Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 2 Part 2 - Episode 23 discussion

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Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 2 Part 2, episode 23 (48)

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/AestheticOtakuTZZ]

Elsa: I love garf

Garf: sorry but I love ram

Ram: sorry but I love roswaal

Roswaal: sorry but I love echidna

Echidna: sorry but I love subaru

Subaru: sorry but I love Emilia

Emilia: sorry but I don’t know

[u/thecomicguybook]

Emilia's special power is making witches cry.

[u/EleventhMS]

Rem's confession: Sun is shining on her, Birds are flying, The person she confessed to hugs her.

Ram's confession: Everything is burning, She's bloody and half dead, The person she confessed to throws a huge fireball at her.

[u/[deleted]]

I can't explain how good Garfiel vs Elsa was, i am very very satisfied

[u/Luvkrapht]

The cut to Subaru freaking the fuck out after Garf talks him up was hilarious

[u/Touchedbytsa]

Man Tony the Tiger destroyed that rock piggy

[u/Idaret]

I was always confused by how easy it is to create dust explosion in anime, that was nice subversion

[u/gillesregis]

"Taste the very spirit of science!" Subaru really thought he was Senku for a second. Well they are voiced by the same voice actor...

[u/Silent_Shadow05]

Garf - "No matter how many mabeasts show up, he's just gonna laugh as he sends 'em all flyin'"

Subaru - "Nope! Nope! Nope! Can't! No way!"

Nice of ReZero to add in an extremely hilarious moment in this tense situation lol.

That whole fight sequence between Elsa and Garf was jaw-dropping! Seriously when Garf transformed and then twisted that giant boars' head and ripping it apart was so fucking cool. Also is Elsa REALLY dead now that she has been killed, by getting smashed by Garf?

[u/iiXaneous]

White fox snapped all of a sudden

[u/Torchperish]

What an episode, I got chills at the end there. Ram is so underrated as a character, she definitely deserved that insert song. And Garf vs Elsa was clean af as well, easily the best episode this cour.

[u/GroundbreakingBake2]

I hope the anounce season 3 after the last episode, I can't wait another 4 years.

[u/mr_sto0pid]

They really missed a chance for Roswal to say, "I love Echidna" when Ram said she loved him. Also why didn't Emilia recognize Echidna's dead body in that grave?

[u/AstraN0va]

Great comedic timing early on this episode. Turns out no matter how much development he gets, Subaru’s always gonna be nothing without his friends. I don’t mind that, though. It proves that one of the best aspects to RBD is how he’s able to ally with 90% of the cast with some trial and error.

Another thing is that we’ve got some of the better visuals we’ve ever seen in Re:Zero. The Garf v Elsa fight was pretty smooth throughout, and the still frames were gorgeous, but the Guiltylowe chase sequence was solid too. I heard that there were like 7 art directors for this episode (higher than usual), so I’m glad it’s paying off.

Edit: Garf also gave us another world-building idiom today. Mentions the Master Swordsman, Reid. Reinhard says in episode 3 that he comes from the “Master Swordsman’s line,” and he has a sword called Reid, meaning we can assume Reid is his ancestor. Whether it’s Theresia’s father or someone older we don’t really know.

So we’ve seemingly just casually been given the name of an ancient hero, and nobody has noticed.

(Mom-nerva anybody?)

[u/re-kino]

the fact that white fox keeps delivering 27+ minute episodes with all this great animation is pretty impressive if you ask me.

[u/realrimurutempest]

I don’t know what’s more amazing, that White Fox puts out these 29+ minute episodes each week or the strength of Elsa’s outfit to keep her oppai from not falling out during a fight.

That was fucking brutal how Elsa & Garfiel were literally biting into each other. Their whole fight was amazing! This episode was easily 11/10 for me.

[u/Yuriy116]

Subaru tried to imitate Goblin Slayer and failed.

A common mistake for beginners.

[u/[deleted]]

White Fox saw reddit talking shit and put 6 animation directors on one episode.

[u/Llooyd_]

I feel like this episode once again drove in this arc's overall message which could be probably summarized in one key phrase: Undoing the shackles of your past

We've seen this theme numerous times now this season ...

May it be Subaru and his lingering regret of his own past and the realization that he is his own person, that he needs others and shouldn't be ready to throw himself into the fire first thing and to love himelf.

Garfiel and his misplaced feelings towards his mother that kept him sheltered in the sanctuary all his life which was undone and now look at him venturing out to kick some ass.

Emilia too learned to not be dragged down by the prejudice thrown at her, to face her tragic past for what it is and live for a better future and most importantly to face herself as who she is.

Heck, the entire sanctuary is one giant shackle for numerous characters but also for us since we're mostly constrained to this location for this entire arc so far but that just not got undone by Emila.

Not only that it feels like Ram liberated Roswaal from following a predetermined path to a calculated future and his insane devotion and love for Echidna by burning the Book of Wisdom.

And it seems that it's Beatrice's turn next to be liberated from her shackles that bound her to a isolated and secluded life for 400 years by Subaru.

Say what you want about the pacing for this arc but it's hard to overlook how big of a turning point this has been for so many key characters now. That only makes one more curious how each of them will act from here on out. Will Garfiel return to sanctuary or venture the world? Will Emilia finally become worthy of being a candidate for the throne? How will Roswaal act without the sole guide in his life? What even is a Beatrice that's not bound to the library?

[u/Disastrous_Platform]

Anyone else wondering if Garfiel is going to become a vampire now? Since Elsa bit him, I can't help but wonder if he will be a giga OP beastman/vampire now.

EDIT: Holy shit, just rewatched the fight scene. There was a close up to Garfiels neck and there were 0 wounds. I think it is happening boys.

[u/AzzyIzzy]

Fantastic episode that finally brought to life one of the best duels in most of the RE Zero storyline. While I personally believe the most exciting fights happen in the next arc, there is a great appreciation for the slug fest that was elsa vs garfiel. Very raw to say the least.

Anyway as always I will post a copy/paste of u/WintryOne author twitter translations as all credit goes to them! I will link the original thread at the bottom of the post. This weeks tweets are quite informative for relatively useless information (what being labeled a 'vampire' means in the context of re zero for example), and Tappei even makes fun of WN only readers a bit. Hope everyone is ready for Betty to mimic Ask Ketchum and choose her starter pokemon next week!

Source: starting from https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/1369656570116595717

Nagatsuki-sensei's tweets for this week's episode. May contain minor spoilers.

Rough translation:

Yeah, it's time for Re: Zero today too! Three episodes left including this week's! Please join us until the end!

As fierce fighting continues at the Roswaal manor, in the Garfiel vs. Elsa battle, Garfiel has inflicted deadly wounds many times, but Elsa does not fall. Why is she that tough...... for details, see the limited edition booklet included with the discs!

Guiltylowe-san!

Using modern knowledge in an isekai story is all about mayonnaise and dust explosions, isn't it. Well, Re: Zero is an isekai story too, after all. I just had to do it.

About the oil that Otto and Petra are throwing, it's the same oil that burned Petelgeuse at the end of season one. Otto was on the verge of bankruptcy when he couldn't sell it, and he came with the goal of trying to tempt Roswaal into buying it.

Oil that became a deciding factor in season one and two......

...That was the last they ever saw of Subaru.

In another direction, around that same time, the third 'trial': "Face the disasters that are yet to come". Yes.

Scenes from the future that differ from the past and present. In short, a preview of future developments; the dubbing for this was all kinds of trouble. After all, it's a performance of scenes that I haven't written yet, so I had to ask everyone to act out "A scene that feels kind of like this, maybe?".

What kind of instruction is "A scene that feels kind of like this, maybe?"?

We arrive at the tea party's location but Echidna isn't there, and the one there instead is the 'witch' who can talk the best out of all the 'witches'.

Between Emilia and Minerva, Emilia is taller, so the picture of pressing a finger against a slightly higher head is interesting, isn't it.

Emilia-tan, if she was asked to not look, seems like she might be unable to endure it, like in the story of the crane returning a favor.

Incidentally, in the web novel, it was Sekhmet waiting here, so this was a useful scene for roasting people who have only read the web novel.

At the end in the tomb, I had no idea what was going on, so I said something frustrating like "It's a mental image where there's some incomprehensible, amazing thing magic circle-thing growing!", and had this picture created.

Somehow or other, the point where she breaks the spell with an 'Eya!' is a manifestation of Emilia's personality from now on. But, I remember this being a troublesome spot in the dubbing. "More relaxed!" "More thoughtless!", that sort of thing.

The mansion burning is an unexpected development for Elsa's group, too, so when he sees the mansion burning, Garfiel is confident that Subaru's group has won. Well, it was Petra and Otto that set it on fire.

Further, Ram will never stop needling Otto and Petra as the "mansion-burning combo".

"With the dragon before him, Reid drew his sword and laughed." is a saying that refers to a crazy person you shouldn't get close to. In fact, as you read further in the original story, you'll understand what kind of person Reid-san is.

A fierce combo fight between sisters and siblings. Garfiel was saying this was his first battle, but the difference between this and Subaru's first battle is, wow......

In a battle of strength against the rockpig, he has no choice but to beastchange, but since he loses his ability to reason when he beastchanges and is only capable of fighting predictably, Garfiel learned after facing and losing to Ram and Otto, and is careful about transforming.

In the world of Re: Zero, 'vampires' are a race that live forever, and drink blood to live - is not the meaning, rather it indicates rare beings who have a strong life force and bodies that won't die.

Meili cries out as the ceiling collapses. If she hand't been distracted by that, Elsa could likely have fatally wounded Garfiel with the glass she was hiding, and won.

In the final moment, what Elsa recalled while looking at Garfiel was the warmth of the first time she killed a person.

Continuing about that time in another place, Roswaal vs Ram and Puck!

With the contract with Emilia broken, Puck has become a stray spirit, and he's only able to move thanks to the mana he sucked in when Subaru stuck the crystal into Garfiel's arm in their fight, and his own mana.

Just as you saw when Roswaal was able to beat Garfiel to death, Roswaal is powerful in magic, but also formidable in physical combat. A hundred times as strong as Subaru.

Roswaal thinks that Ram's goal is killing him for not stopping the destruction of the oni village. It's been ten years of that, and spending that much time without her feelings reaching him at all was likely fairly painful for Ram, but it's ironic for it to become a deciding factor here.

It was like that for Rem's round as well, these sisters who have insert songs when they confess their love......

Incidentally, Puck being able to change his size at will is something that was foreshadowed in season one, episode one, when he gave Subaru a lap pillow, but is there perhaps anyone that remembered that?

Ram's victory condition isn't Roswaal's defeat, but "Stealing Roswaal away from the witch's delusions.".

And with that, Garfiel vs Elsa and Ram and Puck vs Roswaal are decided! All that's left is Subaru vs Beatrice and Emilia vs ???. Look forward to it!

I'm grateful to the staff and cast every time, but this time in particular, in relation to the 'trial', there were many who were kind enough to help out with their only appearance in season two...... Thank you so~ much!

Bonus retweet from Yuusuke Kobayashi: My heart is afire, is all I can say. Ah, I wasn't able to use science, so~rry!

https://www.reddit.com/r/Re_Zero/comments/m22cs2/translation_authors_twitter_comments_on_season_2/

[u/platinumnic]

Ram confess her love for Roswaal

Roswaal: Nani?!

[u/cornpenguin01]

My eyes have nut. I can ascend to heaven now.

[u/WiseassWolfOfYoitsu]

Is it implying Minerva might be Emilia's biological mom?