Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (light novel)
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| RAM IS SO FUCKING ADORABLE. This episode was definetly one of the best episodes of the show. I absolutely loved it. The fight in mansion was great, I really liked her yandere personality. Ram was so cute when she said that she loved Roswaal. Roswaal's expression when she threw the book in the fire was amazing. I hope Ram's not dead. It was a 10/10 episode. |
z00nexMar 10, 2021 8:54 AM
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| Emilia finally freed the Sanctuary, but everything is frozen, and we don't get to find the answer yet. Oh, well. Nice to see again best witch Minerva too. The battle at the mansion was pretty good. I laughed when Subaru said to that beast to taste "the power of science", considering his voice actor also voices Senku in Dr. Stone xD But the main meal was the Garfiel vs Elsa fight, very brutal and badass. The parts where Garfiel decapitates that monster hippo and the part where both he and Elsa bite each other in the neck were my favorite bits of the fight. RIP Elsa, you were a cool antagonist, but you had to go in order for the plot to advance. It seems she at the very least cared for Meili seeing how she tried to rescue her from the falling debris. Maybe she wasn't as heartless as she seemed... So, Ram has Stockholm syndrome apparently. I don't know if when she said Roswaal that she loves him was in a romantic sense or a familiar one, but either way, I feel bad for Garfiel lol. |
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Kaiser_Senpai said: Ventus_S said: This episode is absolute fire. I can't believe White Fox toss this much budget into the 2nd season. The whole fight scene/ dynamic / choreography are all phenomenal. So much stuffs happening in this one episode. Btw don't tell me Ram is dead because of this..... It's not about budget god damn. They have 1000 problems and White Fox is basically a dead studio when it comes to actual in-house staff. ReZero's staff is small as fuck, it's unbelievable how they are managing to pull it off, but it's definitely not due to "budget" or whataver u wanna call. It's beyond me how people still think "budget" is a thing. If you want to thank for something, u have the director, Watanabe, which somehow is doing this magic. This episode you had the 2 greats animators, those 2 are basically what's left to do action things and they can't be all the time because of how tight the schedule is. Kazuhiro Ota and Tatsuya Koyanagi, those are the names. So, not just for you, but for everyone who thinks "budget" is a thing when most animes have more or less the same, you need to thank this staff because if it was, let's say, Goblin Slayer staff at White Fox, no way they would do this, it shows how White Fox is dying. Sorry if I sounded a bit rude, but u have no idea how hard they are fighting to deliever 29 min ep every week with such small staff and no proper time to do things. Umm how am I having no idea how much work they put in? Ik most anime only has 19 min of actual content (OP+ED) and maybe 1~2 min of recap. Jujutsu as shonen has even lass content because they add in that comedy thing (17 min of contents) because they don't want to catch up with the source material. 29 min is like 50% more effort at least compare to any other anime, so we're actually getting 70 episodes worth of contents already in past 2 seasons. And the full 29 mins of good contents with no cut-corner or slideshow too. Also yes RE:Zero should have more budget distributed to them because of how well it received as a big IP. Just like Demon Slayer , Attack on Titan, Jujutsu, yes they do got funded more budget/ resources/ manpower compare to other anime for sure. |
Ventus_SMar 10, 2021 8:57 AM
| Finally an episode entirely worthy of the hype in my personal view. felt like a final episode. The production values are other worthly for a TV series. Can I get White Fox to take over adapting Berserk please?! |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
anime-prime said: That was an intense episode. Possibly the best episode yet of this cour, but it still had some issues. Thankfully, there was so much packed into this episode, there was still room left over for lots of great scenes as well. Emilia's third trial sort of seems glossed over in comparison to the other events in this episode, which isn't a big deal, as apparently the first trial was suppsed to be the hardest one, but when trials are put in a narrative, it needs to follow the normal route to be effective. Trial 1 - easiest, trial 2 - mideum, trial 3 - hardest. That is what makes trials engaging. If you see a three year old multiply, it won't be so exciting seeing the three year old do addition. Same thing with Emilia. She struggled so much with the first trial, that even though the next two trials had important themes, they were so easily overcome, at least to the viewer, that it doesn't pack as much of a punch. But it was a neat idea for the past, present, future states of the trials. The fight at the mansion was a mixed bag. On one hand, seeing Garf and Elsa fight was awesome, but on the other, there were a couple of things that didn't hit well. The monsters at least were in 2D this episode...for a little bit at least. They switched from 2D to CGI throughout the episode, which was a little distracting. Elsa's backstory wasn't really needed and her being a vampire was a little out of nowhere. Are we supposed to believe that she actually died this episode? Since she is essentially immortal, and I doubt her weakness is being smashed by a large hippo beast, unless Garf's fangs had something to do with it. Additionally, part of her loss was her trying to protect her so called sister, which seemed like a lame cop-out to their fight.They showed her backstory, which is a common trope for a character about to die, so I guess it's possible she is dead, but if she really is dead though, that would be a little disappointing. They didn't animate their fight that well. It was okay, but nothing outstanding. They probably wanted to save their budget for the final scene of the episode. The final scene...well that was obviously supposed to be the emotional climax of the entire arc. They was a big upgrade in the animation for the last couple of minutes and there was an emotional insert song playing alongside it. So pretty much like the Rem moment from season 1. I guess it's pretty cool, thinking about it now. One where Rem confesses to Subaru, the other where Ram confesses to Roswaal. They were obviously showing a parallel between the two scenes. For some reason, Roswaals reaction seemed false. Meaning that the actual Roswaal wouldn't have reacted that way and the writers just changed his character to fit the scene. That was just my reaction while watching the episode. That being said, the rest of the scene was great. Like I said, great animation, great soundtrack, and a great emotional payoff with Ram throwing the book into the fire and her possibly dying from the explosion. This was a very strong episode, and though I had some issues with it, it developed the story a lot, which was definitely what I was wishing to happen for most of the season. Absolutely disagree with the statement that trials have to follow structure of (1-2-3) - that is simple shounen logic, it is predictable and uninteresting. What happened in here mad more sense. The trials are made in stone as past present and future... which means that characters who had hard past will have harder time with that, those with hard present will struggle in the present (Subaru... probably noone has harder present than him when he has like 10 of those where he died leaving people he cares about him) and those afraid of the future struggle in that respect. I would say that it both makes sense and makes it interesting and unpredictable. |
| ‘It may be admitted that if it were possible for us to have so deep an insight into a human's way of thinking, as it shows itself both through inner and outer actions, that every, even the least incentive to these actions and all external occasions which affect them, were so known to us, then his future conduct could be predicted as certainly as the appearance of a solar or a lunar eclipse.’ Critique of Practical Reason, p. 230 of the Rosenkranz. |
Ventus_S said: Kaiser_Senpai said: It's not about budget god damn. They have 1000 problems and White Fox is basically a dead studio when it comes to actual in-house staff. ReZero's staff is small as fuck, it's unbelievable how they are managing to pull it off, but it's definitely not due to "budget" or whataver u wanna call. It's beyond me how people still think "budget" is a thing. If you want to thank for something, u have the director, Watanabe, which somehow is doing this magic. This episode you had the 2 greats animators, those 2 are basically what's left to do action things and they can't be all the time because of how tight the schedule is. Kazuhiro Ota and Tatsuya Koyanagi, those are the names. So, not just for you, but for everyone who thinks "budget" is a thing when most animes have more or less the same, you need to thank this staff because if it was, let's say, Goblin Slayer staff at White Fox, no way they would do this, it shows how White Fox is dying. Sorry if I sounded a bit rude, but u have no idea how hard they are fighting to deliever 29 min ep every week with such small staff and no proper time to do things. Umm how am I having no idea how much work they put in? Ik most anime only has 19 min of actual content (OP+ED) and maybe 1~2 min of recap. Jujutsu as shonen has even lass content because they add in that comedy thing (17 min of contents) because they don't want to catch up with the source material. 29 min is like 50% more effort at least compare to any other anime, so we're actually getting 70 episodes worth of contents already in past 2 seasons. It's not just having idea of how hard they are working but label that as "budget". That was what triggered me. There's more than that, that was what I was trying to say. And I explained giving you names and all, just that. |
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| I love how they can have three different on going things, and make them so intense in each of them. Even something that may not seem as intense as the two fights. But damn, can't wait for next week. |
anime-prime said: That's how it was in LN so any complains should be sent to Tappei.Elsa's backstory wasn't really needed and her being a vampire was a little out of nowhere. Are we supposed to believe that she actually died this episode? Since she is essentially immortal, and I doubt her weakness is being smashed by a large hippo beast, unless Garf's fangs had something to do with it. Additionally, part of her loss was her trying to protect her so called sister, which seemed like a lame cop-out to their fight.They showed her backstory, which is a common trope for a character about to die, so I guess it's possible she is dead, but if she really is dead though, that would be a little disappointing. In the LN Garf thought that if he kills her one or two more time, she will finally die. Based on that I've assumed her ability as a vampire is an insanely powerful regeneration, but that power is not unlimited. When Garf bite her, she noticed she can no longer regenerate. |
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| Holy shit...What an episode! The fight between garfiel and elsa was amazing, 10/10. Elsa just became one of my favorite re:zero characters. |
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| waaaaait is Minerva Emilia's mom!???? |
| This episode was on fire in many ways. Emilia handled the last trial rather well but the weirdest thing was Minerva not crying out of anger. It's like they implied that she is possibly her real mother? Plus why hug her otherwise lol. I didn't think Elsa would turn out to be a vampire but Garf had a good strategy where it just came down to endurance. I am glad at least her immortality had an actual limitation so it didn't feel like a total asspull. Now then she was surprisingly sturdy in the first season as well which I found strange but couldn't quite put my finger on it at the time so it was foreshadowed to some extent. I wonder why Frederica saved Maylie...kid or not, she is a serial killer too. Ram's confession was quite amazing and Roswaal needs to get over Echidna, she is dead my dude, it's time to let go. (but this also opens up some interesting points as to why Echidna refused to meet him inside the sanctuary and got kicked out when he attempted the trial) |
ttcchen said: waaaaait is Minerva Emilia's mom!???? Not confirmed theory. But if you ask me, I think and wish so. |
JanPri said: Nefelupitou said: What the hell was this episode? Jesus Christ. And I'm forced to see people saying that Mushoku Tensei is better than Re Zero For the God's sake. I don't understand what do you mean. Just because there is not as much action in Mushoku Tensei at the beggining it doesn't mean it's any worse that Re:zero. Mushoku Tensei's world and history in the LN is way more developed that in Re:Zero, for example. I'm not comparing anything and I don't want to get into any arguments, but I think both of the series have their own appeal. Hmmm, okay. I don't know anything about Mushoku Tensei's light novel, however, the anime is a piece of trash so far, but some people claim that, right now, Mushoku > Re:Zero Have a nice day, my friend. See you |
| If you're a fanboy, please don't waste my time. Watch more movies, please. Kafka, Fu Xuan, Jingliu, Topaz and Huohuo. |
mozgow said: That's how it was in LN so any complains should be sent to Tappei. In the LN Garf thought that if he kills her one or two more time, she will finally die. Based on that I've assumed her ability as a vampire is an insanely powerful regeneration, but that power is not unlimited. When Garf bite her, she noticed she can no longer regenerate. It's interesting how the WN is different in that regard. We get more information about Elsa. She's not a literal vampire but she's similar to the vampires from fairy tales so she doesn't exactly refute being called so. Instead, it is explained that she has a curse that makes her a sort of doll. This condition prevents her from dying and everytime she receives a fatal enjury she loses more of her own self and becomes more doll-like. The curse forces her to continue killing. Her wiki page probably has more information than what I just gave, so I'd suggest giving it a read. |
| I'll state it again re zero is a fucking master piece |
| check out odd taxi |
| He bite her. Didnt expect that I though he will chop her head off Girl is tough cookie with auto regen |
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ttcchen said: That's the leading theory LN readers currently have. Nothing has been confirmed by Tappei yet, tho.waaaaait is Minerva Emilia's mom!???? |
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| Is Minerva Emilia's mother? I was impressed with Garf fight, but after Elsa mentioned she is a vampire,I was more curious what a vampire is in Re:Zero world, like the last thing I want is a vampire biting me in the neck when im trying to defeat it. Puck was just having a good time fighting Roswaal. After all the attacks were just whatever if kill or don't. But the blizzard part that was a surprise and not a welcome one. |
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Nefelupitou said: What the hell was this episode? Jesus Christ. And I'm forced to see people saying that Mushoku Tensei is better than Re Zero For the God's sake. This is Re:Zero discussion forum not a forum for which anime is better. |
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| Great fight. Awesome music... but no... I don't want to be the "Troll" guy... but apparently it looks like I'm the only one here who can't realize and accept how she could ever fall in love for this murder bicentennial psycho clown who ruined her and her sister's life. For me the justification that Ram tells is not even remotely enough. Sure, I'm probably the strange one, I raise my hands and surrend after this episode. No need to be harsh with your replies, I'm leaving on my own. |
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Still being theorized even among the LN readers |
Ushiromiya Battler, right now, on this island, no one exists except for you. You're the only one alive in this island. However I'm here right now, and i'm about to kill you. Who... am I? |
Waller said: Great fight. Awesome music... but no... I don't want to be the "Troll" guy... but apparently it looks like I'm the only one here who can't realize and accept how she could ever fall in love for this murder bicentennial psycho clown who ruined her and her sister's life. For me the justification that Ram tells is not even remotely enough. Sure, I'm probably the strange one, I raise my hands and surrend after this episode. No need to be harsh with your replies, I'm leaving on my own. Strong Stockholm Syndrome vibes tbh |
Ushiromiya Battler, right now, on this island, no one exists except for you. You're the only one alive in this island. However I'm here right now, and i'm about to kill you. Who... am I? |
QcDiablo said: I think it still will be canon in the LN, once the story gets to Gusteko.It's interesting how the WN is different in that regard. We get more information about Elsa. She's not a literal vampire but she's similar to the vampires from fairy tales so she doesn't exactly refute being called so. Instead, it is explained that she has a curse that makes her a sort of doll. This condition prevents her from dying and everytime she receives a fatal enjury she loses more of her own self and becomes more doll-like. The curse forces her to continue killing. Her wiki page probably has more information than what I just gave, so I'd suggest giving it a read. |
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| Holy crap, the showdown between Else and Garfiel along with Puck, Ram vs Roswall. This episode had me at the edge of my seat. 5/5 |
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| bruh I thought Elsa vs Garfield will be the hightlight but damn its turn to be Ram/Puck vs Roswall. I feel so much emotion watching it, even I already read the WN. |
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| Does White Fox miss? The animation is ridiculously good always. Great episode. |
Oh, I didn't knew it. Thank you for this explanation, even if I still struggle to accept it |
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| I feel like white fox is going above and beyond with Re: Zero, I can really feel the love they're putting into it. This episode was one of the best, if not the best episode as of yet IMO. 10/10! |
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| Even as fan of OPs and EDs to add to the memory of watching a series, this is one of those that I can appreciate them cutting the OP and ED sequences on top of adding an extra 5 minutes to the episode length. A series like this just wouldn't be able to flourish as well as it has with a standard OP/ED, 25-minute length setup. 3 different scenes, all critical moments and all given equal amounts of love in their creation. Definitely one of the very top episodes for Re:Zero thusfar, and will be very hard to equal or topple......but I look forward to seeing what can :D |
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