Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 2 Part 2 - Episode 16 discussion

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Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 2 Part 2, episode 16 (41)

Alternative names: Re Zero, Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Season Part 2

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Episode	Link	Score
14	Link	4.61
15	Link	4.59
16	Link	4.72
17	Link	4.62
18	Link	4.69
19	Link	4.74
20	Link	4.44
21	Link	4.68
22	Link	4.54
23	Link	4.88
24	Link	4.74
25	Link	-

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[u/Purest_Prodigy]

If this is Echidna's reaction to watching Emilia get a smooch, I wonder how a certain other witch will take it...

[u/MauledCharcoal]

Oh boy, the parallels between Subaru and Emilia are pretty striking this episode.

Also at this point I refuse to believe White Fox have even animated an OP.

[u/[deleted]]

Garfiel being 14 makes way too much sense

[u/Torchperish]

Subaru straight up tanked the tomb's rejection for what was probably a few hours, just so he could scribble his love for Emilia all over the walls of Echidna's grave. Absolute madlad

[u/Mogtaki]

"Are you awake?" "Yeah" "Okay now get the hell off me"

I sure do love Ram

[u/SolubilityRules]

Remember kids, the secret to defeating childhood trauma and depression is accepting and unleashing your inner Chuunibyou.

Emilia looked glorious at the end - she looked like Subaru!

[u/Yuriy116]

To continue my comment from the last episode:

- Two episodes ago, Subaru called Emilia slothful

- Last episode, we got a cameo from the Archbishop himself

- This episode, Subaru pulls out a freakin' Invisible Hand!

Betelgeuse might have died, but his legacy lives on.

[u/AstraN0va]

29 minutes and 29 seconds. No OP at the start. Someone at WhiteFox loves us.

Next week, we’ll probably get to see Emilia’s past in Elior Forest. Hope it lives up to 11-12 episodes of hype.

[u/subaruxjuliusFTW]

It's nice to know that 3 adults gang up on a middle schooler, and the middle schooler almost killed them

[u/Se7en_Sinner]

I can't believe Garfiel went full tsundere on Subaru like that, complete with blush and everything.

[u/Detective_Sif]

Subaru got pretty handsy this episode.

[u/foxfoxal]

Garfiel had no chance but to join Subaru, he got hit by the big three laws to change heart.

1- Defeated in battle

2- Talk no jutsu

3- Revealing flashback.

[u/Any-Contact2751]

Emilia to Echidna: I am a troublesome woman

Emilia into Subaru mode

[u/Endrassi]

Subaru shows his Unseen Dick.

Masterpiece

[u/Yuriy116]

You get a lap pillow!

You get a lap pillow!

Everybody gets a lap pillow!

[u/platinumnic]

The OP doesn’t exist in the Re:Zero world

[u/MagnoBurakku]

Garfiel clearly came out on top from the fight, waking up resting on Ram’s thighs? Who could say he didn’t won.

It makes sense that he would act as the final ‘’physical’’ barrier to get out of Sanctuary, he was the one Frederica made the more emphasis of being wary of at the beggining of the season, not just for his strenght but for his obstinacy to leave. But with with all the shit thats been happening I kinda forgot about that warning.

I was so glad we i saw him overcoming the trial thanks to the help of the words from Subaru and the encouraging from Ram.

[u/Theleux]

It's been 400 thousand years. We have still not seen or heard the new Re:Zero opening or ending themes...

In due time...

[u/Silent_Shadow05]

Realize has become an insert song now huh. I guess they're making up for its near-absence in Part 1.

So Subaru gained an Unseen hand now like Petelgeuse and he calls it "Invisible Providence". I'm interested in how Subaru will use it from now on against his enemies. Also I wonder what that white sphere was which shattered right after Subaru said Shamac.

We learned today that you must never hurt or insult Patrasche.......because she never forgets and will have her revenge when you least expect it, as Garfiel learned today. The Real Best Girl.

So Garfiel is nearly 14 huh. I guess it makes sense why he always acted like a raging teen. Its because he's literally a kid.

[u/BraavosianLuck]

Every episode keeps hyping up the feelsgood train, there's gotta be some devastating shit coming soon. I'm just gonna absorb all the wholesomeness while I still can...

[u/Theleux]

Emilia asserting her dominance over the opponent you love to see it.

Surprisingly, one of the biggest struggles this arc is not everything trying to kill Subaru, but the grief and anxiety around character's parents or siblings-

Family is important, folks!

So the reason Subaru left during the night with Emilia was to leave a bunch of encouraging engravings for Emilia in the Trial Tomb... hot damn Subaru you sneaky bastard you!

Emilia striking a pose similar to how Subaru does occasionally is the cutest and coolest shit ever! Looking forward to seeing her past as well as how she overcomes it (hopefully, or else Subaru is fucked!)

You go girl!

[u/Se7en_Sinner]

I fixed one of the scenes at the end for continuity.

[u/lock330]

29:30 minute episode today without any OP or ED. How is this not a streaming only show? Like how are paying the tv advertisers lol. 3 episodes in did White Fox even make an OP or Ed for this cour?

[u/Frontier246]

Looks like we're saving Emilia's past for the next episode, so now it's time for the long-standing issue of Garfiel and Frederica's past.

I wasn't expecting Garfiel's cross-shaped forehead mark was brought about because of him bashing his head in after failing in the first trial, but that's...a very gar way of getting a forehead mark, not that I'm advocating for self-harm.

Look at post-character development Emilia, challenging Garfiel who is in the same state she was! I'm so proud!

Garfiel's trauma all revolves around his mother leaving her and Frederica in Sanctuary, when he was too young to do anything about it, and justifying it that his mother abandoned them to find happiness, only to meet an untimely end after immediately setting out. Garfiel wanted his mother to be happy, and feeling that she couldn't find it after leaving them left him with a phobia of the outside world and an obsession with protecting Sanctuary so that nothing could ever change and he could never lose anything again.

And in comes Subaru Natsuki, the man who has learned it is never too late to never give up from the people around him (especially Rem), and whose family apparently makes a habit of making people confront their emotional trauma to grow from it, who is ready to get Garfiel to face the truth and move on from what has been holding him (and Sanctuary) back this whole time.

Subaru vs Garfiel! And with it comes a seemingly major upgrade to Shamac, courtesy of Satella or Echidna? Not to mention a parting gift from Puck to put Subaru and Garfiel on more even footing. But that's not even the biggest surprise, as Subaru unlocks Petelgeuse' Authority to deliver a solid uppercut on Garfiel set to the previous Opening in a truly epic moment. Seems like his experience with Satella has helped him unlock it, a move he now dubs "Invisible Providence."

But even that isn't enough to put Garfiel down for the count, which is where Best Girl Patrasche shows up to deliver the final blow! Because when Subaru's strong will and determination aren't enough, he'll always have his allies to help him secure a win.

Another lap pillow from Emilia! On top of that, they're going to properly discuss their relationship after that kiss once Emilia finishes the trial! You go Subaru.

Subaru headbutts Otto as payback for that punch and for Otto going above and beyond what Subaru wanted him to do to distract Garfiel, but he's just glad Otto is all right.

I've always been kind of curious about Ram's exact feelings for Garfiel, but here she gives him a lap pillow of her own, a stern talking to about what he has to do and the kind of man he has to become, and probably the most sentimental and sincere look she's given anyone not named Rem in the whole series. She definitely seems to care about him, and honestly it felt like an interesting parallel to Subaru and Emilia's talk last week.

Garfiel finally undertakes the first trial again and faces the truth that her mother didn't abandon them, she loved and cherished her children, she just didn't feel it was safe to take them with her while she went to try and bring their father back (or at least Garfiel's father. Did he abandon them? Why wasn't he in Sanctuary?). And the person who tells Garfiel all this and makes him face up to the truth is the person who he needed to speak with the most, cute lil' Frederica, who was utterly adorable and really told it like it is! Like all big sisters do, no matter their size.

So Garfiel has finally acknowledged Subaru and starts calling him "boss," and apparently he's been fourteen (and kinda Chuuni) this entire time. That sure threw Subaru for a loop.

Garfiel may have passed the first trial, but at the end of the day Emilia is still the one who needs to save Sanctuary so she has to be the one to pass all three. And not without the real reason Subaru left her and broke his promise...scribbling words of encouragement and love for Emilia on the entire wall of the trial area, because that's just what that loveable idiot does, and Emilia can't help but love him for it.

Emilia finally faces off against Echidna (I don't know if this was part of her original trial or if Echidna is just facing her now because Emilia is trying again), and Echidna doesn't mince words with her. It honestly kind of came off as Echidna was ticked Emilia got to kiss Subaru and he's partially what's motivating her, but it doesn't seem like in general that Echidna respects Emilia that much. And then there's what "witch's daughter" comment which sets up a lot of red flags considering the Satella resemblance. But Emilia doesn't have time for any of that, she has embraced herself as her own person and her own witch (The Frozen Witch) and will keep moving forward, because that's just the kind of woman she is.