The Best Episodes of Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

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#1 - The Outside of Madness
S1:E157/11/2016
Upon returning to Roswaal’s mansion, Subaru is greeted by an unbelievable sight and wails that this was not what he wanted to happen. Stricken with despair, everything before Subaru starts to go white as, finally, he hears a voice: “You were too late.”
Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Eiji Umehara
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Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Eiji Umehara
9.6/10(5 votes)
#2 - Offbeat Steps Under the Moonlight
S1:E503/24/2021
The magic Roswaal is using to control the weather generates enough mana to attract the Great Rabbit, which draws closer to the Sanctuary in a massive horde. Emilia takes Roswaal and Ram to shelter in the graveyard with everyone else, but the Great Rabbit horde has already grown enough to engulf their surroundings. Just when all hope seems lost, Subaru and Beatrice appear before Emilia. So begins Subaru and Beatrice's first battle against the Great Rabbit, one of the Three Great Mabeasts.
Director:Masaharu Watanabe
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Masaharu Watanabe
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
9.4/10(5 votes)
#3 - Each One's Promise
S1:E267/8/2020
Amid dying countless times, Subaru finally led the troops to victory against the White Whale and struck down the schemes of the Sin Archbishop of Sloth. After overcoming a painful ending to his these ordeals, he was reunited at last with his beloved Emilia…only to learn that Rem’s existence had been erased from the world, wiped out by the White Whale somewhere in the middle of his death loop. And now that the White Whale is defeated, Subaru and the others face a crisis no one could have expected.
Directors:Naoko Takeichi, Masaharu Watanabe
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Directors:Naoko Takeichi, Masaharu Watanabe
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
9.2/10(6 votes)
#4 - A Showdown of Fire and Ice
S1:E5210/9/2024
Subaru desperately tries to fend off the attack from Sin Archbishop Sirius. But then, other Archbishops appear...
Director:Ichinosuke Akikaze
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Ichinosuke Akikaze
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
9.2/10(4 votes)
#5 - The Newest of Heroes and the Most Ancient of Heroes
S1:E5711/13/2024
Through a Witch's Cultist's conference mirror, Emilia tells Al where the Sin Archbishops are and asks him to protect Beatrice. Al relays Emilia's message to Subaru, and the gang begins to devise a strategy to win back the control towers.
Director:Masato Goto
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Masato Goto
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
9.1/10(3970 votes)
#6 - From Zero
S1:E188/1/2016
Subaru laments that he could not do anything or save anyone, and has no options left. Exhausted, he suddenly takes off running at full speed as if he’s made a decision…
Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura

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#7 - Love Me Down to My Blood and Guts
S1:E483/10/2021
After witnessing an unrealized present, Emilia completes the second trial and begins the third and final one. Ram and Puck are fighting their hardest to stop Roswaal. Each of them is doing it all for the sake of realizing their own goals. The battle between Garfiel and Elsa at Roswaal’s mansion is also growing more and more intense. As Subaru is being chased by a guiltylowe, he declares that it’s time to make use of his unparalleled knowledge of the modern world and lures it into a closet…
Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Kazuomi Koga
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9.0/10(4 votes)
#8 - The One I'll Love Someday
S1:E5811/20/2024
Subaru and the others hold a meeting in the city hall to develop a strategy against the four Sin Archbishops. However, Emilia is slowly running out of time...
Director:Hidekazu Hara
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Hidekazu Hara
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
9.0/10(1 votes)
#9 - The Warrior's Commendation
S1:E633/5/2025
Capella uses Al's admiration for Priscilla against him, and Garfiel fights the legendary "Eight-Arms" Kurgan.
Director:Masahiro Shinohara
Writer:Eiji Umehara
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Director:Masahiro Shinohara
Writer:Eiji Umehara
8.8/10(2596 votes)
#10 - That’s All This Story Is About
S1:E259/19/2016
Emilia is hurriedly ushered to the capital along with the villagers under the orders of a mysterious benefactor while escorted by a rag-tag group of individuals from various and opposing factions. She has but one question on her mind: who could this man be and why would he go so far? Meanwhile, Subaru and Julius face off against the Archbishop of Sin Betelgeuse for the ultimate time. Unfortunately, he is very persistent even beyond death, belying his nature of Sloth. Subaru is relentlessly chased while he catches up to Emilia to save her one last time and answer her question.
Director:Masaharu Watanabe
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Masaharu Watanabe
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8.8/10(4 votes)
#11 - The Value of Life
S1:E338/26/2020
Subaru was caught and confined by Garfiel, but Otto shows up to rescue him. Garfiel can’t leave the graveyard while Emilia is undergoing the trial, so Otto says this is their chance to get outside the barrier, but Subaru doesn’t agree. However, after he learns that Ram will be helping them—that she has been ordered by Roswaal to help him, in fact—Subaru puts his escape on hold to have a talk with Roswaal.
Director:Unknown
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8.8/10(4 votes)
#12 - The Witches’ Tea Party
S1:E379/23/2020
Subaru awakens in the graveyard with Emilia lying nearby. This time, he makes up his mind to save not only Emilia, but everyone in the Sanctuary and Roswaal’s mansion from the threats that hang over them. Roswaal makes it clear that he will use Subaru’s power to keep starting over by force if he has to, if it will allow him to achieve his own goal. What is driving Roswaal to go to such lengths? In search of the answer to this and many other questions, Subaru goes to see Echidna once again.
Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
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8.7/10(2428 votes)
#13 - A Wager That Defies Despair
S1:E218/22/2016
Subaru and Rem are at a loss for words. The battle against the White Whale, which seemed to be going in their favor through attrition, suddenly took on completely different proportions. With their tactical superiority and advantage quickly dwindling, the combined forces all but get tangled up in the threads of despair. That’s when Subaru decides to yell out his next move…
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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8.7/10(3 votes)
#14 - The Permafrost of Elior Forest
S1:E442/10/2021
Pandora, the Witch of Vanity, stands before Geuse and Fortuna. They both face her with all the strength they have. Meanwhile, young Emilia runs toward the place where the seal is, believing that everyone will be saved if she gives Pandora what she wants. But when she arrives, Pandora is already there, insisting that she hand over the key to opening the seal.
Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
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8.7/10(3 votes)
#15 - A Dark Torrent
S1:E5510/30/2024
The attack on the city hall enters its second phase. Subaru and Crusch breach the interior, but there they are awaited by Capella, who has some sneaky tricks up her sleeve...
Director:Kazue Otsuki
Writer:Eiji Umehara
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Director:Kazue Otsuki
Writer:Eiji Umehara
8.7/10(3 votes)
#16 - Conditions of the Knight
S1:E5611/6/2024
Bishop Regulus of the Seven Deadly Sins wants to force Emilia to marry him, even though he already has hundreds of wives. While he is having the wedding hall prepared, Subaru and the others are planning to rescue Emilia and reclaim the city...
Director:Masahiro Shinohara
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Masahiro Shinohara
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
8.6/10(2738 votes)
#17 - Natsuki Subaru’s Restart
S1:E75/16/2016
Standing before Subaru is someone he never expected. The truth of the attacker’s identity leaves him bewildered, and he feels everything crumbling around him as he dies yet again. Then, for the fourth time, he awakes on his first day at the Roswaal mansion. This time, the night of the fourth day passes without incident, and Subaru is stunned as he greets the morning of the fifth day…but then the situation takes an unexpected turn.
Director:Yoshito Mikamo
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Yoshito Mikamo
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
8.6/10(2472 votes)
#18 - Rem
S1:E116/13/2016
Knocked unconscious by Subaru’s attack, Rem dreams of an event in her past that she and Ram would rather forget…a sin for which Rem feels she can never be forgiven. After waking up, she tells Subaru that she’s just committed the same sin again. When the three of them are moments from being cornered by the Ulgarm pack, Subaru takes off to draw their attention so Ram and Rem can escape.
Director:Unknown
Writer:Unknown
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8.6/10(2413 votes)
#19 - Wilhelm van Astrea
S1:E208/15/2016
Subaru has devoted everything he had, and done all he could do. His passion has captured Crusch’s heart, as well as Anastasia’s cooperation, and they all enter into the battle against the White Whale together.
Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
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8.5/10(2342 votes)
#20 - Nefarious Sloth
S1:E239/5/2016
The group is making its way in the Mathers domain when suddenly everyone but Subaru disappears and a strange, suffocating atmosphere seeps through the forest. He quickly figures out it is nothing but an illusion, and with help from Julius on the other side, dispels the barrier for everyone caught in it. However, arriving at the village doesn’t make convincing the residents to evacuate easy. Time is running out, and the invisible hand of sloth makes its presence at the back of Subaru’s mind more and more nefarious.
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8.5/10(4 votes)
#21 - The Next Location
S1:E277/15/2020
After concluding their talks with Crusch, Subaru and Emilia return to the village of Arlam, intending to report to Roswaal and discuss what to do next. But they find Arlam deserted and learn that the villagers who had taken refuge in the Sanctuary with Ram have not yet returned. When Subaru and Emilia arrive back at Roswaal’s mansion to find out where the Sanctuary is, they are greeted by Frederica, a young woman who used to work as one of Roswaal’s maids.
Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
8.5/10(4 votes)
#22 - The Long-Awaited Reunion
S1:E287/22/2020
On the way to the Sanctuary, Subaru unwittingly finds himself invited to a witch’s tea party, where the hostess introduces herself as Echidna, the Witch of Greed. Subaru is alarmed, but Echidna encourages him to sit and drink his tea before it gets cold. When he somehow makes it back outside after a conversation with Echidna, he finds Otto lying on the ground, battered and beaten. Then, before he even has a moment to assess the situation, Subaru himself is attacked.
Director:Kenichi Kawamura
Writer:Eiji Umehara
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Director:Kenichi Kawamura
Writer:Eiji Umehara
8.5/10(4 votes)
#23 - A Step Forward
S1:E308/5/2020
Having reached a place he can’t return from, Subaru realizes just how much he has been given and how little he can do to repay any of it. After remembering what he must do, he says goodbye to Kenichi and Nahoko and heads to the school. Steeling his resolve, Subaru opens the door to the classroom, where he’s greeted by Echidna in a school uniform. When Echidna says he arrived much sooner than she expected, Subaru responds that she looks good in the uniform.
Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Unknown
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8.5/10(4 votes)
#24 - The Maiden's Gospel
S1:E318/12/2020
After dying to Elsa’s blade in Roswaal’s mansion, Subaru awakens back in the graveyard, in the moment immediately after he passed the trial that required him to face his past. Just like the first time he returned there, he wakes Emilia and holds her to comfort her, then returns to Ryuzu and the others. He tells them that he passed the trial himself and suggests that he could complete the remaining stages of the trial in Emilia’s place, but Garfiel is opposed.
Director:Kazuhiro Ozawa
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Kazuhiro Ozawa
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8.5/10(4 votes)
#25 - Nobody Can Lift a Quain Stone Alone
S1:E411/20/2021
The missing Emilia was in the graveyard all along, her lost memories beginning to return due to Puck’s disappearance. Confused and losing heart over the realization that she’s forgotten such important memories, she tries her hardest to convey her feelings to Subaru. When the two of them leave the graveyard, they’re awaited by Garfiel, who’s been battered and beaten by Otto and Ram. He tries to prevent the Sanctuary’s liberation by closing off the graveyard himself, but Subaru won’t let him have his way without a fight.
Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Unknown
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