Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu - Anime General Discussion (Archive)

[Random Wanderer]

Originally Posted by bakato

The guy got gutted twice and he watched the girl he liked bleed to death. That isn't depressing enough?

Given that he can go back and stop it from happening, that in and of itself probably wouldn't be enough for this series to get to me in the way that I'm worried about. As I understand it, he can, currently, fix all this. He can "make it right." And even if it doesn't start in the same way, he can reconstruct his relationship with her.

It's when it comes down to saving the world but having to let her die, or saving the world but having to let her be brutally harmed, physically or psychologically, or having to let her believe that he betrayed her, or what have you. Stuff that will cause permanent harm: stuff that he can't just redo to make it better, because the "other way" means everyone dies, or something like that.

[Xical]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

And then he'll have to start it over again... and start it over again... and start it over again...



So what do you folks think? What route is this likely to take? Should I give it a try, or pass on it for the sake of my sanity?

If you worry about Subaru sanity keep watching, If you worry about your own sanity, stop now.

[Wade Wilson]

Looking at the comments in this thread seems like the story is going to be a really dark one, I'm sold.

[Mikobun]

Ah, so this is the tracksuit main character in fantasyland Australia who's always gets repeatedly killed, and Konosuba's main character is supposed to be parodying this.

Oh boy, it was really fun experience watching episode 1A streaming with everyone screaming Konosuba, Kazuma, Aqua-sama, Megumin, and Explosiooons for 25 minutes and then almost nobody mentions konosuba again in episode 1B when sh*t hit the watchers with the killings and gore.

Even though I'm disappointed by 3D background animations, but the battle scene was quite something and I can't help but fall in love with the yandere-maso gut slicer maniac. And also this anime will be 2 cours so it won't be so rushed like a certain anime from previous season with 10 episodes.

VA choices are good (especially Elsa) but I'm still can hear Megumin's voice in Emilia, she's supposed to be more ojou-ish in my imagination, but Emilia's voice is too flat and rough.

Spoiler for Re:ZeroxKonosuba crossover image:

http://i.imgur.com/cI7BS5S.jpg

[Random Wanderer]

So, curiosity got the better of me.

Um... well. That was a thing. Hope he can work stuff out and keep everybody alive.

If he doesn't go to the fence's house, crazy lady will kill the old man and possibly Felt. If he goes there alone, he dies along with them. If he goes there with girl-whose-name-remains-unknown-at-this-time, the two of them both died last time, when they were taken by surprise. Obviously something is either going to go wrong with the trade, or crazy lady is just intending to kill people rather than trade properly right from the start, since she killed the old man before Subaru ever showed up in the first cycle. Maybe all four of them working together could stop crazy lady, but Subaru would have to be able to convince them to do so in the first place.

[Hmm....]

When I first read this series's synopsis. I approach it with caution as this genre has been overly saturated these days. I read a bit of manga beforehand and see that this story has potential. Which made me even more skeptical of this anime. Anime adaptation tend to butcher such a story.

Then I watched episode 1. Damn, it exceed any of my expectation. A job well done. I have no complaint with it so far. I really hope they can maintain this quality through out it's 2 cour run.

[RX-78GP04G Gerbera]

KonoSuba + Edge of Tomorrow? lol

[Requiem-x]

I'm in.

I'm so in.

I knew nothing about this show before watching other than there were some girls in it, but now I'm so in.

Seriously, my thoughts by the end of it were as follows:
"MORE!!"
"No! More! Now!"
"Please don't be a full jerk now, Satella!" x 100000000000

Simple, to the point introduction (Bam! New world! Let's go!).
Pretty good MC.
Gorgeous heroine (Really, that is a fantastic design).
Pretty nice "twist".
Looks very good overall.

I'm in.

[orion]

Originally Posted by Random Wanderer

So, curiosity got the better of me.

Um... well. That was a thing. Hope he can work stuff out and keep everybody alive.

If he doesn't go to the fence's house, crazy lady will kill the old man and possibly Felt. If he goes there alone, he dies along with them. If he goes there with girl-whose-name-remains-unknown-at-this-time, the two of them both died last time, when they were taken by surprise. Obviously something is either going to go wrong with the trade, or crazy lady is just intending to kill people rather than trade properly right from the start, since she killed the old man before Subaru ever showed up in the first cycle. Maybe all four of them working together could stop crazy lady, but Subaru would have to be able to convince them to do so in the first place.

It would be easier to do what she said. All four have to take her on simultaneously. Subaru prob needs more skills and "Satella" needs to also fight.

What was he thinking taking on an assassin with his bare hands?

[IceHism]

i hate this mc cause he lacks too much common sense.
But the story is fine. I'm ready for pure edge and suffering.

[Kaoru Chujo]

It's interesting to start a season with no real idea what's coming. This show certainly surprised me. In a good way. The story is intriguing, echoing Erased as it does (to some extent).

Takahashi Rie (the white-haired half-elf) was great in ep1a. Her enunciation was godly. And Noto Mamiko (the murderess) was a joy to listen to in ep1b. Kobayashi Yuusuke did a pretty nice job with the hero, I thought: not too weak and not too strong.

I'm interested to find out what the sides are that are fighting, and why half-elf was surprised our hero thought elves were beautiful. She certainly is, anyway.

[DemonneoPT]

Originally Posted by Kaoru Chujo

I'm interested to find out what the sides are that are fighting, and why half-elf was surprised our hero thought elves were beautiful. She certainly is, anyway.

I think she was surprised, not because he thought she was beautiful, but because Elves are somehow hated by the people. And Subaru instead of prejudicing her due to her race he just called her beautiful. At least that was the feeling i got.

[Iron Maw]

Originally Posted by orion

It would be easier to do what she said. All four have to take her on simultaneously. Subaru prob needs more skills and "Satella" needs to also fight.

What was he thinking taking on an assassin with his bare hands?

He didn't have a choice. She was going kill him no matter what, so might as well go down fighting rather than give her satisfaction of watching him cowering before her. One bit that was left out in the anime is that in Subaru internal monologue during that scene he also felt responsible causing Felt and Rom deaths which also acted partial motivation for facing her.

[Wandering Soul]

Originally Posted by IceHism

i hate this mc cause he lacks too much common sense.
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Funny thing about that is that Subaru thought he understood everything go in the beginning and tried to invoke several of the cliches you would expect from this genre. The series wasted no time when it came to smashing his illusions.

[Neki Ecko]

Originally Posted by IceHism

i hate this mc cause he lacks too much common sense.
But the story is fine. I'm ready for pure edge and suffering.

I like a MC that is not perfect like him, he is little bit annoying but it is better than other MCs.

But I am very impressed with this series and I cant wait to see more.

[Requiem-x]

Originally Posted by Wandering Soul

Funny thing about that is that Subaru thought he understood everything go in the beginning and tried to invoke several of the cliches you would expect from this genre. The series wasted no time when it came to smashing his illusions.

He did get to met a gorgeous, magic wielding, familiar carrying, tsundere half-elf, though. It did cost him his life, kind of, but still, it counts.

I do hope he understands what's happening to him soon. You're jumping back in time, dude! Maybe he's more of a fantasy nut than a sci-fi one.

[Endscape]

Excellent first episode, I'm really looking forward to seeing more of this. Things are definitely going to get weirder and weirder for our MC, time loops always end up messing with you.

[orion]

Originally Posted by IceHism

i hate this mc cause he lacks too much common sense.
But the story is fine. I'm ready for pure edge and suffering.

I agree that he was lacking common sense. Subaru was a tad bit slow on the uptake there. I was like, "Dude, she's the one who killed you in your past life. Get out of there!".

[Iron Maw]

He didn't even see who killed him though. Everything happened so fast and he's still barely registering what's happening, hence why he didn't recognize Elsa.

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by Iron Maw

Nice thing about the cycles is how author does a good job of mixing things up while progressing the plot with them. For example Subaru will often end up meeting people he didn't the first time, taking certain actions which lead to huge effects or changes in the situation his in. Even his relationship will change significantly depend how he acts in one from another. This most exemplified in second half he didn't meet Satella at all because he defeat the muggers himself this time before she could arrive. Most importantly he always gains something from it no matter how small.

That and the fact a lot his expectations constantly get shot-down serve to drive home this is not a "trapped a in the D&D game or MMO" but an actual honest to goodness parallel fantasy world. There is subtle culture clash occurring between Subaru and everything in it the more he interacts and spends time here. Satella's perplexed and shocked reaction to Subaru nonchalantly brushing aside the fact she's a Half-Elf or his mention of being from a island to the east are other example of it.

Definitely a huge thing is mixing things up and moving the story forward. Have to change things up somewhat in order to make it remain interesting and glad to hear that should be the case.

Can expect his relationship with Satella this time won't be the same as the first run. Not his fault really, but he has made a bad first impression. Will be harder to get on as good terms. Of course I hope he can get on good terms with her and not have to die first to try again...

The culture shock and clash should be fun to watch. The more time he spends here the less he can try to apply cliches to it all. He's basically been dumped into a parallel world, that's it. He does have this death related power, but otherwise he's just in a different world. That's big, but it's still a world. There are rules, cultures, different value systems, etc.

Originally Posted by orion

I agree that he was lacking common sense. Subaru was a tad bit slow on the uptake there. I was like, "Dude, she's the one who killed you in your past life. Get out of there!".

I'm not sure if that's common sense as much as just memory. His memory probably focused more on the dying part than the voice he heard in the dark. It's not like he actually saw her the first time around. Plus he wasn't sure what all that was. He didn't get to read the summary about what his ability is . Someone he saw dead before clearly isn't now so...nothing really made sense. Plus he did feel a need to get the insignia so sticking it around while everything seemed peaceful wasn't a crazy choice.