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Re:Zero Season 3, Episode 5 Review: Subaru’s Torture Goes Too Far

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Re:Zero Season 3, Episode 5 Review: Subaru’s Torture Goes Too Far


The following contains spoilers for Re:Zero Season 3, Episode 5, “A Dark Torrent,” streaming now on Crunchyroll.

The night is darkest before the dawn, but for Re:Zeroit’s the day that gets darker and darker. The Witch Cult’s attack on the town of Priestella has thrown the heroes into disarray. From losing allies due to the brutal attacks of the Archbishops of Sin to Regulus Corneas kidnapping Emilia, the terrorists have made many strides to take the city hostage without any repercussions. Until Subaru Natsuki and his team entered the fray. NOW, the only question remaining is whether Subaru and his allies will emerge victorious, or whether they will simply become fodder to bolster their enemies’ egos.



That said, Re:Zero Season 3, Episode 5, “A Dark Torrent”, is not what fans expected from the story at this point. After the courageous counterattack of Subaru, Crusch, Julius Garfiel, Wilhelm and Ricardo, there was hope of a successful campaign against the archbishops. But the Witch Cult complicates things by attacking Subaru’s friends, giving the episode a taste of despair. As the heroes’ attack collapses and Subaru inches closer and closer to death’s door, Episode 5 raises the stakes and complicates an already out-of-control situation. Although the story is sloppy when it comes to maintaining its pacing, the tension keeps the narratives alive.


Re:Zero Season 3, Episode 5 Turns Subaru Natsuki Into a Glutton of Punishment – ​​Again

The episode’s other subplots barely attract attention


Re:Zero Season 3 Episode 5 takes it upon itself to send the story into a dark hole where the light of hope cannot reach. The anime continues where it left off, starting in the media with Regulus’ line of indecent questions to Emilia. Fans wanting to jump straight into the action will have to wait, because once the episode goes that route, it’s hard to get out of the thick of the battle. For now, the opening offers a deeper look into Emilia’s predicament, portraying Regulus as a disgusting man without creating a sense of danger. The real suspense comes when the story shifts to Subaru as he stands against the witch cult, but not alone. He has Crusch and Julius at his side to repel any attacks the archbishops throw at him. However, no one could have expected what came next.


What appears to be a powerful offensive against the witch cult begins to crumble before Subaru’s eyes. The episode takes time to reveal the true power of Capella Emerada Lugunica, the Archbishop of Sin’s Lust, under whose leadership the witch cult attacks Priestella. Re:Zero Season 3 has been teasing her insidious nature for some time, and it’s in episode 5 that she truly becomes a monster. His transformation changes the aura of the anime, as Subaru once again faces a familiar fear of death. Re:Zero likes to put his protagonist to the test to create a crisis and a situation of discouragement almost impossible for the forces of good to win. Something similar happens here as well, as Capella toys with Subaru and Crusch, pushing them to the brink of death for fun. Out of nowhere, the episode turns dark and depressing, with no ending anytime soon.

Custom image of Subaru and Emillia looking behind them worriedly in Re Zero.

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The rest of the episode has little to no impact on the plot. Re:Zero Episode 5 of Season 3 focuses on the many stories that have emerged since the terrorist attack, which have stretched the plot. Whether it’s the Wrath Archbishop’s attack on the council hideout or Reinhard’s father taking his master hostage, the story of the episode simply jumps from moment to moment, from frame to frame. The latter story is the weakest link, as it has no impact on current events or relevance to the overall plot of the Witch Cult. Its anticlimactic resolution is a sign of “A Dark Torrent’s” overall stagnation. The varying degree of tone and pacing in each subplot affects the episode’s power to leave a taste of suspense, despite Capella’s devilry at work.

Re:Zero Season 3, Episode 5 relies too heavily on Subaru Natsuki’s misery

The episode is carried by its villains

Capella Lugunica Transforms into a Monster in Re Zero Season 3, Episode 5


Every story needs a protagonist to move it forward. They are the focal point through which the audience feels the pain, anguish and despair inflicted on them. Subaru plays this role to the end Re:Zero Season 3, episode 5, but the story lets him down. It’s one thing to have errors in your character. Even at the start of Season 3, Subaru did not hesitate to make mistakes, even though he had become a mature individual now able to admit his failures. Yet this week’s episode takes him back to his old days as an impatient do-gooder who rushes toward danger without thinking.


While Julius manages to control Subaru’s anger when they first encounter the sin-hungry Archbishop, everything falls apart when Capella attacks, plunging the poor boy into despair once again. Subaru fails as a protagonist, seemingly forgetting all his previous growth. He is incapable of changing the current course of history, and the overall approach of season 3 is responsible for this. Perhaps in its desire to augment the actions of its main antagonist and raise the stakes, the episode (and season 3, as a whole) had to take such underhanded measures to weaken Subaru. But in doing so, it feels like the anime has regressed to a formula it was supposed to have left behind.

“I’m a philanthropist. I would never do something so barbaric. I want as many people as possible, for as long as possible, as deeply as possible, to love me!” – Capella Emerada Lugunica.

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On the other hand, Capella is a revelation in this episode. Not only does she show off her power and the heinous way she uses it, but she also shows off her malicious personality that matches her actions. There is no shortage of villains and nastiness in the episode. The very first face the audience sees is that of Regulus, boasting about his many wives and the royal status he enjoys. Then there’s Lye Batenkaitos, the Archbishop of Gluttony, who taunts Subaru. Although each archbishop brings his own flavor of evil, the only common thread between them is their arrogant temperament. They all view people as mere bags of meat to be killed and/or tortured. Yet Capella’s ability to back up her scathing words with an incredible amount of violence makes her a standout villain in the series.


Capella’s voice actor, Aoi Yuki, is the reason the character’s psychopathic tendencies are acceptable to audiences. Her childish voice contrasts with the sadistic violence she unleashes on Subaru and Crusch. But this fits very well with her childish personality, which perhaps explains why she is unaware of the harm she is doing. Either way, it’s both disconcerting and fun. Meanwhile, Yusuke Kobayashi, who plays Subaru, uses a range of vocal effects to paint a dark and depressing picture. While Kobayashi’s dialogue remains excellent, it’s his click of the tongue here and scream there that lends veracity to his predicament and proves his talent as a voice actor.

Re:Zero Season 3, Episode 5 doesn’t compromise with its visuals

The episode allows White Fox to trigger intense animation


Re:Zero Season 3 has yet to see a decline in the quality of its animation. Episode 5 adheres closely to the key visual art set by the source light novel and studio White Fox before the season began. The anime seems unusually bright despite the harrowing events, which helps make the horrors that unfold even more shocking. The work done to create the aesthetic of Priestella and especially the lighting deserves praise. The character animation is also very expressive. This allows you to get the most out of the character during dialogue scenes, where the images are mostly static. In scenes where action and tension take over, the facial animation of Subaru’s agony and Capella’s sadistic pleasure turn into a kind of twisted conversation.


Everything falls into place when Re:Zero Season 3 finally opens its vast and expansive world to its audience. For some time now, the story has been developing in small pockets of space, with the locations corresponding to the scope of the narrative. Even in episode 5, most scenes took place indoors, as if to isolate them from the larger narratives and save the more elaborate animation for later. Once the pent-up pressure of the story explodes, the animation ups the ante while keeping the setting’s fanciful visuals intact. When the Witch Cult explodes the dam and drowns the city in a flood of swirling water, the impeccable animation makes no compromises. Instead, it leans heavily on the destructive side of things, showing how devastating and terrifying it would be to see a place as beautiful as Priestella destroyed.


Subaru and Emilia from Re:Zero with Rem and Roswaal L. Mathers in the background

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Re:Zero The story of Season 3, Episode 5 doesn’t reach the heights reached by its animation, but it still has its moments. Although it’s the heartbreaking stuff — like Capella’s torture of Subaru or Sirius’ attack on the council hideout — that dominates any conversation about “A Dark Torrent,” the episode’s knack for integrating four different parallel plots at the same time of execution to tell a the overall story is commendable. Always, Re:Zero Season 3 needs to work on getting its pacing and tone on the same page if it still wants fans to come back to the show week after week. Watching Subaru suffer, cry and scream endlessly can only go so far. Luckily, this week’s cliffhanger ending does just that.

Re:Zero Season 3, Episode 5 is now streaming on Crunchyroll.


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