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Watching these two series, I'm getting more and more feeling that the persistent transformation of Rem into ButtMonkey against the background of the monotonous PuppyLove with Emilia is moving along their path and is deliberately created by the author to increase more drama and tension in the romantic line and evoke in fans greater sympathy for Rem, like these series. Similar to the girls who won in these series, Rem gets more development than the first girl and demonstrates the sincerity of her feelings, stating that she is primarily interested in the happiness of the protagonist and she will not interfere with "their happiness". And similarly to the protagonists of these series, Subaru gradually realizes that he loves not only the "first girl", but also Rem, beginning to experience {{Angst}} because of the romantic feelings for both girls and the inability to choose from them. Thus, I think that the author deliberately contrasts them to each other and makes the development of the Rem's ship more consistent against the background of Emilia, so that later he could bring the victory of Rem as TheWoobie and EnsembleDarkhorse.

Watching these two series, I'm getting more and more feeling that the persistent transformation of Rem into ButtMonkey against the background of the monotonous PuppyLove with Emilia is moving along their path and is deliberately created by the author to increase more drama and tension in the romantic line and evoke in fans greater sympathy for Rem, like these series. Thus, I think that the author deliberately contrasts them to each other and makes the development of the Rem's ship more consistent against the background of Emilia, so as in these series, he bring the victory of Rem as TheWoobie and EnsembleDarkhorse.

[[WMG:The romantic line in the series will repeat the path of Manga/Nisekoi and Manga/KoiToUso]]

Watching these two series, I'm getting more and more feeling that the persistent transformation of Rem into ButtMonkey against the background of the monotonous PappyLove with Emilia is moving along their path and is deliberately created by the author to increase more drama and tension in the romantic line and evoke in fans greater sympathy for Rem, like these series. Thus, I think that the author deliberately contrasts them to each other and makes the development of the Rem's ship more consistent against the background of Emilia, so as in these series, he bring the victory of Rem as TheWoobie and EnsembleDarkhorse.

Watching these two series, I'm getting more and more feeling that the persistent transformation of Rem into ButtMonkey against the background of the monotonous PappyLove with Emilia is moving along their path and is deliberately created by the author to increase more drama and tension in the romantic line and evoke in fans greater sympathy for Rem, like these series. Thus, I think that the author deliberately contrasts them to each other and makes the development of the Rem's ship more consistent against the background of Emilia, so as in these series, he bring the victory of Rem as TheWoobie and EnsambleDarkhorse.

The reason Subaru doesn't remember the first two loops is because he hadn't fully attuned himself to Return by Death yet. Every time he dies, he gets more in sync with it. As a result, he is able to keep more of his memories as well as having the Witch Miasma around him growing deeper and more intense. In addition, the more often he dies, the more resistance he gains to witch related powers, like Petelguese's Invisible hands and being able to see them after a certain point.

Someone is messing with the Gospel books to change the Ordeal from whatever it's supposed to be to "try to kill the female half elf, and if she survives then she is The One". Or maybe the Gospels and their brainwashing power is entirely the work of someone who wants to divert those susceptible to Satella's influence from helping her, but that person can't make them consciously turn against Satella, so the victims are brainwashed into doing the Ordeal.

... because while Satella is ''going to'' posses Emilia's body, The Time Is Not Yet Right.

He's actually representing the eighth Sin from Orthodox Christianity, Despair. Return by Death is still his Authority, much like the above WMG, but put it in perspective. Subaru constantly suffers from mental trauma from his loops and on more than one occasion has had a HeroicBSOD due to it. And this can be inverted, due to the same reason. He inflicts despair on all who attempt to fight him. No matter what strategy you have, he will have the perfect counter due to looping time. You'll be reduced to despair from his actions, because no matter what, FailureIsTheOnlyOption.

Its all but stated at this point that Subaru's power comes from the Witch of Envy Satella. Setting aside how this power is keeping him alive it has some sever draw backs. As we've seen no one but Subaru remembers anything after he comes back, but since he remembers he sometimes seems to forget how much he's interacted with each person. Like with Emilia in episode 13 when he thought she would understand why he as acting the way he was, when thinking about it he hasn't really done much with this cycles Emilia to build that kind of trust. Sure he saved her once they hadn't met before that, he was just a stranger who helped out, and he seems to forget that.
The point is that with his power his relationships can be reset easily-give how frequently he dies. but since his power comes from Satella it would make since for her to remember what happens as well. what if she gave him that power so it will slowly drive him away from everyone else. After all no one will be able to understand whats hes going through- since he laterally cant tell them, without killing them. We've already seem his start to crack under the pressure of having to do so much by himself, along with the arrogance that comes with his successes.
Satella gave him his power to keep him alive and to shape him, to make him stand apart, to make it hard for anyone to get close to him without the possibility of them being taken away. But she would understand, she knows that loneliness and isolation. Its a very Yandere thing to do, drive away everyone they see as a threat, so their loved one has only them.

This Subaru doesn't have Return By Death and he ends up having the normal transported to another world plot without dying or actually getting into trouble. He gets Satella to fall for him and so on so forth. In addition, the Witch Cult doesn't exist and the other Witches are still alive. Somewhere along the line Subaru does die, but without Return By Death, he doesn't come back. As a result, Satella tries to revive him by going back in time in a way similar to how time travel works in Steins;Gate and travels to another universe. But along the way Satella ends up going far too back and ends up, like 400+ years back. As a result, she is stuck in an era where she doesn't know anyone, except for the Witches who are just extremely long lived.

Take Rem, for example. Even by the darkest of antihero standards, her actions were friggin' monstrous. I mean, yes, she was almost certain he was in the employ of the devil incarnate(and Satella being responsible for the deaths of her friends and family certainly helps) but the deaths she dealt were ''brutal'', and she never even ''considers'' he was telling the truth, even after he went out of his way to spare her life, after she informed him he'd die either way, after she tortured him, and not even at he very end, when he's reduced to sobbing over what he clearly felt was ''her'' betrayal. The fact that she spent much of their talk babbling on about Ram like a woman obsessed only adds fuel to the fire. Oh, and all these violent deaths? They were just when he appeared to be getting ''close'' to her sister. Contrast Ram herself, who, even when she was sure he had ''killed'' Rem, and was half-mad with grief still seemed to hold back more than was necessary and even partially believe him when he told her how much he loved them.

This is a theory from one who hasn't read the light novels, so sorry if it was already shot down by them.

The purpose for Subaru having this ability is not so clear--Satella's ghost seems to be manipulating him, but her goal isn't protecting Emilia (or isn't ''just'' that) because she killed Emilia without hesitation, and Puck seems to be on Satella's side in all this (he boasts about her power while killing the cultists). Satella may be transporting herself and Subaru's memories between worlds, trying to get Emilia on the throne before taking over her body to become an evil dictator, or some such thing.

[[WMG:The time resets are triggered by Emelia's death, not Subaru's.]]

In episode 18, Puck says he must destroy the world now that Emelia is dead. He implies he's going to destroy himself, as well, and mentions the White Whale's fog. Apparently "destroy the world" is meant very literally--he's going to erase everything from existence, in much the same way as the White Whale, allowing it to "start from zero" (coincidentally, the TitleDrop hits in the same episode, though for an unrelated reason).

The obvious assumption was that Subaru jumps back in time when he dies... but we only see things from his point of view, so this may not be technically accurate. Instead, whenever he dies, Emelia is eventually going to be killed (by Elsa in the first arc, and later by the Witch Cultists) because he wasn't there to save her, so Puck destroys the world. Then, something--which may or may not be Puck--causes the universe to restart from the beginning. After many eons, it advances to the "save point," Subaru gets his memories from the previous world, and he ''appears'' to have jumped back in time. His immunity to the White Whale's RetGone ability implies that RippleEffectProofMemory is his only actual unique power, not time travel. This also fits better with the title, which says nothing about time travel, only "starting life in another world." And another, and another...

The purpose for Subaru having this ability is not so clear--Satella's ghost seems to be manipulating him, but her goal isn't protecting Emelia (or isn't ''just'' that) because she killed Emelia without hesitation, and Puck seems to be on Satella's side in all this (he boasts about her power while killing the cultists). Satella may be transporting herself and Subaru's memories between worlds, trying to get Emelia on the throne before taking over her body to become an evil dictator, or some such thing.

[[WMG:The lyrics of the anime's first ED, STYX HELIX, is written from Satella's perspective.]]

** The scent of the Witch doesn't really do anything except enrage those who hate the Witch of Envy. Rem doesn't react to the Witch's scent after the mansion arc despite it growing exponentially and only reacted in the first place because the Witch's Cult attacked her home. In addition the real reason Mabeasts attack Subaru is because he smells of the one who killed their master, the Witch of Gluttony.

** The scent of the Witch doesn't really do anything except enrage those who hate the Witch of Envy. Rem doesn't react to the Witch's scent after the mansion arc despite it growing exponentially. In addition the real reason Mabeasts attack Subaru is because he smells of the one who killed their master, the Witch of Gluttony.

It seems likely that the scent made the evil within them even stronger, enough to push them towards acts they wouldn't have committed, or wouldn't have been nearly so quick to commit, otherwise.

Take Rem, for example. Even by the darkest of antihero standards, her actions were friggin' monstrous. I mean, yes, she was almost certain he was in the employ of the devil incarnate(and Satella being responsible for the deaths of her friends and family certainly helps) but the deaths she dealt were ''brutal'', and never even ''considers'' he was telling the truth, even after he went out of his way to spare her life, after she informed him he'd die either way, after she tortured him, and not even at he very end, when he's reduced to sobbing over what he clearly felt was ''her'' betrayal. The fact that she spent much of their talk babbling on about Ram like a woman obsessed only adds fuel to the fire. Oh, and all these violent deaths? They were just when he appeared to be getting ''close'' to her sister. Contrast Ram herself, who, even when she was sure he had ''killed'' Rem, and was half-mad with grief still seemed to hold back more than was necessary and even partially believe him when he told her how much he loved them.

Then there's those three thugs. Chin stabbing him certainly seemed to be an accident, and he's clearly shocked by what just happened, but Kan doesn't waste a second to put the nail in his coffin, and all of them seem to get over the action, if not the potential consequences, fairly quickly. Especially jarring when it's heavily implied they'd never killed anyone up to that point.

[[WMG: The "Scent of the Witch" has a powerful influence on all beings of darkness, or people with darkness in their hearts, and it only grows with time.]]

Take Rem, for example. I mean, yes, she was almost certain he was in the employ of the devil incarnate(and Satella being responsible for the deaths of her friends and family certainly helps) but the deaths she dealt were ''brutal'', she spends much of the conversation in his last death at her hands babbling on about her sister like a woman obsessed, and doesn't even ''consider'' he was telling the truth, even when he went out of his way to spare her life, when he knew he was about to die, was being tortured or even when reduced to sobbing over what he clearly felt was ''her'' betrayal. All these incidents were just when he appeared to be getting ''close'' to her sister. Contrast Ram, who, even when she was sure he had ''killed'' Rem, or at least was in cahoots with the murderer in some way, still seemed to hold back and even partially believe him when he told her how much he loved them.
Furthermore, Rem is shown to be violently overprotective, and filled with quite a bit hatred and self-loathing and is much less hesitant than Ram about shedding blood, whereas Ram is generally more compassionate and doesn't seem to have nearly the emotional baggage Rem does, or really much at all. It's not hard to see who'd be more easily corrupted by this dark influence.

Take Rem, for example. I mean, yes, she was almost certain he was in the employ of the devil incarnate(and Satella being responsible for the deaths of her friends and family certainly helps) but the deaths she dealt were ''brutal'', and the latest time, she doesn't even spare a twinge of pity for him when he insists he truly thought of her as a friend, and is reduced to sobbing over what he seems to genuinely believe is a betrayal. That was just when he appeared to be getting ''close'' to her sister. Contrast Ram, who, even when she was sure he had ''killed'' Rem, or at least was in cahoots with the murderer in some way, still seemed to hold back and even partially believe him when he told her how much he loved them.
Rem is shown to be violently overprotective, and filled with quite a bit hatred and self-loathing and is much less hesitant than Ram about shedding blood, whereas Ram, while seemingly the ruder and harsher of the two, is generally more compassionate and doesn't seem to have nearly the emotional baggage Rem does, or really much at all.

It seems likely that the scent made the evil within them even stronger, enough to warp them towards acts they wouldn't have committed, or wouldn't have been nearly so quick to commit, otherwise.

Satella decides to make friends with the original witches and gain their trust. In order to survive long enough to meet Subaru again, because while elves live long they don't live long enough, Satella ends up absorbing the Envy Witch Gene. However, she was incompatible and goes insane. The Witch of Envy, Satella's new alternate personality goes on a killing spree until she is sealed away by the Reid Astrea, Flugel, and Volcania. While in sealed away, Pandora, the Witch of Vainglory, takes the remaining Witch essences and hands them out to the Archbishops and makes the Witch's Cult in the name of Satella. Skip 400 years and Subaru appears. This time Subaru gets killed almost immediately due to Elsa, who was sent by Roswaal according the Witch of Greed book of prophecies. Satella realizing that Subaru would have trouble surviving, gives him Return By Death as a way for him to survive as well as get him to free her.

Satella gave him his power to keep him alive and to shape him, to make him stand apart, to make it hard for anyone to get close to him without the possibility of them being taken away. But she would understand, she knows that loneliness and isolation. Its a very Yandere thing to do, drive away everyone they see as a threat, so their loved one has only them.

[[WMG:Subaru doesn't actually turn back time when he dies, but instead transfers his memories to another universe.]]

** Probably not. Reinhard is so OP that he hasn't pulled out his dragon sword for any enemy, no matter how strong they were.

The entire event was a massive WorfHadTheFlu affair. She had wasted a lot of energy fighting Emilia and Pack. Elsa's foot was injured, which likely reduced her already incredible speed. She also lost her anti-magic cloak, which might have been enough to neutralize Reinhard's magic sword technique and get a fatal blow. Not least of all, thanks to his timeloop experience, Subaru was able to warn Reinhard that Elsa carried multiple blades in {{Hammerspace}}. She had odds seriously stacked against her in that duel. Reinhard's only handicap, was not being able to use his OneHitKill technique right at the start, as Elsa allowed him to use a sword found in the shop to make the fight interesting.

The entire event was a massive WorfHadTheFlu affair. Elsa's foot was injured, which likely reduced her already incredible speed. She also lost her anti-magic cloak, which might have been enough to neutralize Reinhard's magic sword technique and get a fatal blow. Not least of all, thanks to his timeloop experience, Subaru was able to warn Reinhard that Elsa carried multiple blades in {{Hammerspace}}. She had odds seriously stacked against her in that duel.

The entire event was a massive WorfHadTheFlu affair. Elsa's foot was injured, which likely reduced her already incredible speed. She also lost her anti-magic cloak, which might have been enough to neutralize Reinhard's sword technique and get a fatal blow. Not least of all, thanks to his timeloop experience, Subaru was able to warn Reinhard that Elsa carried multiple blades in {{Hammerspace}}. She had odds seriously stacked against her in that duel.

The entire event was a massive WorfHadTheFlu affair. Elsa's foot was injured, which likely reduced her already incredible speed. She also lost her anti-magic cloak, which might have been enough to neutralize Reinhard's sword technique and get a fatal blow. Not least of all, thanks to his timeloop experience, Subaru was able to warn Reinhard that Elsa carried multiple blades in {{Hammerspace}}. She had the odds serious stacked against her in that duel.