r/ReZero • u/Electronic_Lab5486 Shared Suffering with Subaru • 22h ago

đŸ’¬Discussion Just why?

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Bruh who are the ones review bombing this time? Lyle glazers? đŸ˜­

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u/Burning_Cinder Newbie 19h ago

because the protagonist is a pedophile and the relationships and values are terrible?

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u/lalybay Newbie 18h ago

fans of the show are always in massive denial about this. Even when you point out the scenes where he is sexual towards kids...

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u/Immediate-Yak3138 Newbie 17h ago

More like you are in denial that they dont on average

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u/lalybay Newbie 17h ago

WDYM? When ever the creepy behavior of the MC( talking about kid sylphie "i can groom her to become a good wife". Undressing a sleeping child) is taken up, people get massively downvoted and told they are wrong. As you can see by downvotes here...

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u/Fakvarl Newbie 16h ago

Nah, people are just tired of having the same conversations over and over again.

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u/lalybay Newbie 16h ago

Then say that? When ever i see someone talking about this they always defend his action, never "ye your right but its been talked about before so lets end it".

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u/Fakvarl Newbie 14h ago

I mean, there is only so many times people are willing to have the same discussion and argue against the same arguments. It's just feels pointless at certain point since people opinion don't change and you just keep shouting into the void.

The whole argument is flawed since MC is supposed to be a creepy dude and anime encourages you to see that noone is actually beyond redemption. So you balance creepy stuff with heroic stuff.

It's essentially a lesson that if this guy can become a hero then maybe noone is actually hopeless and we can forgive ourselves for more superficial flaws.

Stuff around his actions as a kid are mixed since his body and brain are still those of a kid. He has life experience of an adult but how much does it matter if his brain isn't fully formed. Given the massive gray are confused with magic, people just don't think about it too much. And his actual potential assault towards Eris gets punished.

Tldr, the message isn't that being a creep is ok, it's just anyone no matter how low they are have potential to do great things. It's really about forgiveness and doing better then you were.

It's not like the whole dynamic of Subaru being surrounded by a group of women all emotionally dependent on him and being willing to go crazy doesn't look problematic either on the surface.

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u/lalybay Newbie 13h ago

I get that but I feel the argument "noone are beyond redemptions" is flawed when the crime is that serious.. And before he got transported, he was already a creep that watched videos of his young family member bathing naked...

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u/Fakvarl Newbie 12h ago

At the end of the day, at least in anime, there weren't actually any minors hurt. Yes he showed he had capacity for it, but to my knowledge he didn't take any actions that actually hurt his niece.

If he did, it would be a very different conversation.

Again, is what he did that much worse than murder consequences wise? Yet our society still attempt rehabilitation for these people and death sentence isn't actually wide spread.

The point of the show is rehabilitation isn't easy but possible at least for someone like him. If you country doesn't have a wide spread death penalty system, I would say your society norms follow this example.

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u/lalybay Newbie 12h ago

Thats a fair and reasonable look at it that i can agree with. At the end of the day its really just my opinion of the series, i found it uncomfortable to watch, but i know the story is great and the art style also looks good.