No.871587
Why didn't he just explain Return by Death on a piece of paper?
No.871588
The Witch would fuck him up.
No.871589
>>871588
Surely there had to be a way for him to interpret what was going on.
No.871590
Why was there a single massive tree capable of crushing a giant flying monster conveniently located in the same area where a giant flying monster happened to be fought?
Why did Daihatsu never bother buying a new set of clothes even when he is regularly meeting with important people in formal settings?
No.871594
Is the LN still going?, I really want to know what's up with the witch and subaru.
No.871596
>>871587
Is the anime finally old enough for me to stop pretending I hate it yet?
No.871606
>>871596
There's no need to pretend. The show was mediocre except for those few great scenes and the whole of episode 15. The production values were off the fucking chart, which I believe was a huge factor in the show's success. Same with the OP/ED and voice acting. Honestly, if the story hadn't been so god damn bad, the anime would've been amazing.
No.871612
Form watching a lot of anime and reading a lot of manga, it seems the Japanese almost get off on the act of not explaining the everything when stuck in a problematic situation.
No.871617
>>871612
It's simply the sign of an incompetent writer. The general audience doesn't pick up on it, or less frequently doesn't care (ie. harem romcoms), but in Re:Zero it was obvious that the writer was shit from just 2-3 episodes. Any actually well written work will avoid using stupid misunderstandings and under-explaining for the sake of stalling the plot, or rather, just won't stall the plot to begin with.
No.871639
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>>871596
Hating something because of the hivemind is always dumb. I certainly enjoyed many parts of it. Then again, I have shit taste and these two were my favourite characters.
That being said, I'll never truly love the series. The MC is unlikeable for various reasons and the gimmicks really don't work for a long running series.
No.871665
>>871596
A better question would be:
>Is the anime finally old enough for idiots and people with shit taste to be proud to admit they like it?
No.871672
>>871587
It's not a passive curse that can be tricked, the witch with God like powers who defeated all of her witch competitors is obsessed with him and always watching him.
Later on she shows up 'in person' to fuck his shit up, and she's doing all of this from essentially her coffin.
No.871674
The WN translator dropped off the face of the earth and he was the farthest ahead and fastest, the LN translator is still going but he's still at the fucking sanctuary.
No.871676
>>871674
This was for >>871594
WN translation (has stopped for months and is still far ahead of the LN translation)
https://www.zerotranslations.com/
LN translation
https://translationchicken.com/
No.871679
>>871587
Why didn't he use his infinite lives cheat to fight the best fighters in the land and become an expert?
No.871696
Will there ever be a season 2? Also why do they always fear about having limited lives? I think it's safe to assume you would have infinite lives unless you notice a trend of numbers in the world.
No.871698
>>871696
>Also why do they always fear about having limited lives? I think it's safe to assume you would have infinite lives unless you notice a trend of numbers in the world.
People would probably be a bit wary of making those assumptions when it's their existence they're gambling with.
No.871699
>>871679
Because muscle memory is the majority of becoming a good fighter and just knowing how to fight isn't good enough
No.871700
I dislike this anime for many reasons, the protagonist being one of them, but the biggest reason is because every character in this series is horrible and deserve to dieexcept Felix.
No.871723
>>871587
When the fuck is season two?
Feels like its been years since this aired, and probably has been.
No.871724
>tfw bought a set of Rem keychains from amiami
>tfw will have a different Rem keychain for every day of the week
I suppose this will delay my inevitable suicide
No.871726
>>871587
I have two theories:
1) The very act of communicating the truth triggers the witch hands of death, so anything from text to speech to sign language to smoke signals is out.
2) Reading the truth kills whoever holds the paper thus turning the series into Death Nope.
No.871780
>>871726
Probably just senses intent and reacts to it automatically. If he thought too hard about telling the truth he'd probably set it off.
No.871944
It was alright until the whale arc
No.872049
>>871676
Translationchicken is translating the WN as well. It says that on the front page actually.
His translations are higher quality but he is way slower than zerotranslations was.
No.872111
>>871726
>Learn the local lingo.
>Adhere dozens of pieces of paper to your body/clothes that explain your powers succinctly and in neat and legible handwriting.
>Walk around automatically murdering all your enemies until they learn to not look at you.
>Take advantage of no one being able to look at you to walking around naked and/or to learn basic fighting techniques you can win with now that everyone else is effectively blind.
>Spend the rest of your effectively endless time finding means to prevent getting poisoned or otherwise killed from a distance since CQC is no longer a concern.
That wasn't so hard now, was it?
No.872117
>>871726
>>872111
You also forget that Subaru also felt gut wrenching fear when he thought about spilling the beans and that stopped him. Not everyone can act like some cold hearted robot who theorycrafts every possible outcome. Fucking hate you people who refuse to recognize that Re:zero is a romantic show first, Isekai second.
No.872125
>>872117
>Re:zero is a romantic show first
No.872126
>>872117
Angsty turbo-pussies are not fun to read about, clever sociopaths are. This is a running theme through almost all literature, and your WN turned LN turned Anime started primarily as an attempt at literature.
Re:Zero rates worse as a romance than it does as an Isekai, even. The way it is written and the story elements heavily imply that it is a thriller first, with Isekai and Mystery components in good measure to enhance and season the thriller (with varying degrees of success). Sure, romance is used as a driving excuse for Subaru's choices, but it's done in a ham-fisted way that merely bridges the gap between episodes of thriller content. In other words, romance is the story's filler, so it makes total sense that it's garbage, relies on the reader's presupposed notions of how a romance "should read", and develops in an uninteresting and utterly predictable direction totally unsuitable for a story trying to evoke feelings of suspense and confusion.
No.872398
>>872126
>Angsty turbo-pussies are not fun to read about
This.
If I wanted to read about angsty turbo-pussies, I'd go to /a/.
No.872429
>>872126
Maybe the reason you don't like it is because Subaru reminds you of yourself too much, especially after that scene where he tells Remu how worthless he feels.
No.872446
>>872429
>Nuh-uh, you're the doodoo head!
Sasuga Re:Zerofags.
No.872448
>>872429
I like how years later, this is still the go-to comeback against people who call Toyota shit. It's the people who hate him that identify with him, not the people who like him, because that's how it works.
No.872451
>>872126
>Angsty turbo-pussies.
If it was just that, then I'd be ok with him. When he got called out for his weaknesses in the later part of the animu was actually some of the better moments.
What I truely hate is how much he switches between personalities to act however it fits the story. It feels unreal at times, as I was reading multiple characters. At least decide on his basic personality beforehand? Is he a HikiNEET? A charismatic fellow, that can just chat up with anybody? A nervous wreck that can break at any moment? Some pseudo streetfighter, that can just casually beat up multiple buff/armed thugs? A wisecracking idiot that never get's his teeth punched in for his smartass bullshit? Seems like the author could never decide on that.
No.872464
>>872448
Yeah, that's exactly how it works. People don't like things that make them uncomfortable.
No.872465
>>871724
Jesus loves you anon, we're all going to make it. Stay strong.
No.872493
>>872464
I don't like him because the way he acts pisses me off, not because it makes me uncomfortable nor do I relate to him in any way shape or form.
No.872505
>>871587
I almost forgot about this piece of shit. I'm a filthy secondary so spoil it for me if I'm right:
The witch is using Subaru to get close to all her mortal enemies, and will dispose of him in the end and ascend to the throne/godhood
It's a real shame the story was so terrible, I thought the art was alright, and I didn't notice any egregious cgi.
No.872511
>>872464
I don't like things that bore me, either. I guess you could call that "being made uncomfortable", but it's definitely not the kind of disquiet you're implying. In fact, some people seek out that sensation deliberately. If the story is good and well-delivered, that becomes a genre unto itself, generally referred to as a "Psychological" and usually mixed with horror or thriller content. Of the many things Re:Zero tries to be, that is not one of them.
My favorite 'serious' novel to be translated or in translation to date is Apartment for Rent, which is exactly that type and does supply all the discomfort you're projecting onto Re:Zero. Unfortunately, I can't derail too hard on that topic, since it's Chinese.
>>872505
I think Re:Zero's reception was the straw that broke the camels back on "giving Isekai good production value". Studio's fault for hopping on a sinking ship.
No.872530
>>872511
>I think Re:Zero's reception was the straw that broke the camels back on "giving Isekai good production value".
This right here.
I saw all the huge fuss about the series and I finally decided to watch it this year.
And then there was nothing. It's just the exact same isekai that comes out by the dozens every season, except that the studio behind it decided the anime should have lot of money pumped into its production. And while you can lessen a problem by throwing more money at it, you can't solve it, and re:zero is still a random shitty isekai. The worst of it all was Subaru having cringy, nonsensical and annoying rants all the time.
Some exceptionally nice girls in the anime, though. Most random isekai doesn't have even that, and re zero put out some extremely good ones.
The anime wasn't bad enough that I dropped it, but I can't say I that I was hooked on it. I watched everything, and didn't feel like I'd care for a new season. Maybe if one day I wake up in an Emilia or Ram mood, in an alternative universe where it gets a season 2, I would skim through the episodes for the scenes with them
No.872542
>>872530
I liked the first couple of episodes and I still think it could have been an interesting subversion of the isekai power trip if Hyundai fled when rem/rom/ram gave him the chance instead of just deciding that he was gonna try real hard and get the good ending. I kind of stopped paying attention after that point, something about going for the elf-witch over the onimeido for some half-baked reason and a whale.
It was definitely massively overrated however you slice it though.
No.872579
>>872126
>Angsty turbo-pussies are not fun to read about, clever sociopaths are.
That's not the issue here. Re:zero is a romantic story in the same manner Frankenstein is a romantic story, as in it is a story primarily about emotions and the struggle of the individual. Coming into Re:zero and then whining about how the Protagonist isn't some sociopathic power gamer who has no personality like in your favorite korean web novels is like walking into a japanse sushi restaurant and then complaining that there is too much sushi in it. It's nonsensical.
No.872632
>>872579
Refer to the entire rest of the post you apparently didn't read where I addressed everything you just brought up.
No.872925
It's magic, I ain't gotta explain shit.
No.872943
If he were that smart half of the things in the series wouldn't have happened.
No.873002
>>872632
>Its shit because I feel so
Thats your post.
No.873010
>>873002
Could I trouble you to explain why this show is good, based only on objective qualities that have nothing to do with opinions?
No.873261
I'd say the villain was one of the better parts of the series. Petelgeuse was a pretty entertaining chucklefuck.
No.873268
>>873261
Betelgeuse.
It's a star it's an old romanised form of arabic يد الجوزاء Yad al-Jauzā’ "the hand of Orion".
No.873272
>>873268
You aren't wrong but his name is spelled ペテルギウス, not ベテルギウス. Not like I didn't have to look that up.
No.873276
>>873272
Yeah but since when does nips know how to write western names?
No.873291
>>873002
No, actually, >>872126 is my post. I'm not sure what's holding you up so much to respond to it, but if you're trying to convince people that Re:Zero shouldn't be made fun of and generally derided
>because I think it's a romance!!! A good one!!!
it's not likely that you'll gain much ground by failing to justify that view in any way, shape, or form.
No.873573
>>872505
>The witch is using Subaru to get close to all her mortal enemies, and will dispose of him in the end and ascend to the throne/godhood
The witch is probably the most powerful being in the world and even though she's "dead"/imprisoned she's still fucking with time itself.
spoilers:
She knows subaru from before somehow, (he's probably the sin of pride or the ancient hero or both). She's gone mad from the witch gene, and subaru promised to kill her sane form. Her witchgene psycho form is madly in love with him and is bringing him towards her by manipulating his savepoints she probably wants to be freed from her living coffin so she can be a psycho bitch forever, her normal version wants to be el deado. She killed all the other witches who are regarded each as immensely powerful in their own right, and every witch has an obsessive personality trait that warps their logic and worldview (envy tries to trick subaru into being her guinea pig for eternity since he can show her infinite versions of reality, also she knows he can return by death because of undead witch shenanigans).
No.873574
>>873573
Also it's been god knows how long and Rem is still 'literally who'ed' made all the worse when subaru forgets everything including her
No.873580
Reminder that Ram is the superior maid, even Rem agrees
>tfw she will never intentionally mangle your name
No.873595
>>873580
Ram wants the clowns dick though.
No.873605
>>871676
<Neither of them have translations for Arcs 1-3 with no explanation why
>Zero - "Its first three arcs are covered by the anime. If you’ve already seen it, then you can continue the story by moving on to Arc IV. A few small scenes were cut from the anime, so if you want to read everything, I recommend checking out the ongoing light novel adaptation or the manga, which can both be bought on Amazon, or elsewhere."
<Translator for the free WN recommends buying the LN
>Chicken - "For anyone new here, I will be translating the free Re:Zero Web Novel to continue the story after the ending of the Anime."
<Haven't watched or read the series yet but they use a picture for the ToC which I'm fairly sure is a spoiler