Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (light novel)
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Xenocrisi said: Why is this anime so good? Exactly my thoughts, despite nothing shocking really happening, it does suceed in grabbing your heart, alot of emotions here. I hope it got through to those sisters somehow... |
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| @AxBattler Unfortunately the anime will not answer most of your questions. It adapts the first three arcs and the answers are in arc 4. If you don't mind spoilers, you can PM me for some answers. |
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| i haven't even to where people say rem is gonna be best girl, but i already have my heart and best girl reader on emilia. subaru has earned my upmost respect though, he's probably one of my favorite protagonists so far. |
| -This redo feels more like a rebirth, in that Subaru now appears to have a truer sense of purpose and urgency after the mental breakdown and despair. He did try too hard though this time around and came off as obviously unstable to the others, but that worked in his favor and accelerated his endearment with them. Putting up a front to the others, another front to himself, but inside he is suffering and lonely. I had expected that the show would be primarily action coming in, but I like how it's been more of a psychological thriller with political intrigue. -Curious what sort of connection Subaru and Emilia have with the Witch exactly, given that the others keep commenting on his scent and how her appearance is similar. One of the sealers of the witch was a dragon, and the previous King's family had made a contract with a dragon. Hmm... Where is the Witch's body if they couldn't destroy it? If it was known to be Emilia then I doubt she would be as free as she currently is. Perhaps the Witch's spirit is inside Subaru due to some summoning ritual, and both Subaru and the Witch desire Emilia for separate reasons (Emilia could be a compatible new vessel). I mean there's some conscious force within him preventing him from revealing his ability, and that may be the same one that granted it to him. |
ZeroDragonMay 4, 2019 2:53 PM
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| So he really got that curse in that village? Seems kinda boring to me. But if that's really true, he, Rem and Ram should go back to Beatrice after shopping and let her look them up and remove the curse if necessary. Also Emilia is best girl by a large margin so far. |
| Subaru tried so hard to earn Rem and Rams respect. But it was way to much to handle for him. Puck was absolute right about Subaru. He hasn't processed all the events which happen and doesn't act like himself. At some point that just leads to a mental breakdown. Emilia is the best. That moment Subaru lay on her lap was beautiful. Subarus va did such a good job in showing Subarus true feelings. I'm also glad Rem saw a little bit of it. That was very important. I think I personally would have gone insane a long time ago. Subaru also found out some interesting things even if it doesn't explain his and Emilias connection to the witch. What a relief that we didn't get a cliffhanger. |
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| Now this episode, was heartwarming the scene where his cry like a bitch in Emilia's lap was very emotional, I was laughing so hard Overall Good EP |
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| Emilia's lap pillow <3 |
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saengdao said: i haven't even to where people say rem is gonna be best girl, but i already have my heart and best girl reader on emilia. subaru has earned my upmost respect though, he's probably one of my favorite protagonists so far. Same, Emilia is my favorite girl so far but I love all the characters both male and female and even the side characters like the appa merchant. I like how Subaru is straightforward with his thoughts about falling in love with Emilia, loving the twins, etc. even though it is out of jest, he's not bumbling over his words. He is limited as we saw before, he cannot tell anyone about his powers but he's doing his best so far. |
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Bibimbapski said: It was the 18th episode that converted many people to the Church of Rem ;)saengdao said: i haven't even to where people say rem is gonna be best girl, but i already have my heart and best girl reader on emilia. subaru has earned my upmost respect though, he's probably one of my favorite protagonists so far. Same, Emilia is my favorite girl so far but I love all the characters both male and female and even the side characters like the appa merchant. |
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mozgow said: Bibimbapski said: It was the 18th episode that converted many people to the Church of Rem ;)Same, Emilia is my favorite girl so far but I love all the characters both male and female and even the side characters like the appa merchant. Just finished ep 15 and she already got my heart but I still love Emilia and the others. |
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| There's only a little lead on this episode. I want to know more! This anime is captivatingly mysterious. You can't help but keep wondering what's going on! The good part about this episode though is that at least Subaru didn't die.....yet! |
 She got him back. If you understand the characters well enough, you'd know she did! |
| [Rewatching] Damn. That Subaru breakdown really hit so hard |
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| The heck? No brutal scenes of Subaru's death here? Impossible! Even he got some short magic lesson by Pack, and his attribute was a dark? Impreposterous! Still, the level of cuteness toward every girl here was indeed increasing. The mental breakdown statement was understandable. Its not too late to healed that loss. After that, everything came as clear as crystal. Thanks to Subaru's skill that melt Betia's heart, he got some solid hinted about the deadly cursing on the previous matter. Its not too late to changed the dead flag, right? After undeniable cringe moment with Subaru and Emillia, its time to get everything more serious. Its time to solved the deadly cursed and prevent the dead end with the twin sisters by getting their trust! |
 Hide and seek is the best offline games on this fatamorgana-called-world-thing. Please comment nicely. I am newbie here. I'm level  on mal-badges. View my badges  |
| Good to know that everything starts to clarify more with each time reset! I wonder if Subaru crying and confessing how bad he felt was just him not being able to cope with all those emotions, or maybe it was Emilia's work (a spell of some sort or something)? By the way, what if that bald dog cursed Subaru somehow? Or rather transmitted the curse after biting Subaru? |
AdnashSep 27, 2020 1:40 PM
| Am I dumb or something I don’t get what’s happening... but I don’t care I’m loving it anyway |
  NYANPASU  whiskey tango foxtrot |
| ngl I kinda teared up a bit at Subaru's breakdown This anime is depressing man |
| Emilia, omg, she's a goddess Subaru takes control of his life back, but not too long.. |
| Based Certified. I love anime armpits. |
| Subaru is back, yet again. We finally get to learn the Magic System, it's fairly simplistic on the surface. There are two priary types of power systems. Magic - The user uses their own mana. Spirit Arts - The user uses mana in the atmosphere. To use Magic, you need to use your Gate which every person has, even Subaru even though he is from another world. There are 4 basic attributes of magic, simply Fire, Water, Wind and Earth. There's also 2 other attributes which are rarer, Yin and Yang, or Shadow and Light respectively. Subaru's attribute is Yin/Shadow. Subaru attempts to cast Shamac and ends in catastrophe. "It's more satisfying to hear a single "thank you" than a lot of "sorrys". I like this quote from Emilia. We gain more information about the Witch of Envy, Satella. She supposedly devoured Six other witches long ago. Whether that actually happened or not is still up in the air. We also learn that she was sealed with the combined powers of a Dragon, a Hero and a Sage. Subaru is acting too eager and weird, and is trying too hard to get along with everyone and gain their trust. He is really wearing himself out, putting up a tough act, like nothing's a problem, it's admirable he can go this far and not break right away but it's especially sad that it's the only way he thinks he can gain the respect of others, by acting like a weirdo, feeling like he needs to do everything he can, even pushing himself to the limits of his physical and mental capability because he can't fail, he must suceed this time and overcome this loop, if not then what else can he do? He can't do anything, he's useless in everything. So at least he needs to put in the effort and turn that nothing into something. Eventually it becomes too much for his body to handle and he breaks down from the fatigue, both physically and mentally. And Emilia gives him a lap pillow. "It's been rough, hasn't it?" That line hits really hard, and Subaru completely breaks down crying on Emilia's lap, a sense of relief and comfort, and a large weight taken off his shoulders, it's satifying, just the sheer relief he must have felt to vent out his frustrations and to let out the pent-up emotions he has been desperately trying to keep inside of him. "It was rough. It was so painful. I was so scared. I was so sad. It hurt so much, I though I'd die." I love this chain of lines, it describes perfectly the situation his in. "Because I loved this place... Because it was so important to me... I was so desperate to get it back... I was scared. I was so scared! I didn't want those eyes looking at me like that again... And I hated myself so much for feeling that way!" After the powerful previous episode, Episode 8 is definitely not weaker in comparison, Emilia comforted the exhausted Subaru and was one of the moments that made me truly love her as a character and the series in general, this is what the show excel at, moments of catharsis and release, and raw emotion spew out everywhere, which makes it very emotional and satisfying. We get to see our hero through his journey and the wish to save the people he loved, we see his high points, his low points and everything. The struggles he's faced, the suffering he had to endure and the emotional and climactic moments where his character takes a major turning point, we see him change and develop, in good and bad ways, we see him learn different lessons and grow as a person in many different ways, we root for him, we want him to succeed and achieve that happy ending he so desperately soughts after. Conclusion: Subaru is an amazing character. Funny interactions with Beatrice, we also get her nickname this episode. Beako! "The lap pillow, right?" "It was the lap pillow" "Huh?" |
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| Subaru was pretty damn wacky for most of this episode but for once, it felt justified and I didn't have much of an issue with it. Guy was forcing himself to be overly optimistic and get everything done so that he manages to gain everyone's trust at least so that others don't kill him, while he researches about curses too. It was annoying but for reasons that made sense with the development of the series rather than him just being wacky and over-the-top for the sake of it, which had happened in previous episodes this season. All of that excessive hard work on top of what he was feeling stress wise from previous experiences led to him breaking down just a bit after Emilia gave him a lap pillow and recognized that he's pushed himself too far and has a lot of stress and fear underneath the eccentric personality. The way Emilia approached that whole thing and treated him was really nice I have to say, still not blown away too much by her but scenes like this giving Subaru a bit of peace of mind at points is a good touch. His weird bonding with Beatrice too is nice too on the side. Some lore building too here surrounding the mana gates through Puck's earlier interactions with Subaru. |
| Emilia a real one for helping out Subaru like that |
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| He needed that breakdown. Also, these episode titles are keeping true faith for their light novel origins. |
| Sorta get the hype around this but it's not really that special so far. Idk how I felt about this episode |
| Subaru's mental is over 9000. The stress and torture must be a lot to shoulder.. That's why a lap pillow always makes things better :p |
| emotional and cute episode, Subaru deserves that lap pillow. it just shows how hard he wants to work, and finds the mansion and the people in there important to him, and that makes him great. he doesn't want to suffer anymore, he does his best to make things right. I wonder if Subaru can master his magic skills, it would be pretty awesome to see him use some magic |
| really great episode. subaru and emilia's relationship finally getting that pivotal moment after so many restarted loops was great to see. i am a bit confused though but i think i understand, so emilia knows about subaru's restart power right? or at least to a degree? that's what i'm picking up but i feel that may also be wrong. actually, i don't think she knows but that she has at least a hunch that something is up |
| I kinda get the power system now. This world has the concept of mana, magic, gates, attributes and things like that. That's pretty interesting. And yeah I guess with all the looping and stuff, Subaru was filled with guilt and fear, not to mention a lot of stress. But welp, that lap rest took it all away!!! "Beako", that's a nice nickname. |
| Story: 8/10 Visual: 8/10 Detailed: 7/10 Characters: 7/10 Emotions: 6/10 Smoothness: 7/10 OP/ED: -/10 Audio: 8/10 Originals: 7/10 Intense: 6/10 Uniqueness: 6/10 Fun/Laughter: 3/10 NSFW: 3/10 Boring/Annoyance: 8/10 |
こんにちは！私の名前はマルハザクです！  こんにちは！私の名前はマルハザクです！ |
| "When he feels better, you can punish him". As we've seen recently, Rem has a particularly eager "tough love" approach to punishment, so Subaru might not be feeling better for much longer. Why does Subaru love this mansion again? It hasn't exactly done much to endear itself to him, has it? It's the kind of place you'd be hearing tales of ghosts and wraiths haunting the hallways centuries into the future, being the deathtrap that it is. |
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