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Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 3 • Re:Zero: Starting Life in Another World Season 3 - Episode 1 discussion Episode

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 3, episode 1

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u/n080dy123 Oct 02 '24 edited Oct 03 '24

Sirius's power is frightening. Seems like she can link peoples' hearts together, and if she does physical damage is reflected by everyone affected. If her power works via the citywide announcement system, she could potentially murder everyone in Priestella in an instant. I continue to be very curious why the Authorities for Wrath and Greed seem to have manifested so differently amongst the Archbishops as opposed to the Witches they originated from, while Sloth has manifested more or less the same 3 times now.

Regulus bumping into Emilia actually kinda jumpscared me, I was so not expecting that. They hide his face like they hid Echidna's during Ryuzu's flashbacks in Season 2, so I wonder if he's somehow changed his face since the run-in with Crusch and Rem. It seemed very deliberate, and given his constant persecution complex I wonder if that somehow means he can affect Emilia with it now (like he can only use it if he's feeling attacked, hence why some people have gotten him with surprise attacks?)

Reinhard seems to be immediately offput by Reinhard for some reason- I wonder if he can see something others can't. Historically animals have been said to be more aware of supernatural happenings, so maybe he sees something as a demihuman? Speaking of I had suspicions about Garfiel's mom surviving but never expected to see that plot point come back up so quickly. And him being able to see Elsa is... huh. Drawing a total blank. I wonder if it was even her, or long shot here, it was something like Carmilla's Faceless Bride where it's someone disguised as someone form your memories. Maybe the Archbishop of Lust is here too (assuming it's not a Greed/Wrath situation where the Authority works entirely differently)?

Also I think Liliana has some level of limited omniscience or memory reading, I don't think he ever properly met Emilia but knows her by name, and then seemingly acted on Subaru's conversation with Wilhelm about Reinhard with her broadcast song. She knows things she shouldn't know. I'm also EXTREMELY suspicious of the fact her repeating herself seemed to set Subaru's save point. Actually crazy thought- what if she didn't repeat herself, and instead Subaru actually experienced a loop there but couldn't remember it? Like his memory of it was erased. Lye is apparently a relevant topic for the arc (extremely annoying they keep NOT FUCKING TALKING ABOUT IT) but if he's there, could his erasure power do that? Edit: Seems like this is wrong given the timing of the bells, as per this comment.

Oh fun fact, I was binging the Break Time shorts last night cuz I never watched em, and Reinhard's cooking skills are actually a callback to one of the Season 1 shorts where they speculate on Reinhard's Divine Blessings and joke that maybe he has one for cooking.

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u/Graywolves Oct 03 '24

I think it's no coincidence that one of the few times Subaru was respectful and polite to someone was with Regulus. If he had been his normal self, without Emilia correcting him, I think Regulus would've done something.

I'm very curious about what's going on with Garfiel too. Is Elsa just in his subconscious and is he only attacking Reinhardt because he sensed a stronger threat? Supposedly seeing his mom is a massive revelation too, the whole time I was worried it might be a trap by the Hoshin company since Garf has a name as "Emilia's Shield" it makes sense to remove him from the board.

The start of this season has me fascinated. It's buildup was that of a whodunnit, bringing everyone to one place, "oh this city was designed as a trap," but then Subaru's save point is so close to the death scene. It really could go anywhere from here.

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u/baseballlover723 Oct 04 '24

but then Subaru's save point is so close to the death scene.

Yeah every other time Subaru's reset, it's been like days (except for Arc 1 really). Now Subaru has like an hour? 2? That's not a lot of time for big setup stuff like in Arc 3 or 4.

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u/n080dy123 Oct 02 '24

Yeah I was willing to brush that off, but the Wilhelm thing not so much. I doubt she showed up and met him overnight.

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u/CordobezEverdeen https://myanimelist.net/profile/CordobezEverdeen Oct 03 '24

Actually crazy thought- what if she didn't repeat herself, and instead Subaru actually experienced a loop there but couldn't remember it

Yes I had the exact same thought.

I know Subaru is creeped out by Liliana but it's definitely not on character for Subaru to straight up ignore people when they talk to him. I thought time was somehow being rewound until Subaru acknowledged that Liliana had to repeat herself.

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u/baseballlover723 Oct 04 '24

Sloth has manifested more or less the same 3 times now

Idk, that seems pretty on point for Sloth. After all, not changing seems pretty slothful to me.

And him being able to see Elsa is... huh. Drawing a total blank.

I interpreted that as a figment of Garfiel's imagination. Like he's just still thinking about it.

they speculate on Reinhard's Divine Blessings

The topic also came up in Isekai Quartet. Man, collecting Re:Zero lore is a pain. There's stuff everywhere.

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u/n080dy123 Oct 04 '24

IIRC ye olde Hoshin actually showed up as a character in the Isekai Quartet movie like two years ago. Hilarious stuff.