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

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7.0/10(8 votes)
#1 - I Know Hell
S1:E359/9/2020
Subaru exits the graveyard to find the surroundings engulfed in deep black shadows. With the sudden appearance of the Witch of Envy, everything is swallowed up by darkness. After Garfiel rushes in to save him, Subaru tries to find a way to get them out of danger, but the Witch of Envy is relentless in her pursuit. Subaru finally offers himself as bait to stall her so Garfiel can intercept and attack, but he’s helpless against the Witch of Envy, and everything continues to be engulfed by her shadows.
Director:Yoshito Mikamo
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Yoshito Mikamo
Writer:Unknown
7.3/10(4365 votes)
#2 - The Happy Roswaal Mansion Family
S1:E44/25/2016
After being badly wounded by Elsa, Subaru somehow survived and awoke in the mansion of Margrave Mathers, in the Kingdom of Lugunica.
Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
7.3/10(4530 votes)
#3 - Self-Proclaimed Knight Natsuki Subaru
S1:E136/27/2016
As Emilia joins Priscilla, Crusch, and Anastasia in a meeting of the royal selection participants, Reinhard enters the hall with Felt. According to a new prophecy seen on the Dragon Stone, there are five priestesses with the potential to be the kingdom’s next ruler. Reinhard announces that Felt is the fifth priestess, meaning it’s time to formally begin the royal selection, but Felt refuses to have any part in it.
Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(4696 votes)
#4 - Reunion with the Witch
S1:E24/11/2016
After being attacked by someone the first time, sliced open by Elsa the second time, and stabbed in the back by punks the third time, Subaru should have been dead, but found himself back where he started in the same parallel world every time. He finally realizes he’s acquired the power to go back to the time and place he started from, which he calls “Return by Death.” In hopes of changing the fate awaiting Felt, Satella, Old Man Rom, and himself, Subaru takes off for the fourth time.
Director:Masahiro Shinohara
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Masahiro Shinohara
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
7.6/10(4108 votes)
#5 - Return to the Capital
S1:E126/20/2016
At the order of the council of elders that manages Lugunica in the king’s absence, Wilhelm and Felix visit Roswaal’s mansion as emissaries. Emilia is required in the imperial capital right away, so Subaru asks her to take him along. Emilia tells him this won’t be a pleasure trip, but a push from Rem and Roswaal ends in her agreement, so Emilia and Subaru head to the capital. Now all of the candidates to be Lugunica’s next king are gathered, and the royal selection is underway.
Director:Daisuke Takashima
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Daisuke Takashima
Writer:Unknown
7.6/10(3822 votes)
#6 - The Self-Proclaimed Knight and the Greatest of Knights
S1:E249/12/2016
Subaru devises a new plan to correct the mistake of the blank letter sent to the manor, encourage the evacuation of the villagers and move Emilia away from her current location. With these preparations complete, he enacts the second part of his plan designed to cut off the Fingers before severing the Unseen Hand once and for all.
Director:Yoshito Mikamo
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Yoshito Mikamo
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura

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7.6/10(5 votes)
#7 - A White Sky Asterism
S1:E704/29/2026
Subaru and company meet Shaula, keeper of the Pleiades Watchtower, who leads them to the first of its trials.
Director:Tamaki Nakatsu
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Tamaki Nakatsu
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
7.7/10(4031 votes)
#8 - A Pig's Greed
S1:E167/18/2016
Subaru wakes up in front of the appa shop once again. Feeling boxed in on all sides due to his own lack of power to change the situation, he seeks the help of others. First, he seeks the help of Crush, who flatly declines any further involvement passed her contractual obligation of healing Subaru. His requests to Anastasia and Priscilla similarly go unanswered despite his pleas. Having wasted too much time, Subaru decides to at least try to get Emilia away from Roswaal’s mansion as early as possible. He then takes a dragon car back home with Rem.
Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
7.7/10(3878 votes)
#9 - Battle Against the White Whale
S1:E198/8/2016
To save Emilia, Subaru approaches Crusch to negotiate the formation of an alliance. His terms are a bit difficult for Crusch to believe, but she can see that Subaru isn’t lying.
Director:Daisuke Takashima
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Daisuke Takashima
Writer:Unknown
7.7/10(4180 votes)
#10 - 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
Writer:Unknown
7.8/10(4215 votes)
#11 - The Sound of Chains
S1:E65/9/2016
Subaru’s first day at the Roswaal mansion begins for the third time. The first time, he grew weak and died of unknown reasons in his sleep, and the second time, he was killed by an attacker. The sound of chains that he heard as he died the second time replays in his mind, waking him in a terrified, cold sweat. He has no idea what the killer is after, let alone who it is, so he makes a plan to leave the mansion on the fourth night and watch for the attack to happen.
Director:Hideyo Yamamoto
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Hideyo Yamamoto
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
7.8/10(4254 votes)
#12 - I Cried, Cried My Lungs Out, and Stopped Crying
S1:E85/23/2016
Subaru’s first day in Roswaal’s mansion begins for the fifth time. Determined to save everyone this time, he makes it a point to keep his best smile on his face in order to earn the trust of the mansion’s staff. But although he works his hardest to make them like him, his body begins to have trouble keeping up with his heart’s intentions. Soon Emilia is unable to bear the sight of him struggling any longer and takes an unexpected action…
Director:Manabu Okamoto
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Manabu Okamoto
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
7.8/10(6 votes)
#13 - 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
7.9/10(4835 votes)
#14 - 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
7.9/10(4134 votes)
#15 - The Sickness Called Despair
S1:E147/4/2016
“I just wanted to protect her. That feeling wasn’t a lie. Where did I go wrong?” Rejected by the one who meant more to him than anything, Subaru is still unable to recognize that he may have done something irreversible. He then finds out that some disturbing movement has been detected within Roswaal’s domain, where Emilia and the others are. He’s certain that he can save them somehow, so in spite of Rem and Crusch’s opposition, Subaru makes his way back to Emilia…
Director:Taisuke Mamori
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Taisuke Mamori
Writer:Unknown
7.9/10(4099 votes)
#16 - Disgrace in the Extreme
S1:E177/25/2016
A mysterious figure appears before Subaru and his traveling companions. As the looming beast attacks with a deafening bellow amidst the darkness and fog, Rem determines that it will be too difficult to escape…
Director:Yoshito Mikamo
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
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Director:Yoshito Mikamo
Writer:Yoshiko Nakamura
7.9/10(6859 votes)
#17 - 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
7.9/10(3951 votes)
#18 - A Flash of Sloth
S1:E228/29/2016
With the battle against the White Whale now over, the mercenary force setting up the blockade of the road comes back, Julius at the lead. His arrival gives rise to mixed feelings for Subaru, but after Julius sincerely thanks him for ridding the world of the monster, Subaru finds it in himself to apologize for his past behavior. The group now looks forward, ready to enter the Mathers domain…
Director:Taisuke Mamori
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Taisuke Mamori
Writer:Unknown
8.0/10(5296 votes)
#19 - The End of the Beginning and the Beginning of the End
S1:E14/4/2016
Natsuki Subaru is summoned to a parallel world on his way home from the convenience store. He's entranced at first by the fantasy world suddenly stretching before his eyes, but the cute girl he believes summoned him is nowhere to be found, and soon enough he's utterly lost. Then a gang of punks surrounds him, but he quickly learns that he doesn't have any of the powers that he thought all people transported to a parellel world should have. Just when he's about to be beaten senseless, a girl appears...
Director:Masaharu Watanabe
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Masaharu Watanabe
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
8.0/10(4244 votes)
#20 - The Morning of Our Promise Is Still Distant
S1:E55/2/2016
Subaru now lives and works in Roswaal’s mansion, working with Ram and Rem, and finally getting Emilia to agree to a date with him. But the day of their promised date never comes as Subaru keeps going back to the day he first awoke in the mansion. He’s confused at the thought that he Returned by Death despite having no memory of experiencing anything deadly, but he’s determined to repeat his previous actions up to the point of fulfilling his promise with Emilia.
Director:Daisuke Takashima
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Daisuke Takashima
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
8.0/10(4050 votes)
#21 - Demonically Inspired Methods
S1:E106/6/2016
Subaru risked his life to save the children from a pack of Ulgarm, but he was so powerfully cursed that there could be no saving him. Even Beatrice is unable to undo the complex web of curses on him, and says he’ll grow weak and die within half a day. The only way he can survive is if the entire Ulgarm pack is defeated, but time is not on his side. Subaru is ready to give up when he learns that Rem has gone into the forest by herself…
Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Yoshinobu Tokumoto
Writer:Unknown
8.0/10(5 votes)
#22 - The Sounds That Make You Want to Cry
S1:E389/30/2020
Subaru is shown several visions of events previously unknown to him during the second phase of the trial. When he feels as if he’s worn away to nearly nothing, the one to stir him is the one who loves him more than anyone else…and is tougher on him than anyone else. When he awakens to see Echidna extending a hand to help him, he tells her he’ll never accept it. Then the Witch of Envy appears, clad in a veil of darkness, and extends her hand to him as well. Subaru refuses again, screaming that he’ll solve everything on his own without any of their help.
Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Unknown
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Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Unknown
8.0/10(3 votes)
#23 - Liliana Masquerade
S1:E612/19/2025
Liliana gives the performance of her lifetime to help Priscilla defeat the Sin Archbishop of Wrath.
Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
8.0/10(5 votes)
#24 - The Reason I'm Taking You With Me / Gorgeous Tiger Reloaded
S1:E674/8/2026
Subaru sets out for the Pleiades Watchtower in hopes of saving his friends and the people of Priestella.
Director:Masahiro Shinohara
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Masahiro Shinohara
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
8.1/10(4535 votes)
#25 - Starting Life from Zero in Another World
S1:E34/18/2016
Subaru attempts to buy the insignia from Felt and return it to Satella before Elsa arrives at the loot house…but Satella arrives before the negotiations are complete, and Elsa still attacks them.
Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani
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Director:Kazuomi Koga
Writer:Masahiro Yokotani