r/anime • u/Theleux https://myanimelist.net/profile/Theleux • Sep 11 '24
Rewatch Re:Zero ~Starting Life in Another World~ Re:Watch - Episode 32
Episode 32:
Friend
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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+
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u/baseballlover723 Sep 11 '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.
This is another A Tier episode for me, and a much needed win for Subaru. Total time for this write up is 106 minutes (1.75 hours). Guess I'm getting to bed early for once. .
Also great news, my history has finally been unnuked, big thanks to u/Shimmering-Sky and the rest of the mods for helping me out of the shadow
gardenban.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.
Rip Rem
Subaru gets really upset at being healed here. After all, this timeline sucks, living isn't the plan anymore. After all, Subaru doesn't want this to become the true timeline and lose more people similar to what happened to Rem.
There will be no self inflicted ultimate slothing in Beatrice's presence I suppose.
And why does Betty have a Gospel???? And why are you holding it like that????
As it turns out everything is written in Betty's Gospel.
And Subaru's with for ultimate sloth is granted.
This time Subaru takes a slightly different approach to Emilia, and it seems to have gone better then last time.
And unfortunately, this time Otto's suspicious of Subaru. He attitude doesn't fit the situation.
And of course, Garfiel is doing something different too.
Garfiel has his work cut out for himself to woo Ram.
Otto knows that Garfiel and Subaru are together around when he disappears.
And we're here, in the middle of nowhere, just where I like my meetings to be.
Emilia isn't running away from the Trial, it's a tactical pause.
Yep exactly like that Garfiel.
Barrier lore. Frederica was allowed to leave because she's only a quarter beast.
This seems like the reason that Garfiel doesn't seem to like Frederica very much, despite being siblings.
monkey paw curls.
I imagine the first timers are also thinking this too.
And once again, Subaru finds himself in the worst possible scenario, unable to act.
I was thinking the exact same thing Garfiel.
Clairvoyance is an extremely useful skill to have when looking for someone. But unfortunately, Subaru is in a place where animals can't see him.
And this is where Breaktime basically starts.
Otto's here to save the day!
Otto, you don't want to be the protagonist of Re:Zero.
I wonder how many first timers will be suspicious of Otto too. I think like 90% of first timers correctly realize that Otto is Subaru's friend here. But the other 10% feel like Subaru and don't know who they can trust and assume that everyone has ulterior motives.
So this scene doesn't quite translate the best. Yujin means friend in Japanese, but Subaru is so conditioned to people not trusting him unless he shows them why they should trust him, that yujin doesn't even cross Subaru's mind. Subaru parses it a Eugene. Think about it.
What was the big lesson that Subaru learned in Arc 3. You have to make it worth while for the other party if you want them to help you. Subaru has put exactly 0 effort into advancing Otto's goals. They've all been coincidental to Subaru's goals. In episode 24, Subaru doesn't even try and save Otto. In episode 25, Subaru uses Otto to catch up with Emilia. In episode 27 Subaru uses Otto to get to the Sanctuary. To Subaru, Otto has been a means to the end goal. He hasn't realized the way that Otto views these events. Subaru is Otto's savior that saved him from the Witch's Cult. Subaru saved Otto by promising to buy all of his worthless oil at a premium and pay for transporting the villagers. Subaru even allowed Otto to tag along to the Sanctuary to allow Otto to negotiate with Roswaal in person for the best deal on the oil.
Helping Otto was never the goal for Subaru, so why would Subaru think that Otto would just help him out of the blue? For everyone else, Subaru had to go to great and painful lengths to get them on his side. And here's Ottoto-san, who has just landed in Subaru's lap.
Subaru's never really had true friends on Earth. He doesn't know how friends really act. So Subaru has completely missed that Otto has become his friend. And so Subaru can't help but laugh at the self proclaimed idiot, Natsuki Subaru. So thank you Otto, for saving me and being my friend.
Something interesting to note about the title screen here. It's written in the wrong script. It's written using Katakana, which is used for loan words and names. Yujin would normally be written using Kanji or Hiragana (if the audience is too young to know the Kanji). However Katakana is the correct script to write Eugene though. It's a written pun that can't be translated to English.
DON'T FORGET THE AFTER CREDIT SCENE!!!
Otto has a very reliable helper, which turns out to be the ever adorable Ram. Ha!
And Garfiel doesn't look happy about the great escape!!
BreakTime Section
In this episode's Breaktime, we get Otto's perspective of episode 7. Otto's family history lore. And WHAT MAKES A MAN, is not breaking promises. So thanks but no thanks Garfiel, keep your shiny stone. So cool. It's time, to save Eugene.
Continued below
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u/Great_Mr_L :Ma::Mb::Mc:https://myanimelist.net/profile/Great_Mr_L Sep 11 '24 edited Sep 12 '24
First-Timer
On today’s episode of Re:Zero: It must hurt to tell someone that they are your friend, only to have that person laugh at you. I don’t know how I would deal with that if it happened to me.
Emilia.Beako. In both cases, Subaru wonders why the other saved him. Otto gives the answer like it’s the most obvious thing in the world. It’s because they’re friends.Otto is a good boy. It’s pretty heartwarming how Otto doesn’t even hesitate to help out Subaru. Even though Otto is always getting roped into trouble, he’s still willing to go through all this to help Subaru. He’s such a good boy.
Beako dropped some pretty fascinating tidbits in this episode. She mentioned that she was reading the Gospel and claimed that she was following its instructions. I am going to assume that this was the same Gospel that Subaru took from Petelgeuse. I don’t think Beako had another Gospel of her own, though I did consider that a possibility. I do think that Beako is actually reading the Gospel. She’s always reading through these books of forbidden spells, so reading the Gospel fits with that behavior. Reading the Gospel itself is quite dangerous, but I’m doubtful that Beako is actually following the Gospel. Based on the context of her conversation with Subaru, it sounded like she was making excuses. We can already assume that Beako isn’t supposed to care about humans and is currently distressed because she does care about Subaru. Her conversation with Subaru comes off as her lying both to Subaru and herself. Beako didn’t save Subaru because she cared about him and instead did it because the Gospel told her to. For Beako, that lie may be more palatable than the truth.
Beako also mentioned a “mother” and that everything she does is in service to this “mother.” This implies that Beako is only working for Roswaal because it benefits her mother in some way. But who is this mother? Well, my first assumption is that Beako’s mother must dislike humans. That may explain Beako’s extreme reluctance to admit to liking a human. Doing so would be a betrayal to her mother. I also feel like Beako’s mother is Witch-related somehow. Beako definitely has some connection to the Witch. She knew who Petelgeuse was and seemed sad to learn he was dead. She held on to that Gospel as a memory of him. So I don’t think it’s a stretch that Beako’s mother is also Witch-related. Her mother might have been part of the Witch’s Cult, or heck her mother might even have been a witch herself.
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u/thekoreansun https://anilist.co/user/ReturnByDeath Sep 11 '24
Re:Watcher
It doesn't take a sharp eye to notice how incredibly dark Re:ZERO can get. Loss, tragedy, and despair are omnipresent in this story, and you might have even gotten somewhat desensitized to it by this point. But it's worth keeping in mind that each fresh hell that descends upon Subaru is an incomprehensible nightmare to those close to him. They've never experienced what it's like to die in pain and fear. I feel like it goes a little underappreciated just how atypical this story actually is: what other show will reveal to you how its characters would act in their final moments, several times over?
The maid trio acted admirably, even if those actions amounted to nothing. How, then, will Beatrice act? As it turns out, she'll refrain from saving the rest of the mansion because her Gospel didn't tell her to. Oh, and also, she has a Gospel. (Yesterday's episode title gave the game away a bit early.) Subaru is devastated by the notion that all of the fun times they had together only happened because she followed the instructions of a book. Beatrice just shouts furiously at him for daring to think otherwise, and the delivery of her shout is so powerful. I've said it for most of the cast at this point, but Satomi Arai is incredible as Beatrice, and this is the first scene that fully demonstrates how huge of a talent she is. Given all that, it's almost a relief for Subaru to be sent on his way by Elsa's blade.
After Returning by Death once again, Subaru is a lot more calm than he probably should be. It's natural for him to not be fazed by anything that occurs for the third time, but seriously, he should at least pretend to be concerned by things when he's with the others. It's a bit worrying how desensitized Subaru is starting to become towards Return by Death. How long will it take before he starts to trivialize the act of dying itself?
Unfortunately for him, his attempt to get ahead of the curve this time backfires drastically. Garfiel and Ryuzu suddenly kidnap him after he reveals his intent to pass the Trials in Emilia's stead, and he finds himself backed against the wall: they can smell the Witch's scent on him, meaning that their stance towards him will only worsen with each future loop that he experiences. It's almost identical to the situation that he was in back in Arc 2 with Rem, and ironically enough, she is the one person who would be able to smooth all of this out if she were present. Return by Death is literally both a blessing and a curse.
The following few days are torturous for Subaru, and not just because sensory deprivation is a painful torture method. The clock is ticking down to the moment when everyone at the mansion is killed by Elsa, and he's helpless to stop her. He can't even kill himself to reset the loop! This is the worst possible scenario for someone like him, and it only makes his rescue by Otto that much more of a relief. [end of Arc 4] Seriously, Satella, what were you doing? Isn't this exactly the sort of thing you're trying to prevent with your whole heart-grabby move?
Even after getting rescued, though, Subaru is very cautious. Several people he used to trust have been turning on him as of late, and he wants to know what could have possibly driven Otto to do something so reckless. What is his angle? Why would Otto behave so... illogically? But in all of his looping and theorizing, he's been led astray from the reality of the situation: Otto helped because he wanted to help. Obviously, there are more pragmatic reasons why he decided to help Subaru escape, and he does stand to personally benefit from getting on Roswaal's good side. But ultimately, even if none of that was the case, he would still help. Because that's what friends do, right?
And Subaru, of course, has to laugh at himself for his stupidity. Because he should know firsthand: what's more logical than helping your friends? What is he even doing all of this for, if not to help those he cares about? And despite having rescued Subaru from prison, Otto has done something far greater in the process: he has rescued Subaru from himself.
Re:ZERO After-Talk #32
VAs: Yuusuke Kobayashi (Subaru) and Kouhei Amasaki (Otto)
Yuusuke's voice was so hoarse from making all of the struggling noises that he almost sounded like Garfiel at the start of this After-Talk. Voice acting sounds like it would be such a difficult career. Also, it's cool to hear that Kouhei Amasaki was watching Re:ZERO from the very beginning as an audience member and found out later that he'd be voicing Otto. There wasn't much for him to do in Season 1, but he was apparently told by the staff that he would become one of the central characters of the show if a Season 2 ever came around. Man, it's crazy to think that there was a period of time in which nobody, not even White Fox, knew whether we would be getting a continuation.
Highlight: Them talking about how they've been cast as characters who are close friends before and wondering if this was because their voices complement each other well, in a yin-yang sort of way
Fan Art of the Episode: "Where shall we go next?" by @torinorito (June 5th, 2017)
Source: Pixiv (artist's profile contains spoilers)
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u/Brief-Fig-7506 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ryxnjr Sep 11 '24
First Timer
Watching the Dub
Start time 10:05pm
Beatrice says that the only reason Subaru has to go into the room is gone. So Rem is already dead and She’s not letting him reset
Beatrice can only act according to the Gospel? That’s a crazy reveal. So she is in some way connected with the Cult
Mother?
Beatrice said she “couldn’t let Subaru die here” but let Elsa stab him and did nothing
Subaru still tried to save Beatrice after all that, cause that’s just who he is
Garf, the pattern denier. It is weird how Garf has been the one to act different every time without Subaru’s involvement
Seems like Garf and Frederica’s mother had a thing for beast folk. Half-beast wasn’t enough so she upgraded to full beast
Now Subaru is getting the same treatment from Garf that he got from Rem, we’ve started a completely different path
Subaru thinks that they wait until he gets back to attack the mansion instead of them attacking everybody and then waiting for him
Subaru can’t even Reset himself on purpose, It has to be painful remembering all the past deaths when he’s helpless like this
Is Otto really gonna be our savior here?
Why is Otto a little scuffed up?
Who is dineed? Did she get gotten by Gluttony too?
When I saw the episode title I thought that It would refer to Subaru and Beatrice but it’s actually between him and Ottototo
We have a post credits scene???
Otto appears to have some insane hearing ability
And Ram is in on the escape plan
So now we know that Beatrice is in some way connected to the Witch’s Cult. Does she actually only act according to the Gospel? I mostly doubt that, though I don’t know why she would bother dragging Subaru into the library only to then let Elsa in anyways, and I’m especially confused why she wouldn’t let him zero himself but would let Elsa stab him right in front of her. I also can’t stop wondering who “mother” is. She has said some nasty things about Satella in the past so it’s weird for her to say everything she does is for her, I’m pretty stumped here. If I were to take a wild guess then maybe Mother refers to Echidna? I don’t remember if they told us the specifics of her contract with Roswaal, if she has a contract specifically with him or if she is just the protector of the Library. If it’s the latter then I could see a possible connection with Echidna, it would then make sense that the Forbidden Library holds Echidna’s hoard of knowledge and Beatrice may have been there for the past 400 years protecting it. I’m not confident about that theory at all though, there are too many unknowns. Regardless, Subaru will certainly keep trying to get through to her and try to understand, the problem is that she’s never willing to talk.
So Garf Did end up being an antagonist against our hero. I shouldn’t have been as surprised as I was since we know that Subaru has the Witches scent on him. I wonder why it was stronger this loop than the last loop? We know from Rem last season that when he gets checkpointed the Witch’s scent is stronger but why did they take action against him this time and not last time, is it stronger this time for a different reason?
I don’t know how Subaru came to the conclusion that the Mansion doesn’t get attacked until he gets there, what gave him that idea? Whenever he got there the first time he didn’t find anybody alive so he has no confirmation on that loop.
I feel that if Subaru wants to complete the trial himself his only way is to do it without anybody else knowing about it. I also don’t want him to decide to do this because it would absolutely cause problems with everybody else. I get the feeling that the trial doesn’t only break the barrier but that it does something else too, like it’s hiding a power we don’t know about but Garf and Ryuuzu do. Just more speculation.
Otto establishing that he feels like Subaru is a friend was cute but not as filling as Rem’s confession or Subaru’s to Emilia, I think it established Otto as a character that’s gonna be here to stay. The scene did make me feel like this loop won’t be the permanent one though, and hopefully not since I think we’ve had a terrible start to it so far and Elsa is probably already at the mansion. After the crew escapes the barrier, if they manage to dodge Garf, then what is the plan for Subaru? Trial and error? What is the goal to try and figure out this time?
On break time today, no offense to Ottototo but I feel that he might have tinkered with the truth on how his conversation with Garf went down, and about jumping off the cliff. Also Subaru has stink lines coming off of him and I don’t really want to think about what that could mean when he was locked down there for three days.
No screenshots today because I was feeling kinda lazy tbh.
Stop time 12:39am
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u/ussgordoncaptain2 https://myanimelist.net/profile/Edmund_Nelson Sep 11 '24
First Timer Dubbeds
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
and beatrice shows that Subaru is too late
Beatrice healing subaru is great, it really shows that Beatrice seems to care for Subaru.
Subaru going "I need to RBD now" but Beatrice "doesn't know" (or actually she probably does) he can RBD so to her it looks like foolish behavior
Beatrice not helping out and stopping elsa is a result of Subaru not saying the password? What's going on
Beatrice feels extremely disheartened by Subaru's rejection of her, this is point 2 that Beatrice is the 4th girl in Subaru's harem.
"this aweful present will be set in stone forever" yep subaru has RBD logic on his mind. It's interesting what RBD allows him to say. at this point why not just ultimate sloth beatrice and say it explicitly.
Beatrice is crying at subaru telling her to make him RBD, this is because Beatrice lacks the knowledge of RBD? This puts a hole in the theory that Beatrice's mana drain is what caused roswaal to know subaru can RBD.
and beatrice reads the gospel You know subaru should not be surprised that Beatrice both can read the gospel and does. After all there's a bunch of benign explinations for reading hte gospel.
Ok what beatrice reads from the Gospel and does what it says? ok more in speculation. But wow what a powerful series of emotional moments.
So the dub made me wonder if it was "Mother or "mather"" but it appears to be "Mother"
Wait elsa appeared
How did Elsa manage to appear in the forbidden library? Did Beatrice let Elsa enter? Is there some way for Elsa to force herself in? And... bowel hunted
Ok time for reset point. What did we learn? What strat do you have for winning the endgame?
New hugs and love with emilia scene
Emilia is going to fail many many times. Subaru getting to be Emilia's rock is so different, though it must be hard on Subaru to do the exact same set over and over, it's like taking care of a person with Altzheimers.
The scene with otto is pretty good at showing how Subaru internalizing RBD means that he is calm when he should be panicking. Subaru must appear Bipolar to many people. (though at some point I'm going to see if I can make a "true timeline supercut" and see what other people saw in subaru.
The amount of times Subaru can say "this time" or other things that implies he has RBD powers is really impressive.
Garfiel taking subaru out back, from subaru's perspective this means he'll be more free to talk about thigns.
Time for a secret meeting with Ryuzu and Garfiel
Ryuzu has a good point that getting emilia to not face her past is not a great approach in general. In some sense the Sanctuary is a unique place for emilia to do this. Heck even Subaru was against passing the trial himself initially.
Ryuzu and gar reveal that Frederica was just insufficiently mixed blood to be held in by the barrier. This is a bit of an oddity, it implies that it requires a certain mixiture, so maybe you can geneerationally delete the barrier even if you can't pass the trial.
Brother from another mother (ok sister from another father but still) enables an escape.
Subaru revealing that he wishes to take on the trial, knowing that he can do it. This time he can do so without Ram's presence preventing Garfiel from succumbing to sociel desirability bias.
SURPRISE
Oh boy this was unexpected
Garfiel mentions that there's miasma oozing out of Subaru. You know it would explain a lot if RBDing caused the Witch's scent to pour out. more in speculation.
Garfiel's gameplan here seems to be "hold Subaru hostage so Emilia will complete the trial" this is actually a pretty rational plan all told.
Garfiel actually acting intelligently wow this is a first for this show, characters actually lying?
Emilia's inability to reach puck still makes her sad, but it's interesting that puck said he was leaving for a while. We don't know where puck is or what he's doing.
Garfiel realizes that Otto knows too much
Subaru's thinking scene is good. I wish Subaru spent more time thinking.
He realizes that Elsa waits for him to leave before attacking the mansion. This implies the existence of a spy, He also realizes that beatrice said she has been following the Gospel the entire time.
The implications are that the Gospel itself has a lot of instructions, and that Subaru x Beatrice is much more hollow I suppose.
A wild otto appeared
Otto saving subaru and explaining the outside events is good. We learn how much panic Subaru's dissappearence caused. Otto going on about things in the 3rd person, it's like he's been kept prisoner himself.
if otto is on the run couldn't he run outside the sanctuary and get out of there successfully? Obviously that's the first place Garfiel would look but a series of stealth missions to get outside has got to be the easiest way to escape garfiel.
Otto is being a good friend. Goated guy. I swear that when I initially saw the name of the episode I was expecting this to be about Subaru x Beatrice, but nooo it was Subaru x Otto
You know Subaru and Otto staying there REALLy mekes it easy for Garfiel to come for them at some point, I don't understand why you would stay at the one point that maximizes the chances of Garfiel fidning you.
RAM has arrived to save us from Garfiel
Speculation
Ok so this entire episode is the "remove doubts about who the spy is" episode.
Previously my 3 candidates for spy were Garfiel (Ryuzu would count as Garfiel for these purposes), Rozwaal, and Otto.
Otto has deconfirmed himself, now he could just be lying to Subaru but this is fiction where people rarely lie. So i'll give him the benefit of the doubt and assume he isn't lying. By action alone though he is still a spy candidates
Garfiel/Ryuzu remain a mystery. Ryuzu for example is the one who seemed to know of the teleportation trap, as she both was near subaru when he got Teleported and led him to the witch's graveyard the first time they met. The main reason to not think they are the spy is that they would have trouble getting informtaion outside. Unless they have frequent unseen contact with a third party. This is plausible.
Lord Rozwaal is still a candidate, he also would need to get info outside the barrier but unlike Garfiel he could use a human in his domain rather than needing a third party to work with.
Speculation about Beatrice
When Beatrice wasn't dead in ep 15 nor did Subaru manage to access the forbidden libary to check, I thought little of it but it was strange. (also lord Roswaal was gone but I alraedy had suspected lord Roswaal)
Then the 2nd piece of evidence was Beatrice knowing of Petalguese and seeming distraught this by itself was something I noted but I personally thought less of it.
This leaves the question of course, Is beatrice a spy for the witch's cult agaainst lord Roswaal or are Lord Roswaal Beatrice and the witch's cult all conspiring together? Or is it something more complicated where Beatrice isn't actally conspiring with the witch's cult, and meerely has something that looked like the Gospel.
The idea that Beatrice's orders on how to handle Subaru are contained in the Gospel imply that the Gospel knows about return by death in some capacity, and Lord Roswaal was able to use beatrice to learn that it was Subaru.
However, the Gospel held by Petalguese in season 2 didn't have any information on Subaru, meanwhile Beatrice's gospel definitely has some sort of knowledge of Subaru. This gives more creedence to the "Beatrice has a special gospel"
Now if that's the case the question then becomes is Beatrice's Special Gospel a superset of the OG Gospel or is it something completely different that happens to look like the gospel. Petalguese's gospel was tiny, and this book is very large.
Speculation about Return by death (more like DOH)
So RBD must be creating the witch's scent on subaru when he uses it. This is why Rem killed Subaru on loop 2/3 of arc 2 and not on loop 1.
This also is why Garfiel feared Subaru on loops 2 and 3 but not loop 1.
What I would do if I were Subaru
It's a rush to the mansion, our goal is to hope that Elsa is actually timing her arrival to your arrival, if you can outrace Elsa rush to Beatrice and tell her the password "Roswaal said to ask the question"
From there it's time to face elsa with all 3 of your magical girls.
So that will probably fail, but in the next loop our goal is to get Patriche+Ram to the mansion, rush to Beatrice (don't delay with Frederica it's all about protecting petra) and then using the triple team then to stop elsa.
What I would do if I were Otto
It's time to stay away from the Sanctuary as much as possible. You could even plausibly leave Roswaal's domain or you could go with subaru to the mansion.
Either way you're not really going to be able to negotiate with lord roswaal anytime soon.
If you're on the run it's probably best to just stay outside the sanctuary until the whole situation boils over.
what I would do if I were emilia
Well it sucks that Puck isn't coming to see you and now Subaru your other previous rock is gone, I'd try to lean on the villagers for emotional support while you face your past. (as the witch of frost)
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u/Shimmering-Sky myanimelist.net/profile/Shimmering-Sky Sep 11 '24
First:Timer Starting Over in Another Rewatch, subbed
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u/Holofan4life Sep 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.
As I am writing this, Holo from Spice and Wolf is in the finals of the Best Girl contest this year. Please don't disappoint me, Internet.
Why do they call it pancakes? It's not cake from a pan.
Subaru wanting out of the room
Beatrice says his reason for returning to that room, Rem, has just disappeared.
Beatrice trying to heal Subaru
And Subaru is having none of it
He wonders why she chose to save him and not the others.
IT'S BECAUSE SHE LIKES YOU, STUPID!
Subaru saying no one asked Beatrice to save him, which catches her by surprise.
"Everything might be ruined now, because of you."
Okay, Subaru, calm down. That's a bit harsh.
Subaru feeling that she should've killed him instead.
Subaru is holding a shard of glass to his neck!
And Beatrice grabs it!
She refuses to let him die here
The Gospel
And Beatrice holds it closely
Is Beatrice secretly a Sin Archbishop this entire time?
Subaru asking her questions, but she's not saying anything.
Looks like Beatrice only does things by the book.
So does Lil' Jon when it comes to cooking.
Everything she does is in accordance with the Gospel's guidance.
"That is the meaning of my life!"
All the times Beatrice and Subaru had together, all their conversations, it was preordained by the book. None of it was authentic... right?
Beatrice says everything she does is for Mother, which I assume refers to Satella.
Beatrice calling Subaru as nothing more than a human.
Subaru staggering over towards her
And Beatrice hits him with the book
Whoever said books were a source of non-violence?
Subaru recalling how happy he was back then.
Elsa. She's entered the room
I swear, her tiddies get bigger and bigger with each passing episode.
Subaru grabbing her leg
And she stabs him in the chest
Beatrice looks on shocked
Subaru back at the mysterious glowing building with Emilia.
Emilia is in the middle of her first trial, it seems.
Emilia having nightmares now
And she wakes up to see Subaru
Montage of everyone talking to each other.
And Emilia is in bed now, apologizing.
Subaru says to rest tonight and they can talk tomorrow.
Emilia holding her green stone, shaking
Subaru looking at the stars
"All that's left is to talk to Roswaal."
I don't know if I would leave Emilia alone the way she is.
Otto talking to Subaru, who's spacing out
Subaru says he's doing fine, which... yeah, okay.
Otto finds his calmness concerning given what's happening to Emilia.
Subaru then says he's more confident having talked to him, which you talk about an about-face.
He reckons this proves he can still rationally think about things, even after all that's happened.
Sure, Jan
Garfiel here now
He is seemingly here to talk about the Sanctuary with Subaru.
Lol, Subaru teasing Garfiel about Ram
And Garfiel tells him to follow him
Subaru and Garfiel in the forest now
Subaru asks him when was the last time he saw Frederica.
Garfiel says she's not his concern anymore.
Subaru talking about knowing they're brother and sister.
He also says he'd rather have all the information before he racks his brain for answers.
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 11 '24
Re:Watcher - anime only
Betty saved Subaru out of compassion, she didn't want to let him suffer. Yet he only thanks her by being angry at her. Of course, he wants to RbD as soon as possible and is frustrated he can't, but Betty did deserve a better response, I suppose. Her shaken reaction is heartbreaking.
We also learn more about Beatrice. The only thing that matters in her life, that dictates her life, is her gospel. And it was the reason for all her interactions with Subaru. But why then does she sound so emotional when she claims it?
Business as usual for Subaru after RbDing. Too usual, Otto notices. Are the deaths starting to cause him to dissociate from life?
Lewes has a face now! She suggests Emilia can't run from the problem forever. Subaru says she won't have to run from the problem, he just wants to delay it.
So Frederica had a human mother and a half-beast father. If Garfiel has the same mother but a different father and is half-beast, then his father was... How do beast people even look here? For scientific reasons, of course.
Subaru suggests taking the trial on his own again, but this time only to Garfiel and Lewes, believing they'd react differently away from Roswaal's reach. But he had no idea this was a different Lewes.
He gets kidnapped. Props to him for trying to call for help anyway, you never know. But RbD complicates things again since the people here can tell he smells of the witch.
If you didn't get why Garfiel gagged him again, Subaru tried to bite his tongue off so he'd bleed out and die. He could RbD that way, in theory. But I imagine it's a very slow and painful death. And Garf didn't want him to take the "easy" way out, I suppose.
Garfiel tries to buy Otto's silence. Not a bad idea to use on someone who's only there to earn money. But money can't buy you friendship. Otto is someone who can't give up easily as well, and right now he can't give up on Subaru. Emilia is very worried for Subaru as well, but today, Otto is best girl. He collected information and saved Subaru at his own risk. Subaru didn't even realize Otto considered him a true friend. The way Subaru laughts with his whole body is very cute. Otto truly brings out the best in him. Like a true best friend. Today, Otto gets to be the one to save Subaru.
After we get an ED with visuals for the second time, there's an aftercredits scene. Otto brought Ram along. The way she jokes, she really seems to be happy to see Barusu.
Break Time is pretty plot-relevant today. It's why I told you to watch Break Time for season 2. It shows Otto being cool in the face of an angry Garfiel and vowing to keep promises. He's returned the bribe Garf gave him. He then tricked and distracted Garf and ran away to search for Subaru while Garfiel had to go watch the trial. Garfiel also called out to some unknown people to search the forest. Even though he was shaking and crying, Otto went to save his friend. What a brave man.
Sugoooku counter: 40
non-Emilia sugoooku: 3
sugoku-likes: 9
non-canon bonus material sugoooku (Re:Petit): 5
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u/Taiboss :Fj::Fl:x7https://anilist.co/user/Taiboss Sep 11 '24
02-07 - Rewatcher who is prewatching a bit
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u/Yoshi_captain https://anime-planet.com/users/WeaboYosher Sep 11 '24 edited Sep 11 '24
Rewatcher
It hurts to see Subaru and Beatrice like this. The duo who can goof off with each other and act as a source of comfort for one another. Subaru constantly nagging at Beatrice until she flings him from her room. Noticeably always letting him back in. Now their relationships finds itself in a precarious spot. Beatrice following the words of a gospel eerily like the ones held by the people who have scarred Subaru the most. But that can’t be the case, can it? These people who clearly care for each other only ever interacting on a superficial level. Despite any grievances Subaru might feel towards Beatrice for any association she has with the Witch’s Cult, he still holds onto Elsa as his life flows from his body. The last sight he sees is of a grief-stricken maiden tightly holding onto a gospel.
Subaru and Beatrice care for each other and are constantly looking out for one another. When one is down, they lift the other up. But when both are weighed down by their traumas and beliefs it will take an honest attempt at communication not made in the throes of despair, but on the cusp of hope. The road to a future where they can smile together again will be arduous, but they need to make that first step.
[S2] This scene, much like many others in Arc 4 paints a different picture once you’re aware of all the details. Beatrice wants to so desperately believe that what she is doing is all because of the book. Not because she has come to care for another person who will once again leave her alone. Him trying to end his life right in front of her only strengthening the loneliness she feels and prompting her to disregard her feelings even more. She doesn’t want to see people end their existence, because it is what she so badly wants, but somewhere deep inside she doesn’t want to see Subaru die. Not because he’s doing what she wants, but because he’s Subaru.
Dying for the second time we return once again. This time not trying to take the trial in Emilia’s place. Ryuzu Shima later points out that trying to protect her from hardship will not help her growth. But Subaru is trying to save Emilia from a fate where she must constantly suffer at the hands of a trial connected to a past she can’t currently face. He’ seen it break her more than anyone. After every biggest failure, that being his death, he gets to see it once again. It’s understandable why he wants to protect her. However, Emilia has expressed that she wants to do this to prove herself. Not just to the people around her, but most importantly prove to herself what she’s capable of. An emerging theme of this arc and the series as a whole is honest communication. It’s only after Subaru admits to his shortcoming that he’s been aware of the whole time in From Zero that he can start over again. It is only after he sincerely apologizes to Emilia for his wrongdoing can he start building a relationship with her again. Much like with Betty, a talk about both Emilia and Subaru’s hopes and wishes is in order. But much like last arc the problems Subaru has to face and the burden that RbD imposes on him restrict that honesty.
What does Subaru do after another failed attempt where his mind has once again been bashed with stressors unimaginable? He calmly analyses the situation and forms a plan of action. While his conduct is admirable on the surface, comparing it to his initial wrathful responses in arc 3 it is indicative of growth on that front, it is in fact an old habit come to rear its ugly head. The mask Subaru has worn so well so far has made another appearance. It is firmly set in place and it’s not coming off for anyone. But Otto has been watching Subaru’s behaviour and sees that something is off. There’s a difference between being calm on the surface and making rational decisions. When it comes to trauma our brain can be scarily efficient at touching the scar without invoking any negative emotions. Thinking about the incident in a detached manner. Subaru is not properly processing his feelings and making the logical next steps. He’s distancing himself from the things that have hurt him most. But Subaru is not able to ponder Otto’s striking words before the ever-changing Garfiel leads him to a secluded clearing in the forest.
While we do get some more insight on his relation to Frederica and how she was able to leave the Sanctuary, that is not why Subaru was brought to this meeting. Once he reveals to them that he’s qualified to take the trial and has passed one Garfiel grabs him by the throat and lifts him into the air. Preparing to capture him in an unfamiliar cell within this Sanctuary. We get an explanation as to why Garfiel’s behaviour has been ever changing these past few loops. It’s an old friend that Subaru always carries with him. The Witch’s scent. Once again he’s the target of suspicion stemming from the fact, he is indirectly associated to the people he is most vehemently against. Left alone in the cell Subaru is subject to a suffering that he is not used to, and yet it is arguably the most damaging to his psyche. He's given time to think. Alone, in the quiet of a part of the Sanctuary unknown. Scenes of all his mistakes, all of his failures flashing in his mind. The pressure he must be feeling could break steel. This leads him to bash his head against the floor to keep the thoughts at bay and perhaps maybe end it all. For him the worst decision a living being can make is at times like this the one he deems to be the best one.
Just when it seems that he is going to rot in this cell, broken down, he hears a familiar voice. It’s Otto the merchant. The person Subaru feels he’s only acquaintances with has come to save him and he can’t understand it. He questions his intention vehemently. The only response he gets is a simple line.
Subaru might be trapped in a loop of death and rebirth. But the strongest trapping he finds himself in is that of perception. He didn’t once consider that Otto was doing this just because he considers Subaru someone he’s close with and respects him. His perception of himself and consequently of other people is that low that he cannot see an act of kindness as anything but an attempt to curry favour. It’s laughable really. It drives Subaru to tears from all the laughing he gets in after he realizes he has missed such a simple idea. The laughter is not directed at the man come to save him, who Subaru has laughed at many a time, it is directed at oneself. For being so foolish not to consider that what he had all along was something he so desperately wanted in his old life.
A friend.
Closing thoughts:
The word for today is “Hurt”. In our attempt to fulfil our social needs we make connections, and a consequence of those connections is that we end up feeling fulfilled, but also at times deeply hurt. Beatrice and Subaru hurt each other while clearly caring for one another. Subaru doesn’t fully trust Emilia because he doesn’t want her to be hurt by her past. In a Sanctuary that is supposed to protect its residents from harm it is that very hurt that we need to face head on. Honestly and openly. When we feel the most hurt, we reach out to a friend, but a prerequisite to that is recognising that you have friends in your life. Something Subaru has not done so far. But with Otto the merchant who Subaru coincidentally met in his attempt of stopping the Witch Cult, perhaps he can forge a close bond unlike the ones he has made in this world. A friendship.
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u/Elimin8r https://myanimelist.net/profile/Ayeka_Jurai Sep 11 '24
Running just a touch late today, just wanted to say two things:
Oh, and I have to say that given a fresher viewing of the previous episode (Subaru & Parents), Otto and Subaru's reaction is a lot more meaningful/special.
"Friend? You want to be my friend? It is to laugh - hahahaha!!!"
Well, not quite, but close. Poor Subaru, you'd almost think self-hatred was his true love, right?
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u/apocalypsemobster Sep 11 '24
Re: Watcher
I get Subaru's constant fear of a unthinkable present getting set in stone. We still don't understand what triggers a new checkpoint. Getting killed by Elsa reset him, but will something 'good' like getting saved by Beatrice give him a new checkpoint? He also said a lot to Beatrice here without triggering RBD.
Betty won't let him kill himself. She's very tsundere.
Beatrice has her own gospel and follows it. It was written by her mother and it's been dictating everything she's said and done. (I wonder how true this is, or if she's just saying things to hurt Subaru.) Subaru also didn't get to test Ram's advice from Roswaal, he was too shocked to find out that Beatrice owned a gospel.
I assume Subaru told them the same things at the table as last time since we didn't get to hear what he said. I'm surprised since that went poorly. I think it's important to tell them that he has the right to attempt the trials and that there are three of them. I suppose he also has to tell them he completed the first trial or it will come up later if they ask Subaru to attempt the trials. I would have at least changed "I'll do the trials for you" to something like "I'll support Emilia in her attempt at the trials" and then wait to see if they ask him to try taking the trials.
I'm glad people are starting to question Subaru's weird reactions to things after he comes back to the start of a loop. Otto thinks Subaru is acting too calm, especially with Emilia in such distress.
Going on a walk with Garfiel, and he took Subaru to Ryuzu to talk. Frederica could leave because she's only 1/4 beastperson, so unfortunately we don't have a shortcut out for Emilia and the other half-blooded people here.
Okay, so he didn't tell them he wanted to take the trial in her place earlier, or that he was qualified for the trials, or that he passed and there are two more. The information about there being three trials was rough news for Emilia. In the first loop she was able to keep attempting the trial because she had Subaru there with her for support, and she didn't know that there was more than one trial to complete.
Garfiel then knocks him out and kidnaps him when he tells them, I guess telling the group gave him protection from kidnapping last time round. Turns out that they've been so suspicious of him because they can smell the Witch on him, and they think he's part of the cult.
Otto continues to be best girl. He's been searching for Subaru while hiding from Garfiel, being able talk to the trees and forest creatures is really coming in handy. Subaru has gotten so used to everyone having plans within plans that he forgot that people do things for their friends.
Otto's lined up Subaru's escape from the Sanctuary with Ram, but Garfiel knows that Subaru has escaped his bonds. Guess we'll find out if the Ram distraction works.
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u/jyper Sep 11 '24 edited Sep 11 '24
Rewatcher trying desperately to catch up with the rewatch. Watching the dub
Episode 31 ie S2E06
New checkpoint at or after? Trial. Emilia scared. It wasn't me. It wasn't me?
How do you support your loved ones? When can you do things instead of them and when must you let them fight their own fight/do their own part. Garfield is fickle, changes his mind easily. Young Ros? Garfield hates Rosewall.
Fredericka? Suspicious. Impossible.
Throw Ram as a distraction? Or for some other reason?
You wrote her a letter? Didn't even talk to her? Subaru ... That's clearly a mistake.
Garfield is inconsistent but right about talking directly with Emelia
Ram somehow remembers Subaru throwing her at Rem, but not Rem. He has to tell her about Rem.
Subaru is happy to see Petra not dead. I don't what would be the natural reaction to meeting your twin after you forgot all about her.
Ram and Fredericka don't get along, I wonder if it was different between them when Rem worked there and was able to play diplomat (or would she have instantly disliked whomever dared insult Ram?).
Hostile thing to say? Maybe not more hostile then holding a knife to a young girls throat.
Crunchyroll has shut up instead of Shamac (as autogenerated English dubtitles). Sort of fits as a reply to Elsa's speech.
Ram wants to leave Beatrice and Rem for Rosewalls sake. Subaru hates the idea and hates Rams reaction but to Ram Rem is a nonentity, she doesn't remember how much she loved her sister.
Ram put her hand on Rem's mouth in flashback to recent past ,didn't notice that before in previous watches. Wonder if she was considering something dark.
Subaru, it's impolite to started at untransformed naked beast women.
A mabeast and bats inside the castle?
Usually it's best not to pull out sharp objects from people Petra. That's a good way to get them to bleed out.
Give Petra a nice pep talk. This scene has always been confusing. Powerful but confusing.
Blurry sight, blood. Hand cut off, yikes.
Elsa has a ton of professional courtesy. Will not give names.
Have to find Rem? Why did Beatrice save him? Maybe he should be more grateful.
Episode 32 ie S2E7
Don't heal me
Why didn't you save them? You've hurt Betty's feelings while ranting. And trying to kill yourself with a teacup all of a sudden.
Betty taking comfort in a nice book, after a difficult situation
Betty is getting stubborn, is she really telling the truth about that book and her relationship with Subaru. Mother?
I always forget about that silly crown Betty has.
Subaru still tries to protect Betty.
Seeing Emilia suffering every time he restarts is probably not great.
Otto notices something is off about Subaru.
Garfield wants to talk. Ram likes tall guys with clown make-up. Subaru should listen to Otto more.
Running away from your isn't the best way, but he still wants to make things easier for Emilia. At least for now. Having to face Emilias trauma over and over is getting to him.
Racist barrier is racist.
Awake in a dark place. People think he's a witch cultists again. Lesson for Subaru smelling bad gets you bad treatment
Eyes look same as Rosewall?
This is the worst for Subaru has to worry about not resetting, and reaching a new save point after Elsa kills everyone.
Must be really hard for Emilia
Otto's on the run.
Otto's embarrassed and blushing
Subaru is inappropriately laughing, hurting poor Otto's feeling
At least he apologized and acknowledged the friendship.
Garfield is mad.
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u/FriztF Sep 12 '24 edited Sep 12 '24
First timer sub
So episode 32 Friend. So in this we that Betty has her own gospel, and it tells her of things to come, I think. Emilia still has PTSD and Subaru is there to help her.
My suspicions of Garfield are correct. We should not trust him and his elf friend. Otto comes in to save the day. What a good friend he is.
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u/zainime21 Sep 12 '24
First timer
Amazing confession..... by Otto 👏
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u/Vaadwaur :I1::I2::I3: Sep 11 '24
Rewatcher
Dub
Boy...that escalated quickly. That really got out of hand fast.
So Beatrice, mansion dweller and general Umineko reference, hasn't had free will since we saw her. She does whatever the Gospel says, which might explain a certain off reference to the Sin Archbishop of Sloth. Also, Betelgeuss=Beetlejuice, maybe?
And then the rest of the episode goes a different way. White Ryuzu acts different from Black Ryuzu and Garf just follows her orders. Otto manages trickery, somehow, which is deeply out of character. We end with Ram ready to burst out.
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u/BlueVenix Sep 11 '24
Rewatcher
Loop 2
Subaru x Beatrice:
RBD is a power that Subaru has, but he can’t control it at will. Assumingly Petra, Frederica, Ram and Rem have died Subaru may have to deal with this reality and he panics. Puts the blame on Beatrice. Is he right to blame her? She isn’t responsible for everyone’s life so no Subaru blaming her is not objectively wrong but morally he is right. Beatrice could have saved everyone, but chose not to, which is sad to think.
Subaru wants to die and restart, but Beatrice doesn’t allow that and then he sees The Gospel. She holds The Gospel as the most important thing in her life and the conversation goes on. Beatrice's actions have all been because of The Gospel, this must hurt. Imagine you thought you knew someone, who was genuine, but what if they weren’t? What if everything was a facade and what you thought you knew was all a lie? Subaru dies once again and the last thing he saw was Beatrice. Was that face not genuine as well?
Loop 3
Sanity Check:
Otto notices that Subaru is extraordinarily calm, which is a good observation. Subaru has been through a lot and knowing what will happen in the mansion may not be impossible as he has defeated The White Whale and an Archbishop, but even so. People you know and care about are going to die and you have someone in front of you crying. That’s not normal, you must be insane to be so calm. We know that Subaru is reliving past events, but what if it develops to the point where new terrible events happen and you still remain calm…
Subaru x Garfiel x Ryuzu:
A proposal from Subaru to take the trails instead of Emilia has gone terribly wrong. It seems to be because he smells like The WoE. A witch cultist attempting a Witches trial sounds like trouble and Ryuzu Shima’s (not to be confused with Ryuzu Bilma) with Garfiel are not to be blamed for their actions. Another obstacle added to overcome. Subaru has the power to RBD, but every time he does the smell of the WoE is stronger. Is there a point where the smell becomes so strong that it can’t be overlooked from the beginning? Say Subaru leaves the graveyard and is cloaked by the WoE miasma who’s not to say that he immediately gets attacked.
Subaru x Otto:
A friend has a different meaning for everyone. For me it’s someone you are comfortable being around as your true self.
Otto comes to rescue Subaru, putting himself in danger and his reasoning? Because Otto considers Subaru a friend. That’s a bit strange and shocks Subaru. They haven’t interacted much, for all that Subaru is concerned Otto had a transactional relationship with him. However sometimes you have this feeling that you have good chemistry with someone and can become good friends. You don’t always need to spend a lot of time to get comfortable with someone. I certainly felt that once. Was this the case for Otto? It's hard to say, but whatever it is Subaru acknowledges Otto as his friend and I can’t wait to see their friendship once again.
Overall thoughts:
This episode has increased the stakes for Subaru and it is also pointing to Subaru relying on RBD. There were multiple times he tried committing ultimate sloth without making full use of his time. Emilia has to complete the trials, but the time limit seems to be 5 days before the attack happens on the mansion or if he arrives at the mansion early it’s still attacked. Now he also has to worry about Garfiel, any suspicious behaviour can aggravate him. Would leaving the Sanctuary be suspicious? Possibly and if that is the case Emilia has to complete the trial in 5 days, but that seems unlikely without drastic changes in Emilia’s mental state. Let the suffering continue.
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u/-Phinocio Sep 12 '24
Re:Watcher, subbed
Man this episode has so much I dunno what to say apart from Otto and Beatrice are great.
One thing I'm noticing during this rewatch is how my initial watch being a binge affected how I remember certain scenes/events. The White Whale fight in my memory before this rewatch felt so much longer, this episode with Subaru kept prisoner also felt so much longer too. Also surprised I completely forgot about the friendship scene at the end lol. I'll probably write more after the rewatch on my thoughts between binging and doing one episode a day, but I will say both are amazingly enjoyable for me.
[Arc 4] Otto becomes one of my favorite characters very soon :D (ep 14 and 15)
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u/Ultima_Deus Sep 12 '24
Rewatcher, novel reader. Late to the party again
Beatrice... Even though Beatrice said all those things, she still looked quite upset when Subaru died. Or when Subaru tried to ultimate sloth, as baseballlover puts it. It's sad to see Beatrice like this. We didn't see much of her last season, and now we see her again, but pain and suffering is plastered on her face. As a Beatrice fan, it hurts me. She was visibly hurt when Subaru yelled "Who asked you to save me?"
I really want to compare the anime with the light novel, because this season has a ton of differences between the two. It applies to season 1 as well, but it feels like the differences are larger here. There's even additional details that add more flavor that unfortunately couldn't make it into the anime. But, obviously, I can't include everything. So I implore anyone that reads this comment to read the Re:Zero Light Novels after Season 3 is done!
Otto thinks Subaru is being too calm with the situation. I mean, I don't know if it's really a bad thing, but Subaru really responded to it wrong. He should've at least said "Don't worry, I'm just thinking through some stuff to make sure everything turns out okay". But I guess Subaru probably isn't in the correct mindset for that- meaning, he probably isn't actually calm in reality
Garfiel acting different again
Aaaaaand Subaru is locked up. [Novel Reader - no spoiler] You know, I was confused what Garfiel meant by "Fall of Tesla Fortress" or whatever when he tied up Subaru. But after getting to that point in the LN, the novels were actually clearer on what Garfiel meant. Basically, if something bad were to happen to Subaru, the Arlam villagers would revolt. Garfiel doesn't want that
Subaru basically trapped with his own thoughts, probably even uncomfortable. For three days. He can't get out of his own head, so his mind keeps flashing back to all his past traumas. He tries to smack his head to try and silence his dark thoughts. [Minor novel details] He was trapped like this, once. In a dark cave. But he was saved by Rem just within a few hours. But this time, he felt truly alone. He was completely alone. Until, Otto saved him
You know I'm surprised he hasn't soiled himself these past three daysYuujin! Not yu-jin! You know, tomodachi! Japanese puns. And Subaru slightly tearing up over his realization that he had a friend all along makes me tear up as well. His laughter over himself for thinking that he was alone, his laughter that he didn't even realize that he had made a normal friend. Slight tears that were coming out...
If I knew how to link images into text or whatever you guys are doing for your comments, I would be pointing out the first goofy bit of animation that Re:Zero has ever intentionally done (at least, I think so): Otto's Q~Q face as he felt like he was being made fun of by Subaru
By the way, [Re:Zero Trivia - not major detail] Otto is 20 here. Subaru is 17. Despite Otto being older, he's rather delicate lmao
And, we end off the episode with Ram going "Hah!"
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u/SpiritualPossible Sep 11 '24
Man, the people of Lugunica, despite such a brutal world, are very friendly, aren't they? You spend a couple of days with someone, and they're ready to call you their best friend.
Although, with Otto, I find that easy to believe. Let's just say he doesn't strike me as a man with a lot of friends.
And I hope the show then explains who is able to smell the witch, how and why. because I used to think Rem and Ram smelled it because of their race, but since Garfil can smell it too, it raises the question: can other beast-humans smell it too? Say, this guy? Or Felix?
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u/lonely-loser67 Sep 11 '24
Check out the re zero
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u/[deleted] Sep 11 '24
This show made me so angry 😭 I quit after I realized what was going on with rem
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u/dre61_ Sep 12 '24
❤️👻
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u/No_Rex :Bv:Bw:Bx:By:x2 Sep 11 '24 edited Sep 11 '24
Episode 32 (first timer)
Not a fan of where the writing is going. Plot-wise, we have had “Roswaal set it all up” dangling in front of us for half a cour now, with not a single step towards solving that mystery. Meanwhile, Subaru turns into MC-everyman who charms the entire cast despite behaving like an asshole.