I know Shadow says this every week but I love Emilia just as much as her and I will continue the tradition because she absolutely deserves it after this episode…
I LOVE EMILIA!! I love her I love her I freaking love her
This was a great episode and I’m glad we came back to this fight immediately. I don’t want to be too annoying and gush about Emilia forever but I just have to point out her growth from being a more soft-spoken character on the side, not sure of herself, to now being a strong-willed lady standing up for herself and others. She’s so full of compassion and kindness but isn’t afraid to speak her mind and show Regulus what she really thinks. I loved the scene back in the cathedral with Emilia and the wives as she tried to convince them to stand up for themselves and to help uncover Regulus’ secret. Even something as simple as asking for the blonde wife’s name, Sylphy, is enough to form a connection and trust. Emilia telling people that she’s half elf with such normalcy is different than how she used to be hiding this detail about herself and even being scared. It shows just how much more Emilia is comfortable with herself that now she can truly reach out to others and not close herself away anymore. Sure Subaru could maybe rally the girls up himself but this was really something that only Emilia could do, and I’m glad she was able to move the wives and have ALL of them speak up. Hearing them all absolutely trash talk Regulus without holding back was wonderful, that man deserves all those insults slung at him.
Sure enough the wives absolutely had something to do with taking down Regulus. I had every right to be worried about them at the end of the last episode, but with how hopeful the scene was and Emilia not letting a mass suicide happen, I knew that she must have used her ice on all of them to stop their hearts. Such smart thinking! Now it makes sense why Regulus had gone out to grab as many wives as he could, other than his obvious greed. Planting a piece of his own heart into all of them is such a cruel, albeit smart for him, move to secure his own safety. The more wives the better and if they couldn’t figure that out, Regulus could have easily carried on. No one would want to mercilessly kill a bunch of innocent women. Regulus is truly a despicable man.
Truly a despicable man with such a pathetic disrespectful death that he 100% deserved. Even though I hate how overused this word is on the internet, Regulus would not stop yapping. Through and through he would not shut his mouth and I couldn’t help but roll my eyes whenever he would shift blame and try to make himself as the victim. How could you murder the wives, how inhumane can you be, how dare you team up against me two to one? Having his breakdown while flying through the sky, dude who cares. The second the tables turned on him was so satisfying, even more when he finally reached his end. From beginning to end he was an aggravating villain with a most satisfying death. The second he was stripped of his Authority he was a pathetic man and he died that way. And it came full circle as he died with his own greed, abusing his last resort power of stopping his heart to try and save himself. Good riddance.
The action scenes as usual were incredible. Now let me just say…this totally felt like a Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure episode, right? The absolute absurdity of everything, especially with Reinhard, reminded me of JJBA so much that I couldn’t help but laugh. The best scene in this episode was Emilia beating the absolute shit out of Regulus with her 53 punches reminded me of Jotaro’s 1000 punches. But instead of a badass ORA ORA ORA we continue to get Emilia’s adorable battle cries of “Eyy! Ha! Kyaaa!” Reinhard jumping off the moon (and leaving a crater), crashing down in a ball of flame like a meteor, throwing Regulus into the sky and then somehow landing on top of him while in the sky has to be one of the craziest things we’ve ever seen in Re:zero and I couldn’t stop laughing. Jojo reference again, it reminded me of Battle Tendency when Joseph sent Kars to space to kill him. If only Reinhard actually sent Regulus to the moon or just in space that would have been even more funny and beautiful. I sure hope Teppei was inspired but JJBA when he wrote all this, that would be funny.
Funny bizarre moments aside, I really love seeing Subaru and Emilia work together. The trust they have in each other is wonderful, with Subaru sending Emilia to the cathedral and Emilia trusting Subaru to help with her heart. I almost forgot that Subaru also possesses the Unseen Hand and lucky for him too. It’s a great thing that Emilia froze all the wives to temporarily stop their hearts because it seemed like it took a lot out of Subaru to use the Unseen Hand that one time. There was no way he could do it 53 more times to save the rest of them, but it’s great that if he focuses enough he has total control over this terrifying ability.
This was a fantastic episode and I’m glad Regulus is done for. The Subaru/Emilia/Reinhard teamwork was great to see, as well as the wives being able to live and start over. Now that we’re done here and (temporarily) done with Wrath, looks like we’ll be getting back to the fight with Wilhelm and his wife. That should be an emotional one.
Shadow will be back with next week’s episode, thanks for sticking with me! This is a great season of Re:zero so far and I can’t wait to see how this particular season will end~ <3
