Anyone find this season boring cuz they went full battle shounen with no stakes?

There's never really been any "stakes" to begin with. If Subaru just has to die to reset everything.

Subaru made a promise to cherish his life more. He's not throwing himself in harm's way & resetting when things don't go perfectly this time. That's why it feels different. This is the *harder* mode.

He's also not the only important character. Others have a role to play & he's trusting them.

@assignedgengar @MaouHero I think the point is, even if it was set up in an interesting way and as a culmination of multiple overarching storypoints, right now the show does feel like a battle shounen (and there's nothing wrong with that).

Each episode is a battle between good guys and bad guys, focusing on a fight per episode. There's back and forths between the two, but eventually the good guys find a way to overcome their foe and win the fight.

Just look at something like the Enies Lobby arc in One Piece for example, it's set up the exact same way. It also had enormous stakes built over multiple arcs, and it also culminated in 1v1/2v2 fights between the good guys and bad guys.

Oh, you've just been watching another series in your head, I guess. That explains a lot. If that's all you've gotten from previous seasons, there's nothing I can do for you.

Anyway, I've watched various shounen series here & there over the years, but not One Piece. That comparison is lost on me, sorry.

@Mei-o_Scarlett Yeah, this was clearly bait, but I felt like I had to at least try & offer a good faith response. Really gotta go back to my policy of not engaging in the forums, tbh. Just let the anime onlies get what's coming to them when it comes around(if they stick around long enough).

@Kreshre I love that kind of arc, too! It's still a long ways off, but do look forward to it.

@stevejawbs Yeah, I agree. However, the OP made it sound like it’s just a series of random battles, so I wanted to point out that there’s a lot more to it.
While this arc does have a shounen-like feel, that’s not all there is to it.

@stevejawbs I didn't resort to calling you anything, but you did call me autistic. You aren't wrong, but your intent was specifically "name calling," as you put it. That's some projection, right there.
Good journeys to you.

isn't that arc the manga readers are saying it's full of politics and is full of talking and might be hard to animate and it's the longest arcs so far??? cause as an anime only I cant wait for it to be animated

Oh, you've just been watching another series in your head, I guess. That explains a lot. If that's all you've gotten from previous seasons, there's nothing I can do for you.

Anyway, I've watched various shounen series here & there over the years, but not One Piece. That comparison is lost on me, sorry.

@Mei-o_Scarlett Yeah, this was clearly bait, but I felt like I had to at least try & offer a good faith response. Really gotta go back to my policy of not engaging in the forums, tbh. Just let the anime onlies get what's coming to them when it comes around(if they stick around long enough).

@Kreshre I love that kind of arc, too! It's still a long ways off, but do look forward to it.

"first few seasons". It's only two, and there are already people who are tired of jokes like "Spoiler: Subaru dies". But Ig people just like to react to things and call it an opinion or criticism.

Arc V ain't a fan favorite (and it's adaptation ain't perfect), but it's intents are absolutely justified. What if some of the strongest and capable of the current generation have mostly favorable matchups against literal trash who had their reign of terror for too long. Provided that an experienced Subaru uses all his growth from S2 to orchestrate most of these matchups and himself focuses on his strengths instead of crying about being weak or being an edgelord for "knowing hell". Not that these things were bad, but everything has their moment.

Does that mean Subaru has become invincible? Lmao, we'll see.

Also there are more fans of each royal candidates and knights now, which was exactly one of the biggest goals of this arc. There's still some of the great character moments incoming.

Whatever you liked in last two seasons is far from gone. However, White Fox need to get their shit together if they gonna adapt the next arc.

Also, ever felt like how the battlefield might change if Pandora enters the stage? Just some food for thought.

If nobody got me, I know @Laplace_kun got me.
All around great response. 🫡

@Laplace_kun modern tiktokters fans will call their shitty reaction to anything in the show criticism as shown by the guy responding to me calling me not normal for rightfully pointing out re zero ISNT a manga and then calling it that rightfully shows how ignorant they are

You're just a cock suckers bro


Totally not just we are tired of all these shitty criticism from ppl who don't understand basic writing literacy

And how you need an arc like this for the type of story re zero wants to tell

But nah they just wanna see Subaru die and suffer
Muh psychological horror

@assignedgengar @MaouHero I think the point is, even if it was set up in an interesting way and as a culmination of multiple overarching storypoints, right now the show does feel like a battle shounen (and there's nothing wrong with that).

Each episode is a battle between good guys and bad guys, focusing on a fight per episode. There's back and forths between the two, but eventually the good guys find a way to overcome their foe and win the fight.

Just look at something like the Enies Lobby arc in One Piece for example, it's set up the exact same way. It also had enormous stakes built over multiple arcs, and it also culminated in 1v1/2v2 fights between the good guys and bad guys.

@stevejawbs You've been watching another show in your head, This is the season with more stakes at hand as Subaru growing and not dying every minute cost him many mistakes and people he cares suffering. Like havent you seen his fkn hand???? that was a reason to reset.

Go watch one piece and let this series alone bot