@Keperu_ Arc 3 would be quite strange and Emilia would be a very different character
She's now the spitting image of Satella, one of the hero's who sealed Flugel... and Subaru would be the one discriminated against. How interesting
@garmadoncar Woo, more sidestory stuff
Iirc in the "loving the days gone by" sidestory Echidna mentioned Alec was the one to take Reid out of his hometown, saving the world in the process. It's good to see what lead to that
@Set0wi Actually, I think it might be survivorship bias
The sorts of new watchers that would encourage gatekeeping get filtered halfway through Season 1
Anyone left isn't going to be that adversarial
@_weltseele_ There's even more evidence that comes up later
It's like... Tappei. Stop teasing ong. We know it's going to be an Arc 12 reveal
Just please don't be a bootstrap paradox. Thanks
@Kaleosouls@Jorgeznt She talks about it during a break-time short
When people die, they either accept death, or they refuse death
Subaru does neither. And that disgusts her
@fuglydumpling Subaru early on is really funny
He quickly figures out that he can openly flirt with Emilia, and she won't understand it. It's a fun dynamic
@MistHashira@Balurion2 Also there's a specific moment that seems... suspicious. Like super suspicious in hindsight
I won't discuss it till Balu's done with Arc 8 though
@Balurion2 Yeah, the peak of Ginunhive
Subaru through Arc 1-4 hated Satella. Arc 5-6 he had an appreciation but not an understanding
And now he's accepted that he needs her help
@Axl_hk Nah, IMO Arc 7 is more "here are sidestories to read alongside this arc" and less "here's required reading"
Rem's Provisional Paranoia, Missing Child Search Chronicles, No Mercy smth forgot the name add additional context, though read them after you pass what they adapt
@Axl_hk Well... uhh, yeah. Basically
There's a sidestory where Heinkel gets hired by Prisscilla. Considering break time touched on things discussed there, it won't get adapted
But anyway that sidestory did more for his characterisation than the entirety of the novels
@Xenosaiyan Are Felix and Subaru really that different?
Self-Esteem issues, saviour complexes, self-sacrificial mentalities
Subaru doesn't allow people to die within his sight. Felix doesn't allow people to die within his sight too
Very similar characters
@LinkAnd0606 You don't need that either?
Pulling a comparison, Subaru does a similar thing. He isolated himself for a while. During the story, he doesn't respect the autonomy of the people around him - treating them as "characters" instead of actual people
Rifujin didn't need all that