Episodes
A young man is summoned to a different reality. He begins a search for who did this and why.
Subaru discovers that his special magical ability is quite a pain.
Subaru attempts to buy the insignia from Felt and return it to Satella before Elsa arrives at the loot house, but Satella ...read more 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. show less
After being badly wounded by Elsa, Subaru somehow survived and awoke in the mansion of Margrave Mathers, in the Kingdom of ...read more After being badly wounded by Elsa, Subaru somehow survived and awoke in the mansion of Margrave Mathers, in the Kingdom of Lugunica. show less
Subaru now lives and works in Roswaal's mansion, working with Ram and Rem, and finally getting Emilia to agree to a date ...read more 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. show less
Subaru's first day at the Roswaal mansion begins for the third time. The first time, he grew weak and died of unknown ...read more 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. show less
Standing before Subaru is someone he never expected. The truth of the attacker's identity leaves him bewildered, and he ...read more 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. show less
Subaru's first day in Roswaal's mansion begins for the fifth time. Determined to save everyone this time, he makes it a ...read more 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. show less
The scattered pieces of the puzzle finally come together, and Subaru realizes for certain that the shaman who cursed him is in ...read more The scattered pieces of the puzzle finally come together, and Subaru realizes for certain that the shaman who cursed him is in the village at the foot of the mountains. He heads there with Ram and Rem and makes sure all the villagers touch him so that he can find out, with Beatrice's help, who cast the curse, but the truth he finds is not what he expected, and he finds himself rushing toward the village again. show less
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 ...read more 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. show less
In the past, Ram and Rem lived in a demon village where the birth of twins is considered taboo. Ram was a prodigy, while Rem ...read more In the past, Ram and Rem lived in a demon village where the birth of twins is considered taboo. Ram was a prodigy, while Rem struggled with life. One day, Ram's horn cut was off by the Witch Cult and Rem has been blaming herself since. Back in the present, Rem regains her senses after Subaru knocked her unconscious. Subaru, Ram, and Rem run away from the Mabeasts, but they encounter the puppy shaman behind the attack. So the twins can escape, Subaru stays put to fight the shaman, who has transformed into a fearsome beast. Subaru stabs the shaman with his broken sword, but the attack is not effective. Just as Subaru is about to be killed, Roswaal arrives to defeat the shaman and the remaining Mabeasts, which also removes the curses on Subaru. Back at the mansion, Subaru wakes up with Rem in the room, and Subaru tells Rem to keep on living for the future rather than to feel sorry for herself. That night Subaru again asks Emilia to go on a date with him to the village the next day and she agrees. show less
Subaru has his long-awaited date with Emilia at the village. After returning to the mansion, Emilia is summoned to the capital ...read more Subaru has his long-awaited date with Emilia at the village. After returning to the mansion, Emilia is summoned to the capital and the two are escorted to the capital by Wilhelm and Felix. At the capital, Subaru sees the fruit merchant and buys a bag of apples. They then meet Julius and the sight of him chivalrously kissing Emilia's hand causes a jealous reaction by Subaru. Subaru then witnesses a redheaded young woman, Priscilla being chased by the same three hoodlums who killed him in previous timelines. He goes into the alley to save her but the hoodlums run away when Old Man Rom appears looking for Felt whom Subaru says was taken away by Reinhard. Later, Emelia insists that Subaru does not accompany her to the castle where the candidates for the upcoming royal election will gather. However, the next day Subaru breaks his promise and accepts a ride to the castle in Priscilla's carriage as her apple servant. At the castle, Emilia is shocked to see Subaru with Priscilla who calls Subaru her manservant. As Emelia, Priscilla, Anastasia and Crusch wait, and to everybody's surprise, Reinhard introduces Felt as the fifth and final candidate. show less
The nobles are surprised to hear that Felt is from the slums which causes tension between them and the Imperial Knights. Felt ...read more The nobles are surprised to hear that Felt is from the slums which causes tension between them and the Imperial Knights. Felt declares that she won't enter the royal election, and picks fight with the other candidates. When Emilia is criticized for being a half-elf, Subaru declares that he is Emilia's knight, insulting the Knights of Lugunica and offending Julius. Old Man Rom breaks into the throne room to take Felt away, though he is easily caught. In a desperate attempt to save him, Felt agrees to enter the royal election, and declares that she will destroy the current nation when she wins. Afterwards, Julius challenges Subaru to a duel with wooden swords because of his insult of the Imperial Knights and beats Subaru half-dead in a one-sided battle. When Subaru wakes up, Emilia tells him to stay in the capital to recover, as she and Roswaal return to the mansion. When Subaru refuses, Emilia asks about his reasons on going so far to help her, but Subaru is unable to tell her about his ability nor what happened in the first timeline. Unable to understand each other, nor able to trust Subaru anymore, Emilia leaves him. show less
Subaru and Rem, stay at Karsten mansion to recuperate. Frustrated at his weakness, Subaru trains obsessively with Wilhelm van ...read more Subaru and Rem, stay at Karsten mansion to recuperate. Frustrated at his weakness, Subaru trains obsessively with Wilhelm van Astrea, but shows little improvement. Reinhard comes to apologize to Subaru and asks him to reconcile with Julius, but Subaru refuses. Subaru and Rem go to town and meet Kadomon the vendor who says that people will not support Emilia for royal election because of her link to the Jealous Witch. At night, over drinks, Crusch tells him to be more positive, and Felix says that he should find a way to make up with Emilia. Rem tells them that through her connection with Ram, something is occurring back at Mathers' domain. Subaru decides to return to Roswaal's mansion, but partway, Otto's ground dragon refuses to continue. Subaru walks on alone and meets a group of dark robed and hooded humans who encircle Subaru before disappearing. At dawn, he reaches the village Arlam, and finds dead bodies everywhere, and when he reaches the mansion, he is distraught to see Rem's body. show less
Subaru enters the mansion to find it littered with bodies and finds himself in to an icy room where he freezes to death. He ...read more Subaru enters the mansion to find it littered with bodies and finds himself in to an icy room where he freezes to death. He resets with a new timeline back at the vendor's stall again where he hugs Rem but loses his sanity. Crusch and Felix can heal him Physically but unfortunately cannot help with his mental state. Rem and Subaru head home, but their cart is ambushed by the Witch Cult and while Rem fights them, one escapes with the unconscious Subaru. Subaru finds himself chained up and meets their leader, the maniacal Betelgeuse Romanée-Conti. Rem finds the meeting place and attempts to destroy Betelgeuse and his men, but to no avail. Rem is then tortured by Betelgeuse and then left in a mess, with both arms and legs crushingly bent. Betelgeuse leaves Subaru to die, however, Rem with what little life she has, uses magic to cut the chains then tells Subaru to "live" before passing away. Subaru then carries Rem's body to the mansion, seeing piles of bodies along the way. He finally arrives at the mansion, only to find a dead Ram before a monstrous Puck who appears outside the mansion and tells Subaru to "sleep along with my daughter" and decapitates him. Subaru then respawns by the vendor's stall again, then curses Betelgeuse. show less
Knowing that the Betelgeuse's cult is going to attack the mansion and village in three days, Subaru seeks help from the ...read more Knowing that the Betelgeuse's cult is going to attack the mansion and village in three days, Subaru seeks help from the other princess candidates. He first asks for Crusch's aid, but her condition is that Emilia drops out of the royal election, which Subaru refuses. Next, he asks Priscilla and is prompted to lick her foot, unaware that it is a joke. Subaru complies and Priscilla kicks him and scolds him for lacking loyalty and devotion to Emilia. He then passes Anastasia on the streets and engages in negotiation with her, but he ends up being tricked into giving her information about Crusch. Anastasia walks away letting Subaru know that understanding what the other party wants is the key to negotiation. Concluding that none of the other candidates are going to help, Subaru decides to head back to the mansion and village with Rem to evacuate everybody. On the trip back, Otto's wagon becomes shrouded in fog and they encounters the White Whale that forced him to take a detour during the previous timeline. Subaru notices that one of the accompanying merchants has disappeared but Otto has no memory of him. show less
With the White Whale closing in, Rem decides to sacrifice herself to intercept it so that Subaru and Otto can get away and ...read more With the White Whale closing in, Rem decides to sacrifice herself to intercept it so that Subaru and Otto can get away and knocks out Subaru. When Subaru wakes up, Otto says he has no memory of Rem. With the White Whale still in pursuit, Subaru realizes that it is a Mabeast and is attracted to him. Otto pushes Subaru off the wagon and he almost dies. Later, Subaru encounters Otto's wagon and is take the rest of the way alone by the ground dragon. The next morning, the villagers find Subaru and he collapses. He wakes up in the mansion alongside Ram having been healed by Emilia. When Subaru tells Ram about Rem, she has no memory of her sister and when he tells Emilia, she likewise has no memory of her. Furious, Subaru decides to tell Emilia about his 'Return by Death', but as he does so, everything goes dark and hands reach out and Emilia dies in his arms. Beatrice enters and instead of killing Subaru as he expected, she teleports him and Emilia out of the mansion. Betelgeuse and his cult appear and prepare to tear Emilia apart, but the monstrous Puck arrives asking what they plan to do to his daughter. show less
The monstrous Puck kills Betelgeuse and his cult, then freezes Subaru to death as punishment for letting Emilia die, depriving ...read more The monstrous Puck kills Betelgeuse and his cult, then freezes Subaru to death as punishment for letting Emilia die, depriving Puck's reason for living. A despair-ridden Subaru resets again at the vendor's stall. Rem notices a sudden change in his behavior and Subaru drags her aside and asks her to run away with him, but she refuses as she would only do that with the Subaru she knows, and not his current self. He berates himself for the life he has wasted and his ineffectiveness in helping those he cares about, but Rem professes her love for him even though she understands that Subaru's heart belongs to Emilia. Through Rem's belief in him, Subaru overcomes his sorrow and despair. With his resolve renewed, he sets out to become a hero, wanting to start again from zero. show less
In the new timeline, Subaru changes his approach, deciding to defeat the White Whale before going after the Witch's Cult. ...read more In the new timeline, Subaru changes his approach, deciding to defeat the White Whale before going after the Witch's Cult. Knowing when the White Whale will strike from the previous timeline, Subaru offers Crusch's camp an alliance to battle the White Whale in exchange for shared mining rights of magic stones in Roswaal's domain. She agrees when Subaru uses his cell phone to show the time and location of the attack and offers to draw the whale towards himself. Anastasia's camp also agrees to join the campaign, viewing the whale's presence as detrimental to her interests as well. Crusch is impressed by his skill in gathering support, and Wilhelm lets Subaru know that his wife Theresia, the Sword Saint, was killed by the White Whale created by the Jealous Witch and has devoted his life to defeating it. The next day, Subaru and Rem, riding a ground dragon called Patrasche, with the armies of the Crusch and Anastasia camps, head out to the Flugel tree to wait for the whale to appear. That night, the whale appears at the moment Subaru said it would and the battle begins. show less
The battle with the White Whale begins with the night banisher fired to temporarily change the appearance of the nighttime sky ...read more The battle with the White Whale begins with the night banisher fired to temporarily change the appearance of the nighttime sky to daytime. Subaru and Rem draw the whale towards them with the Crusch and Anastasia armies attacking the whale, and Wilhelm slashing the whale at close range hoping to ground the whale. However, the whale is still floating in the sky after those attacks and it unleashes a fog from glands on its skin. Subaru and Rem evade a fog blast, which Subaru realizes erases a person's existence, calling it a 'Fog of Elimination'. The armies begin to lose soldiers and Subaru yells out his 'Return by Death' to draw the whale towards him and away from the injured soldiers. Wilhelm and Ricardo's unit follow Subaru and relentlessly attack the whale, but they suffer setbacks as Wilhelm gets swallowed by it and Ricardo is badly injured. As the fog clears, three whales are seen floating in the sky. show less
The armies become demoralized with the appearance of three whales. While running with Crusch and watching the armies battle two ...read more The armies become demoralized with the appearance of three whales. While running with Crusch and watching the armies battle two whales who attack them, Subaru notices the difference in fighting strength and the gouged left eye in all three whales. This leads him to conclude that two whales are doppelgangers of the third that is keeping its distance from the armies and that they need to defeat that one. To draw the whale to the ground, Rem launches Subaru on an ice shard towards the whale. Subaru taunts it, and then falls towards the ground, using his smell of the Witch to draw it towards him and the Flugel tree. Rem catches Subaru, and the armies use magic and explosives to cut through the base of the tree, felling it onto the passing whale. Immobilized by the tree, Wilhelm slashes away wildly at the whale, killing it and avenging Theresia's death. With the whale defeated, Subaru turns his attention to his original objective of saving Emilia and villagers from the Witch's Cult. In recognition of his courage, the Crusch and Anastasia camps provide some soldiers and knights for Subaru to destroy the cult that includes Wilhelm, Felis, the Pearlbaton siblings and surprisingly, Julius. show less
After trading insults with Julius, Subaru reconciles with him somewhat. Subaru's attack on the Witch's Cult begins by ...read more After trading insults with Julius, Subaru reconciles with him somewhat. Subaru's attack on the Witch's Cult begins by approaching Betelgeuse using his smell of the Witch which makes Betelgeuse believe that Subaru is the Archbishop of Pride. When Betelgeuse realizes that Subaru doesn't have the Gospel he should have received as an Archbishop and says that he defiled it, Betelgeuse completely loses his composure. With his guard down, Mimi and Tivey launch a surprise attack to destroy the hideout and Wilhelm kills Betelgeuse while the rest of his band go after Betelgeuse's ten disciples or Fingers. However, Betelgeuse's soul is still present in one of the Fingers who attacks, using Unseen Hands to kill some of band and capture Subaru. Fortunately, the Finger is distracted by a tiny spirit and Wilhelm kills her and rescues Subaru. Subaru is upset at his critical mistake which allowed soldiers to die, but Wilhelm tells him to keep fighting. As Otto and his merchant guild ride to evacuate people from the mansion and the village, Felis tell Subaru to make up with Julius. As Subaru approaches Julius, he finds himself suddenly alone on the road enveloped in a blue mist and Ram mysteriously appears on a cliff above holding a bright blue flower. show less
Subaru is enveloped in a blue mist and attacked by plants, but is saved from the illusion by the same tiny spirit called La that ...read more Subaru is enveloped in a blue mist and attacked by plants, but is saved from the illusion by the same tiny spirit called La that Julius had set onto Subaru to protect him. After Julius frees the rest of the soldiers and merchants from the enchantment, Subaru is attacked by Ram who thinks that he abandoned Emilia. When the misunderstanding is cleared up Subaru tries to begin the evacuation of the villagers. They mistrust him and Emilia, but Ram intervenes and convinces them to leave. During the evacuation, Felis discovers a merchant is part of the Witch's Cult and he self-destructs, knocking out Subaru. When Subaru wakes up, he realizes that the village is under attack by the Witch's Cult and that the Archbishop of Sloth's power can be transferred to other Fingers who are among the merchants. When confronting the final finger, Emilia shows up and defeats him. After the battle, when La suddenly abandons Subaru, he panics and runs into the forest. Felis and Julius chase after him, but Subaru’s body becomes possessed by Betelgeuse. Subaru fights back long enough to ask Felis and Julius to kill him. They reluctantly agree and as Julius is about to cut him down, the scene shifts to Emilia in the village. show less
With Subaru's death, he surprisingly resets back to the strategy meeting on the morning after the White Whale battle. Now ...read more With Subaru's death, he surprisingly resets back to the strategy meeting on the morning after the White Whale battle. Now aware that the cult can possess others, he formulates a new strategy to take out the fingers first before going after Betelgeuse himself. Wilhelm drops by the mansion to clear up the misunderstanding from the letter and to order the evacuation of the village. Then Subaru, wearing a cloak to mask his presence, arrives to tell Emilia that an attack is imminent and convince her to follow through with the evacuation. Knowing that there are spies among the merchants, Subaru hands out the plan of evacuation that is two hours behind schedule and the spy is apprehended. Subaru approaches Betelgeuse at his hideout offering to go through the ordeal to join the cult and become a new vessel. When Subaru is asked to show his Gospel, he shows the metia he took from the spy to commence the surprise attack. Subaru runs, with Betelgeuse and the remaining fingers in pursuit. Mimi and Tivey arrive to take out the fingers, and Subaru draws Betelgeuse towards the bottom of the cliff which he jumped off in a past timeline. Julius arrives and attacks Betelgeuse, helped by Subaru's ability to see the Unseen Hands. show less
Julius fights Betelgeuse utilizing spirit arts to see the Unseen Hands through Subaru's eyes. Betelgeuse attempts to once ...read more Julius fights Betelgeuse utilizing spirit arts to see the Unseen Hands through Subaru's eyes. Betelgeuse attempts to once more gain control over Subaru's body. This time, however, Subaru speaks out his 'Return by Death' to have Betelgeuse come in contact with the spirit of Satella, and, upon being rejected by the witch, Betelgeuse loses control over Subaru and is finally killed. On returning to the main group, Subaru learns that explosives are stowed in the wagon carrying Emilia and the children. Otto offers to take Subaru and reach Emilia in time to save her. Betelgeuse makes a surprise return, his body held together by the Unseen Hands. Subaru sets Betelgeuse on fire using Julius' spirit La, then writes 'the end' in his Gospel book after which, Betelgeuse finally dies. Reaching Emilia's wagon in time, Subaru finds the explosives under the floor, then carries them on Patrasche to the carcass of the White Whale at the base of the Flugel Tree and throws them inside. He is rendered unconscious from the massive blast when the explosives detonate, but is shielded by his dragon. Hours later, Subaru awakens in Emilia's lap, and explains his feelings and reasons for wanting to save her even as she says she has done nothing for him. When he confesses his love for her, Emilia, crying tears of joy, thanks Subaru for saving her. show less