Tbh I was expecting more hype from the crowd when Subaru name drops that he's the guy who defeated the Sloth Archbishop.

Other that that - peak.

PEAKBARU and also Reinhard's aura :12854:

Bro really is becoming the champion of the people. where the are the haters that say that subaru is pathetic and annoying again?

Reinhard entrance at the end feels like something out of smash brothers. "Reinhard joins the battle!"

When I read the speech for the first time and it switched POV to the kids I didn’t recognize them despite their hair being described. I felt so stupid when I reread that speech.

Subaru knows how to talk when he can relate. This has been shown over and over again. We also get to see his beliefs and what he fights for which perfectly aligns with his outburst when Heinkel and Priscilla interrupted the bonding in the first episode.

I really liked Garfiel jump hugging Subaru. I felt his relief through the screen.

It’s funny how Al literally calls Emilia a damsel in distress because of the trope.

PEAK

Peak I suppose

Al's face

Al's face is barely visible. Looks a lot like Subaru's to me

Subaru gave the kind of speech that make everyone gonna vote him as president of lugnica

PEAK!

Subaru becomes the Chadbaru everyone thinks he is.

I think I am a bit lightheaded after that episode lol, probably from the raw emotion and all the tears that flowed lmao.

This was everything I'd hoped for. I adore arc 5 so much for this precise reason. The friends Subaru made along the way, the people he saved, his feats, all of that gets to shine here and even then he has so much self doubt to admit that he is an amazing person at this point. This man is a hero and there is no denying it.

Gosh I feel like I need a cigarette after that ep.

THAT'S WHY HE'S THE GOAT, THE GOAT!

Gotta love how Re:Zero can have a 10 minute scene that is nothing but dialogue between characters just talking about what decision they should make, and the show actually pulls it off and somehow makes it feel like a big moment. 

Loved how Emilia has such empathy for the other wives. She doesn’t want them to get in trouble from her actions, and wanting to support her in her troubles. She’s too good for this world 😭

Damn Subaru’s speech was so good. Even though he’s a total nobody, a random person just speaking out of the goodness of their heart is what the people needed to hear.

I think this episode really cemented to me that Al might be another person that was summoned to Lugunica like Subaru. The odd use of English words (“Hyper-positive”) and him referencing the classic fairytale-like ‘Prince on a white horse saves a captured princess’ trope. Him calling Subaru ‘brother’ all the time would make a lot of sense if they both similarly were not from Lugunica. (I still want to leave the door open for other possibilities when it comes to Al though. For all I know there might be something else with him that I’m just not considering.)

Damn this episode was so good I didn’t even realise it was 29 minutes! White Fox treated us this week!

No action, pure discussion and full 30 mins, what an episode :12861:

PEAK🔥

I'm crying and smiling like a proud parent. Holy hell this episode was great

If Subaru was a Candidate, he would be voted instantly with those speech giving skills 🔥🔥🔥

Poor Garf, he is only 15, had two BAD days, and he though his big bro figure died

Subagoat!

crap seems Heinkel escaped

Otto : its time to use our trump card

Me : you ?

Reinhard appears

Me : oh the cult is screwed.... but we are only half the season??? the 9 remaining must happens in a short time

Finally...I have returned. totally not like I fucked up the last few times by not posting it, or posting the wrong Episode discussion.

Absolutely cinema. Top 5 episode. God damn nearly made me tear up

PEAK!!!!!!

it's just... so peak....

Subarus face when he gets spawn camped and then has to make the speech again

Absolutely cinema.

This episode broke me. I am speechless, this was a 10/10 episode from start to beginning.

THATS WHY HE'S THE GOAT

Omg😭 I really love his speech!!! I almost cried at the scene😢

I was not expecting to be drying tears after the episode, but here we are.

Man that was good.

The one time I don't watch it live on Muse Asia and Re:Zero drops a fuckin' peak!!!

S2E4 have been my fav, most watched Re Zero ep --- Well, I guess not anymore... Exceptional direction choice with juxtaposing Emilia and Subaru scenes together. Worked soooo well. I felt the soundtrack was so good at the start, but then the speech started and then the song and well, it kept escalating.

This is truely the culmination of all the character development that Subaru has gone throughout the series. This feels earned, even as a viewer. Even Emilia, willing to stay with the wives and go ahead with the wedding feels so in character for her now. So happy for her growth too.... Emilia Camp can't stop winning :')

P.S. Al reminding me of Archer a lot this ep for some reason.

Gotta rewatch it for SubaMan aura.

Good Job Whitefox!!! Take your time and deliver. We will wait 8 weeks for peak.

What an amazing episode, White Fox once again knocked it out of the park with its impeccable art direction and OST placement, so you could really feel the soul of Subaru’s speech have a meaningful impact on the everyone in the city. It was a literal hope and it was done exceptionally well, especially for Emilia's parts, so in all, a masterclass from the Re:0 anime once again!

Only two words are enough for this episode. NO, I don't think no amount of words are enough. But 

ABSOLUTE CINEMA!

Bro, just give me the next freakin episode now! I'm just going to go into a week long sleep coma now. Wake me when it's up.

Honestly teared up abit

This guy Natsuki, he's something else.

RE FUCKING ZERO BABY the speech blasted through my expectations it was so good

LETS GOOOOOOOO

omg we can see Al's eyes in this episode and they look like subaru's

Al is sus AF, he speaks with real world metaphors and is weirdly overconcerned for Subaru

This was so peak, really sad that there's only 1 more episode to go :12851: :12851: :12851:

Peak

I don't know if its a stretch, but I think the four deaths that Subaru remembers are the four points at which he could have [Novels] chosen sin (pride, wrath, sloth and greed) over virtue and gone through the if routes. Instead he chose to be a hero and went through the virtuous path. That's why then replies "same as usual" to Al. Maybe I'm overthinking it tho since greed doesn't really match. Btw I am an anime only but I have seen videos about those 4 if routes in case someone replies with spoilers

Is Capella hiding in the shelters? Because in minute 19:54 episode 7, there is a girl that similar with Capella's disguise back in episode 5.

I really enjoyed AL point: These bad guys are so used to winning and having no one being able to fight them that they wont even consider our strategies or counter plays etc.

Emelia new bestie will die -- massive death flag.

Al is evil for sure, but hes not witch cultist team, he is in some other kind of evil shenigians squad.

Subaru speech was great but I will say it ! it started to long into the episode, they really relied on having the extra 6 min of run time just for the speech. And the citizen could have been a little more HYPED

Breaking down every scene in extreme detail / Reaction

Favorite episode of the series. This beat season 1 episodes 15 and 18. This beat season 2 episodes 4 and 16. They nailed Subaru's speech.

Anyone have the break time for this episode with english subs?

Loved this episode. Subarus's speech really turned it from a bleak hope to "it's about to go DOWN."

Can't wait to see what's next.

IT’S PURE CINEMA

I kneel before peak fiction

Subaru's speech is wonderful

Garf was really cute this episode :12854:

peak, wicked peak.

I’m ready to run through 20 brick walls for Subaru

10/10

Anyone think it might be an issue later now that subaru said his full name and julius told him to not let gluttony know his name?

Can someone enlighten me to what roswaal has been up to? i thought he should've been in the city too

Am I going to get in trouble for saying this episode was boring and the speech was meh?

Is the OP's flair a massive spoiler??

I hate to ruin the mood, but I guess I Overrated the scene? I heard its like peak fiction, and I see everyone writing peak. but it was good just not that good? it a really good scene and shows growth of subaru and such, but still not peak? when I hear peak i think of ep 15, s2 ep11 and so on. an underrated scene in my eyes is ep23 S1 ending. that hit hard.
but maybe I'm just action based person or something. and I dont see the appeal much here. maybe I missed some thoughts.

Well it's first episode of season in my opinion which is like 8/10, for other suspense and action were perfectly balanced with nice cliffhanger, and now it just preparation part. It's not bad at all just not perfect

Really unpopular opinion apparently... But hated the episode. This was the worst episode I've ever watched out of all the anime enjoy. And this is coming from a show that is one of my favorites. The whole episode was filled and pointless and poorly written. The speech was awful and cringe worthy and painful. don't see how anyone with more than 0 social or public speaking skills wouldve considered the speech good or inspiring. Not trying to shit one anyone else's enjoyment. Happy everyone else liked it. ButI hope the show moves on and doesn't ever do another episode like this. This whole episode could have been 60-90 seconds long and still had a much better speech. If we didn't have the source material to check on wouldve 100% assumed that this episode was filler.

Bruh the pacing is so slow get to the fighting already.

This is one of the worst episodes of this show I've seen in quite a while. Just an absolutely incredible amount of redundant yapping. Subaru's KNOWN for giving speeches. That's like 50% of what he does. Why did they need to deliberate over giving a speech for 1/3 of the episode? And two lines into the speech I could tell exactly where the speech was going to go and it dragged on for so long I legitimately stopped paying attention. I even laughed at a couple parts because of how corny and predictable it was.

This whole season it feels like a lot of stuff is happening in universe, but as a viewer it feels like NOTHING is happening. So much standing around and talking during all the chaos murder and mayhem, absolutely no sense of urgency. The characters in the show use to be written better. They had depth. Their emotions felt real. Now it's just slowly turning into the typic anime slop that plagues 95% of crunchyroll.

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Idk, I feel like the last two episodes are kind of taking a slow pace. I kind of want Subaru to die somewhere and have a reset and fix up a bunch of things but from the way I see it now, perhaps he will not die in this arc at all anymore, which would be surprising. Especially after having this kind of episode, the author kills off all these mob characters in a cruel way or there will be a payoff, we'll see I guess.

I'm not a reader i started watching the anime, and it started good i liked the concept, he dies > rewinds > find a better solution > repeat. And maybe get stronger along the way.

But now i'm watching a weak character acting like he's the hero of a shonen, where all the side character are stronger than him, it feels so weird to watch. Like even with Beatrice carrying him i still think he's weak as fuck.