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this episode was too painful to watch i genuinely have no words that rem scene will haunt me

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Ziantioxo Pixxa

Yeah episode 15 is pretty intense but good

Nakama Forever

No matter how many times I watch this, absolute cinema

DecoMorreno

I remember when I first watched Re:Zero during covid. This episode had me stunlocked for a solid ten minutes. It was the first time a piece of fiction left me feeling so distraught and uneasy. As painful and horrific as it was, this episode was marvelous. The direction, the voice acting, the soundtrack… Even though I love the newer arcs, season one’s climate is just unmatched. Now, feelings aside, there is a lot of new info to discuss. First of all, we’ve learnt that apparently the witch’s scent on Subaru gets stronger after he resets. And not only Rem, but Betelgeuse noticed it as well. At least, that’s what I assume he meant by “why does such dense love hang above you?”. Given that he worships the witch and keeps babbling about repaying her love… So there’s actually quite a difference in time between the two loops. In the first one, they headed for the mansion after Rem received the signal from Ram. In the second one, they left early because of Subaru’s broken state and she only received the signal when they were already near the village. Plus, the way there took them much less time, since the fog of White Whale that they mentioned hadn’t appeared yet. That’s good news, because it means Subaru has like two days to react. Finally, the thing that killed him. In both cases he got frozen to death. In the first time, he got frozen in some secret hallway inside the mansion. In the second one, he was trapped in the cave long enough for the frost to spread outside and for the creature to appear. And the voice saying “sleep, along with my daughter” is the same as in the first loop, where it said “you’re too late”. Now, I won’t say outright what that thing is, but the voice, the blizzard and the “my daughter” line are pretty solid hints. We’ve also heard some interesting dialogue between Felix and Julius. So Julius proposed the duel in order to protect Subaru, huh? I guess, by acting as a representative of the knights and beating Subaru, he punished him for ridiculing the knights and avoided potential lynching. Also, it’s interesting how Wilhelm immediately clocked the moment Subaru considered relying on his power to solve problems. Right when he thought to himself all the “something only I can do” bullshit, Will instantly stopped the training and called him out for “abandoning the option to get stronger”. This old man is really perceptive. Anyway, loved the reaction! Can’t wait for more!

System

perfect

Tarvo27

Even here at the start of episode 14 you can see people like Reinhard care about Subaru. And he's been nothing but nice to him, so there would be no reason to hate him, but Subaru just gets mad and lashes out at him. A well reasoned adult would talk things over with Julius, like he suggested and that would probably be the end of it. But he's just keeping a grudge like the child he is. Same could be said about the scene with the shop keeper and them discussing the royal candidates. He doesn't even try to see it from the people's perspective, that Emilia is seen as the witch or a relative of the witch and that alone makes people scared of her. He doesn't even try to see it from a different perspective than his own and just lashes out at everyone, even the shopkeeper who he'd be on friendly terms with. He doesn't understand how this world works, but that's exactly why he should be careful talking about that stuff, especially with the knowledge he has about the witch and how everyone has reacted to it before. Emilia and other people got super mad at him when he called her Satella, Ram didn't want to discuss the witch story, Emilia being constantly described looking like a witch and being scared of going to public places and saying stuff like going to the village with her might cause Subaru some trouble. It's like the shopkeeper said, as long as people see her that way, she would never become the ruler. I also think Felix was in the right by saying that Subaru wouldn't be able to do anything and Subaru is stupid for not seeing that from the "fight" he had with Julius. Sure, he doesn't know the ability Subaru has, but Subaru acts like Emilia can't do anything herself as well. I think what Wilhelm thought by "I thought it seemed meaningless to teach one who has abandoned the option to get stronger how to use a sword that makes him stronger." is that Subaru gave up trying to get back at Julius (at least that's why I think he was practicing swordmanship) and tried to instead figure out what he can do to make up with Emilia. Meaning, he doesn't want to get stronger to get revenge, but he wants to repair what truly mattered to him. I think he's right to try and save her, but the reasons why he does what he does are all messed up. He doesn't try to save Emilia mainly because he loves her and is worried for her, but instead mainly tries to go and save her because he believes himself to be the only one who could do it, even if it's true because of his ability, it's still arrogant to think that way. "You stole my sister's horn and stole my reason to live, but that wasn't enough? Now you have to come here and steal my reason to die, too?!" Man, this line alone is so cool and sad at the same time, I love it. I feel really bad for her for what she's gone through thanks to these Witch Cultists. Now the question is: Why did the cultists bow to Subaru when he first met them? Could it be because of his ability or the Witch's Scent Rem has pointed out a few times in the past? And why did Petelguse think he's pride? Speaking of him, I absolutely love Petelguse's introduction. He's an amazing villain. Petelguse has to be one of the best characters of this show, especailly thanks to the voice actor. He's portrayed so well, it really sells you on the idea that he's absolutely insane. In essence, what Petelguse was saying about Subaru acting crazy was that he was acting that way to gain sympathy out of them. Basically, he was still doing it for himself. Even if he was truly depressed and gave up, he was still technically sane. Truly brutal how it took Rem's death for him to snap out of it. "Look. You must look. That is the result of your actions. By doing nothing, you practiced sloth. And because of that, the girl is dead! You killed her!" In the end Petelguse was right, Rem died because Subaru was slothful and did nothing. He could've saved her and not let her die while playing twister, if he wasn't wallowing in despair, maybe even pretending to be as he said Subaru was. The light that comes back to Subaru's eyes as he hears Rem crawling towards him with the last ounce of her strength, is a super beautiful way of showing that Subaru got his resolve to keep going back. The reason Rem managed to probably live long enough to save Subaru, is because she's a demon and as was said later, when Subaru pushed Rem out of harm's way, she wouldn't have sufferent much damage if he hadn't and she would've probably healed back to normal pretty quickly. The end screen with the snow and the music is just chef's kiss. Funny throwback to the snow festival special episode, but Subaru got beheaded here like his snow sculpture did. I was going to say who was behind the two times he died freezing to death, but since others aren't saying who it was, I'll leave it as a mystery for you to solve. It should be fairly easy if you consider how he died or by the voice of the character. There is also some cut content at the end here: After dying, frozen while holding Rem’s dead body, Subaru finds himself in the dark ethereal realm and meets the shadow woman yet again, feeling intense emotions of love that he can’t understand towards her, to which she replies by grazing him with her fingertips and with the words “I love you”.

Emichuu Reacts

I THINK I JUST FIGURED OUT WHO THAT BIG THING IS FROM YOUR COMMENT F*****CK OMG

Tarvo27

I'm happy to be of help 😄

DecoMorreno

The snow sculptures in the OVA are such good foreshadowing if you watch it after arc 2! Can’t wait for the mecha-bunny to appear and for Subaru to fuse with Roswaal Dragon Ball style!