If your man: -Has black eyes and hair; -Is an only child; -Has the ability to turn back time; -Has some connection with a silver-haired girl; -Was sent into another world from zero; -And must give up everything to protect the one thing most precious to him; That’s not your man, that’s the Observer’s newest Sage

That moment in Re Zero when said its "ing time" and ed all over the place.

Would be interesting that instead of the same person, Al and Subaru had the same "role". If Subaru is a sage candidate, maybe Al is a "failed" Sage Candidate. The reason they got Isekaied was to see if they could fulfil that role. Subaru is not the chosen one, he is just someone that was brought to see if he could do something.

Excellent character analysis as always, Asa. There is big reason Al is so popular in theory crafting and looking over the mysteries of the Re:Zero world. Every single aspect is so compelling that he steals the show in any of his appearances, big or small. I much prefer your presented idea of him being a figurative foil of Subaru that pushes him to keep on being the Hero or the Fool rather him literally being Subaru or Flugel. He encompasses the themes of identity as much as Subaru himself does, so I'm always excited to see where his character is going. I hope that by the end of it, Al will be respect as a fundamental core of Re:Zero's worldbuilding and writing quality, as that would mean the payoff to the mystery was just as good as the buildup to it. P.S. You censoring Arakiya made me laugh my ass off.

You cooked. Al constantly proves to be one of the most interesting characters in Re:Zero and you nailed everything on the head

I love this video and a lot of the points you bring up. Despite it being rather popular, I never subscribed to the “Subaru = Al”, Subaru = Flugel”, etc. theories. Tapper very much well can show how Subaru and Al are alike without them literally being the same person, and examples of him already performing this is with Subarus other foils, such as Roswell and Todd. Arc 7 does a good job of picking up and expanding upon what Arc 6 sorta laid out with the “Hell bearing the name of oneself”. The Chisha/Vincent scenario only makes it more probable with playing out a specific role. The only situation I can sorta see with one person being another person is with Emilia = Satella, and I only say that bcuz of the situation with Louis = Spica, but even then I’m not sure how well it’ll be done. I would like to see you do a video about Emilia/Satella and about their connection in the story. Great vid as usual.

The script turned out great Asa! You do a good job with the accompanying visuals despite the lack of relevant images for novel videos like this. Little quirks like trans Al and blurring Arakiya always make me smile

I find it fun that Al doesn't have episodic memory, so not only does the audience not know his deal, but if we were to ask him what his deal is, he himself wouldn't know. Although tbf since Al himself is the one who mentions this (as stated in the wct cut content page), he may be lying. Edit: so someone replied that Al probably isn't lying. See reply for more details

The hype I've felt when this popped, holy. It may be nearly 3am for me and I have to get up at 7am, but it's Aldebaran Keep up the phenomenal work Asa. What a great start into 2024!

Great video. Not only do you examine the story details, but you also look at it through the lens of the series' themes in a way a lot of theories don't. I like your theory a lot, and I hope it's true. Flugel, Subaru, and Al all being different people cast in the same "role" of Sage would be a great way to continue the series' longest running theme of expectations. Having said that... I still don't fully believe it yet. There's still way too many connections between those three and certain inconsistencies that make accepting it difficult for me. Unless I'm misunderstanding Al's powers, it doesn't actually seem like he can loop. In the latest volume, we finally get the most in-depth showcase of his authority, and it appears he sets up a matrix and then goes through simulations of the event (most of which result in his death) until he discovers the right course of action. He's in a much more precarious position than Subaru, who gets to fully redo. Al doesn't, his life is in mortal danger a lot more because of those limitations, which is probably why he lost his arm. He couldn't just go back and redo it right. If this is how his power works, this would prevent him from making a big loop through time like you mentioned. In Arc 5, Garfiel notes that he found Al while trying to track Subaru’s scent because they smelled the same. However, Garfied cannot smell Miasma, meaning Al’s natural scent is what smells just like Subaru’s. Does Garfield just think all Japanese people smell the same? I mean, maybe, but it's questionable. In Kasaneru IF, Echidna states the the Oni are a "created" race. In Ram and the Night Study Group, Ram admits to herself that she recognized the Japanese characters Subaru was writing. This seems to imply Flugel had a hand in creating the Oni race. The Oni race also had a strict law preventing twins. Al was fine with Ram's existence. He was extrememly confused when Rem wasn't Ram, but not angry. He only got angry and disgusted when he found out the older sister was still alive, meaning he would have likely been okay with either Rem or Ram's existence, just not at the same time. He cares about the Oni clan's twin law, which seems to have connections to Flugel. Why else would Al care so much about an Oni custom unless he had ties to Flugel? Lastly, and maybe most importantly, it seems like Satella has a genuine love for Subaru. Does she just love every Sage? Does she just confuse them all with each other? That seems unlikely because she calls Subaru by name. I wrote too much. Anyway, nice video.

Maybe the real Al was the friends we made along the way

Actually i believe that pandora is al, as well as otto, the appa guy and every other character in re:zero

Theoretically if Al went back in time years (IF he can like Asa said) around the time of arc3 when Natsuki Subaru didn't exist as an "observer" (meaning a no Subaru existence loop for Al) it could make sense why Al didn't know Rem. If Subaru doesn't exist Rem dies to the Ulgarm in arc2 like in episode 7 of the anime.

I think the distinction of the 'role' is very important and needed to be made.

amazing video. I think you have some really great theories, you have a great eye for how stories work.

Excelent work brother

Keep up the good work, Love watching your videos and being up to date with re:zero

Great video !!

Had this on a tab for a month and finally got around to watching it. Thanks for making this vid, you made me remember how much I love Re:Zero theories.

What a way to start of the new year! Absolutly peak content.

Amazing video

This type of content is what we have subscribed for,amazing video.

Let’s goooo new Re:Zero video! My favorite video of yours is the Arc 7 retrospective btw, it was sooo good

Appreciates your hard work. I really love talking abaut Re:zero.

Amazing video analysis, extra points for the use of Silent Hill music! So fitting!!!

Great vid goat

Great job asa

Excellent character analysis and breakdown as always Asa. Al is honestly one of the most interesting characters in the series for me. There is so much we truly don't know about him and while most of the community thinks he's another version of Subaru I think there is still more to it than that. Re:Zero ties to stars is so captivating that I'm actually glad a creator would actually tackle it and break it down as well as you did. I know your videos don't get a lot of views or attraction as they deserve, but you been a big addition to the community.

Emilia said he's probably a good person so in king Al we trust also this is probably one of the best re zero videos I have seen in my life ❤️🐐🐐🐐

Excellent video, comment for feeding the algorithm

Commenting for algorithm.

I am really worried what tappie might bring up next 😮

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Can't watch video yet but we will be liking

Al's cool. Didn't know that until now. Thanks

I loved it , please makes of the comparison to mythology

sooo cool

Ya interpretation makes far more fucking sence than whatever else ive heard

Emilia's future trail hints at Al's quest as he's seen apologizing to someone about how he failed to kill them and how weak he is He also says that at least he'll keep that person to himself for all eternity

Your stars were good actually!!

So my theory is that Flugel is Natsuki Kenichi, and that Al is secretly actually Subaru's brother. Kenichi says something weird that Subaru is his oldest son. Beatrice says something interesting when she finds out Subaru is named after a star. She says" what type of cruel person name you after a star?"

sweet!

From where came The « you have rejected the lath of the sage, and chosen the path of the fool »dialogue please? Great video btw

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Something about Rem and Ram perhaps has to do with Roswaals plans. We know he wants them like combine or whatever? So they can kill the dragon. I have no idea why this makes Al angry or how it connects to anything. He finds it disgusting and now that we know he knew Echidna… having some idea of her plans isnt at all crazy. I think thats most likely, cuz I don’t understand why else Al would have a problem with them. Seems he was upset that both twins were still alive. Not specifically Ram, as hes run into her before too

Also i find it strange was there any time al was mentioned in what if beside the aganau if where subaru wears his clothing? Its like al vanishes from the ifs entirely

great analysis i wonder how a fight between the two would be written? would al be unkillable since it would seem to subaru that he randomly is aware of every single minute detail subaru has prepared, no matter how many times he went back? it's a paradoxical game of rock paper scissors that could give anyone a headache i'm assuming the fight wouldnt be onesided with pure brute strength, that would be stupid

Haven't seen the whole video yet, but notice that there are 3x3 crosses on both sides of Al's helmet. If you consider cross a unit and add those from both sides, you get 18. 18 is the number where Al spent time in Re:zero, or perhaps, the time until Subaru came into the world.

I think Al is Subarus younger brother from the real world who had his name eaten. Or maybe Subaru already had his memories eaten in a forgotten loop, which would explain why he was the only person who could remember rem.

Always great to see how stories implement and twist myth, astrology, astronomy and such into their own. Like AoT with Norse myth. Interesting the Anime didn't put much focus on Al, could be a nod to him wanting to step out of the spotlight?

finally some aldebran juice🔥

That's his dad

I wonder if there was a book of the dead for flugel

AL is Archer! 😂

We’ll I don’t think Al’s a future Subaru. I thought like how echidna, had multiple selves there’s something similar going on with Subaru. I mean why was echidna studying immortality and cloning in the first place. I don’t think she’s the type of person to really just do it for herself.

My question is how did satella get her witch factor if she got it from someone else that means theres a way to kill her cause there gotta be someone who had it before her

Might as well watch it again anc omment again to boost those numbers

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I actually thought your theory could’ve worked. Maybe Al has went to the end of the story and once he failed he got sent to reexperience everything and this time he knew and didn’t lose more limbs. Now that Subaru was summoned to world after Al failed, he will rewrite history, the fate the observers had wrote and he saved Ram, he met echidna and experienced the trial in the pledias watchtower, hence why he didn’t go because he was the one to face Capella because maybe she wasn’t there the original loop because her “kids” weren’t forced to play a role by Roswaal to test Subaru since he wasn’t a factor originally. Emilia never succeeded in her trial because Subaru wasn’t present and Roswaal used her to pursue his love for Echidna. She leaves the royal selection and ultimately Priscilla wins because of Al’s actions being able to overcome but ultimately fail in saving Satella at the end. Plays into the future that Emilia never got to see because she could never pass the trial and so maybe Ram or someone else passes it. Otto has no role because Subaru brought him up. Rem was never a person in the original loop because the observers never conceived her in the Al loop and so Ram had 2 horns and only one was cut during, still leaving her at an disadvantage which will lead to her demise.

Aldebaran is Natsuki Subaru Confirmed.

We just need one fkin mayo reference to confirm his identity.

Here is a theory Aldebaran could have be transfer in a new body and he hide his face because of it?

So why is his face covered ? just to make us wonder ?

So al doesn’t reveal his Japanese origin and a whole lot more in the anime right?

Cool video bro but Al is obviously Ikeda. This is what happens when you make content without having read Arc 4 WN 😂😅🤭🤭😴😜

unfortunately tappei just fucked everyones theories about Al with a hidden prologue. tappei is actually a menace

Aldebaran = Flugel = Subaru.

So he's Heroic Spirit Em... I mean Heroic Spirit Subaru? That seems to be whats left after you dismiss the rest... and thats just lame. Not what I would expect of Re:Zero's writing. To just copy/paste a idea from Fate.

spoilers: one part of this video definitely obsolete. ln 38 prolog goes crazy

wow, I really liked your content, but you talk too fast for me to undertand everything at first, but too slow to put the video on 0.75 speed xDD