Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (light novel)
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mozgow said: SoraSenpai said: That's actually an easy question to answerGod dammit! No I want to trust Frederica! PLease don't ruin my image of her! Why would she give Emilia the stone that would probably have killed her.  So basically Roswall being manipulative again? |
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| So we're just back to fuckery again? This episode felt very weird. Underwhelming but rather curious with some of the obvious revelations here and there. I'm in the gray regarding Emilia due to her mentally distraught experiences with the trial. Yes, I did see the prequel OVA to s1, but that alone didn't provide much about her as a character. Just a weird segment overall, and oh yea, that bitch Elsa is back even though I'm not sure why the fuck we need her specifically again. Maybe more stuff behind the scenes is going on than we thought (minus LN readers). |
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| Yet another slow episode. But on the bright side, the bowel chicc is bacc |
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| Yes, that was his idea. The real question should be |
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| Yeah that shit is bothering me fully. And the fact that Ram is still supporting him sickens me. |
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| Interesting turnout of events towards the end there, looks like we're back to the sufferings that S1 was known for. I wonder where the checkpoint this time will be, I'm guessing a lot of things could possibly depend on that. Subaru sharing the fandom's comment on Echidna was spot-on xD. Emilia and Subaru's relationship taking a notch up was sweet to watch as well. Garfiel brough up a good point at the end there and I'm looking forward to seeing how Subaru will reflect on it. Roswaals' true colors, about darn time I suppose. I doubt that's all though, I'm certain he's still cooking up some dirty scheme... I wonder if we'll get to see both the Op & ED in any episode this season, lol. It's been kind of a strange season, honestly. |
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| Was very sweet that, even if they were not real, Subaru still defended his parents from the acusations of Echidna. He does love his parents indeed :') I liked the reaction of Subaru upon seeing finally an old woman loli. Emilia's past has to be so traumatic for her to end in that state of fear. I really want to see it. Everyone is so suspicious. Echidna, Roswaal, Ram, even Beatrice (who was only named in this episode). The conversation of Roswaal and Subaru was very tense. Roswaal always seemed very suspicious to me, so I'm awaiting to see what he's pretending with all his actions through the anime. I'm kinda suspicious of Frederica too, even if she said she just followed Roswaal's orders, until proven otherwise, she enters to list of fishy people too. Aaaaaand Subaru is dead. As soon as he entered into the mansion and everything was so quiet, I figured out he wasn't going to end well, and I was right. I suppose being 5 episodes without dying (not counting the one where he killed himself to brought Rem back in the 26th episode, since he didn't end the episode dead) was way too much for him already lol. Elsa's reappearance was chilling as heck.It was evident she was gonna appear at some point since she appeared in the opening, and her return hasn't disappointed. Time to see what's next checking point. |
IllyricusAug 5, 2020 9:33 AM
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| So, we back to rezero starting point again.. I wonder where and when the Subaru's reset point.. Next week cannot wait.. #PrayforBeirut |
| This Echidna girl is too annoying ffs. Meh episode. 3/5 |
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Manaarii_0 said: Roswaal is indeed a genius mastermind asshole for what he did (or should I say didn't). Elsa is back for new gut wrenching moments! it's been hinted several times that Roswaal knows of subaru's return by death power so maybe that's what he has been relying on or maybe he probably knows even more about subaru's purpose in this world than even subaru knows himself the guy has done a lot of weird things like just happening to be there to save rem and ram in the middle of their clan being killed off by the witches' cult and taking in emilia when everyone thinks shes the evil witch, the guy has a DUM DUM DUUUMMMM a masterplan |
vanillaskynetAug 5, 2020 10:00 AM
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| I'm sure Roswaal has to know more about Subaru than we think. No matter how much he knows that Subaru will white knight for Emilia, that would all be useless if Subaru cannot accomplish anything with those desires. He somehow knew Subaru would be capable of defusing the scheme he created, even though outwardly Subaru does not have any obvious powers. I think Roswaal knows more about Subaru and his abilities, since he uses magic so maybe he can sense something in Subaru. |
| Elsa is back! Loving the atmosphere of this episode. |
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| Sorry, WHAT? I've only heard rumors, but wasn't it said that Elsa died after the first arc? Really enjoyed this episode, though. It's been a while since Subaru last died. I knew something was off in the mansion as soon as the setting sun blanketed a crimson red color over the sky. I'm also ecstatic that Emilia's being explored more in the second season. She's been too flat and one-dimensional since the first season for me to have any interest in her, so I can't wait to see where her character goes from here. |
| Roswaal obviously has ulterior motive taking Emilia side. Can't be trusted. My guess is that it has something to do with Echidna. |
| Emilia sure has it hard with her trial damn, really curious what's happening there. Good to see best assassin waifu is back hehe. |
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| Elsa learned her lesson, she gave no chance at all to Subaru. That makes her even more dangerous! |
I think I don't know wtf I'm doing. Maybe. Probably. |
| I was getting strong Aizen vibes when Roswaal stated all the plans that would unfold. This comment was all part of Roswaal's plan lol.  |
I know now that I know nothing.  |
There was a mistranslation at this part. Subaru already had the Witch Factor of Sloth. He gained it when Petelgeuse died. Echidna's tea only made it easier for Subaru to assimilate the Witch Factor. At least that was the original explanation given in the Web Novel. Most commonly, a Witch Factor is transfered when its host dies. |
| Subaru be like: Ah Shit, here we go again. Welp, not much happened in this episode and we're going to rewind, so yeah... |
| "We could make the world better, but it's easier to just shut our eyes." ~Blackwall |
| Hmm Echidna actually looks nice in that uniform. Konomi's vocals are as strong as ever but its nice to hear her again. So the first trial was facing the past huh. So the reality of his family was just a replica then. Still its good to see Subaru managed to pass the first trial. The trial though sure did a number on Emilia though. Its cute seeing Emilia reach out to Subaru for support even if just subconsciously. The news of the conservative faction though sure served to make the mood within the village that much more tense. Its scary in just how far Roswaal plans ahead as well as the amount of faith he had in Subaru the latter of which was one of extreme risk. Overall a solid ep that did well to expand upon the trials that must be faced in order to free Sanctuary. From the effects it had on her facing her past sure is painful for Emilia. Im quite curious to see what the conservative faction would do in their attempt to protect the village though. Subaru sure had quite the unexpected reunion at the mansion in the form of Elsa. |
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| They're probably talking about the WN, because that scene won't happen till the end of volume 12. For reference, this episode adapted the final chapter from volume 10. |
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| Here we go, Subaru dies yet again. It's like Subaru playing dark souls without a damn weapon. But we all watch the series to see him suffer anyways... XD Episode was 10/10 stuff...Too good! |
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Tsundere_Slayer said: Here we go, Subaru dies yet again. It's like Subaru playing dark souls without a damn weapon. But we all watch the series to see him suffer anyways... XD Episode was 10/10 stuff...Too good! For Subaru death is but a scratch.... XD |
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This ep was hype . She wasn’t annoying at all what are u talking about. She was so cute haha. Do you watch the same anime as everyone else |
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| Oh shit I wasn't expecting that woman from the beginning of S1 to come back. What a cliffhanger we got this week. |
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| Re:Zero the god of cliffhangers! Elsa is back! crazy how long it has been since she first showed up. I wonder how she made it so far into the mansion. I would think Beatrice would had stopped her. Also I would like to see Emilia past. I don't recall us hearing about her Father, but I would like to see what's terrifying her. I will assume Subaru will go back two days from now and try to convince Garfiel to go back earlier in time. A slow ep, but the end got me hyped. Also Echidna did look good in that school uniform. |
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| The best part about Re:Zero is seeing how Subaru will die next, hopefully one day he won't come back from the dead |
| And yet another episode giving us a lot to unpack, even before Elsa's return at the end. First is the fact that Emilia can't pass the first trial no matter how many times she tries, which honestly doesn't surprise me given the hints of her past given to us in Hyouketsu no Kizuna; it seems that special only scratched the surface of Emilia's backstory, and it was already pretty grim from what we saw. However, what is more interesting is the crux it puts our characters in: Subaru understandably doesn't want to do the trials in Emilia's place (due to it likely setting a bad precedent and damaging Emilia's prospects in the royal selection), but Emilia's trauma means that he is almost certainly going to be forced to continue the trials from this point. And it seems reasonable to suggest that Echidna expected this outcome, given her reaction to Subaru's claim that he wouldn't be the one to complete the trials. Speaking of the trials, we again learned some crucial details about them this week, not least the fact that there's more than one of them (not really too surprising in hindsight, though). I asked the question a couple episodes ago why Garfiel couldn't do the trial himself, and based on his response to Subaru, it seems that some "contract" stops the Sanctuary natives from taking it on. My inference from this is that this was a deal struck with Echidna so as to force a situation where an outsider has to intervene to break the barrier. In other words, I get the feeling that she anticipated Emilia's existence and set this up so that she would be forced inside the barrier to take on the trials. And if that's the case, this may well be another of the Ordeals that Betelgeuse mentioned in season 1. And then there's Roswaal. So far, this season has been strongly hinting that Roswaal is not what he seems, and so it proves with it now being practically confirmed that he has ties to the Witch's Cult. However, what these ties are is still left unclear: on the one hand, it could just be that he has agents within the cult and used them to leak the information about Emilia and encourage them to attack, but at the same time it could well be that he directly approached them and ordered them to carry out the first Ordeal. Currently, his phrasing leads me to believe that he was directly involved in getting the Cult to attack, which suggests to me that he's a figure of considerable authority within the Cult. After all, this would suggest that he was important enough to directly order a Sin Archbishop - the current leading figures within the Witch's Cult, based on our current understanding of their structure - to carry out a huge attack within the domain of one of the royal selection candidates. While his reasoning for doing this - essentially as a publicity stunt to make Emilia less suspicious and more popular with the locals and maybe even within the kingdom somewhat - seems to go against that idea, it in fact just makes me more suspicious: as Subaru rightly points out, the idea was at best an insane gamble, expecting that they would be able to get through it without his help. Moreover, his faith in Subaru at that point in the narrative (i.e. just after he humiliated himself at the initial royal selection ceremony) seems entirely misplaced based on what he should know, which raises the question: what more does Roswaal know? Does he know about Return by Death, knowing that Subaru would be able to try and try again until he and Emilia broke through the first Ordeal? Whatever the case, it's all very suspicious. And I'm guessing now that Subaru will reset to some point after the first trial, essentially forcing him into a situation where he has to undergo the others. Was that part of the plan too? I guess we'll find out. |
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