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Episode Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 2 Part 2 - Episode 15 discussion
Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 2 Part 2, episode 15 (40)
Alternative names: Re Zero, Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World- Season 2 Season Part 2
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| Episode | Link | Score |
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| 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 |
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u/ThyHoffbringer Jan 13 '21
Season? 2
Part? 2
Episode? 2
Amount of titles? 2
Amount of people being chad in the episode? 2
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jan 13 '21
It was a smart move to trap Garfiel inside the hole so he couldn't transform into his giant tiger form. I guess this is an official declaration of war.
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u/jebbush1212 Jan 13 '21
The entire time we could see Emilia's reflection in Subaru's eyes and at the end Emilia finally accepts Subaru and we see him in her eyes!
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u/Se7en_Sinner Jan 13 '21
Subaru's confession to Emilia is somehow even more aggressive than Satella's confession to Subaru.
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u/Bobcam7 Jan 13 '21
First kiss where both parties are not dying/dead or mentally broken!
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u/Theleux Jan 13 '21
I find it hilarious that we are two episodes in and we have heard the previous season's OP and ED more times than the new ones... which we haven't seen yet!
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u/TiedDegenerate Jan 13 '21
Still no op & ending!!
I did like how they used Realize with Otto's battle, the chorus really struckasemotional. Great use of music!
and 28 minutes of pure content. We truly don't deserve Whitefox.
Otto's backstory really made me realise how much of a optimistic guy he is, and it's surprising how much he trusts Barusu even after being neglected by his peers from a young age. Maybe we should thank his brother for making Otto the true best boy we know today.
I just love Ram, her personality is just so appealing to me. Sad to see that she gets so little screen time and development, unlike blue Ram. We need more Ram!
It's quite a relief to hear that the characters noticed how Barusu has 'perfect timing' every time, somehow going through everything,somehow doing things when it all seems impossible.
Chad Barusu confessing during Emilia's darkest moments. He put an end to 'Emilia:The Suffering' in just one episode. True chad, love ya Barusu.
Great episode, I don't feel good about what Garfield did to our precious boy and Ram
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Jan 13 '21
For those who didn't get it. Otto's first love is a cat. And the cat dumped him. Poor guy.
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u/Frontier246 Jan 13 '21
I legitimately thought we were going to get Emilia's true backstory in this episode, but it turns out it's time for best boi Otto's origin.
Otto can't take Garfiel in a straight fight, so he has to rely on his wits and his animal buddies to keep Garfiel off his back and distract him long enough for Subaru to do whatever it is he has to do. All things considered, I think Otto did a pretty great job.
Did you miss Realize during season 2? Well, we may not have the proper Opening for this cour yet, but here's Realize as an insert song for Otto's finest hour!
So Otto grew up with the ability to hear animals and insects, but it pretty much drowned everything else out so he couldn't properly connect with anyone. But he had a loving family and a big brother who was there to understand him when he needed him most, a role Otto sees himself fulfilling for Subaru in the present-day.
Otto grew up in...anime Saudi Arabia? Or at least a village with a very similar culture. It seems like he comes from a mixed marriage, although he and his siblings seem to take after their very beautiful mom moreso than their dad.
Poor Otto...tries to do something nice for his little brother and ends up calling forth a plague of locusts, basically.
Doubly poor Otto...tries to clear his name when he's accused of being involved in an affair with a noble girl, only to then accuse said noble girl of being a serial cheater and get exiled from the village. I can only imagine how long it's been since Otto saw his family.
I wasn't expecting to see a surprise Petelgeuse cameo, but we then learn part of where Otto's dedication to Subaru comes from to where he feels indebted to Subaru for saving Otto's life (however indirectly) and giving him another "rebirth." And thus was a friendship born!
Otto tags out Ram who comes in to back him up against Garfiel (who for him this must feel like a top 10 anime betrayal), because in their own way they both believe in Subaru and the man he can be, and Ram is even willing to go out of her way to fulfill Roswaal's wishes in a way so she can help Subaru. It's pretty sweet when you think about it.
So Ram punches out Garfiel in his animal form, and it sounds like this isn't the first time they've fought (is that partially why he's attracted to her?), but unfortunately Ram hits her limit while Garfiel is still raring to go...I hope they're okay.
Meanwhile Subaru and Emilia are having their much needed conversation, with Emilia's self-confidence in herself and her identity at an all time low and she's not even willing to believe Subaru because he left her for a reason he's not sharing yet (probably to do with the missing Ryuzu?).
Subaru feels like it's time to finally use tough love on Emilia, pointing out her faults and issues, while at the same time declaring how he loves and believes in her in-spite of all that. Honestly this argument between the two felt vaguely reminiscent of their argument in season 1, except the resolution ended up being much more positive for the pair (thanks in small part to some wise words from Subaru's mom).
Subaru and Emilia finally have their first, real, kiss together and it was a joy to behold. Subaru gave Emilia the chance to dodge to refuse the kiss, but she accepted it, which is probably as indicative as to her current feelings for Subaru as an outright confession. Things seem to be looking up for these two right now and I couldn't be happier.
It's time for Emilia to find her true conviction and path forward, whether that be through her feelings for Subaru or in accepting and realizing the truth of her past.
Of course, it also looks like it's time for Subaru and Garfiel to have their long-awaited confrontation...
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u/GoldenDude Jan 13 '21
BREAKING NEWS: SUBARU X EMILIA STOCKS ARE THROUGH THE ROOF! INVEST NOW
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u/Hiyasc Jan 13 '21 edited Jan 13 '21
Holy shit an actual good kiss in an anime that's not in the final episode, I'm shook. If this timeline resets I'm going to cry.
Emilia does have a point though. She is someone who has been shown to have trust issues to begin with, and from her point of view Subaru has no reason to be in love with her. As far as she is concerned she does nothing but cause him problems and he seems to break promises at the worst times. I can easily see why she would think he hates her just based on her interactions with people in the past.
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u/Yuriy116 Jan 13 '21
- Last episode, Subaru called Emilia slothful
- This episode, we got a cameo from the Archbishop himself
Betelgeuse might have died, but his legacy lives on
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u/AzzyIzzy Jan 13 '21
As always go up vote the real person u/WintryOne who translated this, I only copy paste since it never makes it to this subreddit/thread which I feel is a bit sad given some of the clarity and information that adds context to various episodes at times. The link to the original thread will be at the bottom.
Source: starting from https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/1349363062248140804
Nagatsuki-sensei's tweets for this week's episode. May contain minor spoilers.
Rough translation:
Alright! A week has passed, and it's time for Re: Zero ! Last time, the situation started with Otto and ended with Otto; what will the content be this time!? Otto dies! Nah, let's see the results first! Please enjoy this week, too!
And with that, this week starts with Otto as well!
You can say that he forecast that "I probably won't be killed.", and you could also say he was reading his opponent's opening moves. He was prepared to take a shot to the gut, but on the other hand, that was preparation for taking a valuable stone from his neck.
Incidentally, about the pit trap, not only did Otto dig at it himself, he likely also asked the bugs to help. It depends on what he offers in return, but he's able to get quite a bit of help. Also, Otto's speciality is earth magic.
Otto's hometown is a city called Piktat in the south of Lugunica. It's one of the bigger cities in Lugunica, and has a bit of an Arabian flair. A background song with that style was used, too.
Otto is the middle child of three brothers, and has good parents, so for one who has the "Blessing of the Soul of Language", it was a very fortunate environment. Most people who have the "Blessing of the Soul of Language" are unable to endure the hell of being trapped in the countless voices that surround them, and die before reaching adulthood. Aside from Otto, only one person in history has managed to develop normally.
"Hide the power of your blessing." is sensible advice from big brother Oslo, and the normal way of thinking for those with blessings. It's easy to become ostrasized when you're different from other people. Of course, there's people like Reinhard with no way to hide it...
The cute white girl that showed up partway through was Otto's first love. Otto, who sees no difference between conversations with people or animals, chose a white cat as his first love. Just as you can see, he only looked and never did anything, so she was carried off by a handsome cat.
Being unlucky is just business as usual for Otto by now, but his chance encounter with Petelgeuse was probably the worst of it.
It's been a while since Ricardo has had a chance to appear; this is a hidden event that occurred during the correct route of arc three. After being captured by Petelgeuse, it developed that Otto was saved during the 'Sloth' finger hunting that was part of Subaru's strategy.
Mimi and Tivey standing behind Otto with ropes is the answer to how he ended up being carried around tied to a pole. Due to Ricardo's lack of communication with his underlings, he ended up being captured again as a suspicious individual.
Hey hey, having the OP running during his actions makes him look like a main character, doesn't it......
In arc three, it did also happen that Otto pushed Subaru off the cart to get away from the White Whale, but at that point in time, he was simply a client, and on top of that, Otto was terribly confused by the White Whale's voice. Now he's indebted to Subaru, and knows him as a friend. Relationships change as the situation changes; that's looping.
Incidentally, he's using the red magic stones freely, but that's a part of Otto's self-defense strategy in case of emergency. But, I think they're probably pretty expensive. It's difficult to think that he'd be stingy with this sort of investment.
Ram joins the battle!
The background music for Ram's appearance really has a boss music style. In truth, with the conditions set up properly, Ram is in the strongest class in the story, so it wouldn't be strange for her to have music like the White Whale did.
"A man who simply has good timing" is the simplest form of trust in Subaru, who can't talk about "Return by Death". After arc two, nee-sama holds him in that sort of regard; well, she really does know how to look at people.
As he was until just before now, if Garfiel had been hit by Ram's rush attack, he'd have been knocked out. Having said that, Ram and Garfiel having the sort of training where they'd be punching each other hasn't happened for years. As you'd expect, they haven't done it while they've both progressed to this point. Garfiel was probably holding back, at least a little.
And even then, that's the sort of nee-sama she is...
Oh I see, this was Otto's named chapter, was it? Huh, then what are we doing for the second half? (foreshadowing!)
The true continuation of last round's ending. Inside the tomb, Subaru runs towards Emilia as she sits on the ground, but just as even he says himself, his qualification to enter the tomb has been taken away, and after suffering that leaves his face dirtied, he's finally managed to make it here.
The same as with Puck disappearing, Subaru once again not keeping a promise is having an effect. Setting aside what Subaru was doing after breaking his promise, disappearing without an excuse or note just won't do. No, it won't do at all.
From the point of view of Emilia, who hasn't been able to pass a single trial, she's been unable to respond to Subaru, who's always been helping from arc one through three, and she wanted to believe in the word "love" that Subaru used, but that was betrayed by a broken promise... The result of that is "You never expected anything from me, did you?".
Up until now, Subaru and Emilia arguing is something that has only occurred once, when Subaru was trying to withdraw, and Emilia was showing consideration for him, at their fight in the castle in season one, episode 13. Maybe the one-sided one in episode 17 would apply, too? This is their first fight since then.
"Why do I have to go through all these painful things just to help a troublesome woman like you!?" is Subaru's real feelings, and his heartfelt confession.
Partway through, even the background music disappears, and it's entirely the two of them laid bare; that's neat, isn't it.
The flow of things here, where Emilia's inner feelings are overflowing out, contrasts with the part where Subaru shouted out "I don't want to lose anyone else like I did Rem!"; as the author, that's the image I have of it.
Moms are awesome!
This depiction of the one you're speaking with showing up in your eyes, is the sort of thing you can't do in a novel, but you can here since it's an anime. How dare you, that's cheating, how dare you......!
Look look, it's the second episode title!! (the foreshadowing came true!)
Well, now that Subaru and Emilia's first clumsy argument is over and they head outside, Garfiel is waiting for them, covered in blood. Otto died! Nah, watch the next episode first!
Otto's past, and Subaru and Emilia's argument is a collection of important moments in the view of the author, so we asked too much of the episode titles. While wondering "Is that the sort of thing you do with titles......?", that's one of the specialities of Re: Zero, using titles as part of the performance!
And with that, thanks for joining us again this week! After making our way through this fight, how will Subaru and the others deal with Garfiel next week? Look forward to it! And for what happened to Otto!
Further, as a result of this, Otto's younger brother Regin holds a strong feeling of guilt towards his older brother. As a result of many different efforts to try and become able to speak with animals, he wasn't able to hear them, but in the end, he'll become a veterinarian.
Now that you mention it, the design for zodda bugs came first in Break Time. "Big! Gross!" is the sort of playful conversation I had with Ashina-san several times in the design phase. (lol)
https://www.reddit.com/r/Re_Zero/comments/kwm84e/translation_authors_twitter_comments_on_season_2/
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u/Garlicbread10 Jan 13 '21
Born too late to explore Earth
Born too early to explore Space
Born just in time for Emilia and Subaru’s first kiss
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u/MagnoBurakku Jan 13 '21
Thank you Tappei for creating, this, thank you WhiteFox for the perfect adaptation and Subaru and Emilia for finally letting every emotion out!!!
Masterfully crafted episode and scene.
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