Subaru really did lose his marbels for a good while, he wasn’t faking or acting. Betelgeuse is just so insane and off the deep end that he’s downplaying the degree of how mind broken Subaru is. Betelgeuse is essentially gatekeeping being crazy to Subaru.
Yep, indeed. People sometimes fail to see that dynamic, understandably so: it is extremely subtle and unless you've been in a similar situation to one of the 2 you won't get it right away. Another way it can be seen is that Subaru is heavily psychologically damaged (but not crazy), while Betelguese is full on insane. Same conlcusion of "Subaru ain't faking, it just seems mild to Betelguese cause he's much much much worse in terms of mental afflicitions".
The point is that Subaru didn't go crazy or insane, he chose to take the role of an insane person because it was easier than facing his own actions. It was an equally conscious effort to everything else he did before and does after and can be seen as his most cowardly act in the series.
Catatonia, in addition to being a symptom of longer-term psychological disorders (e.g. in catatonic schizophrenia) is a real condition that can happen to people who suffer from shock or a huge and sudden enough amount of trauma. Subaru's state here, that I _would_ qualify as "catatonic shock", is actually a fairly accurate representation of it, from my limited knowledge.
My biggest fear was that Subaru would full tilt into using return by death into fixing everything and it kind of losing its meaning as the strongest power to the weakest guy. But immediately he regrets thinking that after seeing what happened to the village. He said it wasn't his fault because he wanted a scenario where he can use the power only he has, but not if it meant a whole ass village of people he knows getting evaporated by the magic KKK. Subaru for sure going through all of it at this point in the season lol.
No intros. This studio goes ALL OUT on Re:Zero. they have a lot of content to put in each episode and they will often skip intros and outros for the extra time. In s2 they went flat nuts. On some of the later episodes they BOUGHT THE COMMERCIAL TIME so they could show the episode without commercials. 8:19 "reason to live - reason to die." You'd think that was Rem's best line but MAN O MAN she has some lines coming up. Glad to see another member of #TeamRem!
This episode is probably my favorite anime episode ever just because of the experience I had when first seeing it. I found this show, got instantly hooked and started binging, got to this point at 4:00 AM that day and I've never felt so much at the same time. Just sat in a trance after. So overwhelming
this shit was so messed up, it almost made me drop it when I watched it in my first time. Like, this episode gave me trauma and depression for 3 days straight. Just give my man Subaru a break.💀
I have seen many reactions to Re:ZERO and yours is the best! Please keep up the reactions on this show and believe that there is hope for Subaru and Rem in the future.
This one made me almost stop watching. But as storytelling, it is a masterpiece. Dark AF, but incredibly well done. Rem is the best, and she will continue to be the best. Subaru's heart is big enough for both of them.
My brain is shaking! Betelgeuse is the most colorful character of season 1! Being a fan of Rem in Re-Zero is not a rewarding idea! I read Re-Zero and I'll tell you straight, there are girls better than Emilia, but Rem is not one of them!
