@JanchoRZ We have to somehow find a way to calm the situation down with bleach fans and other review bombers if we want any chance of a consistent 9.7+ episode
Re: Zero Season 4, Episode 15 - Spoiler Warning
This episode was incredible. There is no better way to preface this post than that.
Of course, the start of the episode follows from last episode's cliffhanger, with them facing Reid Astrea = Roy Alphard (or Roid for brevity).
The episode proceeds without much fanfare until the shadows of the Witch of Envy show up, and the tower begins crumbling. Some really awesome angles here, and lighting + compositing is much better than usual.
The fight continues as the tower crumbles, and albeit brief, it was awesome. We even get Reid underwear shots. The final bit where Reid kills Subaru too was extremely well done.
Then, onto the meat of the episode. After Subaru Returns by Death, he goes to meet Shaula on the balcony. It is time for "Earnest Star".
And boy. Did it move me. And that's not an easy feat.
The scene was so emotional, perfectly complemented by touching boarding, a beautiful soundtrack and Ai Farouz's best performance as a VA so far. And the direction to boot. I don't really know how I can describe the emotions via text, so I just advise everyone to watch it next week and let the emotions sink in.
The title card for the episode is shown right after Subaru suicides to save Shaula.
After Subaru returns, the Counts begin. Of course, like in the novels, we won't see every single Count, and some are a bit spedrun, but they did an excellent job given the limited runtime. Each Count they show is accompanied by Subaru giving a quick summary of what he learnt during the failed loop.
The first one, Count One, is the one we see the most of. Where we see how Reid and Roy become Roid. Really engaging and enjoyable, and well hammered out in general.
The other Counts that are shown are: 2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 15, though they are brief flashes for the latter few. But still as a whole, extremely well directed.
After Count 15, Subaru is left alone in Taygeta to recover, as in the novels, before using Cor Leonis to lead him to his own Book of the Dead.
The Ending theme begins to play as he reads his own name on the Book, for a dozen seconds, before launching into the Ending Visuals.
No Opening. Ending is as described. Not an extended length episode.
Title: "The Earnest Star"
My rating: 9.15/10
I kinda feel that subaram friendship is so underrated even amongst ReZero fans. their care and love for each other is more subtle in general which make it even precious to me plus they share the same braincells and no one can convince me otherwise 🤧
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@OkeanixALT Sad. I guess rz fans still dont realize that a lot of people started caring about imdb ratings.
even worse that our ratings have been tanking lately (s2ep23 and s2ep11 both dropped from 9.6)