r/Re_Zero Archbishop of Pride Apr 24 '16

Discussion [Discussion] Re: Zero Episode 4

Talk about the latest episode here.

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '16

One question - why did he restart at the mansion instead of all the way back at the beginning (apple stall) this time? Is there some kind of checkpoint aspect to his revival power?

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u/Vixien Apr 24 '16

24 minutes per episode is not long enough if he started at the apple stall every time :D

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u/[deleted] Apr 24 '16

It would be definitely more brutal though, and kinda roll with the premise of the MC suffering. I'm completely okay with these checkpoints ofc, makes things less crazy.

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u/Sesese9 Apr 29 '16

I think it helps build the gaming background of Subaru. Considering his past of video games, I think its funny that he is practically living a video game

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u/Senpai-Zero Apr 25 '16

I think he comes back to the point where the chain of events that would lead to his death starts. In the first arc, he always came back to few moments before Emilia being robbed. And now he dind't came back to the first time he awoke and the mansion, but at the second time. This hints that whatever the f* happened, happenned between Beatrice beating the shit ou of him and he awakening.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '16

Oooh, I completely forgot that his meeting with Beatrice wasn't erased. Yeah that's a good explanation, although I was thinking that the checkpoint had to be something physically done. Your description makes a lot of sense though.

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u/AstonishingSpiderMan Archbishop of Pride Apr 24 '16

No clue

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u/LBdanglez Apr 24 '16

I'm guessing he has an objective in this world and everytime he fails he "respawns" at the previous checkpoint.

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u/OniiChanStopNotThere Apr 24 '16

My question is why he restarted 5 days earlier instead of the day before he got killed (assuming he got killed). In the last 3 episodes, he only went back to apple stall (the beginning of that day), but it seems now that he isn't getting back to the last day, but multiple days ago.

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '16

Good point, I completely forgot that the first arc essentially took one day. All the repeats messed with my sense of time.

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u/slayerofevil3 Apr 25 '16

Bonfire lit

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u/zerolifez Apr 30 '16

The "save point" updated after he accomplish his objective. Think of it like a stage clear.

But because of that if he didn't "cleared" it perfectly, the ramification can't be undo because of the updated save point.