REZERO S2EP20 REACTION [early access]
Added 2024-06-05 13:38:15 +0000 UTCi THIIIIIINK things are clicking into place.... i hope👁️👁️
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One of my favorite things to do on a RE:Watch of this show is to look at the numerous ways that Subaru and Roswaal are mirrored. I won't go into everything until the season is over, but it is really extensive and purposeful. For instance the very first episode of the show where Subaru meets Emilia is titled "The End of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End". This episode with Roswaal's backstory meeting Echidna is titled "The Beginning of the Sanctuary and the Beginning of the End". The mirroring is pretty easy to overlook on the first watch since they seem like two entirely different characters, but this episode really gives you a whole new perspective on the character of Roswaal and his similarities/contrast to Subaru.
ThaDoubleB
2024-06-06 02:53:24 +0000 UTCYour description of Roswaal's backstory with Echidna.. is very similar to Subaru's story of falling in love with Emilia. That's why he considers them both similar. Think about it. Both fell in love with a woman who saved them. As a result both had a conviction to protect this person. In Roswaal's case he lost that person, and so.. in his 400 year desperate struggle to bring her back.. he lost his humanity and developed this unhealthy mentality that "everyone is fundamentally weak and incapable of fulfilling their desires. Only someone with a strong conviction to throw everything else away for the sake of this one goal ONLY, can you successfully get what you want." A twisted parallel to Subaru's dedication to save Emilia and Rem. Subaru very easily could have become this inhuman monster as well. As a result of losing Rem, he considers himself weak and unworthy of both Rem and Emilia. Because of this, he clung to Return by Death as the one and only value he has. Throwing away his own life for the sake of saving the people he loves. Its not until the Witch's Tea Party with Satella, was he able to see the error of that mentality and restart his path anew. I doubt Roswaal can be swayed from his path.. its been 400 years after all. That's a long time of remaining in this unhealthy mindset.
Reuben Filimaua
2024-06-06 02:49:25 +0000 UTCThe Memory Snow OVA has a ton of connections to the end of this season and this episode in particular. You learn about the magic release period, how Puck and Emilia met Roswaal (and Puck and Roswaal's subsequent fight), an explanation on what an "od" is, the Subaru/Roswaal statue this is oddly suspicious looking, and the first hint of the old Roswaal/Betty camaraderie along with the first mention of "Mother". For what amounts to a Slice of Life episode it really does a lot of foreshadowing, as well as furthering the relationship between Emilia and Subaru.
ThaDoubleB
2024-06-06 02:48:55 +0000 UTCIdk why but roswaals monologue about echidna always gets me hype takehito koyasu never fails to deliver incredible performances
TChang23
2024-06-05 23:25:38 +0000 UTCPlease watch Memory snow OVA, it may not have plot heavy stuff, but it's still a canon episode. Definitely perfect to watch after a lots of suffering and more wholesome instead once in a while!
Drathian
2024-06-05 22:24:19 +0000 UTClmfaooodfslskdlkds
Alana Misako
2024-06-05 22:14:17 +0000 UTCThis is what I appreciate about this series. The staff really did their best to fit as much content into each episode as they possibly could by leaving out the OP/EDs. And when we do see the actual OP/ED animation, it's a nice surprise and feels like a true turning point in the story. I hope they continue this trend in the new season.
SumoJo61
2024-06-05 21:00:04 +0000 UTCI just think it's crazy that Re: Zero can have so little openings and endings per season. This is the first time we see visuals for this ending and it's episode 20
Mkj9u
2024-06-05 20:20:09 +0000 UTCWe've seen a Magic Release Period before. It's what was happening to Puck during the Memory Snow OVA. But Puck was able to bleed off his excess mana. Roswaal didn't know how, so Echidna had to help him by sucking out his mana. Bit of trivia: the only other characters we've seen use a mana drain technique so far are Betty (on Subaru when he first met her) and Puck (on Garfiel during his fight with Subaru).
Ara Araragi
2024-06-05 16:23:56 +0000 UTCThe fact that Alana questions if we have seeing the ending 20 episodes into the second season and 7 episodes into the second part of the season LOL Re:zero is really something and i love it for that
Brac3r
2024-06-05 15:32:24 +0000 UTCNo, it is sung by Nonoc who also did the first ending of season 2. But tbf, they do have a similar voices so I don't blame anyone who thinks it is her.
Drathian
2024-06-05 15:25:28 +0000 UTCRoswaal got spanked so hard by Hector that he now cosplays him.
Mitschiro
2024-06-05 14:52:46 +0000 UTCyep it's emelia's VA(Rie Takahashi) singing! Also the voice of Ai from Oshi No Ko. Well she's in like everything lol.
Bobo Bay
2024-06-05 14:39:04 +0000 UTCInstead of "Devil" it would be more accurate to call him "Warlock", since Hector is a male counterpart of a witch, being Warlock of Melancholy. Probably a reason why Hector have known Echidna, and explains about his power. Which probably is his Witch Factor [Authority of Melancholy].
Drathian
2024-06-05 13:55:08 +0000 UTC
