As soon as Garfiel said that he was going to fight the two witch cult members, I knew something bad was going to happen. Though I didn’t expect to be as bad as it turned out. There was no doubt that someone was gonna get hurt, but my initial thoughts were that they’d get a little banged up, but nothing too serious. I was foolish to believe ReZero would be kind and merciful. If Garfiel wasn’t already in a terrible place emotionally, being the one partially responsible for having Mimi near death like this by engaging in combat must be absolutely crushing. Not to mention he was holding her behind him and if he had been holding her in front, she might not have gotten as hurt as she did. This series feels like they are specifically targeting Garf a lot this season. I wouldn’t be surprised if he were to go mad with grief and guilt in an alternate time line.
But man, hearing Mimi’s brother crying over her being hurt badly and seeing the shared wound on them was really sad to see for me. Especially thinking about how shocking and worrying it would be to just suddenly sustain such a severe wound out of no where. If it weren’t for that bond between the siblings, Mimi would most likely have just straight up died. So in a way, her brothers did end up saving her.
Unfortunately, there seems to be more to Mimi’s wound than initially thought. Not only is it a severe wound, but when Garf came in, there seemed to be a dark aura surrounding the two. And considering her wounds weren’t closing with healing magic and even Wilhelm seemed to recognize the type of wound she sustained, there is definitely more to it. While we don’t know the full extent of it, it seems to be a type of curse from the “Death God.” I have no idea what that is at the moment, all I know that is sounds BAD. It also makes me so curious to see the faces of those two witch cult members because they were a lot more formidable than I had initially thought. Whenever I see witch cult members with their faces covered, I always believe they’re just chumps who will be easy to deal with. NOT THIS TIME. Hopefully there will be an unmasking later on because after seeing what those two are capable of, I do want to know more about them.
Despite viewing it as his fault and personal failure, I’m really glad that Garf is surrounded by understanding people. Subaru has so much faith in Garf and in return, Garf doesn’t want to to fail him. And I am glad that Subaru recognizes that Garf is still a very young teenager and he does need guidance and support from time to time. I also really like the start of a brotherly relationship between Garf and Ricardo. Not only did Ricardo not blame Garf for what happened, but he encourages him to keep going. I feel like Ricardo is Garf’s ideal and I do hope that we see more interactions between the two since I feel like their personalities would mesh well with each other. Especially since I do think Garf would benefit having someone older he could look up to and get wisdom from. Because, heck yes, Ricardo is awesome both in personality and combat prowess. I’ve kind of forgotten just how great he was in the first season since it’s been a while, but I find myself appreciating the guy more now that we’re seeing him again. He even went as far as to carry Subaru knowing that his leg wasn’t doing well. It also just felt so metal with how he was able to restrain all of the multi armed witch cult member and even caught his blade in his freaking mouth.
A mild critique, but I feel like they needed a more extreme expression and angle for Subaru when he was yelling at Gluttony at the end. Since this was the moment he finally meets Gluttony, the person responsible for Rem’s situation. I would expect this moment to hit more than it did in terms of framing and art. But whatever, it’s a small nitpick and I’m sure we’ll get more from it in upcoming episodes.
And while all this madness is happening, Reinhard’s freaking dad is being annoying about keeping their strongest fighter out of the fight. When we need him most, he’s being held up by stupidity that is his dad. Literally now is not the time for this! There is a time and place for sorting out familial things, but there are so lives hanging in the balance right now and Reinhard is NEEDED. Granted, the mana users probably wouldn’t be able to fight with him around, but I feel like he could be the key to beating the two problematic Witch Cult members who are still masked. But it honestly infuriated me when Reinhard’s dad insinuated that the people that need to be rescued isn’t as important right now. It doesn’t matter if Reinhard doesn’t know them, innocent lives are in danger and need to be protected!
