History Characters / ReZero

* GameBreaker: Return by Death is the most broken ability in the show, regardless of trivial it seems at first, due to Subaru being able to maximize his ability to analyze the abilities of extremely deadly enemies as well as giving him the time to gather information and prepare countermeasures to any threat. Lampshaded by [[spoiler:Roswaal]] who states that the only reason Emilia has a chance of becoming king in a country that outright hates her is because she has the loyalty of Subaru, the "strongest card in the deck". [[spoiler: In addition to Return by Death, Subaru gets access to both the Authority of Greed and Authority of Sloth. The former being weaponized time control resulting in invincibility and unblockable, unresisted severing attacks and the later being hundreds of invisible, intangible hands that can rip people to shreds. The only reason that Subaru doesn't break apart the story is that he cannot use these abilities without risking his sanity and Return by Death has a traumatic cost to use, limiting its use to only dire situations.]]

* {{Nerf}}: All of Subaru's magic based abilities, save Return by Death, are weaker than they would be in an other individual. [[spoiler: The Authorities of Sin cannot be used to their fullest extent as Subaru has to pay in his sanity to use or has some unethical requirement to use. In addition, his contract with Beatrice is stunted as Subaru's magic gate is broken, making him unable to produce enough mana to use spells more than once a day.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: A bit of bad habit.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: When Subaru first meets Echidna, she takes a persona of a GeniusDitz, but in actuality, she is a cruel and scheming Chessmaster who seeks to use Subaru's gift to further her research.

* UnexpectedSuccessor: Revealed to be [[spoiler:a child of the late king and the fifth candidate for the throne]].

* HappilyMarried: To Rem in the IF chapters.

* Nerf: All of Subaru's magic based abilities, save Return by Death, are weaker than they would be in an other individual. [[spoiler: The Authorities of Sin cannot be used to their fullest extent as Subaru has to pay in his sanity to use or has some unethical requirement to use. In addition, his contract with Beatrice is stunted as Subaru's magic gate is broken, making him unable to produce enough mana to use spells more than once a day.]]

* GameBreaker: Had Return By Death been given to anyone else, there would be almost no conflict in the story. Pointed out by [[spoiler:Roswaal]] who states that the only reason Emilia has a chance of becoming king is because she has the loyalty of Subaru, the "strongest card in the deck".

* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:She is obsessively in love with Subaru. In one of the loops in which she escapes from her seal and possesses Emilia, she keeps saying "I LOVE YOU" over and over again while she mercilessly butchers those in between her and Subaru.]]

* ElementalWeapon: Her newly developed fighting-style in Arc 6: "Ice Brand Arts" which creates a limited barrier ie around her opponent and uses the particles within to form objects like weapons.
** SpontaneousWeaponCreation: The "Icicle Line" variant of "Ice Brand Arts" allows her conjure up any weapon she desires out of ice such as swords, spears and even a battle axe which she can wield.

* FlechetteStorm: Does this when using "Ice Brand Arts: Icicle Line".

* GrandTheftMe: [[spoiler:Echidna revives herself in one of her bodies.]]

* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: At the end of Arc 4, she resurrects herself by taking over the body of the original Lewes by using one of the souls of Lewes clones, Omega in this case to as medium attach herself to the body. She takes name Omega which Subaru had christened it.]]

* FemininityFailure: When she's introduced as the f[[spoiler:ifth candidate for the next ruler in royal election]], Felt enters the room in an elegant dress and looking like a real royal lady... And then she kicks Reinhard and begins speaking like her usual rude self.]]

* UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Uses the gender-neutral "''watashi''".

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%%* LustObject: Is this to [[spoiler:Satella for unknown reasons.]]

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* BackFromTheDead: Subaru's main ability.

* LustObject: Is this to [[spoiler:Satella for unknown reasons.]]

* TheBerserker: [[spoiler:Becomes if she loses control of her emotions while using her oni horn.]]

* ConvenientComa: [[spoiler:After the third arc, Rem falls into a coma after her memories and name are eaten by the Archbishop of Gluttony. And as if that wasn't bad enough, now no one besides Subaru can remember her.]]

* HalfTheWomanSheUsedToBe: [[spoiler:In the web novel, Petelgeuse slices her in half.]]

* AscendedExtra: Like Otto.

* ScaryTeeth: Like his sister.

* PrettyInMink

* FemininityFailure: [[spoiler:When she's introduced as the fifth candidate for the next ruler in royal election, Felt enters the room in an elegant dress and looking like a real royal lady... And then she kicks Reinhard and begins speaking like her usual rude self.]]

* TomboyPrincess: [[spoiler:Finding out she's a princess doesn't affect her tough and rude attitude at all.]]

* DissonantSerenity

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He is the one who ate Rem's memories and name, leaving her in a coma with no one but Subaru remembering her.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: She's currently sealed and hasn't acted as a direct antagonist in the arcs so far, but the Witch Cult that worships her and wants to revive her cause A LOT of suffering for the main characters. Furthermore, it's also heavily implied that [[spoiler:the Witch was the one who gave Subaru his time loop ability as well as marking him with her scent, but her motives are unknown.]]

* Rapunzel Hair: She has long wild disheveled hair that reaches past her feet.

* Rapunzel Hair: Very long hair to the point where reaches beyond her feet, and rather unkempt.

* ShutUpHannibal: In Chapter 117 of the web novel, after [[spoiler:Satella]] tries to give her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech out of spite, Emilia brushes it aside, saying that "A fellow witch's spite isn't going to make me bend. After all, me, I'm a pain in the ass of a woman.”

* JerkAssWithAHeartOfGold: Despite his rough nature and almost barbarian like manner there is some good in him.
* OpenPervert: Doesn't attempt hide it towards Emilia and Anastasia.

* ElementalWeapon: Her newly developed fighting-style in Arc 6: "Ice Brand Arts" which creates a limited barrier frost around her opponent and uses the particles within to form objects like weapons.
** SpontaneousWeaponCreation: The "Icicle Line" variant "Ice Brand Arts" allows her conjure up any weapon she desires out of ice such as swords, spears and even a battle axe which she can wield.

* Improbable Weapon User: Manages to duel and handily beat Julius with... nothing but a pair of chopsticks.

** SpontaneousWeaponCreation: The "Icicle Line" variant allows her conjure up any weapon she desires out of ice such as swords, spears and even a battle axe.

* FlechetteStorm: Sometimes does this when using "Ice Brand Arts".

* ElementalWeapon: Her newly developed fighting-style in Arc 6: "Ice Brand Arts".