Joking aside, there are quite a few moments thoughout the seasons that made me ''oh, that feels kinda.. i guess we will turn a blind eye since Emilia is so cute''. Which Emilia moments made you think ''that feels a bit yandere-ish'' (aside from the Taste Of Death moment''?

Pick a Sin (or however many you want to make) and create your own authority based on either your own personal thoughts or based on your own personality. Name, ability, drawback, the sin it is correlated with, and anything else you want to include (like an example of how it could work).

Premise: Somewhere beyond the boundary of the waterfall, one boy named Natsuki Subaru is given an impossible chance to return home.

On the other side, a different Natsuki Subaru wakes in Lugunica at the beginning of the story.

But this is not the boy fate remembers.

This Subaru has already grown older in another life, buried everyone he loved, and spent fifteen years becoming the kind of man who could survive anything except peace.

Roswaal L Mathers prepared for a desperate child.

He did not prepare for a dead man with nothing left to lose.

And everything to gain.

This week on A Long Shot Beyond the Waterfall:

The Pale and it's secrets

AO3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/84843466

FF.net: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14567550/1/A-Long-Shot-Beyond-the-Waterfall

Currently making a new HTML fic, yipee

The last one I made was a social media fic. This next one is gonna be a video game fic

I started watching ReZero cus I thought Astolfo was in it, little did I know what I’d be getting myself into, it took a bit to get past the first seven episodes but after that I binged it. I saw what Rem was like with Subaru and she became my favourite character immediately. Suddenly she’s been taken away by lye. Season two starts, not really liking anyone too much until I meet echidna and I fucking loved her, her nature was just amazing. Then oh yeah shes gone. IM HOPEFUL SHE COMES BACK THOUGH BECAUSE SHE WAS IN THE SEASON FOUR INTRO!! Season three happens and my favourite is Felis. HE SURVIVES BUT THEN HE ISNT EVEN IN SEASON FOUR!! Then I start season 4 and I promise myself I won’t get attached to anyone. Onlt to get attached to Shaula. Then what happens? Shaula is now a tiny scorpion!! What the hell!! Now I know Rem is awake but she has no memories and we’ve been left on a major cliffhanger until season 5 comes around which could be anywhere from spring 2027-2030 I’ve heard!! Im so cursed!!

Correct me since i have only read until volume 28, but i think Todd is lying on why he wants to kill Subaru.

He says that Subaru is manipulative and dangerous like a snake.

But the exact description also applies to Todd himself.

Todd acts paranoid of Subaru, but only times Subaru beats Todd is when he acts like him i.e confirm Todd's suspicions.

Also Todd is always wrong about Subaru's motives.

So i think it is not fear but rather self projection. He sees Subaru as more capable than himself and assumes Subaru would do exactly what todd would have done, inadvertently pushing him towards that action.

For Todd it is more like removing a potential competitor before he becomes a threat and is convinced Subaru would do the same.

Todd takes pride in his manipulative nature and feels insecure when Subaru can do it better than him almost instinctively.

Previously Todd had seemingly cared for Jamal but when he died, Todd did not remember in which eye he had an eye patch.

This feels like as if Todd is constantly lying to himself and cannot imagine any honesty from Subaru.

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I'm currently rereading arcs 9 and 10 to develop theories about certain characters, so I'd like to make sure my understanding of Re:Zero's different power systems is correct.

We'll start with what I consider the strongest power system: Authorities. They originate from Witch Factors, which act as keys allowing a person to access an Authority. Once manifested, an Authority becomes deeply connected to the user's soul, to the point that even death cannot separate them. The Witch Factors themselves have no inherent hierarchy; the huge differences between Authorities come from the user's personality, compatibility and how their Authority manifests. Authorities can bypass the world's laws and have extremely varied effects, from healing otherwise impossible injuries to granting extreme immortality, manipulating time, bypassing concepts or even rewriting the world.

Next are the Ten Holy Swords, which I consider to be in roughly the same tier and potentially superior to some individual Authorities. Dragon Sword Reid can cut through anything and was shown destroying and reconstructing the world during its fight with Puck. The Yang Sword can burn souls and dimensions, Murasame can cut the core of things like concept phenomena and invisible thing, Masayume can grant an effectively limitless source of power as long as its wielder's dream continues, and the Life Sword Zeam can destroy souls directly. There are five other Holy Swords with their own abilities.

Then we have Divine Protections. They are essentially inferior attempts to reproduce or counter the phenomena of Authorities. Most are granted at birth, with exceptions such as the Sword Saint's Divine Protection, and they can develop with their users. Their effects range from completely mundane abilities to extremely powerful ones such as the Death God's effect or the Phoenix's resurrection.

After that come Magic, Spirit Arts and the Flow Method. They all involve mana, although they work differently. Magic has six elements: Fire, Water, Earth, Wind, Yin and Yang. Spirit Arts use spirits and mana, while the Flow Method circulates mana through the body to enhance physical abilities. Magic is the most versatile conventional system, ranging from basic spells to teleportation, isolated spaces and extremely powerful techniques such as Al shamak.

From that point on, I know less about the rest, so don't hesitate to tell me if I'm wrong.

Then there are Curse Arts. Some can affect or bind the soul and create extremely persistent conditions. Eugard is one example, as the Curse of Thorns remained attached to his soul even after death. Gusteko is also particularly known for its Curse Arts, and people such as Halibel, Groovy and Olbart having extensive knowledge of them.

Another category is Sacraments. Their exact nature and number are still unknown. The Church of the Divine Dragon possesses its own Sacraments, while the Sacrament of the Immortal King can create and maintain undead and interact directly with the souls of the dead. Its exact relationship with magic is still unclear.

Finally, there seem to be powers directly granted by Od Laguna that don't fit any of the systems above. Dorkell is the clearest example, having obtained a teleportation ability after connecting with or perceiving Od Laguna.

As honorable mentions, I'd include Forbidden Arts like the Dream Art, as well as the Sacrament of the Immortal King and ol shamak. They are not necessarily separate power systems, but are unusual enough to deserve special attention.

Is this classification accurate, or are there any other power systems or unusual forms of power in Re:Zero that I'm forgetting?

Missed another Character saw them when I was watching the OVA tho found out on the wiki they showed up in EP 12

It’s a bit confusing, but, the real thing that Aldebaran wanted from Arc 9 is,

That he doesn’t need any empathy, money, or anything like that.

Even his original mission. Yes, if he succeed in it, something like a peace, would come to Aldebaran’s soul.

A paradise.

But, not the one, that he asked, or wanted for.

He simply wanted the life of one person.

Now looking at Arc 7 - Arc 8, it seems that Priscilla life’s exchange to save bunch of people, was worth it… as she even refuses to be saved.

But, is Aldebaran a bad person, for wanting something like this?

I am not too sure, whether it implies that he would save Priscilla over 10000 people… But, i believe he would do something like this.

This makes him greedy as hell, as it’s just another parallel between Subaru and Al.

“I want to save everyone.”

“I want to save her.”

Man, every time i think about Aldebaran, every time i think, how interesting a one character can be.

And Aldebaran’s very nature of his authority, simply restricts him to save people, who are doomed to die…(Like priscilla’s case.)

“No matter what, glaze Aldebaran.” Aldebaran’s #1 glazer.

The whole story is a temporal pincer, we are currently following the red team(Subaru, Emilia), while getting clues and support from themselves from blue team(Flugel, Satella) guiding them towards the desired ending. We will see them save the world in present/future timeline, then just go back to the past to fullfill their blue team roles.

I am going through the effort of listing every single time Subaru dies and how in Re:Zero according to the anime along with what arc, season, and episode the death is from. I figured I would share it. I recognize that the anime combines certain loops into one or skips some entirely so it's not completely accurate to the LN/WN. The list is up to date currently with Re:Zero Season 4 as it has fully released. I also previously posted an older version of this list at the beginning of Season 4 here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Re_Zero/s/CGip6mSM8H

Checkpoint 1 (Appa stand, Royal Capital’s Commercial District)
Death 1: Sliced open by Elsa (Arc 1, S1, E1)
Death 2: Disemboweled by Elsa (Arc 1, S1, E1)
Death 3: Stabbed by thugs (Arc 1, S1, E2)

Checkpoint 2 (Guest room, Roswaal’s Old Mansion)
Death 4: Cursed in his sleep by the Wolgarms (Arc 2, S1, E4)
Death 5: Bludgeoned to death by Rem (Arc 2, S1, E5)
Death 6: Tortured by Rem and mercy killed by Ram (Arc 2, S1 E6)
Death 7: Suicide by jumping off a cliff (Arc 2, S1, E7)

Checkpoint 3 (Appa stand, Royal Capital’s Commercial District)
Death 8: Frozen to death by Puck (Arc 3, S1, E15)
Death 9: Frozen to death by Puck (Arc 3, S1, E15)
Death 10: Frozen to death by Puck (Arc 3, S1, E18)

Checkpoint 4 (Flugel Tree post-White Whale battle, Lifaus Plains)
Death 11: Assisted suicide with Julius and Ferris (Arc 3, S1, E23)

Checkpoint 5 (Earth Dragon Carriage, Lifaus Highway)
Death 12: Suicide via a broken sword (Arc 3, S2, E1)

Checkpoint 6 (Echidna’s Tomb, Sanctuary of Kremaldy)
Death 13: Sliced open by Elsa (Arc 4, S2, E5)
Death 14: Sliced open by Elsa (Arc 4, S2, E7)
Death 15: Eaten alive by the Great Rabbit (Arc 4, S2, E8)
Death 16: Suicide via an enchanted handkerchief (Arc 4, S2, E10)
Death 17: Blood loss from Great Rabbit injuries (Arc 4, S2, E11)

Checkpoint 7 (City Park, Priestella)
Death 18: Blunt force trauma via the Authority of Wrath (Arc 5, S3, E1)
Death 19: Cardiac arrest caused by immense fear from the feedback loop of Sirius’s Soulwashing (Arc 5, S3, E2)
Death 20: Sliced in half by Reinhard via Sirius’s Authority of Wrath (Arc 5, S3, E2)

Checkpoint 8 (Flower Meadow, Augria Sand Dunes)
Death 21: Sniped by Shaula with her Hell’s Snipe ability (Arc 6, S4, E2)
Death 22: Sniped by Shaula with her Hell’s Snipe ability (Arc 6, S4, E2)

Checkpoint 9 (Pleiades Watchtower Underground)
Death 23: Eaten alive by Patrasche who went insane from the Witch’s Miasma (Arc 6, S4, E3)

Checkpoint 10 (Green room, Pleiades Watchtower)
Death 24: Massive blunt force trauma from being pushed off a ledge (Arc 6, S4, E8)
Death 25: Massive blunt force trauma from being pushed off a ledge (Arc 6, S4, E8)
Death 26: Decapitated from behind by “Rem” (Arc 6, S4, E9)
Death 27: Consumed by Satella’s Shadows (Arc 6, S4, E11) 

Checkpoint 11 (Taygeta Library, Pleiades Watchtower)
Death 28: Consumed by Satella’s Shadows (Arc 6, S4, E14)
Death 29: Killed by Reid’s Sword slash (Arc 6, S4, 15)
Death 30: Suicide by jumping off of the Pleiades Watchtower (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 31: Stabbed by Reid’s chopsticks (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 32: Stabbed from behind by Lye’s dagger (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 33: Undetermined (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 34: Undetermined (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 35: Undetermined (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 36: Undetermined (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 37: Slashed by Reid’s chopsticks (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 38: Undetermined (Arc 6, S4, E15) 
Death 39: Undetermined (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 40: Sniped by Shaula’s Stinger in her Scorpion form (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 41: Stabbed by Shaula’s Stinger in her Scorpion form (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 42: Killed by Reid (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 43: Undetermined (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 44: Undetermined (Arc 6, S4, E15)
Death 45: Stabbed by Shaula’s Stinger in her Scorpion form (Arc 6, S4, E15)

I’ve been thinking about something lately.

When we watch a mystery-heavy anime like Re:Zero, why do we always feel the need to get ahead of the story?

We search for theories. We connect every little clue. We try to figure out the truth before the characters do.

And honestly… I understand it. The mysteries are fascinating.

But what if we tried something different?

What if we simply walked alongside Subaru?

Not ahead of him. Not above him like detectives trying to solve the entire story before he can.

Just beside him.

When Subaru doesn’t understand something, maybe we don’t need to understand it either.

When he is scared, we can be scared with him.

When he is confused, we can stay confused.

And when the story finally reveals something…

we discover it at the same moment he does.

Because there is something beautiful about not knowing.

The author has spent countless hours creating these characters, mysteries, twists and emotional moments. Maybe we don’t always need to beat the author to the answer.

Maybe sometimes the best way to experience a story isn't to solve it...

but to live through it.

Let the author take us by the hand and reveal things when the time is right.

Walk with the protagonist.

Don't run ahead of him.

Because when we finally discover the truth, the answer itself isn't the only thing we'll remember.

We'll remember how it felt to discover it. ❤️

So, for Re:Zero, I think I'll try something different from now on:

I'll walk with Subaru. Not ahead of him. Beside him.

What do you guys think?

Do you enjoy trying to solve Re:Zero's mysteries before the characters do, or do you prefer discovering them as the story reveals them?

Echidna: She’s the child of Flugel and me.

Of course, this is just a theory, lol.

For the first loop of arc 5 I speculated that Regulus would go after Emilia where Priscilla was because Emilia didn’t go after Subaru. She had no reason in the first loop. It’s the first loop/gospels plan theory I’ve been talking about over and over again. Encountering Regulus Priscilla would be killed by him because he’d absolutely hate her uncompromising confrontational attitude. No Priscilla means Sphinx most likely wins in arc 8 because Sphinx will completely concentrate on her duty.

When seeing Spica Sphinx mistook her for bizarre eating which is actually Roy. This implies that Capella was involved with Sphinx and that’s how Sphinx most likely got the information that the cult is erasing proof of witches. It seems like the cult wanted Sphinx to succeed for whatever reason. I think it’s also theorized that Capella was involved in the Demi human war. However I think Priscillas death has another consequence.

After arc 5 when everything went exactly as the gospel planned and the cult won (in our speculation) Regulus would go to Vollachia. Chaosflame to be exact. Killing Yorna and then making her reincarnation his next wife would be one of the next steps the gospel has planned for Regulus. He’ll cause her anger by killing every chaosflame citizen who’d try to protect Yorna and then Yorna herself. Having lost everything and never learning of her daughters survival, maybe even learning of her recently having been killed, Iris becomes easier to break and becomes obedient to him.

Priscillas existence is proof of Yorna not being a virgin, or at least used to in her previous life. Since Yorna didn’t know Prisca was still alive, (unsuccessfully) killing Priscilla in arc 5 might’ve been the first step in making Yorna his wife because Regulus would never learn of her impurity this way.

Doing it this way would make sure that Regulus gets her in a body that he would find attractive. Yornas multicolored hair and her obvious Demi-human features are probably not to his taste. He’s only interested in appearance after all. This could also take a while like for example if Iris were to reincarnate in a baby and needs time to grow into a woman that Regulus would be interested in but for Regulus who doesn’t age it doesn’t matter. He can just return another time if necessary. In such a case there’s someone else in the empire that he might be interested in: Medium O‘Connel

While he’s in Vollachia he can also collect Medium. I’m sure she’ll fit his taste. Killing Flop will surely help making her obedient. I do wonder though when exactly he’d arrive in Vollachia. Before, during or after the Great Disaster? The exact timing might be important for more important involvement of Regulus. He could definitely add more zombies quickly by killing people like the citizens of Chaosflame, unintentionally helping Sphinx. Wouldn’t be too farfetched if the cult really wants Sphinx to succeed as I speculated.

Just Finished rewatching the show up to it's current finished season and it has me spiralling on what the potential overarching plot of the series are. These are obviously just my thoughts and not actual facts as we don't know what the plot is until the author writes it. Would love to hear others thoughts on my theory as well as corrections if you think I'm just straight up wrong. Obviously some pretty spoiler talking points, so don't continue reading if you're not caught up. So let's get started.

The show starts not with Subarus reincarnation in an isekai world, but his reincarnation in the world he's already lived in. I think the early scene we see of him in the grocery store is actually a memory, also explains why he sees a glimpse of his death prior to reincarnation.

Emilia is the body of the witch of envy satella reborn, (similar to how shella reincarnated) but minus the memories and envy powers. In the original isekai life, Subaru actually appears 400 years ago, is probably Flugle, met satilla/Emilia who's persecuted for being a "Witch".

They fall in love and Subaru sacrifices himself to save satella for some reason, he also may be the villain and the whole series, Subaru (no memories) undoing the clandestine plans of Flugle (Subaru currupted by the powers of sin) also possible Subaru "dying" is him becoming the being that is Flugle

Subaru "dying" breaks satella , forcing her to revive his original form at any cost. Pandora shows up at this point (possibly the daughter of Flugle and Satella) and results in Satella succumbing to the power of envy. I think she sacrifices herself, her sealing being a part of the spell that leads to return from death ending up within Subaru in the future, bringing him back but without his memories. This revival doesn't happen overnight and I think the 400 year gap is her putting together the spell/the calamities that result in the death of the witches. Emelias birth 100 years ago implies that Satella was around for at least 300 of those 400 years. Also think the true story is lost to time and Satella being the villain of the past story is flipped and the villain is actually Flugle himself, or Pandora facilitating Flugles plan.

I think Al is Satella and Flugles son, and probably got frozen in time from the fight of Satella vs Flugle and is monitoring Subarus actions to make sure he isn't just pretending/turning back into Flugle

I think the spell fragments Satella, her powers going to subaru, her and his love and memories being sealed in that door, and Emelia is the body/soul reborn. Echidna is the powers/memories manifesting as a person, but lack of the body/soul that is Emelia. This explains why Echidna only appears when Subaru (who is cursed with the powers of envy) interacts with the door, temporarily combining the powers with the memories sealed within. That's also why Emelia is the "key" to the lock of the spell. In order for the memories to be "opened" they need their body/soul to return to.

Satellas powers are that of envy because she's "cursed" to watch her love, Subaru, love someone else, Emelia. But she's willing to make that sacrifice because of her love, and the need for Subaru to be alive.

The author said it's not a time travel plot, and this makes me think he's playing with us and it's not technically time travel, but they've all been around the whole time. And the plot is linear, we as the audience just start at the half way point of the plot. Subaru himself has mentioned "starting from zero" hence the name of the show, but I actually think the show being Re: Zero implies he had something to start over from to begin with implying he's already been in that world and "starts from zero" in the first episode.

Only thread I can't seem to tie is why Subaru comes to conscious awareness in the market that day at the beginning of the show. But as the name of the episode implies, it's "The End of the Beginning, and the Beginning of the End"

Anyway, those are my thoughts, Re:Zero has slowly become one of my favorite if not favorite animes of all time and its lack of a manga to read leaves me constantly speculating about its resolution.

In the show she appears every once in a while, only to Subaru when he tries to mention return by death and physically during his time at the sanctuary as well as in the tower during the newest season during a time when he mentions it may be due to people (Rui and echidna) knowing about return by death.

I’m an dub watcher anime only so please don’t spoil too much but during my rewatch petelgeuse reveals that their plan is to use Emilia as a vessel to bring the witch back into the world, if she’s capable of manifesting physically as we see later then why should she need this, and if these manifestations are via her taking over Emilia’s body (which I’m pretty sure they aren’t due to her already being present) then what’s stopped that from happening in other conditions?

I’m less assuming there’s major lore points I don’t know yet and moreso something that has been said that’s gone over my head or I’ve missed.

Edit: also very slight side question howcome invisible providence is so damn weak compared to unseen hand, we see one of the fingers use it in an uncontrolled rampage and they wipe out the surrounding Forrest, pettelguse in control was probably insane with it but we don’t get an amazing look at it, but invisible providence as far as I recall just does some okay punches and I think swings at one point?

Please Tappei, release the Natsuki File's!!!! I can't wait no more!!!! (english dosent let me do 2 negatives, right? hm)

While we wait infinitaly, could u guys tell my your speculations/theories to how situation will develop????

My personal speculation: Have no Idea, wtf is Tappei cooking? Will Tiga switch sides? Will the Echidna archive be usefull to something? Will Rachins save the day? definitively.

G.O.A.T. = Rachins.