I think the anime that made me tear up the hardest was Assassination Classroom, I didn’t expect this goofy premise with an ending that’s pretty much spelled out for you from the very beginning to actually hit as hard as it did when the moment came.

What an ending! I was a bit worried but they wrapped things up pretty nicely. And of course in a typical Re:Zero fashion there was no way we could end things on such a high note, gotta add some suffering at the very end. We also have season 4 confirmation already so we might not have to wait 3 years like before for this cliffhanger to resolve!

I hope next week we get a 30min episode (or the actual dream, another 1,5h one like the first one) because there is still so much stuff to go through and only one episode left in the season. I feel like it’s pretty much unavoidable they end it on a cliffhanger, but hopefully at least some of the plot points get resolved and we won’t be left waiting for 3+ years for answers.

I don’t think Reinhard and Wilhelm made up, if anything their relationship is more hostile now than ever. Wilhelm called out to him using his name, asking Reinhard if he regretted his actions. After getting his answer, he turns his back to him and addresses him as “Sword Saint Reinhard-dono”, using a very formal tone and his title and tells him he has nothing more to say to him. He goes from trying to reach out to a family member to coldly addressing a title bearer, a title that he likely hates considering what is has done to his love. While he understands why Reinhard did what he did he cannot accept his answer and so tells him to effectively “get lost”, just in a more polite manner.

What an amazing episode! The Astrea family really is cursed, everyone in there seems to be miserable all thanks to the “blessing” of the sword saint. It turned Theressia from a happy flower loving girl into a war-scarred orphan, while poor Reinhard did the only reasonable thing he could do in the moment and it destroyed his relationship with his grandfather and pushed his father to hate him even further, considering he “killed” his grandmother twice now. It makes one almost able to feel some sympathy for even Heinkel, although I still can’t feel bad for the bastard.

Regulus is down! Guy really went out in the worst possible way, slowly alternating between the pain of stopping his heart and drowning. He gets no sympathy from me though, bastard more than deserved it! Watching Emilia go full ORAORAORA on him was great, and of course Reinhard just couldn’t resist having the flashiest possible entrance, pulling off the Saitama special and launching himself off the moon.

Priscilla’s power lets her sacrifice things she loves to prevent damage to herself, huh? If this extends to beyond just objects, it would explain why she keeps most people she cares about at arm’s length. Makes you wonder how many of her 8 husbands died a premature death due to this “gift”.

It’s finally back! They knew what the were doing by opening up with Priscilla undressing. Sorry for the 3 months break, have some boobs!

Regulus might be immortal but that just means Reinhardt gets to have the cathartic experience of breaking his spine over and over again while kicking him around until Subaru figures out how to actually kill him for good.

Capella coming in to finish the job and give poor Felix even MORE trauma.

Roll your tongue into a tube and suck the drink through it, obviously!

Nice comfy low-stakes slice of life isekai. Nothing mind-blowing here, but a good enjoyable watch to relax to after a work day. Enjoyed season 1, looking forward to this one!

This survey made me realize how little anime I actually watched this year. I can’t even fill in all the categories! The few shows I did watch were really damn good. At least it makes it easy to pick my favorites!

Poor bot got confused by the strange release schedule of this season. No episode today, folks! The show resumes on 5th of February.

A 30min episode yet it felt shorter than usual! This was the character growth episode, for both Emilia and Subaru. Recalling Subaru’s arguably lowest point right before the speech was brilliant, man has grown so much since then! Things are looking up so much I’m dreading what’s coming, this is Re:zero after all and we’re only at the mid point of the season. Even the “sv_cheats 1” using knight himself finally showing up only makes me more anxious for what’s to come.

Seasonal death counter: 3 (+0, based on how this season started I thought we would have a lot more of those, I feel kinda silly for making this counter now…)

Dragon blood is some serious stuff, not only did it regrow Subaru’s leg, it even grew back the bandages and his shoe somehow! Impressive! Regulus really is speedrunning the “most hated character” title, which is pretty impressive as he has some serious competition with Capella and Gluttony. Man is just truly vile.

What a cliffhanger post-ending! Al sounds just as surprised to see someone respond as Emilia did, wonder if he found one of those communicators somewhere and tried using it.

For all of Subaru’s faults, man has a determination that I don’t think Kazuma would have. One particularly gruesome death would likely be all it took for him to fuck off to a far away place and turn this show into a slice of life (at least until the now unchecked witch cult ran rampart and caught up to him). Subaru might not be the cleverest, but despite some truly sanity-shattering things happening to him he just keeps going.

Yeah, I’ve wondered that too. He doesn’t even really need a weapon either, just spill his secret and he gets an instant heart attack anyways. Unless I forgot some detail from Season 1 (I very well could, it has been a long while) there is no penalty for suicide over getting killed and with how gruesome most of his deaths are he really could use an easy way out.

Seasonal death counter: 3 (+0, This really is a good time to add to this counter, Subaru. Things are already looking pretty grim as they are, you don’t want that save point moving now!)

So the archbishop wasn’t actually a dragon (even though they have the blood of one), they were a damned shapeshifter! Anyone who had to deal with Orin and her gang of shape-changing murderers in BG3 knows how annoying those things can get.

Capella really asking the “Would you still love me if I was a worm?” question except literally. Regulus is pretty interesting, he’s relatively “sane” compared to the rest of the bunch, he’s just an absolutely awful egoistical asshole who was given demigod level of power so no one can say “no” to him. It really makes his just so very hateable even when compared to the rest of his already hard to like comrades.

Seasonal death counter: 3 (+0, Subaru is on a roll!)

Poor Garfiel just can’t stop losing! Subaru had some pretty gruesome deaths but Garfiel is the one who is constantly getting the despair this season. It wasn’t enough that all the archbishops decided to show up, one of them happens to be a fucking dragon! One with ultra-speed regeneration, no less. Even the basic faceless cultists are no joke!

Seasonal death counter: 3 (+0, no deaths this episode - good job Subaru!)

Four witch cultists at once! And all the Royal Selection candidates just happened to be invited at the same time, huh? No conspiracy present here, no sir! Poor Garf is dealing with some serious trauma, man was still working through his defeat by Elsa and now he finally found his mother only for her to completely forget him! At least he has an emotional support chibi catgirl for moral support.

Do it! It’s what I did while the anime was still airing after being disappointed with the human side of it and hearing from LN readers how much better it was in the source (it really is). The Light Novels are all released and translated too, so you can go through the entire thing without having to wait! (the pain of waiting for the next Overlord and Slime volume is almost enough to make me consider learning Japanese…)