"The Witch of Greed, Echidna, the embodiment of the thirst of knowledge, who has done things she regrets, even in the realm of death, all in pursuit of all types of knowledge?" "I'm a very very evil magic user." You can't say she didn't warn you.
And yet she only ever calls herself evil as a facade. Sadly most of the clues people would need to come to that conclusion are in the WN/LN and not the anime
@@kenkaneki3873 just cuz someone is self aware doesn’t mean their actions aren’t bad. The whole narrative about “well actually she wanted him to not take the contract” is contradictory to what she says she is. She understands consent but doesn’t fully understand emotions, so she doesn’t recognize what she did as being manipulative even tho it was. She’s trying what she thinks will make him take it, and she actually DID want her to take the contract. But she respects the actions of others, hence why she wanted Betty to make her own choices. Hence why she watched Garf, Emilia, and Subaru in the trial. So even if she wanted it, she accepts that Subaru doesn’t want it and lets it go. She’s not evil, but she’s not good either. She literally ended up using Ryuzu just to extend her life.
@@BelBelle468however people miss that Echidna actually cared. Being good or evil doesn't have to do with it. It is a red herring laid by the author. However, people dismiss intentions because after all they showed beforehand a "she is antagonistic, therefore there is no way she cared" idea. This arc plays with that in the case of Echidna. In fact, in this very same episode, the voice and dialogues to Beatrice conveys that she cares for her and protected her. The point was not to show Echidna is evil because she did that to Beatrice. It was to show she is inhuman because of her indifference. It is in fact, Beatrice's own fault in some way, because what Echidna hopes is for her to grow out of her now that she is going to die. This wound was self inflicted.
52:39 An additional detail that isn't fully captured in the subtitles is that Roswaal changes the way he addresses himself, going from _watashi wa_ (used by adults) to _boku wa_ (used by boys/male students). He felt so lost in that moment that he basically regressed to a child begging his teacher for help.
Many adult men use "boku" too if they are talking to friends. Some use boku to talk to their boss when they go out drinking after work but during work they use watashi but yeah adult men usually use watashi or ore. Your last point count be right though. I'm kinda too lazy to see if he used watashi or boku when he was young and first met Betty
Maybe he used boku when he was with Echidna when he was younger but because he eventually tried to copy Warlock of Melancholy who used watashi maybe so he switch to watashi because of the Warlock. But in this scene, he became himself again, he didn't care about mimicking that guy at that point
@@naylisyazwina6836 Roswaal A. Mathers always used "boku" whenever he spoke. Roswaal B. Mathers introduced himself using "watashi," and present-day Roswaal uses "watashi" even when talking to Beatrice. I couldn't get a good handle on how Hector addressed himself based on the few lines he had. It didn't sound like he used "watashi," but I'm not positive about that.
It’s amazing how every Betty and Subaru scene in both seasons lead to this moment and the payoff feels so great I love that it was always obvious she was sitting in front of the door but you never really questioned as to why tho Can’t wait for their dynamic in season 3 and talking of which the new season 3 trailer just dropped would absolutely love a reaction and analysis form you guys for it
@@bwSiegrain The trailer in season 3 is actually very spoiler free. I began reading ahead and stopped partway through the next arc, happened to see basically all that was covered in the trailer. Besides characters present there is very little proper spoilers.
That was the episode that made me fall in love with Re:zero. I was hooked by the end of the first episode. I realized it was much more than a normal isekai by episode 7. I cried at episode 18 because I related to subaru's speech and finally understood exactly what was eating me on the inside for so long. But "Choose me" made re:zero my favorite fiction ever. It made me start reading for the first time in so many years, and it made me realize that the characters in this novel have so much depth to them like I have never seen before. I feel like sometimes I'm going crazy because I feel like so few people know how great rezero is. Don't get me wrong, it's incredibly popular, but mostly because of the waifus and not because of the incredible cast of characters and mysteries.
"You are a hero and a hero is all you can be" is the exact worlds that Puck said to Reinhard in the present trial of Subaru so I think that Subaru say these words to Reinhard too. The granddaugther is Felt I think and the speaker is the halfgiant.
01:00 Subaru : You‘re a hero.A hero is all you can be. Reinhardt: I… Subaru : Thanks for the help! Wilhelm:…you cannot even wield the sword without it, thief?! Petra: Subaru, I know you and Emilia-neesama are both tired. I’m sorry. And yet I ended up just weighing you down further… I’m sorry. Rom: My previous granddaughter has grown into such a fine young lady, no? Al: I’m sorry I couldn’t kill you. Otto: If that’s the case, I should’ve just been wrapped up in that cave and left for dead! Crusch: Under no circumstances shall I be killed by something as nonsensical as a curse! Pricilla: There, you see? I win again. Ram: To think someone I wanted to kill so badly turned out to be a kind person. Julius: If bend my knee and lose my sword,what is left for me? Anastasia: What’s so hard about sayin’”I don’t want to be alone ”? Garfiel: I’m gonna kill you just like I promised, Natsuki Subaru! Roswaal: I made the realization that I have not walked alone all this time, that is all. Frederica: I suppose we must shed every last drop of blood in our bodies to atone. Felt: You can just stand there running in place! Magic, dragons, whatever stands in my way, I’ll destroy it! Felis: Why won’t the soul take hold?!
To think that even after so much time since arc 4 came out, the only dialogue that has come out is that of Julius makes me think that there is still a long time left for Re: Zero to end.
The one i think novel fandom really love is AL because we know who he is referring to. I personally very fascinated by petra's dialogue mainly because she sounds much more older.
Yet more foreshadowing lmao. Spoilers novels: I'm just waiting for the shift in current chapters to happen. You know, we have almost all of the exact people from her trial either there or being prepared to join up in one place through side(likely main in the light novels since they include a lot of these side stories at this point) stories right now. Otto, Roswaal, Ram, Rem, Garfiel, Subaru, Emilia, Julius, Anastasia, Priscilla, Al, Petra and Frederica are there RIGHT NOW. Rom and Felt are in side stories. Wilhelm, Crusch and those two are the only ones who haven't gathered. I don't think every disaster will be the same, I think this one will kick-start things in a big way. And I'm just predicting how those lines come true because I actually think most of them WILL come true. The question is, will it be as bad as it seems and how they pick themselves back up.
fun fact, when roswaal manage to learn the soul transfer , he did to all his children for decades and at one point he needs to transfer himself to a female child of his, yes, he become a woman at one time , anything he willing to do, in order to follow echidna's plan.
It wasn't to take Betty away, it's bcz he wanted to find a cure for Otto not being able to speak when he was young due to his "Soul of Language" Divine Protection.
In regards to more content: - Season 3 is coming out this year - There are two separate series of shorts: Re-Petit and Re:Zero Break Time. Both are light hearted, they're literally a BREAK from the mayhem of the show. If you liked Rem filling the bath with mayo... it's kinda like that vibe - There's a spinoff called Isekai Quartet that has characters from Re:Zero, Konosuba, Overlord, and Tanya (with a few extra cameos). It's fun, people recommend watching all four shows before Quartet but I don't think it matters as much - Re:Zero is adapted from a web novel and a light novel, it's still ongoing, Season 2 is not even the halfway point but I haven't read them
@@MrTimeattacker tbh Break Time is a must watch because it has Fredericka and Petra bein' adorable together. But yeah I think it was meant to fill in some details between each episode so when I rewatch Re:Zero I always watch the Break Time episode after the real episode
Beatrice saying "I'm so tired" is one of the hardest hitting lines in the show for me. Shes been stuck in that depressed state for long and just doesn't have the energy to wait it out any longer. You guys hit the nail on the head that Subaru recognized that the only way Betty can move forward is herself, and he's trying to inspire her the same way Rem inspired him. Also fun note, when Subaru had his long talk with Rem and he was hating himself he asked her "you don't mind that it's me?" and now he's confidently telling Betty "I'm just me, Natsuki Subaru." How far our boy has come
That line truly hits hard. I'm in a similar situation to Beatrice myself and I'm so tired of living this way but I just don't know what to do. Everything I try always ends up with disappointment, even loving a person, one that doesn't care all that much about me in particular. I try to choose a person to make my number 1 and they don't care. "I'm so tired" fits so perfectly
0:50 Remember when puck was going to fight reinhard in one of the trials, he said the exact same thing to reinhard. I guess its from one of the What if stories made by the author where subaru also tells reinhard the same thing
Small info piece. It was said that some of the one's that went to free Betty simply wanted to free the little girl. Some did want more powwr or knowledge but there also were a good amount of people just wanting to free her
im really glad you guys loving Arc 4 of rezero , however, arc 6 of rezero (content in season 3) is gonna blow your mind. rezero is just so damn good, but Choose me is definetly one of the best moment in rezero overall.
@@draglonconx7771It's so annoying how inaccessible the Breaktime episodes are given how much good content they have. But yeah, if they can get their hands on them, it'd be hype
@trickytrock8924 To you it might look like it showed too much but it really didn't if you know what's coming 😅 like there's soooo much fighting in arc 5 that what was shown in the trailer is a very very small tidbit of it
6:11 I'm shocked ya'll didn't jump on the "...granddaughter..." line quick. There's only been one character treated "as if" they were someone's grandpa.
Man, there's a lot of awesome characters in Re Zero, everyobody gets love, motives, backstories, etc. S2 while not awesome on animation, it steps up story wise. Can't wait for S3, specially if they get to arc 6, we'll have even more Beako time! Also Ram. ✨
That voice, calling for her. Those eyes, gazing at her. Those hands, requiring her. Even though she'd known how she could not possibly refuse. ~Subaru. "Yes, that's it". ~Subaru, Subaru. "Yes, that's my name". ~Subaru, Subaru, Subaru. ~Subaru!! "And you finally called me by it".
@@user-dn9vj3qs8q Nah men it's from the Light Novel i guess lol, nothing erotic, it's the most wholesome stuff in that season (well maybe not if we take into account the next episode against the bunnies)
The nature of artificial spirits wasn't well explained in the anime. Beatrice is an artificial spirit created by Echidna. Artificial spirits can't live without a purpose, that's how they are constituted, they are not humans. This should put what have just transpired into perspective. Echidna said that she was facing a powerful enemy and she couldn't let them both die, justifying it by the necessity of passing on her knowledge to future generations, so the "contract"(although described in the flashback as a "last request") was made. Which will be more agonising - being left without a purpose as an artificial spirit or fulfilling a 'contract' for 400 years in solitude - that is the question. Although "solitude" was never a condition, there were zero conditions to begin with, but Beako is a stubborn and prideful child. When Subaru asked Echidna about her contract with Beatrice at the last tea party, her answer was cut and rephrased in the anime. Here is what she actually said : That child was born for a certain purpose. However, it became necessary to keep her alive in a way that differed from her original purpose... That's why she was kept away from the "Sanctuary", but it was necessary to give her a purpose when doing so. To give that empty child a purpose to live, in a sense. That's why I made a contract with her. To maintain the Forbidden Library and eventually hand everything over to 'that person' who will come. No restrictions were set. It was an issue with no set answer. That child will be kept alive as planned, and I will be able to see the answer to a separate pursuit. It's very rational, don't you think? P. S. as for the other people who reached for Beako there were plenty of kind and sincere people, but she rejected all of them.
Season 3 is coming out this October!!! :D "Re:ZERO Starting Life in Another World Shorts" on Crunchyroll combines "Re-Petit" and "Re:Zero Break Time" (I think) however not included in that package is the second seasons short "The Otto Diaries" which I'm sure you'd really like! Harder to find but worth seeking out.
I only realised during a rewatch that betty never calls anyone by their name except roswaal. Its cuz except him, whom she was familiar with, everyone else is half _ girl, blue maid, red maid, bug/you, etc. cuz she was distancing herself from people and hence her calling Subaru by his name was precious as she said it repeatedly to etch him into her soul. Another theory i have is that they hint that older echidna, older than how she looks in her tea party, had slowly turned mellow and did actually care for betty. I mean we've seen Elsa kill her & she knew guese. So knowing Roswaal would end up with Emilia along with puck, it was as if she's assigning the guardians and protectors for her while keep her away from guese unless something really bad happens. So in a way to have her grow up & not be killed, i believe the older echidna put her child in a safe place, the safest she could think of until she grew mature in thinking. And even in the worst case scenario where she'd be forever stuck in library for 400 years, she was still alive for that long even though depressed. And subaru saving her seems as if the plan she had actually worked out, she is back to the outside world.
@@v4ltzu739 possible but idk if Echidna would want her library to be endangered or lost if Betty doesn't stay there. I think it's more that she is interested in how Subaru will act now and if he could get Betty out of there but she would prefer if Betty stays in the library for thousands of years to protect those books maybe because even though she doesn't need them, she still wrote them. Something you create is still something you would hate to let go I think
It's a good theory but I'm still a bit thorn apart with the greed if story where [SPOILER AHEAD] Subaru "save" Beatrice by telling her he's "that person" and Echidna is fine with Beako basically still being in the same mindset as before. Well if we take into account the fact that Echidna in the castle of dream and the Echidna from Betty's memory aren't the same, it's not a contradiction
@@dokkino7105 from what I've heard from LN readers, its a good guess to consider them different as well. I mean her face next episode is revealed after all this season not showing her face and in the grave it's a bit older looking person & betty+roswaal remember her from the kind old motherly smile she had & not the bratty teenager/20's girl smirk she has in castle of dreams. With echidna's voice this episode & soul replication brought into picture, I think I'm safe to assume you can replicate soul at a certain time of your life & save that personality but have the newer memories instead. That'll also explain how the broken roswaal who copied his soul after echidna's death just replicates his inhuman depressed self over & over with just new memories (apparently he also was a girl a few times around)
If it sounded like Beako's VA was crying during her line reads, she really was! In a post episode interview, Satomi Arai admitted how moved she was by the scene and how it she how she had to work to stay in character.
I am still wondering about Echidna. Somehow I see her decision about Betty was due to a true crisis situation. I do not see it as intentionally malicious, but as limited judgement during when life of her and her loved ones were threatened.
It is 100% neither malicious nor underhanded. A lot of people fall into the trap of taking everything she says at face value so once she *claims* to be doing things for "evil" reasons from that moment onward they view everything she does as cold and evil. When you go back to the scene were she creates the library it's very much a decision she makes on the spot in order to give betty a reason to not follow her into battle against Hector as she would be guatenteed to die. She then comes up with the idea of the library and giving betty the duty to protect until "that person" arrives who was in reality anybody that betty could have chosen at any point. Echidnas intentions become even more obvious when the flashback ends and she says "Betty...I hope you grow up healthy atleast" and she's clearly saying it in a pained voice.
The second she said that Betty needed to be away from the danger, the intent is evident. She even ends it by saying she wants Betty to grow up healthy. She also was just vague in her phrasing, likely to allow for the rules being said to be adaptable to future situations. She basically only said to take care of the library, and never gave her any serious conditions. But the open endedness was the downfall. She cared about Betty’s choices, but Betty refused to make any.
this was what made me completely and totally fall for Beako and how she's number 2 best girl for me. Her words here hit so damn hard and her fears over losing people that hits WAY harder than it ever should, she deserves all the love and attention in the world. It's why I call her Beako because she's adorable.
Season 3 is set for October. They have two trailers. One is the announcement teaser, and the other is the release date trailer. Might be slightly spoiler to the contents of S3, but seems alright. Hopefully, it goes smoothly. Other than that, there are like these commercial shorts that go over cut or extra content, although I don't know where you can watch those. There's Quartet, which is a spinoff joke series that includes characters from four different shows: Rezero, Konosuba, Overlord, and Tanya the Evil. Probably need to watch all those shows first since Quartet relies on the character dynamics. Then there are the if stories following each of the sins. Which are written stories that you would either have to read or watch fanmade summaries of. But they contain spoilers, especially if they ever get animated.
There is a lot of material for future seasons, we have a lot of light novels and they continue to be released annually. The story only gets better and more insane, which is why re:zero has become my favorite series ever. I promise the next seasons will be awesome, it will change the course of isekais fantasy anime. The light novels are really worth reading, they are brilliant writing by Tappei.
I'm such a sucker for the moment when a ton of woven threads get pulled together, it's a huge payoff. The end of this episode was the nexus point for S2 for me, it feels like the story weaves itself backwards in time from this converging point and it makes the show even better on a rewatch. Obviously they started pulling it together a few episodes back, and we have one more to go, but I felt such a surge of comfort and warmth at the sight of Betty, Subaru, and Emilia all standing together against the storm. Peak Re:Zero storytelling moment for me
oh and btw, Otto's dad is in this episode if you can spot him Oh and on the subject of Beako and others, now the full context is here for you, I can explain it. Every last one of the people who you saw enter the Library came there for the knowledge and understanding in the Library, they sought out the things there to help them with what they wanted, they didn't care about Beako, she was incidental to their needs. Subaru only ever came to the Library to see Beako - because he is a genuinely nice person who wants to see other people - and that's part of the reason why Beako is so affected by him, he never really went to the Library to see the knowledge that Echidna stored, he went to see HER. And that's why when he does go to see her at the beginning of the season and doesn't go to see HER but to get information FROM HER, you see Beako freak the hell out and throw Subaru out of the room, blocks him off and is intensely angry at him for a while. It is VERY hard to see on a first time watching but when you have the context for what is hurting Beatrice you begin to see everything, she was so standoffish at the start of the series itself that she told herself that it's none of her business that Subaru has a curse on him as she believes he'll just use and abandon her like everyone else does. It's why she's so adorable in every single way.
aw man I didn't realize the part below. Thanks for pointing it out for some of us "And that's why when he does go to see her at the beginning of the season and doesn't go to see HER but to get information FROM HER, you see Beako freak the hell out and throw Subaru out of the room, blocks him off and is intensely angry at him for a while."
Apparently there were ppl interested in Betty, like Otto’s dad (who I believe came for assistance regarding Otto’s blessing). But Betty rejected them. Subaru had to do a lot to win her over.
49:20 Notably Roswaal cannot use healing magic, so ironically, his power cannot save Ram except giving her mana like he usually does. 57:20 The Re-Zero Break Time shorts are probably what you're thinking of. Crunchyroll only has 1 season but it's some extra content & world-building.
I love your reactions, I have been waiting for you to see this episode since I found out about your channel since it is my favorite and one of the best in the series And if possible, I would love for you to react to the trailers for the third season since they are very good and it looks like this season will be epic.
Not only do the voices from the Future trial not need to pertain to Emilia, they don't even have to be from the canon timeline. Look into the Re:Zero IF novels. Some of the lines are actually from them.
I have a speculation about Every Single One of those quotes from the future. Each is from a loop where Subaru dies at the end. (some loops might have multiple quotes) 45:21 "Roswall ... coming in in different outfits." 😱
14:50 Giving any leeway for one of those voices to be Elsa is just silly, no? If she was squished so magnificently at any point close to this vision of troublesome futures, it would either be one, futile by the author, giving epically highlighted exposure in one of the Trials for someone who could never be in thise futures, or two, casting extreme doubt or at least declawing the entire "squishing the Bowel Hunter" scene, inferring that she didn't die, and giving the viewer far too much to contemplate in an already super cerebral show.
It really is so much easier to distinguish between voices when it's your native tongue. Though if this was the only episode of the dub you watched, it would be just as challenging as it was for you guys this time
7:55 Why the hell would all off those voice be connected? There is totally different context to every single voice, and like 20 different people talking. That all pertaining to one event or thing would be mega uninteresting by the the author.
Spoilers post season 2, arc 5 specifically, I'm sorry!: So yeah Wilhelm was definitely speaking to Reinhard in the future trial, because of the way he out of anger treated him as killing Theresia by asking for the sword saint blessing. But the reason I always ignored these theories was just because I don't like people arguing about whether Reinhard's going to lose his blessing which based on q and as among other things AND the fact that he literally wouldn't lose his power if he lost the blessing because it just raises your abilities it doesn't actively do anything much other than let you hold dragon sword Reid. But that means I've been ignoring what makes it interesting anyway. The question with those scenes isn't did x thing happen, but why are their relationships like that because it just shows so many people turning on each other and/or in despair. And I've always thought Wilhelm just spreads around a lot of assumptions about things he didn't ask about. He probably knows very little about how Theresia's blessings worked since he doesn't have one, but his whole claim to humility and working to get where he was on his own ability has been a bit of a flaw. He doesn't think there's anything special about him and tends to treat the world as one of equal opportunity where anyone who works hard can be strong, to be honest he's looked down on people who didn't devote themselves like he did a lot and though he loved Theresia, he also originally was angered at someone having strength and not wanting it, or not working hard for it. So it makes sense that this would be a deeper gap between him and Reinhard, hell Heinkel too: one person who had too much power without wanting or working for it, another who despite working at it for so long never lived up to his father's standards and by Wilhelm's logic, since he was never anything special his son's struggles wouldn't mean anything and if he just devoted himself to the sword more he'd be stronger. So basically, "without it, you cannot even hold a sword you thief!" probably isn't said because Reinhard lost his blessing and failed or something. It's more that whether he had it or not, even if he lost it but still had his usual abilities, he fails Wilhelm's ideals of solely having power because you worked for it. And Wilhelm believes in them so obsessively that he will not easily change his belief that Reinhard in a moment of weakness asked for the blessing and od lagna gave it to him as a child, leaving poor weak Theresia to die helplessly. I don't think he'd admit that even without any of her blessings left, Theresia would still be a capable fighter on the battlefield because of how the blessing works and because no matter how it started, she still got that experience herself. Like she was still the one fighting in war, it wasn't just her being puppeted by the blessing but it was a part of her which wouldn't just leave no trace behind even if Reinhard DID "steal" it from her. He definitely wouldn't accept that there was any inequality in his own abilities as a prodigy in war either. Maybe it wasn't a blessing or authority or magic which gave him them but people aren't just born equal in that way and trying to deny it or get angry at that fact is just running into a brick wall. As a result of which he doesn't understand either Theresia's or Reinhard's perspectives as people struggling with the responsibilities their power entails, the truth of how Theresia died, or Heinkel's struggles as someone who isn't born with blessings and doesn't have an unlimited capacity for growing as a fighter.
"The Witch of Greed, Echidna, the embodiment of the thirst of knowledge, who has done things she regrets, even in the realm of death, all in pursuit of all types of knowledge?"
"I'm a very very evil magic user."
You can't say she didn't warn you.
And yet she only ever calls herself evil as a facade.
Sadly most of the clues people would need to come to that conclusion are in the WN/LN and not the anime
@@kenkaneki3873 just cuz someone is self aware doesn’t mean their actions aren’t bad. The whole narrative about “well actually she wanted him to not take the contract” is contradictory to what she says she is. She understands consent but doesn’t fully understand emotions, so she doesn’t recognize what she did as being manipulative even tho it was. She’s trying what she thinks will make him take it, and she actually DID want her to take the contract.
But she respects the actions of others, hence why she wanted Betty to make her own choices. Hence why she watched Garf, Emilia, and Subaru in the trial. So even if she wanted it, she accepts that Subaru doesn’t want it and lets it go.
She’s not evil, but she’s not good either. She literally ended up using Ryuzu just to extend her life.
@@BelBelle468however people miss that Echidna actually cared. Being good or evil doesn't have to do with it. It is a red herring laid by the author. However, people dismiss intentions because after all they showed beforehand a "she is antagonistic, therefore there is no way she cared" idea. This arc plays with that in the case of Echidna. In fact, in this very same episode, the voice and dialogues to Beatrice conveys that she cares for her and protected her. The point was not to show Echidna is evil because she did that to Beatrice. It was to show she is inhuman because of her indifference. It is in fact, Beatrice's own fault in some way, because what Echidna hopes is for her to grow out of her now that she is going to die. This wound was self inflicted.
52:39 An additional detail that isn't fully captured in the subtitles is that Roswaal changes the way he addresses himself, going from _watashi wa_ (used by adults) to _boku wa_ (used by boys/male students). He felt so lost in that moment that he basically regressed to a child begging his teacher for help.
Many adult men use "boku" too if they are talking to friends. Some use boku to talk to their boss when they go out drinking after work but during work they use watashi but yeah adult men usually use watashi or ore. Your last point count be right though. I'm kinda too lazy to see if he used watashi or boku when he was young and first met Betty
Maybe he used boku when he was with Echidna when he was younger but because he eventually tried to copy Warlock of Melancholy who used watashi maybe so he switch to watashi because of the Warlock. But in this scene, he became himself again, he didn't care about mimicking that guy at that point
@@naylisyazwina6836 Roswaal A. Mathers always used "boku" whenever he spoke. Roswaal B. Mathers introduced himself using "watashi," and present-day Roswaal uses "watashi" even when talking to Beatrice.
I couldn't get a good handle on how Hector addressed himself based on the few lines he had. It didn't sound like he used "watashi," but I'm not positive about that.
It’s amazing how every Betty and Subaru scene in both seasons lead to this moment and the payoff feels so great
I love that it was always obvious she was sitting in front of the door but you never really questioned as to why tho
Can’t wait for their dynamic in season 3 and talking of which the new season 3 trailer just dropped would absolutely love a reaction and analysis form you guys for it
Pls don't , they are too smart, let them whatch it blindly in october
@@bwSiegrain The trailer in season 3 is actually very spoiler free. I began reading ahead and stopped partway through the next arc, happened to see basically all that was covered in the trailer. Besides characters present there is very little proper spoilers.
That was the episode that made me fall in love with Re:zero. I was hooked by the end of the first episode. I realized it was much more than a normal isekai by episode 7.
I cried at episode 18 because I related to subaru's speech and finally understood exactly what was eating me on the inside for so long. But "Choose me" made re:zero my favorite fiction ever. It made me start reading for the first time in so many years, and it made me realize that the characters in this novel have so much depth to them like I have never seen before. I feel like sometimes I'm going crazy because I feel like so few people know how great rezero is. Don't get me wrong, it's incredibly popular, but mostly because of the waifus and not because of the incredible cast of characters and mysteries.
"You are a hero and a hero is all you can be" is the exact worlds that Puck said to Reinhard in the present trial of Subaru so I think that Subaru say these words to Reinhard too. The granddaugther is Felt I think and the speaker is the halfgiant.
Ah yes, my favourite Re Zero episode of all time as of now
01:00
Subaru : You‘re a hero.A hero is all you can be.
Reinhardt: I…
Subaru : Thanks for the help!
Wilhelm:…you cannot even wield the sword without it, thief?!
Petra: Subaru, I know you and Emilia-neesama are both tired. I’m sorry. And yet I ended up just weighing you down further… I’m sorry.
Rom: My previous granddaughter has grown into such a fine young lady, no?
Al: I’m sorry I couldn’t kill you.
Otto: If that’s the case, I should’ve just been wrapped up in that cave and left for dead!
Crusch: Under no circumstances shall I be killed by something as nonsensical as a curse!
Pricilla: There, you see? I win again.
Ram: To think someone I wanted to kill so badly turned out to be a kind person.
Julius: If bend my knee and lose my sword,what is left for me?
Anastasia: What’s so hard about sayin’”I don’t want to be alone ”?
Garfiel: I’m gonna kill you just like I promised, Natsuki Subaru!
Roswaal: I made the realization that I have not walked alone all this time, that is all.
Frederica: I suppose we must shed every last drop of blood in our bodies to atone.
Felt: You can just stand there running in place! Magic, dragons, whatever stands in my way, I’ll destroy it!
Felis: Why won’t the soul take hold?!
To think that even after so much time since arc 4 came out, the only dialogue that has come out is that of Julius makes me think that there is still a long time left for Re: Zero to end.
The one i think novel fandom really love is AL because we know who he is referring to.
I personally very fascinated by petra's dialogue mainly because she sounds much more older.
@@stellarzelear4737I think this is when he loses to someone in arc 6. Spoilers obviously but still
roswaals line is oddly foreboding while also just being incredibly sad
Just a slight correction, that is a problem from the translation, I belive Felt's line is supposed to be witch (majo) instead of magic (mahou).
"The Great Disaster That Is Coming"
Bro, i just realized
possible disaster
Yet more foreshadowing lmao.
Spoilers novels:
I'm just waiting for the shift in current chapters to happen. You know, we have almost all of the exact people from her trial either there or being prepared to join up in one place through side(likely main in the light novels since they include a lot of these side stories at this point) stories right now. Otto, Roswaal, Ram, Rem, Garfiel, Subaru, Emilia, Julius, Anastasia, Priscilla, Al, Petra and Frederica are there RIGHT NOW. Rom and Felt are in side stories. Wilhelm, Crusch and those two are the only ones who haven't gathered. I don't think every disaster will be the same, I think this one will kick-start things in a big way. And I'm just predicting how those lines come true because I actually think most of them WILL come true. The question is, will it be as bad as it seems and how they pick themselves back up.
fun fact, when roswaal manage to learn the soul transfer , he did to all his children for decades and at one point he needs to transfer himself to a female child of his, yes, he become a woman at one time , anything he willing to do, in order to follow echidna's plan.
Few people noticed, but among those people who wanted to take Betty away was Otto’s father!
It wasn't to take Betty away, it's bcz he wanted to find a cure for Otto not being able to speak when he was young due to his "Soul of Language" Divine Protection.
oh wow I didn't see that. Thanks for telling us
In regards to more content:
- Season 3 is coming out this year
- There are two separate series of shorts: Re-Petit and Re:Zero Break Time. Both are light hearted, they're literally a BREAK from the mayhem of the show. If you liked Rem filling the bath with mayo... it's kinda like that vibe
- There's a spinoff called Isekai Quartet that has characters from Re:Zero, Konosuba, Overlord, and Tanya (with a few extra cameos). It's fun, people recommend watching all four shows before Quartet but I don't think it matters as much
- Re:Zero is adapted from a web novel and a light novel, it's still ongoing, Season 2 is not even the halfway point but I haven't read them
Some of the break time episodes have some pretty important stuff though.
First let them Tanya and Overlord after it they will watch isekai quartet.
Yeah, LN #37 just came out. LOTS of Re:Zero content to adapt.
Break time is must watch because it has even more important info then even the OVA as they contain the cut content few times
@@MrTimeattacker tbh Break Time is a must watch because it has Fredericka and Petra bein' adorable together. But yeah I think it was meant to fill in some details between each episode so when I rewatch Re:Zero I always watch the Break Time episode after the real episode
Beatrice saying "I'm so tired" is one of the hardest hitting lines in the show for me. Shes been stuck in that depressed state for long and just doesn't have the energy to wait it out any longer. You guys hit the nail on the head that Subaru recognized that the only way Betty can move forward is herself, and he's trying to inspire her the same way Rem inspired him.
Also fun note, when Subaru had his long talk with Rem and he was hating himself he asked her "you don't mind that it's me?" and now he's confidently telling Betty "I'm just me, Natsuki Subaru." How far our boy has come
That line truly hits hard. I'm in a similar situation to Beatrice myself and I'm so tired of living this way but I just don't know what to do.
Everything I try always ends up with disappointment, even loving a person, one that doesn't care all that much about me in particular.
I try to choose a person to make my number 1 and they don't care.
"I'm so tired" fits so perfectly
0:50 Remember when puck was going to fight reinhard in one of the trials, he said the exact same thing to reinhard. I guess its from one of the What if stories made by the author where subaru also tells reinhard the same thing
Small info piece. It was said that some of the one's that went to free Betty simply wanted to free the little girl. Some did want more powwr or knowledge but there also were a good amount of people just wanting to free her
im really glad you guys loving Arc 4 of rezero , however, arc 6 of rezero (content in season 3) is gonna blow your mind. rezero is just so damn good, but Choose me is definetly one of the best moment in rezero overall.
i don't think they can fit both arc 5 and arc 6 in season 3
@corwin4_ season 6 will have like 43 episodes
it has been confirmed lol, i am not talking out of nothing@@corwin4_
@@corwin4_they already showed arc 6 key visual poster
@@TulangSendi. WHAT? I missed that. Omg, that's so fucking cool, now I'm hyped
After you guys finish this season please react to rezero season 3 trailer it will surely get you hyped for it 😊
Theres also the rezero season 2 breaktime content which is more hype
@@draglonconx7771It's so annoying how inaccessible the Breaktime episodes are given how much good content they have. But yeah, if they can get their hands on them, it'd be hype
Season 3 trailer spoils too much. I would rather have them go into season 3 totally blindy with their cutely clueless headcanons.
@@trickytrock8924 sort of agreed, they would easily connect too many details.
@trickytrock8924 To you it might look like it showed too much but it really didn't if you know what's coming 😅 like there's soooo much fighting in arc 5 that what was shown in the trailer is a very very small tidbit of it
Letss gooo. I already know this will be one of my favorite reactions ^^
6:11 I'm shocked ya'll didn't jump on the "...granddaughter..." line quick. There's only been one character treated "as if" they were someone's grandpa.
I don't remember. Can you spoil me?
@@onur6145 probably Rom
@@volki7492 I think of the other one.
Man, there's a lot of awesome characters in Re Zero, everyobody gets love, motives, backstories, etc. S2 while not awesome on animation, it steps up story wise.
Can't wait for S3, specially if they get to arc 6, we'll have even more Beako time! Also Ram. ✨
This is by far my favorite episode! I can't wait to watch!
This is such a great journey! I love your discussions so much, best reactors in youtube BY FAR
That voice, calling for her.
Those eyes, gazing at her.
Those hands, requiring her.
Even though she'd known how she could not possibly refuse.
~Subaru.
"Yes, that's it".
~Subaru, Subaru.
"Yes, that's my name".
~Subaru, Subaru, Subaru.
~Subaru!!
"And you finally called me by it".
FBI open up.
@@user-dn9vj3qs8q Nah men it's from the Light Novel i guess lol, nothing erotic, it's the most wholesome stuff in that season (well maybe not if we take into account the next episode against the bunnies)
no matter how many times i see this, that ending scene with the 4th ending song is so fucking good
The nature of artificial spirits wasn't well explained in the anime. Beatrice is an artificial spirit created by Echidna. Artificial spirits can't live without a purpose, that's how they are constituted, they are not humans. This should put what have just transpired into perspective. Echidna said that she was facing a powerful enemy and she couldn't let them both die, justifying it by the necessity of passing on her knowledge to future generations, so the "contract"(although described in the flashback as a "last request") was made. Which will be more agonising - being left without a purpose as an artificial spirit or fulfilling a 'contract' for 400 years in solitude - that is the question. Although "solitude" was never a condition, there were zero conditions to begin with, but Beako is a stubborn and prideful child.
When Subaru asked Echidna about her contract with Beatrice at the last tea party, her answer was cut and rephrased in the anime. Here is what she actually said :
That child was born for a certain purpose. However, it became necessary to keep her alive in a way that differed from her original purpose... That's why she was kept away from the "Sanctuary", but it was necessary to give her a purpose when doing so. To give that empty child a purpose to live, in a sense. That's why I made a contract with her. To maintain the Forbidden Library and eventually hand everything over to 'that person' who will come. No restrictions were set. It was an issue with no set answer. That child will be kept alive as planned, and I will be able to see the answer to a separate pursuit. It's very rational, don't you think?
P. S. as for the other people who reached for Beako there were plenty of kind and sincere people, but she rejected all of them.
Season 3 is coming out this October!!! :D
"Re:ZERO Starting Life in Another World Shorts" on Crunchyroll combines "Re-Petit" and "Re:Zero Break Time" (I think)
however not included in that package is the second seasons short "The Otto Diaries" which I'm sure you'd really like! Harder to find but worth seeking out.
I only realised during a rewatch that betty never calls anyone by their name except roswaal. Its cuz except him, whom she was familiar with, everyone else is half _ girl, blue maid, red maid, bug/you, etc. cuz she was distancing herself from people and hence her calling Subaru by his name was precious as she said it repeatedly to etch him into her soul.
Another theory i have is that they hint that older echidna, older than how she looks in her tea party, had slowly turned mellow and did actually care for betty. I mean we've seen Elsa kill her & she knew guese. So knowing Roswaal would end up with Emilia along with puck, it was as if she's assigning the guardians and protectors for her while keep her away from guese unless something really bad happens. So in a way to have her grow up & not be killed, i believe the older echidna put her child in a safe place, the safest she could think of until she grew mature in thinking. And even in the worst case scenario where she'd be forever stuck in library for 400 years, she was still alive for that long even though depressed. And subaru saving her seems as if the plan she had actually worked out, she is back to the outside world.
I completely agree.
Great points you brought up.
It's possible Echidna manipulated Subaru into saving Betty by getting him so worked up in the tea party.
@@v4ltzu739 possible but idk if Echidna would want her library to be endangered or lost if Betty doesn't stay there. I think it's more that she is interested in how Subaru will act now and if he could get Betty out of there but she would prefer if Betty stays in the library for thousands of years to protect those books maybe because even though she doesn't need them, she still wrote them. Something you create is still something you would hate to let go I think
It's a good theory but I'm still a bit thorn apart with the greed if story where [SPOILER AHEAD] Subaru "save" Beatrice by telling her he's "that person" and Echidna is fine with Beako basically still being in the same mindset as before. Well if we take into account the fact that Echidna in the castle of dream and the Echidna from Betty's memory aren't the same, it's not a contradiction
@@dokkino7105 from what I've heard from LN readers, its a good guess to consider them different as well. I mean her face next episode is revealed after all this season not showing her face and in the grave it's a bit older looking person & betty+roswaal remember her from the kind old motherly smile she had & not the bratty teenager/20's girl smirk she has in castle of dreams. With echidna's voice this episode & soul replication brought into picture, I think I'm safe to assume you can replicate soul at a certain time of your life & save that personality but have the newer memories instead. That'll also explain how the broken roswaal who copied his soul after echidna's death just replicates his inhuman depressed self over & over with just new memories (apparently he also was a girl a few times around)
Peak episode and please react to the new season 3 trailer
If it sounded like Beako's VA was crying during her line reads, she really was!
In a post episode interview, Satomi Arai admitted how moved she was by the scene and how it she how she had to work to stay in character.
PEAK CINEMA 🤚🏻🗿🤚🏻
I am still wondering about Echidna. Somehow I see her decision about Betty was due to a true crisis situation. I do not see it as intentionally malicious, but as limited judgement during when life of her and her loved ones were threatened.
It is 100% neither malicious nor underhanded.
A lot of people fall into the trap of taking everything she says at face value so once she *claims* to be doing things for "evil" reasons from that moment onward they view everything she does as cold and evil.
When you go back to the scene were she creates the library it's very much a decision she makes on the spot in order to give betty a reason to not follow her into battle against Hector as she would be guatenteed to die.
She then comes up with the idea of the library and giving betty the duty to protect until "that person" arrives who was in reality anybody that betty could have chosen at any point.
Echidnas intentions become even more obvious when the flashback ends and she says "Betty...I hope you grow up healthy atleast" and she's clearly saying it in a pained voice.
The second she said that Betty needed to be away from the danger, the intent is evident. She even ends it by saying she wants Betty to grow up healthy. She also was just vague in her phrasing, likely to allow for the rules being said to be adaptable to future situations. She basically only said to take care of the library, and never gave her any serious conditions. But the open endedness was the downfall. She cared about Betty’s choices, but Betty refused to make any.
@@BelBelle468Well said.
this was what made me completely and totally fall for Beako and how she's number 2 best girl for me.
Her words here hit so damn hard and her fears over losing people that hits WAY harder than it ever should, she deserves all the love and attention in the world. It's why I call her Beako because she's adorable.
Season 3 is set for October. They have two trailers. One is the announcement teaser, and the other is the release date trailer. Might be slightly spoiler to the contents of S3, but seems alright. Hopefully, it goes smoothly.
Other than that, there are like these commercial shorts that go over cut or extra content, although I don't know where you can watch those.
There's Quartet, which is a spinoff joke series that includes characters from four different shows: Rezero, Konosuba, Overlord, and Tanya the Evil. Probably need to watch all those shows first since Quartet relies on the character dynamics.
Then there are the if stories following each of the sins. Which are written stories that you would either have to read or watch fanmade summaries of. But they contain spoilers, especially if they ever get animated.
Loved both yours and sos bros discussion on this.
was there any comment on Ryuzu having the voice of Echidna??? or did I missi it???
I can't wait for you guys to see their interactions in season 3 the care Subaru has for her moving forward is so beautiful
I love re zero ❤
There is a lot of material for future seasons, we have a lot of light novels and they continue to be released annually. The story only gets better and more insane, which is why re:zero has become my favorite series ever. I promise the next seasons will be awesome, it will change the course of isekais fantasy anime. The light novels are really worth reading, they are brilliant writing by Tappei.
I think Hector is the bat to Roswaal's Batman. He became what he feared to become stronger.
I'm such a sucker for the moment when a ton of woven threads get pulled together, it's a huge payoff. The end of this episode was the nexus point for S2 for me, it feels like the story weaves itself backwards in time from this converging point and it makes the show even better on a rewatch. Obviously they started pulling it together a few episodes back, and we have one more to go, but I felt such a surge of comfort and warmth at the sight of Betty, Subaru, and Emilia all standing together against the storm. Peak Re:Zero storytelling moment for me
oh and btw, Otto's dad is in this episode if you can spot him
Oh and on the subject of Beako and others, now the full context is here for you, I can explain it.
Every last one of the people who you saw enter the Library came there for the knowledge and understanding in the Library, they sought out the things there to help them with what they wanted, they didn't care about Beako, she was incidental to their needs.
Subaru only ever came to the Library to see Beako - because he is a genuinely nice person who wants to see other people - and that's part of the reason why Beako is so affected by him, he never really went to the Library to see the knowledge that Echidna stored, he went to see HER.
And that's why when he does go to see her at the beginning of the season and doesn't go to see HER but to get information FROM HER, you see Beako freak the hell out and throw Subaru out of the room, blocks him off and is intensely angry at him for a while.
It is VERY hard to see on a first time watching but when you have the context for what is hurting Beatrice you begin to see everything, she was so standoffish at the start of the series itself that she told herself that it's none of her business that Subaru has a curse on him as she believes he'll just use and abandon her like everyone else does.
It's why she's so adorable in every single way.
aw man I didn't realize the part below. Thanks for pointing it out for some of us
"And that's why when he does go to see her at the beginning of the season and doesn't go to see HER but to get information FROM HER, you see Beako freak the hell out and throw Subaru out of the room, blocks him off and is intensely angry at him for a while."
Apparently there were ppl interested in Betty, like Otto’s dad (who I believe came for assistance regarding Otto’s blessing). But Betty rejected them. Subaru had to do a lot to win her over.
49:20 Notably Roswaal cannot use healing magic, so ironically, his power cannot save Ram except giving her mana like he usually does.
57:20 The Re-Zero Break Time shorts are probably what you're thinking of. Crunchyroll only has 1 season but it's some extra content & world-building.
41:35 It was really unexpected to hear Ben say those words
But yeah, I agree lol
I hope you enjoy the season 3 Re zero trailer. Its really good im sure you will get hype for the 3 season.
I want to see you guys react to the season 3 trailer so bad!
18:28 foreshadow again, this is why i love re zero ❤
This episode make me realize its have some same thing with rem's confession episode 😢
"Choose me" this line have different meaning in this episode 😢
But still on the off screen. SOMEONE🦂 still waiting for SOMEONE
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One of my favorites episodes of the show. The dialog of Beatrice and Subaru is gold.
Ben finally acknowledged the Echidna allegations 🤣🤣🤣
i hope you guys react to s3 trailers! they are hyped or S2 skipped content stuff.
Subaru THE GOAT
I love your reactions, I have been waiting for you to see this episode since I found out about your channel since it is my favorite and one of the best in the series And if possible, I would love for you to react to the trailers for the third season since they are very good and it looks like this season will be epic.
I think that dialouges of "The disaster yet to come" is more like Subaru became a villain and the reveal of RbD...
Not only do the voices from the Future trial not need to pertain to Emilia, they don't even have to be from the canon timeline.
Look into the Re:Zero IF novels. Some of the lines are actually from them.
Tappei did say that every line from emilia's future trial are going to be said in the main story. Including the subaru's line to reinhard.
Best duo in rezero Betty and Subaru.
7 months and then we can continue with S3 :)
Ciaooooo😊 Just in time 4 season 3🎉🎉🎉
Peak Peak Peak
I have a speculation about Every Single One of those quotes from the future.
Each is from a loop where Subaru dies at the end. (some loops might have multiple quotes)
45:21
"Roswall ... coming in in different outfits." 😱
Spoiler :
Not really because I can remember one quote (Julius talking about holding his sword) being said in one of the true loops of arc 6.
you see I win again 😢
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Hey Mods.
Please ask then to react to the S3 trailer. Other than showing some of the characters that will be in the season, there are no spoilers.
14:50 Giving any leeway for one of those voices to be Elsa is just silly, no? If she was squished so magnificently at any point close to this vision of troublesome futures, it would either be one, futile by the author, giving epically highlighted exposure in one of the Trials for someone who could never be in thise futures, or two, casting extreme doubt or at least declawing the entire "squishing the Bowel Hunter" scene, inferring that she didn't die, and giving the viewer far too much to contemplate in an already super cerebral show.
Me: Wait did Subaru adopt Betty or did Betty adopt Subaru?
Tappei Nagatsuki: "Yes"
It really is so much easier to distinguish between voices when it's your native tongue. Though if this was the only episode of the dub you watched, it would be just as challenging as it was for you guys this time
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7:55 Why the hell would all off those voice be connected? There is totally different context to every single voice, and like 20 different people talking. That all pertaining to one event or thing would be mega uninteresting by the the author.
It's muted
You all should react to “that time I got reincarnated as a slime.”
Spoilers post season 2, arc 5 specifically, I'm sorry!:
So yeah Wilhelm was definitely speaking to Reinhard in the future trial, because of the way he out of anger treated him as killing Theresia by asking for the sword saint blessing. But the reason I always ignored these theories was just because I don't like people arguing about whether Reinhard's going to lose his blessing which based on q and as among other things AND the fact that he literally wouldn't lose his power if he lost the blessing because it just raises your abilities it doesn't actively do anything much other than let you hold dragon sword Reid.
But that means I've been ignoring what makes it interesting anyway. The question with those scenes isn't did x thing happen, but why are their relationships like that because it just shows so many people turning on each other and/or in despair. And I've always thought Wilhelm just spreads around a lot of assumptions about things he didn't ask about. He probably knows very little about how Theresia's blessings worked since he doesn't have one, but his whole claim to humility and working to get where he was on his own ability has been a bit of a flaw. He doesn't think there's anything special about him and tends to treat the world as one of equal opportunity where anyone who works hard can be strong, to be honest he's looked down on people who didn't devote themselves like he did a lot and though he loved Theresia, he also originally was angered at someone having strength and not wanting it, or not working hard for it. So it makes sense that this would be a deeper gap between him and Reinhard, hell Heinkel too: one person who had too much power without wanting or working for it, another who despite working at it for so long never lived up to his father's standards and by Wilhelm's logic, since he was never anything special his son's struggles wouldn't mean anything and if he just devoted himself to the sword more he'd be stronger.
So basically, "without it, you cannot even hold a sword you thief!" probably isn't said because Reinhard lost his blessing and failed or something. It's more that whether he had it or not, even if he lost it but still had his usual abilities, he fails Wilhelm's ideals of solely having power because you worked for it. And Wilhelm believes in them so obsessively that he will not easily change his belief that Reinhard in a moment of weakness asked for the blessing and od lagna gave it to him as a child, leaving poor weak Theresia to die helplessly. I don't think he'd admit that even without any of her blessings left, Theresia would still be a capable fighter on the battlefield because of how the blessing works and because no matter how it started, she still got that experience herself. Like she was still the one fighting in war, it wasn't just her being puppeted by the blessing but it was a part of her which wouldn't just leave no trace behind even if Reinhard DID "steal" it from her.
He definitely wouldn't accept that there was any inequality in his own abilities as a prodigy in war either. Maybe it wasn't a blessing or authority or magic which gave him them but people aren't just born equal in that way and trying to deny it or get angry at that fact is just running into a brick wall. As a result of which he doesn't understand either Theresia's or Reinhard's perspectives as people struggling with the responsibilities their power entails, the truth of how Theresia died, or Heinkel's struggles as someone who isn't born with blessings and doesn't have an unlimited capacity for growing as a fighter.
It is ironic. Wilheim wanted to get rid of her blessing to free her and when that happened, fate had another idea of being free.