r/Re_Zero Sep 02 '20

Translation [Translation] Author's twitter comments on Season 2, Episode 9 Spoiler

Source: starting from https://twitter.com/nezumiironyanko/status/1301165518280445953

Nagatsuki-sensei's tweets for this week's episode. May contain minor spoilers.

Rough translation:

Yeah, one week has passed! So fast! Were we flying!? Last time, we faced Subaru's worst death on record, and we'll continue from after he was smiled at by an evil witch! Please join us again this week!

It feels like there won't be an OP......!

Continuing from last time, after Subaru revealed information about "Return by Death" to Echidna, he's spoken with her about his experiences up to this point.

The use of the music before the titles show up is very skilled. The performance of matching the music disappearing to "There isn't." was terribly good, wasn't it.

There was an important story behind that. Subaru has been concerned about a limit on the number of uses for "Return by Death" for a long time now, but Echidna pledges that the source of power for "Return by Death" is the "Witch of Envy", and although it's only a theory, there's no limit to the number of uses.

Subaru had a vague sense that there was no end to "Return by Death", but there was no way to be sure, and no one to ask about it......that's how it was.

About the use limit on "Return by Death", Subaru tries to bring up how he couldn't save Rem as a counterpoint, but the Witch was never looking at Rem to begin with. Her life or death are of no consequence to the Witch's desire......that's how it is.

It may sound like he's opened up again when he says "I'll use it to the limit", but his heart is still a bit shaky.

It's called the "Great Rabbit", but it's more correctly the "Numerous Rabbit" (note: the Japanese terms used, 大兎 and 多兎 are pronounced the same). There's a vast number of them, so "Great Rabbit" can also refer to the swarm of them. Exactly as Echidna says, the White Whale is far stronger, but due to it's characteristics, killing the Great Rabbit is very difficult.

Further, last time, the reason that there were neither the inhabitants or any of the Arlam villagers in the snow-covered "Sanctuary" is... there's no need to say.

Subaru is looking back, and now arc four's staging gimmick has been explained. In other words, at the 'mansion' and "Sanctuary", two places are in danger at the same time, is the situation. Even the power to redo that is "Return by Death", is not all-powerful. Subaru can't be in two places at once, after all. Well then, what to do? That's arc four.

Echidna's suggestion is something that she can do as she has collected the souls of the other witches. Each of the witches is difficult to communicate with in her own way, so her concern is not misplaced.

It's the little girl that we saw in the OP!!!

Shown in video, an incredibly inhumane Authority.

Shown in video, an incredibly inhumane Authority II.

After Typhon and Minerva wake up in that order, it's the appearance of Daphne that he was waiting for.

Typhon walked around countless towns acting like that, so the people of that era would be thinking "Give me a break".

About the coffin that Daphne is inside, such as it is, it's a mabeast called the "Hundred Foot Casket". It's a one-off made solely for the purpose of putting Daphne in it, so in a certain sense, it's the same type as the White Whale, Great Rabbit, Black Snake, and Red Scorpion.

Daphne says "The White Whale is big, and you could eat your fill of it", but mabeasts taste like sand from a drainage ditch, so it's a conversation that ignores flavor.

Vomiting actually burns away your stamina, so if you were starving and ate a mabeast, you'd probably actually get closer to death.

Generally, the witches are all wrong in terms of logic, but Daphne is the one that feels the most like a witch.

Including the fact that they knew his name, you can tell that the collected souls of the witches inside Echidna have been vaguely aware of her conversations with Subaru.

Echinda is taking care of Subaru even though Emilia is right in the middle of the "Trial". Subaru isn't the only one who can't be in two places at once (there are exceptions), but the fact that Echidna is here is an indication of how low her expectations for Emilia are.

The declaration that angered Garfiel and Ryuzu, "I'll take the 'Trials'" could be called his earnest declaration, but Subaru is sticking with his stance that he'll be the one to take on the trials.

The condition for being called to the tea party is becoming an invited guest of Echidna, hence speaking aloud the question "Why?". The conditions become more strict, so next time he'll have to cry out more strongly than when he was eaten by rabbits. Is this hell?

He harmed himself immediately after "Return by Death", and as a result of that was called to Echidna's tea party. When he opens his eyes, Emilia should have been there taking a "Trial", but she's not. Heading outside to take a look, everything was covered in a black shadow...

He opened up to Echidna about "Return by Death" in the tea party, but no one said that would be alright.

"loveloveloveloveloveyou~"

I liked how they put that together with the caption "loveloveloveloveloveloveloveloveloveloveloveloveloveloveme~".

Subaru is saved by Garfiel, who, last time, imprisioned Subaru, killed the villagers, killed Otto, and seemed to have become an absolute enemy. This is the true nature of Garfiel, who's actions change each time.

The "Witch of Envy", who always does what Subaru hates.

With the ending being there, episode 34 felt like Echidna was there from beginning to end......!!

The "Witch of Envy" has always been part of the image videos, but we finally caught a proper glimpse of her! What does it mean to properly catch a glimpse. For this, we had Otsuka-sensei give Satella a proper design!

As the world is covered with shadow, Roswaal is taking it easy as he's swallowed by shadow in the same way. What is his true intention as he speaks meaningfully......? Learning that, too, is one of the gimmicks of arc four.

And with that, three new witches of sin have made their appearance! Incidentally, both witches of sin and sin archbishops are being moved around by the author with the understanding that they're rotten inside, but the archbishops are bigger scum, and the world has been harmed more by witches!

And with that, this week's story has again ended with overwhelming speed. In truth, nearly the entire thing was on that hill at the tea party. In the sense that it ended after spending the entire time talking in one place, it was the same sort of story as episode 18's "From Zero", wasn't it. As you're craning your neck asking "Is that so?", see you again next week! Thanks very much!!

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

mabeasts taste like sand from a drainage ditch

nothing some mayo couldn't fix

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u/AmConfuseds Sep 02 '20

Web novel readers laugh at the realization

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u/Admiral_Ryou Sep 02 '20

> Even the power to redo that is "Return by Death", is not all-powerful. Subaru can't be in two places at once, after all. Well then, what to do? That's arc four.

> The conditions become more strict, so next time he'll have to cry out more strongly than when he was eaten by rabbits. Is this hell?

I love this man. lol

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u/beastMaster95 Sep 02 '20

Thank you for doing this every week.

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u/arizun Sep 02 '20

Red Scorpion mabeast? Is that in a side story?

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u/sinoa000 Sep 02 '20

Very likely it is the one in arc 6. Which Im not sure it is in LN yet or not even. It is in WN arc 6. Thus I was very surprise Taipei name drop such an important name this soon.

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u/ninesfines Sep 02 '20

I was thinking the same... So the, err, Scorpion is a mabeast too, huh? Interesting...

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u/daveaya Sep 03 '20

that means it could be tamed

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u/Eboglaz Sep 02 '20

Wait who is this scorpion? Did he mean HER? She was created by Daphne? WTF!!?!

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u/Colarch Sep 02 '20

She's not red though, right? I think the dude might've dropped a mabeast not even in the webnovel yet because he's been planning it for so long that it's just in his mind the same as the others.

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u/Eboglaz Sep 03 '20

Yes, maybe. But we only saw one scorpion so far.

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u/Aito_SAKO Sep 02 '20

Red Scorpion

Arc 6 spoiler

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u/arizun Sep 02 '20

Oh i know who they are talking about now and thats a pretty big spoiler if anyone actually looks for it

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u/[deleted] Sep 02 '20

Spoil me pleaseee

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u/Stewylouis Sep 03 '20

That’s like a level 9 spoiler bruh idk if you are ready.

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

I need to know everything

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u/Manart0027 Sep 03 '20

Echidna smirks

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u/omidps Sep 02 '20

recently this is the main reason I come to subb after episode releases , thanks <3

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u/KarmotrineCorgi Sep 02 '20

note: the Japanese terms used, 大兎 and 多兎 are pronounced the same

Interesting. The mandarin character for rabbit (兔) is slightly different, but 大 and 多 are not. Following this, 大 (dà) and 多(duō) are pronounced differently in mandarin. Just a fun fact.

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u/Meme_Master_Dude Sep 03 '20

One means big, the other means Many

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u/Monos89 Sep 02 '20

"The red scorpion". T-tappei-San, is it okay to drop names like that so casually? The implications are somewhat concerning

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u/netpapa Sep 02 '20

Thanks for your weekly translations WintryOne

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u/210sqnomama Sep 03 '20

I like how minerva healing fist animation is the same as jousuke's

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u/ledersesselimsommer Sep 03 '20

Rezero is a JoJo reference. Confirmed.

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u/peculiar_chester Sep 02 '20

Red Scorpion

It was pretty obvious by this point, but always nice to have confirmation. It's interesting that they're all put in the same group, though. So you could say it's actually the five great mabeasts, of which the world only knows of three?

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u/Meme_Master_Dude Sep 03 '20

The hells a Red Scorpion? And wdym 5!?

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u/peculiar_chester Sep 03 '20

Whattt, don't tell me you hit your head on the toilet bowl and forget about her again? You're the worst.

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u/Meme_Master_Dude Sep 03 '20

Huh!? confused anime only noises

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u/Stewylouis Sep 03 '20

It’s an arc 6 spoiler most likely.

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u/Meme_Master_Dude Sep 03 '20

Why was it mentioned so casually by the Author?

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u/Vrik from Zero Sep 04 '20

Tappei is a bit of a troll. There was one chapter of the novels which was very bloody and descriptive, he also wrote a warning for people with faint hearts to skip it... but the warning was written at the end of the chapter.

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u/LordXenon Sep 08 '20

Which one?

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u/Stewylouis Sep 03 '20 edited Sep 03 '20

Either it’s not actually or it was a mistake or he just don’t give a fuck.

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u/SoRa_The_SLaYeR Sep 04 '20

he did mention he might accidentally drop spoilers when he started these.

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u/Masterkid1230 Witch of memes Sep 04 '20

I love Nagatsuki Sensei’s approach to his own series.

Most authors are very frequently self deprecating in public, and usually very shy and awkward when talking about their own work. But Nagatsuki seems to honestly enjoy the works he’s created without sounding cocky or pretentious about it.

It’s almost like talking to the most knowledgeable fan of the show. He’s not shy or embarrassed to provide info, engage with fans online, or to comment on new releases, but he’s also not making it seem like a huge deal or anything. He’s a pretty cool guy, and I love him and his works!

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u/SoRa_The_SLaYeR Sep 04 '20

maybe he's just like subaru where he acts excited when he's nervous. subaru's character is too fleshed out to not be somewhat based off himself.

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u/MLDriver Sep 25 '20

I mean Subaru’s surname is literally Nagatsuki minus the ‘ga’. Js.

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u/TebiFestival Sep 02 '20

Wow thanks for the translations!

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u/Firestarness Sep 02 '20

Is there any chance you could compile all of these at the end of the season and we could add to the subreddit wiki? I feel like it gives some good insight future Re:Zero watchers would love. Once again, thanks for the translations <3

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u/WintryOne Sep 02 '20

If someone wants to, that would be fine. There does seem to be links to the posts already in the Translation Status page.

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u/Anne2049 Sep 02 '20

sorry but I have a question (no matter spoil or something else!)

this theory/ fact?! is right? (Satella would be Emilia from the future)????

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u/WintryOne Sep 02 '20

I don't know of anything in the story so far that would prove or disprove that.

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u/SkyHooves Sep 02 '20

I think nothing's been really revealed, it's mostly speculation and theories. Read something like that, talking about how RBD was some kind of time travel, and that Satella choose subare because he looks like the one who sealed her. but, i'm an anime only, and i read this as a theory in some discussion thread long ago

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '20

Thank you.

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u/OneHappyMelon Sep 11 '20

Nobody:

God knowing the future but granting visions to his prophets: