This video was largely made in three days, which is far far less time than I usually have. Likely, as a consequence, this video will not meet some peoples general expectations from the channel. I'm sorry for that. I wanted this to be this weeks video and that was not a good idea lmao. Like I said at the end, if there is something I didn't touch on you want to hear about, leave a comment and I'll try to get to it. EDIT: Correction: 'hero' in katakana was not used throughout the whole arc, just a specific chapter.

You're my main method of experiencing re zero

Subaru has grown to the point where he can now have epic "hero suddenly returns" moments 🎉

Personally i think the difference between a monster and a hero that phase 7 tackles the most can be seen with Garfiel and Kafma. Kafma - Someone who was special among his own people, quite literally built different and an individual who went through countless unimaginable suffering for the sake of his own people. He was to become their hero, the person who would carry their hopes and dreams but along the way people began to see him as a monster, became scared of him and distances themselves from him, to the point that Kafma wanted to get away from his tribe, to escape from them and find a light to chase. Garfiel - Someone who trained to become the strongest to protect his own people from the outside world, quite a "monster" on his own, his transformation being the one where he loses control and might even start killing people from anger, yet people of the Sanctuary never labeled him as a monster, he was respected as "shield of the Sanctuary" and he embodied it to a T(way too much so ;d ). One could say he was the hero of his people, a hero who carried their hopes,dreams and...fears. Of course there are countless monsters in that world and in reality too, people who are bad individuals and committing awful acts. Heroes are people who are respected and looked upon by one,few or many. Yet sometimes the difference between these two can be as thin as it can get, society and people label things in the world in a certain way, they might even label a monster as a hero and a hero as a monster... Thank you for reading if you made it this far! of course this is my own personal view on things and it could be total nonsense to you or it might be a total nonsense in general lul

I just binged all of your recaps this weekend, and just finished phase 6 to find this upload ! Thank you!

In Volume 32, the Commandment of Thorns had its name changed to the Bondage of Thorns. _Sounds nice, doesn't it?_ To quote what a scholar once said, it can mean "bondage as in grounding to the world, and bondage as in an emotional connection". It's definitely true.

Cool video Mr. Ratha. I especially like the point at 1:13:26, which clearly drew influence from Buddhist philosophy, regarding the cycle of death and rebirth as perceived from the realm of those who have reached true enlightenment. Great stuff.

Perfect to listen to as I do errands. Thanks bro

Also, I hope we'll eventually have all of the Pleiades side stories translated. You should read them they're so so good. They give tonnes of missed insight into Subaru's views of Vollachia and those in Abel's command which I absolutely loved. It's amazing how the end of phase 6 is reached without Subaru forgetting that Gustav is a cold blooded murderer.

Love the abyss and the mystery behind it.

Lets gooo baby a new chapter summary drops from the goat himself

That hero vs monster analysis was a really neat thing I never noticed. It could also continue beyond Arc 7 and 8, with Subaru’s third trial line to Reinhard (“You’re a hero, Reinhard, and a hero is all you can be”).

I've been waiting for this video. Greatness continues... Keep up the amazing work, Asa!

Appreciating you for all your work thank you

Damn, impressive video length

LETS FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!

HEINKEL ASTREA

Oh snap! Thus was uploaded right about when I began reading Arc 5, and now I'm caught all the way up to it!

this is random but one of my favorite interactions from this arc is rem and katya. its cool how similar they are and then its also tense because we know the people protecting both of them are arch enemies trying to kill each other. the parallels between todd and subaru and then the parallels between katya and rem. you can also see why todd is obsessed with katya. her weak body makes and nervous attitude is perfect for the type of person todd is. a manipulative coward who couldn’t be with a woman who can defend herself. his paranoid attitude compliments katya, but unlike todd, katya uses it as a defense mechanism when she deeply cares about those around her. todd on the other hand just sees weakness in others and how he can exploit it it also reinforces the fact that todd is a terrible person. when you first see him, you can try and make the excuse that he does whatever he can to survive. and to an extent, he does. but the fact that he’s manipulative and uses any tactic he can in situations that arent even life or death, shows just how awful of a person todd is. its funny because todd is a giant coward, but his brutality and need to survive represents another side of vollachia. with jamal representing how a warrior would fight. and vincent representing the ideals of the country, and maybe a hint of wanting things to change for the better

Always looking forward to these

“dOn’T yOu fRigGiN mEsS wiTh tHiS dRagOn!”

Faster than a minute!

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That ending was fucking amazing

FINALLY LETS GO

Heroes are monsters that hunt other monsters.

I was already feeling bad for Heinkel, but then you put Dragonsong in as you talked about him and I started to feel even worse lmaoooo

YOOOO BEATRICE AND SUBARU REUNION

Cant wait for another

Reguarding the fluff, not that I disagree with you. I do think tho it might be at least somewhat intentional with reguards to the light novel. concidering that for all intents and purposes, the light novel *is* the trimmed down and edited version.

Man i would love to see another video essay from you about re zero's emphasis on moving on, different names, and different gender identities

YEAH BOI 5 MINUTES UPLOADED AGOOOOOO

What did you think about Beatrice using Al Shamak? Also how do you think she was even able to use it? She has been separate from Subaru for a while I doubt that she had enough mana to stay corporal for even another day yet she was able to use one of the strongest yin spells 🤔

An amazing phase without subaru

Let's gooooo More Emilia time💜🤍

How would ya rank the phases so far?

Based fire emblem fates music

Nice

How did you improve so much?

Spoilers for phase 8? I think there's no more spoiler needed and you've read that phase. This is mostly needed for the Chisha chapters. Something I started to wonder which makes me think of Vincent even more differently than I originally did(when I thought of him as an emperor still trapped within the confines of the traditions which decide that position, very limited by things like the yang sword which we still haven't had the clear negatives spelled out to us even with the ominous words often used around Priscilla with it etc) is the real rulers of Vollachia. I have a growing belief that similarly to the sage council in Lugunica(though moreso really), the stargazers are the ones who guided most of Vincent's decisions. There has to have been some sort of power behind the throne to explain all this angst to me, Stride's writings are a part of it but that's only the first piece. Especially given how obviously close Ubilk was to him in the Palace. I say this because Abel was just such a villain in arc 7 that I needed some justification 😭 I really wanted him to lose more.

You should be hyped for arc 8. No spoilers, but the Louis named chapter goes unreasonably hard, and I love it.

Jesus loves you and died for you and wants you saved John 3:16 Romans 10 :9

❤❤ I don't understand this China Japan South Korea Korea all of them all the South Asian countries use Buddhism but where was Buddhism originated it was originated in India Karma is in the Buddhist word It's a Sanskrit word it is way older than some countries

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