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  • Chloe was an incomplete summon like the other kids. She shows up long after Leon (I forget but I think he just gets isekaid like Hinata). Like she said to Hinata her future powers came to her.

    From what I recall Chloe and Leon are not actually related but she looked up to him and he’s a huge siscon which is why he’s been looking for her so intensely.

    There is some bootstrap paradox but we never get into that in the story. Chloe has made an unknown amount of loops and only remembers the most recent loop in addition to her “current” loop. IE right now she has memories of the last loop (which we saw as werid flashbacks with Rimuru dying) and the one where Hinata dies while Rimuru is still alive (the one we watched in the actual anime). To spoil a bit the goal right now for Chloe is to do the same things she did last loop so history is the same leading up to Hinatas death.

    Some spoilers about how the Tensura world works. So basically the world Rimuru is currently in is the “Central World” the first world Veldanava created. Yes first, Veldanava created many worlds, such as Rimurus original world and many more. All of these worlds exist in the same universe, at the same time but time is not constant. IE some worlds are “in the future” and other worlds are “in the past”. Chloes power is strictly jumping backwards (involuntarily when Hinata dies) on the “global timline” that is to say no new reality is created or hopped to.

    We don’t know where the time travel power initially comes from but it’s likely Chloe herself created it after Hinata died the first time as it’s a Unique skill. The real bootstrap paradox imo is the mask since Chloe got it from Rimuru who gets it from Shizu who gets it from Chloe… also worth mentioning that Rimuru perfectly replicated it which is insane and is what got Diablo to become Rimurus subordinate





  • Yes. It’s a story about putting Subaru into situations where the only path forward is self improvement. Subaru can fight and struggle to stay the same but to move forward he must improve. In the Sanctuary arc Subaru repeatedly failed to solve all the problems himself. There’s a what if story where he goes through with the contract with Echidna and we’re shown what would have happened if Subaru gave into his Greed, essentially ruining his relationships with all his friends, while still “saving” them. He got everything he wanted while losing what was most important.



  • I’ve gotta be honest I don’t understand how you can think Re:Zero follows the same formula as those lol. The other three are fairly similar in story structure but Re:Zero? Like you named three typical shounen and then Re:Zero a story where the main character can’t accomplish anything on his own, is quite pathetic for the first couple arcs and who’s power is to get killed gruesomely and try and lead others with knowledge he cannot share and should not know.

    Naruto literally right from the start is shown to be a kid with incredible potential who manages to beat a Chunin. Narutos structure is about a kid who isn’t innately powerful (which is imo a retcon due to being Ninja Jesus) but who trains with dedication. IE you can do anything if you put effort into it.

    Demon slayer is similar insofar that Tanjiro isn’t actually uniquely special though Demon Slayers story structure kind of just sucks all around. The author cared way more about cool looking fights or scenes than making things logically make sense most famously all the Sword effects being completely made up, and not something that exist in cannon, a cannon that has actual demon blood magic.

    I’ve been seeing more people hate on things just cause it’s popular and I’ve gotta admit it’s so goofy. You can just not enjoy something that’s fine nobody is forcing you to watch Re:Zero if you don’t like it. Sometimes fans of a property go really overboard, to name names Full Metal Alchemist fans but Full Metal Alchemist is actually good there’s just a lot of people who make it their personality










  • If it helps at all for the most recent season nearly every single episode made me nauseous just in how the plot was unfolding. Like to avoid spoilers first you have beloved characters doing things they never would normally do, and dying gruesomely for it, and then like always only Subaru remembers what he, and the others did and has to continue forward despite that.

    If you want to spoil yourself here’s a clip of the primary scene I’m talking about


  • The episode that got me hooked is episode 15 but to avoid spoilers all I can really tell you right now is that the first arc or two is somewhat typical isekai bs in that Subaru thinks and acts as though he’s a Mc in one of those stories. In doing so he humiliates himself among other things. In short it’s not a story about some dude who gets isekaid, has checkpoints and gets everything he wants.

    If you are just meh on Re:Zero try get to episode 15 at least, that’s the best episode of season 1 imo and episode 18 puts up some serious competition.