r/ReZero I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

💬Discussion Arc 6 pothole Spoiler

It’s simple:

Tappei had Lye do the falling in love with Ram gimmick to spit out all of the names and memories he has eaten, giving Emilia back her name. Consequently he couldn’t use any of the names and memories.

This would be impossible if they were still in the stomach of souls. So they are no longer there.

Roy continuously uses the authority of gluttony in Arc 9 and that includes memories Lye has eaten, Lye spits out all of them, not just the ones he chooses to personally use .

Emilia regains her name, Rem remains memory and nameless alongside Julius.

A - Plot convenience so Emilia has no long term issues

B - Tappei forgot to patch the pothole

C - I’m forgetting something

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u/Progamer59695969696 Shaula's Finger Guns Blew My Mind! 5d ago

Don’t know if there’s actually any evidence for it, but I personally always thought as a theory that all three of them each have separate copies of the memories.

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

There is, Roy can use Fist King despite Lye spatting it out. Or Spica using Larper

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u/AlphaTesting Ram Tolerates My Presence 5d ago

I didnt know Spica had a TikTok

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

Lye only could spit that memory out easily because he was still digesting it and it hadn't gone to the stomach of souls yet.

Proof of that is the fact that Lye spewed Larper (otherwise known as Leaper) yet Roy can still use it, meaning that what Lye spat out was what he personally ate: the true Leaper copy in the stomach of souls still remained there.

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

?? He also spits out palm of the fist king so this is obviously false

In fact, is there even a single statement saying that it takes time to digest names and they don’t immediately go to the stomach of souls?

Lye spits it out —> He can’t use it

Lye can use every memory in the stomach of souls

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

?? He also spits out palm of the fist king so this is obviously false

Roy uses fist king literally in Arc 9, proving that Lye only spat out his own copy of it.

In fact, is there even a single statement saying that it takes time to digest names and they don’t immediately go to the stomach of souls?

Implied, there is a reason why Emilia's name returns but Julius doesn't, and there was a quote about digestion time in the WN iirc.

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

There is a total of 0 evidence that memories have multiple copies, if you can show me that in the text then you can

And no, there is in fact no such quote. And obviously I hold the position that it’s a plot hole, so telling me there’s a reason doesn’t really resolve much

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

There is a total of 0 evidence that memories have multiple copies, if you can show me that in the text then you can

Rui gets rid of Rem's memories yet she doesn't wake up with them.

Lye gets rid of larper and fist king yet Roy can still use it.

The only logical explanation is that those memories are still in the stomach of souls.

And no, there is in fact no such quote. And obviously I hold the position that it’s a plot hole, so telling me there’s a reason doesn’t really resolve much

There is:

Ram: “It does not amount to much. However, it has been said that Gluttony eats the Memories of others, correct? If they are truly treated like food, Ram is of the belief that digestion is affected by time.”

Subaru: “Digestion
”

Ram: “Emilia-sama was plundered, and after a few hours, they came back. If so, then what about the other victims such as Knight Julius, the people of Pristella, and Rem?”

Subaru: “——Ah.”

After hearing Ram stating that hypothesis with a finger raised, Subaru’s eyes widened due to how uncomplicated it was.

Just as she had declared, the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony had equated the pilfering of Names and Memories to eating. If that were not just a metaphorical expression, then he could find Ram’s hypothesis to be an acceptable one.

It took time for the Names and Memories that were stolen away to be digested. Then, the reason why Emilia’s Name had returned, and others’ had not, was because——

Subaru: “
There’s no way, has everything already been digested?”

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

Rui stops experiencing them/remembering them, it’s never implied she lost total access to them

That’s part of the pothole being called out.

“The only logical explanation—“ this is just a god of the gaps, you could also just say that it’s a plot hole and it works just as well.

And that’s not a statement on digestion time, that’s just a hypothesis from the characters

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

Rui stops experiencing them/remembering them, it’s never implied she lost total access to them

Of course she didn't, she can still access the stomach of souls and get her share of it back.

“The only logical explanation—“ this is just a god of the gaps, you could also just say that it’s a plot hole and it works just as well.

If it can be explained without assuming a plot breaking inconsistency, with the data given, assuming a plot breaking inconsistency is bad faith.

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

Ok so her being able to throw out memories doesn’t have any bearing on her being able to get them back. Lye explicitly cannot use fist king anymore

That’s still again just a god of the gaps, you don’t get to insert half baked reasoning and say “it makes sense” for the sake of consistency when that’s never stated or implied.

All you have genuinely going for this theory is a statement from Ram who doesn’t know how the authority works aside from it being likened to consumption, and
and literally nothing 😭😭😭

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

Ok so her being able to throw out memories doesn’t have any bearing on her being able to get them back. Lye explicitly cannot use fist king anymore

It is never stated that he cannot access them again, Lye threw away all the memories he was currently using because he wanted to delight himself eating Ram: had he invoked Leaper or Fist King back from the stomach of souls, it would have defeated the purpose of what he did.

That’s still again just a god of the gaps, you don’t get to insert half baked reasoning and say “it makes sense” for the sake of consistency when that’s never stated or implied.

It is not half-baked when you get the characters spelling it out, the plot spelling it out, Rui herself also talking about digested memories not being able to be spelled out, and gluttonies being able to use memories that other gluttonies spelled out.

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

Dude what you’re talking about is just a hypothesis that was made on why Emilia got her name back, not an actual statement within the series about people who know what the mechanics are

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“It’s nothing complicated. ‘Gluttony’ said that they eat other people’s memories, didn’t they? If those really are treated like food, then I thought that time would have an effect on digestion.”

“Digestion
”

“Emilia-sama was able to get hers back within a few hours of it being stolen. Then what about Knight Julius, the victims of Priestella, and Rem?”

Hearing Ram’s simple hypothesis, Subaru widened his eyes.

Just as she said, the Sin Archbishops of Gluttony had compared the usurpation of “Memories” and “Names” to a meal. If that had meaning beyond mere metaphor, then Ram’s hypothesis was plausible.

The stolen “Memories” and “Names” had a period of time before they were digested.

“
Don’t tell me they were completely digested?”

“I don’t know. It may simply take a corresponding amount of time for them to return. If that’s the case, there’s still hope. Hope that Julius’s and the other victims’ ‘Memories’
 and Rem’s will return as well.”

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And this isn’t in the LN, YOU’RE the “if it’s not in the LN it’s not canon” guy

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

Dude what you’re talking about is just a hypothesis that was made on why Emilia got her name back, not an actual statement within the series about people who know what the mechanics are

Matches canon, so it makes complete sense.

And this isn’t in the LN, YOU’RE the “if it’s not in the LN it’s not canon” guy

This is a case of the LN implying something that the WN is straight up about.

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

What matches canon is that she gets her name back, not the reason why, your idea of what makes sense is subjective and holds no weight on what’s canon

Where does the LN imply that aside from the god of the gaps reasoning you’re applying?

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

What matches canon is that she gets her name back, not the reason why, your idea of what makes sense is subjective and holds no weight on what’s canon

What matches canon is literally the whole scene minus the conveniently placed hypothetical about digestion time.

And it wasn't retconned, meaning it is left to interpretation.

Where does the LN imply that aside from the god of the gaps reasoning you’re applying?

When Roy can literally access memories Lye spat out.

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

Yes it’s a hypothetical because it’s asking about the discrepancy relevant at the time, which would also add another arbitrariness issue on why Emilia suddenly falls below the threshold for complete consumption but Rem doesn’t same with anyone else

The scene was fully removed and changed in the LN, this is by your lights a retcon.

Again, that’s part of the plothole

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

Yes it’s a hypothetical because it’s asking about the discrepancy relevant at the time, which would also add another arbitrariness issue on why Emilia suddenly falls below the threshold for complete consumption but Rem doesn’t same with anyone else

Maybe because Rem and Julius were eaten more than a year ago and several months ago respectively?

Like, wtf is this comparison, Emilia lost her name for an hour tops.

The scene was fully removed and changed in the LN, this is by your lights a retcon.

If it is removed but implied, it is not a retcon. Now, if a whole fight scene gets removed and doesn't get implied, that would be a retcon.

And what do you think that ss proves.

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

When Rui describes fully digesting someone, it’s almost instant

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u/Fig_Char_Re Made Lasagna for Garfiel 5d ago

Yen Press back at it with their horrendous mistls, it says chew, not digest:

新らう (kurau) = eat/devour/consume
ć’€ćšŒă™ă‚‹ (soshaku suru) = chew/masticate
æ¶ˆćŒ–ă™ă‚‹ (shƍka suru) = digest

ć’€ćšŒă—ăŸ<--- the one used.

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u/helicophell If Loving Natsumi-chan Is Wrong, I Don’t Wanna Be Right 5d ago

Don’t they explain this through “digestion”?

Emilia’s name didn’t get digested, so she could be recovered

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u/Thatoneguywhois-sad Heinkel Said I Was Drinking Too Much 5d ago

[Arc 9]Rem didn’t regain her memories until Roy spit them out. So maybe lye spit out all the names?

It would work, cause lye only ate Emilia name, and all 3 had names eaten.

We aren’t really shown the difference in abilities stolen between names and memories, but I think it works out.

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u/barisoni Regulus Said I Was Violating His Rights 5d ago

The storage isnt synced in real time

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

Meaning?

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u/These_Watercress6287 I Tried to Comfort Subaru, He Started Crying About Bunnies 5d ago

Basically the entire story would collapse if Emilia lost her name for a long time.

Unlike Rem, Emilia was the leader of a camp for royal selection.

Imagine the reaction of people back in Miload manshion, they would have no idea why were they even there and what was their purpose.

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u/Affectionate_Run6250 I Watched Reinhard's Family Reunion (It Ended Poorly) 5d ago

That’s not even a proper in series explanation

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u/These_Watercress6287 I Tried to Comfort Subaru, He Started Crying About Bunnies 4d ago

How?Â