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Jul 27, 2016 8:08 AM

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Md_Kanj said:
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I know this was 6 hours ago buuut I can't resist....
Think man! He lives in modern Japan. That there you should know that violence AND death are not common...
Secondly the fact that he's a neet shows that he doesn't really have much social life and relies on his parents..
The worse he probably could have had in that past was a family member dying or being bullied...That's nothing in comparison to being killed several times, watching those you care about dying and no matter how hard you try there are other ways they die AND he get's no recognition for his actions OR help for that fact (He get's allies but he has to work for those and if he dies they all reset)...Instead he's treated poorly because they're oblivious to what he's been trying to do...


Agree. That that they told us that he's NEET is enough to predict what his past would have been and I don't remember that we got much backstory on okabe either and he was one of the best characters in all anime for me. the events in the last couple episodes are the character development of Subaru.


No, it isn't. Example: Both Okabe from Stens;Gate and Satou from Welcome to the NHK are NEETS but have vastly different personalities. Him being a NEET doesn't tell us anything about him really.
Jul 27, 2016 8:18 AM

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Red_Ranger_Wien said:
Md_Kanj said:


Agree. That that they told us that he's NEET is enough to predict what his past would have been and I don't remember that we got much backstory on okabe either and he was one of the best characters in all anime for me. the events in the last couple episodes are the character development of Subaru.


No, it isn't. Example: Both Okabe from Stens;Gate and Satou from Welcome to the NHK are NEETS but have vastly different personalities. Him being a NEET doesn't tell us anything about him really.



Okabe isn't a NEET, he goes to University with Daru, they first meet Kurisu at a university lecture about Time travel.
Jul 27, 2016 8:23 AM

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Jakez123 said:
Red_Ranger_Wien said:


No, it isn't. Example: Both Okabe from Stens;Gate and Satou from Welcome to the NHK are NEETS but have vastly different personalities. Him being a NEET doesn't tell us anything about him really.



Okabe isn't a NEET, he goes to University with Daru, they first meet Kurisu at a university lecture about Time travel.


Fine, replace Okabe with most of the main characters from Kamisama no Memochou or even No Game No Life (as much as I don't like it). Vastly different NEETS with very different backstories.
Jul 27, 2016 8:26 AM
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Let me refresh your memory, then.

"You won't work. You'll fail. You can't do it. It's no use. You're all talk. You can't save anyone, or be saved! You'll keep acting rashly and unreasonably, UNTIL YOU SEE AS MANY CORPSES AS THE NUMBER OF YOUR RECKLESS DECISIONS! THAT IS YOUR FUTURE!!"

Hilariously, he is yelling this at Emilia, instead at himself. I haven't seen Emilia act rashly or unreasonably yet. Did you? And do you condone this absurd rant?

I disagree. While yes, it does look like he's yelling at Emilia here, he's actually directing that particular speech towards himself. That's how I interpreted it when I watched it first time 'round.


I don't get why I seem to be the only one thinking that. How many times has Emilia been selfish, screwed up, etc, compared to Subaru?
Jul 27, 2016 8:39 AM

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This is getting tedious. So, the short version.

Jakez123 said:
Not sure how many times I've said it, but if even after all the things I;ve said, using examples from the show to back up my point, and you still want to say "he should've been calm" as you defence, I don't think we'll see eye to eye.


You give no examples, you give empty assertions. For some absurd reason, you stubbornly insist that Subary can rage and rant all he wants, it doesn't matter anyway, because if he would behave like a civilized person, it would not change the outcome anyway. Which we simply don't know, but you claim with the irrefutable certainty of a true zealot :)

Example: You claim that if he'd try to talk reasonably with Emilia, she wouldn't listen anyway. Which is completely unconvincing to me, because

1) she listens closely to him
2) she shows no signs of scepticism or distrust
3) she doesn't reject him even when he behaves like a total nutjob instead

Likewise, if you insist on believing that it doesn't matter if he behaves like a nutjob in the negotiations with other parties that he will likely have to deal with in the future, too - be my guest. It is mind-bogglingly absurd, but whatever tickles your pickle.

I am explaining why Subaru is getting on my nerves - bigtime, and constantly - and if apologets like you want to absolve him from everything, be my guest. Just don't insult my intelligence by asserting that everyone would react like Subaru, and that his perpetual uncontrolled outbursts have no impact on the storyline.
Jul 27, 2016 8:43 AM
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SandyBoi said:
I disagree. While yes, it does look like he's yelling at Emilia here, he's actually directing that particular speech towards himself. That's how I interpreted it when I watched it first time 'round.


I don't get why I seem to be the only one thinking that. How many times has Emilia been selfish, screwed up, etc, compared to Subaru?


if he said that to Emilia why he cried making that facial expression , do you really think that would happen to her ? And if you notice all that sh#t is happening in that world or to be exactly on that mansion because of him , if he wasn't there they would have like more peaceful, years etc..to live imo "I suppose"
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I don't get why I seem to be the only one thinking that. How many times has Emilia been selfish, screwed up, etc, compared to Subaru?


if he said that to Emilia why he cried making that facial expression , do you really think that would happen to her ? And if you notice all that sh#t is happening in that world or to be exactly on that mansion because of him , if he wasn't there they would have like more peaceful, years etc..to live imo "I suppose"


From what Subaru knows, Emilia:
Hasn't been selfish
Hardly made any stupid decisions
Never tried to be, "all talk"
Jul 27, 2016 8:50 AM
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Mentar said:
This is getting tedious. So, the short version.

Jakez123 said:
Not sure how many times I've said it, but if even after all the things I;ve said, using examples from the show to back up my point, and you still want to say "he should've been calm" as you defence, I don't think we'll see eye to eye.


You give no examples, you give empty assertions. For some absurd reason, you stubbornly insist that Subary can rage and rant all he wants, it doesn't matter anyway, because if he would behave like a civilized person, it would not change the outcome anyway. Which we simply don't know, but you claim with the irrefutable certainty of a true zealot :)

Example: You claim that if he'd try to talk reasonably with Emilia, she wouldn't listen anyway. Which is completely unconvincing to me, because

1) she listens closely to him
2) she shows no signs of scepticism or distrust
3) she doesn't reject him even when he behaves like a total nutjob instead

Likewise, if you insist on believing that it doesn't matter if he behaves like a nutjob in the negotiations with other parties that he will likely have to deal with in the future, too - be my guest. It is mind-bogglingly absurd, but whatever tickles your pickle.

I am explaining why Subaru is getting on my nerves - bigtime, and constantly - and if apologets like you want to absolve him from everything, be my guest. Just don't insult my intelligence by asserting that everyone would react like Subaru, and that his perpetual uncontrolled outbursts have no impact on the storyline.


No, nobody is saying that it is actually good that Subaru has acted like a raging maniac (although not on every occasion) for the past few episodes. They're saying that it makes sense within context, because his emotions are screwing with his rational thinking. That's how many people are. I'm sorry, but it's an extremely simple concept that we all know and can grasp.
Jul 27, 2016 9:14 AM

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Mentar said:
This is getting tedious. So, the short version.

Jakez123 said:
Not sure how many times I've said it, but if even after all the things I;ve said, using examples from the show to back up my point, and you still want to say "he should've been calm" as you defence, I don't think we'll see eye to eye.


You give no examples, you give empty assertions. For some absurd reason, you stubbornly insist that Subary can rage and rant all he wants, it doesn't matter anyway, because if he would behave like a civilized person, it would not change the outcome anyway. Which we simply don't know, but you claim with the irrefutable certainty of a true zealot :)

Example: You claim that if he'd try to talk reasonably with Emilia, she wouldn't listen anyway. Which is completely unconvincing to me, because

1) she listens closely to him
2) she shows no signs of scepticism or distrust
3) she doesn't reject him even when he behaves like a total nutjob instead

Likewise, if you insist on believing that it doesn't matter if he behaves like a nutjob in the negotiations with other parties that he will likely have to deal with in the future, too - be my guest. It is mind-bogglingly absurd, but whatever tickles your pickle.

I am explaining why Subaru is getting on my nerves - bigtime, and constantly - and if apologets like you want to absolve him from everything, be my guest. Just don't insult my intelligence by asserting that everyone would react like Subaru, and that his perpetual uncontrolled outbursts have no impact on the storyline.


I can tell you didn't understand my post. You still insist that I believe Emilia wouldn't listen to Subaru, again, I specifically said "Listening does not mean believing". She will LISTEN to Subaru regardless, but she won't BELIEVE him, those 2 are different things.

Never did I once say Subaru can rage all he wants, yes it makes him look bad, but when you look at it factually, it's irrelevant when it comes to the negotiation for example, Subaru, raging or not, will have no impact on the negotiation. The show specifically says, "You must give something of equal value", Subaru cannot do that, and thus, will lose a negotiation Mad or not. Your constant tunnel visioning on the fact that Subaru is mad is clouding your vision, look at the bigger picture.

You could say "We would no know", true, but if you just think about it, it's obvious what the outcome will be. Like I said, you can pretend to be ignorant all you want to justify your point.
Jul 27, 2016 9:25 AM

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Buck_Wade said:
Mentar said:
This is getting tedious. So, the short version.



You give no examples, you give empty assertions. For some absurd reason, you stubbornly insist that Subary can rage and rant all he wants, it doesn't matter anyway, because if he would behave like a civilized person, it would not change the outcome anyway. Which we simply don't know, but you claim with the irrefutable certainty of a true zealot :)

Example: You claim that if he'd try to talk reasonably with Emilia, she wouldn't listen anyway. Which is completely unconvincing to me, because

1) she listens closely to him
2) she shows no signs of scepticism or distrust
3) she doesn't reject him even when he behaves like a total nutjob instead

Likewise, if you insist on believing that it doesn't matter if he behaves like a nutjob in the negotiations with other parties that he will likely have to deal with in the future, too - be my guest. It is mind-bogglingly absurd, but whatever tickles your pickle.

I am explaining why Subaru is getting on my nerves - bigtime, and constantly - and if apologets like you want to absolve him from everything, be my guest. Just don't insult my intelligence by asserting that everyone would react like Subaru, and that his perpetual uncontrolled outbursts have no impact on the storyline.


No, nobody is saying that it is actually good that Subaru has acted like a raging maniac (although not on every occasion) for the past few episodes. They're saying that it makes sense within context, because his emotions are screwing with his rational thinking. That's how many people are. I'm sorry, but it's an extremely simple concept that we all know and can grasp.


Yeah, agree. He's mentally broken so acting irrationally. He never seemed to have very good foresight, anyway, but all of the death and pain have completely screwed up his thought process. He's trying to find a quick, sharp way out of all of the madness and not navigating the channels of this (still relatively new) world well at all. And there is still so much he doesn't understand. No one is condoning Subaru's behaviour, but its not too far outside the realm of understand-ability given everything that's happened.
Jul 27, 2016 9:45 AM

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Can someone remind me when Puck is referred to as a "he"?

Not what you asked for but probably good enough?


from ep 3, starting 05:03
Jul 27, 2016 9:55 AM
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I disagree. While yes, it does look like he's yelling at Emilia here, he's actually directing that particular speech towards himself. That's how I interpreted it when I watched it first time 'round.


Hm. That's quite a _big_ leap, you know. "Omae" is not the form to address yourself in Japanese.

But after rewatching the scene multiple times, I'm not entirely sure anymore. Maybe you might be right after all. I'll try to keep an open mind and see if this is a rare case of self-reflection. If it is, it should be mirrored in the near future.


I'm sorry, but can it be anymore obvious that he was talking to himself?
Jul 27, 2016 10:16 AM
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Someone who read the LN or something... please help me out here... why did the whale not eat/kill subaru when he was tossed off the cart???

And why was he able to remember REM when everyone couldn't? Shouldnt the whale's power affect his memory too?
Jul 27, 2016 10:28 AM

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Buck_Wade said:
I'm sorry, but can it be anymore obvious that he was talking to himself?


Yes. If he was addressing himself. He wasn't. Again, "omae" is _not_ the Japanese way to refer to yourself, and it's also _not_ the equivalent of the kind of "you did a good job, champ" self-referring talk.

There is a contextual justification for this interpretation solely over the fact that Emilia didn't do anything in his rant, but "obvious" is something else.
Jul 27, 2016 10:41 AM

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Jakez123 said:
I can tell you didn't understand my post. You still insist that I believe Emilia wouldn't listen to Subaru, again, I specifically said "Listening does not mean believing". She will LISTEN to Subaru regardless, but she won't BELIEVE him, those 2 are different things.


My goodness, this word lawyering is getting ridiculous. "Listen to Subaru" the way I use it clearly implies MORE than just the act of listening, but naturally also implies "properly considering what she's hearing, and possibly acting on it".

Your narrow interpretation essentially implies that Emilia will hear him out, but will have her mind made up already and decided not to believe him. Which is very much unlike her character, because it's borderline rude. If Emilia had her mind made up irrevocably, why should she listen to him in the first place? Why wouldn't she show irritation about seeing Subaru show up unexpectedly in the first place? Why does she show genuine concern instead?

No, this kind of behavior is the opposite of her character. There are many reasons why in a crisis like this she might give Subaru the benefit of doubt. She's decided to believe him in the past to good effect, Puck has vouched for him being genuine, and he had proven himself before. The _one_ time that she lost patience with Subaru she had very good reason to do so - his selfishness was readily apparent, and he was meddling in issues which definitely were not his business. Every other time she has at least considered and almost always indulged him. Claiming with certainty (like you do) that she definitely wouldn't believe him is _not_ justified by the story. Just like there is no certainty that had Subaru approached the Princesses in a more constructive way (trying to find common ground and possibly a trade of sorts) would have failed.

Your reasoning is a clear case of "there cannot be what there must not be". Nothing else.
Jul 27, 2016 11:06 AM
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[Rant]
(bear with my english)

You know what? i wish i were a magician that can transport people to other dimension similiar to Re:Zero world and sent anyone on this forum to there with his/her most beloved one. And give you the power that Subaru has.

And now i decided to choose YOU!

One night, after you back from your regular groceries shopping, you find yourself and your loved one transported to a world that completely unknown to you without any warning and knowlegde about that world.
Upon arriving, people reaction will be completely different from each other, depending on who i choose and their background, personality, ideal, how do they live before they get transported, etc, all the things that makes YOU, YOU.
Maybe someone will react exactly as Subaru did in ep 1, the other maybe will freak out for a moment, some other will quickly assess the situation they get into, etc, but you get my point.

And because im a bored sadist magician (its me okay? Not original re:zero), now i will make your life in this dimension miserable as much as possible.
From now, imagine what i will do to you is similar (not 100% the same) to what happened to Subaru (replace Emilia with your loved one, and all other people that Subaru has met to whoever you met in this world and get along really well with them). Then please remember again what Subaru has been through from ep 1 till recently and imagine that is happened to you (not all detail obviously, because your loved one neither a half-elf nor candidate for the next ruler of the country, for example).

And please consider one thing, all the things that Subaru experienced is really, really PAINFUL, physically, not to mention mentally.

From here, to make things right again, people, or you, might take one of these decision/action (from many, many other possible option):
- Become helpless like Subaru (-seeking help from everyone he can but has nothing to return the favor to them, -trying to solve the problem all by yourself)
- Become a master tactician, Lelouch-style (try to get information as much as possible about your ability, ignoring all the pain (or not? if you decide to die as painless as possible) because you must trial-and-error the ability, but please remember the witch scent on you will become stronger each time you reset.
(hell, half of the problem Subaru has is because the witch scent he has (get killed by Rem out of suspicion, bited by angry-looking puppy-dog that attracted to his scent, attracting White Whale to him, cmiiw.)
- Become like Tom Cruise, Edge of Tomorrow-style.
- (insert whatever you will do if you are on Subaru’s shoes)

From this point, the possible state of your mind in YOUR ep 17 is (im not gonna list ALL of the possible state, 7 billion people with 7 billion mind), GENERALLY:
- Similar to Subaru, but unlikely, because you ARE NOT Subaru after all. But pretty close i guess, considering many of us here, the only thing we are doing is sitting in front of computer monitor daily)
- Completely wrecked long, long ago.
- Not even worth as a story, because you are long given up and now maybe you are selling appas or become nobody somewhere.
- Somehow after all things I did to you, you came out as a winner. Gratz i guess.

And now, I have YOUR VERSION of the story called ‘Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu’ (until ep 17 at least, lol)
The story may appear to some people reading/watching it as boring as fuck, interesting as hell, dumbest shit ever made, or greatest masterpiece of all time.

BUT, the one that we are currently watching is SUBARU’s VERSION, with all his personality, flaws, his good and bad side.

My point is, why you all people judge him (Subaru, or anyone in the story) even before the story finish? We all dont know what Subaru become in the future, the original source is only halfway done (currently vol 27 i guess in web novel, please correct me) and the anime only cover 3 arcs i think, so his journey is way long to go. We will see if he stay like THIS forever (which is unlikely, otherwise in the future no one will invest their time in the series unless they are complete sadist who enjoy other people suffering, especially if the MC is the complete idiot, and no, i dont think Subaru is complete idiot, far from that.).

Because, we all know there is some character that author in some story intentionally make him look bad to us viewer but in the end turn out to be good (Severus Snape from HP, for example, at least for me). Of course Subaru is completely different from Snape for various reason.
i am always find the story with the concept ‘from zero to hero’ interesting, even if the character has many flaws at first but can overcome it later, but without the asspull power that other story protagonist would have.

Imagine if this series has Reinhard as MC, what would you think? I personally will find it super boring.
All we can do now is waiting, what the author will give us, and then decide it for yourself after it finished.

If you think the story would be better with this setting, side character, world building, etc, EXCEPT Subaru just being Subaru, then try go write it yourself, with your own MC, we will find how that turn out. Maybe you will remembered as one of the greatest author in history (if you have talent for that and hard-working nature in yourself)

Tl;dr
Dont judge anyone before knowing all of his/her stories and what she/he is been through. At one point that person maybe look BAD, but later become GOOD, or vice versa. Or staying the same until the end.

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This anime is starting to make me frustrated. It was so good, even to the point of the psychological aspects the anime has been playing with. This episode was annoying to me though! After 15 [I think? The one were big puck cuts off Subaru's head at the end], it get's so anti climactic.

I mean the meeting with Crusch was good as it conveyed the anger he had with Betelgeuse for hurting his friends..

After that though, Subaru has just seemed to regress. He's gone back to being scared to die. I thought he overcome that fear when he committed suicide by jumping off the cliff. He made a clear decision to do what he has to and learn from his mistakes in order to save his friends. The character development to this point was brilliant [and made me think this is one of the best animes to date]. I feel like the story is going off the track a little. To me, it was Subaru and his love for Emilia. Everything he did was for her. It is still like that, but just a little confudeled [<< Not a real word].

I still believe it's great but it just really frustrates me sometimes. I mean he can reset at anytime. Anytime. Then he has the knowledge of future events. He is literally the most powerful being in this universe, and yet he is the weakest.

When he was trained by the demon sword, I thought "Oh sh*t! Finally he will learn, kill himself and repeat until he is a badass." But no, Subaru just runs around and gets his ass kicked. All. The. Time.

Learn more magic please Barsaru, so we can see more sick fights like the one with the Mabeasts.
Jul 27, 2016 11:21 AM
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lambofmagic said:
Someone who read the LN or something... please help me out here... why did the whale not eat/kill subaru when he was tossed off the cart???

And why was he able to remember REM when everyone couldn't? Shouldnt the whale's power affect his memory too?


Your first question it builds another questions , why beetelguese didn't kill subaru? in episode 15 (that he's left alone) , and 17...if you know the answer tell me becasue the reason it's the same both are connected to the witch so yeah...

About Rem , again the Witch is Connected with that sh##
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Mentar said:
Buck_Wade said:
I'm sorry, but can it be anymore obvious that he was talking to himself?


Yes. If he was addressing himself. He wasn't. Again, "omae" is _not_ the Japanese way to refer to yourself, and it's also _not_ the equivalent of the kind of "you did a good job, champ" self-referring talk.

There is a contextual justification for this interpretation solely over the fact that Emilia didn't do anything in his rant, but "obvious" is something else.


Sighs. No, as in, he was talking TO her, but he was actually talking ABOUT himself.
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Buck_Wade said:
Mentar said:


Yes. If he was addressing himself. He wasn't. Again, "omae" is _not_ the Japanese way to refer to yourself, and it's also _not_ the equivalent of the kind of "you did a good job, champ" self-referring talk.

There is a contextual justification for this interpretation solely over the fact that Emilia didn't do anything in his rant, but "obvious" is something else.


Sighs. No, as in, he was talking TO her, but he was actually talking ABOUT himself.


He's talking about himself, using himself as example, telling her that she'll fail just the same. I hadn't gotten it when watching, though.
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I can tell you didn't understand my post. You still insist that I believe Emilia wouldn't listen to Subaru, again, I specifically said "Listening does not mean believing". She will LISTEN to Subaru regardless, but she won't BELIEVE him, those 2 are different things.


My goodness, this word lawyering is getting ridiculous. "Listen to Subaru" the way I use it clearly implies MORE than just the act of listening, but naturally also implies "properly considering what she's hearing, and possibly acting on it".

Your narrow interpretation essentially implies that Emilia will hear him out, but will have her mind made up already and decided not to believe him. Which is very much unlike her character, because it's borderline rude. If Emilia had her mind made up irrevocably, why should she listen to him in the first place? Why wouldn't she show irritation about seeing Subaru show up unexpectedly in the first place? Why does she show genuine concern instead?

No, this kind of behavior is the opposite of her character. There are many reasons why in a crisis like this she might give Subaru the benefit of doubt. She's decided to believe him in the past to good effect, Puck has vouched for him being genuine, and he had proven himself before. The _one_ time that she lost patience with Subaru she had very good reason to do so - his selfishness was readily apparent, and he was meddling in issues which definitely were not his business. Every other time she has at least considered and almost always indulged him. Claiming with certainty (like you do) that she definitely wouldn't believe him is _not_ justified by the story. Just like there is no certainty that had Subaru approached the Princesses in a more constructive way (trying to find common ground and possibly a trade of sorts) would have failed.

Your reasoning is a clear case of "there cannot be what there must not be". Nothing else.


Again, you come with this angle of "Trying to find common ground, and some form of trade". Again, we go back to these weird delusions of yours, from the stand point of where he is, what could he do to possibly convince the others to assist him? He himself knows he has nothing to offer, hence why he responds with "If you help me....I'll be in your debt". He has no reasonable alternative, hiding behind the idea that him approaching it differently would have changed the outcome is illogical.

Obviously it's all hypothetical, but going from evidence given to us from the show, you're trying to somehow 180 the result and blaming it on subaru's acting, despite the show telling you otherwise. You're essentially disagreeing with the show itself. Crusch/Anastasia say "What do we gain from helping you", Subaru responds "I will only owe you a great debt", they decline, and then you come and try and talk your way into blaming it on Subaru's manners. I think the point of the episode flew over your head. Even though it wasn't explicitly stated, it was inferred, again, I go back to the Episodes title "A Pig's desire", obviously a metaphor for Subaru always "Wanting" and never "giving", which is the whole theme of the episode - Negotiations - give and take. And after hours of this discussion, you're still here telling me it's about Subaru's approach which hindered his negotiation? It was his lack of "giving", the lack of information he had to offer. But ok mate.
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Rehls said:
Buck_Wade said:


Sighs. No, as in, he was talking TO her, but he was actually talking ABOUT himself.


He's talking about himself, using himself as example, telling her that she'll fail just the same. I hadn't gotten it when watching, though.


That's certainly an interesting interpretation but all of the evidence seems to point to the contrary.
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Buck_Wade said:
Sighs. No, as in, he was talking TO her, but he was actually talking ABOUT himself.


Well, it simply doesn't quite work like that with the Japanese, sorry.

Throughout the entire talk, Subaru was addressing Emilia with "omae", even where it's 100% undoubtedly clear that he was talking about Emilia. And he consistently addresses himself with "ore".

Now, he picks up Emilia's "dakara ima wa..." line and follows up finishing the sentence. And while Japanese is indeed a language in which the meaning often needs to be deduced by the context, he clearly says "Omae wa dame da, shippai suru!" (You're no good, you'll fail!) and "Sore ga omae no mirai da!" (That is your future!).

So the only way to make the "this rant is about Subaru" possible means that in the middle of the talk he switches the target of "omae" from Emilia to himself. Very weird, but not 100% impossible. Certainly not obvious, though.

If he shows another outburst of self-deprecation in the future, and preferably clearly aimed to himself, then I'd consider the "this is about Subaru" theory quite likely. But until then, we're in the grey zone.
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Red_Ranger_Wien said:
Rehls said:


He's talking about himself, using himself as example, telling her that she'll fail just the same. I hadn't gotten it when watching, though.


That's certainly an interesting interpretation but all of the evidence seems to point to the contrary.


Nah it points into that direction, really. He's frustrated about himself, and yelling at her. He's experienced all that's he's talking about. He's talking from experience. But obviously, she doesn't knows. He's aware.

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Sighs. No, as in, he was talking TO her, but he was actually talking ABOUT himself.


Well, it simply doesn't quite work like that with the Japanese, sorry.

Throughout the entire talk, Subaru was addressing Emilia with "omae", even where it's 100% undoubtedly clear that he was talking about Emilia. And he consistently addresses himself with "ore".

Now, he picks up Emilia's "dakara ima wa..." line and follows up finishing the sentence. And while Japanese is indeed a language in which the meaning often needs to be deduced by the context, he clearly says "Omae wa dame da, shippai suru!" (You're no good, you'll fail!) and "Sore ga omae no mirai da!" (That is your future!).

So the only way to make the "this rant is about Subaru" possible means that in the middle of the talk he switches the target of "omae" from Emilia to himself. Very weird, but not 100% impossible. Certainly not obvious, though.

If he shows another outburst of self-deprecation in the future, and preferably clearly aimed to himself, then I'd consider the "this is about Subaru" theory quite likely. But until then, we're in the grey zone.


( o_o) You seem to be overcomplicating something too simple. "I FAILED! I TRIED SO HARD AND STILL FAILED! YOU'll FAIL TOO! BELIEVE IN ME! *CRIES*" Surely she wouldn't understand. But he was too frustrated with not being able to tell her anything. He was the one crying. Because it all happened to him. And then what happened after? He couldn't take it anymore and decided to tell her, even at the cost of his own life.
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( o_o) You seem to be overcomplicating something too simple. "I FAILED! I TRIED SO HARD AND STILL FAILED! YOU'll FAIL TOO! BELIEVE IN ME! *CRIES*" Surely she wouldn't understand. But he was too frustrated with not being able to tell her anything. And then what happened after? He couldn't take it anymore and decided to tell her, even at the cost of his own life.


Except that he simply doesn't say that.

No. Either this rant is indeed completely targeted at himself or completely at Emilia.

"Omae wa dame da" is actually pretty harsh (has a connotation of "you are useless"), and "shippai suru" is clearly related to the same "omae" - there is no split "I tried so hard, and you will fail, too" that you are describing.

I should add that I like how the English translation handled this (though "You won't work" has successfully misled some people). But the "you" solution keeps both theories alive.
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COME ON JUST COME!!!!!!!!!!!
Subaru Rem died and your just worried about that stupid Emilia
I'm seriously PISSED OFF..................
HOW CAN U FORGET REM
I HATE THAT EMILIA!!!1
AND SUBARU IS A CONFUSED MAN
BAKA.................
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man these episodes are just repetitive, its the same shit over and over again. I fail to see the point of throwing all these circumstances where the MC just gets fucked over and over again. Its overdone, the death scenes have no impact and no meaning because they have been overexposed.

Its been 17 episodes and we still have no idea what is happening , Its just a series of unfortunate events that befall the main character that don't seem to lead to anything substantial in terms of plot.


Yes, if you just conveniently ignore everything else because you're too busy whining about MC having to struggle and overcome his flaws while dealing with machinations of others who are constantly targeting him and those he cares about for their own ends which either have to do with the Royal Election or the Witch of Envy. But whatever.


What is "everything else" exactly?

Do we really know anything more now about the Witch of Envy than we did say 10 episodes ago?

Do we know why Subaru was transported to this world in the first place?

Do we know anything substantial about Subaru's past for that matter?

Do we know anything substantial about Emilia's past? Her motives? Why should we care about her bid in the election?

Do we know why he is being targeted? Do we know why Emilia is being targeted?

Do we know anything about Roswaal? and why he is always missing?

Do we know anything about Beatrice?

face it, this show did very little to advance the plot. We are two thirds of the way in the show and we barely know anything about it.
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( o_o) You seem to be overcomplicating something too simple. "I FAILED! I TRIED SO HARD AND STILL FAILED! YOU'll FAIL TOO! BELIEVE IN ME! *CRIES*" Surely she wouldn't understand. But he was too frustrated with not being able to tell her anything. And then what happened after? He couldn't take it anymore and decided to tell her, even at the cost of his own life.


Except that he simply doesn't say that.

No. Either this rant is indeed completely targeted at himself or completely at Emilia.

"Omae wa dame da" is actually pretty harsh (has a connotation of "you are useless"), and "shippai suru" is clearly related to the same "omae" - there is no split "I tried so hard, and you will fail, too" that you are describing.

I should add that I like how the English translation handled this (though "You won't work" has successfully misled some people). But the "you" solution keeps both theories alive.


He simply said all that. She's a candidate because she wants to fight. He's telling her that she'll lose. Because he lost. Because the challenge is much more difficult than she imagines. He knows it. He isn't happy about it. He's frustrated that she isn't aware of all that he had to go through.

The part where she points out that he's crying makes it clear that he's talking from his experiences. He wanted her to believe in him and come with him. But she didn't. Then yeah. "GIVE UP! IT'S TOO MUCH FOR YOU! I KNOW! NOW COME WITH ME! LET'S RUN!!"
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So is everyone just going to forget REM?!?! wow if that's the case my feels will be fucking torn. Fuck that White Whale. Also no explanation why it goes away, which I like but it's mysterious. I guess that's just the Witches power.

Damn well at least Subaru tried to talk about Return by Death...unfortunately it resulted in Emilia's death!

It was nice to get some Beatrice for once...even though she was barely in it. That was a nice scene.

So now he can see Beetlejuice's hands...I guess he's getting Stronger? Maybe by Embracing the Witch more? I mean he does have Darkness powers.

Puck...PUCK!!!!



She died before Subaru finished telling her. Death was probably unrelated and happened to occur at the perfect time.
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He simply said all that. She's a candidate because she wants to fight. He's telling her that she'll lose. Because he lost. Because the challenge is much more difficult than she imagines. He knows it. He isn't happy about it. He's frustrated that she isn't aware of all that he had to go through.

The part where she points out that he's crying makes it clear that he's talking from his experiences.


It doesn't matter to you that neither the Japanese original nor the official English translation agree with you?

Surreal day.
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He simply said all that. She's a candidate because she wants to fight. He's telling her that she'll lose. Because he lost. Because the challenge is much more difficult than she imagines. He knows it. He isn't happy about it. He's frustrated that she isn't aware of all that he had to go through.

The part where she points out that he's crying makes it clear that he's talking from his experiences.


It doesn't matter to you that neither the Japanese original nor the official English translation agree with you?

Surreal day.


Don't you really get it? -_- He's not directly saying that. Because he knows that she wouldn't understand. Words matter little. His body language, facial expressions, and voice tone matter more. Plus what we know that he had to go through.

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SoraSenpai said:
So is everyone just going to forget REM?!?! wow if that's the case my feels will be fucking torn. Fuck that White Whale. Also no explanation why it goes away, which I like but it's mysterious. I guess that's just the Witches power.

Damn well at least Subaru tried to talk about Return by Death...unfortunately it resulted in Emilia's death!

It was nice to get some Beatrice for once...even though she was barely in it. That was a nice scene.

So now he can see Beetlejuice's hands...I guess he's getting Stronger? Maybe by Embracing the Witch more? I mean he does have Darkness powers.

Puck...PUCK!!!!



She died before Subaru finished telling her. Death was probably unrelated and happened to occur at the perfect time.


Unrelated? It's the Witch that killed her, having Subaru to blame for it.

By the way, it's quite obvious that his RbD has a conscience. It determines whether what he's gonna say is what shouldn't be said. This requires thought proccess. And it must be the Witch's, as there's no other option. It seems like she resides within him. Or can interact with him from afar - and must be observing him, always.
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He's talking about himself, using himself as example, telling her that she'll fail just the same. I hadn't gotten it when watching, though.


That's certainly an interesting interpretation but all of the evidence seems to point to the contrary.


I'm sorry, but how does the evidence point to the contrary? From what Subaru knows:
Emilia never talked or thought highly about himself. He has.
Emilia didn't really make any stupid decisions. Subaru has. A lot.
Emilia's decisions never ended up with someone dying. Subaru's decisions have, PLENTY.
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He simply said all that. She's a candidate because she wants to fight. He's telling her that she'll lose. Because he lost. Because the challenge is much more difficult than she imagines. He knows it. He isn't happy about it. He's frustrated that she isn't aware of all that he had to go through.

The part where she points out that he's crying makes it clear that he's talking from his experiences.


It doesn't matter to you that neither the Japanese original nor the official English translation agree with you?

Surreal day.


The words are to Emilia. The context of those words are actually referring to himself.
It's like if you were giving pizza to someone but stopped haflway through and just ate it yourself.
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Guys you have to chill
this will calm down
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( o_o) You seem to be overcomplicating something too simple. "I FAILED! I TRIED SO HARD AND STILL FAILED! YOU'll FAIL TOO! BELIEVE IN ME! *CRIES*" Surely she wouldn't understand. But he was too frustrated with not being able to tell her anything. He was the one crying. Because it all happened to him. And then what happened after? He couldn't take it anymore and decided to tell her, even at the cost of his own life.


not really, he just insulting emilia because she didn't want to go with him (maybe thats because his anger and fear, but thats that), just like previous episode when they last meet. maybe subaru intention was to say things like you stated, but his words literally sound as @Meltar said.
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( o_o) You seem to be overcomplicating something too simple. "I FAILED! I TRIED SO HARD AND STILL FAILED! YOU'll FAIL TOO! BELIEVE IN ME! *CRIES*" Surely she wouldn't understand. But he was too frustrated with not being able to tell her anything. He was the one crying. Because it all happened to him. And then what happened after? He couldn't take it anymore and decided to tell her, even at the cost of his own life.


not really, he just insulting emilia because she didn't want to go with him (maybe thats because his anger and fear, but thats that), just like previous episode when they last meet. maybe subaru intention was to say things like you stated, but his words literally sound as @Meltar said.


No, he was talking from his experiences. What he was telling her had happened to him.
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This. The idea that many people are perpetuating, that no one could do better than Subaru in the same circumstances, that everyone would act the same, that he represents how all of us would react, is utter and complete nonsense.


In a period of less than 3 months, Subaru has been isolated from his entire world, been killed brutally multiple times, he's been tortured, he's had to watch people he cares about die multiple times. He can't even ease his burdens by talking to anyone about it honestly.

Perhaps there are superhumans who could move through this unaffected, but Subaru clearly isn't one of those people.


I definitely did not state that people would not be affected by the circumstances. I'm saying not everyone would react the same way. Could people be affected and perform better than Subaru? Absolutely. Could people be affected and perform worse than Subaru? Absolutely.

Just because you're "affected" does not mean your actions will be the same. Everyone reacts to trauma, stress, and fear differently. I don't like these kinds of hyperbolic counter arguments where one person says "Not everyone would act the same as Subaru" or "he should be doing better than this" and the counter argument is "oh well maybe a superhuman would be unaffected" when clearly the first person did not mention superhuman abilities or being unaffected at all.

Hyperbole in counter arguments shows an anger, a fear, or a frustration with people carrying an opposite viewpoint to your own, and an inability to engage that argument in a mature and intelligent manner.

My point is this: YES Subaru is going through hell. BUT that doesn't mean his actions are worth writing off as "well everyone would act that way in the circumstances" because that is pretty obviously false. Some may act like him, but many would act differently. Some would have given up completely by now. Some would just be trying to run away from everything and ignoring Rem and Emilia and the rest. And some would be doing their darndest to rise above, fight through the struggle, think and strategize through the pain, and find a better way. Not a PERFECT way, not a SUPERHUMAN "I'm immune to emotions" way, but a better way.
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I definitely did not state that people would not be affected by the circumstances. I'm saying not everyone would react the same way. Could people be affected and perform better than Subaru? Absolutely. Could people be affected and perform worse than Subaru? Absolutely.


I never actually disagreed with this though?
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I definitely did not state that people would not be affected by the circumstances. I'm saying not everyone would react the same way. Could people be affected and perform better than Subaru? Absolutely. Could people be affected and perform worse than Subaru? Absolutely.


They'd not be Subaru. That's the question. It's only natural for Subaru to act like Subaru. He's a 'prideful, naive good guy' in a few words.

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In a period of less than 3 months-

Where's it stated that 3 months had passed? To me it appears that only about month has.
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Heh. True, I could be wrong as well.
What I believe he's doing there is basically paraphrasing what everyone else has been saying about him over the past few episodes. Like in Episode 16, where Subaru gets up, Mimi threatens him with her cane or w/e, then Anastasia stops her and says that "He can't do anything anyway" (Not those exact words, but I think you get what I mean.)

Having seen some reactions on YT, seems like a few of them believed that he was talking about Emilia rather than himself.


Hm, guess my earlier post in regards to my interpretation on the matter got ignored eh. With all the arguing going on about the Japanese used in this scene etc, ugh, guess it's more ambiguous than I initially thought.
I'm still fairly convinced that he was just paraphrasing everything the others (Felis/Ferris, Anastasia) have been saying about him.
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@Mentar

Have you never given an advice to someone , but in the process you were reflecting more on yourself than others..
Have you never said something to others , that you wanted to say to yourself..

It's obvious Subaru is talking about himself.The translation and grammar don't really matter in this case , it's about the context of his words.
When he says " you won't learn until you see a pile of bodies around you" ( or along that line ) he's talking about himself , he belives it was his mistake that things turned out that way for everyone.The candidates pointing out his flaws for him in ep 16 only rubbed more salt in the wound.
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I definitely did not state that people would not be affected by the circumstances. I'm saying not everyone would react the same way. Could people be affected and perform better than Subaru? Absolutely. Could people be affected and perform worse than Subaru? Absolutely.


They'd not be Subaru. That's the question. It's only natural for Subaru to act like Subaru. He's a 'prideful, naive good guy' in a few words.

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In a period of less than 3 months-

Where's it stated that 3 months had passed? To me it appears that only about month has.
One Month is too much xD

like a week and half .... First episodes the introduction...where felt stole the badge 2 days...then he goes to the mansion one more day.... then he stays 5 days in the mansion(the dog bite) after that , 3 days( to the candidates stuff) they go on long way to avoid the whale ... then subaru gets beated and cured by rem and the Trap ( dont know his name so yeah trap xD ) and discuss with Emi, 1 more day and Now this episode where actually is 1 more day to add so the result is 1 week and 3/4 days it passed :D
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They'd not be Subaru. That's the question. It's only natural for Subaru to act like Subaru. He's a 'prideful, naive good guy' in a few words.


Where's it stated that 3 months had passed? To me it appears that only about month has.
One Month is too much xD

like a week and half .... First episodes the introduction...where felt stole the badge 2 days...then he goes to the mansion one more day.... then he 5 days in the mansion(the dog bite) after that , 3 days( to the candidates stuff) they go on long way to avoid the whale ... then subaru gets beated and cured by rem and the Trap ( dont know his name so yeah trap xD ) and discuss with Emi, 1 more day and know this episode where actually is one more day to add so the result is 1 week and 3/4 days it passed :D


Pretty sure it was stated that there was like a month gap in between the end of arc 2 and the start of arc 3
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One Month is too much xD

like a week and half .... First episodes the introduction...where felt stole the badge 2 days...then he goes to the mansion one more day.... then he 5 days in the mansion(the dog bite) after that , 3 days( to the candidates stuff) they go on long way to avoid the whale ... then subaru gets beated and cured by rem and the Trap ( dont know his name so yeah trap xD ) and discuss with Emi, 1 more day and know this episode where actually is one more day to add so the result is 1 week and 3/4 days it passed :D


Pretty sure it was stated that there was like a month gap in between the end of arc 2 and the start of arc 3


If so I didnt notice and I watch two times every episode ' I suppose '
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He simply said all that. She's a candidate because she wants to fight. He's telling her that she'll lose. Because he lost. Because the challenge is much more difficult than she imagines. He knows it. He isn't happy about it. He's frustrated that she isn't aware of all that he had to go through.

The part where she points out that he's crying makes it clear that he's talking from his experiences.


It doesn't matter to you that neither the Japanese original nor the official English translation agree with you?

Surreal day.

Red_Ranger_Wien said:
Rehls said:


He's talking about himself, using himself as example, telling her that she'll fail just the same. I hadn't gotten it when watching, though.


That's certainly an interesting interpretation but all of the evidence seems to point to the contrary.


Except the author has already implied that Subaru was talking about himself.
https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/757250321294909440

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otto took that like a little bitch. idk if he deserved it though. kinda dick move. and wtf rem. You think you know somebody, and then they disappear. Happens to the best of us.
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Mentar said:


It doesn't matter to you that neither the Japanese original nor the official English translation agree with you?

Surreal day.

Red_Ranger_Wien said:


That's certainly an interesting interpretation but all of the evidence seems to point to the contrary.


Except the author has already implied that Subaru was talking about himself.
https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/757250321294909440

He livetweets as the episodes air.


I still don't know how some people not catch this. Hell his facial expression and Emilia's response should clued you in at least.
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Except the author has already implied that Subaru was talking about himself.
https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/757250321294909440

He livetweets as the episodes air.


I still don't know how some people not catch this. Hell his facial expression and Emilia's response should clued you in at least.


Some people can't see the implication and take what they see 100% litteraly even when the authors want you to do otherwise. I mean, it is a form of art. And art leaves a message that is interpreted (rightly or wrongly, that is not the point). Besides it is so freaking obvious that I don't know how you can't even see it. Or maybe some people are not old enough...no I don't think that has anything to do with it.
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I still don't know how some people not catch this. Hell his facial expression and Emilia's response should clued you in at least.


Some people can't see the implication and take what they see 100% litteraly even when the authors want you to do otherwise. I mean, it is a form of art. And art leaves a message that is interpreted (rightly or wrongly, that is not the point). Besides it is so freaking obvious that I don't know how you can't even see it. Or maybe some people are not old enough...no I don't think that has anything to do with it.

I can understand your frustration, but please don't make insulting remarks regarding people's age. It'll only devolve any kind of meaningful discussion.
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