[0:01] Even if you forget me,
[0:04] >> bro.
[0:06] >> It's so big, bro. It's so big. Dude,
[0:10] oh,
[0:13] I love Re:Zero, man. Like, dude, I've
[0:16] been re-watching this scene just over
[0:18] and over, okay? Like, I've been sitting
[0:19] here for the last like 20 minutes just
[0:21] trying to record a video without
[0:22] breaking down. And you know what? Just
[0:24] screw it. We We're going We're just
[0:27] screw it. I'll have tears in my eyes. I
[0:29] look like, you know, a big baby. What a
[0:32] episode of Re:Zero, man. Like, dude,
[0:35] this
[0:37] just so good. Like, it is easily one of
[0:40] the best anime that I've just I've ever
[0:44] watched. And it just it's insane. Like,
[0:46] it's been it's been 10 years plus since
[0:49] season 1 came out, and they they still
[0:52] got me crying, bro. Like, I first
[0:54] encountered Re:Zero when I was like 20.
[0:57] I'm 31 NOW AND IT STILL GOT ME BALL LIKE
[1:00] A BABY. LIKE, BRO, it's so good, dude. I
[1:05] love this series, man. Like, what do you
[1:08] mean we get a title drop? WE GET A TITLE
[1:10] DROP LIKE 70 episodes deep, 10 years.
[1:14] LIKE, WE GOT A TITLE DROP. LIKE, THIS IS
[1:16] THE full-blown Rezero title drop. Like,
[1:20] bro, like I like it. Oh. Okay. Okay.
[1:24] Okay. I I'm I'm trying to compose myself
[1:27] because it this is just such an
[1:29] incredible episode. This is just such an
[1:31] incredible anime, man. And it makes me
[1:34] so happy to be able to just feel this
[1:36] and to talk about this series because
[1:39] it's just it's it's it's good, man. It
[1:41] just it's it is just it is why I love
[1:44] anime. It is it's in essence the core
[1:47] essence is why I love anime, why I love
[1:50] manga, why I love these type of stories.
[1:53] And just seeing stuff like this is just
[1:56] oh dude, like
[1:59] the craziest thing about this episode is
[2:02] that it leaves you on such a
[2:04] cliffhanger, bro. Like I'm mad right
[2:07] now. Like I I'm sad, happy, mad,
[2:10] everything in between so many different
[2:12] wild roller coaster of emotions because
[2:15] like we we now have to wait like for the
[2:17] next two to three months until the
[2:18] return of Re:Zero because obviously it's
[2:21] going on a brief hiatus and it'll return
[2:23] with its second core. And like look, I I
[2:26] can wait. I mean, if they give us the
[2:27] same quality that we got with this, by
[2:30] all means, take a whole year off. I I I
[2:32] please I I'll hate having to wait that
[2:34] long. Don't get me wrong, but by all
[2:37] means, if they can continuously deliver
[2:39] this high quality, do it. Just do what
[2:42] you got to do. And I I'm just going to
[2:44] tell you, man, this is really special.
[2:47] This is This is just such This is such a
[2:50] special anime. This is really just such
[2:53] a special series. Like, there's really
[2:57] just nothing like it. The only thing I
[2:59] think that really has ever made me feel
[3:01] this way when I have watched something
[3:03] is probably Hunter Hunter and Mushik
[3:06] Tensei. Those are the only two series
[3:08] that really come to mind that really
[3:10] just get me this emotional to this
[3:12] degree when I'm watching something. And
[3:14] like this entire episode, for those that
[3:17] obviously didn't catch it, this is the
[3:20] equivalent of the Natsuki Subaru episode
[3:23] where he says, "I love Ameilia." For
[3:25] instance, when he's having that
[3:26] conversation with Rim in season 1, where
[3:29] Rim is just basically being his
[3:31] emotional pillar and support, saying,
[3:32] "You are my hero. I have your back."
[3:35] Basically just saying that regardless of
[3:37] how Subaru feels about himself, he feels
[3:38] like he is a piece of [ __ ] that he is
[3:40] nothing. He's worthless and everything.
[3:42] Rim believed in him. She believed in the
[3:44] greatness that was in him. Believed that
[3:46] he was a hero and she stood her ground.
[3:48] She could have ran off with him and had
[3:50] her own life with him, but she chose to
[3:52] stay there with the current Nazki Subaru
[3:54] and support him. And basically, thanks
[3:56] to Rim is what really got him out of the
[3:58] hole in season 1. He was able to push
[4:00] forward. And so, this entire episode
[4:03] here with Amelia talking with Subaru,
[4:07] kind of telling Subaru who he is, who he
[4:09] actually is, is literally that scene.
[4:12] But now it's Amelia's turn. We're
[4:14] finally getting the moment to where
[4:16] Amelia is the emotional support. She is
[4:18] the pillar that allows Subaru to pick up
[4:20] the pieces and to continue moving
[4:22] forward. And I think this is very
[4:24] interesting in terms of just the story
[4:26] writing here because obviously this
[4:28] Nazki Subaru we have, he is someone that
[4:31] is, you know, he has no memories. He
[4:33] doesn't remember anything. So the very
[4:35] concept of Rim and her emotional support
[4:37] is just non-existent. And so it's kind
[4:39] of like in this moment Rim is getting
[4:41] replaced by Million. That that's a
[4:43] tragedy. Yes, it's kind of sad, but it
[4:45] it just it showcases that he has a lot
[4:47] of people within his life that really
[4:49] have supported and built him up and
[4:51] allow him to find his way again. And
[4:52] this very episode showcases that he um
[4:55] he was repeating the same mistakes, the
[4:57] same character development and
[4:59] everything that he had throughout season
[5:00] 1 and season 2 and even season 3. And it
[5:03] got basically sped run through. Like
[5:05] this this entire moment here pretty much
[5:08] was just like a condensed version of
[5:10] Subaru's character development where he
[5:12] was realizing that he kind of needs to
[5:14] love himself, realizing that there's
[5:16] people that love him, realizing that he
[5:18] is potentially a hero or a great guy and
[5:20] he needs to believe in himself and know
[5:21] what people say about him. There's a lot
[5:23] of ways you can look at this and like he
[5:25] wants to save people. He he's willing to
[5:27] do what it takes to be able to save
[5:28] them. He won't forget even if he loses
[5:30] them. All these different type of
[5:32] things. There's just all the different
[5:34] pieces of character development that
[5:35] Subaru has went through throughout the
[5:37] story was basically front and center for
[5:40] this to get him up to speed. Even though
[5:42] this isn't technically at the moment our
[5:44] same Subaru
[5:46] in essence with his very soul it is just
[5:49] that sounds complicated but hopefully
[5:51] you get what I mean by that. But like
[5:52] this very like big Amelia moment is just
[5:56] so powerful because it really iterates
[5:58] just how much she also has grown as a
[6:01] character. And I think that one of the
[6:03] things that makes this entire scene very
[6:04] emotional, it shows the changes of
[6:06] Amelia but also not. And let me explain
[6:09] that one because obviously if this was
[6:11] Amelia
[6:13] like Amelia in season 2 before the
[6:16] development, I don't know if she would
[6:18] have been able to do this like she is
[6:19] and handle it properly. But she handled
[6:22] it in such a way thanks to the
[6:24] development she received in season 2 and
[6:26] after that. But we also see some similar
[6:29] mistakes that she would commit even
[6:32] prior to season 2. And what I mean by
[6:34] that is she is someone that is
[6:35] hopelessly
[6:37] naive or she will do anything to save
[6:40] someone that's right in front of her and
[6:41] she could potentially waste her entire
[6:43] life. If you don't know what I mean by
[6:44] that, the beginning of ReZero, the first
[6:47] episode, you can go back and look at it
[6:48] yourself. Subaru realized very quickly
[6:50] with his brief encounter with Amelia
[6:53] that she is someone that is so
[6:54] good-natured, so good-hearted and naive
[6:57] that, you know, she would just lose her
[6:58] entire life trying to save people or
[7:00] just do something right or even lose her
[7:01] life in the process. And this very
[7:04] circumstance is basically what Subaru
[7:06] talked about. And if you don't know what
[7:08] I mean by that, literally while this
[7:09] entire conversation is going down,
[7:11] Amelia is basically saying like it is,
[7:13] laying her heart on the table for Subaru
[7:14] to hear, even doing a love confession,
[7:16] by the way. And we have this beautiful
[7:18] scene, by the way. Oh, the dude. The
[7:21] original OG song. Oh, bro. Bro, bro, I I
[7:25] I'm gonna I'm gonna tear up again, man.
[7:27] I'm I'm gonna tear up again.
[7:32] Amelia is literally doing this entire
[7:35] conversation and you just see Sauta
[7:38] creeping in in the background. Like
[7:40] while this is going on, Sauta is inching
[7:44] closer and closer to consuming that area
[7:47] that Amelia and Subaru is in. You could
[7:49] see her surrounding them and obviously
[7:51] there's imminent danger. This is very
[7:53] very dangerous and at the end of the day
[7:56] when you think about this situation, did
[7:58] this conversation need to happen now?
[8:00] Like we we got to look at this in like a
[8:02] very logical perspective for a second.
[8:04] Looking at the circumstance, okay, the
[8:06] towers crumbling, people are dying left
[8:09] and right. Subaru just told you that
[8:11] Beatatrice and Julius, Anastasia,
[8:14] Akidna, you know, everybody's dead
[8:16] basically, okay? And you hear this and
[8:18] instead of trying to say, "We could talk
[8:20] about this later. We can move out of the
[8:22] tower," she decides to just stop what
[8:24] they're doing and have a full-blown
[8:25] conversation with Subaru while the
[8:27] danger is around them. And what this
[8:29] indicates is is that in that moment,
[8:31] Amelia, she proved who she really is by
[8:34] her very virtue. She she basically would
[8:37] throw her life away to protect Subaru
[8:38] and others around her. And that's what
[8:40] this is. She she realized the most
[8:42] important thing right now was to
[8:43] basically talk with Subaru, say it like
[8:45] it is, and give him reassurance. And I
[8:48] would like to remind everybody in this
[8:49] moment or in the series, Amelia doesn't
[8:51] know Subaru has returned by death. You
[8:53] know, she doesn't. So, when you look at
[8:55] from this perspective, this moment
[8:56] really just shows a lot about her
[8:58] character. It shows that she cares so
[9:00] much about Subaru that it's just way
[9:02] more important than anything else. and
[9:04] basically even her own life in this
[9:06] moment. It's sad, but it also is
[9:08] beautiful at the same time. And it
[9:09] re-emerges the very emotion that Subaru
[9:12] had at the beginning of the story on
[9:14] what inspired him to continue pushing
[9:15] forward for Ameilia's sake. So yeah,
[9:18] there's just so much about this episode
[9:20] that is just straight up beautiful. And
[9:22] what's the craziest thing about this is
[9:24] that even with Sauta appearing in this
[9:26] episode, like we actually get to see her
[9:29] once again. She is not even like the
[9:32] front main center importance of this
[9:33] episode. Like she she she's important,
[9:36] don't get me wrong. She's very important
[9:38] for this episode, but like she is not as
[9:41] important as everything else. Like
[9:42] there's just so much in this episode.
[9:44] Like I mean you you you have the stuff
[9:47] with like the split personality of Saru.
[9:49] What is really going on there? I mean,
[9:51] we have like uh we have Reed literally
[9:55] walking out and just being able to walk
[9:57] around the tower. What the hell's going
[9:59] on with that? Like like what? Like it
[10:02] it's just that that's just a big that
[10:05] that's a mind [ __ ] It it really is.
[10:06] It's just like oh oh oh my god. Like one
[10:09] of the strongest swordsmen in existence
[10:11] is just walking around freely. This
[10:13] cannot be a good thing. Um the other one
[10:16] is that we also have like Anastasia. We
[10:19] get a big little detail with Anastasia
[10:21] which is very subtle and actually I want
[10:23] to talk about this because I think this
[10:25] is very important that will easily fly
[10:27] over people's head. So Anastasia
[10:31] obviously dies in this episode and this
[10:34] this scene is supposed to hint at
[10:36] something and I've been neglecting to
[10:38] talk about it because it would have been
[10:39] spoilers until now. But um you remember
[10:43] when she got cut in half, was 50% off,
[10:46] you know, around episode 3 or four of
[10:48] this season? Well, if you remember, she
[10:50] started freaking out and saying like, "I
[10:52] don't want to die. I don't want to die."
[10:53] And just going absolutely bonkers and
[10:55] insane. Well, when you look at this
[10:58] scene, it's basically identical. For
[11:00] instance, she's cut in half. She's
[11:02] bleeding out and she's dying. But her
[11:04] words are the exact opposite of what her
[11:07] words were in the cave when everybody
[11:09] went crazy. And this she's like, I will
[11:11] continue to um hold on to the pain for
[11:14] Anastasia for she doesn't have to feel
[11:16] it. Basically, she's not allowing
[11:17] Anastasia to come back and uh take
[11:20] control of the body. She is forcing
[11:22] Anastasia to stay down for she doesn't
[11:24] have to feel the pain while they're
[11:25] dying. And what this indicates here,
[11:28] there there's a big big thing, a big
[11:30] detail is that Anastasia can come back
[11:33] like and in this moment it's implied
[11:35] heavily that Anastasia could return
[11:38] right now and feel everything and be
[11:40] alive and talking, but Fox Akidna is not
[11:43] allowing it. That that's a big one. Now,
[11:45] the reason why I'm bringing up the cave
[11:47] scene is because if you remember when
[11:49] she started going crazy and begging
[11:51] Subaru, I don't want to die.
[11:55] This is in the Japanese text. Okay. So,
[11:58] if you're not a Japanese reader, you
[12:00] might not catch this, but the speech
[12:04] pattern of Akidna or Anastasia's body
[12:08] changed in the cave when that scene
[12:10] happened, implying that Anastasia was
[12:12] back and she was feeling everything
[12:14] while she was dying, which basically
[12:17] implied that Akidna abandoned Anastasia
[12:21] in that moment. She she allowed
[12:24] Anastasia to feel all the pain while she
[12:26] ran away. That that's basically what
[12:28] happened. And so everything about this
[12:30] situation is screwed up because it gives
[12:32] so much more context to the previous
[12:35] episodes and just how demented the
[12:38] myasma made them. So yeah, I just I
[12:40] wanted to point that one out. That is
[12:41] definitely something that will fly over
[12:43] people's heads and not a lot of people
[12:44] will know. Now with that being said, you
[12:49] have to wonder what the hell is even
[12:51] going on. I mean, you have a sudden
[12:53] scorpion appear. You have like a bunch
[12:55] of different uh like uh um beasts like
[12:59] demons basically like the the the
[13:00] horsemen people appearing like you know
[13:02] in the middle of the tower and Julius is
[13:05] fighting them. Reed obviously appears.
[13:07] There's just there's a lot of basically
[13:09] like uh bad stuff going on and like why
[13:13] is even here? Like that that's a
[13:15] obviously a big elephant in the room.
[13:17] Like what we know Sauta only appears if
[13:20] Return by Deaf has been discovered.
[13:24] So what's going on with that? There's a
[13:26] there's a you know like what is going on
[13:28] with that? So there's a lot of question
[13:30] marks, a lot of mysteries, a lot of like
[13:32] no answers with this finale, which is
[13:34] fair because obviously that's why we
[13:36] have another season coming up in a few
[13:38] months which will answer all these
[13:39] questions. So I will just I will leave
[13:42] it at that, man. Like what a absolute
[13:44] phenomenal
[13:46] season, man. I I got to say
[13:51] this might be the best episode. Like if
[13:54] not I put it side by side with Subaru
[13:59] carrying Rim in the snow with like Puck
[14:02] coming out of the mansion. You you know
[14:03] what episode I'm talking about with
[14:04] Sloth's introduction.
[14:06] I would put this episode potentially
[14:07] side by side with that because this is
[14:09] really a masterpiece. There's so much
[14:11] going on here with the underlying themes
[14:14] that if you really have paid attention
[14:16] to ReZero and just paid attention to the
[14:18] characters and stuff. This episode is
[14:20] just a a masterpiece of writing. That's
[14:22] not even getting into everything else.
[14:24] Like that's not getting into the audio.
[14:25] That's not getting into the animation,
[14:26] the music, and everything. Just strictly
[14:28] the writing. Masterpiece level work. And
[14:32] it doesn't try to hold your hand and
[14:33] treat you like you're a child. It it
[14:35] expects you to understand what's going
[14:37] on. I appreciate that. But uh I will I
[14:41] will leave it at that. Thank you so much
[14:42] for watching my videos. I I've been
[14:45] really enjoying talking about ReZero and
[14:46] it's sad it's already over, but here we
[14:48] are. So be safe, stay healthy. She be
[14:51] out.