City Scramble

Yes! Wednesday night! And the start of the "Counterattack Arc"! Starting today, the second half of Re:Zero anime Season 3 begins! I've been doing this the whole time, and I'll be live-commenting again tonight, so please join me!

It's started!!!!!!!

Starting off with a fanservice scene, which is rare for Re:Zero! Priscilla really is the kind of noble lady who can properly change her own clothes and all that!

The "Counterattack Arc" started with Priscilla, and with lines that spirited, it really gets the momentum going. Talking about how Priscilla sees Al would be tactless, but personally, I like how Priscilla and Anastasia have one of the sharpest relationships among the candidates.

Priscilla has changed form from her usual dress into a combat dress. Will she show the outrageous fighting power we see in the OP? Stay tuned.

But really, Liliana's face collapses however it pleases...

Telling Anastasia to use Al however she likes and leaving him with her also felt like a scene showing a fair amount of trust in his abilities.

Otto... once again, alone in a dangerous spot. Or so I thought, but then he reunites with Felt's group, who hadn't gathered at City Hall, and things are reaching a climax on their side too! And wow, they really do have ties to "Gluttony"!

By the way, Otto can hear demi-beasts, but he can't understand them. Probably because demi-beasts don't have conscious intent, so even with the Divine Protection of Soul of Language, it just comes across as meaningless sounds like "uuu" and "aaa."

Whoa, it's Kurgan of the "Eight Arms"! The author got carried away and made him have eight arms, then dumped all the problem of how that would even work anatomically onto Otsuka-sensei, and he still pulled it off perfectly with Kurgan!

Her hood comes off, and at last the Witch Cultist is revealed... no, Theresia van Astrea. She's beautiful even with those lifeless eyes, but compared to the age she was when she died, her appearance has grown younger. The reason for that, another time.

Liliana blushing when she's told Kiritaka is alive is so cute!

And now we're finally at the church, and Reinhard is really laying on the taunting. By the way, even Reinhard is absolutely doing this on purpose to provoke him.

Even while Regulus has hold of her, Emilia still makes sure to sock him one. I like that grit. By the way, if it were probably anyone other than Regulus-san, Emilia would be squeezing back hard enough to make the arm holding her creak.

Regulus-san says, "I'll only let you take this once," but considering his combat power, anyone who's ever taken even one of Regulus-san's attacks head-on has probably died. Reinhard included.

Subaru pulls No. 184 over to avoid collateral damage, Emilia passes an ice sword to Reinhard, and Reinhard uses it to cut Regulus-san clean in two. The battle to defeat "Greed," complete!!

Gaston! Gaston!

Just let the Sin Archbishops talk all they want... while they do, hold a strategy meeting. That's the optimal answer! As expected of Otto!

Lye really is blushing properly, and I don't think that's just him fooling around. I think he's genuinely fired up. That's just how the Authority of "Gluttony" works.

The reason Otto was able to keep acting alone is thanks to an ambush ally you could only rely on in a city with this many waterways.

By the way, if you have a needle and thread, the Divine Protection of Sewing can quickly stitch up the holes in those clothes, and the Divine Protection of Laundry can finish getting the blood out too. They could probably be restored as if nothing had happened.

No. 184 murmurs, "Who could ever stand against Regulus Corneas," but even before now, there were plenty of people who resisted Regulus-san when those girls were being made into his wives. Every last one of them was beaten back, and among them were surely people the girls truly depended on. Even Reinhard isn't enough to reassure them.

A makunouchi bento! This is way too much of a makunouchi bento! I can't keep up with the commentary!!

Garfiel and Wilhelm-san headed for the control tower to defeat "Lust," but the lump of flesh they expected Capella to be waiting as turned out to be a fake, and after leaving such an obvious huge object there, she herself goes and does the one thing her opponent would hate most. I do wonder what that lump of flesh was made from...

By the way, Regulus-san may look like he's just getting beaten around, but being able to trade blows with Reinhard more than ten times is impressive in itself! He's probably already been fighting longer than Elsa-san did!

Theresia-san in the sponsor card is sadly, beautifully elegant. And everything was so dizzying and so fast! Episode 9 is already over!? Seriously!? See you again next week!? It flew by in an instant! See you next time!