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Deshawn Smith

Heres a nice take on this episode from Llooyd_ on Reddit. "That was quite a heavy episode but valuable in so many ways because we can deduce a lot from what this episode has revealed to us. We have finally gotten the big puzzle piece that is Subaru’s past and it tells us so much about why he acted the way he did up until now. • Many wondered why Subaru was so accepting of the fact that he was just transported to a new world at the beginning of S1. Subaru has lived most of his life in his father’s shadow. Kenichi is charismatic, talented and well respected all around, qualities that people more or less also expected from Subaru. This was true early into Subaru’s life and he constantly got positive feedback for that until the point came where he wavered in upholding that kind of image. Being Kenichi’s Son turned from a badge of honour for Subaru to a painful weight on his shoulder and he was crushed by the expectations of others all the while his self worth crumbled away. And now here is this completely new world where no one knows him let alone his father. Here he isn’t Subaru Natsuki, son of Kenichi Natsuki. No one will put these high expectations on him. It was a new chance at life for Subaru, one he thought was tailored towards him and him alone. Sure he loved his parents dearly but the sheer pressure & negative feelings he held for the previous world and his position in it probably overwrote whatever lingering positive feelings he had for it left. There are all kinds of neat little details about Subaru’s character in regards to his old life throughout Season 1 that just now got more depth. • Like his rather empty phone contacts which are most likely due to Subaru closing himself off entirely during High School ( S1 Ep 1 ) • There is a particular scene in Season 1 that gets a whole lot more depth & context with this episode. The fabled ( S1 Ep 13 ) where Subaru proclaims himself Emilia’s knight and clashes with Julius. A centre theme in that entire exchange is being worthy of a title. Subaru proclaims himself a knight which leads to Julius questioning him on his worth for that very title. And when Julius implies that Emilia isn’t showing she is proud to have Subaru as a knight things start to fall apart. See the resemblance to Subaru and his title as Kenichi’s Son? To drive that point in even further let me quote Subaru’s next words "Is being a knight that big of a deal? You just happened to be born into the job! Don’t act like a big shot with your daddy’s name!" followed by a very clear visual indicator that Subaru is pained by these words cause as we now know it was projection all along. • Another example is the second arc when Subaru starts working earnestly at the mansion and we learn that he is very happy with earning his place through hard work to a point where he declines Emilia’s offer to heal his wounds. Subaru was given a chance, not because he is Kenichi’s Son but because he is him and Subaru is giving it his all to be worthy of the expectations put onto him ( S1 Ep 4 ) • All throughout Season 1 Subaru has the tendency to suddenly be all outgoing, goofy and hyper as if he just flipped a switch. This confused both viewers and the characters within the show. People eventually concluded that this was a coping mechanism for Subaru to deal with the things thrown at him but we still never really knew why he dealt with trauma in this way. This episode gives us the necessary info to finally get why Subaru behaves the way he does in such scenes. When Subaru started to fall behind from being the best and felt like he was in danger of not meeting everyone’s expectations anymore he shifted his priorities to making everyone around him laugh, to be as charismatic as he could be. He put on an extremely noisy, hyper attitude in order to not only be the center of attention but also to feel like he was still the best at something. This is how Subaru got through the early stages of his childhood until the people surrounding him outgrew this kind of behaviour. It went from being funny to annoying so people started to move on. Subaru didn’t try to change his ways but rather distance himself more & more. As a result Subaru’s experience in socializing with others became severely lopsided towards what he knew & worked in a portion of his life…putting on a clown show, making others laugh and be as loud and outgoing as possible. Now Subaru is here in a new world and desperate to make a good impression on others. Not only that but he is experiencing horrific things, ones he cannot talk about. So what does he do as a result? Fall back into the pattern he knows the best by putting on the overly happy jokester facade. At his core Subaru really isn’t this noisy annoying brat, he just can’t help behaving this way sometimes because it’s just imprinted on him from his past life. Luckily he has been bettering himself in that regard ever since From Zero happened in S1 Ep 18 where he openly laments this exact behaviour as one of the things he hates about himself. Seriously, listen to Subaru’s rant about himself again after this episode. Also since it keeps coming back up "I'm watching you, you're watching me, so I won't look down" finds itself even into this flashback episode. There are countess more examples like these, more than I can realistically tackle here so I encourage people to at some point look back at some episodes and try to see the new light that is being shone on them. I gotta say I loved and feared the scene when Subaru sits in his room and observes the clock as it advances towards the point of no return. It’s painfully relatable to me ( not in the context of school ) but I had moments where I had to do something and I looked at the clock waiting for the moment where I could give myself an out by going "eh, it’s already too late for it anyway" and not blame myself further. All of this is already very relatable and emotional but what broke me personally is when Subaru apologizes repeatedly and openly laments the facts that he will never be able to repay his parent’s love & support. His chances on returning to this world, especially anytime soon are very slim so Subaru has already resigned himself to the idea that he will never be able to see his parents again. He can’t repay them for all they did by watching after them when they’re old & in need of his support. All in all a highly emotional and relatable episode which I hope lets some people finally warm up to Subaru’s character."

Pedro Barrera

I just cried this chapter to be honest, some things happened to me on this past similar to this and the part that breaks me was like the other person says, when Subaru apologize assuming that he can't never see again his parents and support them, that just break me, good reaction bro

Loro Lukic

"Don't act like a big-shot just because of your daddy's name," Subaru epsiode 13 - when he was talking down to the knights within the castle. Self-projection is so real it's not even funny, we've all done it at some point.