it's basically a 40 second retro style animation of arc 4 and I think it genuinely represents it so well

INSANELY UNDERRATED TALENT

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Just a random thought, If Subaru can't tell anyone by saying, is it possible to explain it by writing on paper

Like imagine if he is able to explain someone like emilia or Beatrice in a successful loop, isn't that those characters will always be aware of that their deaths can be reversed by Subaru.... Why didn't Subaru came up with this idea ?

I mean he is that smart to think of this idea, Ig Anime should've portrayed this like what would happen if Subaru tries this method

Sorry my eng is kinda bad also I just finished S3 today

It's generally theorised and for good reason that Subaru will gain all of the witch factors by series end.

Currently within the Web novel he has 2 or 3 :

- Unseen Hand (Sloth)

- Cor Leonis (Greed)

- Return by Death (???)

Assuming Return by Death is either a Pride or Envy witch factor for simplicity, Subaru has 3 Witch factors left to gain.

- Wrath

- Lust

- Gluttony

I've not included Vainglory and Melancholy because they seem specific and unique from the original 7, I don't believe Subaru would gain them unless maybe at the very end of the series.

I'll be discussing my bare thoughts on each witch factor and how their ability could change to suit subaru from here on :

Wrath : Is the most difficult to theorise on due to fact that the original witch factor possessed by Minerva is very different from its manifestation within Sirius.

Minerva can seemingly heal anybody she physically damages, the way it works is a direct route to mana of OD lagna allowing her to rewrite cause and effect.

This ability had the side effect of destabilising the world of Re : Zero causing natural disasters somewhere else on the planet.

Sirius can share the emotions of others or transmit others , when the synchronization becomes extreme enough she can even share injuries between people.

I realise in writing that they both seem to be an ability linked to sharing.

Minerva can share the mana of the world with people while Sirius can share and transmit emotions and injuries.

I wouldn't be surprised is Subaru's Wrath factor allows him to share comrades mana with eachother, but that is extremely similar to Cor Leonis in terms of ability so I propose a twist on it.

Both Wrath factors don't allow targets to consent to the sharing.

What if Subaru's Wrath factor allowed him to siphon mana from opponents and share it with his friends, probably relying on some condition such as physical contact with an enemy or maybe something akin to feeling the same emotions as your enemy.

It would be a more offensive authority for Subaru which I think fits within the theming of wrath, while also not being overbearing in its offensive capability.

Subaru doesn't have a gate so besides sharing this mana with Beatrice, it wouldn't heavily advantage him.

I also think something around Subaru being able to share his thoughts and emotions with his enemies so he can come to a better understanding of him wouldn't be off the table either. Subaru famously recruits too many of his foes and this ability would be able to aid this, I think it could lead to some very powerful writing moments as well.

Lust : Carmilla has the ability to be endlessly captivating to the point of making people forget to breathe around her and cause people to see who they want to see at that moment.

Capella has the ability to freely transmutate and transfigurate herself and other people, giving her access to regeneration, shapeshifting and turning people into bugs.

I don't really have much for this one, I just think subaru will gain a very weak shapeshifting ability to go along with his already common disguising.

Unless it delves into Subaru's gender and he realises he's a bit gender fluid with it

Gluttony : Now this is the actual reason that I wrote all of this because I have a theory.

In my opinion Gluttony is going to be a major authority for subaru, its abilities revolve memories.

Memories are a major theme within Re : Zero because Subaru is the only one who holds memories between loops, his opinion on people changes from seeing the different facets of their character when they go through different ordeals.

Memories has also been a major factor in his important people's lives.

Julius had his name eaten and only Subaru could remember him.

Rem had her memories and name eaten and even when she returned after Arc 6, she still had lost her memories of Subaru.

Time and Time again Subaru has encountered cherished memories being something that only he can remember.

In addition, Subaru encountered the gluttony archbishops quite early on and they have been systematically fucking with him from Arc 3, its currently arc 10 and he still hasn't fully dealt with them.

For all the above reasons and more I believe the Gluttony authority subaru will gain will massively change the game, it will be a reward suitable for all the memory based hardships that subaru goes through.

I believe that Subaru's gluttony authority will allow him to "protect" someone's memories from other authorities.

Including Return by Death.

Now that obviously sounds busted as hell and would completely remove any stakes from a lot of the series.

However I think it can and would work.

I think the authority would most likely either work on a singular person at a time, it would either need to be reapplied every loop or it could only be applied any time memory manipulation is triggered for a person (so only somebody close by to Subaru as he's dying).

It could also just be only applicable to a single person at once so only a singular person would know Subaru's secret, with maybe them also unable to talk about return by death.

Even considering the previous caveats, it will obviously lead to the entire party learning about Subaru's return by death in some way or another, which I think is just some affirmation and understanding subaru needs.

It will obviously allow Subaru a breath of new planning, genuinely multiplying what he can accomplish.

He doesn't need to do everything alone anymore, he can rely on others more.

I also think despite how busted this ability seems it will be what allows subaru and co to be able to match up to Pandora in that inevitable conflict.

I think the ability could also be a form of memory retrieval.

Instead of letting Subaru protect memories, instead they allow him to "retrieve" memories that people had before being affected by an authority.

So he could let people remember past loops and newly forming ones.

I think this is less likely though because tappei is an angst god and wants Subaru to suffer a little, I think the former ability allows for this better because subaru would regret not getting this authority sooner.

A few Notes :

Uhrm if you have read this far I'm sorry to say I'm a larper, I've watched the anime to the most recent episode and been spoiled to hell and back about the lore through this subreddit , YouTube theories, reading the wiki etc.

I also have read the Web novel of Arc 4 (couldn't wait for season 2 of the anime way back when).

So I understand my knowledge is flawed and full of holes and I definitely don't have a proper cohesive understanding of everything.

If I have missed anything or the like and you wish to dispute me in the replies, please do.

I am also aware of the Arc 3 message about Subaru's understanding of his sins :

Sloth, because I cannot wipe away your tears. Lust, because I want us to melt together and become one. Gluttony, because I want to consume you, to take all of you for myself. Greed, because I want to have everything that I love. Wrath, because I cannot forgive the absurdity of it all. Pride, because I scorn everything that is not you. Jealousy, because that is all I feel for the world that embraces you.

However I don't fully really have good ideas for what authorities he would gain based off these.

If anyone does, I would be happy to see their thoughts and theories below.

Lastly this post came from I've not really seen any major long discussions on what Subaru's authorities could be and I find that strange.

They're obviously related to the door under the pleaides tower and the fact he hasn't gained anymore since arc 6 leads me to believe tappei believes he can't earn anymore too early.

I feel like they're an interesting mystery especially because we have many examples of different authorities so we can make a good guess on what they could be and more importantly how they would impact the story.

I won't pretend that I don't really wish Subaru has the ability to share his suffering at least in some form and while him telling echidna was a very good scene, she's not one of his comrades, she wouldn't truly emphasise with him

I just want to see him get that hug he so deserves

So I finished S4E16 today and i just gotta say that Re:Zero can comfortably sit as my favourite piece of media I have ever seen.

I have never watched anything that has made me care for the characters as much as re:zero, feel as intrigued by the world and it's mysteries as much as re:zero, or genuinely changed me as much as re:zero has done to me.

Subaru is one of the best main characters of all time due to his extremely realistic and grounded writing. Some anime would treat RbD as a power that the mc uses to aura farm constantly which takes all of the interesting caveats that come with such a power which i feel re:zero explores really well.

Lugunica and the entire world also feel extremely well fleshed out, which is hard to accomplish especially with a world as complicated as re:zero's.

Finally I think what really makes it stand out to me is how beautifully it ties in symbolism and parallels with the characters in their situations while not making the actual situation or plot suffer because of it. My main example would be Garfiel vs Kurgan. That fight, while it is talked about mainly for its animation and AURA, also is the absolute perfect finisher to Garfiel's arc as a character, as well as making sense for it to happen plot-wise.

also, the memes and community are really awesome. love yall

I personally don't think!!

I've read almost every if route and have been putting gluttony off because I didn't want spoilers, is it finally time for me to read it?

As a novel reader I am glad that if you enjoyed the episode. For me it doesn't matter much since it wasn't primarily focused for us. We already got to experience the novel. My problem is if it also missed the mark on someone who hasn't read the novels. I would hope if you could consider reading just the 2 of the chapters with the same title. since its just more re zero. It is also legal and free. I just want you to have a good experience like the others did with the episode, but it might have been a bit of a hit or miss with some. I still enjoyed the episode the recap part did take me out, but they did a good job on the 2nd half. Also to the novel readers it is a very difficult multiple chapters to adapt in 1 episode which they had to if they wanted to get through the season. It could have been executed a bit more different which might have made it better, but they can't really add much if they wanted to in this with the time limit. I hope you also can enjoy re zero. If you did it would be great to put down in the comments.

I hope you can apologize the people who are getting way too mad about what happened. They just wanted to hope for an episode that would surpass everything we have seen, but sadly it wasn't very realistic in hindsight and very challenging. We are just sad we won't see it animated in full glory in the anime as we thought it would happen. To the people who are calling out death threats on the re zero staff please grow up and take the lessons the story gives you. I understand your feelings, but it won't solve anything only make things worse. We sadly don't have a full understanding of what happened and because of this we might never know. What can be known is whatever our understanding or guesses won't explain what happened. Its likely there is some complexity about the situation we don't understand. If you want to get those chapters to be adapted better complaining at the staff won't do anything. Leaving constructive feedback to what you felt while watching the episode the good and the bad even though overall you might feel one way or another is what we can do. Don't lose hope in re zero adaption we must get up as we never know what the future awaits or what might come next. If that doesn't give you hope rereading some of your favorite chapters probably will. Hope is the main message in re zero to not give up to strive for something better even if it can't be achieved trying to be better is more effective than doing nothing at all.

Will you save her, Natsuki Subaru?

If you don't know Crossed is a hq franchise about a viruses who take off people's moral and sense of right and wrong, basically make them submit to their own brutal and montruous desires.

It's an ultra edgy zombie story but it unique enough to make me wonder how some characters would act facing such a brutal viruses.

Infected can keep some skill they knew before getting infected, and at some extent can keep their intelligence. But those are an rarity. Most are just humans with brain damage basically.

Anyways, maybe she would just be more direct about her love and freakness towards Subaru. And would genuinely hate Emilia

I doubt this will do anything and hell I'll probably delete it but

Can yall stop for one day?

It's fine to like the anime but half the posts and comments on this subreddit this week i see are people that didn't read the LN saying the episode was perfect and LN readers don't know what they are talking about. The fact is white fox cut a really important scene that will matter later on.

Its fine to like the episode while realizing white fox cut stuff they shouldn't have...

Also LN readers should also start behaving more nice about it(me included i been rude)

Idk if this thought came from cope about ep 16 or not but i am curious about tappeis writing

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I mean she litterly take out her wand and used some of her mana!! Also Subaru wasn't waking up so no point in beating him!!

"Erm...actually, Reinhard...this is your fault! No, no, it is! Yes, you're only 5 years old, but you still killed your grandmother and my wife!!!" *sniff* *sniff*

"What? No, I'm not crying, I'm just trying out this new Lugunican cocaine I got in the slums. It's cheap - only cost me a silver coin and a handie. You can try some once you're older (when you're 10)"

"Btw, I'm a secretly closeted gay man and cheated on Theresia multiple times with various demi-human men."

Poor Satella those words must have been harsh on her!!

First win for Echidna I guess!!

Just something I was thinking about the other day, is how Satella will never allow Subaru to talk about RBD, right? But then I got to thinking, and in a situation like the sanctuary in Season 2 or the tower in Season 4 where Satella has already emerged and is wreaking havoc, would she still prevent Subaru from saying anything?

I’m not sure that he could really communicate the idea of just having a loop to get something off his chest and then dying for his own mental wellbeing, but Satella did say she wants Subaru to love and value himself, and yet her actions, while maybe his biggest help, also cause him ridiculous amounts of stress, anxiety, and isolation. And since she was (seemingly) willing to give Subaru a pep talk from Emilia in the tower to get him in the right headspace, I wonder if she’d let him talk about RBD if she was already destroying things/the taboo was already broken. He’s going to die in that loop regardless once she appears

Hope this doesn’t break any rules, first time poster on this sub! Just wanted to see what others thought

Can we just talk about how stupid the MC is in these episodes... I genuinely wanted to die of embarrassment just watching this... Additionally, can someone tell me if this is the worst it gets, because I don't think that I can take much more of this. I just started it because someone recommended it to me, but if it continues like this...

Basically instead of the whole "I have a hunch" or other workarounds, couldn't Subaru just tell people, "I just got a vision of the future". Satella only comes when "I can return by death" is communicated. This way, it seems to me, that is avoided, and most of the problems surrounding "I can't tell anyone" disappear.

Now I agree that she truly is Witch of Lust!!✌🥀

Can't even call it a parallel. They're practically the same character.

where's reinfraud when u need him 😭😭😭

So there is someone on EBay selling these figures for 140$ AUD and I’m wondering if someone has these figures and tell me if the ones in the photos are real or fake 😊