Is it true that the uniform is a scene from the film?
「Ｒｅ：ゼロから始める異世界生活10」ピンナップ初公開一枚目はこちら！
学校で佇むスバルと謎の美少女！ はたしてこの新キャラクター・美少女の正体は？ #rezero pic.twitter.com/11J8jrzmwM— 『Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活』公式 (@Rezero_official) 2016年9月30日
In Chapter 4, we get a glimpse of several of Edna’s behaviors that can only be described as “character failure” and “psychopathic” in terms of human values.
The most yucky part of the story is still the way he treats Beatrice.
Beatrice, who saved Subaru many times in the first season of the anime despite her hateful comments, is an artificial spirit created by Edna, and she refers to her as “mother” and adores her.
The contract that bound Beatrice, who was as good as her daughter, to the forbidden vault for four hundred years was to “manage the vault until a person called ‘that person’ visits it”.
At first glance, it doesn’t seem like a particularly malicious contract, but the problem with this contract is that the expression ‘that person’ is too vague.
Beatrice, who adores echidna, takes her contract with echidna very seriously, which naturally raises the bar for ‘that person’ tremendously.
There is no easy way to choose from among the people she encounters in her daily life.
In Beatrice’s mind, that person has to be someone extraordinary, and as a result, after 400 years, there is no one to choose from.
Echidna had naturally considered the possibility that she might have such a future.
She was also concerned about whether or not she would break her contract, and even observed a future in which she wished to die.
And most of all, he referred to this contract as “the purpose of life that I gave Beatrice”.
Echidna is such a fierce witch, but… I think what makes her so popular with fans is that she tries to understand people while being aware that she can’t understand their emotions.
It doesn’t matter how freakishly calculating he later turns out to be, there’s still a sense of humanity in him, even if only faintly, that keeps him from being dismissed as a jerk.
Part of this is the scene in which he appears in his uniform in front of Subaru as he takes on the trials and tribulations of Sanctuary.
If you haven’t read the original, you can see a picture drawn for the school uniform version of the figure, or You might think it’s a scene from a spin-off, but it’s the main story.
Scenes like this make Edna feel less distant, even as a witch, and more accepted as one cute female character.
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We’re finally getting to see echidna, a favorite among the original fans, in the anime!
She’s got the perfect balance of bewitchment and cuteness, and I can’t wait to see how much more appealing it will be to get her voice to move!
