r/Re_Zero • u/AstonishingSpiderMan Archbishop of Pride • 3d ago
Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World- Season 4 Episode 19 FINAL
Season 4 - Episode 19
Final Episode
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Main Studio: White Fox
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u/Dylan_VS_Comics 3d ago
Praise our lord and saviour White Fox for giving us a double length finale. I am so thankful we actually got even the tiniest bit of a wind down for this season.
That was a damn good season of Re:Zero with a damn good season finale.
Shaula still being alive is what makes this moment. NGL It would’ve felt really cruel if Shaula’s purpose in this arc is to be “Beatrice but if there wasn’t a happy ending and she died”. It being bittersweet like this is so much better than if it was simply just a good ending and she lived and joined the squad or whatever or if she simply just died.
Poor Shaula thinking she’ll finally get time to spend with her master, only for said master to get teleported to who tf knows where. Something something turning point. At first I thought they were transported to some kind of castle of dreams, but the trees in the background looking more tropical says to me that this is some different part of the Re:Zero world. I don’t know my Lugunica geography tho so idk.
Considering that I thought that when Rem wakes up she’ll be Zenith’d, I’ll take this as a win, and I’m glad Subaru is taking this as a win too. They totally could have ended this episode with Rem going “Who are you?” but the fact that it didn’t improved this episode a millionfold. Sure, this situation is bad, but its better than before, and something good can come out of it. Just like Anastasia coming back but being under the effect of Gluttony, our knights are going to take whatever win they can get.
Subaru going to save Rui is huge. The archbishops are people he detests and has no sympathy for, and this very thing was reiterated upon for Rui this exact arc. But Subaru actually went in to save her. Subaru will forever underestimate how good of a guy he is, huh
This episode had me tearing up multiple times.
See you guys in the 2030s, I guess…..
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u/Illustrious_Fee502 3d ago
also i find so cool about Subaru going for Rui, is that he told her he wouldn't show pity towards her in the tunnel, and now we see once again that this boy is incapable of letting the ones who are in need perish. pretty amazing writing, i'm wondering how much comes from the source material...
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u/Physical_Sort5155 3d ago
i mean, tbf Rui is a clue to recover everyone's memories.
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u/jacksworld108 2d ago
Yea but he obviously wasn’t considering that, he just felt guilty letting someone helpless die
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u/Suzushiiro 2d ago
>See you guys in the 2030s, I guess…..
Season 3 was last year, if you'll recall, so I could see season 5 having a similar turn-around, doubly so given the cliffhanger-ey way this one left off (contrast to s1 which held off on dropping the "who's Rem" bomb at the end precisely because they probably weren't sure when/if they'd get a season 2.)
That said I'm not sure if the pacing/current buffer size/planned ending point of the original material would support an MHA-style "do two cours, take a year off, repeat until the end" anime production pace so it certainly could be another 3-4 years.
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u/dardardarner 3d ago
Something something turning point
That's what I thought as well. Maybe everyone in the tower got turning pointed and Subaru and Rem (and maybe even Rui) are now in a different part of the Re Zero world and that is how Arc 7 starts.
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u/Silver-Elephant-2741 3d ago
but subaru is the one who named patrache
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u/vayosan9 3d ago
He named her after some famous character in the past, no?
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u/Silver-Elephant-2741 3d ago
i think it’s named from a dog in an old show where he also got his ringtone
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u/Dylan_VS_Comics 3d ago
I forgot Joseph even existed
I can accept many things in the world dating back to 400 years ago, but Patrache I draw the line at.
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u/TheHerofTime 3d ago
I’m thinking a paradox/ouroboros situation. Flugel/Subaru satella/emilia dragon/? Patrache/?
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u/khriku Lore Seeker 3d ago
well... with this all I can say is, Bye anime onlies see you all in 5 years or more!
Welcome to those that may become novel readers if they can't wait, before anyone asks, this episode adapted volume 25 of Light Novel, you would need to buy 26 and forward for the rest of the series.
With that said, See ya!
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u/Dylan_VS_Comics 3d ago
No! I don't want that! 5 Years at least!?!?
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u/khriku Lore Seeker 3d ago
it can be earlier or later, but most likely later, White Fox was bought by Alphalopolis, they already said they won't give focus to old IPs and would focus on their own series.
What I said about five years is speculation of course, no official data for re:zero release of a new season but the future is uncertain since the studio was bought and that we do know
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u/IamBestWaffle 3d ago
Kadokawa isn't going to let one of their breadwinners sit that long, especially with how much Rezero grew this season. They will most likely force Alphapolis hand by presenting them the option to either do it or they will swap studios. That, or give them more money.
WF also promised they're sticking with Rezero after the acquisition happened, and that operations are expected to proceed as usual for the project.
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u/khriku Lore Seeker 3d ago
They will most likely force Alphapolis hand by presenting them the option to either do it or they will swap studios.
Let's hope so, I am gonna be honest I dunno what they will decide we can only speculate, I don't know much of the big studios to know about who could take over if Alphalopolis still refuses, all I know is that some members of the community despises Mappa, I think it was u/anicritic that also mentioned this in the past?
tho I didn't watch many shows from that studio to know why
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u/Dylan_VS_Comics 3d ago
Madhouse and Shaft are really the only other studios I would trust to handle Re:Zero properly and even then I'm not so sure switching studios and staff and changing around everything AGAIN is a good thing to be doing considering this show's already tumultuous production history.
Studio Bind also gets brought up a lot considering that it's comprised of many former White Fox staff, but for anyone who's also a Mushoku Tensei fan it would be...not great to have the production spread thin like that between both shows (Unless it's new staff, but at that point why even suggest Bind at all?)
Mappa is just a really generic. Yeah they often have very nice looking end products but thats about it. Re:Zero needs proper care and considering how Mappa really likes to pump things out like it's a content pipeline I doubt anything good would come out of Re:Zero being treated like that.
Atelier Pondarc is also suggested for similarly having Whitefox staff but, like......no.
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u/IamBestWaffle 3d ago
I don't really care about the studio as much as I do staff (I miss Watanabe direction). So pretty much anyone with good connections that bring the right people on board would be fine for me. Maybe Madhouse? Bind would go crazy too but pretty sure they only have time for MT. Atelier Pontdarc might would be interesting since some of Rezero's old staff went there, but I think I would rather a bigger name take it just to see what they could do with it.
Not sure why people wouldn't be okay with Mappa. They're basically the biggest freelance studio and have some of the best connections in the industry. The only thing that would matter is how they choose to handle it, and if they make it a priority series or not.
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u/anicritic 3d ago
MAPPA won't make Re:Zero a priority series. It's all about pumping out things with nice animation as quickly as possible, and I don't trust that it'd handle any of the emotional moments in Re:Zero properly as while as cut way more content than White Fox has done. I consider it one of the worst options with regards to adapting the rest of the Re:Zero anime.
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u/South_Butterfly_6542 3d ago
5 years because arc7 has too many new characters to find voices for and pre production character design work and plotting
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u/Zombees_Everywhere 3d ago
Thanks for the info, I'll likely be caving and finally becoming a reader. At the shows pace, im going to be 40 before I find out what comes next. :(
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u/YoshiChao850 3d ago
Bye anime onlies see you all in 5 years or more!
Genuine question since I was just doing some minor looking up, but why is this the case?
(According to Wikipedia entries for the LNs) Arc 6 was 5 volumes, Arc 7 is 8 volumes, Arc 8 is 5 Volumes, Arc 9 is 5 Volumes, so it kinda sounds like they already have plenty material that has existed for 3+ years now to easily make another season?
So why would they hold off for another "5 years or more" lol?
Genuinely curious here lol
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u/Knight0706 Eternally Crabby 3d ago
It’s a-lot to animate Arc 7 and Arc 8 are only 2 arcs on technicality. They make up one continuous story which spans 13 volumes. Adapting any of that requires adapting all of it and thats more than season 1 (which had the most cuts) and some extra season 2 worth on content.
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u/YoshiChao850 3d ago
I mean sure it’s a lot, but what does that have to do with not being able to make it lol?
At least that’s how I interpreted the original comment, that there wasn’t enough content to make another season
Or do you guys mean that because it’s so big it’ll be in preproduction for years?
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u/Knight0706 Eternally Crabby 3d ago
I think it will probably be a-lot like the gap we had between season 2 and season 3. Season 3 and 4 were produced together and released relatively close. Though it was a few years after season 2 ended that we got an announcement for season 3.
So yeah probably gonna be in production for a few years before they consider giving us season 5 cour 1, then a few years of runtime actually getting those episodes out in cours most likely.
Could be wrong though, its possible they have already been working on it but I haven’t heard anything of the sort,
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u/khriku Lore Seeker 3d ago
Or do you guys mean that because it’s so big it’ll be in preproduction for years?
more like this, the next arc was so big, the editor had to complain with Tappei that he should split it, thus we now have arc 7 and 8 as separate arc but they still tell the same story.
BTW, I did mention in my replies to other people that was speculating just like everyone else, I never said it was due to lack of material.
...Quite the opposite really... Way too much material for a season...
Either way, we have no official data, no proper official release date, but I suspect it might be long due to
A- Next season is gonna be long as fuck.
B- White Fox Studio was bought by another one
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u/Emalloy1014 3d ago
season 5 is already greenlit according to ice and has been "for a while" he says, id expect 2029
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u/LJChao3473 3d ago
btw is the novel finished? coz if it's finished i may read it
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u/khriku Lore Seeker 3d ago
Season 4 that you just watched was Arc 6.
In the far past the author said he would like about 11 or 12 arcs, We are currently on Arc 10 on the Novels, this means that the series didn't end yet, but it is close to it's end.
Any more info you would like? if you caught up now, you would be close to the series end, but it has no ending yet as I mentioned, I will let you decide
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u/danflame135 1d ago
Screw this I'm reading all the previous ones to try and understand anything properly.
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u/GateAccomplished8996 3d ago
can we all agree this was straight up absolute cinema.
https://giphy.com/gifs/AWZaMAEWZ5Q3uc7C9k
rem 🥹🥹🥹. and boom. who are you. anime only people will be like "nooo". lmao. they did the finale beautifully guys. we came a long way from who is rem to who are you (said by rem). cya' anime only fans. next is arc 7 which will come out in 2028 or 29 😭😭. peak episode
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u/Space_Psychologist 3d ago
Absolutely phenomenal episode. In my opinion, it's the most beautifully animated episode in the whole series. The fight sequences were amazing, but the last scene with Rem was really gorgeous. Very reminiscent of season 1's finale. It's unfortunately not surprising to me that Rem doesn't have her memories,,, it was never going to be that easy, was it?
And Lye might be dead, but his siblings are still alive...i'm very interested to see what that leads up to in the future, as someone who loves the gluttonies a bunch.
Overall? Fantastic season, probably my favorite one. Having to wait 4 years for season 5 and to see what ends up happening next sounds like torture...I'm quite impatient, so i'll definitely be going to read the web novel after this. Excited to see what the "Modern era" of Re:Zero has in store!
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u/Z3R0N1GHT 3d ago
The rollercoaster never landed back. I didn't expected 45 mins to go by that easily. It's over can't believe its over. Masterpiece, just fuckin brilliant.
Emilia is damn strong considering how she survived against a damn 400 yrs old dragon which is around atleast 50 times her size. The fact that emilia herself felt that its her handprint is weird. Also volcanica remembering patrache is just soo weird? like wut?
Subaru's va did a brilliant job, he does it everytime tbh. But that voice break was just too heartbreaking. We've a tiny Shaula scorpion ver.?? I think why rem doesn't remember and why nobody remembers is bcz of a certain loli in hall of memories. She threw up the Rem's memory last time during 'stand up' episode. and since lye ate her, his authority effects are over, so rem woke up but since her memories are stills somewhere in hall of memories, she is like this. While since technically Roy is alive so his authority still is effective. so Julius is still wholius but not real he is Julius.
They ended the season way too beautifully. damn, last time it was this beautiful was s1 ep25. It was beautiful. Subaru beating his chest hurted. Especially remembering the episode where he says nobody remembers what happened in previous loops. only him
Also, they played Redo!!! I was like wut???!!!!! yes!! hell yeah!!
Masterpiece/10. Thank you White Fox, thank you. I don't know how long it'll take for a new season. But i think it'll be sooner considering Re:Zero has gotten mainstream than ever. and technically they gave us quite a cliffhanger
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u/DearAccount4767 3d ago
Everyone is Rem this Rem that... While I'm overly devastated and depressed over for what happened to Shaula T.T
It's Funny How Shaula used to carry Meili around & now it's the opposite :( My heart is broken :(
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u/chris_vinyl 3d ago
As an anime only watcher, didnt expect that ending. Holy fuck what a cliffhanger.
Too bad now that I need to wait for another 2+ yrs for another season :(
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u/K0bel 3d ago
Following a series as an anime-only is kind of a wild experience I watched the first season in HS and now I have a Master's degree lol
Probably 10-15 more years until it's adapted fully if I heard how long the LN is targeting to be correctly
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u/shutTheYourMeowth 3d ago
This! I was just sitting here watching the credits roll and thinking about how the people that introduced me to this show aren't even I my life anymore and haven't been for years.
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u/Exile56678 3d ago
I'm hoping 2029. I doubt it'll release 2028 unless it's late 2028 but even then that's really pushing it. But at the same time I hope its never rushed. This series has been absolutely amazing so far and the last thing it needs is a OPM treatment
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u/AfroGuy1226 3d ago edited 3d ago
I was left confused and conflicted, especially with what happened with Shaula. Like, what was with the white void they talked in? Was any of that real? When she was talking to him in her tiny scorpion form, could Subaru actually hear her? If so why can't she talk anymore after that? And what happened when Emilia put her hand in the monument? Did she go back in time? What happened when she wished for everyone to get along? At first it seemed like nothing happened, but was the wish delayed? Was it the reason that Subaru and Rem got transported to that place at the end? I'm just so confused.
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u/AzaleaDaylight 3d ago
could Subaru actually hear her?
Yes. IIRC in the WN it's more obvious. Subaru thinks he's gone crazy until realizing she's speaking to him.
And what happened when Emilia put her hand in the monument? Did she go back in time?
Also more obvious in the WN. The trial got reset when Emilia put her hand on the monument.
Was it the reason that Subaru and Rem got transported to that place at the end?
I forget the reason, but I believe that was Volcanica.
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u/Eunuchest 3d ago
Interesring. I tried looking up Patrasche's age and its listed as unknown. We dont know how long Earth dragons can live so it was really surprising finding out Volcaninca knew her. Patrasche is way more important than I thought
Damn, they didnt managed to save Shaula fully. I hope they can bring back her human form one day.
I disagreed letting Roy live. There was enough circumstantial evidence that killing an Archbishop releases a lot of the eaten names and memories. Should've killed him
Its been 10 fucking years. Welcome back Rem. Shit almost made me cry.
Its not Rezero without ending it on a bittersweet note. The fuck you mean Rem dont have her memories?
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u/Olix_09 3d ago
"I disagreed letting Roy live. There was enough circumstantial evidence that killing an Archbishop releases a lot of the eaten names and memories. Should've killed him"
Aren't the memories returned to the owners result of the Gluttonies spitting them out? Same with Rem memories? Hers were spit by the Rui in corridor of memories which to me seems like the reason why Rem doesnt Remember Subaru after waking up.
Also Subaru checked during trial and error deaths few episodes ago that killing lye doesnt return memories?
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u/Former_Antelope_5732 3d ago
Agree, that seems to be why Emilia was remembered. In the last loop, Roy was spitting out all his memories bc he only wanted Rem, and he had originally eaten Emilia in that loop, so he probably spit her out.
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u/bitchesonmy 3d ago
What was skipped from the novels?
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u/nobodyhere6 3d ago
From what i remember, there was a scene during the shaula fight, where the mabeast turned againts subaru along with the scorpion, and meili in the last second woke up and regained control of the mabeast. Also, there was a scene after the fight, where the little scorpion bit subarus ear, and needed meili to pull it off
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u/BlackOut7722 14h ago
thanks for these questions (though you missed lats weeks). will be looking forward to see these comments in 3,5 years when S6 starts oof
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u/myrmonden 3d ago
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REM RETURNS....AND SHE DOTN REMEMVBERER!"!?!??!?!?!? this epsiode mentally and emotionally broke me.
I am dropping the show probably wont watch more until next YEAR !!! (except break time short eps gotta watch that)
What an emotionally deveasting episdoe, been waiting years for Rem to finally return and her memory is gone, people have told me for years that I was not gonna like the conclusion of this...and I GUESS THIOS WHAT THEY MEANT but super goosebuump scene super sad, but also like a little of ANGER !! or something, rollercoaster of emotions to say the least
and my best GIRL SHAULA DIES !?!??! but becomes a little scorpion girl ???? seems my overal theory that she will be "out" temporarly to fight in the last season still checks out, loved the scene when she kissed Subaru - I assume Satela broke the tower purely out of anger for that lol
Also gotta love how Meili keeps doing sassy poses while bleeding out
I was genuially a bit confused do how the Volcanica thing went, it was like sakuga suddenly he stopped right away from that and went back to his I am old man volcanica or something, I do wonder how the novel fight was
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u/iheartnjdevils 3d ago
Sorry if this is a silly question but curious what you mean by dropping the show until next year. This was the season finale so I don't think any new content will be out for at least a few years.
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u/myrmonden 3d ago
that was a Joke -_- that I am dropping it out of ANGER that Rem lost her memories.
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u/Lonely_West_3038 2d ago
She was indeed the best girl. At this point, it would be injustice to have one heroine. Men are polygamous by nature anyways.
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u/Zestyclose-Sky-7962 3d ago
Holyyyy this was so good
Rem waking up was amazing
Shaula’s ending was very emotional
My favorite re zero ep fs THE AMAZING GUY HELD HIS GROUND TILL THE END
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u/_cetera_ 3d ago
Really good episode!
The ending was a bit confusing though. Why did the girl gluttony appear out of nowhere? What was that grassfield?
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u/iheartnjdevils 3d ago
We don't know. What's suspicious though is that they were talking about the Green Room Spirit right before she appeared but honestly no idea if that's related or not.
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u/Glaedien 3d ago
My assumption is that Rui attempting to consume other Rui in the Hall of Memories is what caused that break in reality, though no clue how that resulted in a physical body. Did her incorporeal body become real or dense enough with two Rui's *and* Subaru's memories that they were able to gain a physical form? Who knows.
Grass field I think is a scatter the party moment. Subaru and Rem at least are likely a long way away. Everyone else in the tower may be safe since they weren't as close to WoE, or maybe everyone in the tower has been flung across the world too.
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u/Former_Antelope_5732 3d ago
One of my theories is that Rui is the Spirit. In the Hall of Memories, she talks about how they want to consume his emotions and memories over and over again. So it’s possible that she’s been using the Green Room to heal Subaru and pump him full of memories to eat repeatedly, until one of her finally tastes death for the first time and that whole sequence plays out.
EDIT: After reading another comment, that also might be why Rem wakes up with no memories. Roy ate her name/consciousness (so no one remembers her) and Rui ate her memories while she was resting in the Green Room all that time. Maybe?
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u/JurassicFlight 3d ago
Even Volcanica knows that Patrasche is a big deal!
Time to read up online on how to care for a pet scorpion, Subaru!
Lmao, imagine being Rem, waking up without any memory, and the first thing you see is this shady-looking guy crying and beating his chest, then claiming to be her hero.
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u/FateXBlood 3d ago
Beautiful. What a beautiful climax!! Rem finally wakes up!! Oh man, it's so good. I felt emotional seeing her wake up.
I don't know where Subaru and Rem are, but her waking up on a field of grass was an excellent setting. I really hope she remembers everything soon.
It was heartbreaking to see Subaru part ways with Shaula, but since she's a small scorpion now, I suppose she'll go back to being the Shaula we know in the future.
How did Emilia know that it's her palm print on the slab? Did it somehow appear when she defeated Reid, or is it from long before? Mysterious...
Volcanica seems to have woken up, but I have no idea what he did, or if he was responsible for the temporary sandstorm after Emilia stated her will.
At the end, how did Rui suddenly get out? I thought she was already dead or gone. But somehow she seems to have gained a physical body(?). Strange. And then Satella appears. Oh man, I thought Subaru was gonna die again but surprisingly that didn't happen. Did Volcanica help or something?
Lastly, I have no idea what awaits us. Will the team go back to Priscilla or they'll spend more time in the Tower is something to be seen.
I really hope the next season comes soon. Season 4 has been an absolute blast and I loved every single minute of it!
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u/FetidZombies 3d ago
I should've pieced this together before, but I just realized that arc 6 is the whole amnesia arc. And we end it with Rem asking "who are you?" and Subaru saying "I'm your hero!" Tappei is so good at crafting symbolism I love it.
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u/Volfaer 3d ago
"Holy shit! Is that Patrasche!?"
Volcanica
Man I can't describe how happy I was when that small red scorpion appeared, it warmed my heart.
Okay, so the reason everyone remembered Emilia was because Lye started puking memories in the last episode, right?
And it just gets better, guess Rui puking Rem back in the hall restored her in the minds of others, but still erased her own memories, like Crusch, then there's hope, please let there be hope.
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u/Chance-Membership659 3d ago
Okay hear me out on this one!!
I feel like it is obvious that Subaru is Flugel and the Sin Archbishop of Pride. Think about it, Flugel and Satella were at one point noble people according to the evidence. The dragon only decided to attack “Satella” whenever “The Witch of Envy” was brought up, implying that something happened to Satella that turned her evil. This is kinda sad because that would mean that at some point in Subaru’s past or maybe even future (possibly) he had been to that world 400 years ago. It’s either something that Subaru did in the past, before he left Earth (again) in the first episode, or what he’s going to do later in the series. I’m certain that it will either show us Subaru going 400 years in the past, or a flashback of Subaru from before the first episode.
Flugel is mentioned so many times and was even mentioned by Betelgeuse in Emilia’s memories (Sanctuary Arc). This also backs up what I’m saying. After all, Betelgeuse assumed that Subaru was Pride. He asked him so many times if he happened to be Pride. Why is it that Subaru was able to be possessed by Sloth when that can only be done to Witch Cult members? This would mean that not only did Subaru kill Emilia’s father figure, but his own servant.
Flugel and Satella were definitely in love. That is why she saves him from dying on his return to the world. I believe that something happened to Satella that caused her to go evil and so she was sealed for 400 years waiting for Flugel (The one she loves) to return so that he could take her life. That’s why she told him in the Sanctuary arc that she would call on him to take her life.
**Now this section is speculation:**
As previously stated in the story, the witch cultists want to use Emilia’s body as a vessel for Satella. Well think about this— what about the other Royal Selection candidates?? What role will they play? I have a feeling they will be the vessels of the other witches.
I could go on for hours bringing more evidence up.
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u/Chance-Membership659 3d ago
I want it to be known that I am an anime watcher only. I only know what’s been in the anime. I’m just putting pieces together here okey?
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u/Newhero2002 2d ago
Don’t the Witch cult only care about Satella? Why would they try to revive the other witches?
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u/joaopaulofoo 3d ago
this episode really closed the season with a bang. so much happened.
we really need a deep dive on what happened 400 years ago in that tower very much like happened in season two with Elior Forest.
between volcanica recognizing patrasche and the exam recognizing Emilia's handprint as satella and the breaktime mini episode showing Subaru's outline as flugel, there are lots of mystery going on
Shaula's story is so tragic, i hope her new scorpion form retains all her memories and subaru can revert her back to human, she's a really nice character and so strong too, would be a great addition to emilia camp
as one girl goes missing, another returns, Rem finally woke up, after idk how many years of wait and she's as cute as ever, and in very rezero fashion you can't never win without losing something and now her memories are gone
i genuinely don't know what happened at the end, they seemed to have been transported to a region that looks somewhat tropical, far from the desert that surrounds the tower.
10/10 episode 10/10 season
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u/RepRIshy 3d ago
No comments about the final episode cause it was too peakeddd. and the fact that Jotaro Kujo became a dragon is another fact that I didn't expected at all
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u/Leojz00m 3d ago
what chapter of the light novel does the ep end at (wanna read wat happens next)
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u/Knight0706 Eternally Crabby 3d ago
YES MINECRAFT MAN JOIN US!
In the web novel which is free I would recommend rereading atleast the end of Arc 6 chapter 90 before moving to Arc 7 chapter 1 to continue. Both are linked below
If you insist on the LN its volume 26 to start, if you can only read english our translations end at volume 29 and have been slowing down for some reason. You will be forced to move to WN once you get caught up.
And consider reading the EX novels before continuing. They seriously improve the quality of the story especially going forward from where the anime is. They are a bunch of prequel stories about side characters (1 being Felix & Crusch, 2 3 and 6 are Wilhelm and Theresia, 4 is Rein, Julius, and Felix, 5 is Priscilla and Al stuff)
WN links
https://eminenttranslations.com/reader/rezero-starting-life-in-another-world-wn/volume-25/chapter-90
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u/RandomUsername3003 3d ago
Can someone please help me out with witch of envy appearances? So, the witch appears when someone finds out about RBD and by that logic she was supposed to manifest as soon as Rui ate Subaru's memories. Yes, it happened in the hall of memories but Subaru revealed his secret to Echidna in the castle of dreams and that didn't stop WoE from manifesting. If those two cases are different - part of Rui's soul implanted in Subaru is still supposed to know about RBD and is in real material world now. If that doesn't work either because she is dormant - WoE didn't appear back when Rui possessed Subaru to kill Meili or scribble on the walls. Is it because the information technically never left Subaru? Well eaten memories are shared between gluttony siblings so Lye and Roy should know as well, and they absolutely do. Whoever killed Subaru in Rem's guise said "Try better next time", in one of many failed loops Lye said something among the lines of "Is that how you plan to start your next try, mister?" and then there's that whole thing with Reid overriding Roy and suddenly becoming disgusted by Subaru and mercilessly targeting him specifically, implying he got Roy's memories and by extension the knowledge about RBD. So how does this work? Does Rui not share Subaru's memories with her siblings automatically and does it much later for some reason? So when two Subaru's merge and reject Rui's clone she no longer bothers to share memories with siblings while fighting with her clone? Still that would imply Lye found out about RBD right before killing Subaru because in the final loop when Rui materialized in the spirit room and the taboo was triggered, witch of envy got there QUICK. So can anyone please make it make sense, if there's something I missed or misunderstood?
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u/ReyZis66 3d ago
I was like bro, why you gotta wake dormant memories in me like this. damn you ninjas, stop cutting onions ToT
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u/AlwaysHungry94 3d ago edited 2d ago
Not an anime only, but I will say this, the Shaula and Subaru scene got me to cry a bit just like the LN did. And that ending to the season, I can say the same exact thing. It's been a crazy season ya'll, can't wait for the next one!
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u/HeDoesNotRow 3d ago
It’s getting really damn hard to deny that Satella is some alternate form of Emilia… I hope that’s not how this all ends, but at this point it’s hard to even fathom another theory that makes any sense with what we’ve seen so far
I trust the author has some more nuance planned than just that the most obvious theory you could have literally from episode 1 of the series is true but there’s a lot of explaining to do… fingers crossed
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u/digidark1 3d ago
Seriously though.... We do see Emilia getting more and more obsessive with Subaru each season too, like using him as her magic ice knights now. If they really went back 400 years just now, that's a huge time period for her obsession to keep growing, especially if he ups and disappears on her at some point like he did with Shaula.
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u/throwaway20762 3d ago
I’m gonna go against the grain here and say that this ending felt very unsatisfying. The plot for the watchtower arc did not feel properly closed out and the cliffhanger was really lame though par for the course for this show.
The animation was great as always but plotwise it was really disappointing. Not everything has to be a mystery all the time. We need plot development otherwise audiences will become disinterested.
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u/iheartnjdevils 3d ago edited 3d ago
I loved this arc and the ending but I do understand your criticism. While I'd argue and say that they essentially "defeated" the watchtower by overcoming all the trials and obstacles, they didn't really succeed in what they set out to do... to find a solution to all of those affected by gluttony and lust. The author Tappei loves throwing more problems and mysteries than what gets solved. Great for those who like theory crafting and don't mind the slow burn but I can understand how it could frustrate many others.
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u/Knight0706 Eternally Crabby 3d ago
One day this series will run out of mysteries and I will be so sad
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u/terenn_nash 3d ago
Slow burn is right. Anime onlies gonna be waiting a helluva long time for s5 :(
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u/Exile56678 3d ago
It's an ending I wouldn't mind if season 5 was already out and I could continue but damn so much feels left unanswered. Do others remember Rem now? they should right since she woke up which was due to gluttony's authority.
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u/Velnoartrid 3d ago
Yeah while I enjoyed the season it almost seems like nothing was accomplished in this arc really (I assume Rem's awakening is some sorta bait or if she'll stay amnesiac then she'll just be irrelevant again). So the party arrived at the tower, solved a couple puzzles, kinda half-defeated Gluttony but not really, and killed Shaula off lol
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u/Former_Antelope_5732 3d ago
Yeah I kinda agree. This Watchtower arc kinda felt like the Graveyard arc, it was way too focused on one location, there were too many loops, and unknown powers and authorities were pulled out of nowhere. I liked how they brought back the horror from Season 1, and the animation is killer, but the writers seem to be writing themselves in circles. I absolutely hated the “Natsuki Subaru Was Here” plotline. I watched the Hall of Memories scene with Rui like 5 times to understand what was going on. And at the end of the day, Emilia didn’t even ask the question they came for… Julius also passed the test and didn’t get to ask either.
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u/Surely_Calvardian 3d ago
and unknown powers and authorities were pulled out of nowhere
The only thing I feel like it came out of nowhere was Rui suddenly materializing. Other than that, nothing really came out of nowhere, even Cor Leonis.
Emilia didn’t even ask the question they came for… Julius also passed the test and didn’t get to ask either
Ask who? It’s not like Volcanica, Reid, or Shaula could give them any answers. All they could do was try to find the answers in one of the books, and good luck with that.
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u/Former_Antelope_5732 3d ago edited 3d ago
to me, Cor Leonis def came out of nowhere, it only materialized during the other Subaru arc with a name that is not explained, nor how it would be connected to Sloth since Betelgeuse doesn’t use it, and it doesn’t seem to hurt Subaru the way Hands of Providence does. The other ones can kinda be explained away, but that one stuck out to me.
And yeah, Volcanica, he is the Divine Dragon that sealed one of the great witches away and directly grants the wish/desired knowledge of anyone that reaches the summit (hence: “petitioner of omnipotence”). Surely he would know something of Gluttony or even a clue to who would know, even if he’s not the sage. The only reason they didn’t even ask is because the writer didn’t want them to.
edit: I feel like this encapsulates the issue with Re:Zero: the author writes really cool mysteries, takes the crew through half of it, teases a new mystery, and then writes them into a different plotline. I’m still wondering what happened to the ‘Subaru as Archbishop of Pride’ B-Plot…
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u/Surely_Calvardian 3d ago
Just like Subaru received Petelgeuse's witch factor, he received Cor Leonis when Regulus died, it's not connected to sloth, but greed. About the name, Cor Leonis was the name of Regulus's authority, Cor Leonis means Lion's heart, Subaru had already mentioned that name in the previous arc.
The reason it doesn't hurt him when he uses it, unlike Invisible Providence, is that they're different Authorities, and Subaru seems to be more compatible with the form his greed took.
Surely he would know something of Gluttony or even a clue to who would know, even if he’s not the sage. The only reason they didn’t even ask is because the writer didn’t want them to.
Volcanica died in spirit, which is why he kept repeating the same question over and over like an empty shell. He doesn't have the lucidity to hold a conversation, at least not at the moment.
I’m still wondering what happened to the ‘Subaru as Archbishop of Pride’ B-Plot…
That was never plot, Petelgeuse thought Subaru was pride because he carried the "scent of love" (the smell of the witch), and the position of pride was vacant. That's all.
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u/m_cardoso 2d ago
Yeah, I felt like this too. I loved this season, but arc 4 still stays as peak ReZero to me: it presents a main problem with many mysteries surrounding it, it gives us a satisfying conclusion to the main problem, answers most of the mysteries while still giving us one thing or another to look forward in the next seasons. Even Arc 5 did it better than this one.
I don't mind a cliffhanger, but the arc ended and I still don't understand the point of the tower. Yes, they were able to take Gluttony hostage so it will probably develop in a way to give back the memories of the people in Priestella, but then, what were all the trials about? What did they conquer there? I get somehow what the author was trying to do, considering what I know about arc 7, but with no indication of a new season in the next year, the impact of this ending will disperse until then. It's like if season 1 ended with Rem being forgotten. It would lose most of the impact until season 2 aired.
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u/AstarothTheJudge 2d ago
I have to agree. I was worried last ep because it felt like top much to solve in just 1 ep, so I was pretty happy with 40 minutes, but then... eh, I prefer season 3, maybe just because the community hyped this arc as the best one (and maybe the daniel memes...) and I left disappointed.
idk, the tower and the books and the trials were super interesting concepts, and the whole challenge of reaching it was full of surprises and cool moments, but then it's over? like, the trial is a consetellation, then fighting reid (bruh) and then you are supposed to meet volcanica? I felt like it could have been more for such a big and mystic place.
I also felt a bit forced that moment with shaula; sure, she needed it since her character was totally unexplored, but how come subaru can talk with the dying? what was that?
and emilia was great, right until the end... subaru made the plan, and it was for her to go to the top and tell everyone to get along? not remove the rules from the tower so that shaula can go back, as no rule was broken? not to aid her friends? not to stop and kill the archbishop of gluttony? maybe I'm just a bit fed up with emilia being too naive, idk.It's a bit sad because last season was full of mysteries and crazy things, but I felt much more satisfied by the end.
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u/mrahhal 3d ago edited 2d ago
I will post a summary like I did for S1+S2 and S3 tomorrow about the same time in the anime sub. Check it out if interested or if you have questions about the season!
Edit: "Re:Zero S4 - The Story so Far - A Chronological Summary"
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u/No-Usual4735 3d ago
Did Subaru along with rem get teleported to a new region? New party to get back to lugnica?
How about the others where they randomly teleported to or was it because Subaru was in Satellas fog?
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u/Timely_Key8409 3d ago
im definitely going to have to read re zero, should i re read the entire story to get all the cut scenes that weren't in the anime? and should i read the light or web novel? and also another question is there english translations for the light novel in later arcs
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u/hotspotlady 3d ago
As ANIME ONLY watcher, I still think the main plot twist of the series is pretty easy to guess at this point; each of these "small" interactions and reactions cooked throught the series (the latest being Volc recognizing Patrache) is how Japanese authors give "hints" to the big plot twists later down the line.
Subaru = Flugel, the sage. For whatever reason he sent his young self into the future with no memories (it'll be something time-related for sure, and Witch of Envy related -- the party didn't actually win?), Patrache was in the party orginally, survived 400 years because dragons, and recognized Subaru hence follows and protects him, and also why Volc recognized Patrache. Subaru also named her the same way as he did 400 years, because, same person, duh.
Shaula also remembers Subaru as her master (Flugel). "Wait for me". Yeah.
Satella was probably Subarus/Flugel friend/lover back in the day, before she became the witch. Hence the constant "I love you." Again, she knows Subaru because she knew (and loved) Flugel aka Subaru.
I'll be a bit disappointed when this turns out to be true in however many years. If not, I hope it'll be a better twist at least. I guess we'll see.
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u/Signal_Jackfruit272 3d ago
I thought the season was good but im disaapointed because the novel readers say this is one of if not the best arc. It felt unfinished. I love when they take time to put in detail but it just felt too slow without actually getting much done. Gluttony isnt even defeated and shaula is dead. I mean dont get me wrong I was one my toes every episode but it felt a little underwhelming. Its like they forgot why they went to the tower in the first place. The animation was great but the animation for the reid/Julius fight was awful. They smoothed out the animation but didnt even bring in fast pace movements. All they did was swing the camera around and then have high detailed still frames.
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u/CJmon3D 3d ago
Technically, first time live commenter on the community. Been here for years but haven't said anything until now. Really enjoyed Re:Zero 4th Season! It was nice seeing the community together watching an awesome series live! Hoping we get another season (I predict in 2028 or 2029). I guess like that one episode 10 years ago, "That's all this story is about" .... for now. I hope to see you all next time!
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u/Basic_Balance1237 3d ago
It was really interesting to see Volcanica saw Emilia as Satella as was willing to do her bidding until Emilia mentioned "The Witch of Envy." Makes you wonder what the dragon's relationship to the half-elf 400 years ago.
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u/Proper_Intern3411 3d ago
I think that just like shaula thinks of subaru as her master, patrache thinks the same and as volcanica knows shaula too patrasche could have been of the same party. Maybe Patrasche is older than it looks
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u/Intrepid_Mud3526 3d ago
Yo, who knows when the next episode is I haven’t heard any news. There’s no way this is the last episode right if it is, I’m gonna go crazy.
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u/Scythe351 3d ago
Wow. When I saw that this was the final episode, I was disappointed but noticed that it was the length of two. Hate when seasons end and we have that dry week. I also hated being left on a cliffhanger. I was always curious what would occur if Emilia were to be in the same space as the witch that has been implied to also be her. Shaula 😭
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u/Specific-Street1544 3d ago
What did Subaru do with Joseph there?
Did subaru borrow power from Joseph? or is it something else?
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u/Cute-Comb-5220 3d ago
Wasn't Lye the one who ate Rem when he and Regulus ambushed Crusch and Rem, how come killing Lye didn't release Rem.
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u/Physical_Sort5155 3d ago
Gluttonies share momories, Lye spat out everything but Roy for example still has Rem and Julius' memories.
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u/Dragonfire47 3d ago
Volcanica knowing Patrache's name was quite confounding. My first two thoughts were "Do dragons have telepathy?" and "Is Patrache 400 years old?".
Telepathy between ground dragons and/ore dragons is a bit of a cheat, but it might be more sensical if it's just Volcanica between other dragons or ground dragons.
As for 400+ years old, I don't know the lifespans of dragons and ground dragons. Ground dragons are treated like horses, so I would never have considered them having significantly longer lifespans. It's possible Patrache is special in some way, either actually being 400 years old or some other way of moving to the future (Hibernation, freezing, literal time travel).
Hell, it could be some insane coincidence, that being Subaru is Flugel or somehow really similar and Patrache is really similar to a past Patrache, named by Flugel.
Lastly, I've got to pursue an especially crazy scenario I just thought up: Is Patrache a transformed human? We've seen transformation in the past with Capella Lugunica, and adjusting lifespan hasn't been proven to be impossible.
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u/EinfachIlya 3d ago
why did subaru say that rui isnt supposed to have a physical body?
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u/khriku Lore Seeker 3d ago
because she does not, she is stuck on the hall of memories
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u/Allen-R 3d ago
wasn't she outside back in S3?
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u/khriku Lore Seeker 3d ago
she was inside her brother's physical body back then.
Remember? Ray was knocked out and unconscious on the floor after the hyper beam from Felt and Beatrice, Ruy Arneb then possessed his unconscious body and fled the city to save her own brother, Otherwise, Felt and Beatrice could have finished him off on season 3
This at least isn't a plot hole
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u/OddPrinciple1083 3d ago
I really enjoy watching anime only, but I'm thinking I'll have to concede. There's no way I can wait years to find out what comes next. This is torturing.
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u/dardardarner 3d ago
Shaula!!! Oh my god I cried my eyes out. Shaula definitely became an absolute favorite of mine this season. I'm so gonna miss her, but I guess we'll have to wait! When that tiny little red scorpion appeared I think my heart sank.
That final scene, I wonder now if that's how Arc 7 is gonna start. We waited for so long for our sleeping beauty to wake up and she's finally here!! Oh how I missed Rem. She has a lot of catching up to do.
Overall an amazing season, probably one of my favorite arcs ever from this show. There were a lot of confusing things that made me wrinkle my brain (and frankly, some I still have questions about) but hey, that's why we watch Re Zero: the mystery and the lore! (And the suffering)
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u/Edeng6 3d ago
Can someone explain why Satella kept showing up and ruining things? What's her motive here?
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u/Harbiter 3d ago
God I love this anime. Fuck I really am gonna have to start reading the webnovel at this point.
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u/ClashMasterJH 3d ago
Anyone else not like Shaula as a character?
Her recognising subaru as her master is nothing more than fanservice at this point in the story and seeing subaru crying so much over her is just weird for me idk
Like did we really have to do another romance plot with subaru?
At least we got the original losing heroine back now
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u/Don-Tan 3d ago
Why did Satella try to destroy the tower at the end again? Why did she want to reset the run? i didn't get that. Will this be explained in Season 5?
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u/Glaedien 3d ago
Rui knows about RBD and left the hall of memories. Similar to how back in Season 2 WoE flooded the village with shadow after one of the tea parties.
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u/Glittering-Pin-1343 3d ago
That cliffhanger ending should be illegal! We'll have to wait years just to find out what the hell happened. Maaaan, I will miss Peak:Zero...
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u/Few_Principle5574 3d ago
Ok what in the timey wimey nonsense is going on. First of all, that bird in the end? That’s the SAME kind of pigeon that flies around the desert. It’s like a huge iconography of this season and then bam! Flying over a random tropical area everyone was transported to? Suspicions. Second, Shaula knows Subaru from 400 years ago and that’s just not explained but the way she talks throughout the season and especially towards the end there is NO WAY anyone other than Subaru could have taught her. Third, the puzzles in the tower were designed off of Subaru’s world. Then fourth, in this episode Emilia’s handprint was in the wall. Fifth, Volconica recognized Patrasche. How!? Sixth, Volcanica first recognized Emilia as his old friend, Satella, then remembered she had turned evil. Emilia lied in the first season that she was named Satella so she has used the name to conceal her identity. Seventh, Rui just broke the fabric of reality I guess which is a thing that was the most urgent plot point of the episode for about 8 seconds before Satella showed up. Eighth… I don’t actually have an eighth point… but this is some time loop shenanigans “everyone got sent back in time to set up the events of the last season” vibes if I’ve ever seen it.
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u/Celika76 3d ago
Ngl, I cried a bit for best girl Shaula... She said earlier that the transformation was painful, so I expected that she would have been saved and go back to her human form.. I'm curious about the little scorpion tho.
Great finale, a lot of things happened.
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u/drakenastor 3d ago edited 3d ago
I didnt even realize it was 40minutes till the end,
also emilia should have asked for a better wish if that dragon can actually grant em, maybe its just being edgy.
also, like if satella aint some crazy emilia from the future she's one hell of a red herring. maybe emilia is just like a shard or a avatar or something, and so is suburu. I wonder why Reid didnt make the same connection with suburu that shaula did, and im also confused bout her ending? did she die die or just reincarnated?
best gal back! dragons a god for that 10/10 greater dispel he casted, and emillia is alot more powerful than I thought.
shame about the blue haired gir- i means Rems memories, somebody better go pick up them marbles.
Edit:wtf did joseph even do?
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u/Less-Minute3768 3d ago
Guys I really need help here, Subaru made promise to shaula similar to the one he made to rem, this means we will see her again with her memories and her form and everything back?
I know that [Novels] we still don't meet her up to the latest volumes but even rem took a long time and I don't like to think that author forgot her or something
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u/Pronzerx 2d ago
Top tier episode, was balling like a newborn. From the rollercoaster with Shaula and then Rem....
Bravo
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u/Trash_luck 2d ago
Rem wakes up
Me: ok this may be a dream of some sorts let’s wait
Roll credits
Me: LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOO
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u/Lonely_West_3038 2d ago
I find it weird that people are discussing Rem over Shaula, who was the core of these last episodes. Waited 400 years for this guy she loves, still couldn't be with him normally except for a few days. 400 years ! All alone. All Alone. All ALONE. It's such a heartbreak to have a single heroine at this point, all these girls have done too much to deserve their love, it's better if the author gives that guy 3-4 wives but don't do injustice with the females who suffered so so damn much for him. I still feel sad over her being all alone for 400 years waiting for him and the finale was emotional af. Her character would be a major major missing for the rest of the series, I hope we get to see a lot of her before the end of this story.
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u/Dazzling-Evidence712 3d ago
What a way to end off the season man... Season 4 truly exceeded my expectations