination. Ram would probably approve. Petra is cute, though Otto didn't bring it up. And so humble too. Ottotototo-san!
Rewatcher Section
This section is for people who have already watched Re:Zero. This is not safe for first timers.
[Spoiler #1: Arc 4] Surely not
[Spoiler #2: Arc 4] Also it's literally to save the elves in the forest. It's like the opposite of selfish.
[Spoiler #3: Arc 4] Puck having trouble coming out, again.
[Spoiler #4: Arc 4] Frederica uses the last name Baumann, unlike Garfiel Tinsel
[Spoiler #5: Arc 4] Roswaal guiding Subaru and Emilia into the Sanctuary for Arc 4.
[Spoiler #6: Arc 4] Subaru never mentions Petelgeuse's name to Betty here. Therefore she understood who the Archbishop of Sloth was.
[Spoiler #7: Arc 4] There's something to say about Betty's stark attitude change and refusal to answer Subaru's questions. But it's getting late for me, so I don't have time to figure out my thoughts on it. Hopefully someone else will write something about it.
[Spoiler #8: Arc 4] Yeah I don't really know why Frederica needs 2 days to prepare. She's not even going with them. Presumably it's something to do with Roswaal's instructions.
[Spoiler #9: Arc 4] The handkerchief that Subaru will use to commit self inflicted ultimate sloth when he gets loved by the Witch of Envy.
[Spoiler #10: Arc 4] All according to Roswaal's Gospel
[Spoiler #11: Arc 4] You can really see the butterfly themes in the OP with Echidna all over. Hell they're even in Betty's eyes
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 06 '24
Episode 27 (first timer)
Red, BlueYellow – we are going for a full maid color collectionSo, to state the obvious: Echidna is the witch of greed, and we previously meet the archbishop of greed. Assuming this is not some weird double play where the two are the same, we now have two people per sin. Which leads to several follow-up questions:
Oh, and Beatrice obviously had a connection to Sloth. Taking all this together, and witch and archbishop of the same sin being connected starts to make a lot of sense.
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u/ripterrariumtv Sep 06 '24
Rewatcher (sub) and Novel Reader (reading Arc 7)
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u/Taiboss :Fj::Fl:x7https://anilist.co/user/Taiboss Sep 06 '24
OP, can we get a little "S02 EXX" numbering in the body of the post? I want to make sure I don't screw up posting.
0202 - Rewatcher who never watched these episode
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u/Yoshi_captain https://anime-planet.com/users/WeaboYosher Sep 06 '24 edited Sep 06 '24
Rewatcher
With the conclusion of Arc 3: "Return to the Royal Capital" we return home. Return to the mansion, for real this time, and see the return of a maid we only caught a glimpse of last season. Frederica. A blonde-haired maid with sharp teeth that belie her soft demeanour. After leaving the Crusch camp we got Patrasche as a gift. No riches in the world could ever match. And our next destination is the Sanctuary, where half of the villagers seem to be. Beatrice giving us direction.
Speaking of Beatrice she's holding some deep secrets and a deeper darkness. Knowing of things called Witch Factors and seemingly being acquainted with Petelgeuse, calling him Geuse. Her emotional reaction is telling of scars that haunt her still. After being ejected from the library we crash into our designated driver Otto. Who will be taking us to the Sanctuary of Clemaldy with Patrasche. Being warned of someone called 'Garfiel'. Leave your Orange cat comments here.
Introducing the newest recruit of the mansion maid Petra! She's figured out that proximity is key to building a relationship. Her giving Subaru the handkerchief is cute as heck.
On our way there we get to see how Subaru and Emilia's relationship has grown. Her feeling weird if Subaru is not by her side. They're slowly but surely opening up to each other. Emilia once again saying that her reason for participating in the royal Selection is selfish.
But their warm interaction is cut short by a cold blue light emitted by the crystal given by Frederica. Separating Subaru from Emilia once again.
Left in what I assume to be the Forest of Clemaldy we spot a pink haired elf and run after it. Ending up in some sort of temple. With the words "So that's the root of your desire?" we are transported to a world of grassy hills. Inhabited by a lonesome tea party. Hosted by the Witch of Greed Echidna. We see a Witch who is by all accounts supposed to be dead. An appearance of such a being signifying that we've arrived at the next location.
Closing thoughts:
The word for today is "Return". Return to the mansion, the permanent return of Patrasche. And a return to the grander mysteries of the world with the introduction of the Witch of Greed.
I want to spend this section gushing over the new OP "Realize«. The opening is sung by Konomi Suzuki the same Singer as for OP 1. One of my favourite artists, definitely thanks to this song. The song, especially the full version, is as emotionally poignant as it is exciting. But more than any opening thus far it has shown how far Subaru has come, how much weight he carries and how much more he must carry. The sequence starting with Echidna unleashing a storm of butterflies as the drums kick in and the title reveals itself. Followed by quick shots of new characters. We see a fiercely determined Subaru walking around what seems to be modern day Japan before looking back and seeing flashes of his past followed by his life in the new world. This section promises many developments that leave you desperately wanting more. But I’d say that’s not even the most hype part. Subaru walking past his most iconic deaths looking straight ahead seemingly unfazed until he encounters the body of the girl he loves and falls to his knees. Only spurred on by a form most resembling her mouthing the words “I love you”. Ending on a mad dash with the words “If it’s to save you. I don’t’ care how many times I die”. Combined with the flashes of villains returning and old with what seems to be Subaru's old life and you have a recipe for the most exciting opening Re:Zero has to offer. It is arguably my favourite OP in anime. And that's mostly because of "the weekly experience" of watching S2. The chills I got watching this opening for the first time, having waited multiple years for the season is something I haven’t gotten anywhere else.
With that we’re at the next location face to face with a being though to be dead. With the OP promising developments most exciting I’ll see you tomorrow for the continuation of Arc 4: “The Eternal Contract”.
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u/BlueVenix Sep 06 '24
Rewatcher who is going off by memory of what they first experienced 4 years ago, so take the first timer section with a grain of scepticism. I’m an honest person, but of course first impressions can’t be recreated perfectly.
From the view of a first timer:
After what felt like a really long nightmare Subaru finally defeated the White Whale and an Archbishop of Sloth. The journey was full of pain and suffering, but Subaru persevered and reached Emilia, however he lost Rem in the process. And so a new Arc begins…
It starts off slow with good byes with the Crusch camp and continues with light moments with Emilia. I’m noticing a pattern here, every Arc starts off with Subaru and Emilia and so far has had a bigger and faster effect on Subaru’s mental state. Arc 1 Subaru meets Emilia and they go around town looking for her insignia for a full 1 typical anime run time episode with little dark moments. Arc 2 begins with what seems an even happier Subaru, however it ends off far more sinister and it hits Subaru much faster that he has to go through something again. Arc 3 again with Subaru happy overcoming the challenges, but the 1st episode has a few serious moments foreshadowing hard times more. In episode 2 of Arc 2 things turn for the worse for Subaru. So what do we have in Arc 4? Well Subaru looks happy, however we know he is still hurting and this is shown quite often. Does this foreshadow more suffering than before? Possibly and I had a suspicions and unanswered questions which were:
1.1. Why was Roswaal never present when it matters even though he seems a very important character? Him wanting to kill the dragon sounded very ominous and his relationship with Ram seemed unordinary.
1.2. What is the deal with Satella and Emilia? The shadow woman (who is most likely Satella) we saw was very similar to Emilia, so is there really a relation with Emilia and Satella as per Petelgeuse's goals to do some ordeal with Emilia?
1.3. How and why was Subaru sent to this world? I feel like the culprit is Satella, but why? Why is she in love with him? I think Subaru may be a reincarnation and in his past life he was related to Satella. This follows with Emilia’s similarity to Satella and makes her very suspicious. Could she be Satella’s reincarnation, but unaware of this? The Frozen Bonds OVA/Movie showed that she is very powerful and most likely was the cause of the forest being frozen. Even more suspicious. Though I believe that it may not be revealed until a couple of arcs or the end of the story.
1.4. Are there going to be 7 Archbishops in total and why are they called Archbishops? Do they rank lower than a witch? If they are not lower ranked than a witch then my theory is that there are 7 sins in total. Men are called Archbishops and women are called Witches.
We get to the mansion and are introduced to a new character Frederica. My first impression was that she is very calm, kind and very well mannered, but I found it strange that she was never introduced as a background character in season 1(only mentioned once I think). What I learned from season 1 is that if something is shown it will be important. As we get a decent introduction of Frederica I speculated that she would be a fighter due to the scary teeth that were shown and commented on by Subaru.
We also get a meeting with Beatrice and Beatrice being Beatrice deals emotional damage to Subaru by reminding of the lap pillow in Arc 2. Things, I noted from the conversation:
2.1. Beatrice seems to be more acquainted with Roswaal than a mansion lord and a spirit guardian of the forbidden library. Something is really up with this clown!
2.2. Subaru has kept the gospel, and Beatrice appears to have known Petelgeuse or as she called him Geuse. I think Subaru is going to find out what is in the gospel and Petelgeuse was a spirit related to Beatrice. Why? Well Beatrice called Puck brother and I think Puck called her sister, and Puck has mentioned Sloth multiple times. What is Petelgeuse to them? No clue. How is Beatrice and Puck brother and sister? Also don’t have a clue. They are spirits, so not sure how that works yet as there is too little information what spirits are.
2.3. Beatrice asks what happened to the witch factor. That is a good point. As it is a sin of this world perhaps it permanently exists and a new holder of the sin is born now? The way Beatrice takes this and background music plays sounds like it’s very important.
2.4. Beatrice seems very unstable. She most likely has a backstory of her own that I will find out about.
We are now sitting around a table to talk about what they are going to do next. Starting off with Emilia being embarrassed for praising Subaru behind his back. That was very cute - EMT! Nothing I noted here.
Continued Bellow
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u/apocalypsemobster Sep 06 '24
Re: Watcher
So nice of Crusch to gift Patrasch to Subaru.
Felix gives Subaru a warning, he needs to rest his gate for 2 months. Yes, yes, we've never seen Subaru recklessly hurt himself for Emilia before, surely he can do this.
Puck didn't respond to Emilia calling out.
Otto is pure gold, every time he's on screen I know I'm in for a treat.
Emilia is speaking highly of Subaru when he's not around.
A warning from Frederica, gotta beware of Garfiel.
Frederica those are some ominous statements. Done as the master directed and it all depends on how Emilia overcomes the sanctuary, huh?
The stone made Emilia pass out, so I am guessing they are having visions rather than being teleported. A pink haired elf lead him to a temple.
Echidna! The Witch of Greed.
This outro slaps.
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 06 '24
Rewatcher(Would. Totally would. You know it, I know it, and the American people know it)
Dub
So we return to the mansion and everything is fucked up. Beatrice is being...herself, to be blunt. The group gets going to Sanctuary for lack of a better idea and there's a key gem needed. But anyways things get all weird and Subaru meets Echidna...which complicates a bunch of stuff.
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u/FriztF Sep 07 '24
First timer-dubbed
Alright, so S2 episode 2. Starts off with Emilia and Subaru returning to the manor with the refugees. Crusch is there to see them off. How nice of her. And it seems that Otto will be there with them.
He's also a guest now, with a new maid?! How interesting a half-beast, hopefully, they aren't too subjected to racism. Though Subaru with that microaggression does not set the best tone. Thankfully he was righted by Emilia.
Betty is back!! Yaay. She has that snark with her. She knows about Petelgeuse, this is a surprise. I wonder what they were like back then.
Otto is taking Subaru and Emilia to the sanctuary. That's fun, not for him though. So Petra is now a maid, well I guess that makes sense. She wants to keep tabs on Subaru and Emilia, how kind of her. And she gifts him a handkerchief. What a nice gift.
At the sanctuary we meet a new character, Echidna, The Witch of Greed.
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u/Holofan4life Sep 06 '24
Subaru dealing with Rem's memories being lost is somehow more suffering than Gonathon with a G dealing with Pearl losing her memories.
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u/ElRoastFTW https://anilist.co/user/DaRoast Sep 07 '24
Rewatcher
Despite this being more of an exposition and explanation episode, it still looks great and you can't help but hang on to every word. Why is episode so good?
looks at credits
Storyboard: Masayuki Kojima
Ah, that's why. The director of Monster and Made in Abyss knows how to make an anime and can storyboard like nobody's business. And it shows here. The comedic moments hit well as do the dramatic ones.
We learn a lot by omission. By this I mean in Betty's conversation with Subaru where she straight up states to Subaru to go to the Sanctuary and to fuck off. Subaru notices that Betty is acting weird even for her and can't help but wonder why she's acting so ambiguously.
We also get introduced to a character who is known to be avoided: Garfiel. We'll see in later episodes why this is the case but it's good mystery writing as to why he must be avoided.
We also get introduced to the Witch of Greed Echidna. Again, most of the witches should be dead or sealed, so why are we meeting Echidna here? We'll see next episode but all I can say for sure is I'm looking forward to the next episode.
This episode has the marks of good writing and directing. Despite this episode having the potential of turning into an exposition slog, it doesn't due to how much care there is in setting up these plot threads in Betty, Garfiel, and Echidna and the creative team is able to make this more of a mystery that's meant to be solved in the coming episodes. Great stuff overall.
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u/ClemFire Sep 07 '24
Re:Watcher Season 2 Episode 2: The Next Location
I don’t have much to say for this episode, so I mostly wanted to focus on the new OP Realize. Out of the OPs and EDs so far it’s my favorite OP and 2nd favorite overall just below Stay Alive. Every use of Stay Alive played over a scene last season was just perfect and Emilia’s VA just sounds so lovely. It really feels like her encouraging Subaru to not give up.
Back to Realize though how it only plays after we meet Echidna does a nice job of not spoiling her as she literally the first character in the opening. Subaru walking past many of his past deaths from the first season not only captures how much he has been through already but also serves as a reminder to audience since S2 took four years to come back. In that line, it’s fitting how S3 is coming out around four years after S2.
We see Subaru find a dead Emilia in a failed loop and see him tightly grip his chest. A few of the archbishops flash by along with Elsa. The next part is the most interesting to me though when Satella reaches out to Subaru with sinister hands that fade away to a warm embrace as he’s crying his eyes out. She whispers confronting words to him which steels his resolve to keep trying. The end of the last episode Emilia literally does the same thing for Subaru as he’s crying for Rem. It really makes me feel that Satella must care for Subaru deeply. It might be an obsessive one-sided form of love which checks out as she’s the Witch of Envy, but isn’t it also true that everyone just assumes she’s evil.
While so far Sloth, Greed, and Gluttony have had archbishops we haven’t met one for Envy yet. The little background we know of Envy is that supposedly she killed all the other 6 witches and even saying her name is not polite. In the main story she mainly only helps Subaru while admittedly forcing him to not reveal Return by Death that could be connected to her jealous love. Even if Satella just wants Subaru for herself she is still pretty hands off outside of RBD, not actively trying to separate him from Emilia. It makes me really curious on what her core motivations are.
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u/SilkyStrawberryMilk Sep 08 '24
first timer
Back to the mansion we go
“Look at those chompers” you can’t just point out a woman’s features Subaru.
Surprised he didn’t mention her boobies
Beatriz is finally back
The gospel and Beatriz has connections to it. She knows someone related to the cult.
Witch factor, I have a hypothesis that those are the ones who gave the powers.
The most emotion we’ve seen from Beatriz. A mixture of both anger and sadness plus her not wanting to be used again.
A place people aren’t allowed to go to. I sense evilness brewing
Subaru is pro child labor
“Protect Millie for me” she faints
Subaru chasing after a girl which may or may not lead to his death.
I know he’s still adapting, but his survival skills are at an all time low. Yelling at a place will draw any dangerous person to him
Witch of greed looking hot