History NightmareFuel / ReZero

*** Afterwards, you'd think Elsa would put Subaru out of his misery, but no. After slapping Subaru with the broadside of her kukuri, she notes how she doesn't like the look he's giving her. She resolves this by [[EyeScream slicing his left eye out.

** Subaru goes to the tomb, hoping to get answers from Echidna, and runs into Emilia. Emilia is...not well. She's become a dependent, rambling mess, obsessed with Subaru. Her eyes have changed from soft lilac to an empty, dark purple with darkness swirling in them. The constant crazed glint in her eyes doesn't help matters. You'd be forgiven for thinking that she was possessed by Satella, but the truth is worse: she has well and truly snapped. Thanks to a combination of Puck's continued absence, Subaru's sudden departure, and Roswaal's scheming, Emilia was ostracized and alone. Convinced that she needed to pass the Trials to erase her pariah status, she tried and failed over and over again. With no Subaru or Puck to comfort her, the combined weight of her past, the harsh reality of her present, and the loss of her emotional support broke her.

*** Afterwards, you'd think Elsa would put Subaru out of his misery, but no. After slapping Subaru with the broadside of her kukuri, she notes how she doesn't like the look he's giving her. She resolves this by slicing his left eye out.

** Beatrice's entire situation is this mixed with TearJerker. Imagine being created for the sole purpose of protecting an isolated place, being promised that a special "someone" will come to get you eventually. You believe in the fortune-telling gospel that you have, certain that that fateful day will come soon. So you wait. And wait. And wait. Days and months turn into years and decades. The fortune-telling gospel has stopped telling you anything. Yet you still wait. Decades turn into centuries. People come and go, either wanting your power or the vast knowledge of the place you guard. You reject them all because you know none of them are "that person" you are waiting for. You keep waiting. You can feel your hope rotting away with each passing day, with each blank message of your gospel, until you feel so empty inside that you feel your only salvation is through death,[[ICannotSelfTerminate a mercy that you can't even give yourself due to who you are.]] Still, you wait. Not because you want to, but because you must. You must keep the promise because it's the only reason why you exist. Now imagine living with that psychological torture for [[AndIMustScream four hundred years.]]
*** Now Beatrice's aversion to Subaru dying, or at least dying in her sight, has a whole new meaning. It wasn't just her being her grumpy self. She was ''envious''.

** Typhon of Pride is a cheery little girl who tests people's morality by [[AnArmAndALeg ripping their limbs off]] and [[LiterallyShatteredLives breaking them into pieces]], considering them "baddies" if they feel pain.

** Minerva of Wrath seems the most harmless, with her healing fists and her CryCute moments. Web Novel readers, however, will note that her "threat" to "heal everyone" would be a legitimate concern if she was alive. Her healing powers sap the mana of the Earth itself, which is needed to keep nature in balance. When mana is lacking, powerful natural disasters result. She was actually the most ''hated'' of all the witches due to her killing far more than she heals.
** Daphne of Gluttony disturbs Subaru greatly due to her twisted morality and logic. She created the three great Witchbeasts ([[{{RetGone}} the White Whale]], [[KillerRabbit the Great Rabbit]], and [[{{Plaguemaster}} the Blacksnake]]) so that people could eat them and never go hungry. After all, all the other sins "sate" the heart, but if you don't "sate" the stomach, you'll die, right? When Subaru points out that the beasts kill so many people, she retorts that [[TheSocialDarwinist it's selfish to want to eat something while expecting to not be eaten themselves.]]

** Daphne of Gluttony disturbs Subaru greatly due to her twisted morality and logic. She created the three great Witchbeasts ([[{{RetGone}}the White Whale]], [[KillerRabbit the Great Rabbit]], and [[{{Plaguemaster}} the Blacksnake]]) so that people could eat them and never go hungry. After all, all the other sins "sate" the heart, but if you don't "sate" the stomach, you'll die, right? When Subaru points out that the beasts kill so many people, she retorts that [[TheSocialDarwinist it's selfish to want to eat something while expecting to not be eaten themselves.]]

** Beatrice's entire situation is this mixed with TearJerker. Imagine being created for the sole purpose of protecting an isolated place, being promised that a special "someone" will come to get you eventually. You believe in the fortune-telling gospel that you have, certain that that fateful day will come soon. So you wait. And wait. And wait. Months turn into years turn into decades. The fortune-telling gospel has stopped telling you anything. Yet you still wait. Decades turn into centuries. People come and go, either wanting your power or the vast knowledge of the place you guard. You reject them all because you know none of them are "that person" you are waiting for. You keep waiting. You can feel your hope rotting away with each passing day, with each blank message of your gospel, until you feel so empty inside that you feel your only salvation is through death, a mercy that you can't even give yourself due to who you are. Still, you wait. Not because you want to, but because you must. You must keep the promise because it's the only reason why you exist. Now imagine living with that psychological torture for four centuries.

** Subaru escapes with Beatrice from the mansion, only to be blocked by a girl named Meilie. Her face seems familiar...then Subaru (and the audience) realizes why. She's the same girl who was at the center of the witchbeast incident in season 1. And now she's back, as a confirmed (witch)beastmaster. And she's working with Elsa.
** Elsa's always been one creepy killer, but now she's in full AmbiguouslyHuman territory. Beatrice seemingly kills her with her yin magic, shattering her into pieces. Then we get the WhamShot of Beatrice impaled with a kukuri. Elsa, who's seemingly no worse for wear, sans the loss of her anti-magic cloak, giddily slices through the spirit librarian. Subaru can only watch in horror.
*** Afterwards, you'd think Elsa would end this loop, but no. After slapping Subaru with the broadside of her kukuri, she notes how she doesn't like the look he's giving her. She resolves this by slicing his left eye out.
** Subaru's teleported back to Sanctuary. It's seemingly empty again. And it's snowing. Both Subaru and the audience know full well what happened the last time he was in this situation.

* Episode 14: When Subaru walks into Arlem, LateToTheTragedy after being left behind by Rem, he finds [[spoiler:the entire village slaughtered by the Witch's Cult with the corpses]] mutilated in various ways ranging from being burnt alive, stabbed in the back, or having their [[EyeScream eyes]] ripped out.

** The aversion of HarmlessFreezing for a couple of his deaths are nothing short of [[JustForPun chilling.]] Special note goes to his death in episode 15, where, just as a final fuck you to Subaru, [[spoiler: his head falls off.]]

Make no mistake; beyond its lush animations, fantasy setting and cute girls, ''Re:Zero'' is still a PsychologicalHorror series at heart.

** The aversion of HarmlessFreezing for a couple of his deaths are nothing short of [[JustForPun chilling.]] Special note goes to his death in episode [[spoiler: 15]], where, just as a final fuck you to Subaru, [[spoiler: his head falls off.]]
** His ''other'' death at the start of that episode, in which he makes it down to [[spoiler: Emilia]]'s LastStand. [[spoiler: his fingers are frozen off,]] as he stumbles back [[spoiler: [[AnArmAndAleg his leg]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives shatters]] in front of him,]] [[spoiler: and he eventually freezes entirely as he stares at the icy carnage around him]] before [[spoiler: his frozen head [[BodyHorror SPLITS OPEN.]]]]

* Episode 4: One of the most memorable is ironically the least violent- [[spoiler: Subaru is killed in his sleep without warning.]] The sudden shock of this revelation causes incredible panic in Subaru, who had assumed the worst was over after Elsa.
* Episode 5: Despite everything Subaru has done to determine how [[spoiler: he died in his sleep]] during the previous episode, he gets [[spoiler: violently ill and starts vomiting.]] Then as he begins to search for someone who can help him in the mansion [[spoiler: he gets assaulted by an unknown assailant and murdered.]]

* Episode 15: Betelgeuse. Just Betelgeuse. His faces, movements and mannerism, despite being creepy, can be even funny at the beginning, but, [[spoiler: the way he kills Rem]] is so brutal and cruel the dude ends up being a walking NightmareFuel source.

*** [[spoiler:And then there's the way he acts like that while in Subaru's body after possessing him.]]
* Episode 16: Subaru and Rem are traveling to Roswaal's lands with a group of merchants. Suddenly, one of them disappears, and when Subaru asks Otto when the merchant disappeared, he responds to him he didn't remember anyone there. After that, a mass of mist extends by the zone where they are traveling, and when Subaru directs his mobile phone to the mist, he suddenly finds a giant, menacing yellow eye. [[spoiler: That's the White Whale for you]]. The face of the creature is pretty terrifying too.

* Episode 17: Subaru's horrified reaction to everyone forgetting about [[spoiler:Rem]] and not knowing why.
** Otto shoving [[spoiler:Subaru off his cart in a cowardly attempt to save himself from the White Whale. Subaru, in complete fear, ends up running in any direction in desperation, crying out that he doesn't want to die. Through some miracle he survives, though when Subaru tracks down Otto's cart, he sees nothing but blood stains, which implies that the poor bastard ended up running into the Witch Cult...]]
** Later in the episode, he sees first hand what happens when he ignores the pain in his heart when attempting to tell someone about his ability to Return by Death: the person listening ends up [[spoiler:dying. Poor Emilia...]]
** Subaru was about to be subjected to more torture by witnessing [[spoiler:Betelgeuse rip apart Emilia's corpse with his powers. Pack ends up preventing this...only Pack is furious over what happened to his "daughter".]]
* Episode 18: Pack's rage against the Witch Cult and Subaru. [[spoiler:His true form and the power he holds gets unleashed the moment Emilia dies, and he goes on his way to cause TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, which is what viewers saw in Episode 15. In the end, Pack ends up freezing and shattering Subaru, with the latter ''laughing'' at himself over how pathetic he is, his self-hatred brought to its breaking point.]]
* Episode 20: The White Whale shows just how such a thing has become so menacing. [[spoiler:It has a FogOfDoom that {{Retcon}}s you from existence, it's a [[AirWhale giant whale]] that can [[SwallowedWhole swallow nearly anything]] and there's ''three'' of them.]]
** There's also what happens when Subaru exploits the Whale's reaction to him revealing his powers. This time, there's no ghostly hands at all, oh no. [[spoiler:An apparition of what can only be ''Satella herself'' manifests right behind him and whispers [[NothingIsScarier unheard words]] into his ear.]]
* Episode 23: [[spoiler: "[[BodySnatching I am the archbishop of sloth]], [[WhamLine Betelgeuse Romane-Conti, DESU]]!!"]]
* Episode 25: The final battle between Subaru and Betelgeuse...[[spoiler:specifically how adamant the latter is in wanting to catch and kill the former. Betelgeuse utilizes the last of his power and all of his determination to turn himself into a crawling, nightmarish abomination, shouting at Subaru to "give" him Satella's love and ranting about how Satella could abandon him despite devoting all of his life to her. Subaru himself kills Betelgeuse by running him over with a cart and Betelgeuse's [[FamousLastWords last words]] is screaming [[SayMyName his nemesis' name.]]]]

* The alternate timelines, or possibly alternate universes where Subaru died shown by [[spoiler:Echidna]], are horrific messes as many characters have died from the threats that Subaru prevented.

* In the web novel we get to see a brief glimpse of what happens when [[spoiler: Satella breaks free of her seal.]] Subaru is chased by a being wrapped in darkness that literally shreds anyone that gets between him and her to bits, repeatedly [[spoiler: professing her love for him over and over while slaughtering his friends]]. She attempts to [[spoiler: absorb Subaru so they can spend eternity together.]] Subaru only escapes this fate by killing himself.

* Episode 33: Subaru is forced to watch Garfiel [[spoiler:transform into his tiger form and mow down Otto and the villagers protecting him. At this point, Subaru is horrified and crying, trying his utmost best to die so he can reset and save everyone. The problem is, no one else knows this, so they instead sacrifice themselves to save him.]]
** Probably the most dreaded and gruesome death this show has to offer: [[spoiler:Subaru's death by the [[KillerRabbit Oousagi (Great Rabbit)]]. It starts out innocently enough, with Subaru noticing the Oousagi at a distance and it looks harmless enough, being a cute tiny rabbit. As it comes closer and Subaru reaches out to pet it, suddenly Subaru's hand is ''chopped'' off. Subaru is understandably horrified, in excruciating pain and as he steps back, we see the rabbit is chewing on Subaru's ''thumb'', its red eyes now [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing menacingly.]] Subaru tries to take a few more steps back but then suddenly collapses, having lost one of his ''feet''. Two more of the things emerges from the snow. As Subaru is screaming bloody murder, he then looks around and sees that a ''horde'' of the Oousagi are rising from the snow, surrounding the poor bastard. As Subaru can do nothing but yell in despair, every one of the Oousagi, with their eyes [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing blood red]], charge and begin to [[DevouredByTheHorde devour Subaru]]. '''And we the audience are forced to watch as Subaru is eaten alive by the abominations, the camera not cutting away from his slow and agonizing death.''' Several gory shots include the Oousagi biting into Subaru's chest and neck, cutting off his remaining hand, one of the Oousagi actually entering his ''stomach'' (indicated as a disturbing bulge moving around) and eating his organs, ripping off and chowing down on pieces of mangled ear and tongue, etc. Subaru is doing nothing but shrieking in agony at this point, his one remaining free eye, now caked in and crying blood, taking in the carnage, before another Oousagi finishes him off by eating that too, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou giving the audience a scare]]. Subaru then Returns by Death, but the pain and the trauma of THAT death is still there, causing Subaru to bash his head into the pavement a couple of times, drawing blood as he screeches at the indignity of it all...]]
*** Believe it or not, it's a lot worse in the Light Novel/Web Novel, as not only does all of the above happen, [[spoiler:being a novel actually describes what Subaru is feeling as the rabbit eat him, with some of the monsters actually ''traveling up his anus'', not just his stomach. Subaru also doesn't die '''until the rabbits crack open his skull and feast on his brain'''. Waking up from his death doesn't cause Subaru to beat his head into the floor like the anime but he instead ''vomits violently and suffers a full blown seizure''.]]
*** The stress from that particular death was so bad [[spoiler: that not only does the above happen, he completely ignores Emilia's presence when before, he would at least tend to her after composing himself; Echidna had to pull his soul into her world because he was on the verge on having a mental shutdown from the trauma of it all.]]

** Subaru goes to the tomb, hoping to get another tea party with Echidna, and runs into Emilia. Emilia is...not well. She's become a dependent, rambling mess, obsessed with Subaru. Her eyes have changed from soft lilac to an empty, dark purple with darkness ''literally'' swirling in them. The constant crazed glint in her eyes doesn't help matters. You'd be forgiven for thinking that she was possessed by Satella, but the truth is worse: she has well and truly snapped. Thanks to a combination of Puck's continued absence, Subaru's sudden departure, and Roswaal's scheming, Emilia was ostracized and alone. Convinced that she needed to pass the Trials to erase her pariah status, she tried and failed over and over again. With no Subaru or Puck to comfort her, the combined weight of her past, the harsh reality of her present, and the loss of her emotional support broke her.

*** The stress from that particular death was so bad [[spoiler: that not only does the above happen, he completely ignores Emilia's presence when before, he would at least tend to her after composing himself; Echidna had to pull his soul into her world because he was on the verge on having a mental shutdown from the trauma of it all.]]

** Probably the most dreaded and gruesome death this show has to offer:[[spoiler:Subaru's death by the [[KillerRabbit Oousagi (Great Rabbit)]]. It starts out innocently enough, with Subaru noticing the Oousagi at a distance and it looks harmless enough, being a cute tiny rabbit. As it comes closer and Subaru reaches out to pet it, suddenly Subaru's hand is ''chopped'' off. Subaru is understandably horrified, in excruciating pain and as he steps back, we see the rabbit is chewing on Subaru's ''thumb'', its red eyes now [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing menacingly.]] Subaru tries to take a few more steps back but then suddenly collapses, having lost one of his ''feet''. Two more of the things emerges from the snow. As Subaru is screaming bloody murder, he then looks around and sees that a ''horde'' of the Oousagi are rising from the snow, surrounding the poor bastard. As Subaru can do nothing but yell in despair, every one of the Oousagi, with their eyes [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing blood red]], charge and begin to [[DevouredByTheHorde devour Subaru]]. '''And we the audience are forced to watch as Subaru is eaten alive by the abominations, the camera not cutting away from his slow and agonizing death.''' Several gory shots include the Oousagi biting into Subaru's chest and neck, cutting off his remaining hand, one of the Oousagi actually entering his ''stomach'' (indicated as a disturbing bulge moving around) and eating his organs, ripping off and chowing down on pieces of mangled ear and tongue, etc. Subaru is doing nothing but shrieking in agony at this point, his one remaining free eye, now caked in and crying blood, taking in the carnage, before another Oousagi finishes him off by eating that too, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou giving the audience a scare]]. Subaru then Returns by Death, but the pain and the trauma of THAT death is still there, causing Subaru to bash his head into the pavement a couple of times, drawing blood as he screeches at the indignity of it all...]]

*** Believe it or not, it's a lot worse in the Light Novel/Web Novel, as not only does all of the above happen, [[spoiler:being a novel actually describes what Subaru is feeling as the rabbit eat him, with some of the monsters actually ''traveling up his anus'', not just his stomach. Subaru also doesn't die '''until the rabbits crack open his skull and feast on his brain'''. Waking up from his death doesn't cause Subaru to beat his head into the floor like the anime but he instead ''vomits violently and suffers a full blown seizure''.]]

** Probably the most dreaded and gruesome death this show has to offer:[[spoiler:Subaru's death by the [[KillerRabbit Oousagi (Great Rabbit)]]. It starts out innocently enough, with Subaru noticing the Oousagi at a distance and it looks harmless enough, being a cute tiny rabbit. As it comes closer and Subaru reaches out to pet it, suddenly Subaru's hand is ''chopped'' off. Subaru is understandably horrified, in excruciating pain and as he steps back, we see the rabbit is chewing on Subaru's ''thumb'', its red eyes now [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing menacingly.]] Subaru tries to take a few more steps back but then suddenly collapses, having lost one of his ''feet''. Two more of the things emerges from the snow. As Subaru is screaming bloody murder, he then looks around and sees that a ''horde'' of the Oousagi are rising from the snow, surrounding the poor bastard. As Subaru can do nothing but yell in despair, every one of the Oousagi, with their eyes [[RedEyesTakeWarning glowing blood red]], charge and begin to [[DevouredByTheHorde devour Subaru]]. '''And we the audience are forced to watch as Subaru is eaten alive by the abominations, the camera not cutting away from his slow and agonizing death.''' Several gory shots include the Oousagi chewing on Subaru's chest, neck and stomach, cutting off his remaining hand, one of the Oousagi actually entering his ''stomach'' and eating his organs, ripping off a piece of mangled ear, etc. Subaru is doing nothing but shrieking in agony at this point, his one remaining free eye, now caked in and crying blood, taking in the carnage, before another Oousagi finishes him off by eating that too, [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou giving the audience a scare]]. Subaru then Returns by Death, but the pain and the trauma of THAT death is still there, causing Subaru to bash his head into the pavement a couple of times, drawing blood as he screeches at the indignity of it all...]]

** Probably the most dreaded and gruesome death this show has to offer:[[spoiler:Subaru's death by the Oousagi (Great Rabbit). It starts out innocently enough, with Subaru noticing the Oousagi at a distance and it looks harmless enough, being a cute tiny rabbit. As it comes closer and Subaru reaches out to pet it, suddenly Subaru's hand is ''chopped'' off. Subaru is understandably horrified, in excruciating pain and as he steps back, we see the rabbit is chewing on Subaru's ''thumb'', its red eyes now glowing menacingly. Subaru tries to take a few more steps back but then suddenly collapses, having lost one of his ''feet''. Two more of the things emerges from the snow. As Subaru is screaming bloody murder, he then looks around and sees that a ''horde'' of the Oousagi are rising from the snow, surrounding the poor bastard. As Subaru can do nothing but yell in despair, every one of the Oousagi, with their eyes glowing blood red, charge and begin to devour Subaru. ''And we the audience are forced to watch as Subaru is eaten alive by the abominations, the camera not cutting away from his slow and agonizing death.'' Several gory shots include the Oousagi chewing on Subaru's chest, neck and stomach, ripping off his remaining hand, one of the Oousagi actually entering his ''stomach'' and eating his organs, eating on a mangled ear, etc. Subaru is doing nothing but shrieking in agony at this point, his one remaining free eye, now caked in and crying blood, taking in the carnage, before another Oousagi finishes him off by eating his eye. Subaru then Returns by Death, but the pain and the trauma is still there...]]

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** One of the most memorable is ironically the least violent- [[spoiler: Subaru is killed in his sleep at the beginning of Arc 2.]] The sudden shock of this revelation causes incredible panic in Subaru, who had assumed the worst was over after Elsa.

* The way Return by Death is depicted in the anime is very creepy- a disembodied, black, clawed hand that reaches out to Subaru. Even ''creepier'' are the times, if he ever attempts to reveal his ability, it gets him to shut up by ''lovingly caressing his heart''.
* The alternate timelines, or possibly alternate universes where Subaru died shown by [[spoiler:Echidna]], are horrific messes as many characters have died from the threats that Subaru prevented.
* When Subaru walks into Arlem, LateToTheTragedy after being left behind by Rem, he finds the entire village slaughtered by the Witch's Cult with the corpses mutilated in various ways ranging from being burnt alive, stabbed in the back, or having their [[EyeScream eyes]] ripped out.
* Betelgeuse. Just Betelgeuse. His faces, movements and mannerism, despite being creepy, can be even funny at the beginning, but, [[spoiler: the way he kills Rem in the 15th episode]] is so brutal and cruel the dude ends up being a walking NightmareFuel source.

* In episode 16, Subaru and Rem are traveling to Roswaal's lands with a group of merchants. Suddenly, one of them disappears, and when Subaru asks Otto when the merchant disappeared, he responds to him he didn't remember anyone there. After that, a mass of mist extends by the zone where they are traveling, and when Subaru directs his mobile phone to the mist, he suddenly finds a giant, menacing yellow eye. [[spoiler: That's the White Whale for you]]. The face of the creature is pretty terrifying too.

* Subaru's special ability is to come back from the dead. The downside is: He has to die first. And while he makes plenty use of it, death is still an ugly thing... and very bloody. Subaru's TheManyDeathsOfYou are always either horrific or deeply upsetting:

Make no mistake; beyond its lush animations and cute girls, ''Re:Zero'' is still a PsychologicalHorror series at heart.

* Episode 23: [[spoiler: "[[BodySnatching I am the archbishop of sloth]], [[WhamLine Betelguece Romane-Conti, DESU]]!!"]]
* Episode 25: The final battle between Subaru and Betelgeuse...[[spoiler:specifically how adamant the latter is in wanting to catch and kill the former. Betelgeuse utilizes the last of his power and all of his determination to turn himself into a crawling, nightmarish abomination, shouting at Subaru to "give" him Satella's love and ranting how Satella could abandon him despite devoting all of his life to her. Subaru himself kills Betelgeuse by running him over with a cart and Betelgeuse's [[FamousLastWords last words]] is screaming [[SayMyName his nemesis' name.]]]]
* In the web novel we get to see a brief glimpse of what happens when [[spoiler: Satella breaks free of her seal.]] Subaru is chased by a being wrapped in darkness that literally shreds anyone that gets between it and her to bits, repeatedly [[spoiler: professing her love for him over and over while slaughtering his friends]]. She attempts to [[spoiler: absorb Subaru so they can spend eternity together.]] Subaru only escapes this fate by killing himself.

** Later in the episode, he sees first hand what happens when he ignores the pain in his heart when attempting to tell someone about his ability to Return to Death: the person listening ends up [[spoiler:dying. Poor Emilia...]]

** The aversion of HarmlessFreezing for a couple of his deaths are nothing short of [[JustForPun chilling.]] Special note goes to his death in episode [[spoiler: 15]], where, just a as a final fuck you to Subaru, [[spoiler: his head falls off.]]

** Subaru was about to be subjected to more torture by witnessing [[spoiler:Betelguese rip apart Emilia's corpse with his powers. Pack ends up preventing this...only Pack is furious over what happened to his "daughter".]]

* Episode 25: The final battle between Subaru and Betelguece...[[spoiler:specifically how adamant the latter is in wanting to catch and kill the former. Betelguece utilizes the last of his power and all of his determination to turn himself into a crawling, nightmarish abomination, shouting at Subaru to "give" him Satella's love and ranting how Satella could abandon him despite devoting all of his life to her. Subaru himself kills Betelguece by running him over with a cart and Betelguece's [[FamousLastWords last words]] is screaming [[SayMyName his nemesis' name.]]]]

** From earlier in the episode, after Crusch rejects Subaru's request to help defeat the Witch's Cult, Subaru start ranting about how much he hates the Cult and wants to kill them, all with an absolutely psychotic look on his face. Crusch even points out that the glint in his eyes is one of murderous intent. The scene is a genuinely disturbing display of how much all the trauma has affected him.

* Subarus special ability is to come back from the dead. The downside is: He has to die first. And while he makes plenty use of it, death is still an ugly thing... and very bloody. Subaru's TheManyDeathsOfYou are always either horrific or deeply upsetting:

Subarus special ability is to come back from the dead. The downside is: He has to die first. And while he makes plenty use of it, death is still an ugly thing... and very bloody.
* Subaru's TheManyDeathsOfYou are always either horrific or deeply upsetting.

*** Let's not forget his ''other'' death at the start of that episode, in which he makes it down to [[spoiler: Emilia]]'s LastStand. [[spoiler: his fingers are frozen off,]] as he stumbles back [[spoiler: [[AnArmAndAleg his leg]] [[LiterallyShatteredLives shatters]] in front of him,]] [[spoiler: and he eventually freezes entirely as he stares at the icy carnage around him]] before [[spoiler: his frozen head [[BodyHorror SPLITS OPEN.]]]]