(Spoilers) Maybe I'm not the brightest but I have no idea what's going on this season

Thai777 said:
Not gonna lie the anime did confuse me a lot with its transition.

If anyone is kind enough can you clarify for me these?

How did subaru basically go back to the sanctuary after Garfield went and killed otto and the villagers that were trying to protect him? Did he just pass out and Garfield just dragged him to the sanctuary? There's also the fact that Subaru was the only one left so the rabbits had time to literally eat everyone before him did he literally like pass out for a week? Why did the rabbit not eat him with the others and he was the only one left?

How did subaru fking transport to the sanctuary right after beatrice got killed by elsa? Did Beatrice just teleport him before her death? That would be such bullshit tbh if that what happened. Also how did Subaru come back to Emilia after getting eaten by the rabbit? I doubt the rabbit just let him go after half eating him.

Gilgameshuu said:


The Pyroxene Crystal Subaru had with him teleported him back to the prison cell when he came into contact with Sanctuary's barrier, he only passed out for half a day, and because of the snow it attracted the rabbits, causing everyone in the village to get devoured, and this part was cut from the anime but the reason why Subaru was not devoured was because he was in a place where there is a strong ammonia-like scent surrounding the area that keeps animals away and the Great Rabbits are no exception to this.

Also yes Beatrice teleported Subaru, it's going to be explained further in Part 2 though, and this part was also cut but Subaru used the Ryuzu clones to help him escape the rabbits.

evangelionlove said:
this is the worst thread i've seen on this site lmao

_Joseph_Stalin_ said:
Fuckin agree. I see so many comments talking about how people like me aren’t “paying attention.” I am fucking taking a history class? Why has the lore of Re:zero completely taken over the show? The characters aren’t progressing, the plot isn’t progressing, and all you learn is the history of world. This isn’t a show, its a textbook, with a lot of crying and whining, which, i can sympathize with, but get sick of after maybe 3 episodes.

evangelionlove said:
this is the worst thread i've seen on this site lmao

Vinter said:
This season was bad. Applesaucy faught the good fight on his own on the first page of this thread, but he's absolutely correct. Nothing happens in this season.

It's just Subaru crying like he always does, the little bitch, and then being told that everyone loves him, which is the most unbelievable lie I've ever heard. It honestly felt like self-insert, or that he was written to be a stand in for some assumed NEET incel viewer, because there's no way any woman or man would ever love a whiny little shit like Subaru.

I hope the next part is better, otherwise I'm dropping this series like a sack of rotten potatoes.

Vinter said:
This season was bad. Applesaucy faught the good fight on his own on the first page of this thread, but he's absolutely correct. Nothing happens in this season.

It's just Subaru crying like he always does, the little bitch, and then being told that everyone loves him, which is the most unbelievable lie I've ever heard. It honestly felt like self-insert, or that he was written to be a stand in for some assumed NEET incel viewer, because there's no way any woman or man would ever love a whiny little shit like Subaru.

I hope the next part is better, otherwise I'm dropping this series like a sack of rotten potatoes.

Vinter said:
This season was bad. Applesaucy faught the good fight on his own on the first page of this thread, but he's absolutely correct. Nothing happens in this season.

It's just Subaru crying like he always does, the little bitch, and then being told that everyone loves him, which is the most unbelievable lie I've ever heard. It honestly felt like self-insert, or that he was written to be a stand in for some assumed NEET incel viewer, because there's no way any woman or man would ever love a whiny little shit like Subaru.

I hope the next part is better, otherwise I'm dropping this series like a sack of rotten potatoes.

Gilgameshuu said:


Nobody likes Subaru? 12462 members have him as favorite, so I don't think so

Vinter said:


There are people who like Justin Bieber too. Doesn't prove that he's not trash.

Tyon said:

Who does he have for help? Rem and Otto. Well that's not a whole lot.
He pretty much used their help already and they always died.

He won't take any of the Witches help (for good reason), can't ask Emilia, Roswald is literally an enemy and Garfield can't help.


Nothing to solve the two big problems which have persisted for 13 episodes has been hinted at.

They quite literally can't have him die in Part 2, if they do it will feel just like Part 1.


There wasn't even a cliffhanger that hints at a resolution. There was just Otto hitting him, because that surely helps against Assassins, murder rabbits and insane sanctuary guards.

So will he get help from outside the sanctuary and mansion? I don't know.

If he does they should've hinted at it.

Vinter said:


There are people who like Justin Bieber too. Doesn't prove that he's not trash.

Gilgameshuu said:


Yeah sure bud, keep thinking that just because you think he's trash everyone should as well

Rob7 said:
Drop is the best option to that user, just like he did with 80% of shows in his MAL. What explains much.


Anyway, i disagree that this series needs too much attention.

Series with 100 active characters, 5 paralel subplots, 3 plot-twists per season, right, okay, this kind of series needs extra attention.

But Re:Zero is just easy.

You know that Rem is in coma because she lose a fight and an enemy called "Gluttony archbishop" ate her memories and existence. Everything explained in the dialogues.

You know that Sanctuary is a region of Roswaal's lands and Subaru went there to find this Landlord and the rest of villagers.

You know that Trials are tests demanded in that Sanctuary in order to release part of yhe innabitants, who are captive by a curse/magic.

Everything basically explained in the dialogues.

You cant compare it with series plenty of plot-holes and few satisfying explanations.

Applesaucey said:


Except we are missing stupid amounts of background information. We know for instance the wtiches exist, are "evil" and they are a major focus of the plot. However we are completely lacking any real infomration about what makes them so special. Sure they can use magic, but so can plenty of other characters. Not to mention the whole fact they are dead, but JK not really. Oh and the fact several times this season they went "Oh this is the last time we can bring you into the tea party" then 2 episodes later "lol welcome back".

I really don't understand why everyone seems to have loved this season. When over the course of 13 episodes pretty much nothing of note has happened. Season started with everyone trapped in the sanctuary. 13 episodes later here we are still trapped in the fucking sanctuary, the only difference being maybe Subaru is a little less of a whiny bitch? Which if the past 13 episodes are anything to judge by, will be forgotten again in another episode or two.

For fucks sake his respawn point pretty much hasn't even changed over the course of these 13 episodes, and he hasn't made any significant progress towards a resolution of gettting them out, or saving the people at the mansion.

Literally the only thing that has happened all season is maybe a little bit of "growth" on subaru's part, and confirmation that roswaal is actually the dickbag that most people could tell he was the moment his character was introduced.

The whole season coulda been condensed to like 2 episodes and we wouldn't have lost anything for it. If not for being horribly content starved due to corona this would have been dropped after like 2 episodes, and I think that is the only reason it is scoring as high as it has.

DeepMind2038 said:
I have no idea what's happening and why it's happening this entire season. Sanctuary what? Trials why? Rem in a coma why?
On top of that, Subaru annoys me more and more with his constant screaming.
But I still keep coming back every week and I wondered why that is. The only explanation I could come up with is intrigue. I finally want to know who Satella is and what she wants with useless Subaru.

Am I the only one who is this confused about the events?

Mod Edit: Added spoiler to the thread title as posts include talk what is happening in this season.

Applesaucey said:


Got it your caught up up in the melodramatic BS of the "normal human" who just so happens to be immortal and gets to retry things whenever he wants. Who constantly cries about how weak and powerless he is, but isn't actually taking any steps to get stronger to overcome that, even though he is in a fantasy world with magic where that is a valid option. And somehow have mistaken his endless cycle of Motivation > Death > Depression > Motivation again as character development somehow.

Applesaucey said:


Except we are missing stupid amounts of background information. We know for instance the wtiches exist, are "evil" and they are a major focus of the plot. However we are completely lacking any real infomration about what makes them so special. Sure they can use magic, but so can plenty of other characters. Not to mention the whole fact they are dead, but JK not really. Oh and the fact several times this season they went "Oh this is the last time we can bring you into the tea party" then 2 episodes later "lol welcome back".

I really don't understand why everyone seems to have loved this season. When over the course of 13 episodes pretty much nothing of note has happened. Season started with everyone trapped in the sanctuary. 13 episodes later here we are still trapped in the fucking sanctuary, the only difference being maybe Subaru is a little less of a whiny bitch? Which if the past 13 episodes are anything to judge by, will be forgotten again in another episode or two.

For fucks sake his respawn point pretty much hasn't even changed over the course of these 13 episodes, and he hasn't made any significant progress towards a resolution of gettting them out, or saving the people at the mansion.

Literally the only thing that has happened all season is maybe a little bit of "growth" on subaru's part, and confirmation that roswaal is actually the dickbag that most people could tell he was the moment his character was introduced.

The whole season coulda been condensed to like 2 episodes and we wouldn't have lost anything for it. If not for being horribly content starved due to corona this would have been dropped after like 2 episodes, and I think that is the only reason it is scoring as high as it has.

Applesaucey said:


Except we are missing stupid amounts of background information. We know for instance the wtiches exist, are "evil" and they are a major focus of the plot. However we are completely lacking any real infomration about what makes them so special. Sure they can use magic, but so can plenty of other characters. Not to mention the whole fact they are dead, but JK not really. Oh and the fact several times this season they went "Oh this is the last time we can bring you into the tea party" then 2 episodes later "lol welcome back".

I really don't understand why everyone seems to have loved this season. When over the course of 13 episodes pretty much nothing of note has happened. Season started with everyone trapped in the sanctuary. 13 episodes later here we are still trapped in the fucking sanctuary, the only difference being maybe Subaru is a little less of a whiny bitch? Which if the past 13 episodes are anything to judge by, will be forgotten again in another episode or two.

For fucks sake his respawn point pretty much hasn't even changed over the course of these 13 episodes, and he hasn't made any significant progress towards a resolution of gettting them out, or saving the people at the mansion.

Literally the only thing that has happened all season is maybe a little bit of "growth" on subaru's part, and confirmation that roswaal is actually the dickbag that most people could tell he was the moment his character was introduced.

The whole season coulda been condensed to like 2 episodes and we wouldn't have lost anything for it. If not for being horribly content starved due to corona this would have been dropped after like 2 episodes, and I think that is the only reason it is scoring as high as it has.

NieziGP said:
Exactly! I cant believe i lost time watching 13 ep that could be condensed in 4 or 5. That would also save my ears from subaru's useless non-stop screaming.

QcDiablo said:

It was never meant to be split in half. The split season is just there so the studio has more time to work on the animations.
If you want to enjoy the whole story in one go, you should wait until it's finished airing.

In fact, I don't know any story which have been made into anime that was meant to have a cut in the very middle of the plot. I don't believe such a story exists.
It's just that producing a good quality episode every week for the duration of a whole series is nearly impossible. Additonnally, the studios usually prefer to split series into seasons so they can have the liberty to stop a project if it's not successful enough.

Applesaucey said:


Except we are missing stupid amounts of background information. We know for instance the wtiches exist, are "evil" and they are a major focus of the plot. However we are completely lacking any real infomration about what makes them so special. Sure they can use magic, but so can plenty of other characters. Not to mention the whole fact they are dead, but JK not really. Oh and the fact several times this season they went "Oh this is the last time we can bring you into the tea party" then 2 episodes later "lol welcome back".

I really don't understand why everyone seems to have loved this season. When over the course of 13 episodes pretty much nothing of note has happened. Season started with everyone trapped in the sanctuary. 13 episodes later here we are still trapped in the fucking sanctuary, the only difference being maybe Subaru is a little less of a whiny bitch? Which if the past 13 episodes are anything to judge by, will be forgotten again in another episode or two.

For fucks sake his respawn point pretty much hasn't even changed over the course of these 13 episodes, and he hasn't made any significant progress towards a resolution of gettting them out, or saving the people at the mansion.

Literally the only thing that has happened all season is maybe a little bit of "growth" on subaru's part, and confirmation that roswaal is actually the dickbag that most people could tell he was the moment his character was introduced.

The whole season coulda been condensed to like 2 episodes and we wouldn't have lost anything for it. If not for being horribly content starved due to corona this would have been dropped after like 2 episodes, and I think that is the only reason it is scoring as high as it has.

Applesaucey said:


4? He pretty much spent the whole season respawning in the witches graveyard. The entire season was pretty much Subaru gets motivated, Subaru finds out something that might be relevant, but probably not piece of background information. Subaru dies and gets depressed. Rinse repeat, with no progression in the overarching plot.

You can't say "there was progress" and "Things happened" when we started the season with 2 problems. Ended the season with the same 2 problems. No additional problems were proposed or solved. And no meaningful progress was made toward a resolution of either of the existing problems.

World building and background information are great in all when used properly to enhance the plot. Not when they completely replace it like they did here.

Sokah said:
Subaru has become more of a stupid whiny bitch, negative character arc, losing all of his gains from last season and becoming even dumber and more pathetic than when he first arrived.

The witches were revealed to be moronic caricatures with no real agency, just obvious plot devices. Same with Beatrice. Roswaal was revealed to be the standard high functioning nut job.

All that happened this season was Subaru learned a few things that pulled back the curtain on Oz The Magnificent to dispel the illusion that this was a good show.

Red_Ranger_Wien said:

I will simplify it by using the biggest example. The random ravenous rampaging murder rabbits. Why do they exist narratively at this point. They came out of nowhere. We know who made them and why they showed up but we do not know how we got to them showing up. Twice Subaru randomly skipped ahead in time with no explanation. If it is explained in the second half then it just proves that this should have never been split in half.

nito8 said:
I only just got through episode 7 after recently refreshing from season 1 and I have to agree. This part of season 2 is ROUGH. Pacing, characterization, plot, dialogue (oh the dialogue!), I think the best way to describe it is it's frustrating as an audience member.

I get that there's a lot of lore in this world and that there's still a lot to explore, especially considering this is mainly from Subaru, an outsider's perspective.

It's a bit unfair as this criticism may come from me just wanting to know more but there's a lot of information that seems so frustratingly close and yet isn't offered up, especially after 7 episodes.

For example, if I saw Beatrice clutching this gospel book and being like, "omg I can only follow what's in here," I'd wonder like "UM? Beatrice why are you being controlled by this Witch's Cult item...?" (I'm surprised Subaru let that go in the first season when she basically kept it??). The thought of "Hey, maybe I should ask Roswald, or Ram, or even Emilia about the person they've been living with and if she has any affiliation with the Witch's Cult and if she may betray the household by idk, letting an assassin in?". Would it have been so hard to ask especially since Subaru has this immense hatred of the cult considering the trauma they inflicted on him and their mission to get Emilia? Not adding up.

I just went through this ridiculous scene of Garfiel keeping Subaru prisoner because he has the Witch's scent on him. Garfiel says he grew even more suspicious when Subaru offered to go through the Trials himself. Why is it that he was completely fine and actually told Subaru he should do the Trials in Emilia's place in a previous life? Huh? Was that a test or something? And then he's like "Emilia will decide what to do with you." ....what? I thought you didn't trust Emilia, only wanting to use her to pass the Trials. Why are you turning to her when she could very well be affiliated with the Cult and Subaru considering she looks so much like the Witch.

I'm 7 episodes in and the jewel that Garfiel has still has no clear purpose in my mind. This is different from the one Frederica gave to Emilia and Subaru when they left to the Sanctuary? Or is it the same one? I get that it teleports so why does Subaru have no idea what it does when Garfiel gives it to him and Ram begrudgingly? If it's the same, then when Ram is like "yeah idk what this is?" he could be like "Oh yeah, Ram that actually teleported me when we entered the barrier". If it was different why does he want it? What about it signals that it would help him through the barrier? In fact, I'm confused why did he ask Garfiel if he "had anything to give him" before they left when him and Ram will be completely fine crossing the barrier considering they have no mixed blood?

Otto finding him and releasing him seemingly out of nowhere aside, they take a whole second half of that episode to go through this weird dialogue of him not understanding that Otto helped him because he considers him a friend? I thought the whole thing around Otto only being there in this situation for his own purposes was sort of a playful banter between the two because they have been through a lot together? Like sure, let's help Otto clear his debt but Subaru consistently thanks him (albeit a bit meanly) for his help throughout this arc.

Back to the Trials. I get that Ros wants Emilia to do it because it will help her standing with the villagers. Emilia herself wants to prove herself to them and her by passing. You would think that failing 3 times, they'd actually talk about what went down. Are you not allowed to say what happens? Can Emilia say, "dang this part is actually tripping me up. it's really painful to go through" and the rest of the team can come up with strategies to help? Something that's really bothering me is how all these characters on the surface seem to really have agency but when it comes down to it, Subaru is the only one that initiates any action. Suppose that's an isekai anime for you. Ram, can't you help out Emilia with some of this?
The whole thing with Garfiel and the elder (i forgot her name) agreeing with Ros that Emilia should be the one to pass the Trial like HUH? I thought you hated him and now he's "the master of these lands and we don't want to risk our standing with him by disagreeing". HUH? You don't think keeping him and his villagers HOSTAGE will risk your standing with him? I think the bridge has burned quite a while ago. Wouldn't they jump at the fact that Subaru seemingly passes the first Trial and can actually have a chance at freeing them all? Is it because he has that Witch's scent on him?

Okay that was kinda a stream of consciousness. Again, probably could be an interpretation thing (I watched the English dub) and me not really paying as much attention as I should be (I still watched it without any speed manipulation!) but c'mon. I forgave Subaru for a lot of things in the first season. In fact, I found him kinda refreshing and definitely realistic but there's just somethings with the characters this season that are not adding up.

Wildcat17 said:

Besides your subtle criticism, I'm actually pretty grateful for your explanation. So thanks, mate.

What is the Witch Cult attack? Why is Garfiel holding everyone hostage and why does he have the power/means to do so? Is it like a blackmail? If they want their people to be free, then they have to free his people as well?

Where and why did the Authority of Gluttony come from?

Where did those Roswaal's books come from?

I understand Subaru can return by death, that literally means he can resurrect. I just would like to know why he has that ability. Because some witch gave it to him? Why's that?

What does Otto want to negotiate with Roswaal?

I haven't watched episode 13 yet, but I suspected that would be the case.

Yeah, we've been hearing a lot about Satella, but who is she and why did she stop being mentioned at some point? Also, I personally think Emilia looks a lot like Echidna ahah.

Why did Echidna create Beatrice? Who was Beatrice waiting for? Was it someone random who just cared about her?

How did Garfiel get the Pyroxene crystal?

Thanks again.

tornberryz said:
a year late reply because I held back watching this season until both cour aired; but regarding your question about Authority of Gluttony, it is indeed very confusing for anime only watcher so I'll try to explain the setting of re:zero world:

400 years ago, there used to be seven witches that represent the seven sins... Witch of Greed, Witch of Gluttony, Witch of Wrath, Witch of Lust, Witch of Sloth, Witch of Pride, and Witch of Envy (plus another 2 ancient sin witches, Vainglory and Melancholic). But then everyone of them died in the hand of Witch of Envy, which had a very similiar face and race to Emilia. This is the reason why people hated Emilia and all half-elf silver haired girls. The Witch of Envy was sealed by a group of people right after she killed the other six witches.

There was no explanation as for why they exist in re:zero world, but it is known that each of them hold superpower we call as 'Authority'. But when they (six of the witches) died, their 'Authority' were left behind, and the Witch Cult took most of it. In s1 we had Betelgeuse who took in 'Authority of Sloth', his power was 'Unseen Hand', an inferior version of the original Witch of Sloth's power probably because he was not compatible with the power.

And now we move on to your question, Authority of Gluttony was used by that disgusting short guy at eps 1 of s2, and his power came from inheriting the Witch of Gluttony's power. He has the ability to devour someone's 'Name' and 'Memories'. Someone already explained it in the previous posts. He attacked Crusch's and Rem's party together with the 'Greed' (the handsome male with disgusting exprerssion).

The reason? Because they were curious towards the people who killed the White Whale at s1. They can sense the White Whale was killed because (my guess) they are connected. How? The White Whale was made by the Witch of Gluttony, aka the original holder of the 'Authority of Gluttony' before she died. In s1 it was explained that the White Whale's fog attack can literally delete someone's existence, but the disgusting short guy with the 'Authority of Gluttony' also have the same power. This is the reason why Rem went into coma, while Crusch lost her memories.

TL;DR : There are seven witches of sin, each with their own authority, six of them died and their authority are passed down to each sin Archbishop of Witch Cult (people like betelgeuse and the two that attacked Rem/Crusch)

DeepMind2038 said:
I have no idea what's happening and why it's happening this entire season. Sanctuary what? Trials why? Rem in a coma why?
On top of that, Subaru annoys me more and more with his constant screaming.
But I still keep coming back every week and I wondered why that is. The only explanation I could come up with is intrigue. I finally want to know who Satella is and what she wants with useless Subaru.

Am I the only one who is this confused about the events?

Mod Edit: Added spoiler to the thread title as posts include talk what is happening in this season.

DeepMind2038 said:
I have no idea what's happening and why it's happening this entire season. Sanctuary what? Trials why? Rem in a coma why?
On top of that, Subaru annoys me more and more with his constant screaming.
But I still keep coming back every week and I wondered why that is. The only explanation I could come up with is intrigue. I finally want to know who Satella is and what she wants with useless Subaru.

Am I the only one who is this confused about the events?

Mod Edit: Added spoiler to the thread title as posts include talk what is happening in this season.