Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season Episode 7 Discussion

Btw, here's a brightened-up image of Al's eyes from Twitter.

If you've watched the last 2 Break Time episodes, you might see some significance here and with the title of this episode.

So, I guess this will be the checkpoint. Was a great character development for Subaru making that speech.
But would be funny if Subaru returned to the beginning of the day.

@0451 bro looks a lil burnt, but also maybe crying. I mean i dont blame him. Fuck i still dont trust this episode, it completely makes al seem not shady like in the books

@Ionliosite2 Bro, did you watch all the episodes in 2x speed? The speech was given because the wrath's authority was messing with the people's emotions. I doubt you even cared to listen what wrath's authority do but a I will give you a brief explanation.

Wrath's authority has the ability to link everyone's emotions( and physical body to some extent ). This means the emotions are shared from one person to another thus amplifying it's effect. But sirius has no control over the emotion that can be amplified. Because the civilians were getting angry and agitated, emotion was getting shared among each others and at the same time the emotion was amplified. This caused everyone in the shelter to beat the shit out of each other. If these negative emotions were not stopped it's not the witchcult but the people themselves will start killing each other.

That is why they came up with the idea of a speech. It was to turn wrath's authority on it's head and instead use it as a power to amplify people's positive emotions and give them confidence.

Second episode in a row that brought nothing to the table nor raised the stakes in any way. Do we seriously need 50 minutes of padding as a lead up? Whatever tension was there until episode 6, it's sailed now.
Yeah, the speech was great and took like 7 minutes. That's 7 minutes out of 29 - where did there rest go? Seriously, drama and development can and should be handled quicker and more decisively.
And psychofans in here will still repeat what they say in EVERY episode's discussion thread: "This is the best episode in all of anime!". Cringe af, you lot can't be taken seriously anymore.

@Rudivard I watched it a 1x speed, and I know what Wrath's authority does (they have explained it like thrice at this point), that doesn't mean the speech was good or that it was inspirational.

Am I the only one that thought twas a cringe and meh speech?

@Rasco Not the only one.

"But I can't run away, that's why I'm fighting. That's really all there is to me."

If you're in a crisis situation, don't tell people THAT. You should tell them that they are strong and help is on the way, not "I hate being here and we are all weak and not special but I guess I have to fight because I'm here."

They might have thought they were weak, but putting it in words has a great psychological effect. Especially if it comes from an authority figure evaluating them.

It has been shown that in the military, a drill instructor can say "Fight, goddamnit!" and things like that. That's okay. But if he says, "Fight you weak bastards!" that lowers performance. Then he's an authority figure who has judged them to be weak, and he has the experience to know. Then why make an effort when you know how low you are?

I'm sure we'll see how they're all roused to action by Subaru's speech. But in real life, that speech would give them an excuse to do nothing.