Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World- (Re:ゼロから始める異世界生活)

I'm back.

Subaru?

Are you all right? Can you get up?

Can you talk?

Emilia.

Emilia isn't the only one who was worried about you!

What's that look about, I suppose?

It's as if you can't believe the adorable Betty is standing before y—

Beatrice! Beatrice! Beatrice!

Wh-Wh-What?!

This is too sudden, I suppose!

You... You...

Your face makes me feel so at ease!

It's so cute that I feel like I'm back home!

I could fall in love!

I really don't want to believe you meant that as a compliment!

Come on, Subaru. Don't start messing with us the moment you wake up.

We still don't even know why you passed out...

Subaru?

What's wrong, I suppose?

It's all right. Betty is here.

Don't cry, Subaru.

Just take slow, deep breaths.

Calm down.

Beatrice and I are both right here with you.

So, yeah...

It seems like I lost my memories in the archive.

This might cause a lot of trouble for you guys,

but I'd appreciate your understanding.

I'm sure you're all very worried about Subaru.

But we all need to keep ourselves together,

because no one feels more anxious than he does right now.

It doesn't look that way to me.

What I want to know is: what kind of stupid act is this, Barusu?

It's not an act.

I'm being super serious about telling you all the truth.

My heart's about to explode from the anxiety.

Very slick.

You speak in that flippant tone and expect us to believe—

Subaru has no reason to tell such sick lies.

You should know that, I suppose.

Honestly, Big Brother, you're just hopeless, aren't you?

What's with that reaction?

You look like you just saw a ghost.

Talk about rude.

Meili...

Oh? So you remember my name, huh?

So what did you forget, then?

I lost what they call episodic memory.

I remember the names of most people and things,

but my memories of experiences I've been through with others are murky.

Does that include, say, what happened yesterday?

Yeah.

Yesterday, eh?

Well... yes, I suppose so.

Really, Master? Again?

How many times are you gonna forget me?

Frankly, it's still a bit difficult to accept...

but it's likely there's a trap in this tower that left Natsuki in this state.

I think we should come to terms with that.

Yeah. The archive is the most suspicious,

since that's where Emilia-chan and Beatrice found me.

It was a pretty shady place to begin with, too.

"Chan"...

Anyway, sorry I scared you all like that.

I'm sure we all need time to process things,

so let's take a break.

I'll go with Ram to fetch water in the meantime.

Let's go, Ram.

You look like you were just about to ask me to go with you, anyway.

So lewd.

So what was the idea behind that ridiculous farce back there?

Ram, it's true that I lost my memory.

It's not a lie, a grift, or an evil plot.

My memory is gone.

I don't remember anything but your names and the relationships we had.

Stop it.

I know we came to this tower to get back a bunch of stuff we lost,

and that we're trying to get through its exams.

But that's all.

- My motive is— - Stop it, Barusu.

- No more. - And Rem, too... I—

Barusu!

What are you playing at?

What are these...

these ridiculous lies?!

They're not lies.

So you're telling me to believe you?

To believe something as stupid as...

as you forgetting Rem?!

I'm going to get Rem back.

Who do you think you are?

Get her back? You don't even remember her, do you?!

Barusu... You forgot Rem!

I'll still get her back!

Rem, and my memories, too! All of it!

I'll do every damn thing there is to do,

and then we'll all go home!

We deserve that much, at least.

Considering everything we've been through in this tower...

Barusu?

Ram, I'm going to get Rem and my memories back.

I need you to help me do that.

I need help from all of you!

I get that you might never forgive me for forgetting Rem.

But I promise you this.

What?

I will see this through.

If I give up, you can do whatever you want to me.

It'll be my penance for being careless enough to lose my memories

and making you cry.

I'm not crying. Don't be stupid.

C-Come on! It took a lot of courage for me to say all that!

What part of that took courage?

You were just getting yourself all worked up.

Also, a promise from you? Don't make me laugh.

How many promises did I break up until yesterday?!

How many have you kept?

That's easier to count?!

Man, this Subaru Natsuki really is worthless, huh?

Why'd you even bring me to this tower?

You butted in.

Also, you did have a knack for running your mouth.

You could be counted on to handle odd jobs, too.

What else?

I have short legs, my memory's bad,

I'm a picky eater, and I don't know when to give up.

You had short legs, your memory was bad, you were a picky eater,

and you didn't know when to give up.

Yeah, of course.

And...

you cared about Rem.

Barusu, you've truly forgotten Rem, right?

Yeah.

Barusu, you're truly going to remember her, right?

Yeah. I will.

Not just Rem, but everything else, too.

Very well. I'll overlook this.

On your feet, Barusu.

I was...

Subaru Natsuki was definitely here, right?

Silly. He's just temporarily invisible at the moment.

Like a flower buried under the cold snow,

he'll show himself once the snowy season has passed.

I'm sure that's all there is to it.

Last time...

and the time before that...

this place was a complete mess.

It'll happen again and soon.

I have to stop it.

So...

for starters...

Huh?!

Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!

Whoa, there!

Don't go taking that fall in my place.

Now, let's talk.

I'm gonna need you to take responsibility for killing me.

Responsibility for killing you?

You're being weird again, Big Brother.

After all, if I really wanted to kill you,

wouldn't it have been much easier to do it outside?

Yeah, I'm sure you had plenty of opportunities,

but you didn't do it.

Right? So—

If your intent to kill me didn't exist until this morning, that's different.

Or should I say sometime after the whole chain reaction that started last night?

Don't tell me...

Were you lying about losing your memories just to set me up?

Don't get the wrong idea, Meili.

It's no lie that I lost my memory.

It's true, which is why this is serious.

That in itself brings up some questions, but...

How are you planning to finish me off, then?

Are you gonna push me off these stairs for revenge?

My mean little beasties aren't with me now, so...

I have no intention of killing or hurting you.

I intend to treat you the same as I have been for all this time.

Thankfully, I stopped your crime before you could carry it out,

so as long as I don't tell anyone, we can pretend it never happened.

Wh-What are you...

But now you understand, right?

It's gonna be pretty risky to try to do anything to me.