General Lets talk about RE:ZERO KARA HAJIMERU ISEKAI SEIKATSU EPISODE 7

WolfDesigns · May 15, 2016

And with this dear anime only you caught a glimpse of what Re:Zero is

truly about. Suffering, insanity, breakdowns, death and emotions going
wild. Yes all the meta/genre-savy commentary that Subaru did with his
impulsive and obnoxious personality was all to build up to this point.
The author said „Hmm. Why don’t let him have a little bit of fun and let
him live out his personality before I truly crush him“. Yes the prior
episodes were build up to this and what awaits us now.

First of
all props to White Fox for going all out with this show. The art and
animation quality even increases over the course of the season. Subaru’s
voice actor did a stellar job, I could feel his pain and emotions. And
whoever draws those gorgeous backgrounds and the character’s face
expressions deserves a medal. And skipping the OP AND ED. Sasuga White
Fox. They clearly now that this episode is a key moment early in the
story.

So we see Subaru breaking after he put on a happy facade
for so long. Yes, he didn’t just shrug it off like some people thought,
he actually was forced to swallow it and move forward. And all this now
came back at him causing him severe mental pain.

Now some
important things to note is that the reason for Rem killing Subaru
wasn’t an order and it wasn’t jealousy, it has to do with Subaru being
suspected to work together with the Witches Cult ( or some faction that
is opposed to Emilia ). Apparently Rem comes to that conclusion because
he reeks of the Witch, an unbearable smell that only a few can perceive (
Beatrice and Rem so far ). This means Subaru had and has contact with
the witch of jealousy even if he doesn’t notice it. It’s also pretty
ironical that the blue ogre who was so selfless in the story now acted
out of selfishness ( hatred ). And yes it was Ram that killed him by
slitting his throat, that's why Rem said that because Ram relieved him
from the suffering.

Also it’s interesting that Beatrice only
noticed it in this loop. So it seems like it gets stronger and stronger
with each loop which could cause problems for Subaru later. What if
nearly every person he meets from now on tries to kill him because the
immediately recognize that smell?

Then this scene with the hand.
There you have one drawback to his power, he can’t tell anyone. He
completely alone with his fate, with these memories and these
traumatizing experiences.

I don’t know if anyone has noticed but
this hand is in the OP and ED both times symbolizing the one force that
grabs him away from his loved ones and his happy ending.

Subaru’s
mental issues get apparent through many things. He is sleep deprived,
probably because of the fear of getting killed ( the manga added some
details on that as he cut himself to stay awake ). If he sleep he has
nightmares that haunt him, he can’t cheer up and most of all….he chases
the one person away who is this bright light that gave him the power to
struggle through everything so far. At this point he is truly broken.

Then
Beatrice shows that she’s actually a genuine being by helping him out
of her own free will. Apparanetly she can’t watch someone die in front
of her. She also seems to be physically and vitally bound to the
library.

Then the scene with Rem’s death. This basically confirms
that someone or something else is doing also some killing. This also
raises the theory that the curse and the killing through Rem are two
separated things done by two different beings. It’s also ironical
because the blue ogre who was so selfless. is now dead.

Oh and when Subaru saw Emilia’s dissapointed a bit of my heart broke, jesus…

And
at last we see the powerful scene at the end. Subaru plays with the
thought of killing himself. I think we can’t even imagine how this must
feel like. Your instinct and logical thinking as a human being tells you
to not do it but Subaru pretty much has to in order to make everything
undone. I can’t even imagine such a conflicted thought process.

In
the end we see him catching on to a new motivation. He realizes that
those two maids are not truly bad, they simply acted according to
something he doesn’t know. So he decides to learn about what he doesn’t
know and get his and their „happy ending“. He has such a determination
that it ends up being the driving up in his suicide. This was the point
in the story where I found a whole new level of respect for this poor
guy and started to really like him. Well that was something.

Also
for episode 8-10 there might be some delay or pause according to the
official website. This may not affect us but there’s still the
possibility

Updated May 15, 2016 by Assassin Wolf