Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu 3rd Season Episode 16 Discussion

Season 4 teaser.


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so, i was really excited for this new season to run because i'm a anime enjoyer (i like to watch the anime before reading the novel) and i got a little disappointed because what made me love this anime is the suffering that subaru goes through. i loved to see him struggling in the first 2 seasons but it was very small in this 3rd. i understand that hes evolving but I LIKED IT SO MUCH 😭. that thing with the witchs in the 2nd season really changed everything.
BUT i'm not just citing that. I love how much the animation is getting better every season. And the evolve of other characters (mainly garfiel) in this season is crazy. Also, I DID NOT EXPECT Julius to end up like Rem. This is just cinema. Except for my own taste of liking to see subaru doing badly, this season was so good. I am going to read the novel as soon as possible!

They stopped the bishops from wrecking the city, but achieved nothing else.
Subaru and his close gang will not be able to finish the remaining bishops alone.

After all the trouble, I expected more bishop killing, only the coolest one died XD
and the new one was added in the last episode.

Lugunica, Capella Emerada - easily the best villain, mean, sadistic, adorable with fantastic voice acting.
Regulus - cool dude, I don't share his attitude torwards women, but he was cruel with style and dignity.
Sirius - super psycho, loved it (actually thought she was dead)

Batenkaitos, Lye - meh
Alphard, Roy - meh
they should have let both die, they are not interesting at all.

Yea, watching seasonals is really sad you’re so above us losers on myanimelist with your 2 seasonals you watch per season, my fault big bro. I forgot anime BAD. Watching stranger things and whatever slop Netflix has is a much better use of your time. Heaven forbid someone spend 2 hours a day watching anime. Did McDonald’s teach you that? You are an extremely miserable person. Say hey to Twitter and bluesky btw

Um did you not see him ping me first calling me autistic? I simply defended myself. Why would I take it somewhere private when I was attacked in public? And no, only one would be jobless and it’d be the fella that’s attacking people for watching anime on an anime forum and calling people autistic without explaining.

That's the best Thing anybody said, in the entire Thread.

@Anayan_Kashyap why do you trolls don't drop the show?

@Cormac07 I'm a Troll? Oh is that cuz I put forward my Critisism for this season? Good Lord either I'm a troll or you're a Bot, cuz you're definitely not a Fan that I can say for sure. Cuz a fan would've acknowledged my Critisism.

I didn't drop the show because It's my favourite show. And I criticised because I had some issues with this season.

@Anayan_Kashyap I was referring to your #229th comment.
You are definitely a troll.

This season is so bad I don't even know where to start and I don't even think it's worth my time, so I won't. I'll just say this: I really really liked first and second season, so much that I considered reading the novel, but this third season is so trash that I came close to drop the whole thing. I will try to watch the fourth season, but if it will be as appalling as the third I'll just drop it and forget I even watched it. Oh, and for all of those people who compare this shit with a masterpiece like Mushoku Tensei, you should bleach your mouth to make it clean.

Agreed. The entire arc was just generic battle shounen slop after the first 2 episodes, which are the only ones to feature Subaru's puzzle solving loop gimmick.
I don't care how well the fights are animated; the storytelling is nothing like the first 2 seasons and that's what I came for.

All of the major villains are generic manic psychos without actual personalities or motivations. It unusually worked for Petelgeuse, but the other archbishops are insufferable.
There's way too many characters in one place to make good use of them all, and many episodes just rapidly cut between events without anything meaningful happening.

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Break Time 3rd Season is required watching, as it covers cut content like why Al calls Subaru "brother" (which was apparently supposed to be in season 1, but got cut). Reason:

Ahh ok I see thanks, so they were actually talking about arc 6 then right? Which is now rebranded and announced as season 4.

@0451 Who is the girl in the pink hoodie?

@IzanaSolos who on earth is saying this is the worst RZ season this is literally the best arc yet lmao

The MOST OVERRATED RE:ZERO season till now.
I love Re:Zero, massive Re:Zero fan but this season DID NOT felt the same RE:ZERO I experienced for 2 seasons.
I'll tell you why, I have my reasons. Valid Reasons tbh. And It's with Comparison from the last 2 season, I will not compare it with any other show.
It's because of the Shift in Tone of the show
From a psychological slow burn mystery thriller, building anticipation for something big almost entire seasons. Being a Dialogue Heavy, Character driven story for 2 seasons with Decent amount of Fights, perfectly woven with the story, acts as an amazing Payoff. Every time it felt Rewarding to uncover something new about the Story.
I DO Understand, this WAS SUPPOSED to be a PAYOFF arc, where Invincible finally Meets Conquest n Boom!!! Heroes meets Villains, Stakes are High, shit takes place in a Large Scale & It's Time to Showcase the Character Development our MC was undergoing for 2 whole seasons.
BUT the Sudden change in theme, to more Battle Heavy (I understand still), return of A Lot of characters & "3 Sin Archbishops" OMFG, they wer Barely shown in the first 2 season and Suddenly this level of Elevation in Threat?!! This season Focus on A LOT, I mean LOT of stuff BUT even with supposedly "High Stakes" it didn't feel "High Stakes" until the last few eps. Which it Conveyed in almost entire season 1 and the 2nd half of season 2.

Apart from the shift in Tone of the show, Some other things that were disappointing to me.
Firstly, Regulus. The way he was portrayed in the show, was Not Scary from any angle. The way he and Gluttony were Shown as, a big threat from the starting episode of season 2. The Execution didn't really elevate the Threat. He didn't Feel like a Threat, but an Annoying Brat, who he is btw, but he was more cringe than a threat. Holy, Betelguese gave me more chills than Regulus. Echidna's presence during the trials was scary. The fight with Reinhardt was a let down.
Secondly, Liliana, very annoying character from the start. Tbh the first character I hated in Re:Zero.
Thirdly, The Fights were disappointing. I mean there were Cool Moments, but majority of the Fights, untill the end of 2nd core, all were a let down with all the dialogues and cuts, the last few fights were done neatly yet Could've been Executed better instead of Dragging it the entire Season. They tried to focus on Every characters Every episode bit by bit, which made each fight felt dragged too long. Look at the White Whale fight, even if it was Long, it didn't lose the momentum, it will be one of THE BEST Fight scene of Re:Zero, yet.....still, I think th last few fights of this arc was Fantastic. They did Garfiel Justice.

Also wanna talk about some Things I loved about this season.
Firstly, the Animation department did an amazing Job from their side, especially from the COVID affected season 2, it was a Big upgrade in Quality. It's small but the New designs look BEAUTIFUL.
Secondly, Sirius, Garfiel and Priscilla , amazing Characters. The way they were Portrayed in the show they were amazing, building tension, Garfiel's past, his overcoming of something that Has haunted him since the end of s2. The fights omg, in each scene, they steal the moment. They really shine. Their Voice acting was Tremendous, especially with these 3 characters. Amazing work on building up the characters. HIGHLIGHTS OF THE SEASON.
Regulus should've got this treatment, but unfortunately ended up being a disappointment for me.
Thirdly, Subaru. Loved him. Always have. His character build-up from season 1 & 2 payed off well enough in season 3. His intelligence, physical strength, willpower and Leadership. He was INVINCIBLE this season. His speech brought me tears, although he was Cringe, I just love this character.
Yet I can't deny, he was very Annoying too, especially shit talking between Fights, I really mean *Shit talking*. Stop it pls Subaru.
And Lastly, The Music. I liked the music of this season. The osts during the battle scenes were Amazing. Although wasn't a big fan of the songs. Season 2 had the most consistent quality in music, each song of season 2 is still a better one.

Now, I don't find this season to be "Bad" but the way it alters itself to more Battle Focused rather than the Re:Zero I'm used to, with comparatively Little mystery uncovered than the last season, which Was a TREAT to those More into the Lore of Re:Zero btw.
It was just a decent season for me, not bad but not Tremendously good either. It does expand the story, but loses the momentum on it's way.

S1-9/10
S2-9.5/10
S3-7.5-8/10
And With all the hype around and Rumors that arc 6 will gonna get included, but didn't, it was another disappointment.
But I'm glad, next arc is getting it's own dedicated season. And with Rem Next season, my hopes are High up in the Sky. Really excited for the next season.

Feel free to Disagree in my opinion, but I just had to let it all out. Cuz I am kinda disappointed from something that's dear to me.

Cant say I agree cuz I havent seen S3, but I understand your sentiment having read the LN material, this arc is far worst than the epicness that was previous arc on LN, the tone shift is BIG and your position is understandable because I agree, ReZero was never about big fights, this whole arc is mostly fights way more than mystery and it suffers greatly in the LN.