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HenryEx
Mar 25, 2009

...your cybernetic implants, the only beauty in that meat you call "a body"...
Grimey Drawer
How do we go from "attacker just chopped off the source of power from the second-to-last survivor of the village, breaking the last line of defense" to "and the two lived in peace and harmony to the present day"


I fell like we skipped a step or thirteen in between there.

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Cake Attack
Mar 26, 2010

It's pretty heavily implied by the dialogue roswaal stepped in, although I'm sure the show will explain exactly what happened later

Brutal Garcon
Nov 2, 2014



HenryEx posted:

How do we go from "attacker just chopped off the source of power from the second-to-last survivor of the village, breaking the last line of defense" to "and the two lived in peace and harmony to the present day"


I fell like we skipped a step or thirteen in between there.

I think the implication might have been that Roswaal was part of that invading army. Presumably his dickery extends as far as raiding villages for... whatever they were after, but not all the way to murdering defenceless(ish) children.

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn

Fellis posted:

Phew i thought you meant that it was going to get dumb or bad when you said you read ahead and didn't like it. I'm down with more suffering :unsmigghh:

Re:Zero has been aptly described as suffering porn. The world is not very kind to Subaru, and to be entirely honest it gets kind of ridiculous.

The anime probably won't get to the really knife twisting parts though.

EDIT: Actually wait, no, it's getting into arc 3 now isn't it? Ahahaha oh man.

BlitzBlast fucked around with this message at 10:28 on Jun 13, 2016

darkgray
Dec 20, 2005

My best pose facing the morning sun!
Someone made a special headphone mix of the lap pillow talk:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaN3NRyeAxI

Brownieftw
Nov 23, 2011

Fluff master

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

The web novels are not translated and even if someone wanted to, it would quicker and easier for you or anyone else to learn japanese and read it yourself then to wait. For reference, the anime including break time so far has adapted 70 chapters of the web novel and there are currently ~410 chapters up to the beginning of the 6th arc available and supposedly the story is at its halfway point with 10 total arcs.

I figured as much. i know a little bit but not nearly enough to actually read yet.

LostRook
Jun 7, 2013

Dzhay posted:

I think the implication might have been that Roswaal was part of that invading army. Presumably his dickery extends as far as raiding villages for... whatever they were after, but not all the way to murdering defenceless(ish) children.

I thought the whole "scent of the witch" thing, along with Rem's reaction to it, implies that a Witch Cult kidnapped them and Roswell later rescued them.

lets hang out
Jan 10, 2015

The guy holding Ram after her horn got cut off was dressed just like Roswaal

Maybe fancy cravats are popular with death cults

lets hang out fucked around with this message at 14:44 on Jun 13, 2016

a kitten
Aug 5, 2006

lets hang out posted:



Maybe fancy cravats are popular with death cults

Those are popular with everyone. :swoon:

In any case, I don't think Roswaal is entirely on the up and up.

Kytrarewn
Jul 15, 2011

Solving mysteries in
Bb, F and D.

lets hang out posted:

The guy holding Ram after her horn got cut off was dressed just like Roswaal

Maybe fancy cravats are popular with death cults

That's the impression I got from Ram's conversation with Roswaal also, that some kind of deal had been made, probably for Rem's wellbeing.

Kytrarewn fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Jun 13, 2016

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice
It speaks volumes of the writing how much I'm growing to not want Subaru to suffer any further than he has.

Cowman
Feb 14, 2006

Beware the Cow





lets hang out posted:

The guy holding Ram after her horn got cut off was dressed just like Roswaal

Maybe fancy cravats are popular with death cults

I thought he was the one who cut her horn off because of that. I don't think he did but who knows with this hosed up world.

darkgray
Dec 20, 2005

My best pose facing the morning sun!
Whoops, forgot about this week's webisode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dZZnAUNE3s

Nyaa
Jan 7, 2010
Like, Nyaa.

:colbert:
How many more episode is there? I want to see Subaru dark soul a Dragon :banjo:

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Somewhere around 12-14 episodes to go.

Ep 12 preview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2yPmI-C-ho

Genocyber
Jun 4, 2012

Since we're getting a new arc with new characters I hope that means a new OP.

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

It does

OP by MYTH&ROID 「Paradisus-Paradoxum」
ED by Emillia VA Takahashi Rie 「Stay Alive」

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Wow they are putting alot into the first episode, they're probably going to do the all of the intermission in break time. Anyway get hyped boys, the first arc is a let's play by a max level max geared guy, the second arc is the tutorial on the easiest difficulty and the third arc is finally playing the game and on very hard.

Genocyber
Jun 4, 2012

Vanilla Mint Ice posted:

Wow they are putting alot into the first episode, they're probably going to do the all of the intermission in break time. Anyway get hyped boys, the first arc is a let's play by a max level max geared guy, the second arc is the tutorial on the easiest difficulty and the third arc is finally playing the game and on very hard.

So what you're saying is, the real Re:zero starts here?

:bloodborne::darksouls:

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
I wanted to avoid memeing but it really is

Overlord K
Jun 14, 2009
Holy poo poo, I completely missed the fact this is two cour.

I'm suddenly super excited.

Annointed
Mar 2, 2013

I'm just salivating anout the possibility of the new depths Subaru will fall to in what looks to be a high stakes political intrigue scenario.

Genocyber
Jun 4, 2012

I'm excited about the new waifus

darkgray
Dec 20, 2005

My best pose facing the morning sun!

Genocyber posted:

I'm excited about the new waifus

Hopefully one will be blind, so Subaru can finally level up.

darkgray
Dec 20, 2005

My best pose facing the morning sun!
Christ, with the new arc starting, it's going to be really hard to keep myself from reading ahead. Smells like epic adventure time. Love the character designs in this show.

Kytrarewn
Jul 15, 2011

Solving mysteries in
Bb, F and D.

darkgray posted:

Christ, with the new arc starting, it's going to be really hard to keep myself from reading ahead. Smells like epic adventure time. Love the character designs in this show.

Yeah, I really like all the new characters. The interesting bit to me is that it seems like they've blown their voice-acting budget on the second half (Yuka Iguchi, Yukari Tamura, Kana Ueda, Yui Horie) so I'm guessing at big things for all of our new friends.

Fellis
Feb 14, 2012

Kid, don't threaten me. There are worse things than death, and uh, I can do all of them.
Holy poo poo i did not see this twist coming!!!!!

E:!!!!!!

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice

Fellis posted:

Holy poo poo i did not see this twist coming!!!!!

E:!!!!!!

Felt being a candidate? I think that one was obviously foreshadowed when Reinhard took her when she was holding the glyph thingy it glowed, either it means she's related to the royal bloodline or is just picked because ~destiny~.

My question is whether "Dragon" is metaphorical prophecy trap stuff and whether Subaru is the Dragon, or if there's an actual Dragon and what does Subaru have to do with everything.


This show has me super on edge.

nielsm
Jun 1, 2009



Catgirlboy is cool and cute and I hope he gets lots more screentime.

Vanilla Mint Ice
Jul 17, 2007

A raccoon is not finished when he is defeated. He is finished when he quits.
Don't worry and I don't think it's a spoiler to say pretty much every character introduced in the third arc are vitally important and will get plenty of screen time

madmac
Jun 22, 2010
OK, this arc already owns, Rem owns, new characters look fun, I'm excited.

I'm cringing a bit at Subaru making huge mistakes already, but that's to be expected. We haven't even found out where the save point is yet.

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice

madmac posted:

OK, this arc already owns, Rem owns, new characters look fun, I'm excited.

I'm cringing a bit at Subaru making huge mistakes already, but that's to be expected. We haven't even found out where the save point is yet.

What has he done wrong so far other than just generally making a fool of himself?

madmac
Jun 22, 2010

Raenir Salazar posted:

What has he done wrong so far other than just generally making a fool of himself?

He's causing Emilia to massively distrust him by apparently aligning himself with princess tsundere pants, to the point that she makes him stay home after not explaining himself the first time only to have him stroll into the castle as part of her entourage. That's the big one, but I'm sure a lot of the little things will come back to bite him like antagonizing Sir Kissy Hands for no real reason.

On an unrelated note, Felt's expression at the end there seemed kinda creepy/glazed over. I'm a little worried what Reinhardt has done with her since the first arc.

madmac fucked around with this message at 20:43 on Jun 19, 2016

Tamba
Apr 5, 2010

Raenir Salazar posted:

What has he done wrong so far other than just generally making a fool of himself?

The gravest sin, making Emilia sad.
https://0x0.st/TW0.webm

Futaba Anzu
May 6, 2011

GROSS BOY

felix the cat lmao

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice
Hrm, that's a lot of lost ground he has to cover if his mistakes are now and his next loop brings him back here.

Futaba Anzu posted:

felix the cat lmao

I hadn't noticed this, oh my. Is that deliberate you think?

smenj
Oct 10, 2012

Tamba posted:

The gravest sin, making Emilia sad.

To be fair, 'Didn't I tell you to be good and wait for me?' is the most condescending thing I've heard anyone on this show say, so maybe she deserves it a little.

Raenir Salazar
Nov 5, 2010

College Slice

smenj posted:

To be fair, 'Didn't I tell you to be good and wait for me?' is the most condescending thing I've heard anyone on this show say, so maybe she deserves it a little.

They deserve each other. :3:

Also to be fair, see how Subaru nearly killed himself by fooling around with the carriage.

madmac
Jun 22, 2010

smenj posted:

To be fair, 'Didn't I tell you to be good and wait for me?' is the most condescending thing I've heard anyone on this show say, so maybe she deserves it a little.

Emilia has known him like a week and from her perspective he's almost died how many times now? Dude pretty much just flirts for her a few brief hours before being crippled and bedridden again.

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Emmideer
Oct 20, 2011

Lovely night, no?
Grimey Drawer
If I had to guess the next reset point, it hasn't been set yet. Too much potential drama in everything that's happened so far to let it go out the window the first time Subaru gets decapitated for giving the girl a poisoned appa or whatever-the-heck does him in.

edit: Then again I guess it could also be interesting seeing all the ways Subaru fucks up his entrance.

Emmideer fucked around with this message at 21:27 on Jun 19, 2016

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