[00:00] I wonder how many people are going to catch on that Reed is aware of her turn by death in this scene. Like, the episode kind of spells it out to you, but I know that there is a lot that happens in this episode, and a lot of people might just think about, like, the whole situation with Shala, and the stuff with just, you know, facing Reed,
[00:18] and not really take a moment to think about the in-between-the-lines of this conversation, and all the other moments you have prior to this, after the tower starts to, like, crumble and fall apart. It is now basically just brought right into your face that Reed is 100% aware that Subaru is using Return by Death and doing multiple loops to be able to change the course of fate in the future.
[00:43] And there's nothing else that really iterates this as far as the direct conversation of him saying that he has all the memories, access to everything that Gluttony has. which straight up tells you that, yeah, he is aware of the plot with Rui,
[00:58] he's aware of, like, what Gluttony's done, he's aware of Rin, he's aware of everything. He knows what Subaru's going through, because obviously his memories were eaten as well. So, like, everything about the situation,
[01:10] he is 100% in the know on what's going on. And so this entire sequence, where he is basically talking to Subaru, he's aware of the situation, that this is clearly Sato that has arrived, You see him getting into his stance, and obviously, right after this moment, he ends Subaru's life.
[01:26] It might look like he's being very cruel, and he is a, like, being just an asshole, but actually, he's doing a kindness to Subaru. And let me explain how we know he's doing a kindness to him. Right before this scene, actually, literally right before this scene, where we have this brief conversation,
[01:41] Subaru gets wrapped up in Sato's darkness, enveloped within it. And as he realizes, oh, crap, he screwed up, this could be over, because obviously Sasa's not just going to let her hands off of Subaru, okay? He's stuck in there.
[01:54] And basically, when you look at this entire situation, you see Reed, he literally cuts the darkness, and Subaru's able to get out of here, and he saves Subaru, which is very interesting. This entire exchange is very harsh victory
[02:07] if you don't think about how he knows about Return of My Death, because let's think about it, okay? Like, Reed is a very selfish person. Obviously, this episode just straight up, I mean, we already knew this, yes, But this episode really just shows how arrogant, how prideful, how fool of himself he is, how he is him.
[02:24] And basically, him saving Subaru in this moment, it was him being like, Look, man, this is obviously not good. Let me get you out of there before this is a dead end. But I'm going to kill him so you can restart and do this all again.
[02:37] That's basically what Reed did. So his actions here of saving Subaru and quickly killing him shows that. Now, obviously, we can also see that Reed is not aware of how many times this has happened or how many loops are going on, because when Reed quickly gets rid of Subaru, where you see this moment happen, and he, like, you know, he gets his soul, he instantly charges Subaru.
[02:59] Like, he instantly goes for Subaru to end his life, and it's over, basically. And right before Subaru, like, passes out, Subaru's like, this is, uh, this is count one. Basically saying that this is my first loop. And he's just, uh, more or less conveying to Reed, like, it's just getting started,
[03:14] and only Reed and him would be aware of this exchange. It's really cool, honestly. I really like this, because you can see, like, that the dynamic here is extremely different than what we have gotten prior to this point in Re Zero.
[03:30] Like, this is finally someone that Subaru is legitimately facing that is aware of his ability to return my guests However Reed is not necessarily a massive enemy Well he an obstacle but he is not an enemy And I think that is a perfect segue to really talk about this entire dynamic between the
[03:49] two characters. So, fundamentally, what Subaru establishes within this episode, no matter what he does, instantly, Gluttony is already there fighting Reed, and Reed will be taken over. That is inevitable.
[04:02] That is going to happen. So, basically, Subaru has to deal with a Reed that has all the memories of Gluttony, and and finds out about Return by Death, which obviously opens up the can of worms that Sosula appears,
[04:15] because the rules of Return by Death have been broken, you're not supposed to know about it, you're not supposed to know that Subaru has that, you get the point, you can speculate, but when you fully know, rules broke, and then obviously that is why she appears.
[04:28] But the point here is, is that Reed clearly, the reason why he tracks down Subaru like he does when he encounters him, is because he realizes that it's a dead end, that the situation in this, like, world right now is a dead end,
[04:41] Subaru has lost, and he needs to just start over. He's more or less being like an exam instructor, like he's instructing him and being a teacher in his own way. Obviously it's cruel, but at the same time, he knows that Subaru is going to get back up once again.
[04:55] And you've got to understand this, this is from Reed's perspective, like, obviously, he's using Gluttony's physical body, but Reed, obviously, is a very different man, he's aware of a lot of different things, He definitely was in the era with Sossler and stuff like that.
[05:08] So he knows about how certain things work. And his perspective on Subaru is probably very different than what normally people would say. He probably, he looks at him disgusting, but he also looks at him like, you can keep doing this. You can stand up, you can keep fighting me and all that.
[05:21] I mean, the entire exchange where he's like, you're supposed to be the one to hold the sword or be the one to take me down. Why are you trying to put it off to someone else? He's like a little bit upset. He's like, aren't you supposed to be the hero? Like Reed is literally indirectly, well, not even indirectly.
[05:34] He's directly saying to Subaru, you're the hero. Why are you pawning off of others to be able to defeat me? Like, that's what he's shocked about. But the point here is that he knows, because Subaru is actively aware of this situation.
[05:46] He has Rim's memory. The reason why he even mentioned the whole thing, like, why aren't you taking the role, is because obviously he's accessing Rim's memory. He knows that, basically, the situation that, you know, Rim looked at him as a hero.
[05:59] So, obviously, he's going to use stuff like that. Like, everything about the situation is super fascinating, because, like, Reed is not really an enemy. Like, yeah, he's going to put an end to Subaru, but he is not, like, a villain.
[06:12] And I think that is a really cool freaking dynamic in this entire situation. Now, with that being said, there is an absolutely heartbreaking sequence that legitimately tugs at your heartstrings.
[06:26] It is so sad, and honestly, even though I knew it was coming, I started to cry while watching this episode, because the music, the voice acting, and just the determination here, it's the exact same path that we've seen Nazi Subaru make in Season 1.
[06:43] When he has the determination to be able to save Rem and Ram and everybody in the mansion, he made the determination to basically walk off that cliff. We saw it. It was a very traumatic moment, but it was showcasing that Subaru will use Return by Death to be able to save everybody he possibly can.
[07:00] And in this case, that's the exact situation here. The circumstances are slightly different, but the determination here of what he's trying to do is exactly what happened in season one.
[07:13] He's just, it's out of order. All the different events are a little bit out of sync, and the situation's different, but him diving off the tower is basically the equivalent of that. And I think that it was very intentional by how the scene was presented Now here the big thing about this whole situation This situation is just heartbreaking because you can see you know Shala she is in the process of just transforming into the Scorpion
[07:37] That was my discord, not yours. But she's in the process of, like, transforming, and it's heartbreaking because the reason why Subaru is doing this is because he doesn't want her to be the one to kill him. He doesn't want to put that on her hands. She might not ever remember this, like, because of new loops,
[07:51] but he doesn't want her to feel responsible for that. He wants to make sure that she isn't aware of it, at the very least. She doesn't want to, you know, he doesn't want to load that on her, like, you're the one that killed me. It would legitimately hurt her a lot.
[08:05] He doesn't want to do that to her. But you see her in, like, mid-transformation. She's screaming after him. You see her, like, just, like, everything about her. Like, she's turning into, like, a mob beast. It is depressing. Like, it's very depressing because we get a lot to her character in this moment.
[08:18] We get to see a side of her that has not been presented yet, where she is actually lonely. She's isolated. This has been very obvious since the beginning. Anyone looking at the story would instantly clock in that Charlotte is probably very lonely.
[08:33] I mean, you're stuck in a tower for 400 freaking years by yourself, and then anyone that dares to approach you have to kill them off. Obviously, you might get a little bit depressed, because you're not having any human interaction or any interaction at that. It's going to eventually drain upon you.
[08:46] And so her first interaction is literally just four days with people, but she didn't get to even spend time with her master, like Subaru, for even those four days. Only two of those days, because the first two, he was unconscious.
[08:58] So, like, everything about the situation is tragic. She had a brief moment of happiness, being able to communicate and be bubbly again after 400 years, and then it's just swiftly taken away from her. It is honestly so freaking miserable and sad.
[09:11] And I want to point out a reoccurring theme here that a lot of people might not also realize. But there is a continuous theme of characters that have been, like, locked away for a very long time, for, like, potentially 400 years, and then, you know, Subaru walks into their life to try to correct some of the wrongs of the past.
[09:29] Like, I want to give an example here. Think of Rosewall, like, the 400 years and stuff with everything that happened with Echidna, and then Beatrice as well. Beatrice is a very good example of this. And now we have Charlotte. There is multiple situations where we see characters that are 400 plus years old that Subaru wants in their life.
[09:47] They're not having a good time. They've had these old ancient promises or regrets or things they're holding on to for a very long time. And then Subaru comes in and he tries to drag them out of that darkness. When you think about it like that, it makes you wonder, is this intentional or is this just an accidental reoccurring theme within the story because the story's been ongoing for so long?
[10:06] Because you've got to think about this. Obviously, when a writer is writing something for a very long time, there will be patterns that you'll see. Like, a good example of this, I think, is One Piece. It is a very cut-and-dry example, where a lot of people like to boil this down to where the Shawhat crew, they travel to a new island, they explore the island, and then they basically find out that there is a governmental plot or something like that, or they need to rebel against the island to take the princess or the kingdom of some kind, and then basically conclude they have a party, they go to the next island.
[10:33] That is obviously dumbing One Piece down a lot. There's so much more to it. But there is basically, like, there is patterns. You can see within storytelling. When a writer writes long enough, you will see certain patterns that continue to present itself,
[10:47] and it doesn't necessarily mean it's a bad thing. And so you have to wonder, with the patterns of 400 years, these characters that have been isolated for so long, is this just the author reusing certain themes, or is it directly intentional with the story?
[11:00] Now, another thing too is you gotta remember that Sossler technically is over 400 years as well, we know that, and with the whole thing with the witches that we learned about within season 2 with the kidnappers so it also makes you wonder I just throwing that out there It some food for thought But back into the Sharla stuff Sharla is really depressing because she literally has an unwinnable situation
[11:21] Basically, the situation is that someone breaks the rules, and then she transforms. We still don't know necessarily what is causing the rule breaking.
[11:33] Now, obviously, people's first intentions would be, most likely, Reed being able to leave the room. That's what people might assume. But that is not necessarily the case, because we've got to think about this. Like, we know for a fact that there is probably something else, an external factor potentially happening here that's causing it,
[11:52] because the fifth rule that was revealed within this episode is that you can break the rules. You can break the exam, so to speak. And so the exam in question, with Reed's exam, technically it was broken, because obviously he got to leave the room.
[12:05] And so, did any of the rules really break? That's the main question. Or is there something else? Am I not reading or understanding it properly? I guess we'll find out in the upcoming episodes.
[12:17] But yeah, this is a legitimately tearjerker episode. it really elaborates a lot on the characters and basically Subaru's determination as well of what he needs to do as a person to improve
[12:29] which, um, that gets into the next thing the conclusion of the episode is, uh yeah, that's the Book of the Dead we know because this is the archives but that is Subaru's name
[12:41] now, obviously, I think it's time to talk about this we know that everybody that dies appears in this library They're in their Book of the Dead. You can see their past and everything up to the time of their death.
[12:53] The question here is, is this actually Subaru's Book of the Dead? Because, think about it. Subaru has died. But, in this timeline, he's not dead.
[13:05] So, it makes you wonder, how is the library being able to have his Book of the Dead when he's technically alive? You get the point. It makes you wonder, what's happening here?
[13:18] and the thing is you would assume a place that's able to record deaths would potentially be able to know he died or is this something else? Is this a fake out?
[13:31] Is this a trap? It makes you wonder but the big thing here is that Subaru sigh if this is his book
[13:43] of the dead, it's very dangerous for a variety of reasons. First off anyone could read this book. That means that if, for instance, Amelia or Beatrice or, you know,
[13:55] anyone grabbed and found his book, they would know everything if this is his book. Now, this makes you wonder, does this mean that it would break the rules of Return by Death?
[14:08] Because, obviously, if this is, they would know about Return by Death, right? I mean, yes, they would instantly find out. so, yikes, would that break the rule, or is this exempt from the situation, are we about to get into the plot where people are going to actually be able to know about return by death without breaking the rules, is the entire party actually going to find out about it, but they're not going to be able to tell Subaru or say anything about it, because obviously it might break return by death, they should wonder honestly, but whatever the case may be, insane episode,
[14:44] there. Absolutely incredible, and the next episode is probably gonna be a tearjerker. Get ready for that. That's all I'm gonna say. You all have a fantastic day or night, wherever you live. Be safe, stay healthy.
[14:56] Chibi out.