Keegen

Who is Rem? --> Who is Emilia?

Absolutely brutal tease, I was ready for it to be the new meme but Satella mercifully spared us from that timeline with her interruption.

It’s finally back! This wait was killing me!

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I feel like we’re fast approaching a point where Chokki must choose between upholding her eccentric “romance” views or prioritizing her actual romance. She’s been content to just enjoy her happy random moments together but the reality is about to come crashing down once graduation day comes. Either one of them breaks and goes for it or the manga is inevitably heading towards a bittersweet conclusion, which is something I wouldn’t even mind if done right - sometimes things just don’t work out.

(Disclaimer: This is a personal opinion.)

Neat! Seems the Brimmed Hats are likely to be more involved from now on based on the last two episodes so I might actually enjoy the second season more, who knows! They were pretty much the most interesting characters in this series for me, I’m a suckers for rebels and I like how they seem to skirt the line between being villains and just wanting to abolish the authoritarian chains of the Witches.

When they first announced this adaptation the hype levels for it were the same as for Frieren. While the latter definitively lived up to them I can’t say the same about this one. I wasn’t a big fan of the characters and how they almost seemed like caricatures of their character types at times. 7/10 overall, enjoyable enough watch, would likely watch a second season but won’t be overly sad is the story ends here.

Subaru broke down so hard this time Satella had to personally intervene with a hug and an “aishiteru” barrage only for Emilia to break in an steal her man back. The entire scene with Emilia listing out her core memories with Subaru was incredible, and it mirrors how Subaru usually experienced reality with Return by Death as well, having memories of moments with his friends that they don’t remember. And what a way to end the first cour, Subaru back at his amnesiac “starting point” again but this time with the resolve and trust in his allies to carry on! The painful 2 months long wait for the next part begins.

If this is supposed to be good natured dragon I don’t want to see what the angry ones look like, especially as this one is also the smallest one they know! How did mom even manage to hook up with this thing in the first place?

I picked this instance out of many 2,5 years ago when Kbin.social (RIP) was starting to break down and I’ve been very happy with my choice! Here is to another 3 years and hopefully many more to come after!

Book of the Dead - lets you experience the life and death of the person. Side effects may include: schizophrenia, desire for murder. Subaru has a new mind friend, how nice! With the usual cruelty of this series in mind I bet his checkpoint is after the strangulation incident and his newfound schizo friend sticks around for the next loops. It’s really morbid but surprisingly sharp of Subaru to consider murdering his friends just to read their Books to learn their shared backstory then presumably die and loop back with the knowledge. Fucked up for sure but deceptively clever for our usually quite dense protagonist! Shame he is completely unaware that among all of his victims he was lucky enough to pick the only one from this party that can’t completely eviscerate him in seconds so his chances with the rest are rather slim! That is, if Shaula doesn’t step in to help him out, she clearly knows something and is the likely culprit behind the body’s disappearance.

Patrasche continuing to assert her status as best girl! Subaru experiencing the “Trust no one, not even yourself” meme for real. So many questions! Why did the other Subaru murder Meili? Why did Shaula save him from the mabeast instead of killing him for breaking the rules? Why did he get teleported back to the tower upon touching that stone wall? Who possessed Rem and murdered everyone inside of the tower? Where were Emilia and Beatrice?

I think you perfectly put into words why I don’t enjoy watching adaptations of manga/LNs that I’ve read. Baring some exceptions, I always feel like the adaptation doesn’t really add much compared to the source material and in many cases it detracts from it, skipping scenes for the sake of pacing or just being badly animated because of budget/timing constrains.