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NOVEL ActionRe:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
ANIME ActionRe:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu
ANIME ActionRe:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 2nd Season Part 2
MANGA ActionRe:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu: Dai-4 Shou - Seiiki to Gouyoku no Majo
ONA AdventureRe:Zero kara Hajimeru Kyuukei Jikan (Break Time) 2nd Season

REVIEWS

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  DaisukeHanashi

  95/100
  Re: Zero is packed with epitome of suffering, perseverance for truth and doubts, and horror of loneliness.

  Behold an unthinkable present!

  “I tried so hard
  And got so far
  But in the end
  It doesn’t even matter
  I had to fall
  To lose it all
  But in the end
  It doesn’t even matter” — In the End by Linkin Park

  “A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.” — William Shakespeare

  Grief, trauma, sacrifice, burden, despair, depersonalization, and perseverance. This is what the dark and harsh reality of Re: Zero calls to wake Subaru up from his blind confidence and optimism before the light of hope and darkness of despair. It is a charm of suffering with a vicious substance in the depth of loneliness. The world with shine and gloom bestows one’s fate to realize before his eyes and crawl through the walls of fear. The horror of solitude craves him to curb his fancy by the answer of truth. With answers and consequences, what fate will judge Subaru according to his deeds?

  With his weak yet “immortal’’ ability called Return By Death, Subaru must determine if his hope will either remain him standing or cripple him out till the corner of despair. Lost in the new world, he found his hope to grasp away from the solitude and build up with his smiles and plays as Emilia and others share the bond together. He truly wants to save his friends and comrades to stay away or fight through it, but his fanciful determination will result either in miracle or collapse. His ability considers as a reset button to move forward through a solitary phenomenon for altering his fate and judgment; however, the price of it, such as others’ forgetfulness because of dimensional hopping and the restriction to expose his truth behind the curtain by himself, is intensely flawed — delivering the chance for an alternative resolution within the plot as if he acquitted himself for cleansing his own sins.

  Tappei did an outstanding job at applying the Law of Equivalent Exchange to his ability, especially his weak physicality — making it a simple yet intense thrill to catch the audience away from its boredom of perfection. The suspense is masterful and consistent based on every context, which makes Re:Zero intriguing to let more fans craft more theories and questions as a layer of curious engagement. Moreover, his character means to be morally gray as he doesn’t look at the other side easily, which means he can be once a foolish and casual person like us to aggress somebody to those who might threaten him or not. He has his own priority, flaws, pride, ways of resolve, and love for Emilia as his “knight in shining armor” personality drives him to be whoever he is. He can cry as a wimpy bastard or a try-hard hero of himself, but his determination grasps it ever since he had been gradually developing by chasing his grit even further with alternative resolution. Through his behavioral process, he manages to be casual without forcing himself to be an uninvited guest in front of a pillar of society. That’s what makes Subaru a human person and a true knight — not his own heroic and fanciful delusions which most people like Ram, Priscilla, and Julius despised him for his amateur overconfidence by his self-importance back from the prequel of this anime adaptation.

  He manages his personality to be uptight and miserable; however, Rem volunteers to be as one whom Subaru will vent out his drastic feeling that flows within him as the time of Episode 18 snaps him out despite resulting in an expected rejection. His vulnerability strikes him to grasp his confidence, but his lack of self-esteem asserts the reason for his failure. For now, he frequently realizes that the world itself doesn’t fulfill his fanciful wishes to become reality at all, which fate matters based on the context he made in the first place. It only works if the ethical standard has been met, and then Subaru will come for the rest. Hence, he is a well-written character. He consistently had gone through the process of Dunning-Kruger effect in a psychological sense based on his character from the midway of Season 1, and right now, we’re still looking forward to its next level…. I mean, this second season.

  From the reference of Dunning-Kruger effect to the extent of Subaru’s Peak of Stupidity till his Valley of Despair in the first season, the second season will project about his Slope of Enlightenment through the Trial of Sanctuary by Echidna’s lost soul. It tackles more about the diversity of its gloomy atmosphere. The mechanism of reality with unawareness of difference is crucially perilous. Without facing it, there will be no point to gain the courage against others with dreadful courage and competence.

  Compared to most isekai series, Re:Zero subverts the common trope into its substantial value for achieving the unique message and formulating the setting to an authentic extent. The overarching plot has been connected, and the premise of this series becomes more lucid. Most characters are compelling to provide their own ideals based on the contextual background, and there are little to no nonsensical tropes to be presented in a big picture.

  There are also new characters being set up to their motive, creating its thickness of plot development, and some side characters are well-reserved for their own plot progression. Most of them aren’t just here to boost Subaru’s morale, they usually have their own priority which provides the importance of their livelihood as the role of themselves and society. Sometimes can be friendly, and sometimes can be contradictory. The “power of friendship” trope is well done with proper foundation of each other’s relationship as if most students are sometimes doubting each other for some tentative reasons. They have their own stories which affect how they have been nurtured ever since behind Subaru’s back, making them relevant in most cases. With proper consistency, it is understandable for audiences to pique their curiosity and craft more hypotheses based on the observation throughout every significant scene.

  The slow pacing of this season did a great job of building up more worldbuilding, character interaction, and lore for serving the premise to its promising level as the plot thickens further with multiple ways to ensure and stabilize the core theme of the story into a complex understanding of every fundamentals in a gradual manner; however there are some scenes that are rushed yet sensible to assert its foundation.

  The story is written in Third-Limited narrative style, which Subaru always owns the spotlight of Re: Zero’s main storyline, and the narrative standpoint matches it up to deliver both contextual factors of shock and suspense. The plot follows in dimensional-hopping theory which most audiences think this is a time-travelling series; hence, it laughs me off whenever I mostly hear of its misconceptions. It fleshes out the message of the story and the concept of Subaru’s purpose and development for living in another world, especially Episode 4, which it also fills the space for making its premise to be more purposeful and adds the mystery or any substantial details on why Subaru was sent to this world to begin with. It also molds Subaru’s self-reflection during the time in his original world for projecting more leniency and understanding about his own character. The poignancy within Season 2 encapsulates and expands all the underlying feelings Subaru had before.

  There are a lot of minor details that have foreshadowed for the future occurrence within a big picture, and there will be more twists to come if you pay close attention to every little detail. These perceptible details throughout the series significantly matter the most for the plot progression to be understandable, and connecting each plot point with sensible pictures is worth engaging to liven the audiences up in a mindblowing extent. Moreover, the story puts so many obstacles and chilling aura as Subaru will face against the odds for his objective to pass the trial and deactivate the barrier of the Sanctuary.

  As a LN reader, I really hope this Arc 4 will give a proper and consistent adaptation since this is the best arc among the rest, and it did; however, there are some slight chances which disappoints me for a bit. Particularly, the animation quality and cut contents clouds me to clench my fist for a while; however, I don’t care about it since I’m all up for this beautiful and eerie story of a psychological drama and thrill in a visual manner because the rollercoaster is on the way. It also reminds me that they might cut some LN contents to avoid an excessive level of exposition dumps, and instead the anime adaptation prioritizes more into “Show, don’t tell” rule… or in other cases, “Show and tell” rule.

  There are also some episodes with dialogue-heavy standards, but it is essential and relevant to its case for building up more consistency and adding the layers of intensity and progression with more directional questions as the anime provides more exploration with subtle explanation.

  The orchestral music hits the thespian or gloomy vibes with a phenomenal melody which enthralls more transverse atmosphere as it pleases our ears to render its theme with consistency. The symbolizing beats are presented well with contextual deliverance. It signals perfectly to every character’s tone as it builds up more aura and meaningfulness around them. Each scene comprises its suitable meaning, which it brings more vigor to express the stimulation between fear and courage. However, I despise that they mostly haven’t provided the time for opening and ending song to present within every episode, yet it also exchanges with more lengthy minutes to catch up the writing size into an essential and almost absolute extent for recognizing the plot progression into a comprehensible standard. Length-wise, it is appreciative to offer each episode with significant impact by providing more projection to adapt.

  In regards to the character section, please be aware of spoilers because I might go detailed for this.

  WARNING: SPOILERS ALERT

  At first, Frederica is introduced to be a new… or rather a recurring maid, as she formerly served Roswaal before the time of Ram’s duty. Her gentle personality has shown and explained about her professional experience of being Roswaal’s former and latter maid, so it suits her to be a person with decent help as a maid herself. Since there is an effect to forget someone’s existence, it also affects Roswaal to hire two maids, especially Petra. She also establishes a significance about her own character as she trains Petra to be a proper maid and also swear herself by the letter that she only got in her own hands as a hidden background about her — which we will get to know more about her later in the second cour. The twist of events is clear and connected between Rem’s occurrence and the purpose of their introduction; hence, it’s understandable.

  However, one problem in dialogue-wise, for example, is Petra’s inappropriate response which triggers something abrupt to progress the story in a silly way. Whenever I see her, I always cringe when she often baffles me and other compelling characters with awkward moments throughout every scene; nevertheless, I don’t hate her since she is a kid with potential.

  There is also another new character being introduced with relation to Frederica called Garfiel. Compared to Frederica, his older sibling, Garfiel appears to be a barbarous yet friendly character with strong finesse to begin with. At first, he remains intact and rational to the fact that he slightly cares for other people, especially Arlam Refugees, to have their sojourn. However, because of many loops from Subaru’s deeds, he alters his behavior to assault Subaru (and his other supporters/Arlam Refugees) because he senses an outgrown miasma throughout Subaru’s aura — dictating that he will protect the Sanctuary at all cost. He surely has his own deeds and priority with Ryuzu Shima’s help to establish his significance as a side character who will put himself as an obstacle against Subaru’s odds, making himself relevant to this case.

  On the other hand, Otto has the support for Subaru, Emilia, and the rest of Arlam Refugees. He has the role to provide them with transportation, but it’s not just for that. He also has more responsibility to build more wholesome interaction with Subaru and Garfiel, ensuring himself that he will be in a great place for them — especially Otto saves and impresses Subaru with his timid humor and personality. However, Otto’s wholesome development has been wasted and paid by Subaru’s death loops to alter his destiny for a greater cause, but it doesn’t mean for him to be just a neglected accessory to Subaru’s eyes since Subaru himself wants to hide his burden and lift it up by himself. For now, he has a good potential to be a prominent character, and I hope the second cour will give him more screentime to showcase his significant greatness by helping Subaru out and determining himself to develop out of his comfort zone of timidity.

  Roswaal has revealed his importance and plot progression for serving his purpose with the Gospel which also has it with Beatrice, uncovering their agency behind them. Surely, they have a long-time relationship between both of them since they have been residing within the mansion for a long time, and the context makes sense as it is according to the plan. Beatrice, however, has some share of problems with Subaru about her supposed role which clouds her from being isolated. How she conveys her emotional confrontation with Subaru grasps her outstanding chance to vent out her feeling of solitude within her own comfort zone, conserving it to build up more layers about her for the potential development. Beatrice also represents herself as a hermit which makes her an intriguing and realistic symbol of an isolated persona. Similar to Otto’s case of development, she can be a suitable candidate for that as well — looking forward to getting out of her comfort zone.

  Echidna is also introduced as the Witch of Greed and a transcendental character by letting Subaru enter the Castle of Dreams. Her cold yet charm-provoking personality shines her gloomy aura to be a likeable and knowledgeable character as if she perceives logic through emotions just as she provides Subaru to confront his own past through his memories for his self-reflection. Her mild support to Subaru by his reminiscence helps the audience to know more about his character and build up a connection between the fantasy and the reality, which makes Episode 4 so special to our own eyes. However, Echidna knows her own goal behind Subaru’s back and stabs it as she teases his intuition with her plan. Her sham and manipulative exaggeration hits the bullseye towards Subaru’s heart which surprises me by her deceiving plan, as her black-hearted aura impresses me more. Her greed and love for knowledge is intelligible. Her sense of hatred and dark humor conveys well, and we’ll see more about it. Thus, I really love her pride and competence of being the Witch of Greed which gives an impact of her neutral strength. Hence, she’s my favorite character.

  The rest of Witches have their unique characteristic based on their respective symbols. However, one of them doesn’t properly present their substance, such as Minerva’s obnoxious personality, and yet the charm of it is still there. The message delivers well to show how Subaru is judged by his own flawed nature and deeds, especially Typhon who projects Subaru’s sin within the depth of his inner core as being a “good” guy doesn’t mean to be truly a sinner. Each of their metaphors are simply considerable with their perceptible charm. Furthermore, we get to know more about Satella who isn’t entirely a “villain” character whom we thought to be, and her self-conflict is a minor point to recognize the value behind something we can’t see.

  Meanwhile, Elsa has reappeared once again to achieve her goal by putting herself before Subaru and his friends as their obstacle, making herself as a well-reserved antagonist. From the prequel, we can understand that her goal failed to achieve Emilia’s badge as she retreated from Reinhard’s abrupt help; however, this second season made a reservation for her to reveal her Plan B in a hidden manner. We really don’t know her motives behind the curtain yet, but the second cour will open the curtain for more explanation in a suitable time. Meili Potroute is also reintroduced as a hostile character alongside Elsa, and a minor detail from Season 1 makes a plot twist understandable when you pay close attention to it. Her introduction in scene-wise, however, feels boring yet equitable to play her own part.

  It’s grueling for Subaru to learn from his mistakes and face against the odds as he needs a harsh and gradual realization for his endurance against his obstacles before his eyes. “I know hell” is what creates his words for him to act, and that “hell” is a laudable metaphor to describe his clasp of strength for shouldering the burden and moving forward despite its vicious outcome. The heavy impact throughout his experiences is understandable, which in return, most audiences can connect their empathy with Subaru — conveying more concerns regarding his own concerns. He has a lot of aims to set and stand by himself up for persevering through many ways to alter his fate against itself. He plays the puzzles in which one or multiple moves will tear him down into pieces if he stumbles on the wrong floor, welcoming him to the pit of despair. If not, then there will be a light of hope awaiting towards the end of Sanctuary. Because in the end, the only way for Subaru to fix the situation is to fix himself.

  Meanwhile, Emilia will also face the trial by facing her tragic past that is still behind the curtains yet. For this season, we finally see her worthwhile flaw from being a “perfect” girl. Its twisted helplessness cripples her pragmatic mind in a discordant extent from bearing what comes before her as if she has been taking a lot of Math exams and being overly preoccupied by her restless yet twisted cloud of effort. Her uncontrolled state gives the impact to pull her away from blind of kindness.

  There is no world where we can escape that loneliness without changing the core.

  SPOILERS END

  In regards to animation, there are some episodes, especially Episode 6 and 12, which have rigid proportions and movements as if some animators have a hard time rendering the sketches due to some bit of miscommunication amid the quarantine period. This is one of a problematic category which slightly baffles me to enjoy less than the quality in Season 1. Some erroneous frames and CGI renditions can be noticeable for most audiences to identify its upsetting quality. Whenever I rewatch these scenes, I’d rather grab my dumbbells and do the squats to sweat out my frustration, and I’m not also the type who will just cross my eyes and say “Fine!”. Nonetheless, it’s still fine if the adaptation is faithfully well-done which it is truly as it is.

  Overall, this anime adaptation has exceptional results to capture its aesthetic value to a further extent. As Season 1 delivers some weak conclusions within the second half, the first cour of Season 2 provides a high slope of twist to let the audience rise for an engaging rollercoaster ride. Oh, boy! It punches right through the feels with sensible foundation as this show serves like a dark chocolate with 25% of sweetness. The worldbuilding here is excellent as it builds up more atmosphere into a thematic balance between light and dark. Re: Zero is packed with epitome of suffering, perseverance for truth and doubts, horror of loneliness, and substantial depth of self-reflection through the mastery of melodrama with contextual deliverance. Forcing Subaru to confront the consequences of his many deaths is a masterstroke for the series, even before you consider the terrifying and heart wrenching way in which it was delivered. While Re:Zero is great at genuine horror and gore, it is in the psychological terror that this show truly shines. I can safely say that it deserves more acclaim because this season fills up more layers from what it lacks in Season 1, and it has fulfilled the promise. All I do right now is to sit back and relax to enjoy my smiles and frowns while connecting myself through its excellent narration with indulgence of an outstanding cliffhanger. If there will be a single teaser for Season 3 adaptation, I will moan and cry for it. Hence, it’s my all-time favorite anime. This show is highly recommendable if you already have watched Season 1.

  As the first cour offers more questions, will the second cour answer them?

  To be continued in Winter 2021!

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  Yahshuhaz

  95/100
  FR Surpasser toute les attentes avec cette deuxième saison ?

  Nous y voila la deuxième saison de Re : zéro qui nous aura fais poiroter 4 bonnes années. Alors ? et bien elle vient écraser la première saison d'une façons explicable que je vais développer d'une autre manière que mes autres reviews en faisant un gros paragraphe.
  

  INTRODUCTION
  On c’était arrêter donc quand Emilia a sortis la fameuse phrase : Qui est Rem ? Qui entraina une vague d'indignation chez nous. Les deux nouveau personnages qui me font grand intérêt sont les deux nouveaux sorciers Regulus Cornea qui est L'avarice, puis son compère Ley Batenkaitos qui est du registre de la gourmandise et qui va user de son autorité pour faire disparaitre rem des mémoires.

  On va donc commencer une nouvelle tourmente pour Subaru qui provient du Tombeau de la sorcière de l'avarice Echidna. Garfiel va garder tout le monde globalement dans le sanctuaire qui est protéger par une barrière car il ne peuvent pas en sortir sauf les humains qui peuvent sortir comme ils veulent . Emilia va donc devoir passer les tests du Tombeau tandis que Subaru va pouvoir également les faire.
  Je vais maintenant résume l'anime avec les 3 grands problème majeur de Subaru : Le problème du manoir, le tombeau, le Grand Laphydre
  On va maintenant parler des personnages leur rôles dans ces évévénements et leur impact sur la saison
  

  PERSONNAGE
  On va débuter par Echidna elle est devenu la sauveuse de Subaru après que elle soit devenu la première a être au courant du pouvoir de Subaru avec une scène très touchante et une délivrance sans noms. Elle semble aussi avoir toujours un temps d'avance sur tout le monde elle recèle tellement de savoir que cela est même inquiétant.. Je vais la relier a présent a un autre personnage qui est Béatrice ; Beaco a été extrêmement explicité cette saison : elle obéit a un livre qui dicte son avenir mais on apprends que celui la ne lui dit plus rien depuis 400 années.. Elle attendais un élue qui devait le libérer de ses chaines et Subaru même si il ne semble pas être cette personne va être contraint d'assister a une decheance de l'esprit de Béatrice qui nous a parut toujours très forte et puissante accompagnés de sa mort contre Elsa et Meili [ la petite fille du village au cheveu bleue] Beatrice peut être sauvée il le faut.

  On fais la connaissance de Frederica une Maid de Roswaal qui recèle encore un bon nombre de secret.
  On va entamer l'arc du fameux sanctuaire ou on va faire la rencontre de Garfiel et Ryuuzu deux personnages qui vont être très important dans la deuxième partie de 2021.
  Garfiel est un apôtre déjà. Il a encore beaaaucoup de secret qui vont être révéler je pense a la prochaine saison mais il est très énigmatique alors que Ryuuzu on apprend que elle est une expérience de Echidna et que le labo que Subaru a trouvé provient de echidna pour quelle transfère sa conscience dans un de ces corps mais soldé par un échec elle a peu être un résultat avec Lewes qui est enfermer dans un conteneur

  Ram et Rem n'ont pas été le centre de cette saison il n'y a peu de chose a dire sauf 1 sur Rem qui je discuterais après

  Roswaal a joué un rôle très important dans cette saison car déjà il est au courant pour le pouvoir de subaru mais pas totalement : il ne sais pas qu'il faut que baru meurt pour retourner dans un point de sauvegarde il pense qu'il peut juste retourner dans le passé.Il suit lui aussi comme Béatrice le fameux livre comme un évangile. A la fin on apprends que c lui qui a décide de engager Elsa pour attaquer son château.. Tout cela pour renforcer la détermination de Subaru et le poussé a lâcher quelle que chose il essaye de transformer notre Jeune garçons en une personne qui perd son Humanité et devienne comme Roswaal comme il l'a dit plusieurs fois il est totalement fou a lier, mais je pense qu'il reste un personnages plus que intéressant et que peut être la saison prochaine nous permettra de mieux comprendre

  On a fais la connaissance de 6 sorcières : Typhon sorcière de l'orgueil qui est un enfant tout mignon en apparence mais qui possède une autorité très puissante de déchirè les parties du corps des individus si ils sont coupable de quelle que choses même si il se déteste eu même par exemple
  Satella que je vais parler après, Echidna, Minerve la sorcière de la colère qui est tout le temps en pleure mais paradoxalement elle peut tout aussi bien détruire que guérir avec sont autorité, Carmilla la luxure que je vais développer en rejoignant avec rem : Subaru a passé la deuxième épreuve que je vais expliquer plus tard et a la fin il voit rem qui le console et lui dit de se reposer,cependant c'est Carmilla qui a voulu lui montrer la personne que subaru pensait le plus afin de surmonter cette épreuve..
  Ensuite Shekmet la paresse qui est assez dans son coin et que va être plus amener au devant de la scène enfin je l'espère

  pour finir Daphnee qui est au centre de l'histoire ici : c'est elle qui a créer le grand Laphydre La baleine et le serpent subaru va donc devoir la confrontée pour savoir pourquoi a t-elle créer tout cela avec un raisonnement que j'ai trouvé sympa sur la faim dans le monde, elle les a créer surtout pour faire disparaitre les famines mais dans quelle sens ? en supprimant la famine en tant que t-elle ou les personnes qui en souffrent ? Bref Les 7 sorcières sont tellement intéressantes que j’aimerais limite un oav basée sur chacune d’entre elle.

  Satella a présent : Elle dispose d'un amour sans nom pour Subaru ce qui est même terrifiant car elle peut tuer n'importe qui pour lui mais au dernier épisode il y a eu une discussion plus censée entre elle et Subaru : Elle lui dit clairement que le fait que il utilise autant la mort la chagrine et surtout : que Subaru doit s'aimer davantage sans faire du mal au gens qu'il aiment ce qui nous fais poser 100000 questions ? Satela est elle gentil au final ? Pourquoi a t-elle tuer ces congénères ? Pourquoi dans la première saison elle écrasait le cœur de Subaru ? J'ai une théorie : Satella est peux être Emilia dans le futur ou une choses qui se rapporte car Satella n'a jamais fais de mal a Subaru physiquement parlant elle semblait tellement triste de le voir mourir a chaque fois mais bref sa reste une théorie peux construire mais bref ce personnage est magique surtout quand elle lui demande a subaru de la tuer a la fin de sa quête ??? Bref vivement la suite

  Emilia a présent est entre autre celle qui va causer indirectement les 3 problèmes : Il a une pression énorme sur les épaules avec le fait qu'elle doit réussir les épreuves pour que tout le monde rentres chez eux ce qui va la rendre folle : Subaru après le tragique événement de Beatrice va voir Emilia et on voit quelle se fait consumer par la folie elle se transforme en Satela peux être.. ? Le premiers problème est ici comment faire pour ne pas plonger Emilia dans la folie ? Surtout que il a Roswaal comme ennemie ; il va faire tomber de la neige pour faire rappeler au villageois ( se référer a l'oav de emilia ) un tragique evenement qui vont les pousser a isoler emilia et la rendre encore plus seul. Le manoir est attquer pour que subaru reste envers emilia puis le grand lapydre est présent c un gigantesque problème subaru va t’il sacrifié le manoir ? attaqué le grand Laphydre ? Laisser Emilia seul ?

  A présent et pour compléter cette longue review Subaru : Première action qui montre enfin le changement chez Subaru après ce triste évènement de la disparation de Rem est le suicide et je m'explique car oui il a déjà eu une action morbide de la sorte dans la première saison avec la falaise : le meurtre avec une arme blanche est beaucoup plus dur que le simple fais de se jeter d'une falaise Subaru comprends qu'il doit changer certains choses chez lui pour que tout le monde soit en paix mais cela a une grande répercussion que je parlerais plus tard. on va enfin en savoir plus sur le passé de Subaru qui sont ses parents, quelle étaient son train de vie avant tout cela, pourquoi a t-il autant peu confiance en lui pourquoi est-il s'y content de se retrouver dans un nouveau monde ? Bref le devellopement du personnages et l'histoire prends une tournure très bonnes alors que nous somme que au premiers épisode. Il va cependant perdre la raison a la suite d"une mort horrible qui est Le Grand Laphydre donc déchiqueter vivant.. Echidna va le sauver et c ici qu'il avoue son secret de la mort réversible.. Subaru est plus déterminé que jamais a sauver tout le monde sauf que il n’hésite plus a se suicider alors que satela est contre cela et c en partie grâce a elle et quand même les autres que Subaru va revoir son jugement et voir qu'il est aimé : La deuxième épreuve consiste a voir ce qu'il se passe quand subaru mourrais comment il peut faire du mal au gens qui l'entourent, que se tuer n'est pas la solution et que non etre celui qui douille le plus n'est pas une excuses pour se lamenter . Il a une pression enorme sur les épaules lui aussi mais il doit avancer. Au final il refusent a Echidna un contrat qui etais basée sur la destruction de son Humanité en se tuant en boucle certe mais avec un futur convenable alors que Satela souhaite l'inverse. Echidna reste tres interressante et rempli bien le role de l'Avarice

  CONCLUSION
  Re: Zero est un anime qui a commencer avec une premiere saison bonne mais avec des defauts, la deuxieme saison vient tout remplacer en nous laissant certe des questions mais de bonne questions qui donnent une hype sans nom. Je pense que c'est clairement l'anime de l'année en tout cas de la saison.
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  Jaekoi

  90/100
  "Behold, an unthinkable present."

  This review contains spoilers.

  Disclaimer: Looking back on this review, my wording and vocabulary are god-awful. Innumerable occurrences of editing daily, albeit I believe it's time to leave it how it is. Anyways, bear with me on this one. Thanks.

  Re:Zero is one of those few anime sequels nowadays that introduces unique combinations of many compelling concepts, philosophical human ideologies, realistic emotions, extensive world-building, scarily good horror, that all takes place in a world with fantasy elements. It's had these moments that genuinely gave me goosebumps with its overall presentation of a psychological-driven reality, while also adding in bits and pieces of nostalgic, emotional, and heartwarming moments through the eyes, of our main protagonist, Subaru, and with many more in-depth, important, and fleshed-out characters. In other words, Re:Zero is a rarity among Isekai that proves it can be taken seriously.

  Through progression of time, Subaru has been in a state of cold isolation, depression, and suicide, while always recklessly preserving through destiny and fate itself, all for the sake of those he cherishes. However, this season of Re:Zero isn't mainly about a tragic hero attempting to save his loved ones.

  An Analysis of Subaru

  After being sent into Echidna's Windows XP background, Subaru seems to be more familiar with his position in reality. He's already experienced death itself, suffering, and despair while also experiencing the feeling of accomplishment, happiness, and affection for Emilia and Rem. Subaru's power, "Return by Death", seems to have been a blessing or a miracle to him. Being able to change one's destiny and future is what led him to save his loved ones from a cursed reality... But did he ever save himself?

  Subaru is a fine example of how to write a flawed character. Even though his ideology is very similar to that of a shounen protagonist, wanting to save and protect those he cares about, his experiences with many introduced characters like Echidna have shaped him into who he has become.

  This season is more focused on the Sanctuary's trial, or Echidna's trial's, Subaru, in a way, is very similar to Echidna, being greedy and selfish. She's manipulative, like Satella. However, it's still a fact that she "shares'" the burden with Subaru. But in reality, the story presents that Subaru was being selfish and greedy for many different reasons. Echidna, being the witch of greed, is essentially greedy for her own entire existence, being thirsty for knowledge of the vast world, which leads to how manipulative she can be. Subaru's standpoint includes how he was greedy to save others, not himself, but from the fact that he was lost, confused, scared, and clouded by his power, "Return by Death" led to his own judgment of constantly dying, suffering, and sacrificing himself, not knowing how much personal turmoil had taken over his own existence.

  Subaru is progressing in three different aspects this season: He's starting to develop and grow as a human being. He's going down the route of essentially losing his humanity. He's gradually applying self-worth.

  While Subaru was able to have endurance against reality, was he able to accept himself first, rather than others? Can Subaru trust those who have changed his life? Was he able to accept the reality forced onto him?

  While all these questions flooded my head, I can still say that Subaru has a good sense of determination in his heart. He has genuine intentions and motivations while at the same time, maintaining his realistic persona and questionable decision-making. But also Subaru has his fair share of flaws as a character. He's overconfident at many things he tries to do, which is rather a given and logical for having a power like "Return by Death." Even his "special power" is considered weak, yet he is an immortal being. But most of all, Subaru's character isn't written in a way that makes you want to inherently feel sympathetic for him, but rather to express that... he's finally tired and lost in a horrid reality.

  He's been doubtful of himself because of the regret that had flooded his heart, but he's been able to overcome his misgivings.This season wanted to emphasize that he hasn't yet fully overcome his obstacles before him. Subaru has been isolated and chained away by what seems to be unbreakable barriers, but he was never technically "alone." He's followed a path that has allowed him to gain friendships. But he's also had a multitude of personal problems and turmoils that, unfortunately, not many will ever understand his feelings and hatred because of the barriers that have ensnared him.

  Subaru starts to follow this path where he can't decide if he can trust certain characters like Echidna, Roswaal, and Garfiel. Not only that, the further he involves himself with Emilia, the more disoriented and astray he becomes, because this time, he doesn't know a way to save "them." He starts to realize the "bigger picture" because of Beatrice and "that person". While all of these setbacks and "trials" Subaru is going through, It seems as though no one may succor, aid, or even understand all the battles Subaru is clashing with.

  The anime community has been emotionally impacted because of the amount of credibility and weight his story holds. Subaru's been through so many phases. He has wanted to give up, because of how disoriented reality is, but he can't. Even though he wants to give up, he has no choice but to keep on living for the sake of those he adores. He essentially goes crazy and insane beyond human emotion. And after all of this, It felt as though he's been the only one shattering, but reality barges in, then the realization that came into his mind flings into him saying, "You think you were the only one suffering by your power?" And during the end, he finally learns the weight of his misgivings about the reality he was forced into by essentially admitting…

  "I don't want to die."

  These weren't the same words from S1. These were the words of a person who was lost in time, but eventually came to realize the importance of self-worth and how cardinal and important his life is to others...

  Though, at the same time, it's terrifying almost. Even though he knows that he is loved by others, he still feels alone at many times during the series. It's even more terrifying than knowing you are alone yet no one understands you. In Subaru's backstory, we are shown that he's always wanted others to like him. He's putting up a facade, because he has never accepted nor understood himself. His overconfidence manipulated him to believe in a fake reality where he's a "wise" man. But no, he was just lost in a endless loop of hell and terrified of the vast world full of hostility pointed right at him.The story explains major elements like anxiety, "love", and insecurity that are constantly present during the show which adds many toppings and layers to the psychological horror of Re:Zero.

  But as the story progresses, Subaru has resisted constant temptation right at his hands, wanting him to essentially go down the "IF route." Thankfully, he's grown immensely in decision-making. He's starting to develop in a more realistic and relatable way throughout the series from the results of last season, and the payoff in Episode 4 was presented in a rewarding fashion, with bits and pieces of sentimentalism. Subaru is starting to understand himself, he's starting to put away the facade and the insecurity he's been carrying all this time.

  Viewing this season partly felt like connecting a huge puzzle in an entertaining manner. Major loose-ends were being tied together throughout the progression of the story, which really put a smile on my face. The overall storytelling and plot progression really brought impact and complexity to the story. I started to understand its lore and premise much better by how it emphasizes on characterization. Examples being the ideology and motivations of Roswaal and Echidna. I was impressed by the world-building that the story managed to introduce, which was one of the major factors that allowed the story to evolve into something much more. Examples being the introduction of the "Great Rabbit." Re:Zero managed to bring more importance and thrill to characterization, world-building, foreshadowing, and to its narrative. The intensive dialogue occurring in each episode brought amazing suspense, fluidity, and thrill with each scene. It delivered clear and shocking cliffhangers every episode. As such, It doesn't rely on one-note gimmicks but rather progresses the story instead, without leaving the viewer behind.

  From a general perspective, Echidna seems reminiscent of a mother figure towards Subaru. She's observant of him, and aided him with his past... yet actually, their relationship is that of a bank account. Roswaal seems to be more of a father-figure towards Subaru. He wants him to follow the same path he went through, yet it is shown that he and Subaru were never clearly on the same page in the story. Ultimately, we are met with the crooked actuality, showcasing that Echidna and Roswaal view Subaru as a tool, nothing more, nothing less.

  There were several characters introduced to Re:Zero. But we still don't know much about them. All we were introduced to were slight glimpses of their personality, and how insane their mindsets are. But because of these character introductions and reintroductions It added more substance to the story itself. Things like the "Great Rabbit" were explained thoroughly and why creatures like it exist in the first place. More characters now seem to hold a purpose and importance to the story in a way that adds more fluidity and chemistry to the story that now has evolved into something that has surpassed its own prequel.

  It has a good balance of everything. It isn't overly dramatic, nor isn't underwhelming. Important factors like these make headway for the overall foundation and theme of the story, leaning more towards the suspenseful side. Each buildup methodically spurring is what really carried the suspense. For example, the buildup of Echidna's monologue brought to the story was thought-provoking and shockingly impactful to the overall theme of the story. The overall presentation of the "Castle of Dreams" radiated an eerie atmosphere. Re:Zero had many insane and thrilling scenes that added spice to the plot, it still managed to stay on track with keeping it's overall theme present throughout the entire story. The story managed to establish meaningful relationships between characters such as Subaru with Otto, Emilia, Roswaal, Beatrice, Echidna, and Satella. Specifically Roswaal, I was in awe of how crooked and complex his ideology was. He seemed fishy a lot throughout the first season, but I usually put him off the hook most of the time. And I'm glad I did. Roswaal, What a mad lad.

  This tale is certainly "dialogue-heavy" for many viewers, as for some though, the dialogue made this season memorable specifically because of Echidna's monologue, Roswaal's philosophical aims, and Subaru's backstory. It touched and supported its driving force. However, writing wise, it does lose itself within complex scenarios, especially with the dialogue and complicating narrative perception, which is a sound argument. Because of its shortcomings, there weren't as many action-driven scenes as before, more so obsessed with dialogue, backstories, and cleaning up major questions and mysteries of the anime, which is the correct way to avoid major plot holes to the story.

  For further notice, if you are not a fan of complex and fast-paced dialogue like something out of the Monogatari series, you'll probably be disappointed with this sequel of Re:Zero.

  I was rather impressed by the visuals seen in Subaru's backstory because of how properly sentimental the overall atmosphere was, which partly serves as appreciation for its wondrous musical score. Because of this, highlights would have to be Episode 4 and Episodes 12-13 personally. Specifically, what caught my eye was the soundtrack, opening, and ending themes. I'm very delighted to see that the producers didn't change most of the OST's due to the fact that it emphasizes so much on development and atmosphere.

  Re:Zero truly has a charm of its own.The franchise itself has managed to bring and smoothly execute compelling ideas to the table, while gaining a loyal fandom and immense popularity. It stays consistent and entertaining because of all the meticulous ideas it manages to introduce. All throughout, it stays honest, bestowing us a long-awaited sequel, topping its successor, which truly is a delight to witness. Re:Zero understands "unpredictability." It takes an immeasurable amount of twists and turns with its characters, action sequences, dialogue scenarios and plot twists. Garfiel, Roswaal, Beatrice, Satella, and Echidna being a fine example of this. You can't really tell who is "righteous" or "evil" firsthand through Subaru's perspective because of multiple new characters involved and how mysterious some characters are that were already introduced back then. White Fox knows their general set of viewers scarily well. So far, I'm really pleased to see the overall direction it is moving towards, not from how this sequel ended, but the overall improvements it had managed to successfully execute.

  There's still a plethora of questions which haven't been answered yet, and that's precisely why it keeps me entertained and invested in how the story progresses as a whole. All in all, If you dislike season 1 as a whole, I won't recommend this anime to you because of how much complexity and dialogue is added to the story. To people who want to understand how thought-provoking season 2 is, I highly recommend that you rewatch this season to further your understanding of how the anime progresses. Maybe not right away, though be sure to come back. Don't fret, the rewatch value of this anime is pretty damn splendid to say so myself. And as a fan of this story, I'm thrilled to see what Re:Zero has to offer in the foreseeable future.

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