#Which threw Emilia in a huge existential crisis which only got resolved in season 2

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Addendum 2: Rem

in the whole hot potato game between Subaru and Emilia of who gets to be the hero and who has to be the damsel Rem takes an interesting role:

She agrees to be the damsel in distress and invites Subaru to be her hero. (It's what makes Subarus heroic acts at the end of season 1 possible)

And she gets punished for it

Here's another truth in the hero/damsel in distress dichotomy: the damsel doesn't have to be a person to fuel the hero. And so after making one final speech how her hero will surely come to save her Rem becomes an object solely there to fuel Subarus determination. And how many stories have we heard who are similar?

#natsuki subaru #Rem #re:zero spoilers #re zero kara hajimeru isekai seikatsu #Having seen season 2 I don't necessarily think that the end of season 1 is a happy ending #And I also don't think Subaru has learned all that much #He understood pretty soon that he had fucked up in the castle but he was too ashamed to admit it #Rems invitation for him to be the hero helped him get over his shame though. And it's helpful for him emotionally. But it's also a crutch #Subarus playacting as a hero arguably costs Rem her life and Emilia her agency #Which threw Emilia in a huge existential crisis which only got resolved in season 2