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With all the analysis going around about arc 3 - for better or worse - why hasn't anyone told me how fucking down Reinhard is for Subaru?!

As soon as they meet in the capital, Reinhard immediately tells him that he expected him to be there because he always makes the right choice and would protect Miss Emilia. And then when Julius arrives he tells him not to worry about Subaru's gaze because "he does it to analyze people." Where the hell does he get these conclusions from?! They only saw each other once a month ago, but I guess Subaru's Rizz was enough to reduce him to the same level as Rem!

I don't know what Tappei's goal was here, but as far as I'm concerned it just convinced me to be more interested in ReinSuba.

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They give me really similar vibes, although it's hard for me to explain exactly why, and I hope I'm not the only one who feels this way:

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No fucking way, double peak?!

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Fucking Natsuki Subaru coded.

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This is my contribution for Valentine's Day:

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If I had a nickel for every manga where the main character has a rival named Hikaru, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't much but it's weird that it happened twice.

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My honest reaction to the latest episode of re:zero :

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I love how in the manga Anastasia acts like a Mom and asks who Garfiel is.

And the fact that Mimi's brothers actually have a reaction to seeing her with Garfield, rather than the absolute nothingness that is in the anime.

It's nice to see detail like this, it helps you appreciate the characters more.

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First Akane-Banashi decides to jump three years in time and send her protagonist to France.

Then Spy X Family decides to reveal that the main villain is an alien. (Or at least that's what his wife thinks.)

It's going to be a long two weeks for my sanity.

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I got them all! I finally got them all!

[From left to right: GX Manga - JP/ Light Novel - IT/ BG Manga- IT]

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Close enough, welcome back Shisui and Xiaolan .

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It is interesting that Regulus and Capella's conception of love, despite the former's denial, have the same basis.

Capella makes it clear that for her, love exists only in terms of how attractive a person is, that without that there would really be nothing. That's the dilemma she poses to Subaru, the one she challenges him with when she transforms into Emilia: if the woman he loves were to transform into an insect, would he still love her? Would he really be capable of looking beyond the look ?

Regulus hates this view of things, he labels Capella as a "flesh lover"*. But he is just a hypocrite. He is the living proof of Capella's reasoning. When Subaru asks him why he took Emilia, he replies that it's because of his face and that there is no other reason to love someone. He demands that none of his wives smile, because it would ruin their faces. It's all he cares about, there's nothing else for him beyond that.

The kind of twisted love that Capella professes does exist and, ironically, is practiced by the very man who believes himself better than her. From a man who believes he truly loves, but who cannot see beyond his own ego and who sees his wives as accessories to be shown off and nothing more. Regulus Corneas is much more lustful than he would like to admit.

*It might be a mistranslation, English is not my first language so I don't know what did the english subtitles say.

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Fujimoto has really decided to take the concept of "found family" to the extreme, huh?

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I was looking at the covers of the RE:Zero LN because I was bored (and to increase my interest in continuing, I'm currently caught up with the Anime), when I noticed a detail.

There is no Subaru.

THE FUCKING PROTAGONIST OF THE STORY DOESN'T APPEAR ON ANY COVER !

THERE ARE CHARACTERS REPEATED SEVERAL TIMES BUT NEVER HIM!

Did they think they wouldn't sell with him on the cover? Do they want to keep him for the last volume? Does the illustrator hate him? If I asked someone who knows nothing about the story to tell me the protagonist based on the covers alone, what would they say?

I'm really disappointed by this omission, such an injustice for such a fantastic character. (⁠ب⁠_⁠ب⁠)

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I think I should write something, after all by pure coincidence ONK ended exactly 2 years after I discovered it.

A lot of things have changed in 2 years, at the time I had read very little manga and ONK seemed like such an incredible thing to me. I remember trying Kaguya-Sama and not liking it, then it became one of my favorite series but that's another story.

I remember the months before the anime adaptation, when I couldn't wait for everyone to know about this story and to finally be able to talk about it with my friends.

How Akasaka was a genius to me and how i followed Renai Daikou from the first chapter.

The incest accusations after the series ended and how they turned out to be true. How the hope that Aka wouldn't go down that path turned first into disappointment and then boredom that it didn't lead to anywhere.

How I read the chapter in the volume where Kana went to that director's house and realized that an attempted rape - sorry if that sounds too strong - had been completely ignored by the story.

That was probably the point where I broke down and sold the volumes to make room. And how I've been following the series ever since just to see how this disaster would end.

And the story is over and... Nothing, at this point I can't feel anything except "It's over". It's literally "Thank you Aquamarine Hoshino, you killed yourself for our sake" and I don't know whether to laugh or not.

I thank the series for accompanying me for 2 years, but I don't think the journey was worth the destination.

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So apparently in Japan if you name your daughter a name that starts with R, she will automatically become a bass player.

- Ryo Yamada (Bocchi The Rock!)

- Rupa (Girls Band Cry)

- Rin Kouyama (Girl Meets Rock!)

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This week's episode of MayoPan strikes me above all for the broad expressiveness of the characters.

It's really nice to see that the authors understand that facial expressions are a powerful comical tool, and that in using them they range in a great variety rather than being reduced to simple meme faces extensively tested.

It's one of those things that helps the series to have a unique imprint and that makes me laugh like crazy every week!