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Re: Zero - Starting Life in Another World Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
25 Episodes 2016 - 2016
Episode 1
Hajimari no Owari to Owari no Hajimari
Sun, Apr 3, 201650 mins
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 parallel world should have. Just when he's about to be beaten senseless, a girl appears.
Episode 2
Saikai no Majo
24 mins
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.
Episode 3
Zero kara Hajimaru Isekai Seikatsu
24 mins
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.
Episode 4
Roswaal-tei no Danran
24 mins
After being badly wounded by Elsa, Subaru somehow survived and awoke in the mansion of Margrave Mathers, in the Kingdom of Lugunica.
Episode 5
Yakusoku Shita Asa wa Tooku
24 mins
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.
Episode 6
Kusari no Oto
24 mins
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.
Episode 7
Natsuki Subaru no Restart
24 mins
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.
Episode 8
Naite Nakiwameite Nakiyanda kara
24 mins
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.
Episode 9
Yuuki no Imi
24 mins
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.
Episode 10
Oni Gakatta Yarikata
24 mins
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.
Episode 11
Rem
24 mins
Knocked unconscious by Subaru's attack, Rem dreams of an event in her past that she and Ram would rather forget. After waking up, she tells Subaru that she's just committed the same sin again.
Episode 12
Sairai no Outo
24 mins
By order of the council of elders, Wilhelm and Felis visit Roswaal's mansion as emissaries. Emilia and Subaru head to the imperial capital.
Episode 13
Jishou Kishi Natsuki Subaru
24 mins
According to a new prophecy seen on the Dragon Stone, there are five priestesses with the potential to be the kingdom's next ruler.
Episode 14
Zetsubou to Iu Yamai
26 mins
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.
Episode 15
Kyouki no Sotogawa
24 mins
Subaru reaches the Roswal mansion to find Rem dead in a horrendous way. Then he enters the mansion to see the way he is to pay for his mistakes.A new character or rather villain called Betelgeuse is introduced. Rem and Subaru fight for each other.
Episode 16
Buta no Yokubou
24 mins
Subaru and rem look for assistance to save Emilia and all who reside in Roswaal's domain.
Episode 17
Shuutai no Hate ni
24 mins
A beast looms over Subaru and his travelling companions. Among the thick fog and shrill cries of the massive figure, Rem decides to make the ultimate sacrifice for the person she loves the most in this world.
Episode 18
Zero kara
26 mins
Subaru failed to protect everyone in the village after the witch cult killed everybody in there, then he was returned by death. Subaru tries to escape the land with Rem after giving up on everything until Rem starts speaking to him.
Episode 19
Hakugei Kouryakusen
24 mins
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.
Episode 20
Wilhelm van Astrea
24 mins
The battle against the white whale begins.
Episode 21
Zetsubou ni Aragau Kake
24 mins
Subaru and Rem lose all words at the sight unfolding above them. Just when it seemed they would soon have the White Whale cornered, the battle takes a turn that no one expected.
Episode 22
Taida Issen
24 mins
The half of the mercenary army that had been blocking the road during the White Whale subjugation returns to join the main force. Subaru then leads the way into the forest of the Mathers domain, hoping to find and destroy the Witch's Cult before they can learn of the subjugating army's movements.
Episode 23
Akuratsunaru Taida
24 mins
Subaru and his companions head toward Roswaal's mansion to evacuate Emilia and all the others there, stopping at the nearby village on the way and beginning to evacuate its residents as well. However, the situation takes a turn that nobody expected.
Episode 24
Jijou Kishi to Saiyuu no Kishi
24 mins
Emilia tried to warn the villagers of Arlam that danger was coming and they should evacuate, but was not well-received. As she's pondering what more she can do, Wilhelm arrives at the mansion with a message.
Episode 25
Tada Sore dake no Monogatari
27 mins
Subaru and Julius are fighting Betelgeuse by utilizing spirit arts to allow Julius to see through Subaru's eyes. This time, however, Subaru speaks his 'Return by Death' to have Betelgeuse come in contact with the spirit of Satella.
