Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (light novel)
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MH93 said: Very emotional episode with a lot of feelings. Tbh, it is so sad! and the fact that: I hope I'm wrong but that's what I've concluded. Thanks, i was thinking exactly the same! It would fix the lack of logic of Subaru acts until now, but still, Subaru first should know that it happened. Now take care with the Novel readers that will spoiler nuking about this, either to confirm your theory, either to deny. I preffer to be surprised by the story, if possible. |
Rob7Jul 29, 2020 1:43 PM
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taynis said: Subaru being all like  Jokes aside, really interesting episode and I like the character expostion we had here. His room is full of anime girls with white hair huh HAHAHAH (or Kkkkk) even in trying to be a rebel Subaru was a loser. btw, the anime adaptation has excluded (from his light novel's room) a doll with blue hair. I wonder why... |
Rob7Jul 29, 2020 1:41 PM
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| Yo I think its been like 2 years since a show has made my cry. This was so good once it got to the Subaru's mom that was the knockout punch. |
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Rob7 said: taynis said: Subaru being all like Jokes aside, really interesting episode and I like the character expostion we had here. His room is full of anime girls with white hair huh HAHAHAH even in being a rebel Subaru was a loser. btw, the anime adaptation excluded (from his light novel's room) a doll with Blue hair. I Wonder why... huh, dint realize there was that sort of detail there too. Think the dolls might have been a light novel only thing and not a web novel one but its a good way to link Subaru with both Rem and Emilia considering they ve mentioned he feels that way for them both. |
| It was the best episode yet, really emotional. The talk between Subaru and his parents, especially his mother, was touching. Though some of the dialogue, as usual, feels corny to me. I can understand Subaru a bit better now, even if I still do not like him much. But I found it weird that even having such supportive and loving parents, he never thinks of them and misses them after having been transported to a different world. |
  I want to know what it is, this 'sin' they say I've committed. |
AbsurdTurk said: You quoted the wrong person. I did not say any of the things that were quoted above. Lmao my bad bro made a mistake while erasing quotes rakp333 said: Re:Zero's underlying themes are to criticise the wish-fulfilment & escapist tropes of generic fantasy/isekai settings. So the anime tried harder to make Subaru unlikable and show the adverse affects of behaving like "I'm the MC of this world now, I can get chicks, and get away by doing anything" by severely punishing him for mistakes. The novels do the similar, but Subaru is somewhat more relatable there due to his inner monologues and the author's narration of the incident. And well, if you see his room is literally filled with sliver-hair figurines and posters, which pretty much implies that Emilia happened to be someone who fit well into his ideal image for a heroine when he got isekai-d. So he gets obsesses over her, starts idealizing her, objectifying her, and treating her as a "waifu"(the way a lot of weebs actually do), instead of seeing her as an actual person, by not being considerate of her feelings. His character Arc in 2nd half of the Season 1 was pretty much him realizing his own flaws, and later apologising to Emilia (ep25 confession), and loving her as a normal girl (and not like an objectified "waifu"). Overall, the anime was a somewhat more harsh on Subaru's character, because they tried to be more strict on the "criticism" aspect of the show. Well putting it that way makes more sense than I thought xD thanks for your input |
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| Now THAT is what I call a good episode. Definitely my favorite Re:Zero episode to date, was just an amazing experience, getting to see Subaru's life in the real world and seeing the way he was when he was younger. Easy 5/5 episode. |
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| This was something else, something we haven't seen before in Re:Zero. I was great to see Subaru confronting his past. Great to see his parents and the interactions between them! But damn what a heavy episode. After talking to his parents, Subaru shows a lot of regret for his actions in the past and it was nice to see him actually going to school again, making up for neglecting it in the past ,which made him run into Echidna again! All very interesting, can't wait for the next episode! The flashbacks were also quite powerful! |
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| In my opinion one of the best episodes of Re:Zero |
| Well, I was about to come here and say I hope this was a bit of Subaru powering up without any spectical of mountains or cities being demolished in a wild style power up. But right at the end I was robbed of what I was going to say by the witch. Damn her! |
 To have you, Id give a billion lives A-Chan best girl |
| I really liked this episode. We finally know more about Subaru's past. It was also sad T.T Hype for next episode 5/5 for this epiaode |
Rob7 said: Thanks, i was thinking exactly the same! It would fix the lack of logic of Subaru acts until now, but still, Subaru first should know that it happened. Now take care with the Novel readers that will spoiler nuking about this, either to confirm your theory, either to deny. I preffer to be surprised by the story, if possible. When I watched Re:zero for the first time, I said "wait, is that the usual way to transfer to another world? it's different than usual ways for other isekai's animes". But after seeing this scene I was partially sure about what really happened to subaru that night, and as you mentioned, I expected someone (novel reader) will tell us about the truth and I hope he will do with a spoiler alert. Actually, I don't want to know the truth, tbh. I wanna complete with this mystery. |
MH93Jul 29, 2020 2:04 PM
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| i really fucking hated this episode at first but thank god it improved in the second half because i was starting to reconsider if i wanted to keep watching. the first half of the episode is the writers trying to force down your throat that this is such a beautiful and perfect family with the father constantly verbalizing outloud how close he is to subaru, as if showing the two actually bonding would've been too much. it's not to say the show never attempted this, as the beginning of the episode shows the two bonding or whatever, but it never really was enough for me to feel invested in their relationship. i wanted to break subaru's neck when i heard him talk about how weak and pathetic he is, but after he started going into actual detail about his inferiority complex, the episode improved. everything got exponentially better right after that; the scene with subaru and his mom was very well excuted and made me emotional. it was so nice seeing subaru actually work towards being a decent human of society, and the conversation itself actually did try and show a bond between the two characters. the way his mom casually brought up fond memories--without feeling stiff and mechanical like the father's dialogue--and the way she played with his hair while comforting him was an ingenious way of developing a strong dynamic between the two. even the twist at the end caught me by surprise. not to mention, the ED is fucking incredible. so, in the end, the second half of this episode really neutralized the shitty first half. i still think subaru and his father's dynamic has a weak foundation and barely does anything to make me care for the two, but i'm sure there will be a chance later on in the series for it to strengthen. decent 7/10 episode |
| i should mention though it was amusing when Emilia and Rem came to inflate subaru's ego when he was all depressed. who knew waifus could be good therapists. |
AbsurdTurk said: yeah i 100% agree with you. the father sounded so mechanical when he had to remind the audience multiple times how close him and subaru were; it was almost comical at that point. second half saved the episode for me. found the scene with rem and emilia kinda corny too. like, imagine relying on a trashy otaku as the hero to save your life--pretty funny when you think about it. i'm glad he's good looking and fit though, because it gives an actual reason for the characters to find him attractive. it would've been a last straw for me if the main girls were fawning over him while he had armpit sweat and a quadruple chin. Well, this was kind of emotional, even if I did think it was a little cheesy with the abundance of crying, and the dialogue being hammier than usual, and the first 10 minutes being a waste of time (particularly the peas joke) My question is: why didn't we get this episode much earlier? Why wasn't Subaru's backstory shown in the 1st episode? The 1st episode could've gone over Subaru's life, showing it in extensive detail, rather than just jumping into the edginess. Season 1 of Re: Zero was 25 episodes; it could've easily spared 1 episode to focus on the protagonist's backstory. And then, between episodes 2-18, Subaru could be forced to confront his past and come to terms with it. It would've been perfect! Even though this episode finally explains why Subaru's so damn annoying, I still don't really like him much more than before. I find it very ironic know how Re: Zero fans were saying the 1st scene in episode 1 season 1 was so "deep," the scene in the grocery store, where the subtext was implying that Subaru did not get along with his parents, his mom didn't cook for him, his life sucked, but...it turns out to all be the opposite: he gets along great with his family, so his mom obviously cooks for him. I found it incredibly corny that Rem came out and said Subaru was her "hero" and whatnot, as though Subaru actually risks his life. As annoying as Subaru is, he's a good person like most people. So of course, when he has the power to come back to life after dying, he's going to continue dying to save other people who are near him, just like anyone would. Subaru is a confusing character to me: because he's supposed to obviously represent trashy otakus, yet...he's the ideal trashy otaku: he's ridiculously good looking, he's fit as fuck. spectrojan said: Amazing episode, best of s2 yet. 5/5 I almost held back my tears until it began rewinding to his mom saying take care before the events of the first episode. Lmao tf kinda asshat was Subaru to not once think about such loving parents when he arrived in the other world, respect --. But well, he made up for it in this one so I guess I'm not mad anymore. Yeah, it's really weird...Subaru got along great with his parents. They love each other. So when he became isekai'd, how did he never ever miss them? Laplace_kun said: There are 1. People who watch Re:Zero mainly for the torture porn 2. People who watch Re:Zero mainly for waifus And then there's people like me sitting in a lonely corner watching it for the story dynamics and character exploration. Really good episode, the fact that White Fox extended it to 30 minutes gives me hopes for the future. Animation is still considerably drab. I liked the fact they didn't overdramatize this episode by obvious feels music and incessant sobbing. Did hit my heart tho, when it gave us huge hints about Subaru 's nature as a person. That dad is a chad. And now, a greedy schoolgirl wants to talk~ The ED truly seems to point out something... I like the song already. Didn't the people in the group number 3 begin to watch Re: Zero precisely because of the torture porn that the plot synopsis promised? Farabeuf said: Normally I don't like episodes that are so conversation heavy. I'm more of a show don't tell kind of guy. But considering he hasn't seen his parents in so long and might not see them again, this was a well done episode. Subaru has matured in the other world it seems. I knew a big twist was coming at the end. I was fine with the whole episode being talking. My problem was with how hammy and forced the dialogue was. Like that one dialogue where his mom or dad said something about Subaru, "Being a hard worker who got things done minimally" or something. |
| Talking about the good things about this anime is that everyone does it, put your finger on the wound and say the problem, nobody wants to. The confrontation of Subaru's past had no substance to justify that as a test, as a challenge, and the explanation of the reasons why he doesn't want to go to school was absurd. Furthermore, REM appearing in a forced context just to do fan service was something terrible. There were some good parts, there was a character development and deepening, Subaru is still a drug, but it got a little better, and the best part was the Echidna scene at the end (almost everyone already knew about it). |
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SirLezard said: shayed__ said: kind of felt bored from this episode lol. everyone in here crying like how. Season in general is pretty mediocre so far Why is it boring and mediocre? In fact, what does it need in order for it to not be boring and mediocre then? What would you do? This guy is probably just a meathead who likes action and gore. He doesn't seem to understand the importance of fleshing out characters and emotional episodes |
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HajimeNozomiUwU said: his favorite anime is literally your lie in april--a show known for its emotional aspects and deep characters. i wouldn't put it past him that he just didn't connect with the family dynamic that much. even i struggled to. SirLezard said: Why is it boring and mediocre? In fact, what does it need in order for it to not be boring and mediocre then? What would you do? This guy is probably just a meathead who likes action and gore. He doesn't seem to understand the importance of fleshing out characters and emotional episodes |
| Loved it. It was quite emotional. It made me cry 3 times. And also subaru's parents are great! |
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| I haven't cried this hard in a while. Even though I'm a source reader. Even though I already cried while reading this. I just couldn't hold back when he said goodbye to his mom... 5/5 |
| SAO PROGRESSIVE ANIME HYPE |
| Unlike 99% of the peops here, I found this episode rather boring despite it giving some insights into his past. The dialogues and monologues were exruciatingly long. Subaru's issue of not being able to live up to his own and other expectations, whilst still having the guaranteed love of his parents is pretty... ordinary? The emotional impact of the interactions then got almost completly lost when it became clear this was all Echadna's doing. |
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| 1/5 boring, If I didn't enjoyed season 1 so much I would drop this show right here and right now, here is to hopping for things to actually get better, this season so far has been a waste of time and a disappointment. |
This is very relatable:  I was the best in math class in Elementary and Middle School. As soon as I went to high-school I met a teacher who made me dislike mathematics. My feelings for the subject changed, and I was no longer able to enjoy learning it. |
I know now that I know nothing.  |
| I really liked the building of Subaru's character a lot. He acts like a dumbass in so many situations because of his fear of being "not special" and "just the son of his father". He goes off and tries to separate himself from others by any means possible, thinking that those around him are only able to experience the things they do because of his presence. At some point though, people just grew tired of what was essentially just was Subaru trying to get peoples' attention, but Subaru himself was never able to grow out of this mindset, and as a result, is alienated by those around him. Because of his lack of experience in building any meaningful relationships with people, Subaru basically fucks up all the time socially in high school, and further reinforces his loneliness. He begins to wish that his parents would start hating him, and forcing him to change by means of making him give up what his life was, but they never did. Most importantly, the talk showed that Subaru, at least in his old life, was practically incapable of proactively forcing himself to change. The only times he tried to change at all were in reaction to what people did to Subaru. I did feel though that the pacing of bringing this kind of subject matter up was a little wack. Subaru wakes up, eats food, and then, all of a sudden without any buildup, has a profoundly deep and heavily emotional talk with his dad. The fuck? Pretty decent ep overall. Maybe the best one so far. Hopefully, there will be some good ol mental trauma in the next few episodes. If next week is another build up episode, it would have been a third of the season without anything particularly memorable, and that would be pretty shitty. |
| Would also like to point out that this is the power of buildup in a story from a longer anime. (More than 1 season at least) We have some of those similar moments in Kaguya season 2 too simply cuz we got enough screen time for us to understand the characters more first. Koto Oto Tomera season 2 got rated much higher than season 1 when Tenkyu lands is also because of all the buildup prior to the performance. Same can be said for the said for the serie of final events of last 5 episodes of Digimon Universe App Monster. Buildup is everything. You can't just have big touchy moment like that out of nowhere or else audience won't buy it. It's the buildup that makes all those touchy moments worth it because every turn of events is inter-connected. All the irrational action Subaru did in act 2 and act 3 is justified because of this episode. If this flashback is thrown early on into the serie like maybe way back in act 2, the impact would be much smaller. It would also make people think the character development happened too fast and too forcefully. |
AbsurdTurk said: rakp333 said: Re:Zero's underlying themes are to criticise the wish-fulfilment & escapist tropes of generic fantasy/isekai settings. But...Re: Zero at the same time is a wish-fullfillment escapist fantasy isekai anime: it's about a really attractive, fit dude, who gets transported into a fantasy world, allowing him to escape the responsibilities of the real world. In this fantasy world, he gets surrounded by cute girls, one whom even simps for him (Rem), where he becomes a hero who saves people using his broken power that was given to him without him earning it (Return by Death). Often the best criticism comes when things look exactly like you think they should. You don't deconstruct tropes by completely ignoring their existence; you conform to them insofar as necessary to reveal their weaknesses. That's the distinction between deconstruction and outright mockery. While it may be temporarily amusing to have weak, ugly guy get transported to another world, where he is surrounded by average girls who hate him, ending in his eventual death, I think it would end up being completely forgettable in the end. It makes for a better story to explore how we may be finding meaning in the wrong things than it does to slap people in the face with a soggy block of nihilistic tofu. |
| Every day you can read a book or watch some anime is a good day! |
| This episode was as great as Episode 18, and I thought Subaru was a very relatable character. |
| And here is the first score booster episode of S2. The score has already went from 8.43 to 8.45, just in a few hours. I really liked this episode, it was quite emotional, and I especially liked Subaru's mother. I can't really explain why, but I liked her, she has a great character :D |
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