Keegen

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?

What an absolutely fucked up episode. I love it! Insane how quickly things went horribly wrong for our boy this time, second loop and he already died one of the worst deaths he’s ever had. That flashback to him leaving his home was just rubbing salt in the freshly opened wound. This is shaping up to be some of the worst despair Subaru has ever had to face. In his mind he got pulled from his completely normal life straight into this nightmare, is pretty much alone after witnessing his supposed allies plotting to abandon him and potentially even assassinating him, and has to deal with the knowledge that no matter how brutally he dies, he will just go back remembering everything about it while no one else does. That checkpoint spot is pure evil as well, it just creates a perpetuating loop of misery, with every death Subaru unravels more and more and trusts his allies less which just leads to them feeling more estranged from him as well. Can’t wait for next week, this season is absolute peak!

Yup, we’re on episode 7 right now! There is gonna be a 2 months long pause between episodes 11 and 12 as well as the season is split into two cours, that one might also get the poor bot confused so letting you know ahead.

So the bot didn’t fire off last week and now we seem to be an episode behind. I’ll presume most people posting here are caught up and discussing episode 7 doesn’t count as spoilers. Pinging wjs018@ani.social to take a look at what happened/catch us up next week.

We’re Re:zero’ing literally back to zero this time. Don’t know how you managed to mess it up this badly Subaru but here we are! If this actually sticks and isn’t just an absolutely cruel cliffhanger that means the victims of Gluttony might be perma erased. Poor Julius, he found out his idol was a giant jerk, his lady was a fake puppeted by an artificial spirit and now the one person who remembered him is gone, for once Subaru might not be the one suffering the most here! Foxidna might also make a wrong (or right? I don’t even know anymore!) conclusion after the discussion they had and the suspicions she harbored, with the evidence presented as-is it sure looks like Subaru WAS the Sage all along and lost his memory before as he did now. This is easily my most anticipated anime this season, next week can’t come soon enough!

I know right!? And the guy already has 2 girls waiting for him as soon as he awakens. I bet his life is this world is going to be easy and pleasant!

Jokes aside, Subaru sure fucked up badly this time, it’s one thing to die and go back in time a little (or a lot) and a whole another to loose ALL memories of his time spend in this world. Just what did you do this time?

The witch’s dunce cap vs the chad wizard hats

New outfits! Subaru finally let his poor wrecked tracksuit go for something more befitting a desert adventure, meanwhile Emilia literally switched into a skin-tight spandex with a cloak. I love the character arc Julius and Subaru had, from a bitter rival that humiliates and humbles you (which Subaru very much needed back then) to a diehard friend, “…the only man who knows me as well as I know myself”. Subaru’s first death this season was so fast he didn’t even have a chance to process he died, got sniped with a magical projectile from the stratosphere Fern-style. The second death makes up for it plenty though, Patrasche once again cementing she is indeed best girl as she heroically sacrifices herself to try and stop her master from dying - all in vein as poor Beako breaks down over loosing her first source of comfort and companionship in 400 years after barely a year spend together. What a strong start to the season, and with 17 episodes left I’m very excited for what’s coming!

My favourite isekai is back! In a classic Re:zero fashion they’re skipping the OP and ED to maximise the amount of content (wonder how many times we will get to hear them in total this season). Not gonna lie, I completely forgot who Meili is and had to look her up. Think it’s about time I rewatch the earlier seasons, time has devoured some of my memories of this show as successfully as Gluttony themselves.

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.