Neat! Seems the Brimmed Hats are likely to be more involved from now on based on the last two episodes so I might actually enjoy the second season more, who knows! They were pretty much the most interesting characters in this series for me, I’m a suckers for rebels and I like how they seem to skirt the line between being villains and just wanting to abolish the authoritarian chains of the Witches.

When they first announced this adaptation the hype levels for it were the same as for Frieren. While the latter definitively lived up to them I can’t say the same about this one. I wasn’t a big fan of the characters and how they almost seemed like caricatures of their character types at times. 7/10 overall, enjoyable enough watch, would likely watch a second season but won’t be overly sad is the story ends here.

Subaru broke down so hard this time Satella had to personally intervene with a hug and an “aishiteru” barrage only for Emilia to break in an steal her man back. The entire scene with Emilia listing out her core memories with Subaru was incredible, and it mirrors how Subaru usually experienced reality with Return by Death as well, having memories of moments with his friends that they don’t remember. And what a way to end the first cour, Subaru back at his amnesiac “starting point” again but this time with the resolve and trust in his allies to carry on! The painful 2 months long wait for the next part begins.

Book of the Dead - lets you experience the life and death of the person. Side effects may include: schizophrenia, desire for murder. Subaru has a new mind friend, how nice! With the usual cruelty of this series in mind I bet his checkpoint is after the strangulation incident and his newfound schizo friend sticks around for the next loops. It’s really morbid but surprisingly sharp of Subaru to consider murdering his friends just to read their Books to learn their shared backstory then presumably die and loop back with the knowledge. Fucked up for sure but deceptively clever for our usually quite dense protagonist! Shame he is completely unaware that among all of his victims he was lucky enough to pick the only one from this party that can’t completely eviscerate him in seconds so his chances with the rest are rather slim! That is, if Shaula doesn’t step in to help him out, she clearly knows something and is the likely culprit behind the body’s disappearance.

Patrasche continuing to assert her status as best girl! Subaru experiencing the “Trust no one, not even yourself” meme for real. So many questions! Why did the other Subaru murder Meili? Why did Shaula save him from the mabeast instead of killing him for breaking the rules? Why did he get teleported back to the tower upon touching that stone wall? Who possessed Rem and murdered everyone inside of the tower? Where were Emilia and Beatrice?

What an absolutely fucked up episode. I love it! Insane how quickly things went horribly wrong for our boy this time, second loop and he already died one of the worst deaths he’s ever had. That flashback to him leaving his home was just rubbing salt in the freshly opened wound. This is shaping up to be some of the worst despair Subaru has ever had to face. In his mind he got pulled from his completely normal life straight into this nightmare, is pretty much alone after witnessing his supposed allies plotting to abandon him and potentially even assassinating him, and has to deal with the knowledge that no matter how brutally he dies, he will just go back remembering everything about it while no one else does. That checkpoint spot is pure evil as well, it just creates a perpetuating loop of misery, with every death Subaru unravels more and more and trusts his allies less which just leads to them feeling more estranged from him as well. Can’t wait for next week, this season is absolute peak!

Yup, we’re on episode 7 right now! There is gonna be a 2 months long pause between episodes 11 and 12 as well as the season is split into two cours, that one might also get the poor bot confused so letting you know ahead.

So the bot didn’t fire off last week and now we seem to be an episode behind. I’ll presume most people posting here are caught up and discussing episode 7 doesn’t count as spoilers. Pinging wjs018@ani.social to take a look at what happened/catch us up next week.

We’re Re:zero’ing literally back to zero this time. Don’t know how you managed to mess it up this badly Subaru but here we are! If this actually sticks and isn’t just an absolutely cruel cliffhanger that means the victims of Gluttony might be perma erased. Poor Julius, he found out his idol was a giant jerk, his lady was a fake puppeted by an artificial spirit and now the one person who remembered him is gone, for once Subaru might not be the one suffering the most here! Foxidna might also make a wrong (or right? I don’t even know anymore!) conclusion after the discussion they had and the suspicions she harbored, with the evidence presented as-is it sure looks like Subaru WAS the Sage all along and lost his memory before as he did now. This is easily my most anticipated anime this season, next week can’t come soon enough!

I know right!? And the guy already has 2 girls waiting for him as soon as he awakens. I bet his life is this world is going to be easy and pleasant!

Jokes aside, Subaru sure fucked up badly this time, it’s one thing to die and go back in time a little (or a lot) and a whole another to loose ALL memories of his time spend in this world. Just what did you do this time?

So Shaula knows some English, is named after a star from our universe and the entire puzzle is also related to Earth’s astronomy. Whoever the original Flugel is they sure seem like they got isekaid into this world as well and wanted to ensure only someone with the knowledge of the other world could access the library.

The witch’s dunce cap vs the chad wizard hats

New outfits! Subaru finally let his poor wrecked tracksuit go for something more befitting a desert adventure, meanwhile Emilia literally switched into a skin-tight spandex with a cloak. I love the character arc Julius and Subaru had, from a bitter rival that humiliates and humbles you (which Subaru very much needed back then) to a diehard friend, “…the only man who knows me as well as I know myself”. Subaru’s first death this season was so fast he didn’t even have a chance to process he died, got sniped with a magical projectile from the stratosphere Fern-style. The second death makes up for it plenty though, Patrasche once again cementing she is indeed best girl as she heroically sacrifices herself to try and stop her master from dying - all in vein as poor Beako breaks down over loosing her first source of comfort and companionship in 400 years after barely a year spend together. What a strong start to the season, and with 17 episodes left I’m very excited for what’s coming!

My favourite isekai is back! In a classic Re:zero fashion they’re skipping the OP and ED to maximise the amount of content (wonder how many times we will get to hear them in total this season). Not gonna lie, I completely forgot who Meili is and had to look her up. Think it’s about time I rewatch the earlier seasons, time has devoured some of my memories of this show as successfully as Gluttony themselves.

My picks for Spring are extremely bland, I’m watching number 1 and 2 most popular AniList shows. I would watch number 3 as well but I’m a light novel reader for that one and I’ve already skipped over the previous season. I’ve been pretty lean overall when it comes to recently airing shows (only watched Frieren from Winter 2026) but it’s given me a much needed opportunity to chip away at my long abandoned backlog.

I interpreted that as just him being really mad internally but not really showing it externally, he appears all calm and distant but inside he’s raring to kill the demon that destroyed his hometown and killed his friends. He let some of that rage leak thinking the demons came back and Frieren picked up on it.

You know Frieren was totally flexing with that ore finding spell, the entire floating and conjuring a galaxy inside of the cave was absolutely just for show.

I’ve been reading this manga for a while and while I don’t think I’ll be watching this adaptation I can definitely say the source is good. While the girls are definitely great it’s Arisu that carries the show, you can’t really have a harem manga without the protagonist being interesting (or rather, you can but it leads to an incredibly bland/boring self-insert type stories). He’s stuck up, slightly unhinged and supremely confident but also has an incredibly strong drive and deeply cares about the things he’s committed to. Also, the fact that the people around him call him out on his ridiculousness instead of just accepting it. I’ll take an MC that’s unlikable but with redeeming qualities that you grow endeared towards over a bland cardboard cut-out any day.

My darling manga that could! After years of hiatus and almost giving up hope of ever seeing it again, not only did we get an unexpected return but now it even gets an anime adaptation - by KyotoAni no less!

I think you perfectly put into words why I don’t enjoy watching adaptations of manga/LNs that I’ve read. Baring some exceptions, I always feel like the adaptation doesn’t really add much compared to the source material and in many cases it detracts from it, skipping scenes for the sake of pacing or just being badly animated because of budget/timing constrains.

I might not be using GNOME any more but there is one design philosophy it pushed that stuck with me and I employ it now on all other DEs - fuck desktop icons! They lead to nothing but clutter, much better to have all of your folders neatly organised inside of your /home than plastered all across your desktop space.