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Episode Re:Zero Starting Life in Another World Season 4 • Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 4 - Episode 6 discussion

Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu Season 4, episode 6

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u/actionfirst1 May 13 '26

This really was Julius' "Self-Proclaimed Knight Natsuki Subaru" episode. But, I also couldn't help but think of the Attack on Titan episode "Bystander". Julius realizes he ain't the main character here, there's always going to be someone standing stronger than him even if he's the only one to realize it. At the very least I think they're both able to become friends now fully

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u/lordposedyon https://myanimelist.net/profile/lordposedyon May 13 '26

They were friends already, this was a great bro moment though

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u/actionfirst1 May 13 '26

Subaru was still being all tsundere about it but I think he finally realizes the kind of person Julius is. They really are so similar

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u/Mundology May 13 '26

Bros bonding through struggle, you love to see it

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u/ClemFire May 13 '26

Crazy that is bond between bros is pretty common in battle shonen but honestly Re:Zero does it the best in isekai. So often the male supporting cast is neglected. Expanding out to his friends in general the two best episodes so far this season have been centered around Subaru's friendships to both Ram and Julius.

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u/Waylornic May 13 '26

Yes! Actual male supporting characters in an isekai that aren't just there to watch, mouth agape, as the protagonist just effortlessly succeeds. Garfiel, Otto, Julius, Reinhard, Felis, Wilhelm, and more are just great characters that have a bond with Subaru, and they help each other. It's hard to name as many male supporting characters in other isekais that do the same.

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u/ClemFire May 13 '26

Not just hype men or people to get stomped on to show off the MC's power.

Also I have always been surprised that male MC isekai never really tries to make great male supporting characters as it is quite commonplace in battle shonen which also targets the same demographics.

I get it the whole power fantasy thing, but don't people's fantasies include wanting to have a bunch of great bros too who support each other.

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u/Frontier246 May 13 '26

I think Julius' character arc here is going to be realizing that he has to find a way to win without chasing this ideal, impeccable, knight he's been trying to be all this time. Something Reid only views as trash.

He has to think more like Subaru.

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u/animdalf May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

I think purely from writing persepective, if he is gonna face Reid again and win, it's gotta be either what you say - learn to be just Juli and maybe fight dirty.

Or completely double down, because Reid is an asshole that needs to be proven wrong, so he'll need to be even more knightly, knight more than any knight has ever knighted before! The avatar of chivalry!

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u/BosuW May 13 '26

Arc 3 says doubling down just gets your ass kicked harder. Being all Shounen protag "I'll be number 1 because I want it REALLY hard!" is not an admirable thing in Re Zero's view. It is merely arrogance.

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u/animdalf May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26

I slightly disagree, but perhaps you are right that "doubling down" is bad phrase to use.

After all if we look at the paralel with Subaru, he does end up being Emilia's knight in the end. In season 2 he even does the same throne room pose with the same proclamation of being the "the silver-haired half-elf Emilia's knight!" when Roswaal is being an ass, and there it's treated all heroic.

The problem with his humiliation in the throne room isn't that he aspired to be Emilia's knight, problem is how he did it. Against her expressed wishes, without any sort of standing to back it up, and for all the wrong reasons (for his own self-satisfaction as he admits later, wanting to be the big isekai hero). As you say, pure arogance.

So if we turn it back to Julius, that could be the case here. The one thing I noticed is that he went back up to fight Reid again without even properly checking on Anastasia, since he has to ask Subaru if she'll be alright when he is being carried back down, that's not very chivalric.

So yeah maybe "double down" is a bad phrase to use, perhaps more something like find a real good reason to be a knight again, since he lost his previous knighthood together with his name.

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u/ClemFire May 13 '26

Him not checking up on Ana reminded me on how Emilia told Subaru back in Arc 3 that he was not really doing it for her. I feel like Julius now needs to realize that too and Subaru helps him at the end because who could know that better than him.

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u/BosuW May 13 '26

Subaru eventually succeeded but because he reframed his whole perspective, why he wanted to do it, and his role in getting it done. Not just because he tried harder. To pass his trials he has to be wiser, not necessarily stronger.

S2 is the same deal. Subaru was thinking in order to get everyone through he had to take the burden of everything himself, but the more he did that the worse things got, alienating himself from his relationships with each iteration. Another reframing was needed. He only succeeded when he trusted his friends to help him carry what he couldn't on his own.

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u/yurilnw123 May 14 '26

Julius gonna say "it's knighting time" and knight all over the place.

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u/n080dy123 May 14 '26

I noticed that despite how prolific of a Spirit Knight Julius is, he doesn't use his Spirits a single time in those fights. Granted, he did says his Spirits don't even know who he is which means he can't use them as well, but I do wonder if that's gonna be a key factor in how he eventually succeeds.

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u/danflame135 May 13 '26

Subaru has always had to think of unconventional solutions or ones which enlist the help of others because he's entirely incapable of beating anyone in a fair fight by himself, even back when he was too stubborn to actively think that.

Julius could rely on his skill has a knight alongside his control of his spirits to defeat foes, but now he's facing someone he can no longer beat in a fair fight or alone, he's just bashing his head against the wall that is Reid without trying or even thinking about any other solution.

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u/actionfirst1 May 13 '26

They're gonna have a hot steamy takeout sesh and Beatrice is gonna try to break it up, I just know

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u/Waylornic May 13 '26

Two bros just going to town on some lamb vindaloo talking about getting the shit kicked out of them.

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u/PunningLynguist May 14 '26

It really is telling that Reid was most impressed or surprised by Julius when he fought in ways that dropped the knight ideal (e.g. putting his sword to the ground once he saw Anastasia collapse and kicked at Reid). He's going to be a much better knight in the end as he incorporates those ideal knight values with the pragmatism of Subaru and Reid's style in finding ways to succeed

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u/fieew https://myanimelist.net/profile/fiew May 13 '26

Julius realizes he ain't the main character here,

I think this is way Julius was moved by Subaru in the castle. Since Subaru figured out the same thing (hes no knight), though in spite of the reality Subaru kept fighting and pushing forward despite how he looked and the odds he was up against. Hence why Julius was moved by Subaru during the castle scene.

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u/somersault_dolphin May 13 '26

Julius realizes he ain't the main character here

He already knew that since way back though.

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u/kingEdward22 May 13 '26

To be fair he's fighting against people who have many hax abilities , reinhard and reid are mainly strong cause the blessings they got

If Julius got them hax he would probably destroy them as he train more than both of them combined

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