The only thing this doesn’t account for is Satella saying that Subaru saved her Saved, past tense they have history

@@willchalloner6643 I'd say she meant it metaphorically, meaning he saved her emotionally by making her feel valued. It would provide a parallel to him saving Rem emotionally.

It was just a spoken contract but both Echidna and the witch of envy claimed the memory of the encounter as compensation. In esoteric research it's suggested that demonic possession typically has the same condition. Which probably is the inspiration behind these factors This allows the entity to benefit from the ignorance and enjoy their contractee's agony. It seems that the contractee's negative emotions fuel the power, justifying the negative titles of "witch" or "demon" Divine Forces often require their votaries to do specific rites to get blessings that tend to revolve around selfless activity. Subaru using a witch factor for selfless reasons is the paradox that propels the story forward, as the alternative "if" stories explore when he doesn't.

@@L3onking But that's not it; the deal also included a clause not to talk about RBD, which implied it was less lackidaisical than his deal with Echidna. In addition, among the memories he lost were memories that made him obsessed with Satella, so *something* significant must be there.

@@thermophile1695 didn't he blindly trust Emilia when she said "Satella" so by saying that name he unwittingly beckoned the witch of envy? That's how I interpreted it, but I'm applying the same level of esoteric accuracy seen in the Nasuverse, that probably influenced Tappei, as it has the entire anime industry at this point. Edit: by this I mean he probably met the witch and we never saw that as the timeline was rewritten just like the existence of Rem.

I agree on that.

Glad you like them!

Yes, I also think a condition the authority aims to meet is Emilia's survival, too, I just didn't want to bring that into this video because it brings up whole other theories.

@@NatalieXHunter I don't think the example above is enough to justify that, though. Puck goes wild (and directly kills Subaru in one case), could be that letting her die is so detrimental to the future that even if he could avoid Puck, he'd be screwed. Or just that it's unlikely he could be convinced to stop trying to go there easily. Other examples could be used to build the case, but I don't think the time/setup to beat the whale works to support the theory in particular. Probably the biggest sticking point is that the authority must have some regard/constraints based on his will, otherwise he would be compelled to F off and only do safe things/leave all important characters to their fates/kill the story. In that case, however, it's not easy to distinguish between "authority aims to meet Emilia's survival" directly vs "authority is aware that Subaru will keep trying to save her at great personal risk". A lot of starting situations/points will look identical between them.

(Anime only perspective) Personally still think that Satella IS Emilia (or more likely, the Witch of Envy is what remains of Emilia). She already had her adventures with him so the save points are set according to what the Witch of Envy remembers. Satella's obsession in turn is that of the few good memories and feelings she has, is from that time.

​@@NatalieXHunter hello, so can I ask if someday in future you would like to try crack theory about ten swords of power? Like we are already in arc 8, and tappei dont give any information about 5 of theme and the others is just few information, I dont know if the swords a have some plot in the story,

if you want to make it be like a scientific theory... Subaru has Qauntum immortality. he is the cat in the Shrodingers cat experiment.

He's not being transferred to other timelines in a multiverse type of way. We know this because (SPOILERS) In arc 6 there is a book of the dead for every death Subaru has had, meaning that all of his deaths took place in the same reality. Echidna also seems to think it is unlikely that that is what is happening when she discusses it with him in arc 4. She shows him the trial of the present but that is all fabricated - it makes him think that maybe in other realities people live on after his deaths and have to deal with the consequences, which makes him more reluctant to sacrifice himself, but that isn't what is actually happening.

@@NatalieXHunter I'll call it a timeline anyways. Does it really make a difference? Every time he dies, he dies for that moment. Then he comes back to his checkpoint and his future or reality is dependent on the actions he take from that point. So if we compare the point where he failed(died) and the current now, then it's a different reality. A different reality has a different timeline. Though, I still confuses me to some extent. Edit: I changed the "other timeline" To checkpoint.

Yeah, that could well be it, but Od Lagna isn't really a character, it's more like a sort of, thing, like the concept of nature or whatever.

@@NatalieXHunter i think its a living thing because echidna book draws from the memory of the world some informations. so something with memory should exist. then if we combine the information that there is something with a will that gives reinhardt divine protections, actively creating them at times, it can only be explained as something alive (i like to think its a spirit) which represent the world itself.

@@doublehit9165 well to use the word memory for inanimate objects and things is not weird, think computer and the giving of divine protections could also be just based on conditions or algorithms. Edit: now it kinda sound like id lagna is just a super weird and op compuer. With Tappeis interest in AI's it wouldnt even be that weird.

Yes, I think there are more conditions that just Subaru's survival - I think it also aims to save Emilia, but that would have brought in a whole other theory I didn't want to go into in this video (that that is why Puck is contracted to destroy the world when Emilia dies - because that would normally kill Subaru and cause a reset. If it doesn't, as we see in the Rem IF and the Aganau IF, then the save point stays at before Emilia dies). Emilia knowing about this also seems to mark a failed loop. If Subaru tells Emilia, Emilia dies, and then Puck's contract kicks in, which would cause Subaru to die and reset. This makes Emilia different from other people. Normally Subaru is just prevented from talking about it, but that could just be Satella protecting him - if Roswaal, for instance, knew it was death that triggered him redo-ing things he'd kill him whenever things didn't go his way. But with Emilia, it's like if she knows, whatever the big plan is hits a critical failure and a reset becomes necessary.

@@NatalieXHunter Yeah, for sure!

@@NatalieXHunter I hadn't considered the special treatment of killing her when she found out, that's an interesting piece of evidence. As for RBD, blocking other people from knowing about it is definitely protecting him. It might be doing other things too, but any strong character that knows about it could then neutralize him by capturing + preventing him from killing himself indefinitely, or do things that would persist after triggering it (which we've already seen is possible in multiple ways).

Although, it is worth mentioning that in arc 2 Rem is also an active threat to subaru. It is possible that reset point being where it is could partially be influenced by that.

Though I agree with your connection to Emilia, the only point I disagree with is that minor part at the end. She's not going to get killed in the village when under Roswaal (Only when she stays) and Puck's protection. Anyways, if you consider his survival to be necessary, then you have to also have to consider the fact that Rem would have been a ticking time bomb depending on the choices that he made when he goes into the village. If he had originally gone into the village during his first cycle, then Rem would have been cold toward him and wouldn't really help to take out the threat. It was only after he gained her trust that he worked with her and Ram in order to end Meili's attack. I'm going to go into LN and WN details here. If any readers don't want to get spoiled, please don't look. In Ayamatsu, his Authority seems to vanish after he achieves his goal of making Emilia the King, as he has no more reason to live. So, with a reminder that *everything that follows is pure speculation*, let's say that it goes something like this: As presented in this video, this is a version where Satella doesn't control Return By Death. When his Authority was presumably awakened nearing his original death, Subaru manifested the desire to save Emilia. He is able to choose one "target" and both him and the target will be guaranteed survival via the rewinding of time. Because an Authority is the right to interfere with the World (Od Laguna) itself, it forcibly sends Subaru back to a point in time which Return By Death requires in order to prevent the death of his target and himself. Likewise, since his Authority has an effect on the world in such a large way, his memories are all stored within Taygeta's Library and each one of his deaths create a Book of the Dead. Once Subaru completes his goal, his Authority will then deactivate, resulting in him finally being vulnerable to a permanent death. The only way around this is if he targets another person and creates death loops around him and the target until he accomplishes his goal for beginning it. Similarly to Subaru's case, we have Al. The possible reason why Al doesn't seem to have any visible books is that the death he experiences only exists within a "Territory". When he becomes the "Subjugator", he does not have any recollection of what happens after the activation of his ability, which may mean that his "Territory" is what decides what happens to his memories. Even then, Al has been shown to only loop a limited amount of time, and that might not even pass 15 seconds if what was in Arc 7's 53rd Chapter is really his ability. Anyways, I don't really have much else to say about the complicated theory, since it's a lot. To those who have done it, thanks for reading.

I do also think Emilia's survival is a condition a savepoint has to meet, I just didn't include that in this video for simplicity as it brings in whole other theories.

I do really like her design, like a goth Emilia!

@@NatalieXHunter 400 years young and in her prime

My current headcannon is that Emilia/Satella are the same people from different realities as well as Al/Subaru. It would make sense why Melakuera and Echidna irrationally hate Emilia despite her doing nothing. She literally IS Satella, just not the version that did the stuff they really hate.

@@thermophile1695 ya I would say they are something like that. Maybe some multiple loops with a glitch or change in one. Although for Subaru it could be possible his soul is Flugels soul that entered into the Earth dimension while crossing time and space from the re zero world

Nah, I think Emilia is a clone of Satella. Nothing has changed my mind about this yet haha!

@@NatalieXHunter if Emilia is a clone, do you think she will regain the memories of Satella? That reminds me of resident evil and worlds end harem now lol. I’m curious about memory discrepancies for the clone that is Emilia. I will say that I think Subaru is the wandering soul of Flugel that came from Lugunica and went into the human world only to be transported back. It would only make sense for Satella to isekai him after finally finding him again. But if anything, algorithmic magic and abilities should be a world building thing regardless of any character or power theories

Well, a clone wouldn't have the memories of Satella, normally. Like, if you clone me and make a baby that is genetically identical to me, it won't have my memories - it'll be its own person with its own life to live and then its own memories of that life. I think Emilia is that to Satella. We know Emilia had a childhood, so she can't have been a clone of Satella in the sense of a copy of her adult self with memories.

Hmmmm, not a bad idea.

You could be right there, but remember there's a bit more to that whole thing. The Echidna that tells Subaru that's why she gave Beatrice a gospel that doesn't update, isn't actually the same Echidna who gave Beatrice the gospel. Tea party Echidna and the Echidna who taught Roswaal and created Beatrice are supposed to be viewed as different people. So what Subaru is told about the reason Beatrice was left in the library with no instructions may not be accurate, or true.

@@NatalieXHunter well I don't agree with them being two different Echidna's, the author did say they SEEM to be two different Echidna 's. but he didn't answer it in a way to make it a sure thing. IMHO also I give no credit to a dumb ass like Subaru, being Echidna fooled him so easily, he thinks she doesn't have emotions . but we see she has them she hates the witch of envy and Emilia as well, we see her cry we see her angry as well, the witches point out that the whole contract was really bs. I think both Echidna of the past and in the trial are the same. until I read otherwise. I feel Echidna has shown us she feels and even cares, the evil act is just that an act. she set up a weird test for Subaru. if he took the contract he wasn't worthy of taking Beatrice hand, but if he had enough strength to refuse her after he sees she isn't right. he passed the test. and is what she really wanted anyway to save Beatrice. also she knows her own greed is dangerous and will make her destroy him so I feel she also played the bad guy to break away from him for his own good. because she was tempted to form a contract with him, and the greed if shows us what she would do if she gave in to that, or if Subaru asked for the contract. maybe I'm wrong, but the writer can't let us know where he is going with the story and has to throw us off. with vague answers. but I could be wrong, but I will wait. just like the coin with Flugel on it I believe is another way to trick us about him not looking like Subaru. but just what I believe anyone is welcome to believe what they want

I think she gives him the ability, and decides if it will activate or not - it's her authority - but she doesn't control the details. Just like Echidna gave Roswaal the gospel and wanted him to use it, but she doesn't control what it actually says.

I agree they are linked to Emilia's survival, I just didn't want to go into theories about that in this video.

The gospel updates with instructions, right (otherwise when Roswaal was given it it would already have hundreds of years worth of instructions in it, and it wouldn't make sense that Beatrice was waiting for hers to update). Once something in written in it, Roswaal tries to follow it, and if he can't, he believes things have gone off track so he wants Subaru to reset. But before it is written there, that part of the future must be unknown to Roswaal. That part that isn't written yet must adapt to changes in what is happening, so when it appears, it fits with what has happened previously.

The sin archbishops are basically the new witches - Echidna says in the novels that they are basically the new generation of the same thing. But because the witch cult is a thing and they're all members, they are called sin archbishops. There isn't a new Envy because Satella is the only one that isn't dead of the 7 witches, she's sealed. What happened to Hector is still unknown, most theories around that center around Roswaal and his butler Clind who hasn't been in the anime yet. Pandora is most likely in charge of the witch cult, but the next we see of her will be in a flashback during the next season, so we don't know her current whereabouts or status.

Subaru does have the authority of envy (we can assume that's what RbD is at this point), but sin archbishop is really just a title. Sin archbishops and witches of sin are essentially different generations of the same thing (according to Echidna), and being called a sin archbishop relates to the witch cult. Unless Subaru joins the witch cult, he can't really be a sin archbishop, despite having authorities.

@@NatalieXHunter If Subaru is driving the process (reflexively?) then is he jumping back WRT his own mental state or to some coordination with the witch of Envy?

I've used those little cards on every video I've ever made and this is the first time someone has mentioned that... I mean I'm fine with not using them, but there's no need to be rude about it.

@@NatalieXHunter alright somehow that comment was rude. Natalie I've been a supporter of you since I think the Attack on Titan chapter prediction days. I guess me telling you oh shit you're causing a software error on multiple platforms and most content creators stopped using that because it's a technical nightmare across platforms is rude. Just for shits and giggles I loaded this exact same video up on Nintendo Switch to see if there's a similar issue. And bam second I hit that moment Nintendo Switch crashed. If you think I'm being an asshole when I tell you holy shit that's why people don't use the feature any further. It's because it's problematic on devices that are not computers/phones. Nothing negative to say about you Natalie, I just was informing you hey this is awkward issue you need to know. Because it seems like every big KZfaqr refuses to use that feature and I know understand why. So next time you're watching Gigguk or Nuxtaku notice how they do not use the self promotion video link in the videos. And you know Nux would 150% be shamelessly self promoting a previous video. So if I was rude I apologize. I only ask you consider why doesnt every KZfaqr use this feature more often!? And realize oh there's likely a very good business reason for that.

I don't have membership because I have a Patreon and it seems kinda weird to ask people to support me with monthly subscriptions in more than one way, iykwim.

@@NatalieXHunter oh i see, i don't really understand about patreon so i can't support you, but if you make membership i Will join and support you

Awww thank you!

@@NatalieXHunter 👍

Well, I think it updates over time (we can reason that it does because we know Beatrice was waiting for hers to update and it never did, so the books updating must be a feature they have, rather than them having the whole future written in them from the beginning), and so for it to be able to give advice Roswaal can follow in every loop, it must adapt to the current conditions as it goes.

I think so too, but I don't think it's reacting to Subaru wanting to save Emilia, I think it always was designed to save Emilia from the beginning (I didn't go into that in this video because it's another whole set of theories).

@@NatalieXHunter do you think there was a good reason (safety of the world etc) or a selfish reason for protecting Emilia. In my view if Emilia has a key that could cause the world to be destroyed, it might be better if she died.

We can imagine also that the checkpoint is influenced by the people that are dear to Subaru. Yes, Rem lost her memories and the checkpoint was after she lost them, but she did not die.

What does that have to do with whether it is Satella or the authority itself that sets the savepoints, though?

All what? It's just a discussion about how return by death works. The first example I talk about (Subaru killing himself) was in season 2 episode 1.

@@NatalieXHunter I mean I watched the previous video that this was jumping off of. and the event in question about return by death not working right. Its not animated right?

I don't know where you got that from, tbh - I mean, I suppose it could be the answer if a lot of amnesia and weird stuff was involved, but there isn't anything that strongly suggests she's from Earth, and when we see Subaru's backstory in season 2 it doesn't show him ever having had a little girl as a best friend, and he's only ever been established as an only child.