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Translator: TranslationChicken
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Editor: TranslationChicken
(Thank You Aaron, Kizarat, Roanz, Chris, Soriosh, Luis, Vimal, Nero for helping me with proofreading on the Live Draft! <3)
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ALL RIGHTS BELONG TO TAPPEI NAGATSUKI, THE ORIGINAL AUTHOR OF RE:ZERO, THIS IS A TRANSLATION OF THE FREE JAPANESE WEB NOVEL INTO ENGLISH
JAPANESE WEB NOVEL SOURCE: HTTP://NCODE.SYOSETU.COM/N2267BE/214/
Previous Part 2/4: https://translationchicken.com/2017/10/10/rezero-arc-4-chapter-48-a-price-for-the-tea-party-part-24/
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A great gust of wind swept up, forcing Subaru to lift his arm to cover his eyes.
The abrupt wind made waves in the grassfields at his feet, sending green blades swirling and scattering into the air. Inadvertently following it with his gaze and letting his eyes be drawn up into the sky, when he looked back again,
[Subaru: Sorry for putting you through the trouble, Echidona]
[Echidona: I just knew it would turn out like that… that’s why I tried to stop you]
[Subaru: It’s not like it can be helped… She kinda released her bondage and flipped up her blindfold herself. You should actually praise me a bit for not touching her, you know]
[Echidona: Right. If you did touch Daphne, it wouldn’t have ended so easily. Her left eye alone is not as much of a threat. But the horror of Daphne lies in her right eye, and it only truly begins once you’ve been “Eaten”]
Subaru couldn’t help but recoil a bit at that terrifying statement.
Frankly, the part about “Not as much of a threat” was already enough to set off some alarms.
[Subaru: What’s the point of showing me my opponent’s STATS after the battle’s already over? Gees. Although, I might want to hear it out in case I run into another monster with a similar setup…]
[Echidona: Monster, you say?]
Still not quite able to shake off his negative impression of Daphne, Subaru realized he might have misspoken when he heard Echidona’s disappointed mutter.
To her, Daphne was someone she could call her friend. Although one must admit that only a Witch could be friends with someone like that, this was this and that was that. No matter how you look at it, to call a Witch a monster in front of another Witch was,
[Subaru: Ahh, I wasn’t thinking just now. Sorry. Got carried away. I have absolutely no comment about that friend of yours. That’s all I have to say]
[Echidona: Huhuhu, there’s no need to be so considerate for a Witch’s feelings. We are quite used to those words of ostracism]
[Subaru: ……I can’t be so sure about what words to use for Daphne, but I don’t think you’re a monster. That much I should clarify, you know]
Hearing this, Echidona’s eyes widened in surprise.
And, seeing her reaction, Subaru quickly looked away, chiding himself for his self-serving thoughts.
What he said just now was clearly to get on her good side. Of course, half of it was sincere, but that didn’t change the fact that he was trying to avoid making a bad impression on the helpful Witch.
Then again, considerations of this caliber must surely have been seen through by this seasoned Witch.
[Echidona: No, it won’t work! Even if you try to dupe me with those pleasing words, I won’t let myself be duped! Want some more tea or cookies?]
[Subaru: Saying that while looking so cheerful isn’t convincing at all! What’s with your route being so easy? This is like desperate-lonely-girl-level!]
If she fell for such obvious flattery, then he’d have some serious worries about her future.
But, as much as he knew she didn’t―― it still left an ache inside his chest.
[Subaru: I think I’ll pass on the body fluids and the who-knows-what’s-in-there cookies]
[Echidona: I didn’t put my hair or anything in them?]
[Subaru: How can I not doubt every statement you make at this point!]
Subaru had already decided that he would never eat anything from here again.
Seeing Subaru shoot her a suspicious look, Echidona gave a wry smile. Then, she returned his gaze with her all-seeing eyes. Sometimes, for some reason, he just found those eyes really disconcerting.
[Subaru: I don’t like that look that feels like it can see right through me]
[Echidona: If I could see through all of you just by looking, then I wouldn’t mind staring at you until you are burned to a char…… But anyway, are you aware of it, or not, I wonder?]
[Subaru: Aware or not of what?]
[Echidona: Well, in my narrow, clumsy imagination, what you went through just now should be considered a rather shocking experience to most humans. Surely, being compelled by hunger into eating your own body isn’t a common occurrence?]
Listening to Echidona’s understated delivery, Subaru was reminded of just how hideous his situation had been. Holding up his right hand, he confirmed that all five fingers were still there, all thanks to a certain Witch’s hit-and-run healing.
While Subaru quietly thanked her in his mind, Echidona closed one of her eyes,
[Echidona: Minerva just ignored my calls and jumped out. When she catches sight of a wound, she’ll charge out regardless of appearances…… it’s hard to live a long life with a personality like that. In fact, she was the first of us to be killed]
[Subaru: The end of the Witches…… huh. I heard you were all eaten by the Witch of Envy, but is it alright for me to ask about that?]
[Echidona: To ask the dead about how they died, is that too crude a thing to do, I wonder? It is certainly unprecedented. And as for how I feel about it…… hmm, let me see. I don’t think I should relay that story. It involves the other five’s reputations, after all]
Seeing Echidona unwilling to discuss the details of their deaths, Subaru could only accept that it can’t be helped.
Subaru himself had died many times before, and knew full well that it was not a topic for lighthearted conversation. After all, “Death” is an awfully heavy thing.
[Subaru: In that sense, I guess you guys are some of the few people who could share that feeling with me]
[Echidona: ……no, I wouldn’t be so sure. Indeed, we have died once, but I don’t know if we could think of it the same way you do]
Just when he thought he had found some common ground, Subaru’s words were rejected.
But, just as he was about to object to Echidona’s curtness, all of that emotion evaporated when he noticed the grave expression on her face. She was looking directly at him, her brows furrowed with a tinge of sadness,
[Echidona: This is also related to the matter of awareness…… have you noticed that your current state is crooked?]
[Subaru: Crooked……?]
[Echidona: It is no doubt a consequence of the special circumstances of “Return by Death”. And so, while it pains me to recognize that as the reason, it pains me even more to see that you yourself are not aware of it]
[Subaru: I’m not sure I understand… So, what’re you trying to tell……]
[Echidona: Do you think it’s normal for someone who just ate their own fingers, even if they are healed, to carry on a casual conversation as though nothing had happened?]
[Subaru: ――――]
For a moment, Subaru stopped breathing.
With steady eyes, Echidona watched the frozen Subaru. And then, to that Subaru who had forgotten how to breathe,
[Echidona: You weren’t entirely unaware, it seems]
[Subaru: ……It’s a matter of how I look at it, I guess. Honestly, I’m aware that the way I’m thinking right now isn’t normal. But for the sake of what’s most important to me… I feel it’s alright to cut off the rest of it]
[Echidona: The rest of it, such as?]
[Subaru: Well, my primary goal right now is to break through this deadlock. The problems at the Mansion, the problems at the Sanctuary, and most of all, the problems facing Emilia. I’m still as stuck as ever, and still have no idea where to begin, but……]
Breathing in through his nose, Subaru looked up to the sky.
Blue and vast, with white, drifting clouds, and a somehow soothing breeze. Letting it all soak into his sight, immersed in this scenery detached from the tedium of reality,
[Subaru: I’ve already decided that I’ll use the hell out of everything I can get my hands on]
[Echidona: ……So you’ve accepted “Return by Death”, then?]
[Subaru: It’s not that I’ve accepted it… Only, I’m a bit short on tools to begin with, so it’s just about all I have. ……Don’t misunderstand though, I really don’t like using it at all]
In front of Echidona, who must have already picked up on his thoughts, Subaru nonetheless tacked on this unnecessary clarification.
[Subaru: In order to reach that desired future, even if I have to pay with my life, I will do it. For now, I’ve at least been assured that I can keep Returning by Death for as long as I can keep my sanity. In that case, I’ll just have to muster as much backbone as this boneless self can muster]
[Echidona: To pile on the “Deaths”, in order to bring it within your reach. ――That is not a resolve any ordinary person would be capable of]
[Subaru: I’ve died too many times, I guess. ……Before I knew it, my head must’ve gotten messed up]
He wasn’t making light of “Death”. It was just that the accumulation of the experiences of “Death” in Subaru had strengthened his conviction into something irreversible, and terrifying. Without a doubt, Subaru now feared “Death” more than ever before.
But, in spite of this, Subaru nonetheless intended to make full use of “Death”. It was as simple as that.
After piling on his deaths, and having witnessed the ends of worlds, what he found far more unbearable than his own death, were the deaths of the people close to him.
If it meant saving them from the inescapable fate of “Death”, then he would expend as many of his replaceable “Lives” as necessary.
Swallow down all the pain, agony, and horror, and die in order to survive.
――That, was the basis of Natsuki Subaru’s so-called crooked resolve.
[Subaru: If the only thing I have to sacrifice is my own heartbreaks, then I will gladly do it. “Return by Death” is just the perfect ability for this powerless brainless always-relying-on-others self, isn’t it?]
[Echidona: …………]
[Subaru: I was hoping you’d console me with “Don’t think so little of yourself!” or something!?]
[Echidona: Considering the obstacles that await you in every direction, I can’t say it so lightly. In fact, if you wish to take control of this current situation, there is no way not to use it. Although personally, I would be quite displeased to have no choice but to rely on Envy]
The fact that Echidona refrained from offering easy consolations just meant that she was the type to be mindful of the circumstances.
Although it wasn’t much for encouragement, he was still grateful for having someone to kick him awake like this.
After all, knowing that the road ahead will leave him full of wounds and scratches only made it all the more worth taking.
[Subaru: In the end, all I can do is spam Return by Death and keep going over my options, huh. I’d hate to imagine how many painful experiences I’m gonna be facing up ahead]
[Echidona: …………]
[Subaru: One of the mysteries I gotta solve though, is what kind of experiments were you running in this Experimental Grounds of the Sanctuary…… you probably don’t feel like telling me, do you?]
[Echidona: …….No, I don’t. I already told you before. I wouldn’t want you to despise me]
Echidona shook her head at Subaru’s question, and denied his request.
Receiving this reply, [I have no choice, then], Subaru went on with a click of his neck,
[Subaru: If you won’t tell me, then there’s no other choice. I’ll just have to go ahead and rip open all the secrets you wanted to hide. You won’t try to stop me, will you?]
[Echidona: ……If you want to rip it open, there’s nothing I can do. If you want to overpower my secrets you despise so much and forcibly expose them under the sun, then my only choice is to silently endure it]
[Subaru: You’re making it sound like I’m planning to do something awful can you not please say it like that!?]
Echidona’s cheeks blushed and quickly looked away from Subaru.
He seriously wasn’t sure if she was doing that on purpose or if that just happened to be her personality. Just from what he had seen over the course of the tea party, she really might actually be that airheaded… Witches are scary.
Then, just when he was about to resume the conversation,
[Subaru: Nnh――]
Suddenly, still seated in his chair, a dizziness struck him. Something almost like the dazzled feeling from standing up too fast continued to sway Subaru’s consciousness. That is,
[Echidona: It seems your body is close to waking up]
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Next Part 4/4: https://translationchicken.com/2017/10/15/rezero-arc-4-chapter-48-a-price-for-the-tea-party-part-44/
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(The amazing thumbnail fan art is by @kurokawa!)
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Dona-Dona ❤
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Chapter 48 Live Draft:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/re-zero-arc-4-48-14766197
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Next Part 4/4: https://translationchicken.com/2017/10/15/rezero-arc-4-chapter-48-a-price-for-the-tea-party-part-44/
Am I first again?
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I almost beat you :c
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Thanks Holy chicken
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Technically chicken was in the comments, til you beat him in the comments I won’t accept you
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Nice work chicken ❤
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Thanks chicken
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you missed first place by three minutes lol
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I got kind of hungry after reading this and it scares me for a second
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Eat mor Chikin.
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This chapter, reminds me why I find Subaru to be one hell of a protagonist. He’s normal, yet exceptional. Extraordinary in his simplicity. A very “real” character with strengths and flaws.
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I know right. I also love even though he has died many times. Instead of being immune to it you see that it’s starting to way little by little on his sanity.
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First?
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Im gonna make my firat daughter Dona i sweaf. I love this chick ❤️
I was just about to sleep, when heard my phone buzzing.. lesson for kids: ALWAYS CHECK THE PHONE FOR EMAILS
thanks chicken 😘
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Echidona being cute again this chapter. She’s of a desperate-lonely-girl-level. She’s definitely one of my favorite witches.
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Oh, Emilia… I haven’t heard that name for awhile now.
Good chapter, and the best part was when Echidona blushed ❤ Thanks for releasing this chapter Chicken-Sama and thank you guys who also helped Chicken 😀
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Go chicken, you are making my life right now great work as always!!!
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Thank you chicken:)❤
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Man, it’s really satisfying that there’s at least one character in this world that can appreciate the full extent of Subaru’s awesomeness.
He may have many flaws, but his adventures have given him an amount of courage that very few people can compete with.
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rem? she is the reason subaru doesn’t give up
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Who’s rem?
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man did u even read the story? its the maid with the blue hair!
now think i wouldnt say i was joking, terrifying thought isnt it ? but it happened… who knows if it was an act of troll or a retard…
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Who’s rem..Did you mean blue hair ram?
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Eh, not really. There lots of bad shit Subaru has gone through without Rem where he didn’t give up. In fact says not giving his always been his trait and has little to do with that.
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My first chapter after having caught up! I wish that Subaru would’ve asked how she became a witch, since I seem to recall her mentioning that she was not always one. Granted, I feel like she probably wouldn’t have told him, but still.
And of course…
Thank you for the translation! ❤
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Maybe she was a vessel like how Emilia is a potential vessel for Envy
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There are different generations of witches/archbishops. Echidna and co. (included Satella) is from the previous generation. While the archbishops are the current.
Its about compatibility with the witch gene. One person can only be compatible with one sin. The sage / sage candidates are the only exception. And the sage’s duty is to appoint the new generation. Echidna’s generation was probably chosen by Flugel.
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echidona > emilia > rem?
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Rem>Echidna>Emilia for me atm, but Emilia hasnt gotten real developement yet soo..
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I think you used the greater than sign wrong
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Rem > Echidona > Everyone else > Emilia
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Its crazy how fast Echidna just jumped into my top 3 best girls of re:zero. I hope we get to know more about the witches, their stories etc, its so fucking interesting. I kinda know some things cause i read the charackter descriptions of the witches on the wiki section of re:zero, but nothing beats getting the real stories.
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No! I need more of dona-dona don’t leave yet
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There is never enough Dona.
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We are getting more of done soon right?
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I think we will, but don’t know if it’s soon
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more Dona-Dona❤ plz. also, ty chicken❤ find out if Emilia is still viable as a waifu in the next chapter of Re:0
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Now, as to what Subaru will wake up to…
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She would do anything for knowledge, but she wants to go through the steps of acquiring it. I wonder what kind of knowledge she pursued for this sanctuary. Trapping halfbreeds, something related to genetics and magic?
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She was probably researching the ways of becoming best girl.
Sad thing she was killed before she could finish…
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I comment first for the next post in this post, that makes me the first comment for the next post
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We finally get to see the story progress again :). Gonna miss Echidona though lol. Also great work Chicken.
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Dona-Dona is LOVE!!!!!!
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I feel like even if we do find out what Dona did in the “experimental grounds of the Sanctuary” I’m still going to love her. Dona is now my new favorite ; D
Thanks oh great chicken! I can’t wait for part 4
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Tea party is over. 😦 he still hasn’t met lust yet… Unacceptable
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That means we still have at least one teaparty…since…GOTTA CATCH ‘EM ALL.
Let the harem grow gentlemens.
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I wonder what the witch of greed is hiding and I would love to no how the witches died and I love Subaru he is like the character you play in dark souls where you die all the time and you face god like people but even a man who keeps on flailing but keeps on going will all most always win like I said before is his will is almost scary and getting over eating himself so quickly he himself is in a way a monster
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I absolutely love these chapters! any Subaru X Dona time is good time ❤
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Aww ~ That was sweet of Echidona ❤ She's the first person to have ever noticed that aboutSubaru, and I'm really glad that she said all of that too. Subaru needs someone like her. And her reactions are so cute! Hehe.. I hope Subaru finds a way to make her happy as well, cause she's lonely there.. 😦
Thank you Chicken! This really made my tiresome, hectic day, bearable 🙂
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<3!
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Thank you for the translation, chicken 😊❤ can’t wait for the next chapter 😆
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So just one more part to go and still i don’t get what is the price for the tea party??
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> [Echidona: Right. If you did touch Daphne, it wouldn’t have ended so easily. Her left eye alone is not as much of a threat. But the horror of Daphne lies in her right eye, and it only truly begins once you’ve been “Eaten”]
Oh god. “Eaten”, that’s exactly what happened to Rem. I assume it’s the same sort of power as Ley’s. And apparently having hunger so intense you end up eating your own arm is nothing compared to what happens once you’ve been eaten? Poor Rem.
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Gonna like every comment which include rem.
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*cringe*
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I wonder what Subaru’s gonna do with Garfiel this round. This is gonna be entertaining.
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Is this the most recent translation?
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Yes! Follow the blog by entering your email so you can get notified when Chicken uploads the next chapter 😀
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Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona Dona ❤️
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Is this the most recent translation?
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echidona has such a cute personality, her being a person of power and all only makes her more attractive
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White fox i DEMAND ECHIDONA TO BE ANIMATED, btw thanks for the translation chicken ❤
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Thanks chicken, I can hardly wait the next chapter. Keep up the good work! ❤
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With Subaru’s harden resolve he will Up-skirt reality; pierce Echidna’s secrets, Relentlessly plow to the core and leave no veil un-turned.
He will get the crown. save the town and Mr. Krabs
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when might subaru’s other authorities be revealed.
i want to see him use this kind of trump card and be like: “Its my turn.”
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I hate that kind of crap.
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Subaru gon get some of that dusty puss
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IMHO
Dona is “top 3” material if you look past her psychopathic tendencies and all the secrets. Really love her tea parties tho.
Emilia is actually not that bad yinno. Subaru just ruined it by chasing her before she got any actual development.
Rem’s good. Subaru just gotta play Darude Sandstorm with his cell to wake her up… right?
All that aside, Subaru’s resolve is off the charts, especially with his lack of abilities aside from RBD. ‘Best Protagonist’ title incoming. Thanks a lot Chicken!
-Stay tuned for a foaming Subaru after the break- [plays “Echidona’s Secret” commercial]
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i know it doesnt really related to the chapter, but why in the anime those cult members (the strange underlings who looks like the kkk) listened to subaru’s orders? coz of his with scent or just coz juice ordered it?
i just thought about it coz i try to think about “powers” (that ppl spoke here) that subaru might come along with
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It’s because of the witch’s stench coming from him. Betelguese himself even said it was the first time he saw someone receive so much love from the witch, that implies that the stench coming from Subaru is probably stronger than the stench coming from the archbishops so the members of the cult probably just though Subaru was one of them, Betelguese himself though he was one of them on the later loops of arc 3.
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what are even those cult underlings are? they supposed to be normal humans so how they feel the witches scent.. yes juice is a spirit so its ok, but the others? are they already lost or something? kind of zombies? although the trader spy looked human enough (till he got his mind replaced with juice and went kaboom)
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Yeah, indeed they are human. However all cultists have the witch’s stench coming out their bodies but far less than the archbishops so it wouldn’t be strange if they are all able to sense it; otherwise, why would Rem and Ram suspect Subaru if only the archbishops had the witch’s stench hanging around themselves?
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subaru cant sense it at all, till now just demihumans could smell it, or spirits
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Subaru is not a cultist much less an archbishop so it only makes sense that he is unable to do so. Now this is only my personal opinion but since on top of smelling the same as the witch all cultists are somewhat powerful mages so you can’t really consider them normal.
I also have a theory about that but need to wait for Chicken to finish this arc plus at least half of arc 5 because some of the information I need to explain my theory are only revealed on arc 5 so I can’t really say anything right now.
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But petelgese mistook Subaru for pride think about it PRIDE
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Doesn’t invalidate what I already said. Pride is the ONLY authority missing and Subaru’s stench is equal to or even (most likely) worse than an archbishop’s stench, Meaning he can only be pride since all other spots are taken.
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cant wait for the next chapter 😆
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I am pretty sure Dona-sama is using Subaru to get more information on Return by Death and that’s why she is kind of friendly to him probably. But this is just my theory
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I like Dona times
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[Echidona: Do you think it’s normal for someone who just ate their own fingers, even if they are healed, to carry on a casual conversation as though nothing had happened?]
After experiencing death many times in different ways, I’m pretty sure this is nothing to Subaru and that place is in a dream like world.
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As we keep going I start to like Echidona more.
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As other people said, I love Dona tea parties.
It is:
– Calm (even though people, like, eat their hands, are beaten the hell out of them and so on);
– Friendly (in some ways);
– Intriguing (as some mysteries may be unravelled, maybe);
– I love Echidona, what can I do about it ahhaha
Thanks for the translations!!!!
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The first question Subaru should ask himself, why would the person, who despises and hates Envy help the subject of Envy’s love.
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♥♥♥
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Echidona blushes!? Echidona is afraid of Subaru despising her!? Echidona is worried about Subaru and his state of mind!?
Ooooooh now I wish someone would resurrect her and create a vessel for her to be added to Subaru’s harem.
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