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EP. REVIEW: Re:Zero -Starting Life in Another World-

Silver4000 wrote:

So... no one's commenting on that Pride thing that Betelgeuse called Subaru? While he was calling himself Sloth? No? I'm reading too much on something? Ok.

Skip back about a page and a half to here and start reading.

The main thing that bothers me about this possibility is that, if it's true, it would feel like the show's fallen into being "dark for the sake of dark." Though it's kinda been heading that direction for a while now.

As for the idea of Pride and Subaru, I think that might be a red herring. We have to remember, that while it may seem like Subaru is ruled by Pride at the moment, it is an outlay of a number of maddening events and centered around his inability, in a literal sense, to be forthright with what he's experienced. I don't see his outburst with Emilia, his outbursts and fights at the ceremony, as himself being prideful in the classical sense, but more his frustration in knowing a little different insight about what is going on, but not being able to explain the reason for that insight. He knows he can go back in time, and in doing so be able to change events for the better, but can't tell anyone, so is left sounding like a prideful fool telling people to just trust him and that he has the power to do anything.

Remember, for much of the series he uses himself as the butt of jokes and puts himself down, which are not the acts of someone with the mark of Pride. He has repeatedly willingly thrown away his pride for the sake of achieving goals. Also, recall that while Betelgeuse called himself Sloth, he didn't exactly demonstrate the qualities of Sloth, and in fact seemed averse to those exhibiting those qualities, though it can be tough to tell through his madness. It is possible that, if anyone here saw Trinity Seven, or is familiar with other series that dabble with the concept, the masters of each sin are actually those who have conquered or are otherwise diametrically opposed to that sin - the master of greed being a generous sort, for example. I tend to think, however, that the comment about Pride was meant more to raise the specter of that actual character showing up soon in the story, or highlight the fact that there are other whack-jobs like Sloth here who will be showing up, not necessarily a face-value assertion that Subaru going to be directly linked beyond his current level of contact with the Jealous Witch or her cult followers.

I think the Pride bit has importance. So something I was thinking about - there were more than one witch of sin right? So maybe the one that has it's claws in Subaru is the witch of Pride?

That giant thing at the end was creating a blizzard around the area so it couldn't have been Puck. Puck doesn't have that scale of power because Emilia doesn't have that kind of power and Puck is contracted to her.

Beako calls Puck her brother. If we take that at face value that means they must have parents or at least a progenitor (don't know how spirit ancestry works in Re Zero). It was most likely Beako who died and this made Big Mama very mad so she came and wiped out all the cultists. When Subaru came she must have detected Witch scent on him and assumed he was with the cultists and offed him too. Subaru is nothing if not a victim of circumstance.

Anyone who's even casually paying attention would definitely not think that thing at the end was Rem's parent. Rem and Ram are blood sisters and we've seen their parents in the oni village that got cleansed by the cultists. Rem and Ram's parents are dead.

And I highly doubt it's Emilia's parent. I mean, giant creatures mating with elves? In the DC universe I get that Raven is Trigon's daughter but I really doubt Re Zero is going down that route. Emilia's lineage is likely far less dark than Raven's since it's mainly her hair color that gives her so much flak rather than her blood unless Re Zero's people are prejudiced against interracial breeding or half-elves in general but I don't that's the case here.

That giant thing at the end was creating a blizzard around the area so it couldn't have been Puck. Puck doesn't have that scale of power because Emilia doesn't have that kind of power and Puck is contracted to her.

Beako calls Puck her brother. If we take that at face value that means they must have parents or at least a progenitor (don't know how spirit ancestry works in Re Zero). It was most likely Beako who died and this made Big Mama very mad so she came and wiped out all the cultists. When Subaru came she must have detected Witch scent on him and assumed he was with the cultists and offed him too. Subaru is nothing if not a victim of circumstance.

Anyone who's even casually paying attention would definitely not think that thing at the end was Rem's parent. Rem and Ram are blood sisters and we've seen their parents in the oni village that got cleansed by the cultists. Rem and Ram's parents are dead.

And I highly doubt it's Emilia's parent. I mean, giant creatures mating with elves? In the DC universe I get that Raven is Trigon's daughter but I really doubt Re Zero is going down that route. Emilia's lineage is likely far less dark than Raven's since it's mainly her hair color that gives her so much flak rather than her blood unless Re Zero's people are prejudiced against interracial breeding or half-elves in general but I don't that's the case here.

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Puck is supposed to be a great spirit, why would that power be out of his reach? Also, he's contracted to Emilia, which could imply a limiter on his raw output of power. But if Emilia is dead (which is implied the first time Subaru arrives to the mansion and dies), it would make sense for Puck to not only go berserk, but also release his full power.

Beacko calls Puck her brother in an affectionate manner. There's nothing hinting or implying at any actual relation between them apart from her being enamoured with Puck.

You might also be taking too literally the "daughter" thing. We know so little, that it could mean anything, and with the rest of the stuff that we know (like how the voice in the frozen room resembles Puck's, and "something" insta-kills Subaru right after the voice speaks), it makes quite a lot of sense if that is Puck speaking about how his daughter/bonded/protegee Emilia is sleeping (has died), and kills Subaru yet again for being too late (like the first time).