Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (light novel)
| So it's an all out war right? Like how Trost was invaded by the titans at the beginning of AoT. And we see the panic in AoT, the chaos and the absolute madness. It's not exactly a fair comparision but I'm not drawing parallels. I'm aware this is a whole different show, so hear me out. So in AoT the risk and chaos are made quite obvious and expressed in a way the viewer understands that it was, in fact, a pretty bad situation. Coming to Re:Zero season 3, it's been handling the emotional aspects OUTSTANDINGLY WELL. But the whole thing just... doesn't feel like a war? The characters are acting pretty slow and composed, optimistic even, about their situation. They're even smiling most of the time and cracking jokes in the middle of all this? It's not like Betelgeuse caused Subaru to die and repeat over like 5 times right? That should put the trouble of the Archbishops in perspective. And here there's 4 of them, who have the entire city under control. However there is Reinhard right? Well that is a factor, but the strategic upper-hand of the Archbishops along with the damage they've already unleashed on the city doesn't make these characters, even the least bit, express the risk of the situation? I'm not saying they need to be pissing their pants, I want them to show us that it's indeed a war and there are real stakes. In this case the people, the city and the amount of casualties have been just... Neglected? Don't get me wrong I absolutely love this show, episode 5 of this season was very good, mostly because it actually didn't do this stuff, and exhibited the raw conditions of the war. Maybe it's because I'm coming right off watching too many battle shonen? But the way I'm enjoying every episode of the visual treat that is Dandadan makes me think the problem is actually with the show itself. |
CreepHazardNov 15, 9:38 PM
| Well many of these guys have battled before and found themselves in tough situations. In Trost, many of the human side members were newbies. Also I'd put a spoiler alert if its another show events, even if its as popular as AoT. This is not quite an all out war, at least yet, but a very synchronized albeit independent archbishop infestation that didn't recieve enough counteraction. The transformation of people and stray deaths here and there are more or less presented sufficiently, there is no need to indulge on things that doesn't progress the main narrative just for the sake of drama. Many people have shelters to retreat to, and unlike Titans, the archbishops doesn't even really care about the people. A source of complaint can be the fact that the situation of transformed people has been presented offscreen so far. However, this too, is highly intentional. Most of the people are pretty much behaving realistically and only those who have past battle experience are calm. Some examples: 1. Garfiel is broken after Mimi's injury. But experienced Ricardo lifts him up. 2. Anastasia is stressed out, but Julius is performing the duties of a knight. 3. Priscilla lives up to her percieved arrogance. Liliana freaks out and is kinda daft to understand the full weight of the scenario, but she's with none other than Priscilla. 4. Aldebaran is literally one-handed (like a seasoned warrior) and seems to have knowledge about the archbishops. So he's calm too. 5. Emilia is not even fully aware of the entire situation. For now, she's doing the most rational thing - focus on the deep soup she's in. 6. Wilhelm is literally the most experienced battle unit. Reinhard can cope (to a certain extent) with the fact that he can't save everybody. We saw hints of this nature in S2. 7. Amnesiac Crusch is having the worst time. Breaks down even experienced Felis - so he's a suitable subversion. When it's a situation of stress and you are running out of time, experienced people will know damage control needs immediate action instead of groaning over losses. That's basically what is happening here. Anyway, what the heck has Dandandan got to do with anything of this??? |
| "All truth is meaningless. In the end, 'meaning' comes from the mind of each individual human. Even when there is a single truth, it can mean different things to different individuals. The truth has no meaning in itself!" - Erika Furudo |
Daddi4900 said: But overall, I think the real reason is just that the theme of this story doesn't fit that sort of thinking. The emotion Re:Zero focuses on in the face of immense odds is isolated despair, and the antidote each time is community. Because the cast this season has community to start, isolated despair can't exist, and we are shown instead the way community holds people together. This show isn't about painting a realistic picture of humanity (or what the author believes to be a realistic picture of humanity) the way shows like AoT are. Re:Zero instead consists of a plot which conspires to demonstrate a particular palette of emotions that the author wants to express. Sometimes, then, the characters don't act the way real people would, but they always act in a way that gets across the emotion the author would like to convey to the reader/viewer. Sometimes, art is intentionally unrealistic, and that's okay. hm a pretty sound reasoning can't make it stop irking me nonetheless 😭 |
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