Figures they would start out the second season with
that scene in order to make a more seamless entry point for anyone who watched season one. For anyone who kept away from spoilers and didn't watch the director's cut, this would probably be a pretty big shock to open the second season with
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And...now we find out what happened to Rem, Crusch, and company. While everyone was busy defeating Petelgeuse, the rest of our band abruptly got caught between
two new Sin Archbishops, Greed and Gluttony. Regulus/Greed is a total "do you mind" type of guy who seems to be really arrogant and condescending towards anyone and has force abilities, but the real depraved one is Lye/Gluttony who is basically an animal in human form willing to devour anyone or anything (and it doesn't even need to be an object). Subaru has some truly monstrous new adversaries to have to contend with
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Rem...poor Rem. To be honest, I was starting to think something would happen to her because her existence is just too convenient to prevent or assuage Subaru's suffering, but it still hit like a sack of bricks to watch her "last stand" while she was declaring her faith and love for Subaru. I'm sure her Hero will eventually overcome these villains, but just not soon enough to save her (this time)
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I guess in terms of small victories, while Rem's name and memories have been stolen, at least her body is still around so there's no way people can deny her existence when Subaru tells them about her. And that her body is still around leaves some hope that she can be saved if they defeat Gluttony. I am really curious to see how Ram is going to take all of this
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I thought it was bad enough Crusch might have lost her arm, but she's also lost her memory. I did think for a second she sounded a lot more soft-spoken then usual, and it turns out she's practically a different person now, having to adjust to a position and people that she has no recollection of beyond maybe a few feelings here and there. It kind of makes you wonder about the events in her life that made Crusch into that person she is today compared to this more meeker and polite maiden, but she still has that steely and absolute resolve and conviction that defined her previous self. I guess some traits are just inherent
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I get where Felis was coming from with not wanting to endanger Crusch any more then they already have, but I think both the Crusch and Emilia camps are in a state where working together against a common enemy is better in the longrun for them both, especially if it gets them both Rem and the original Crusch back
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Just as Subaru is wallowing in self-pity and his own perceived patheticness, Emilia comes in to comfort him, tell him he's wrong, and be the shoulder for him to cry on. Emilia didn't quite understand Subaru's circumstances before and didn't know how to handle that, but now she is firmly resolved to support the burden he has to bear in any way she can. And with Emilia by his side Subaru once again finds his resolve to declare that he will save Rem
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