Sorry if this triggers anyone but

l1ght__ said:
I watched ReZero and absolutely loved it, so much I rewatched it. This was 2 months ago. I heard a lot about another anime, Stiens;Gate, and finally gave it a watch. Gotta say it’s got a really well crafted plot and story and the characters are loveable. But I still feel it lacked a lot. The romance for example felt rushed also the start was slow. ReZero however had me hooked in from the start. Also it’s got more characters, and their backstories. There is world building too, making ReZero more immersive then Stiens;Gate. Again this is just my opinion, but I heard way too many people saying SG is better, so I wanted to know if anyone’s got the same opinion too. Thoughts?

RAF001 said:

I think like you the community of re zero is often divided into the famous teams rem and emilia. But despite being in the rem team in general both teams we love and appreciate these anime. As I see it, it's the most beautiful anime I ever watched.I believe it is

l1ght__ said:
I watched ReZero and absolutely loved it, so much I rewatched it. This was 2 months ago. I heard a lot about another anime, Stiens;Gate, and finally gave it a watch. Gotta say it’s got a really well crafted plot and story and the characters are loveable. But I still feel it lacked a lot. The romance for example felt rushed also the start was slow. ReZero however had me hooked in from the start. Also it’s got more characters, and their backstories. There is world building too, making ReZero more immersive then Stiens;Gate. Again this is just my opinion, but I heard way too many people saying SG is better, so I wanted to know if anyone’s got the same opinion too. Thoughts?

l1ght__ said:
I watched ReZero and absolutely loved it, so much I rewatched it. This was 2 months ago. I heard a lot about another anime, Stiens;Gate, and finally gave it a watch. Gotta say it’s got a really well crafted plot and story and the characters are loveable. But I still feel it lacked a lot. The romance for example felt rushed also the start was slow. ReZero however had me hooked in from the start. Also it’s got more characters, and their backstories. There is world building too, making ReZero more immersive then Stiens;Gate. Again this is just my opinion, but I heard way too many people saying SG is better, so I wanted to know if anyone’s got the same opinion too. Thoughts?

RAF001 said:

I think like you the community of re zero is often divided into the famous teams rem and emilia. But despite being in the rem team in general both teams we love and appreciate these anime. As I see it, it's the most beautiful anime I ever watched. And it will be forever. The characters, the story, The plot, all of this not just for Entertainment, but for create a story in our hearts, to feel all those emotions and believe me, I feel them all.

Deane said:
For me, Re:Zero only got good after episode 16. I just couldn’t stand how Subaru acted and how little he got out of his ability. For all the arguments about “realism” regarding his mental problems and trauma, he acted in ways I don’t think anyone would, ever. I’d probably give re/zero up to episode 16 a 3.5/10, and from there to the end a 9 (thanks to the change in his attitude). His ‘attitude change’ didn’t revert after that and we leaned even more about the world, so season 2 part 1 ended up REALLY close to a 10/10 for me. Echidna is one of my favourite characters of all time.

Steins:Gate, however, was a perfect 10 from start to finish for me. I do feel

Of course, this doesn’t mean S;G is better than R/Z; and your opinion doesn’t mean the opposite. Opinions are subjective, after all. What matters is that we have fun watching them :)

Nitroade24h said:
I think Steins;Gate is far better and it’s not even close. Re:Zero had some good bits like the mansion arc but the royal selection stuff is more boring than the start of Steins;Gate, which imo is a great start that is partly building tension and partly making you care about the characters. Re:Zero also had a slow start and only got good in episode 5, but it didn’t have a strong first episode right off the bat like Steins;Gate.

For me Re:Zero is a decent 8/10, but Steins;Gate is 10/10 and one of my favourite anime. I think it does a much better job making you like the characters other than just the main character and main female character like in Re:Zero. Suzuha is my favourite character and she is a side character. It also has nothing immersion-breaking like Betelgeuse ruining some scenes. When it wants to be serious it is extremely serious and the first half is a nice contrast to that with some comedy and a more light atmosphere and then the second half suddenly hits you with heavy hit after heavy hit.

afrojamurai said:


What? The first half of rezeros s1 is basically the same structure as steins gate first half. Both are there to introduce ideas of time travel or things of that nature and help u build a connection and bond with characters before the bigger tragedy strikes. The only difference really is the ways they do it. Steins gate does it in a humorous sol way while rezero does it in a tragic kind of way.

And rezero season 1 didnt even revolve around and develop that many characters yet to make u like all of them so comparing the two by that standard doesnt even make much sense. The character progression is obviously not gonna be as good in a long running series first season when compared to a short series only season.

And what was immersion breaking about betelgeuse? The scenes with the witch cults tone were supposed to be weird, eerie and creepy not super serious like steins gate. Betelgeuse is supposed to be insane and weird which is made pretty obvious after his first encounter. They literally had weird creepy music playing in the background everytime betelgeuse showed up. What type of tone did u think the witches cult would have? They literally showed up without saying one word and captured and ran off with subaru.

Nitroade24h said:

Both are around 25 episodes long so I think it’s fair to compare them.

Okeanix said:

Except Steins;Gate is 25 Episode series while
Re:Zero is you know just main story is 250 Episode series.

You can't compare short scifi series with one season and very long deep fantasy series.

Nitroade24h said:
No but I can compare the first season of both, which I did. Just because something is longer or gets better later on it doesn’t mean I’m not allowed to compare them for what they are.

Okeanix said:

No you can't compare them. Again i say this once again

Re:Zero Season 1 is just a prologue.
Steins;Gate Season 1 is also the final of the series. (0 is alternative)

There is tons of foreshadowing, details and build ups in Re:Zero Season 1 which Steins;Gate doesn't need.

Dev_007 said:


What wasnt realistic about the way he acted? Ive watched and read it and there wasnt anything that was really out of line with how others would act given his situation. The biggest one i think ur talking about is probably his way of acting during the royal selection but that whole time he was basically just protecting his pride rather than admitting he was wrong which is something most people do.

Nitroade24h said:
I thought the witch’s cult would be creepy not trying to be funny. It was just way too exaggerated and tone-breaking for me compared to the tone of the rest of the episode so it took me right out of the situation to the point I was just waiting for the next scene.

The difference between Re:Zero and Steins;Gate in the first half is that they’re both great but Steins;Gate gets better and Re:Zero gets worse after a good start. Re:Zero goes from inward struggle and getting to know the rules of the world to a typical fantasy “let’s beat the bad guy” anime, and Steins;Gate goes from inward struggle to know the rules of the world to an even greater inward struggle of having the burden of everything on you and not shying away from being sad, while keeping the same tension all the way through until the end.

Both are around 25 episodes long so I think it’s fair to compare them.

afrojamurai said:


I mean the intro to Betelgeuse shouldve changed ur idea of how the witchs cult shouldve been from just creepy to creepy and insane. If it didnt then ur probably not gonna like any of the other archbishops that appear further in the story.

whats ur idea of “lets beat the bad guy” anime cause something as vague as that can literally be used for just about any anime that involves fighting a bad guy. And wat ur saying is literally the same as rezero. Rezero LITERALLY went from an inward struggle to an even bigger inward struggle with subarus deaths and the obstacles he had to get through alone while literally having the tension of death happening at almost any possible moment.

And thats like comparing the first 25 ep cast of one piece to the first 25 ep of steins gate. Because rezero is a long running series there not gonna try to make u like everyone on the first season. If they did that theyd definitely be doing way to much. Just like any other long running series there developing characters slowly to not rush there development and puttin there focus on like 1- 3 characters at a time in an arc. Comparing any long running series first 25 episodes to an anime that has only 25 episodes doesnt make sense at all. Ur basically comparing a prologue to a whole completed story.

Nitroade24h said:
I mean that Re:Zero went from an inward struggle to save everyone in the mansion to killing the white whale and Betelgeuse and just action and stuff.

I know Re:Zero isn’t a complete story, but if I’m comparing how much I enjoyed it compared to Steins;Gate, then I enjoyed it less, and I think that’s fair. In the end, I’m just comparing 25 episodes of an anime to 24 episodes of a different anime, and I’m not comparing them as completed stories, I’m comparing them as 25 episodes of anime, of which Steins;Gate is much more enjoyable to watch and much more interesting and made me more invested in what was happening. I’m not saying that Steins;Gate is better because it has an ending or because it is complete, I’m saying that I enjoyed it a lot more, which is the reason I watch anime, so I feel like I can compare enjoyment of one series to another, even if it isn’t finished.

Deane said:


Well, the royal selection, him just making stupid poses right after literally dying, his trauma only showing up when it’s convenient, many moments like these. I’m sorry I can’t give many concrete examples, it’s been a long time since I watched it.

All I can say is that everything after episode 16 made it 100% worth it. I’ve gotten many friends into Re/Zero already :)

Dev_007 said:


Im pretty sure the only times he made a dumb pose was when he introduced himself to emilia, after he saved emilia, and maybe at the start of the mansion arc but never right after he died. There was nothing really wrong with the royal selection either. Its been a while since ive seen it too but im pretty certain his trauma never showed up at convenient times at all.

But still nice that u enjoyed it after ep 16. I got a good amount of my friends on it too

MothQAQ said:
I'm not sure if you understood this but Subaru had no idea he died when he did that pose. Also, his trauma never showed up when it was convenient either and everything he did made perfect sense from how he was characterized.

MothQAQ said:
You thinking that how Subaru acts is "unrealistic" is just your lack of understanding of what depression is and how it affects people. Him waking up and making that pose is very realistic. In the LN Subaru describes his first 4 days at the Roswaal manor as days where he finally felt joy. Him acting happy and energetic then is very realistic. The image of depression you have probably contradicts that though but that is just your misunderstanding of what depression really is. Depression is something that can be very different from person to person and being able to be and feel energetic or happy doesn't mean that you don't have depression.

His other behaviors can also be perfectly explained. Is it unrealistic to not have good social skills? Is it unrealistic to be overly energetic and happy after finally feeling happiness after not feeling as such for a very long time? Is it unrealistic to try and act like your dad since that is something that is an expectation you've had to burden yourself your entire life but in the end, you fail miserably to imitate him? Is it unrealistic to act on emotions rather than logic, like he did during the royal selection? Is it unrealistic to idealize a person because of your own insecurities and therefore act selfishly contrary to that person you idealized wishes because the idealized version you have in your head would surely understand you?
The answer to these questions is quite obviously no and I hope your answer is the same. All these questions basically explain Subaru's behavior throughout the beginning of the series. As you can see there is clearly nothing unrealistic about how Subaru acted at all.

https://twitter.com/Gluttony_Bishop/status/1453936042508234755 Here is a great thread about depression in Re:zero and why it is such a great representation. (Minor WN/LN Spoilers)

MothQAQ said:
I wouldn't say I just assumed it since you basically stated that it was an unrealistic representation of mental trauma because he does goofy things, which is simply not the case. If you are doing goofy things then that doesn't mean that you don't have mental trauma. I mean, Subaru's behavior is perfectly in line with the impact traumatic events can have on people so I don't see why you would even think that the representation of it was unrealistic. Also, I for some reason thought that you meant depression when you said mental trauma so that was my mistake.

Him having depression, bad social skills, being energetic and happy because he felt joy, acting on emotions rather than logic, and building up an idolized image of Emilia are all things the anime shows either explicitly or implicitly. Understanding all of those things are more than enough to understand that how Subaru acted was indeed realistic so saying that the anime lacked those things are simply not true. They just aren't very well contextualized but they are contextualized to an acceptable degree I'd say. You just have to read between the lines a bit to understand them.