I suppose it is neither unfair nor untrue to say that Subaru craves connectivity to other humans, something that was certainly fostered by his youth, which was plagued by loneliness and isolation due to his more than complex relation to his father, his imposter syndrome as well has his anxiety disorder, all of which came to their worst climax in his high school years.
Of course, as soon as he is reincarnated and can "start from zero" as the title of the series would imply, he takes the opportunity to reconnect with others, as many of us would do too. However, due to the inherently isolating nature of RBD, he quickly falls back into his old habits of searching for connectivity without actually baring his true self to others. Of course RBD isn't completely at fault for such behavior, Subaru still carries wounds from his past, he never confronted his issues nor did he unlearn harmful habits, even with a "fresh start", it was impossible to truly get better.
[Side note: I do really enjoy that re:zero does not just take into account Subaru's previous life, but also the hardships he had to face back then and doesn't make them seem like lesser struggles in comparison to his newer problems]
Of course, caring about someone deeply and them forgetting about you entirely, as would be the case with RBD, could, at its worst, break almost everyone. So it is not strange, in fact, that Subaru, who is already starved for connectivity, would come across as near obsessive over the people he cared about, especially from the perspective of others who do not remember him from previous loops.
My man Otto doesn't have that fucking excuse tho, he saw Subaru for like a minute and was like "hey is anybody gonna obsesse over that?" and not wait for an answer, my man is ready to kill not just himself but eradicate entire fucking countries for Subaru, there is clearly something wrong with him and being around Subaru clearly unlocked some awful part of his brain
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Screenshots of my favourite moments from Re:Zero Arc 5:
Julius: Hey Subaru, it’s been a while. Heard you became a real knight, congrats.
Subaru: What a fake-ass response. Tell me how you really feel, Idiot.
It’s been a whole year and Subaru hasn’t gotten off the Julius hate train ONCE.
(Man enters room)
(Whole room goes quiet)
Subaru: Well who the hell is this guy? He’s totally killing the mood.
Subaru’s trend of terrible first impressions going strong.
I mean, I’ve been on Re: Zero tumblr. I’ve seen the “supple hips” screenshot. But getting to experience “supple hips” for myself was a wonderful experience. 10/10 can’t wait for Arc 5 to get animated so everyone can see Subaru admire Julius’s supple hips.
Also the fact that this happens right after Julius just thanked Subaru for being rude to his boss makes this even funnier.
Ley: I’m the Archbishop of Gluttony, I’m gonna eatchu
Otto: Um- Um- Um- Counterpoint - Water Dragons!
Water Dragons: [Water Dragons]
Ley: What the- (Gets Water Dragon’ed)
“The average Re:Zero Arc contains 6 divorces” is actually just a statistical error. Re: Zero Arc 5, which contains over 50 divorces, is an outlier and should not have been counted.
I don’t know, something about using an evil power meant for killing to save the person you love by crushing the evil heart that’s directly linked to your loved one’s heart feels romantic. Or maybe it’s just me.
And then Emilia says she trusts “both of them” which means she recognizes that it’s Guese’s power that he’s using it to save her just like when Guese tried to save her and Fortuna back then that’s so sweet-
But you know, maybe it’s just me.
This is the funniest moment in the whole arc.
Just… the image of Julius sidestepping Subaru’s spit and then immediately going into a bow is so funny to me. Who does that? Julius Juukulius, apparently.
Anyways, off to read Arc 6 now. All I know about it is that Subaru gets amnesia, there’s an IF route during this arc where Subaru becomes a serial killer, the gluttony siblings show up again, there’s a girl named Shuala, and Subaru and Julius get called boyfriends. I’ve got high hopes.
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