Q&A #qna-030Verified Source
Arc 4
Echidna's feelings toward Subaru during the Sanctuary trials
QUESTION
日本語 (ORIGINAL)
エキドナがスバルに契約を持ちかけた際、彼女にスバルへの人間的な好意や恋愛感情は存在したのでしょうか？
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
When Echidna offered a contract to Subaru, did she possess any genuine human affection or romantic feelings toward him?
ANSWER· Tappei Nagatsuki, Masaharu Watanabe, Animation Staff(Original Author)
日本語 (ORIGINAL)
エキドナにとって「好意」と「知的好奇心」はほぼ同義です。彼女はスバルの「死に戻り」という未知の事象、そして彼の魂が辿る無限の可能性を愛しています。それは人間的な愛とは似て非なる、純粋な知識欲の執着です。
ENGLISH TRANSLATION
For Echidna, 'affection' and 'intellectual curiosity' are practically synonymous. She loved the unprecedented phenomenon of Subaru's Return by Death and the infinite permutations of futures his soul could navigate. It looks like human affection, but it is fundamentally an obsession born of pure curiosity.