Re:Zero Season 4: Japanese Fans React to Its Record Acclaim — "This Is Hands-Down the Season's Champion"

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Japanese fan reactions (excerpted from 549)

• @ぬん-e9m👍 46

  It was so good I'd fully buy people calling it the season's champion. And I've got nothing but hype for the Recovery arc next cour!!

  今期の覇権と言われても納得できるぐらい最高に面白かったわ 次クールの奪還編も期待しかない！！

• @Xx_o_dog_o_xX👍 385

  Re:Zero is blowing up right now both here and overseas — it really is that good.

  リゼロ国内外含めて今めちゃめちゃ盛り上がってるね、本当に面白い

• @auau742-f5l👍 14

  Honestly, it's deserved. The episodes were just peak.

  妥当だわな 神回すぎた

• @シゲルシャチョウ👍 650

  Most long-running shows hit a dull cour somewhere past season 3, but Re:Zero is a Return by Death loop story that still always builds a real money-shot scene every single time — the structural craft is insane.

  長期作品は大体3期以上やればダレるクールが生まれやすい中、リゼロは死に戻りというループものでありながら必ず見せ場が作られてる構成力が凄い

• @narr_7069👍 10

  Re:Zero never drags, and every single character has flavor. Most shows have a few jobbers or pure exposition characters, but this one squeezes the absolute max out of the Return by Death premise.

  リゼロってダレる所もないし、登場キャラ皆が味出してるの凄いと思う。大抵は噛ませとか説明するだけのキャラがいるのに、死に戻りっていう設定を最大限活用できてるのすごい。

• @Loton.0913👍 62

  The key is that it's not just 'reset and try harder' — the author clearly understands the weaknesses and blind spots of the time-loop and actually plays into them. The way the characters are written is top-tier too. Genuinely incredible.

  単に4に戻って頑張るだけじゃなくて、作者が4に戻りの欠点や死角をしっかり理解して活かしてるのが肝だと思う キャラの動かし方も最高だしホントに凄い

• @レグルスo9n👍 42

  It's not just good character handling — they keep messing with memory loss, name erasure, Return by Death, all this stuff that warps a character's setup and past, and yet the characters never lose their consistency. The author does nothing but horrible things to them, but you can tell he loves every one of them equally.

  ​@Loton.0913単にキャラの扱いが巧いだけじゃなくて、記憶喪失だの名前消失だの死に戻りだの、やたらとキャラの設定やら過去を弄くっててもキャラの一貫性は崩れてないのが凄いと思う。 惨いことばっかりするけど、なんやかんやキャラへの愛情は等しく高いんだろうな。

• @レグルスo9n👍 157

  The source material is a monster. Seeing it animated makes you feel just how absurdly good Nagatsuki's plotting is.

  原作の面白さが化け物。 アニメ化されると尚更長月先生の構成力の高さを実感する。

• @xl_i0👍 325

  "Stay Alive" is so peak it genuinely floored me.

  stayaliveは神すぎてまじでびっくらこいた

• @高圧洗浄機-w1d👍 9

  If you listen closely "STYX HELIX" is playing under it too, and that broke me.

  よく聞くとSTYX HELIXも流れてて泣いた

• @okennn👍 2

  That final "Stay Alive" is just cheating. Of course that's gonna make you cry.

  最後の Stay Alive はズルい。 あんなの泣いちゃうじゃん。

• @t4kiQ_ooタキ👍 169

  Season 1 trained my body to start crying the second "Stay Alive" drops.

  1期で俺のカラダはstay aliveで泣くように調教されちまってんだよ

• @ああ-d5w8b👍 272

  Yusuke Kobayashi's performance was way too good. So much flavor in it.

  小林祐介の演技良すぎた。味がすごい

• @M1S0soup858👍 14

  I don't know that era well enough to say for sure, but landing a real gem like Yusuke Kobayashi back when he probably hadn't gotten many big roles yet was honestly a miracle. I genuinely think he alone makes the show 50% more fun. One of the best voice actors in the world at dying.

  当時をあんまり知らんから断言はできんけど まだそこまで大役を貰ってなかったであろう頃に 小林裕介とかいうガチの逸材を拾ってこれたのホンマに奇跡 正直小林裕介ひとりで面白さ５割増しになってると思う この世で最も死ぬのが上手い声優の1人

• @rancoco4on👍 53

  The voice acting too, especially Yusuke Kobayashi as Subaru — incredible. Seriously, everything about it is the best.

  声優の演技も特にスバル役の小林裕介さんが凄い。マジで全部が最高。

• @ケータ-p2g👍 174

  Going from "even if you forget, I'll remember" to the callback "even if you forget, I'll remember for you" — that's just masterful.

  「あなたが忘れても私が覚えてる」からの、「君が忘れても俺が覚えてる」の返しが流石過ぎる

• @キナガニマツオ👍 91

  Back in the loot cellar, Emilia didn't know Subaru, risked her life for him anyway, then asked his name — and now they flip it: from Subaru's side, with no memories, this Emilia who's somehow kind to him is the one asking HIS name. That parallel structure is just too good, and the direction is god-tier on top of it.

  盗品蔵でエミリアはスバルのこと知らなくて、一方的に命懸けで助けてくれて名前を聞かれた展開が今度は逆にスバル視点でなんも記憶ないのに何故か優しくしてくれるエミリアがスバルに名前問いかける対比構造さすがに良すぎる、しかも演出神すぎるし

• @9awkfne336👍 18

  Oh, I didn't even catch that. So Subaru being bewildered by someone being kind to him was mirroring Emilia being bewildered by Subaru's kindness back then…

  ああ、気づかなかった。 そうかスバルは優しくしてくれることに、戸惑ってたのって、 エミリアがスバに優しくしてくれて戸惑ってたのと対比されてたんだ、、

• @nandakanan1984👍 60

  Emilia is so kind she literally looks like a saint, and then Subaru finally grasps his own situation and commits to protecting her — it's the ultimate form of a hero and his heroine, embodied.

  エミリアがひたすら聖母にしか見えないほど優しく、その後スバルがようやく自分の立場を 理解して、エミリアのことを守ることを記憶するのが主人公とヒロインの究極形を体現している

• @tukimurakagerou👍 32

  Subaru lost his memories and nearly fell into total distrust of everyone, but the way he picked himself back up in the finale was so moving 🥲 So hyped for the Recovery arc!

  記憶喪失になって人間不信になりかけたスバルだけど、最終回であの立ち直り方は凄く感動しました🥲 奪還編楽しみです！

• @bibit9789👍 57

  Anime gets me misty sometimes, but ugly-crying this hard hadn't happened in a while. Re:Zero is like this every season — the deeper the despair, the more insane the catharsis when it turns upward. Can't wait for the Recovery arc.

  アニメでウルっとすることはあってもここまでボロ泣きするのは久々だった リゼロは毎期そうだけど絶望すればするほど上向いた時のカタルシスが凄まじい 奪還編も超楽しみ

• @ヨーグルトソース👍 49

  So satisfying. I think it's been ages since an anime made me cry. The direction that called back to Season 1 was the best. I'm so glad I found Re:Zero.

  満足感凄い 久々にアニメで泣いた気がする アニメ一期を思い出させる演出が最高だった リゼロに出会えてよかった

• @浜辺に打ち上げられた鯛👍 70

  Seriously, it's wall-to-wall iconic scenes. With most shows, even if they got four seasons, I couldn't confidently name 10 standout moments — but with Re:Zero I could do it no problem. What an incredible work.

  まじで名シーンだらけ 他のアニメとか4期まであったとして、10個名シーン挙げろ言われたら自信ないけど、リゼロなら全然挙げられる すごい作品やわ

• @アンリー2000👍 28

  Re:Zero is honestly too good as a story. The characters, the script, the dialogue — all the best.

  まじリゼロお話として面白すぎるよな。キャラもシナリオも言葉も最高

• @ゆいちょ-g1o👍 89

  The exchange with Emilia hit like the legendary Rem episode and left me moved all over again.

  伝説のレム回を思い出すようなエミリアとのやり取りに感動した

• @mameshiba-san👍 10

  They drew the gore without nerfing it, even though broadcast TV tends to censor that stuff these days. Subaru in pieces, Anastasia cut clean in half, bones and flesh and organs — it's painful to look at, which cranks the immersion, the despair, and the horror way up. So good…

  最近地上波では規制されがちなグロ描写もナーフせず描ききってくれたのも凄かったな。 バラバラ◯体になったスバル、真っ二つになったアナスタシアさん、骨に肉に臓器まで描写が痛々しい故に臨場感、絶望感、ホラー度も増し増しですごい良かった、、、

• @たすず-n9x👍 10

  Everything up to here was the mystery half, and from here it's the solving half — that's brutal (in the best way).

  此処までが謎解き編で、ここからが解決編なのえぐい。

• @Barrettepurin👍 41

  It's already at a level I'm fully satisfied with, and yet the Recovery arc is still waiting up ahead — that's just overpowered. Re:Zero making you stare into total despair and then flooring it straight into hope is just the best, I love it.

  今の時点でもう充分レベルに満足する出来なのに、更にここから奪還編なんてものが待ち構えてるの強すぎる　リゼロってとことん絶望を見させてから一気に希望をフルスロットさせるの本当に大好きよね

• @まんさん-g9z👍 13

  It only gets ridiculously good from here, so go ahead and hype it up at full throttle.

  ここからもすごいやばいぐらい面白いから、フルスロットルで期待しちゃって

• @kankae111👍 162

  By the way, the reason Arc 6 is so beloved among source readers is that it stays great the whole way from here on.

  ちなみに原作勢で6章が大人気なのはこっからもずっとオモロイから。

• @mewrakuda6449👍 8

  Congrats to everyone who's anime-only. The Recovery arc is even more of a masterpiece.

  アニメ勢のみなさんおめでとうございます。奪還編はもっと神です。

• @johnranten👍 17

  After dragging the hero all the way down to rock bottom, the Recovery arc's catharsis explosion is impossible not to look forward to. If this much acclaim came during just the build-up phase, what on earth is next cour going to do?

  主人公を落ちるところまで落としてからの奪還編、カタルシスの爆発がイヤでも期待されますね 溜めの段階でこれだけの評価であれば、次クールはいったいどんな騒ぎになるのやら

• @ケツアナ-s1z👍 20

  The next broadcast is in August and I want to see it way too badly already.

  次の放送が8月なの早く見たすぎる

• @unicorn98765👍 9

  The author: "Let's begin here — from one… no, from zero!"

  作者「ここから始めましょう、イチから――いいえ、ゼロから！」