Shinsekai yori left out its opening too to give more time for plot and characters except for one episode and I was impressed by that already but Re Zero takes it up to eleven with just 30 min episodes, so great ^^
I actually don't have any problem with second half being only 1 loop, if it was like season 1, it would have made the series repetitive, but it's more realistic this way.
Not to mention that re zero is first and foremost a character drama. It would go radically against the story's themes to confront how unhealthy and self destructive Subaru's overreliance on return by death was only to have him continue using it like save scumming.
@@danielhounshell2526 there's actually bonus if stories from author. And in some of them as a byproduct of his choices, he starts to abuse the hell out of RBD... And well, nor his mind, nor personality... Eh, actually, he overall didn't ended up well in those if stories.
@@zenixvampirchik652 That just goes to prove the point further, this writer knows their characters, and side stories like what you describe serve to drive home the themes of the story even further through contrast.
@@zenixvampirchik652 Imagine if Rem said yes to leaving with Subaru when they had a chance and they lived a peaceful life. Then when Subaru died, his last checkpoint would still be the one before they had ran away. Imagine how fucked up that would have affected him, like he has no choice in his life what so ever.
I think he missed the point, the resets were fewer because they they had more impact and had far more consequences. This show has become more about the characters than the shows gimmick, and I think it's better not worse for it.
Re zero for me feels more like a character study. Sure you have this amazing overarching plot, but the characters growth and how they change for me is the most memorable thing. If there is a good example of learning how to love and treasure yourself this would be it.
I kinda enjoyed Season Two more. It had a lot more lore and development of central character that were pretty much just there in season 1. Not to mention it had probably the worse death Subaru ever experienced (rabbits) and this season strengthened his bonds with the characters that he'll be around the most. Season 1 was getting your feet wet in the story and Season 2 was a deep dive with character backstories, development, and lore
Same. I feel like it was much more introspective and more character driven instead of the plot moving at a breakneck pace like Season 1. Season 1 felt like multiple arcs and storylines crammed together. It was new character after new character after new character, new antagonist after new antagonist after new antagonist. Season 2 was one solid arc spanning the same characters developing the conflict much better. Much more mature than season 1 and seeing Subaru's and Emilia's romantic tension actually makes much more sense now. Where last season I was like "okay but why?".
@xGungiManx love at first sight isn't real... And the whole point of season one was Emilia shutting subaru down asking "why do you care about me? Do you actually care about me or just the idea of me you have made up?"
Still prefer s1 more, First of all because some moments were Just too strong (whale, end of episode 15?, Etc) and it also felt more ugly . With ugly i mean the state subaru was in. He felt real, flawed and assholeish
@@Exel3nce Well, I think the whole point of Season 2 is that he lost the asshole part entirely but he also lost all love for himself in the process. In season 1, Subaru was selfish, he wanted this world to go by his every whim, whereas in season 2, he thinks he's the only one who needs to suffer in the process as the development he got in season 1 took a bad flaw away but also made a completely different flaw in the process.
I liked season two more than one to be honest. It put a lot of weight back into the RBD mechanic and we got a lot of high quality character development.
Season 1 adapted about the first 3 arcs of the LN while Season 2 only adapts arc 4, which is the longest one, but still only one. That's probably why you felt this one didn't progress much the story. On a different note I'd like to point out that the deaths are much more gruesome this season. Edit: also you gotta give props to the producers cutting the openings and endings. Fucking 29:30 minutes episodes of pure content.
One thing that will never change. This series will continue to shock you in the ways the characters die. I can think of prominent examples in what would be the next 2 seasons that will really affect people.
@@TheProswagonist Arc 4 is 6 light novels but the original web novel draft is 4x the length of the Lord of the Rings trilogy. Arc 5 and 6 are both 5 Novels. You may not need 2 full cours for arc 5 but they definately will for arc 6 to do it justice. Its simular to this arc with a lot of world building.
I feel like you overly focus on the Return by Death gimmick, sure it's the one thing that sets it apart from others, and pulled us all in at the start (and plot progression still somewhat revolves around it), but Re:Zero has so much else going for it. I watch it for the characters, not for the Suffaru 25 out of 25 episodes (though I admit that's one of my favourite things in it, still we got 11 episodes of that so I'm ok with that)
@@nerfi2983 Except that won't happen because this is a completely different situation from season 1 where instead of the anime being ahead the novels are two whole seasons ahead. Plus this time they know for sure that if they made another season it would be successful. They would be dumb to have not already be working on it.
@@vortechstg4091 i want to be agree with you, but why didn't they already announce Season 3 ? It's sure that S3 will Come but when? White fox IS a small studio, they are tired by this Season, they put too many effort. They are probably in a break during 1 year with rezero... This is what i think...
Subaru's death does not have that much impact because it is how author wanted it to be. He wanted subaru to understand that dying again doesn't just effect him but people around him, i thinks so you just forgot ep 12 and 13 because it issues with the these things. And about nothing really happens in this season is wrong we get a lot of things like about witches, roswall, beatrice, emilia and most impprtantly the subaru's backstory and even more about everything but i also agree that season 3 is needed for season 2 be better.
I am fine with RbD taking a backseat honestly, because they made the characters and the drama so amazing this season that makes it more than a worthy successor to the first season.
Re:Zero for me has always been a character driven story, I think the reason Season 2 felt like it didn't progress as much as Season 1 is because not only does Season 2 adapt only 1 arc, but the arc itself focuses on character narrative way more than it does the plot, it fleshes out and develops most of the characters old and new. Also Season 2 adapted Arc 4, the author has said that he plans on making Re:Zero 11 arcs most of which after Arc 4 are going to need around 24-25 EPs (maybe more in the future), so if Re:Zero was to be fully animated, it would need around 9 seasons of 24-25 EPs or even more so we might not be seeing the end of Re:Zero until like a decade or two later.
Yep, rewatched it (the directors cut) and it was worth it to watch the movies and ova. I'd recommend watching the director's cuts btw although there are a few battles reanimated and a couple of details and touch ups, it is better even by just a small amount. At the end of the last episode which you won't see in the original, they added a scene to continue on for season 2 and make a pretty big cliffhanger (although since the whole second season is out you won't have to experience it)
Disappointing? Ummm what. Note: I am trying to be very brief to avoid spoilers. After finishing the full video, I cannot agree with this perspective. This season further fleshed out the "Emilia Party", provided a lot of world building, and gave their camp another notable achievement. Emilia - Her past, getting over it, and becoming an actually good character. Subaru - Reflecting on the real world. Realizing he needs to rely on others outside of himself. Beatrice - Learning her back story and freeing her. Roswaal - His motives Ram - Her motives Introduces new characters to the Emilia party as well as gives us a chance to experience all 9 of the witches. I think calling this a bridge season is disingenuous almost like a framing device that is minimizing its achievements. By the explaination provided, one can easily argue everything that falls between the first and last seasons of a show are bridge seasons.
Ark's here starting to look like Subaru with all his worry and concern over reaching the ending lol But for real, I totally agree and do think that there are a lot of coincidences between the narrative and how people feel about the show. I felt like season one was so mystifying because it was written from a perspective that we actually truly couldn't understand. The one false ending with the manor in a blizzard only for it to cut to the return by death point is the key there. Subaru's character has gone beyond what can be conveyed in a normal narrative form so they have to convey it through tricks of composition to explain. Season one was so focused on Subaru because that was the only perspective that actually mattered. Now that he's gained support and it's not just him helming his efforts, the perspective switches back and forth and I think that's where people get uninterested. We don't have much if any time with many of these new characters to add weight to the storyline, even with Emilia. So when I look at it as them having seriously well developed like 6 or 7 now main characters with their own perspectives over really just Subaru and Rem last season, I actually think it was a flying success. So I think the funny thing to take away here is that it wasn't just Subaru who 'bet it all on one loop', the writer themself bet a lot on this bridge arc to switch off a weakening plot about one dude's suffering into a more fleshed out dynamic story. I called it a coincidence but I'm really starting to suspect the writer and/or the director are just fucking genius at this point to have such meta control over their work. And with the last bit about Emilia meeting with Subaru in the ending, I'm sure there is 100% intent to keep going. Imma trust my boi Subaru and White Fox.
And the good and bad part is that the story is not even near finishing Its gonna have 11 arcs and we are currently on the 7th arc of the story from which 4 of them are covered in the Anime !!
Like any good story though, I hope he has an end state in mind & doesn't just needlessly pad things out. Nothing worse than these never-ending stories that only keep going because they're popular.
@@AssaulteedOne Well so far I read all the 6 arcs and it didn't feel aimless or trying to pad things, but we going to be more sure if he is planning to extend or not by Arc 9 or 10, it should be obvious if the series is finishing or not by them.
Personally S2 ReZero is one of my favorite seasons of all time, but I understand why people have problems with it. I watched it with the mindset of enjoying the character studies more than the plot, and I think that softened the pain from the glacially slow plot. Genuinely think the Roswaal's character arc is GOAT.
Arc 1-3: the prologue, Arc 4: the mystery thriller, Arc 5: the shounen war arc, Arc 6: like arc 4 but the despair and mindbuggery are quadrupled (imo best arc so far), Arc 7: not finished, can't say where it goes yet
It's concerning that people have a nitpick on Subaru not using RBD 'wisely' and more 'masterfully' when in fact that the last Witch's Tea Party specifically indicated that he promised one of them not to die for naught. Speaking of not dying for naught, Season 2 is better seen as a arc 4 story and not rely too much on the potential of Season 3 because if what you say about S2 that you don't like is true, then you're probably gonna have a weird time in S3 (Arc 5). TL;DR: RBD is definitely not a shock value asset anymore but better
This is so weird. You are so hung up over this one minor thing and have not mentioned even a single one of the amazing things that happened this season. Subaru's trial and the painful recognition many of us felt when we were watching it. The fight and subsequent kiss between Subaru and Emilia. Subaru being helped back on his feet by best boy Otto. Garfiel receiving some closure with regards to his family and finding a way to move on. Subaru completely and utterly defeating Roswaal's ideals. Not to mention Subaru finally legitimately becoming Emilia's proper knight after having worked really hard to _earn_ that. Like... It's really weird that not one of these amazing things was mentioned but instead you seem to just dwell on "welp not enough time travel". And do you honestly think with the amount of love that the people at White Fox have poured into this stuff, that they really want to just torch the thing in the ending? Remember, we have had BONUS LENGTH every. single. episode. Most of them without an opening or ending sequence. With _so much effort_ put into it. Like how is this even remotely comparable to the promised neverland?
100% agree. I don't understand why people say nothing happened in season 2. There was ALOT of character development and progress with relationships. Not to mention goals being achieved like many of the things you mentioned. What makes me love s2 so much is that everything feels so so earned. It feels fantastic. Also that bonus length every episode has made White Fox one of my favourite studios.
I one million percent agree with this comment right here kinda frustrated me when all I’m hear is “he didn’t want to use his one advantage any more “ like what lol that’s the whole point of the arc treasuring yourself and the people who will mourn you.
re zero is first and foremost a character drama. It would go radically against the story's themes to confront how unhealthy and self destructive Subaru's overreliance on return by death was only to have him continue using it like save scumming.
Yet it's kind of arbitrary, what if using RBD frequently gets Subaru the outcomes he wants like being with Emilia and providing his friends with happy lives. Why is this 'unhealthy' or 'self-destructive' exactly. It's not made particularly clear and seems more based on the authors assumptions about human psychology or his moral preferences instead of a believable mechanistic consequence of using RBD too much.
I personally loved Season 2 about the same as Season 1. While Arkada's worries are valid, there is still a lot of passion and genuinely good intelligent writing and with a lot of source material that is great, from what I've heard, I doubt that they will go anime original and mess everything up.
Unless 2 or more if the last 4 arcs are shorter (because we already know 7 is gonna be long) it will prob be 1 arc per season. Most will also like require 2 cours (arc 6 definitely will, arc 5 can maybe be done in 1 but I think it would need at least 18 episodes to do it justice). Were looking at at least 7 seasons, more likely 9 for everything. (Not counting separate cours)
@@Poliyxn only problem is that you rarely see non 12 episode cours anymore. It's too big to properly fit in a standard cour but may not be long enough for a full 24 episodes. Maybe they could actually fill some of those with the side stories.
@@Demedich1 Arc 4 is about 50% longer than arc 5 in the web novel, but only about 20% longer in the light novels, which is what the anime adapts. Considering the crazy runtimes for the episodes in season 2, 24 episodes of normal length (~24 minutes rather than season 2's average of 28) will actually be about right for arc 5.
9:51 On that topic, there is a very well written fleshed-out side story by Nagatsuki(re zero’s author) called Greed If, where he DOES accept the contract with Echidna, and while I won’t spoil what that contract entailed for him, just know that that idea is explored to its logical conclusion.
I preferred season2 of Re:zero by quite a large margin. My biggest problem of season 1 was the lack of deep characters. Everyone (perhaps save for Subaru) was left on the surface level and I found it very hard to invest in any of the characters, giving any dramatic moment significantly less weight. Season 2 right away introduces a bunch of unique new characters that get expanded upon and make it easy to sympathize with them or they're just so god damn entertaining to watch (ahem... a certain witch) as well as giving a deeper character to some already existing, but so far kind of 1 dimensional figures (Emilia, Ram, Roswaal). Subaru "betting it all on 1 round" is a massive positive change for me, because in season1 - while obvious mental effects appeared - there was always the thought "oh, well guess he'll just die and here we go again", while in season2 I genuinely didn't know what would happen if he failed, making it that much more exciting.
as someone who read the source material for Arc 4 (aka S2), I can say that a lot of the problems were mostly from the struggle of adapting such a huge, masterful piece of work into a 25-episode season. the "info-dumpy" feel of the second season was not really present in the Web Novel, because the vast amount of chapters and words Arc 4 contained were enough to pad it and truly make it feel like it was an unraveling mystery, while still leaving you with lingering questions to be answered later (and I will add, the author is amazing at foreshadowing and hinting towards plot developments, details, and answers without just straight-up giving you the answer, which I think is something that sadly got a little lost in the adaptation). In addition, again, with all of the words and things in between, the deaths had a more gradual build-up (plus a few cut deaths/deaths that had extra content that was changed), and didn't feel quite as predictable. that's not to say that your opinions on Season 2 are invalid, as the adaptation of the source material is also a key factor into what makes a good sequel, but considering the fact that 25 thirty minutes episodes with (usually) no OP or ED was what we got and even that wasn't enough to adapt everything important, I think they did an amazing job. plus, I will add that although RbD is a very interesting and important plot device, the story itself is not centered around it, nor was it intended to do so. the point of RbD was really to explore its characters and develop them, showing the different sides of each character as well as exploring the mental state of the protagonist and how he deals with it, both things that Season 2 continued to do. In the end, Re:Zero is a character-driven story, set in an extremely expansive world with constant mysteries to encounter and uncover. all the info Arc 4 revealed was only a small part of the puzzle. RbD will never quite take a backseat (as the author himself has stated in a Q&A that the chance of Subaru not dying in an arc was 0%), but if you're to continue watching and enjoying this series it's vital to understand that its centerpiece and goal do not revolve around RbD, but actually its characters and the mysterious, complicated world that Subaru finds himself in. Re:Zero is, in the end, a character study. it just happens to be one with an exceptional, exciting plot and a fascinating plot device.
The fact that you said that *Despite its extra time given to each individual episode, not all the important points were adapted in the anime* really scares me about light novels more than it already has. Like I love learning more about details in a setting or story don't get me wrong, but even watching Re:Zero Season 2 was starting to sniff out the limits of my focus in order to remember everything that has happened. I really don't know how you light novel readers do it, and for multiple titles for that matter. 😁
@@eugenefindit ah i think it was mostly that i binged it at the peak of my obsession, so at the time i was just kind pf devouring any and all content i could find for RZ lol 😅
Something to remember is that changes in a story are not generally abrupt and make what came before less valid, but can also be a result of progress and increase the options the story can go. Like the second half of season two of Re:Zero is a direct response of Subaru trying to hit his head against a wall and not getting ahead in the first half. That doesn't mean he doesn't ever have to "reload" anymore, but it does mean he now knows how giving his best for a "playthrough" can be better than "save scumming". And on the matter of progress, let's not forget how progress isn't just made by passing time and by things being physically done - especially not with shows like Re:Zero where things can happen independently from passing time. There is so much development in this season with so many different characters once you take a closer look at it. And that is ontop of final few episodes having major things happen physically. Every character has made so much continued progress in this season, as well as their relationships with other characters, and nobody can discredit that with saying only a few days have passed.
Tappie (the author) has stated that he wants that as well but Kadokawa has the ultimate authority over it. It was also noted that White Fox really struggled with getting cour 2 done in time with their standards but that's also due to the current world situation. I'd honestly take a delayed season 3 to make sure White Fox gets the time bring the passion they brought to these last 2 seasons over them either rushing out the next and potentially having to change studios like what happened owen AoT and Witt. The novels are currently in arc 7 if 11 so a season every 1 1/2 years or so may suck to wait for but may be best for quality reasons and making sure we never get stuck waiting for more source material.
Yeah it was a very long arc but the only real problem I had was the nitpick that the animation could've been more impressive at times... but it was still decent.
For some reason there are some animes that i might get bored watching 20 minutes of it and just have to take a break and do something else but with Re:Zero i can spend almost 1 hour reading a chapter and still feel excited.
@@donew1thita11 Volume 16 which will in the future be a possible season 3 is the beginning of arc 5, is going to be released in June if im not mistaken, so not yet, but you can read the WN version if you wish
Calling season 2 a "bridge season" feels like a massive disservice to it. Because it's not just connecting season 1 to season 3; its building upon what came before. In pretty big ways, i might add. Subaru is the biggest example. He's not just trying to ram into a problem that ends up killing him like he did in season 1; he's acting more thoughtfully. So yes, less loops are needed because he's doing more to avoid having to die. He learned to rely on his friends to help him accomplish his goals. He learned to accept himself despite his terrible personality traits. And the big rival of the season, Roswall, pushed him to be better by giving Subaru something to avoid becoming. And this is just Subaru. Not to mention how well developed Emelia, Otto, Garfiel, the witches, Beatrice, heck, even Roswall were this season. Season 1 was more action heavy, Season 2 was more cerebral, with more of an emphasis on meaningful dialogue and thinking through strategy. But it was still Re:Zero. And the fact that most of this season didn't have an OP or ED shows that the studio was committed to making a good product; they succeeded in the best way possible. Honestly, i don't see the concern for season 3 being less than stellar. A show can change its focus and still be good, or even great. That's how i view Season 2. It wasn't a carbon copy of season 1. But what it achieved still furthered the narrative, characters, and themes in pretty satisfying ways.
Well I kinda can see where it's going in the story Big spoilers ahead: These are some info we know of the endgame: Tappei confirmed that all the witches will be present in arc 11 and Frederica will play a huge role in arc 11. Subaru seems to go on a suck-all-witchfactors-adventure so he'll likely collect all the factors in the end. We also have the voices in Emilia's 3:rd trial. Based on all of these info, I think that the endgame will play out like this: Subaru collects all w-factors, gets hijacked by probably Flugel or someone else, witches reunite, final battle against probably Pandora or/and the dragon, Frederica sacrifice herself, Garf kills possessed Subaru (probably after collecting Vainglory-factor) ending the cycle of the factors and RBD, Subaru is in afterlife with Satella, the end.
@@tenacious_takakumi2680 this wasn't a question how it ends. It's supposed to mean that we won't be seeing an ending anytime soon. From the way Arkada was talking in the video it seemed like he was hoping for the series to be over within the next 1-3 seasons, which it definitely won't be.
3:30 Not only that, the simple act of returning increases his witch scent, which naturally changes the perceptions of those who might have been friendly to him in previous attempts. See: Season 1, Rem it seems, having not read the source material, you are unaware of something. Season 1 is an adaptation of 3 arcs of material. Season 2 is only a single arch. That explains the "lack of progress" you feel in the 2nd season. However IIRC the 4th arch is as large, or close to as large as two previous arcs. It IS a huge info dump, and a chance for the side characters to develop.
I did not like the "return by death"-shock aspect of season one all that much. What I always loved are the characters and the worldbuilding. On that note season 2 really delivered. Also, Subaru is steadily becoming a better, cooler and more reliable person.
Season 2 to me felt like an improvement because the return by dead was used more sparsely. In season 1 they went through many loops and scenarios but ran into the problem that while it went through a lot of plot beats, they didn't feel like they had as much substance as season 2's, now we actually know things about the characters and why they matter and we have actual world building besides "medieval fantasy world". There's a Manwha that also has the MC return by death called "Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the Dungeon" that runs into the same issue where when the loops are happening often a lot happens but they don't feel like they add anything to the greater narrative. I think they're a great starting premise but I prefer that overtime it takes a back seat and let the narrative rest on the shoulders of it's actual story as the goal is to "get things right" and if the character with the ability never grows to be able to get anywhere without relying on it the series will just become frustrating as the main character gets all the second chances and proceeds to not develop.
Light Novel wise the first 3 arc are 9 novels. Arc 4 is 6 novels, Arc 5 is 5 novels, and Arc 6 is 5 novels. The first season also cut a lot of small scenes that did world building and fleshed out some of the side characters. Considering the merch sales is usually a good indicator of a possible sequel RE: Zero has been one of the highest selling franchises in terms of it in Japan. The source material is also extreamly popular so a season 3 seem fairly likely. We'll likely find out at the next Kadokawa presser in June but I wouldn't expect season 3 to be airing until at least summer 2022. Honestly though I dont mind the extra weight so long as White Fox is allowed the extra time to put as much passion as they have in the previous seasons in the next one. Fun fact: the first draft of arc 4 in the web novel (available for free online) is 4 times longer than the entire lord of the rings series. There is a lot of random world building and some loops that were cut out from the light novel and now anime.
I loved season 1. I loved the re-mastered version even more. I do understand how you feel about season 2. The odd thing is, for the same reasons you listed, I consider season 2 to be slightly better than season 1. I did not really think about this until I had finished Season 2, but, in hindsight, Re:zero was in danger of becoming a one trick pony. Hit a hard problem, die and reset, repeat till you find solution, etc etc. Good example is how you felt that the loops were getting predictable. You are right, they were. What I found very impressive is how this was addressed. It began in season 1, when we clearly saw that Subaru's mind was being affected badly at the end of each loop. He was not suicidal, but, the guy was struggling. By the time he got to season 2, his mind was becoming unhinged. If it was not for Echidna we could had gone mad at one stage. And, later on, after a few more loops at the mansion, all 8 witches had to step in to keep him sane and give him a new understanding. It was clear that relaying solely on looping was sending him insane. I expect (and hope) that Return by Death will no longer be Option 1. Again, this is a good thing. Consider that some of the authorities that the archbishops have might be able to block Return by Death (if he does end up like Rem, he'd not be dead, and he'd have no way to end himself). To me at least, this made the show a lot more interesting. At the very least, less Return by Death has made the show's narrative a lot less predictable.
I loved season two, probably even more so than season one. I loved all the world-building and character backstory we got, and this season tugged on my emotions more than season one did. I loved all the character growth we saw for Subaru, which I would argue was much more than we got in the three arcs of season one. I do think the first half of season two was a bit weaker, I found it a bit too slow, but the payoff was more than worth it. Season two managed to make me cry, which I didn't expect at all. I love it when a story can do that, and unfortunately, it's too high a bar for many, even some of my all-time favorites, to clear. But Re:Zero season 2 did.
I loved both seasons, but I loved season 2 more than 1. Tbh, every con you listed is a pro for me. And a big point of season 2 was how Subaru treated himself like he was worthless and it was ok for him to die over and over again just because he has return by death. Otto basically beat his ass so that Subaru would start realizing that people care about him and he doesn't need to do everything on his own and suffer from return by death. Subaru was so blinded by his ability that it made him forget that there are other ways for him to succeed and his friends want to help him with that. If he kept relying on return by death, he would probably completely lose it at some point and never come back from it. Season 1 was about overcoming his feeling that he is worthless, season 2 is about realizing that he's not alone and can rely on others, and the future seasons will probably be about him becoming the hero he is starting to become and the responsibility that comes with that.
0:00 The Challenge with being a Sequel The Save State Motif 4:09 The Goal of the video 4:29 The Sponsor of the video 5:45 Q: Is Re:Zero A Good Sequel? 7:05 Season 1 felt like it had significant progression, Season 2 does not - Loops can get, repetitive, copy paste 11:36 Well Yes, But 15:36 Bridge Season needs to lead to somewhere that matters Accepting it if a Season 3 exists #PleaseLookForwardToIt 16:37 The Especially Awesome
I think GR forgets that this isn’t a “sequel” but that this entire series is 1 story. Also GR - Subaru wasn’t saying he wasn’t going to use Return by Death ever again - but just was gonna free the Sanctuary and save the Mansion without looping to break both Echidna’s manipulation and Roswall’s plan. Also I’m pretty sure that Subaru will use Return by Death a lot more. Also remember that the original story isn’t even finished so there is some points where you need to wait for. This story is intended to be a long form series not a short story,
I don't understand. You want Subaru to die? That's when you enjoy the show? 🤔 The author deliberately wanted to reduce the use of return by death to give some solid character development to other characters. If you're disappointed because of the less use of RBD then next season will disappoint you even more. I don't care if this comes off as a spoiler or not. People need to evolve as viewers when it comes to Rezero. Wishing return by death on Subaru isn't really a healthy way to watch this show. That's just my opinion.
Season 2 is arguably (or really not) objectively better than season 1, given the amount of character development, twists, and the most important thing of all.. "Answers to Questions" that we've been waiting for since season 1, but I'm one of those people that personally like season 1 more, when you get such an interesting premise like Return by Death, obviously the first time will always feel the most special, and also didn't like how we spent basically all of this season in just one place, which might be my least favourite setting so far, but still, there's no denial that they stepped up the game in terms of narrative this time (and maybe even production value), Season 2 to Re:Zero is what Season 3 was to Attack on Titan, and that's a fact.
@Jane 24 y.o - check my vidéó You mean like a video game?..., "we're done here, now let's go the next level", makes sense, I could feel Subaru's frustration probably more this time around for how difficult it was, especially that time he was going crazy after Roswall told him he was the one that sent those assassins to the mansion.
I see a lot of comments making similar points, so I may just be another voice in the crowd, but what made Season 2 more enjoyable for me than Season 1 *was* that it did away with a lot of the fantasy gimmicks, primarily RBD. With the juggernaut that was Season 1 Episode 18, Subaru's cheap, vain character started to feel more genuine, more broken, more human. This is made even clearer in the original material by a line that was excluded about how Rem's speech didn't even save him, but mainly told him that the time for action was now, and that he could hate and loathe himself after (I'm butchering it, but that's the main point.) So, Subaru's internal conflict is still present, and taking a season devoid of OPS and EDs to explore that and how his conflict affects those around him, is a beautiful direction that takes a purely fantastical story and turns it into a relatable, human experience. By slowing down and only covering one arc this season, Re:Zero has put heart into every episode. I haven't read beyond this point in the original material, so instead I'll make a prediction: I do think RBD is going to return for Season 3; it's the show's central gimmick. However, what would intrigue me so, is, as you said, whether or not those deaths are forced, though I'm not referring to murder. I would love to see Subaru be stretched so thin, with his new promise to Satella to love himself and value his life more contrasting the more dire circumstances that said mentality can create at times. I want to see the guilt that comes from suicide and a genuine strive every time to improve from it. It would be heartbreaking, but it would lead to more improvement in his character. In a sentence, I want to see Subaru face exceptions from the world to "love himself". I have loads more to say, but neither the time nor words to articulate it, so I'll end with this: in an interview with the director shortly after Season 2's conclusion, he dropped his desire and the staff's desire/possibility of working on a Season 3. I believe it's coming, and it won't even take us 4 years this time.
I feel like greed if exists mostly to point out the flaws in someone's criticism of Subaru's use of rbd. The if stories I've written are pride sloth and greed and I didn't feel strongly about pride or greed. ON THE OTHER HAND I couldn't finish gluttony if precisely because of how horrifying and yet plausible as an alternate Subaru it felt and I love sloth if for being such a perfect insertion in the light novel. They feel more like an actual part of re zero, pride and greed Subaru are just too out of character for me(like I just can't imagine a series with as fleshed out characters where Subaru is in that position /makes those choices). Gluttony if is something I'd buy if it wasn't too depressing for me to handle. Sloth if I actually own. The greed if feels like something to meme critics with to me. Maybe need to reread idk.
I mean, ReZero clearly hasn't settled any of the earlier goals for characters as well as clearly having a GREAT deal of world building to go :) and the LNs are far ahead, so of course people are expecting a sequel. I foresee it coming eventually. I think we'll see a Director's Cut Season 2 for ReZero (cause it is an easier way to take existing work to make a bit more off of it and it does excite people for the next season) before Season 3 comes.
around 11mins, it feels "nearly copy-pasted" because last season was orchestrated by roswal to figure out if subaru was "the one", and this season was roswal trying to force him to change into someone like himself so he orchestrated the same threats to be simultanious to force subaru to choose which people to abandon; that's why him pulling off the bet and solving it with friends in a single loop is satisfying, and challenges roswal's entire worldview of "you must give up on all goals except the life of your beloved and give up all weaknesses (friendships, compassion, morals, self-preservation, mental well-being [which is worsened by, you know, dying])".
Arkada, these videos always make me a little sad. Like how much of this can be wracked up to your personal anxiety at the thing you love so much being sullied by imperfection. Its made in abyss all over again. Jus wish you could unreservedly enjoy a show man.
The problem is that he creates false standards based on his personal taste/views and then judges the show based on them. He is completely incapable of judging a show based on its own merits, but only on how they satisfy/fail to satisfy his expectations, as if he's the final judge of quality.
@@mariadocarmosobreira8323 that is unfair, art is subjective and we can all only judge by our own standard. I think he does a a fine job of judging series based on their own merits. He clearly has a passion for anime and judges in line with that passion. I got shit ecchi lovers taste in anime and enjoy it as such. Must be hard being so refined that you can't turn your brain off.
@@mariadocarmosobreira8323 You've put a perfect handle on why I don't get excited seeing his videos anymore, as opposed to when Mother's Basement or Gigguk upload new videos.
@@mariadocarmosobreira8323 Are you stupid or something? He IS the final judge of quality, everyone of us ARE the final judge, but if you are watching arkada's videos you are here for HIS opinions.
To interject on anyone else, the point of the post was that I am empathetic to the sort of problem of anxiety he might deal with. TH-camrs are people too, I might be completely wrong and he is totally fine, I don't know him. You do good Glass Reflection, keep up the good videos.
the info overload you speak about was a really nice paced worldbuilding for me,the reason the death-loop seamed similar to s1 to you was cause the same person planed it to push more n more subaru.s1 was "mainly" subarus story while s2 was "mainly" emilias story. even tho most ppl consider arc4(s2) the best arc of rezero(i also loved it in the webnovel) i think you re right to say that s1 of the animu was better.the adaptation was awesome and you can "tell" that white fox made it with love and care but as a storyits better in the webnovel by its "nature".....all n all rezero as a whole its a great animu and if white fox keeps making it till its end we re gona get something that will go down as a landmark in animu hstory!!
Season 2 was far preferable to season 1 for me. The return by death mechanic was really cool in season one, but it was starting to get extremely repetitive. I understand that it is supposed to be repetitive, but I think you know what I mean. It makes sense that Subaru would become more confident in himself and his 'ability' as he gets used to it and the world. Plus, the 2nd season told us more about RBD than season 1, and gave narrative plot points to the negative side of using RBD. Where season 1 was about worldbuilding and establishing the stakes, season 2 was a thorough exploration of a single arc. I feel like I understand the characters of the show so much more after this season, and I found ways to relate to Subaru that I didn't even know existed. I haven't been attached to a character as much as I am to Subaru after season 2.
If a sequel to be good needs to keep you interested and hyped for what will come out later, then Re:Zero S2 delivered BIG TIME I liked S1 but i never thought it was that amazing. It was, to me, a lot of shit happening with no context and little to none character development. So what i wanted from S2 was less random stuff and more context and character development; that's what i got and i am so glad about it. S2 with its plot twists, flashbacks and new characters added SO MUCH to the world building and plot in general. -Now we know that Betelgeuse isn't just a random clichè weirdo, now we know the role of Roswaal (that was an useless character in S1) and Beatrice, now we get a more detailed understanding around what the Witches mean for this world, now we know about the existence of devine blessings, NOW WE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT SATELLA etc etc -Emilia, Subaru, Ram, Otto, Roswaal and Beatrice now feel like proper characters and not just stereotypes. I can't wait to see how facing their past will influence their future. Garfiel, Frederica Rizu, Echidna were a nice add to the cast and they expanded the lore of the show just by being there. I think that S2 was a big step up from S1 in every single aspect: Story, characters, dialogues, world building, animation, music, direction, pacing. Everything was better; i can't think of a single aspect that was worse or made the experience less enjoyable than S1
The only comment I have is that we do actually know what the future has in store for the series (At least those who read the Web Novel) since the Light Novels have enough content for two more seasons with as much lenght as the latest one as far as the japanese release is concerned. If anything, Season 2 is practically still in the “early Re:Zero” stage since the Light Novels are currently two arcs and a half ahead of the anime, and the last Light Novel Volume for Arc 4 was released almost four years ago.
This show seems to be more about character development than plot, and this season highlights that. Sure, Subaru and gang only accomplish one major goal this time around, but there’s SO MUCH character development both within and between characters. Admittedly, a lot of this features info dumps, but to say that they don’t *do* much doesn’t feel like an accurate description. They do a lot - it just so happens to be within 1 loop and within only a few settings (and even then there’s a pretty decent variety if you consider the many settings of the characters’ flashbacks). The plot seems to be a bit of a slow burn at times to highlight the characters, and that’s been true even since s1. In a lot of ways, this feels like a natural evolution so we don’t get burned out on having too many quick loops a season. I’d argue that would burn us out more on the gimmick than having a slower, season-long loop as in s2.
not to sound like an arrogant and pretentious asshole, but if he thinks that subaru not using return by death is bad, he clearly missed the point of the season, the point of him not using it is meant to show subaru's change and how he starts to love himself more, it was unhealthy for him to keep using return by death, for both his body and mind, so him trying not to use it, because he can start to become a colder person by using it, and affecting people around him, is the whole point of his character
it was expected for Subaru to not use his Return by Death in the second half of this season, because of his bet with Roswaal, if he had failed to complete the arc as it should be completed by saving everyone, Subaru would have payed a huge price (won't say what would have been to not spoil the last episode of season 2)
The short version of my opinion: Re Zero does not want us to see and eat a single piece of cake(Subaru's point of view) but it wants us to see the WHOLE cake, but it doesn't let us eat the whole cake in one go. That sets it apart from other isekai animes. Long version: Re Zero is not a story told from a single character's perspective, it's the story of ALL the people living in Re Zero's world. Everyone has their own goals, ideals, dreams, and desires and they do everything possible to achieve those dreams. It wants us to see how the same people react under different circumstances, and that only happens because of Return By Death. In season 1 and the first part of season 2, Subaru(alongside us) was trying to understand each character, be it Emilia, Roswal, Ram, or Garfiel. And he did, that's why he didn't feel the need to use RBD in the second half of season 2, as he had known enough about the world and the characters that he could intelligently predict their behavior and consequences of his own actions, and how it will affect the world. And since the audience had successfully understood HIS opinions on characters, the second half of season 2 fleshed out other characters. We wanted to know more about the witches, Emilia and her childhood, and how Betty got stuck in that library for centuries. Show wanted us to know that these characters aren't merely plot devices but actual people with emotions and understanding. Season 1 failed to do so, as so many characters were just there for plot progression or character development. And as much as one can like RBD mechanic, it becomes useless and redundant that everybody would stop caring about Subaru, they will be more interested in how he will deal with situations NEXT time rather than THIS time. This season perfectly encapsulates the theme of the Re Zero: "You can die as many times you like, but you will live only once."
To be honest are:zero has been a series that’s pretty popular so I don’t think the sequel for that isn’t hard for people to get into in my opinion but I still liked the video
Glass Reflection: “In Season 2, I would be hard to make Subaru’s deaths as impactful as they were in Season 1” Elsa and some rabbits: *Are you sure about that?*
In short, Arkada is disappointed with season 2 because Subaru didn't die many times enough. In all seriousness, season 3 is confirmed and coming soon next year. So that's a good relief. Considering the original material is still ongoing, I cam safely assume that if they keep it updated, we'll have at least another 3-4 seasons (season 2 covers arc 4, the light novel is at arc 7, and arc 11 is in plan). I didn't like season 1 mainly because I felt like there was no clear end goal to the story. This is because there was virtually nothing at stake for the characters to fight for, apart from surviving the end point of each of the three arcs. Season 2 however, as much as it dumps too much info, fills that space. Now that we know Emilia and Subaru's backstory, we root for them not only because they're the main characters, but because we wanna see an end to their endeavour. I don't really care about the "quirks" that Arkada likes. I just want a good story and season 2 serves that better than season 1. In addition, now that we have seen 4 arcs, we can see the formula of the show: it tells a self-contained story in each arcs while revealing bits of information to an overarching story as a whole, leading to the ultimate conclusion: Emilia becoming the new ruler, or any possible outcome which we couldn't see for the meantime. Season 1 succeeded as a world building season, and season 2 didn't hold back and geared up to serve the viewers with new stakes for the characters to strive for. There are still many questions left unanswered, but I believe if the writer keeps going this way, every single problem will be untangled, even if that seems formulaic. Finally, remember when Arkada said that Re Zero needs to "stick the landing"? The way I describe Re Zero is how you watched Game of Thrones. The story was driven by the characters and their decision making instead of having one conclusion to be hoped for. Let's just hope the ending will not as as disappointing as the latter.
I love season 1 and I adore season 2. The character development/info we got combined with the incredible soundtrack was just amazing. I also don't believe that the "quirk" RBD is something that would be interesting for long. It's there, it's a cool concept, but that doesn't do a whole lot if it's just there to be there. I think having such strong character developments and background information is incredibly important and valuable for the future. The more we care about characters, the more it hurts when things go bad. I love the concept of RBD, but at this point I don't care about it nearly as much as I care about the story. RBD is an instrument to see different sides of characters and different events taking place, that's about it for me.
The only problem of Season 2 was pacing, characters introduced were great ,Garfield and Echidna were my favorite , Emilia finally can stand on her own two feet without needing Puck by her side, Subaru befriending everyone that initially didn't like him,finally kissing Emilia and one of mine favorite scenes Emilia thinking she is pregnant by kissing Subaru .
@@LacertosI’d say they did their best, they even extended the run time into an extra hour of run time, on top of COVID and most of the staff being on MT, etc. I’m hoping the directors cut does a better job, but we’ll see.
@@kennmarlow4889 I think the problem is that it didn't translate very well from book to television. To make it better they would have to take some liberties with the adaptation (changing the order of events, cutting some scenes, etc) , something which, for better or worse, is not a practice that anime studios are well known for.
I still loved season 2, but I always wondered why it didn't hit me as much as it did when I watched Season 1. I think you nailed on the "why" for me. Season 2 is more of an info-dump like you mentioned, as well as being somewhat structurally similar to Season 1, in the sense of what the protagonist goes through, mistakes he makes, learns, develops, looping patterns and what not. I do think that season 2 did still separate itself from season 1 in lots of ways as well though. (Such as backstory, different character developments, use of return by death, etc.) I will say though that one of the main reasons why Season 1 was so good is because of the initial shock-value and subverting the generic isekai expectations we often see in anime, and unfairly good villains and mystery elements that were introduced such as Betelegeuse, and the Witch of Envy. And you know, Rem.
Season 2 develops characters and builds up the story much more than the first season. Also, there is an entire scene in season 2 dedicated to the idea Subaru shouldn't rely on return by death. Which I feel like you skated over in your critique.
Yea in season 1 you didn't really have a strong idea of where the plot was heading but thanks to all the things we learned in season 2 we're starting to get a better idea.
Season 2 was amazing. I loved it. Sure from a myriad of technical aspects it could be worse and disappointing, but I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was. Maybe that's a simplistic way of looking at it...but that's how it is.
Season 2 is definitely about subverting one of the “lessons” Subaru learned in Season 1 regarding return by death. He has to rely and trust in others instead of just struggling over and over on his own. He has to respect himself enough to realize that RBD is hurting him and look outside himself for a solution. However; he has to be careful who he looks to for help. Echidna would have taken Subaru down a dark path if he had looked to her for aid, abusing return by death as a tool instead of sparing Subaru’s mentality.
@@lz3036 yeah, I was more wondering if they're available on any of the streaming sites like CrunchyRoll, Funimation, Netflix or Prime because I haven't seen them anywhere. Although I see now that part 1 and 2 are out on Blu-ray and available from Amazon, will get my hands on those. Wonder when part 3 will be available.
"I still felt disappointed by it" SOUNDS LIKE A PERSONAL PROBLEM, MY DUDE. I loved the SHIT out of it. Seriously, I don't know what more you could've possibly expected.
There are currently 6 arcs of the story fully written and 11 arcs planned by the author. S1 adapted the first 3 arcs of the story, while S2 could only adapt arc 4 due to its sheer length, that's the main reason why it feels like not much has happened in comparison. S2 was also mainly focused on backstory and much needed character development for the Emilia camp, so it does feel like an info dump at times. The inevitable S3 however(it's a matter of when, not if) will definitely have a bigger action focus as the viewers are reintroduced to the royal selection candidates and their knights as they all have to deal with [spoilers].
Re:ZERO's story is FAAAAARRRR from over, we've currently only seen 4 arcs adapted of a total of 11 which only have 6 fully written in the light novel which is currently in the 7th arc. We do have the material for a season 3 and 4 and even 5 depending on how they space it out, but the lack of ad breaks in season 2 worries me because I don't know if they actually made enough money on season 2 to fully warrant a season 3 However the director of this season did state that he wouldn't be working on the third term so we can assume that one is coming because of his wording which gives me hope.
the focus of season 2 is more on the development of the characters. we stay in roughly the same area yes but a lot happens in there. everyone grows and develops along with us getting some very important world building regarding the witchs and the past of the world.
Not as many story beats were covered in the second season. HOWEVER, I feel like season 2 was an exploration of each character (aside from Rem). Much more focus was placed on the relationships and intricacies of character back stories rather than the plot. Also it gives more weight to the previous actions in season one. In my opinion season 1 was plot plot plot and season 2 was character character character. I personally enjoyed this season much more and got a lot of payoffs that I wanted. Things wrapped up in a satisfactory way for me. To really address the video I would say this. I realized in this season, that the plot was not my attraction to this series, it was the characters. We’ve seen every side of these characters now. From sad and depressed to happy and in love, we’ve got it all now. Season one felt like it skipped a lot of character development because plot needed to happen and this season feel like the opposite.
I just hope we get a season 3 pretty soon bc I really love re zero it's one of my favorite isekai animes and I feel like we're getting a 3rd season bc the series is not over yet
Author said that he wanted to see the entire series animated, and I believe there is enough of a fanbase to warrant it. He planned 11 arcs, anime just finished arc 4, and novel is on arc 7. From the novel readers I heard they still love it, so I'm hopeful it keeps the show interesting. I guess the biggest worry is that will it generate enough revenue? They completely forgone all ads in this seasons runtime, so they lost alot of profit...
Ok, have you SEEN ReZero’s Echidna merch? It’s flying off the shelves- And then we have the demon crystal figures that are also selling like crazy. I think that revenue is covered at this point
Aight, just gonna say this. I don’t watch Re Zero for return by death, I watch it for the characters. Watching Subaru discover the people he likes like him back. Watching Emilia overcome her past and completing the sanctuary. Watching Rem fight with the hope her hero saves the day once more. So, watching season 2 in that perspective, I gotta say it’s better than season 1 by a quite a bit. It only made me more excited for the future. Respect your opinion, but return by death isn’t the main reason to be invested in the show. I’d say it’s to pay attention to the main themes, and seeing if it expanded on it in interesting ways, which season 2 did exceptionally well. Main theme- love yourself. Subaru purposely killing him self again and again would betray that character arc, so why is using return by death less a flaw for you? It shows Subaru is developing as a character, and is starting to not hate himself bit by bit.
I don't understand the lack of hype for Season 2 here....it's the best season of any anime show I've ever watched, an absolute masterpiece which only increases in quality linearly and chronologically. And I've enjoyed Aot, HxH etc. Just because it's not "a conlusion" doesn't change that fact, neither does that we don't know what will happen.
I prefer season 2 more, return by death is interesting and I'm super curious why he got it but otherwise its just a mechanism to develop the plot. Season 2 does a great job of this anyway, just spreading the development to multiple characters.
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i admire how the producers skip most of its OP and ED episode just to have more time to fill us in with more plot and characters development.
That was great
same as the jobeless isekai with rudi
Shinsekai yori left out its opening too to give more time for plot and characters except for one episode and I was impressed by that already but Re Zero takes it up to eleven with just 30 min episodes, so great ^^
idk why Arkada never talks about Horimiya or anything from that genre
Not only that but almost every episode lasts around the 30 minute mark, leaving barely any time for ads.
I actually don't have any problem with second half being only 1 loop, if it was like season 1, it would have made the series repetitive, but it's more realistic this way.
Not to mention that re zero is first and foremost a character drama. It would go radically against the story's themes to confront how unhealthy and self destructive Subaru's overreliance on return by death was only to have him continue using it like save scumming.
@@danielhounshell2526 there's actually bonus if stories from author. And in some of them as a byproduct of his choices, he starts to abuse the hell out of RBD...
And well, nor his mind, nor personality... Eh, actually, he overall didn't ended up well in those if stories.
@@zenixvampirchik652 That just goes to prove the point further, this writer knows their characters, and side stories like what you describe serve to drive home the themes of the story even further through contrast.
@@zenixvampirchik652 Imagine if Rem said yes to leaving with Subaru when they had a chance and they lived a peaceful life. Then when Subaru died, his last checkpoint would still be the one before they had ran away. Imagine how fucked up that would have affected him, like he has no choice in his life what so ever.
@@kosmosXcannon actually based on the sloth if that's what would happen based on what the author has said.
I can still hear Gigguk laughing in the distance about Rem half a year later.
Whoooo😂?
Nice pfp
@@tonyme0440 My brother!
That little K-On! hating shit...
@@smokyjo5245 holy fu-
I think he missed the point, the resets were fewer because they they had more impact and had far more consequences. This show has become more about the characters than the shows gimmick, and I think it's better not worse for it.
Re zero for me feels more like a character study. Sure you have this amazing overarching plot, but the characters growth and how they change for me is the most memorable thing. If there is a good example of learning how to love and treasure yourself this would be it.
The characters' development are the primary thing the story is about, the plot is a backdrop to push that development along.
I kinda enjoyed Season Two more. It had a lot more lore and development of central character that were pretty much just there in season 1. Not to mention it had probably the worse death Subaru ever experienced (rabbits) and this season strengthened his bonds with the characters that he'll be around the most. Season 1 was getting your feet wet in the story and Season 2 was a deep dive with character backstories, development, and lore
Same. I feel like it was much more introspective and more character driven instead of the plot moving at a breakneck pace like Season 1. Season 1 felt like multiple arcs and storylines crammed together. It was new character after new character after new character, new antagonist after new antagonist after new antagonist.
Season 2 was one solid arc spanning the same characters developing the conflict much better.
Much more mature than season 1 and seeing Subaru's and Emilia's romantic tension actually makes much more sense now. Where last season I was like "okay but why?".
@xGungiManx love at first sight isn't real... And the whole point of season one was Emilia shutting subaru down asking "why do you care about me? Do you actually care about me or just the idea of me you have made up?"
Well yes it’s much better than s1
Still prefer s1 more, First of all because some moments were Just too strong (whale, end of episode 15?, Etc) and it also felt more ugly . With ugly i mean the state subaru was in. He felt real, flawed and assholeish
@@Exel3nce Well, I think the whole point of Season 2 is that he lost the asshole part entirely but he also lost all love for himself in the process. In season 1, Subaru was selfish, he wanted this world to go by his every whim, whereas in season 2, he thinks he's the only one who needs to suffer in the process as the development he got in season 1 took a bad flaw away but also made a completely different flaw in the process.
I liked season two more than one to be honest. It put a lot of weight back into the RBD mechanic and we got a lot of high quality character development.
Season 3
Conclusion
LOL. There wont be a conclusion till like Season 9.
I wonder if both arcs 5 & 6 will be covered in season 3 or only arc 5? 🤔
@@saljpal3 Only arc 5. It's almost as long as arc 4. And Arc 6 is way too long for just 24 - 26 episodes.
@@omamedesefia4488 That's what I was assuming. I know arc 6 is long as shit I just didn't know how long arc 5 is.
6 more bridge seasons to go! What a let down 😤😤
If i'm not mistaken i think tappei has up to 12 arcs planned for re zero
Season 1 adapted about the first 3 arcs of the LN while Season 2 only adapts arc 4, which is the longest one, but still only one. That's probably why you felt this one didn't progress much the story. On a different note I'd like to point out that the deaths are much more gruesome this season.
Edit: also you gotta give props to the producers cutting the openings and endings. Fucking 29:30 minutes episodes of pure content.
I haven't read the ln or wn myself, but even though they're on like arc 7 or 8, 4 is still the longest by a considerable margin right?
@@TheProswagonist I'm anime only too but yes, it is by far the longest arc.
One thing that will never change. This series will continue to shock you in the ways the characters die. I can think of prominent examples in what would be the next 2 seasons that will really affect people.
@@TheProswagonist Arc 4 is 6 light novels but the original web novel draft is 4x the length of the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
Arc 5 and 6 are both 5 Novels. You may not need 2 full cours for arc 5 but they definately will for arc 6 to do it justice. Its simular to this arc with a lot of world building.
in most cases, I end up watching the intro and outro maybe once unless it changes otherwise I skip them
I feel like you overly focus on the Return by Death gimmick, sure it's the one thing that sets it apart from others, and pulled us all in at the start (and plot progression still somewhat revolves around it), but Re:Zero has so much else going for it. I watch it for the characters, not for the Suffaru 25 out of 25 episodes (though I admit that's one of my favourite things in it, still we got 11 episodes of that so I'm ok with that)
Considering how much work they put in season 2 there is no doubt in my mind that whitefox will finish it
Guarenteed but I hope it comes sooner compared to how long it took for S2 to be made.
@@Pallineon I'm pretty sure it will. RE:Zero is pretty established as a "hype" series, a successful series with a continuing fan base.
Never if white fox take 3 years for each Season. WE will reach the 9th in 2035 lol and i'm very kind here.
@@nerfi2983 Except that won't happen because this is a completely different situation from season 1 where instead of the anime being ahead the novels are two whole seasons ahead. Plus this time they know for sure that if they made another season it would be successful. They would be dumb to have not already be working on it.
@@vortechstg4091 i want to be agree with you, but why didn't they already announce Season 3 ?
It's sure that S3 will Come but when? White fox IS a small studio, they are tired by this Season, they put too many effort.
They are probably in a break during 1 year with rezero...
This is what i think...
Subaru's death does not have that much impact because it is how author wanted it to be. He wanted subaru to understand that dying again doesn't just effect him but people around him, i thinks so you just forgot ep 12 and 13 because it issues with the these things. And about nothing really happens in this season is wrong we get a lot of things like about witches, roswall, beatrice, emilia and most impprtantly the subaru's backstory and even more about everything but i also agree that season 3 is needed for season 2 be better.
I am fine with RbD taking a backseat honestly, because they made the characters and the drama so amazing this season that makes it more than a worthy successor to the first season.
Re:Zero for me has always been a character driven story, I think the reason Season 2 felt like it didn't progress as much as Season 1 is because not only does Season 2 adapt only 1 arc, but the arc itself focuses on character narrative way more than it does the plot, it fleshes out and develops most of the characters old and new.
Also Season 2 adapted Arc 4, the author has said that he plans on making Re:Zero 11 arcs most of which after Arc 4 are going to need around 24-25 EPs (maybe more in the future), so if Re:Zero was to be fully animated, it would need around 9 seasons of 24-25 EPs or even more so we might not be seeing the end of Re:Zero until like a decade or two later.
its character driven vs plot driven stories if u prefer the latter you wont enjoy it as much compared to people who love the former (like I do)
I'd say Re:Zero is in a very strange middle ground in terms of plot driven vs character driven.
@Sherri T[A]P Me!! To Have [S]EX With Me yeah, I'd say so, one of the best anime and light novels in terms of character development there is.
Rezero season 2 might have not had a lot of RBD but had a lot of feels.
He factually died way more than in any of the arcs before that.
Don't worry Season 4 finna change the lack of deaths
@@ililililliil i'm curious how many people think you just misspelled season 3
@@spacelp2125 lol.
@@danielantony1882 You mean like Subaru died more on season 2 than 1?
When Glass Reflection WANTS Subaru to try and use Return by Death to make the show more interesting.... ;(
The thing is it's the damn point that he learns to love himself and be among those who are saved xD
He's gonna love Season 4 but probably dislike Season 3
Greed if story
@@HeartFeathers or wrath if
@@ililililliil arc 6 is gonna destroy people lol
I guess now's the best time to watch this series for the first time, huh?
I binged all of it in a week so u goochie
@@papi_chulo- same
Yep, rewatched it (the directors cut) and it was worth it to watch the movies and ova. I'd recommend watching the director's cuts btw although there are a few battles reanimated and a couple of details and touch ups, it is better even by just a small amount. At the end of the last episode which you won't see in the original, they added a scene to continue on for season 2 and make a pretty big cliffhanger (although since the whole second season is out you won't have to experience it)
Also all content is on crunchyroll
@@papi_chulo- me too
re zero season 2 not only met my expectations, it exceeded them
Disappointing? Ummm what.
Note: I am trying to be very brief to avoid spoilers.
After finishing the full video, I cannot agree with this perspective. This season further fleshed out the "Emilia Party", provided a lot of world building, and gave their camp another notable achievement.
Emilia - Her past, getting over it, and becoming an actually good character.
Subaru - Reflecting on the real world. Realizing he needs to rely on others outside of himself.
Beatrice - Learning her back story and freeing her.
Roswaal - His motives
Ram - Her motives
Introduces new characters to the Emilia party as well as gives us a chance to experience all 9 of the witches.
I think calling this a bridge season is disingenuous almost like a framing device that is minimizing its achievements. By the explaination provided, one can easily argue everything that falls between the first and last seasons of a show are bridge seasons.
Ark's here starting to look like Subaru with all his worry and concern over reaching the ending lol
But for real, I totally agree and do think that there are a lot of coincidences between the narrative and how people feel about the show. I felt like season one was so mystifying because it was written from a perspective that we actually truly couldn't understand. The one false ending with the manor in a blizzard only for it to cut to the return by death point is the key there. Subaru's character has gone beyond what can be conveyed in a normal narrative form so they have to convey it through tricks of composition to explain.
Season one was so focused on Subaru because that was the only perspective that actually mattered. Now that he's gained support and it's not just him helming his efforts, the perspective switches back and forth and I think that's where people get uninterested. We don't have much if any time with many of these new characters to add weight to the storyline, even with Emilia. So when I look at it as them having seriously well developed like 6 or 7 now main characters with their own perspectives over really just Subaru and Rem last season, I actually think it was a flying success.
So I think the funny thing to take away here is that it wasn't just Subaru who 'bet it all on one loop', the writer themself bet a lot on this bridge arc to switch off a weakening plot about one dude's suffering into a more fleshed out dynamic story. I called it a coincidence but I'm really starting to suspect the writer and/or the director are just fucking genius at this point to have such meta control over their work. And with the last bit about Emilia meeting with Subaru in the ending, I'm sure there is 100% intent to keep going. Imma trust my boi Subaru and White Fox.
I'm highly agree
And the good and bad part is that the story is not even near finishing
Its gonna have 11 arcs and we are currently on the 7th arc of the story from which 4 of them are covered in the Anime !!
Like any good story though, I hope he has an end state in mind & doesn't just needlessly pad things out. Nothing worse than these never-ending stories that only keep going because they're popular.
@@AssaulteedOne Well so far I read all the 6 arcs and it didn't feel aimless or trying to pad things, but we going to be more sure if he is planning to extend or not by Arc 9 or 10, it should be obvious if the series is finishing or not by them.
Personally S2 ReZero is one of my favorite seasons of all time, but I understand why people have problems with it. I watched it with the mindset of enjoying the character studies more than the plot, and I think that softened the pain from the glacially slow plot. Genuinely think the Roswaal's character arc is GOAT.
Arc 1-3: the prologue, Arc 4: the mystery thriller, Arc 5: the shounen war arc, Arc 6: like arc 4 but the despair and mindbuggery are quadrupled (imo best arc so far), Arc 7: not finished, can't say where it goes yet
It's concerning that people have a nitpick on Subaru not using RBD 'wisely' and more 'masterfully' when in fact that the last Witch's Tea Party specifically indicated that he promised one of them not to die for naught. Speaking of not dying for naught, Season 2 is better seen as a arc 4 story and not rely too much on the potential of Season 3 because if what you say about S2 that you don't like is true, then you're probably gonna have a weird time in S3 (Arc 5).
TL;DR: RBD is definitely not a shock value asset anymore but better
This is so weird. You are so hung up over this one minor thing and have not mentioned even a single one of the amazing things that happened this season. Subaru's trial and the painful recognition many of us felt when we were watching it. The fight and subsequent kiss between Subaru and Emilia. Subaru being helped back on his feet by best boy Otto. Garfiel receiving some closure with regards to his family and finding a way to move on. Subaru completely and utterly defeating Roswaal's ideals.
Not to mention Subaru finally legitimately becoming Emilia's proper knight after having worked really hard to _earn_ that.
Like... It's really weird that not one of these amazing things was mentioned but instead you seem to just dwell on "welp not enough time travel".
And do you honestly think with the amount of love that the people at White Fox have poured into this stuff, that they really want to just torch the thing in the ending? Remember, we have had BONUS LENGTH every. single. episode. Most of them without an opening or ending sequence. With _so much effort_ put into it. Like how is this even remotely comparable to the promised neverland?
you put it perfectly
100% agree. I don't understand why people say nothing happened in season 2. There was ALOT of character development and progress with relationships. Not to mention goals being achieved like many of the things you mentioned. What makes me love s2 so much is that everything feels so so earned. It feels fantastic. Also that bonus length every episode has made White Fox one of my favourite studios.
this is one of the best comments here, thanks for putting my thoughts into words so well!
He gets hung up on iskeai a lot.
I one million percent agree with this comment right here kinda frustrated me when all I’m hear is “he didn’t want to use his one advantage any more “ like what lol that’s the whole point of the arc treasuring yourself and the people who will mourn you.
re zero is first and foremost a character drama. It would go radically against the story's themes to confront how unhealthy and self destructive Subaru's overreliance on return by death was only to have him continue using it like save scumming.
Yet it's kind of arbitrary, what if using RBD frequently gets Subaru the outcomes he wants like being with Emilia and providing his friends with happy lives. Why is this 'unhealthy' or 'self-destructive' exactly. It's not made particularly clear and seems more based on the authors assumptions about human psychology or his moral preferences instead of a believable mechanistic consequence of using RBD too much.
I personally loved Season 2 about the same as Season 1. While Arkada's worries are valid, there is still a lot of passion and genuinely good intelligent writing and with a lot of source material that is great, from what I've heard, I doubt that they will go anime original and mess everything up.
Rezero will need like 8-10 seasons to be adapted completely , so you need to set your expectations according to it.
Unless 2 or more if the last 4 arcs are shorter (because we already know 7 is gonna be long) it will prob be 1 arc per season. Most will also like require 2 cours (arc 6 definitely will, arc 5 can maybe be done in 1 but I think it would need at least 18 episodes to do it justice).
Were looking at at least 7 seasons, more likely 9 for everything. (Not counting separate cours)
I believe they ll throw movies at us so that they can fill cover everything more neatly.
@@Demedich1 i think arc 5 would be done perfectly in 16 episodes
@@Poliyxn only problem is that you rarely see non 12 episode cours anymore. It's too big to properly fit in a standard cour but may not be long enough for a full 24 episodes. Maybe they could actually fill some of those with the side stories.
@@Demedich1 Arc 4 is about 50% longer than arc 5 in the web novel, but only about 20% longer in the light novels, which is what the anime adapts. Considering the crazy runtimes for the episodes in season 2, 24 episodes of normal length (~24 minutes rather than season 2's average of 28) will actually be about right for arc 5.
9:51 On that topic, there is a very well written fleshed-out side story by Nagatsuki(re zero’s author) called Greed If, where he DOES accept the contract with Echidna, and while I won’t spoil what that contract entailed for him, just know that that idea is explored to its logical conclusion.
I preferred season2 of Re:zero by quite a large margin. My biggest problem of season 1 was the lack of deep characters. Everyone (perhaps save for Subaru) was left on the surface level and I found it very hard to invest in any of the characters, giving any dramatic moment significantly less weight. Season 2 right away introduces a bunch of unique new characters that get expanded upon and make it easy to sympathize with them or they're just so god damn entertaining to watch (ahem... a certain witch) as well as giving a deeper character to some already existing, but so far kind of 1 dimensional figures (Emilia, Ram, Roswaal). Subaru "betting it all on 1 round" is a massive positive change for me, because in season1 - while obvious mental effects appeared - there was always the thought "oh, well guess he'll just die and here we go again", while in season2 I genuinely didn't know what would happen if he failed, making it that much more exciting.
as someone who read the source material for Arc 4 (aka S2), I can say that a lot of the problems were mostly from the struggle of adapting such a huge, masterful piece of work into a 25-episode season. the "info-dumpy" feel of the second season was not really present in the Web Novel, because the vast amount of chapters and words Arc 4 contained were enough to pad it and truly make it feel like it was an unraveling mystery, while still leaving you with lingering questions to be answered later (and I will add, the author is amazing at foreshadowing and hinting towards plot developments, details, and answers without just straight-up giving you the answer, which I think is something that sadly got a little lost in the adaptation). In addition, again, with all of the words and things in between, the deaths had a more gradual build-up (plus a few cut deaths/deaths that had extra content that was changed), and didn't feel quite as predictable.
that's not to say that your opinions on Season 2 are invalid, as the adaptation of the source material is also a key factor into what makes a good sequel, but considering the fact that 25 thirty minutes episodes with (usually) no OP or ED was what we got and even that wasn't enough to adapt everything important, I think they did an amazing job.
plus, I will add that although RbD is a very interesting and important plot device, the story itself is not centered around it, nor was it intended to do so. the point of RbD was really to explore its characters and develop them, showing the different sides of each character as well as exploring the mental state of the protagonist and how he deals with it, both things that Season 2 continued to do. In the end, Re:Zero is a character-driven story, set in an extremely expansive world with constant mysteries to encounter and uncover. all the info Arc 4 revealed was only a small part of the puzzle. RbD will never quite take a backseat (as the author himself has stated in a Q&A that the chance of Subaru not dying in an arc was 0%), but if you're to continue watching and enjoying this series it's vital to understand that its centerpiece and goal do not revolve around RbD, but actually its characters and the mysterious, complicated world that Subaru finds himself in. Re:Zero is, in the end, a character study. it just happens to be one with an exceptional, exciting plot and a fascinating plot device.
The fact that you said that *Despite its extra time given to each individual episode, not all the important points were adapted in the anime* really scares me about light novels more than it already has.
Like I love learning more about details in a setting or story don't get me wrong, but even watching Re:Zero Season 2 was starting to sniff out the limits of my focus in order to remember everything that has happened. I really don't know how you light novel readers do it, and for multiple titles for that matter. 😁
@@eugenefindit ah i think it was mostly that i binged it at the peak of my obsession, so at the time i was just kind pf devouring any and all content i could find for RZ lol 😅
@@jace5982 Fair enough. I also find myself wanting more when I enjoy something so I can understand. 😁
Something to remember is that changes in a story are not generally abrupt and make what came before less valid, but can also be a result of progress and increase the options the story can go. Like the second half of season two of Re:Zero is a direct response of Subaru trying to hit his head against a wall and not getting ahead in the first half. That doesn't mean he doesn't ever have to "reload" anymore, but it does mean he now knows how giving his best for a "playthrough" can be better than "save scumming".
And on the matter of progress, let's not forget how progress isn't just made by passing time and by things being physically done - especially not with shows like Re:Zero where things can happen independently from passing time. There is so much development in this season with so many different characters once you take a closer look at it. And that is ontop of final few episodes having major things happen physically. Every character has made so much continued progress in this season, as well as their relationships with other characters, and nobody can discredit that with saying only a few days have passed.
Re zero was one of those few shows which had a great follow up season and i hope we get a third season damn i want the whole light novel to animated😎
Tappie (the author) has stated that he wants that as well but Kadokawa has the ultimate authority over it. It was also noted that White Fox really struggled with getting cour 2 done in time with their standards but that's also due to the current world situation.
I'd honestly take a delayed season 3 to make sure White Fox gets the time bring the passion they brought to these last 2 seasons over them either rushing out the next and potentially having to change studios like what happened owen AoT and Witt. The novels are currently in arc 7 if 11 so a season every 1 1/2 years or so may suck to wait for but may be best for quality reasons and making sure we never get stuck waiting for more source material.
@@Demedich1 They especially have to take their time with the amount of crazy fight that will take place in next season
Yeah it was a very long arc but the only real problem I had was the nitpick that the animation could've been more impressive at times... but it was still decent.
The LN is straight enjoyable to read, it's got everything you didn't expect
Fax I can't wait for the next physical reveals
For some reason there are some animes that i might get bored watching 20 minutes of it and just have to take a break and do something else but with Re:Zero i can spend almost 1 hour reading a chapter and still feel excited.
Are the English lns ahead of the anime?
@@donew1thita11 the latest ln is 15 and ends at season 2s end but the next one comes out June so from here on they'll all be ahead of the anime
@@donew1thita11 Volume 16 which will in the future be a possible season 3 is the beginning of arc 5, is going to be released in June if im not mistaken, so not yet, but you can read the WN version if you wish
Calling season 2 a "bridge season" feels like a massive disservice to it. Because it's not just connecting season 1 to season 3; its building upon what came before. In pretty big ways, i might add. Subaru is the biggest example. He's not just trying to ram into a problem that ends up killing him like he did in season 1; he's acting more thoughtfully. So yes, less loops are needed because he's doing more to avoid having to die. He learned to rely on his friends to help him accomplish his goals. He learned to accept himself despite his terrible personality traits. And the big rival of the season, Roswall, pushed him to be better by giving Subaru something to avoid becoming. And this is just Subaru. Not to mention how well developed Emelia, Otto, Garfiel, the witches, Beatrice, heck, even Roswall were this season. Season 1 was more action heavy, Season 2 was more cerebral, with more of an emphasis on meaningful dialogue and thinking through strategy. But it was still Re:Zero. And the fact that most of this season didn't have an OP or ED shows that the studio was committed to making a good product; they succeeded in the best way possible. Honestly, i don't see the concern for season 3 being less than stellar. A show can change its focus and still be good, or even great. That's how i view Season 2. It wasn't a carbon copy of season 1. But what it achieved still furthered the narrative, characters, and themes in pretty satisfying ways.
The problem is that the ending simply isn't in sight. The original series is planned to have 11 arcs, and already has 6, and this was only arc 4
We're at Arc 7 rn. Tho it's just under 20 episodes iirc
@@ililililliil yeah I know the current arc is arc 7. I meant there currently are 6 arcs completed
Well I kinda can see where it's going in the story Big spoilers ahead:
These are some info we know of the endgame: Tappei confirmed that all the witches will be present in arc 11 and Frederica will play a huge role in arc 11. Subaru seems to go on a suck-all-witchfactors-adventure so he'll likely collect all the factors in the end. We also have the voices in Emilia's 3:rd trial. Based on all of these info, I think that the endgame will play out like this: Subaru collects all w-factors, gets hijacked by probably Flugel or someone else, witches reunite, final battle against probably Pandora or/and the dragon, Frederica sacrifice herself, Garf kills possessed Subaru (probably after collecting Vainglory-factor) ending the cycle of the factors and RBD, Subaru is in afterlife with Satella, the end.
@@tenacious_takakumi2680 this wasn't a question how it ends. It's supposed to mean that we won't be seeing an ending anytime soon. From the way Arkada was talking in the video it seemed like he was hoping for the series to be over within the next 1-3 seasons, which it definitely won't be.
@@sinom oh well this is then my big brain theory😂
Well when you care more about the time travel aspects than the characters you might run into problems.
True, people tend to forget that this is supposed to be a character study
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Not only that, the simple act of returning increases his witch scent, which naturally changes the perceptions of those who might have been friendly to him in previous attempts. See: Season 1, Rem
it seems, having not read the source material, you are unaware of something. Season 1 is an adaptation of 3 arcs of material. Season 2 is only a single arch. That explains the "lack of progress" you feel in the 2nd season. However IIRC the 4th arch is as large, or close to as large as two previous arcs. It IS a huge info dump, and a chance for the side characters to develop.
I did not like the "return by death"-shock aspect of season one all that much. What I always loved are the characters and the worldbuilding. On that note season 2 really delivered. Also, Subaru is steadily becoming a better, cooler and more reliable person.
Okay, how the heck did I get 2 replies like that immediately one after another 5 months after I wrote this comment. That has got to be rigged
Season 2 to me felt like an improvement because the return by dead was used more sparsely.
In season 1 they went through many loops and scenarios but ran into the problem that while it went through a lot of plot beats, they didn't feel like they had as much substance as season 2's, now we actually know things about the characters and why they matter and we have actual world building besides "medieval fantasy world".
There's a Manwha that also has the MC return by death called "Skeleton Soldier Couldn't Protect the Dungeon" that runs into the same issue where when the loops are happening often a lot happens but they don't feel like they add anything to the greater narrative.
I think they're a great starting premise but I prefer that overtime it takes a back seat and let the narrative rest on the shoulders of it's actual story as the goal is to "get things right" and if the character with the ability never grows to be able to get anywhere without relying on it the series will just become frustrating as the main character gets all the second chances and proceeds to not develop.
Light Novel wise the first 3 arc are 9 novels. Arc 4 is 6 novels, Arc 5 is 5 novels, and Arc 6 is 5 novels.
The first season also cut a lot of small scenes that did world building and fleshed out some of the side characters.
Considering the merch sales is usually a good indicator of a possible sequel RE: Zero has been one of the highest selling franchises in terms of it in Japan. The source material is also extreamly popular so a season 3 seem fairly likely. We'll likely find out at the next Kadokawa presser in June but I wouldn't expect season 3 to be airing until at least summer 2022. Honestly though I dont mind the extra weight so long as White Fox is allowed the extra time to put as much passion as they have in the previous seasons in the next one.
Fun fact: the first draft of arc 4 in the web novel (available for free online) is 4 times longer than the entire lord of the rings series. There is a lot of random world building and some loops that were cut out from the light novel and now anime.
Just asking as someone who hasn't read WN which do you like more LoTR or Rezero.
@@usurper2003 Re: Zero.
I like LoR but Tolkien's writing style is really hard for me to read through.
I loved season 1. I loved the re-mastered version even more.
I do understand how you feel about season 2. The odd thing is, for the same reasons you listed, I consider season 2 to be slightly better than season 1.
I did not really think about this until I had finished Season 2, but, in hindsight, Re:zero was in danger of becoming a one trick pony. Hit a hard problem, die and reset, repeat till you find solution, etc etc. Good example is how you felt that the loops were getting predictable. You are right, they were.
What I found very impressive is how this was addressed. It began in season 1, when we clearly saw that Subaru's mind was being affected badly at the end of each loop. He was not suicidal, but, the guy was struggling.
By the time he got to season 2, his mind was becoming unhinged. If it was not for Echidna we could had gone mad at one stage. And, later on, after a few more loops at the mansion, all 8 witches had to step in to keep him sane and give him a new understanding. It was clear that relaying solely on looping was sending him insane.
I expect (and hope) that Return by Death will no longer be Option 1. Again, this is a good thing. Consider that some of the authorities that the archbishops have might be able to block Return by Death (if he does end up like Rem, he'd not be dead, and he'd have no way to end himself). To me at least, this made the show a lot more interesting. At the very least, less Return by Death has made the show's narrative a lot less predictable.
Oh you'll love the next seasons to come then, thankfully Subaru's development doesn't go under the rugs
I loved season two, probably even more so than season one. I loved all the world-building and character backstory we got, and this season tugged on my emotions more than season one did. I loved all the character growth we saw for Subaru, which I would argue was much more than we got in the three arcs of season one. I do think the first half of season two was a bit weaker, I found it a bit too slow, but the payoff was more than worth it. Season two managed to make me cry, which I didn't expect at all. I love it when a story can do that, and unfortunately, it's too high a bar for many, even some of my all-time favorites, to clear. But Re:Zero season 2 did.
I loved both seasons, but I loved season 2 more than 1. Tbh, every con you listed is a pro for me. And a big point of season 2 was how Subaru treated himself like he was worthless and it was ok for him to die over and over again just because he has return by death. Otto basically beat his ass so that Subaru would start realizing that people care about him and he doesn't need to do everything on his own and suffer from return by death. Subaru was so blinded by his ability that it made him forget that there are other ways for him to succeed and his friends want to help him with that. If he kept relying on return by death, he would probably completely lose it at some point and never come back from it. Season 1 was about overcoming his feeling that he is worthless, season 2 is about realizing that he's not alone and can rely on others, and the future seasons will probably be about him becoming the hero he is starting to become and the responsibility that comes with that.
0:00 The Challenge with being a Sequel
The Save State Motif
4:09 The Goal of the video
4:29 The Sponsor of the video
5:45 Q: Is Re:Zero A Good Sequel?
7:05 Season 1 felt like it had significant progression, Season 2 does not
- Loops can get, repetitive, copy paste
11:36 Well Yes, But 15:36
Bridge Season needs to lead to somewhere that matters
Accepting it if a Season 3 exists
#PleaseLookForwardToIt
16:37 The Especially Awesome
Honestly what makes me love this show much is all different characters and development that is put into each character
I think GR forgets that this isn’t a “sequel” but that this entire series is 1 story.
Also GR - Subaru wasn’t saying he wasn’t going to use Return by Death ever again - but just was gonna free the Sanctuary and save the Mansion without looping to break both Echidna’s manipulation and Roswall’s plan.
Also I’m pretty sure that Subaru will use Return by Death a lot more. Also remember that the original story isn’t even finished so there is some points where you need to wait for. This story is intended to be a long form series not a short story,
Just so you know, season 3 will have lots of loops, lots of intense action and lore.
I don't understand. You want Subaru to die?
That's when you enjoy the show? 🤔
The author deliberately wanted to reduce the use of return by death to give some solid character development to other characters.
If you're disappointed because of the less use of RBD then next season will disappoint you even more.
I don't care if this comes off as a spoiler or not. People need to evolve as viewers when it comes to Rezero. Wishing return by death on Subaru isn't really a healthy way to watch this show.
That's just my opinion.
Season 2 is arguably (or really not) objectively better than season 1, given the amount of character development, twists, and the most important thing of all.. "Answers to Questions" that we've been waiting for since season 1, but I'm one of those people that personally like season 1 more, when you get such an interesting premise like Return by Death, obviously the first time will always feel the most special, and also didn't like how we spent basically all of this season in just one place, which might be my least favourite setting so far, but still, there's no denial that they stepped up the game in terms of narrative this time (and maybe even production value), Season 2 to Re:Zero is what Season 3 was to Attack on Titan, and that's a fact.
@Jane 24 y.o - check my vidéó You mean like a video game?..., "we're done here, now let's go the next level", makes sense, I could feel Subaru's frustration probably more this time around for how difficult it was, especially that time he was going crazy after Roswall told him he was the one that sent those assassins to the mansion.
i feel like you could have covered most of the points of this video in like less than half of it's runtime
And put in what made the series great in the first place in the other half.
How to make a good sequel: look at what Promised Neverland did and then do the exact opposite.
That doesn't make a sequel good. It just makes it at least watchable.
I see a lot of comments making similar points, so I may just be another voice in the crowd, but what made Season 2 more enjoyable for me than Season 1 *was* that it did away with a lot of the fantasy gimmicks, primarily RBD. With the juggernaut that was Season 1 Episode 18, Subaru's cheap, vain character started to feel more genuine, more broken, more human. This is made even clearer in the original material by a line that was excluded about how Rem's speech didn't even save him, but mainly told him that the time for action was now, and that he could hate and loathe himself after (I'm butchering it, but that's the main point.) So, Subaru's internal conflict is still present, and taking a season devoid of OPS and EDs to explore that and how his conflict affects those around him, is a beautiful direction that takes a purely fantastical story and turns it into a relatable, human experience. By slowing down and only covering one arc this season, Re:Zero has put heart into every episode.
I haven't read beyond this point in the original material, so instead I'll make a prediction: I do think RBD is going to return for Season 3; it's the show's central gimmick. However, what would intrigue me so, is, as you said, whether or not those deaths are forced, though I'm not referring to murder. I would love to see Subaru be stretched so thin, with his new promise to Satella to love himself and value his life more contrasting the more dire circumstances that said mentality can create at times. I want to see the guilt that comes from suicide and a genuine strive every time to improve from it. It would be heartbreaking, but it would lead to more improvement in his character. In a sentence, I want to see Subaru face exceptions from the world to "love himself".
I have loads more to say, but neither the time nor words to articulate it, so I'll end with this: in an interview with the director shortly after Season 2's conclusion, he dropped his desire and the staff's desire/possibility of working on a Season 3. I believe it's coming, and it won't even take us 4 years this time.
I have a feeling that Arcada will absolutely love Pride and Greed-if stories if they get adapted someday
I feel like greed if exists mostly to point out the flaws in someone's criticism of Subaru's use of rbd. The if stories I've written are pride sloth and greed and I didn't feel strongly about pride or greed. ON THE OTHER HAND I couldn't finish gluttony if precisely because of how horrifying and yet plausible as an alternate Subaru it felt and I love sloth if for being such a perfect insertion in the light novel. They feel more like an actual part of re zero, pride and greed Subaru are just too out of character for me(like I just can't imagine a series with as fleshed out characters where Subaru is in that position /makes those choices). Gluttony if is something I'd buy if it wasn't too depressing for me to handle. Sloth if I actually own. The greed if feels like something to meme critics with to me. Maybe need to reread idk.
I mean, ReZero clearly hasn't settled any of the earlier goals for characters as well as clearly having a GREAT deal of world building to go :) and the LNs are far ahead, so of course people are expecting a sequel. I foresee it coming eventually. I think we'll see a Director's Cut Season 2 for ReZero (cause it is an easier way to take existing work to make a bit more off of it and it does excite people for the next season) before Season 3 comes.
around 11mins, it feels "nearly copy-pasted" because last season was orchestrated by roswal to figure out if subaru was "the one", and this season was roswal trying to force him to change into someone like himself so he orchestrated the same threats to be simultanious to force subaru to choose which people to abandon; that's why him pulling off the bet and solving it with friends in a single loop is satisfying, and challenges roswal's entire worldview of "you must give up on all goals except the life of your beloved and give up all weaknesses (friendships, compassion, morals, self-preservation, mental well-being [which is worsened by, you know, dying])".
Arkada, these videos always make me a little sad. Like how much of this can be wracked up to your personal anxiety at the thing you love so much being sullied by imperfection. Its made in abyss all over again. Jus wish you could unreservedly enjoy a show man.
The problem is that he creates false standards based on his personal taste/views and then judges the show based on them. He is completely incapable of judging a show based on its own merits, but only on how they satisfy/fail to satisfy his expectations, as if he's the final judge of quality.
@@mariadocarmosobreira8323 that is unfair, art is subjective and we can all only judge by our own standard. I think he does a a fine job of judging series based on their own merits. He clearly has a passion for anime and judges in line with that passion. I got shit ecchi lovers taste in anime and enjoy it as such. Must be hard being so refined that you can't turn your brain off.
@@mariadocarmosobreira8323 You've put a perfect handle on why I don't get excited seeing his videos anymore, as opposed to when Mother's Basement or Gigguk upload new videos.
@@mariadocarmosobreira8323 Are you stupid or something? He IS the final judge of quality, everyone of us ARE the final judge, but if you are watching arkada's videos you are here for HIS opinions.
To interject on anyone else, the point of the post was that I am empathetic to the sort of problem of anxiety he might deal with. TH-camrs are people too, I might be completely wrong and he is totally fine, I don't know him. You do good Glass Reflection, keep up the good videos.
the info overload you speak about was a really nice paced worldbuilding for me,the reason the death-loop seamed similar to s1 to you was cause the same person planed it to push more n more subaru.s1 was "mainly" subarus story while s2 was "mainly" emilias story.
even tho most ppl consider arc4(s2) the best arc of rezero(i also loved it in the webnovel) i think you re right to say that s1 of the animu was better.the adaptation was awesome and you can "tell" that white fox made it with love and care but as a storyits better in the webnovel by its "nature".....all n all rezero as a whole its a great animu and if white fox keeps making it till its end we re gona get something that will go down as a landmark in animu hstory!!
Season 2 was far preferable to season 1 for me. The return by death mechanic was really cool in season one, but it was starting to get extremely repetitive. I understand that it is supposed to be repetitive, but I think you know what I mean. It makes sense that Subaru would become more confident in himself and his 'ability' as he gets used to it and the world. Plus, the 2nd season told us more about RBD than season 1, and gave narrative plot points to the negative side of using RBD. Where season 1 was about worldbuilding and establishing the stakes, season 2 was a thorough exploration of a single arc. I feel like I understand the characters of the show so much more after this season, and I found ways to relate to Subaru that I didn't even know existed. I haven't been attached to a character as much as I am to Subaru after season 2.
If a sequel to be good needs to keep you interested and hyped for what will come out later, then Re:Zero S2 delivered BIG TIME
I liked S1 but i never thought it was that amazing. It was, to me, a lot of shit happening with no context and little to none character development.
So what i wanted from S2 was less random stuff and more context and character development; that's what i got and i am so glad about it.
S2 with its plot twists, flashbacks and new characters added SO MUCH to the world building and plot in general.
-Now we know that Betelgeuse isn't just a random clichè weirdo, now we know the role of Roswaal (that was an useless character in S1) and Beatrice, now we get a more detailed understanding around what the Witches mean for this world, now we know about the existence of devine blessings, NOW WE KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT SATELLA etc etc
-Emilia, Subaru, Ram, Otto, Roswaal and Beatrice now feel like proper characters and not just stereotypes. I can't wait to see how facing their past will influence their future. Garfiel, Frederica Rizu, Echidna were a nice add to the cast and they expanded the lore of the show just by being there.
I think that S2 was a big step up from S1 in every single aspect: Story, characters, dialogues, world building, animation, music, direction, pacing. Everything was better; i can't think of a single aspect that was worse or made the experience less enjoyable than S1
Nothing is random in Re:Zero. Events in Season 1 connected to Roswaal.
I really liked season 2 because it felt so different than season one. The worst thing a sequel can do for me is feel more of the same
Then you'll probably like season 3 as well, considering the fact that it's totally different from the other arcs.
The only comment I have is that we do actually know what the future has in store for the series (At least those who read the Web Novel) since the Light Novels have enough content for two more seasons with as much lenght as the latest one as far as the japanese release is concerned.
If anything, Season 2 is practically still in the “early Re:Zero” stage since the Light Novels are currently two arcs and a half ahead of the anime, and the last Light Novel Volume for Arc 4 was released almost four years ago.
I preferred the pacing and battles of Season 1 but Season 2 definitely expanded a lot on the lore of the world.
If you like fights you'll love Season 3. There's lots of action in it.
This show seems to be more about character development than plot, and this season highlights that. Sure, Subaru and gang only accomplish one major goal this time around, but there’s SO MUCH character development both within and between characters. Admittedly, a lot of this features info dumps, but to say that they don’t *do* much doesn’t feel like an accurate description. They do a lot - it just so happens to be within 1 loop and within only a few settings (and even then there’s a pretty decent variety if you consider the many settings of the characters’ flashbacks). The plot seems to be a bit of a slow burn at times to highlight the characters, and that’s been true even since s1. In a lot of ways, this feels like a natural evolution so we don’t get burned out on having too many quick loops a season. I’d argue that would burn us out more on the gimmick than having a slower, season-long loop as in s2.
not to sound like an arrogant and pretentious asshole, but if he thinks that subaru not using return by death is bad, he clearly missed the point of the season, the point of him not using it is meant to show subaru's change and how he starts to love himself more, it was unhealthy for him to keep using return by death, for both his body and mind, so him trying not to use it, because he can start to become a colder person by using it, and affecting people around him, is the whole point of his character
He misses the mark with iskeai as of late.
I can assure you there will be a season 3.
Also, do not fret. Return by death will return in the next two arcs.
Especially the sixth arc. ESPECIALLY.
Stumble on it. Season 3 was announced
Bro what do you talking about? Season 3 begins with the biggest plot twist in thw story!
Uh...I read arc 5 and have no idea what you’re talking about. Haven’t read arc 6 though so if it has to do with that don’t tell me! XD
Season 3 and 4 are going to be crazy. I think GR will love season 4 in particular.
it was expected for Subaru to not use his Return by Death in the second half of this season, because of his bet with Roswaal, if he had failed to complete the arc as it should be completed by saving everyone, Subaru would have payed a huge price (won't say what would have been to not spoil the last episode of season 2)
The short version of my opinion: Re Zero does not want us to see and eat a single piece of cake(Subaru's point of view) but it wants us to see the WHOLE cake, but it doesn't let us eat the whole cake in one go. That sets it apart from other isekai animes.
Long version:
Re Zero is not a story told from a single character's perspective, it's the story of ALL the people living in Re Zero's world. Everyone has their own goals, ideals, dreams, and desires and they do everything possible to achieve those dreams. It wants us to see how the same people react under different circumstances, and that only happens because of Return By Death. In season 1 and the first part of season 2, Subaru(alongside us) was trying to understand each character, be it Emilia, Roswal, Ram, or Garfiel. And he did, that's why he didn't feel the need to use RBD in the second half of season 2, as he had known enough about the world and the characters that he could intelligently predict their behavior and consequences of his own actions, and how it will affect the world. And since the audience had successfully understood HIS opinions on characters, the second half of season 2 fleshed out other characters. We wanted to know more about the witches, Emilia and her childhood, and how Betty got stuck in that library for centuries. Show wanted us to know that these characters aren't merely plot devices but actual people with emotions and understanding. Season 1 failed to do so, as so many characters were just there for plot progression or character development. And as much as one can like RBD mechanic, it becomes useless and redundant that everybody would stop caring about Subaru, they will be more interested in how he will deal with situations NEXT time rather than THIS time. This season perfectly encapsulates the theme of the Re Zero: "You can die as many times you like, but you will live only once."
Season 2 did something that I thought impossible after season 1... It made Subaru a likeable character.
That’s kinda the point also he was like able at the end of s1 and now he’s great
Really liked season 2 overall(part 1 and 2) more than season 1. Subaru is actually likeable now.
To be honest are:zero has been a series that’s pretty popular so I don’t think the sequel for that isn’t hard for people to get into in my opinion but I still liked the video
If RbD was your major issue then dw man, arc 5/Season 3 has really good use of it.
I personally think he's not gonna like Season 3, he'll love Season 4 tho since it's heavily used there
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@@ililililliil Yeah i think it was probably the arc with the least RBD
i think everybody would be depressed if Re:ZERO wasn't continued, having an Anime not get it's continuation of the story is the worst feeling ever
Glass Reflection: “In Season 2, I would be hard to make Subaru’s deaths as impactful as they were in Season 1”
Elsa and some rabbits: *Are you sure about that?*
They're just as impactful in arcs 5-7 for me.
In short, Arkada is disappointed with season 2 because Subaru didn't die many times enough.
In all seriousness, season 3 is confirmed and coming soon next year. So that's a good relief. Considering the original material is still ongoing, I cam safely assume that if they keep it updated, we'll have at least another 3-4 seasons (season 2 covers arc 4, the light novel is at arc 7, and arc 11 is in plan).
I didn't like season 1 mainly because I felt like there was no clear end goal to the story. This is because there was virtually nothing at stake for the characters to fight for, apart from surviving the end point of each of the three arcs.
Season 2 however, as much as it dumps too much info, fills that space. Now that we know Emilia and Subaru's backstory, we root for them not only because they're the main characters, but because we wanna see an end to their endeavour. I don't really care about the "quirks" that Arkada likes. I just want a good story and season 2 serves that better than season 1. In addition, now that we have seen 4 arcs, we can see the formula of the show: it tells a self-contained story in each arcs while revealing bits of information to an overarching story as a whole, leading to the ultimate conclusion: Emilia becoming the new ruler, or any possible outcome which we couldn't see for the meantime.
Season 1 succeeded as a world building season, and season 2 didn't hold back and geared up to serve the viewers with new stakes for the characters to strive for. There are still many questions left unanswered, but I believe if the writer keeps going this way, every single problem will be untangled, even if that seems formulaic.
Finally, remember when Arkada said that Re Zero needs to "stick the landing"? The way I describe Re Zero is how you watched Game of Thrones. The story was driven by the characters and their decision making instead of having one conclusion to be hoped for. Let's just hope the ending will not as as disappointing as the latter.
I love season 1 and I adore season 2. The character development/info we got combined with the incredible soundtrack was just amazing.
I also don't believe that the "quirk" RBD is something that would be interesting for long. It's there, it's a cool concept, but that doesn't do a whole lot if it's just there to be there. I think having such strong character developments and background information is incredibly important and valuable for the future. The more we care about characters, the more it hurts when things go bad.
I love the concept of RBD, but at this point I don't care about it nearly as much as I care about the story. RBD is an instrument to see different sides of characters and different events taking place, that's about it for me.
The only problem of Season 2 was pacing, characters introduced were great ,Garfield and Echidna were my favorite , Emilia finally can stand on her own two feet without needing Puck by her side, Subaru befriending everyone that initially didn't like him,finally kissing Emilia and one of mine favorite scenes Emilia thinking she is pregnant by kissing Subaru .
Season 2 part 1 had good pacing, but part 2 was atrocious.
@@LacertosI’d say they did their best, they even extended the run time into an extra hour of run time, on top of COVID and most of the staff being on MT, etc.
I’m hoping the directors cut does a better job, but we’ll see.
@@kennmarlow4889 I think the problem is that it didn't translate very well from book to television. To make it better they would have to take some liberties with the adaptation (changing the order of events, cutting some scenes, etc) , something which, for better or worse, is not a practice that anime studios are well known for.
I still loved season 2, but I always wondered why it didn't hit me as much as it did when I watched Season 1. I think you nailed on the "why" for me. Season 2 is more of an info-dump like you mentioned, as well as being somewhat structurally similar to Season 1, in the sense of what the protagonist goes through, mistakes he makes, learns, develops, looping patterns and what not. I do think that season 2 did still separate itself from season 1 in lots of ways as well though. (Such as backstory, different character developments, use of return by death, etc.) I will say though that one of the main reasons why Season 1 was so good is because of the initial shock-value and subverting the generic isekai expectations we often see in anime, and unfairly good villains and mystery elements that were introduced such as Betelegeuse, and the Witch of Envy. And you know, Rem.
Season 2 develops characters and builds up the story much more than the first season.
Also, there is an entire scene in season 2 dedicated to the idea Subaru shouldn't rely on return by death. Which I feel like you skated over in your critique.
Yea in season 1 you didn't really have a strong idea of where the plot was heading but thanks to all the things we learned in season 2 we're starting to get a better idea.
Season 2 was amazing. I loved it. Sure from a myriad of technical aspects it could be worse and disappointing, but I thoroughly enjoyed it for what it was. Maybe that's a simplistic way of looking at it...but that's how it is.
Season 2 is definitely about subverting one of the “lessons” Subaru learned in Season 1 regarding return by death. He has to rely and trust in others instead of just struggling over and over on his own. He has to respect himself enough to realize that RBD is hurting him and look outside himself for a solution. However; he has to be careful who he looks to for help. Echidna would have taken Subaru down a dark path if he had looked to her for aid, abusing return by death as a tool instead of sparing Subaru’s mentality.
Day 17 of asking for a review of all 3 Fate Stay Night Heaven's Feel movies.
All three are out already? Where can I watch them legally?
@@paulatreides3214 Legally? You got to buy it lol
@@lz3036 yeah, I was more wondering if they're available on any of the streaming sites like CrunchyRoll, Funimation, Netflix or Prime because I haven't seen them anywhere. Although I see now that part 1 and 2 are out on Blu-ray and available from Amazon, will get my hands on those. Wonder when part 3 will be available.
@@paulatreides3214 i believe right stuf has the blu rays? You might be able to see it in theaters near you idk.
I guess given that Arkada likes Made In Abyss and this (Re Zero), it would seem like he'd be up for the heartbreak.
"I still felt disappointed by it"
SOUNDS LIKE A PERSONAL PROBLEM, MY DUDE. I loved the SHIT out of it. Seriously, I don't know what more you could've possibly expected.
True
Honestly it surpassed my expectations.
There are currently 6 arcs of the story fully written and 11 arcs planned by the author. S1 adapted the first 3 arcs of the story, while S2 could only adapt arc 4 due to its sheer length, that's the main reason why it feels like not much has happened in comparison. S2 was also mainly focused on backstory and much needed character development for the Emilia camp, so it does feel like an info dump at times. The inevitable S3 however(it's a matter of when, not if) will definitely have a bigger action focus as the viewers are reintroduced to the royal selection candidates and their knights as they all have to deal with [spoilers].
Re:ZERO's story is FAAAAARRRR from over, we've currently only seen 4 arcs adapted of a total of 11 which only have 6 fully written in the light novel which is currently in the 7th arc.
We do have the material for a season 3 and 4 and even 5 depending on how they space it out, but the lack of ad breaks in season 2 worries me because I don't know if they actually made enough money on season 2 to fully warrant a season 3
However the director of this season did state that he wouldn't be working on the third term so we can assume that one is coming because of his wording which gives me hope.
Season 2 for me was easily the best 2nd season of a show i might have ever seen
But it needs the first season and that's not a bad thing
the focus of season 2 is more on the development of the characters. we stay in roughly the same area yes but a lot happens in there. everyone grows and develops along with us getting some very important world building regarding the witchs and the past of the world.
Hey man. Season 3 announced now. Would be a wonderful opportunity to revisit Re: Zero again! 😁
Not as many story beats were covered in the second season. HOWEVER, I feel like season 2 was an exploration of each character (aside from Rem). Much more focus was placed on the relationships and intricacies of character back stories rather than the plot. Also it gives more weight to the previous actions in season one. In my opinion season 1 was plot plot plot and season 2 was character character character. I personally enjoyed this season much more and got a lot of payoffs that I wanted. Things wrapped up in a satisfactory way for me.
To really address the video I would say this. I realized in this season, that the plot was not my attraction to this series, it was the characters. We’ve seen every side of these characters now. From sad and depressed to happy and in love, we’ve got it all now. Season one felt like it skipped a lot of character development because plot needed to happen and this season feel like the opposite.
I just hope we get a season 3 pretty soon bc I really love re zero it's one of my favorite isekai animes and I feel like we're getting a 3rd season bc the series is not over yet
Probably at the end of 2022
Author said that he wanted to see the entire series animated, and I believe there is enough of a fanbase to warrant it. He planned 11 arcs, anime just finished arc 4, and novel is on arc 7. From the novel readers I heard they still love it, so I'm hopeful it keeps the show interesting. I guess the biggest worry is that will it generate enough revenue? They completely forgone all ads in this seasons runtime, so they lost alot of profit...
Ok, have you SEEN ReZero’s Echidna merch? It’s flying off the shelves-
And then we have the demon crystal figures that are also selling like crazy.
I think that revenue is covered at this point
Aight, just gonna say this. I don’t watch Re Zero for return by death, I watch it for the characters. Watching Subaru discover the people he likes like him back. Watching Emilia overcome her past and completing the sanctuary. Watching Rem fight with the hope her hero saves the day once more. So, watching season 2 in that perspective, I gotta say it’s better than season 1 by a quite a bit. It only made me more excited for the future. Respect your opinion, but return by death isn’t the main reason to be invested in the show. I’d say it’s to pay attention to the main themes, and seeing if it expanded on it in interesting ways, which season 2 did exceptionally well. Main theme- love yourself. Subaru purposely killing him self again and again would betray that character arc, so why is using return by death less a flaw for you? It shows Subaru is developing as a character, and is starting to not hate himself bit by bit.
I really liked both seasons, we absolutely need a season 3
I don't understand the lack of hype for Season 2 here....it's the best season of any anime show I've ever watched, an absolute masterpiece which only increases in quality linearly and chronologically. And I've enjoyed Aot, HxH etc. Just because it's not "a conlusion" doesn't change that fact, neither does that we don't know what will happen.
Go to chibi reviews or ani news if you wanna feel the hype as re zero number fails to give them the views.
8:35 arc 6 laughing rn
I prefer season 2 more, return by death is interesting and I'm super curious why he got it but otherwise its just a mechanism to develop the plot. Season 2 does a great job of this anyway, just spreading the development to multiple characters.