The reason people love Cecilus is because he appears in Wrath If and people have been looking forward to his introduction in the main story.

The focus on changes in Subaru’s character, effects and mechanics of infantilisation was very enjoyable to witness this phase

I actually liked this arc

I'm a little shocked that this phase has such a mixed reception, honestly. But I think it just hits all the right spots for me, similar to the middle phases of Arc 6. I enjoy seeing the deconstruction and reconstruction of a main character because, and only because, he's well written enough to have arcs like this in a world where JP MCs are written with a checklist and aren't allowed to be their own individual characters and only serve to be blank self-insert devices that get carried along with the plot. Natsuki Subaru is Natsuki Subaru, so I very much like when it's reaffirmed through actions instead of words, but I can totally understand why people would dislike it. Arc 7 has felt like torture and I started thinking Tappei secretly hates Subaru 😂

To think these videos used to be 15 minutes long

Huh. I didn't catch Todd recognizing Subaru by his smell before. I thought that was metaphorical at the time, I guess.

I mostly think that the "10 seconds degradation" was due to "someone else" taking over RBD from Satela. After the infantilization, Satela "lost" Subaru, and some other entity decided to "play" with Subaru and have him experience these 10-second nightmares.

Man, the Wrath If parallels were hype on release

I think the permadeaths issue is not that bad. We know that a permadeath will severely affect Subaru. This arc does not have space for that, and it WILL come later. It will take a lot of character focus just to portray the magnitude of it happening. Tappei isn’t the type of guy to include a permadeath and just go on with the plot, which is the least central to the plot Subaru has been in a long time.

I slogged thru a very badly translated webnovel arcs and then i came across your vids. A true blessing. Love the discussion about the characs, themes and development. Also your effort in editting and making whats being said match with the pics isnt going unnoticed. Looking forward to more. <3

Man todd is such a menace whenever he shows up he makes the audience and the characters scared

PHASE 6 LET'S GOOOOOOOO

Excellent video as always! Your Al theory had my mind blown with how much it makes sense of his weirdness around Subaru. Hell, you could also use it to explain the weirdness about Subaru's arrival in Lugunica. It would lay for so much story potential that I can't help but latch onto it.

YESSSIR BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ASA BLESSES MY FEED AGAIN 🙏🏾

This video is soooo good!!! Excellent work!!

Thanks for the video. Keep up the good work. I really like arc 7 in general especially Todd.

SPOILERS FOR AFTER THIS ARC

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The goat is back! RE:Zero best english creator!

I feel like this reset is foreshadowing another reset. There will be a perma death for an important character and subaru might try to rely on satella again but instead WoE will come but wont grant subarus wish.