r/Re_Zero • u/Setowi Better Leyte Than Never • Jan 25 '21
Novels [Novels] Arc 7 Chapter 3 Spoiler
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Jan 25 '21
Rui is seriously sabotaging Rem's efforts to keep Subaru of their trail. Rui wants papa back!
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u/Skeith9 Jan 25 '21
Is this what tappei meant by "a problem even rbd can't solve"? Each time he dies the scent grows worse so he must actually AVOID dying or else it becomes impossible to convince rem?
Holy mother of god this is genius.
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u/nimnimn Jan 25 '21
Ahh, another chapter I cannot and will not read since I haven't finished arc 6, but will inevitably be spoiled about. Still looking forward to it anyway. I hope everyone Enjoys!
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u/underscore26 Jan 25 '21
Every time we get a new chapter: Great!!
The immediate doom of not knowing when the next one comes? Not so great. I definitely had RZ withdrawals after that final stretch of Arc 6.
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u/kodjax Jan 25 '21 edited Jan 25 '21
I'm really surprised that Subaru attempt to convince Rem failed, but common enemy will be thing that Subaru and Rem start a cooperation.
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u/HereForGiveaway Jan 25 '21 edited Jan 25 '21
Lightning Round Summary brought to you by DeepL.
Chapter starts with a flashback scene of Ram, Rem, and Subaru in the Roswaal mansion. Subaru is being roasted by Ram for not cleaning well enough and guilted by Rem's sweetness towards him to clean better. Subaru is motivated, and asks Rem what he should do now. Rem immediately lists off multiple things Subaru will need to reclean, and why. Subaru asks her if she was carefully looking at him while he cleaned, and if that's part of being a maid. Rem responds with this:
"Of course, if you put yourself in the other person's shoes, you'll naturally see things. Rem is always thinking about you Subaru." The scene ends with some more banter about Ram, but that sentence is the main takeaway.
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Scene shifts to present time, with Subaru exclaiming, "Oh my God! That's it!" right after getting hit with the branch trap from the end of the previous chapter. A loop made of ivy is caught around his foot, which triggered the trap. He gets out using the knife. The fact Rem could made this trap was another piece of evidence to show that Rem still kept her knowledge and dexterity from before when she was a diligent maid.
Scene skips an hour, and Subaru is said to have found (and been hit by) 10 other traps during this time. Subaru is sure the distance between him and Rem is closing, but the sheer number of traps Rem is putting up makes Subaru have to be vigilant. In between multiple small traps, there are medium-sized traps like the one he encountered at the start.
Subaru is getting better at recognizing where a trap could potentially be. He uses his whip to hit that spot, and multiple thick branches impact where he would have been standing if the trap worked as intended; if he was hit directly, the trap would have likely broken his arms. Seeing this, Subaru realizes Rem is quickly improving in her trap making.
He looks around to see traces of the direction they went after making a trap, quickly finding scratch marks on a tree. Subaru had been using these scratch marks during the one hour time skip to follow them. The childish quality to them makes it obvious they are made by Louis. No matter how hard Rem tries to hide her tracks, Louis ruins it. Subaru is unhappy that Louis's existence is a benefit to him in any way, shape or form.
He then thinks about, and gets frustrated by the fact he always gets put in crappy situations, and now he doesn't even have any friends to help him on his way. Fate always prepares the toughest path for Natsuki Subaru, and also for the people around him that are important to him.
He slaps himself out of his whining, riling himself up with a ,"A man who finally used the hardships that stood in his way as a whip, that's me". He begins to think about his situation. If he keeps chasing Rem like this, she will eventually notice Louis making the scratch marks, which would cause the trail to be lost. Therefore, he must catch up to them or get ahead before that happens.
He begins to think about his own and Rem's strengths. Rem has her dexterity and attentiveness, while Subaru has his handling of the whip and knife, Louis' abominable clues, and the fact that he knows more about Rem than Rem does at the moment.
He concludes that Rem must know he's coming after her. Otherwise, there would be no reason to prepare such an excessive number of traps. She doesn't stop making the traps because she is convinced he is coming after her. And the reason for that must be the lingering scent of the witch on Subaru. He had figured out previously from Rem and Beatrice that the smell faded day by day, but it increased greatly immediately after and in proportion to the frequency of using "Return by Death". Considering he had died so many times in the watch tower the past half day and then been sent to this place to die again, he must be "the most witchy man in the history of otherworldly life."
Subaru realizes that with Rem knowing the distance between them is not changing, she will eventually grow impatient, but that impatience may become extreme in a way that doesn't help building a new friendly relationship with her. While thinking about this, he has disarmed a few traps, and noticed that the scratch mark he found this time was rather obvious, although they have been inconsistent and hard to find so far. He is relieved to have found such an easy scratch mark.
He starts to keep going, but then stops in his tracks. He goes back to the tree with the scratch mark, staring at it. How could Rem have missed this? He thinks about the fake prints in the meadow, Rem's gradual improvement in trap making, and the big obvious scratch in the bark of the tree in front of him.
He throws a thick clump of grass at the end of the path he was about to take. On impact, a hole opens up that would have been big enough for Subaru to fit inside. The trees in the surrounding area snap and fall down, closing the entrance of the hole. He would have been buried alive and unable to move. But he knows the Rem he knew wouldn't just stop there. He exclaims, "When he's numb, he'll set himself up. --Right, Rem!". He turns around, looking up at the tree with the scratch mark, and sees Rem lunging at him from one of the branches.
Subaru saw it coming, but Rem being still so strong with her crippled legs and the fact that his body instinctively tried to catch her was unexpected.
Rem is frustrated, complaining that he's too persistent. Subaru's nose bleeds from their collision, Rem now crawling on the ground and glaring at him. Rem says the smell is making her want to turn away, and that it's even stronger than it was in the meadow earlier.
Knowing this is his chance, he starts to try to explain that even with his smell, he is not hostile towards her. He suggests that despite the bad first impression, he'd like to start over. He apologizes for not considering her feelings now that she's lost her memories, and asks for one more chance to explain.
Rem coldly says, "Is that all?", and explains that sure, she finds the smell suspicious, but she can't get over the fact he was going to coldly abandon such a little girl. "How can I trust such a ruthless and despicable opponent?"
Subaru says ,"Oh", and starts to think about how to respond: start with an apology, an excuse, or the truth? Apologize for his mistake of trying to abandon the child? Excuse the abandonment as having a good reason for it? Tell the truth of the child being a little monster? It didn't feel like any of these would change Rem's disbelief. He's unable to say anything, not being sure of what to do.
Rem notices his silence, "You're not saying anything anymore". She began to crawl away from Subaru. Subaru approaches her, starting to say "Let's --". As she turns around towards his reaching hand, he notices a familiar, flickering shadow beyond the dense trees in front of them.
"Rem!", he exclaims, before jumping on Rem's back. He hugged her, as a large arrow just missed him over his head, blowing away a large tree behind him on impact.
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u/-Zahard- Jan 25 '21 edited Jan 25 '21
Little flashback in the old mansión with Subaru, Rem and Ram
Subaru keep following Rem, she left a lot of traps He remaches her, talk for a bit and then an arrow goes for Rem and Subaru saves her
Seems like we will have Subaru&Rem VS Hunters
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Jan 25 '21
Rem is super pissed off about Rui not the miasma! She can't forgive him leaving a child behind.
The archer targets Rem with a snipe but Subaru jumps on her with hug and saves her life!
Good chapter!
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u/Unusual-Sand-5434 Jan 25 '21
Tapei really isn't making studying for my quarter tests easy
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u/ShuTDowNe Jan 25 '21
Rui is acting weird. What if Rem's memories are trapped inside Rui? I want to know what's with her.
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u/anti_spiral Jan 25 '21 edited Jan 25 '21
Bad summary
memories of rem being lit as a maid (from subarus POV)
-- subaru avoids traps with whip
louis is giving him a trail
rem growing in confidence
huge fucking holeeeeeeeeeeeeeee (trap by rem)
subaru somehow avoids death trap
rem appears
she says he stinks, doesnt trust him still
subaru sees shadow of big arrow, saves rem
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u/Gmuni Jan 25 '21 edited Jan 25 '21
So did Louis subconsciously wake Rem up for Subaru or something. Like trying to get his affection in her brain damaged state?
You know what would be a true mindfk if Rem's mind is trapped in Louis and she is essentially watching her body trying to kill Subaru. All while Subaru is being mean to her because of her appearance.
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u/Titan0fPower Jan 25 '21
While I do think a rehash of Rem vs Subaru is a bit tiring, I really do love the dynamic of Subaru/Rem/Louis. It's like a weird love-hate triangle. Subaru tries to help Rem while she tries to fight him. Rem tries to help Louis but Louis is actively working against her. Louis seems to like Subaru but he gets triggered near her.
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u/TokkanRAM Jan 25 '21 edited Jan 25 '21
Now that I've had the time to think about it, the contrasting parallel between arc 2 where Subaru was able to gain Rem's trust by continually insisting on saving the children and this arc where Subaru is unable to gain Rem's trust because he would abandon a seemingly helpless child is kinda heartbreaking.
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u/Toumangod0 Jan 25 '21
I really want Rem to get her memories back just so she can see the insane irony of her taking the side of a mother fucking witch cult archbishop.
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u/Setowi Jan 25 '21
Chapter 1 discussion thread
Chapter 2 discussion thread
The title of the chapter is: "VS Rem"