@@TheReactPack So let's say you told one boy, "I love you, and I will be with you forever." However, after a while, another guy came along who made you feel comfortable and confessed his love for you. In this situation, would you leave the first guy and forget all the good moments you had with him? Subara, in the beginning of this scene, feels defeated as he knows Emily will die and he cannot save her. However, when Rem gives him confidence, he feels he can win this fight and he can save Emily. Also Remember how Rem save Subara in ep 15 with her life, so he Atleast want to save Rem here.
You guys pretty much nailed what I believe the author had intended for the audience to take away from the Rem and Subaru interaction this episode. The purpose of Rem telling Subaru she loves him and all the things she loves about him was not so that he would reciprocate even though that's her dream. The purpose was to re-establish Subaru's character and encourage him to elevate to his best self. Even though we all like and have sympathy for Rem, Subaru choosing her as his romantic love-interest in this moment is the actual betrayal of his character. That's what he tried to do at the beginning of this conversation out of desperation and it would only harm the both of them to partner up now while he loves Emilia. Subaru verbally telling Rem that he loves Emilia is also the final affirmation Rem needs to know that she did her job well and that Subaru is back to his usual optimistic self. Even though I get it's painful, a lot of audience members/reactors don't get that. That's why I'm surprised you guys are having so much trouble accepting that Puck and the giant cat creature are the same thing. We've received that new information and have to accept it and move on. We see Puck become the creature and Subaru literally asks the creature if it's Puck, to which he affirms yes. He uses Emilia's nickname and talks like he's familiar with Subaru. It's not the Witch of Envy as Puck refers to her in the third-person. "If you really want to kill me then grow a thousand shadows. Half of what 'Satella' could".
ya it's almost like they decided to turn their brains off completely everytime puck shows up. it's really weird. edit: holly fuck, video was released 1 day ago? where the hell have they been lol
Yes the big dog is Puck’s true form, he always refers to Emilia has his daughter and per his contract if she dies he is allowed to freeze the world over
This is the first time we got to see what Subaru has thought about himself this whole time. We don't know what his life was like before, but it seems back then he did nothing and thought of his life as meaningless. This makes sense to why he thought nothing less of his past life when he was transported and was simply excited at starting his life new here. That's some deep rooted self hatred there. It makes sense why all this time he's been so desperate to be the hero and put on the bravado act in front of everyone.. because he's trying to be someone that he's not. This world has broken down that facade over and over again.. revealing who he truly is. A selfish, entitled brat. A broken man full of regrets and hatred for how much he's wasted his life doing nothing and thus being worthless at anything. He's trying too hard to be perfect at everything because he hates himself and is running away from his problems. Now.. we're starting again from Zero. Hence the title of the show. He's starting his life in another world from zero. Starting from zero doesn't refer to his return by death... but starting over to change as a person. This time he will hopefully change and start listening to the people around him. To form a better option that will benefit not only himself but others because realistically not many people are going to help you if it doesn't benefit themselves. That's just the harsh reality of this world too. To save everyone you'll need to cater to other people's wishes too, not just your own.
Well put. A lot of people are going to gloss over this aspect from the episode because of the romance subplot. I didn't hear Sam and Morgan touch on it much. Hopefully, once they see the results next episode, they'll understand the true value of this conversation between Rem and Subaru.
There’s actually an official sidestory called Sloth If that covers a what-if where Subaru runs away with Rem. It’s kinda wholesome and they end up having kids
Eh I disagree with it being holsum they all are implied acsedents all his kids hate subaru and sex is the only thing keeping there relationship together
@@nathankeel6667They don’t hate subaru 💀 It’s just a basic anime father son relationship, that’s like saying Boruto hates Naruto. You need to reread that story again bro
meanwhile subaru in LN: "I wanna f*** satella, possess everything she is and what she has, I hope the next time I see her again I have a mouth and a body so I can pour all my lust in her." Rem fanboys: "huh?" Emilia fanboys: "huh?" Rem: zzzzzz Emilia:"don't touch my man!" Satella the only best girl.
@@SolitaryLarkit’s cut content unfortunately - the light novel the author is writing, which the anime is based on, Subaru does confess he loves rem, and he loves her just as much as he loves Emilia, won’t say more for spoiler reasons, but there’s certainly a lot more explanation and development given in the light novel.
And with this episode, Puck has just taken the lead of the Subaru Resets Leaderboard, having caused the last 3 by freezing him. He passed Elsa who was responsible for the first 2. Tied for 3rd with one reset each, we have the knife hoodlum, the shaman dog, Rem, Ram, and last but not least Subaru himself, for a total of 10 resets so far. Place your bets on who joins the fun next!
Rezero s1 ep 18 is the checkpoint for SLOTH IF. On every subaru's b'day, author of rezero wrote the if stories where subaru took wrong decision. So And Small summary of sloth if , is " what if subaru gave up every thing and run away " And additional information S1 ep 2 is check point of PRIDE IF S1 ep 7 is checkpoint of WRATH IF
Rem wasn’t really confessing with the hope of winning him over I’m glad you guys caught that, but yeah it still hurts and at least Subaru said the truth instead of stringing her along because he does still care about her a lot
The huge wolf is 100% Puck. He's not the Witch of Envy because I think he said something about her in a scene in this episode that made her sound like a seperate entity. Also, Puck sees Emilia as his daughter, he's pretty much her guardian.
Had to put my laptop down to wheeze-laugh at Morgan's reaction & memes that followed.. god that was brutal & hilarious at the same time. Imagine if she said yes tho.. they'd be miserable af.
I know that this episode sparked a war between the love interest but i dont think Subaru breaking down gets talked about enough in this ep. I think for myself i resonated immensely with him at where i was in my life and i think for alot of young men that are directionless Subaru gives us a bit of comfort and.This is the first moment where i realized hes my MC and he only gets better from here
Rem holds a deep place in Subaru's heart however its just in 2nd place, but that doesn't mean he doesn't love her deeply he just holds Emilia to a high regard.
Goddamn, was this episode the definition of bittersweet. Very happy that Subaru and Rem can be honest with each other. Like you ladies, I can’t help but feel that Rem deserves better. I didn’t expect this show to be so heavy in romance. But I like that it is, can’t wait to see what comes next for the characters.
@mana5531 the thing is, its been blatantly obvious that even before Rem fell in love with subaru, EVERYONE knows subaru likes emilia in that mansion. So Rem has already expected that subaru would reject him. What she wants is that she just wants to support him with everything she has for being her HERO.
"Does she have to follow? She has her sister." Everybody at the mansion will be dead by the next day including her if she returns. Rem has died 3 times in the previous timelines so far by returning to the mansion. Anything even close to the mansion dies. There's nothing for her to go back to right now in Subaru's mind.
The biggest failure anime made this scene what I have understood is that Subaru does say he loves Rem too, but his first choice is Emilia and always been her. So it's not like he doesn't love Rem, just that he is being fully honest. This scene is just pure honesty, brutal how it might feel for some for him to reject Rem, but Rem knew his feelings and she did reject his offer to run away with her. Rem is just too pure to be real.
Nah, the anime did this episode spot on, he said that later on. But the author himself didn’t want to include it in the anime for some reason(He also cut out a major thing all Light Novel Rem fans wanted to see😂), maybe he backpedaled? Which would make a big difference between Light Novel Subaru and Anime Subaru
@KoopaTroopaa69 Probably moreso has to do with S1 development. They were unsure if the series would recieve more seasons as many LN adaptations only get greenlit 1 season and then stop to promote the LN. So they basically made it so if no season was made it could still be enjoyed on it's own. Likely also why some important s2 things were cut That is also why a lot of arc 3 was cut(especially Al). And they also cut a lot of how toxic Rem is. The anime did her favors because of how creepy and obsessive she actually is being cut
@@KoopaTroopaa69furthermore due to Tappeis own feelings on harems/multiple love interest endings, it is highly unlikely for Subaru to end up with both. So leaving the option open for interpretation makes it seem like Subaru will end up with the 2 if no new seasons were greenlit.
There is a story that the author of re zero wrote where it’s story of Subaru and rem running away in this moment. It’s really cool and probably won’t be adapted in anime. It’s re zero if story Sloth route if you want to check!
I think it’s officially safe to say that Rem is one the best girl in the series. I wish I had a Rem in my life 😅😅. The way she continues to support and protect Subaru, while knowing she will be second best, is very admirable. Rem is awesome.
This comment maybe use for future reference. Small geographical rezero world upto this episode During the conversation between rem and subaru. Rem mentioned 1) Southern country of lunagica , VOLLAKIA have bad terms with lungaica and politics in that country is hard to live. Fun fact is Priscilla came from that country 2) northern country of lunagica GUSTEKO is covered with heavy snow which is also hard to survive. Fun fact is elsa came from that that country 3) and Western country of lunagica aka KARAKAGI is country with less politics but majority of that country are with merchants .so survive is little bit easy . Some facts are anastasia came from that country and in SLOTH IF ,Subaru and rem gave up on everything and run away to KARARAGI
I'm laughing so hard at the people literally hating Subaru for being honest. Have you all been watching a different anime? He's been all about Emilia since episode 1, and now people are mad that he confirmed his feelings are real? Hilarious.
17:38 “When no one else in the world believes in you, when you don’t even believe in yourself… I will believe” this line of dialogue just hits so fucking hard
I’m glad y’all undertook that Subaru finally said all the right things. The (many) people who hated Subaru after this and think he owes Rem his romantic love lack the emotional maturity expected of the audience here
Glad you guys recognized that despite the very clear feelings most people had regarding who Subaru should be with, character-wise it's been clearly established that he loves Emila more than Rem. You are 100% right, he was being selfish and settling when trying to convince Rem to run away. It's interesting since her refusing then prompts his monologue about how awful he is and his deep self-hatred which, by the way, is a wonderful character moment. Think of it this way, you just watched an episode that was primarily two characters in the same exact place just talking with one another. Thats it. There was a little action in the beginning but for the most part they just stood there looking over the city and having their discussion, and its honestly one of the best ReZero episodes. I think what makes this harder is that at this point in the story, Emila really hasn't done all that much. We dont really know much about her yet. Makes it so much easier to root for Rem. Good thing, and avoiding spoilers, it will be shown that Subaru cares for Rem just as much as Emila, so despite him rejecting her, she is still incredibly important to him.
I have never seen an episode in which vocal expression and emotion is put across more than in this episode. the voice actors for this episode both Japanese and English did an amazing job
Just so you know, Subaru does have love for Rem, Like, a lot, like he'd die for her as shown multiple times and he has seen her fight to her last bit for him. Remember in the previous episode he was like "screw everything if you all are going to just forget Rem I dont want this anymore!" Rem has a huge spot in his heart.
"I love Emilia" might sound crazy at first, but it is an assurance for Rem that Subaru won't give up and he'll do his best again, he'll stick being an awesome version of himself that Rem knows :)
when i was young and this show was airing, i didnt really understand in depth what was going on but what rem said was very touching to someone who was a little bit depressed and self loathing back then. Then at the end i thought they were going to kiss but then subaru said "I love Emilia" i was so mad and very confused why there was no kiss scene at the end
while i do think when this ep first came out a lot of people overreacted to hell and back to the "i love emilia" moment, I def understand how crushing it could feel to see those words after rem poured her heart out for him and helped him back into a good state of mind. Could have def used a "thank you" somewhere in there but to act as if subaru doesnt appreciate rem or something like some people do is just ignorant 💀
Yall should read the sloth if story. its basically an alternate timeline where rem and subaru run away and get married. honestly its pretty entertaining and well written in its own right and its quite lengthy for a what if story
*SPOILER ALERT* That is very incredibly unlikely. Puck doesn't actually succeed in freezing the earth. Reinhard shows up, and no diffs him if he tries. Felt was in the same area that Subaru and Ram were when Emilia dies, and Puck starts freezing everything. We know Felt is fine in those timelines. Subaru and Ram would be too.
"She has a life here" Did you miss the last 3-4 episodes where that life is destroyed and will be in this timeline too if she stays and Subaru leaves? Everyone dies and she would too.
Fun fact: Even after these whole scene Subaru still sees himself as undeserving to be a hero and a weak, irredeemable piece of shit, but at least he want to try his best to be a hero for rem and everyone else because that is how rem sees him, and that what keeps him going for the rest of season 1. He even said it when Spoiler (If you still have not watched season 2 episode 1): Rem fell into the sleeping beauty disease, he said that "Without you rem, I couldn't even find the Subaru who can put on the tough guy act".
I’m right there with you Morgan. It’s impossible to keep a physical reaction from coming out especially for me. Although not literal I had the feeling of falling to my knees in defeat from this scene my first watch through.
A lot of people get to this episode and seem to completely forget that Rem killed Subaru once, and tortured him another time. I love the fact that this anime did not take this moment to have Subaru begin his harem, as so many other anime protags would do given an oppurtunity like this. As for what happens in the LN/manga, I will never read them, and I doubt I will be the only one. For us, the anime is all there is, so we judge by what we see. Of course, a new season is coming, so there is always the possibility of a harem in the future, but for right now... Subaru did the right thing, he was honest. He did not take advantage of her feelings for him for selfish personal gratification. One of Subaru's many great moments in the anime, in my opinion.
This was before Poly couples were a big thing, not that Emilia, Rem, or Subaru would even think about that scenario. Great reaction, and now I can’t wait for you guys to see Subaru shine after all the horrible shit that’s happened to him lol.
Thing is subaru meet Emilia and she save him without knowing him that why he fall for her but rim first meet him and kill him so it not wrong to say he have a point and i like rim more than Emilia
This is one of my favorite anime episodes ever. It is rough, especially if you've been in either Subaru's or Rem's shoes before. But In the end Subaru couldn't smile when talking about his future with Rem here, but he could when he admitted his feelings for Emilia. Rem wants Subaru to smile, so it makes sense. There is definitely a bit of "the female character xyz so the male character can progress", but this also helps us understand Rem, she's not just here so Subaru can progress.
Subaru does indeed love Rem. Deeply. But she's not his "true" love. Emilia is. Rem is 1A in Subaru's heart. I loved the emotional honesty on display in ep18, and I truly think this ep featured one of Inori Minase's best performances in her career.
There is no best girl in this show but just one best man that's "Subaru" After what he has been through i don't give a damn about other characters he can choose whoever he want and do what ever he wants if he decides to pull up a rumbling and destroy the re zero world he can do it.. He been through hell and will go through it again. man has every known and unknown mental health issues no more questioning subaru's decisions..
That's what we call Rem-zoned. I truly like Rem, but gotta accept the bond between Subaru and Emilia is almost like fate itself. It was always destined to like this. I know there are some "What if" stories about alternate choices of Subaru, but they are just mere thought. Reality never changes.
