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Re:Zero is the kind of story where almost every mystery eventually connects together. At first, things seem random.
Explores the theory that Subaru Natsuki from Re:Zero originally lived 400 years ago, connecting major mysteries and characters.
Key Takeaways
- Subaru may have originally lived 400 years ago, not just summoned from modern Japan.
- Satella’s obsessive love for Subaru is explained by a past-life connection.
- Return by Death is a power designed to fix timelines, linking Subaru to the sage role.
- Shaula’s recognition of Subaru as Flugel strongly ties him to historical events 400 years ago.
- The narrative may revolve around memory loss and forgotten pasts rather than simple time travel.
Summary
- Re:Zero's mysteries are interconnected, centering around Subaru Natsuki and events from 400 years ago.
- Subaru may not be a random teenager summoned from Japan but could have originally lived 400 years ago.
- Satella, the Witch of Envy, loves Subaru deeply despite no shared present timeline history, suggesting a past connection.
- Return by Death is a unique power allowing Subaru to reset time after death, possibly to correct failed timelines.
- Subaru's prophetic knowledge and decision-making resemble the role of the sage, a figure from 400 years ago.
- Shaula, a guardian from 400 years ago, identifies Subaru as Flugel, a mysterious historical figure connected to major events.
- Flugel and Subaru share traits like naming techniques after stars and possibly originate from Earth.
- The story may focus on memory loss rather than just time travel, with Subaru potentially having lost memories of his past life.
- Subaru’s connection to the past explains Satella’s love, his authority, and the many mysteries linked to 400 years ago.
- The theory suggests Subaru is a forgotten figure from the era of the Witch of Envy, reliving consequences of his past.
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A guy from Japan gets summoned to another world. A silver-haired girl resembles the Witch of Envy. A mysterious power resets time after death. But the further the story goes, the more you realize none of these things are actually separate. And one of
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the biggest questions in the entire series is this: Why does the world of Re:Zero seem to revolve around Natsuki Subaru? Why do people from 400 years ago recognize him? Why does Satella love him? And why does Subaru possess an
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authority from the moment he got to the new world? And why do so many mysteries somehow trace back to the exact same era? Because there's a theory that completely changes the way you view the story. A theory that Subaru may not
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simply be connected to the past, but may actually be from the past. And once you start looking at the evidence, it becomes very difficult to ignore. So today, we're explaining the theory that Natsuki Subaru originally lived 400 years ago. Also, if you enjoy Re:Zero
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[music] Everything in Re:Zero traces back to one point in history, 400 years ago, the era of the Witch of Envy, the era of the Witches of Sin, the era of the Sage, the Divine Dragon, and the first Sword
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Saint. Something massive happened during that time period, something so important that even 400 years later, the world is still shaped by it. And according to one of the biggest theories in Re:Zero, Subaru Natsuki was there. Not metaphorically, not symbolically,
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actually there. Because what if Subaru didn't originally come from the present? What if he originally lived 400 years ago? Now, at first, this theory sounds insane. Subaru was just a normal teenager from Japan who suddenly gets summoned into another world. That's what
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the story tells us. But, the deeper Re:Zero goes into its mysteries, the harder it becomes to believe that Subaru was truly just some random person. Because, somehow, the most important figures from 400 years ago all seem strangely
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connected to him. First is Satella, the Witch of Envy herself. Satella's love for Subaru is one of the biggest mysteries in the entire series. She doesn't simply like him, she loves him obsessively. When Subaru meets her, she tells him, "I love you. You gave me
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everything." But, there's one massive problem with this. Subaru has never met Satella before, at least not from his perspective. There's no shared history between them, no moment where Subaru supposedly saved her, no explanation for why Satella speaks as if Subaru was once
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the most important person in her life. And that creates a huge contradiction. Because, Satella lived 400 years ago.
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Subaru is supposedly an 18-year-old boy from modern Japan. So, how could Satella love him this deeply? Unless, their connection didn't begin in the present, and this is where the theory starts.
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What if Subaru originally knew Satella 400 years ago? What if the Subaru we know today either lost his memories, was sent forward through time, or somehow reincarnated into the future? Suddenly, Satella's behavior starts making far more sense. From her perspective, Subaru
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wouldn't be a stranger, he would be someone she already loved long ago. And now, she's watching him live through the world again without remembering her. And once you make that connection, another mystery becomes far more interesting.
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Return by Death. Subaru's ability is unlike almost anything else in Re:Zero. Every time he dies, he returns to the past and gains another chance to fix events. And if you think about it, this ability is perfectly designed for
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correcting mistakes. Almost like it exists specifically to help Subaru change failed timelines. Now, technically, Return by Death is an authority, a power connected to witch factors. Very few people in the world possess abilities like this. But from the perspective of ordinary people
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inside the Re:Zero world, Subaru almost appears prophetic. No matter how impossible the situation is, he somehow always makes the correct decisions eventually. He knows where danger appears, he knows who dies, he knows what choices lead to disaster. To
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everyone else, Subaru almost looks like someone who already knows the future. And interestingly enough, that sounds very similar to the role of the sage.
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The sage is described as someone who knows what happens and what would happen. And many fans believe Subaru may eventually become, or perhaps already was, the sage himself. But Subaru's connection to the past becomes even stranger once we reach one specific
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name: Flugel. Flugel is one of the most mysterious figures in all of Re:Zero. He existed 400 years ago and was somehow connected to major historical events surrounding Satella and the Great Calamity. And the strange thing is, there are multiple
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hints connecting Flugel directly to Subaru. The biggest one comes from Shaula, the guardian of the Pleiades Watch Tower. When Subaru meets Shaula, she immediately identifies him as Flugel. Not someone similar to Flugel, not someone related to him, Flugel
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himself. If we assume that Shaula isn't lying, and why would she lie? She says that she identifies Subaru as Flugel because of his smell. If we remember season 1, Subaru was also suspected to work for the Witch Cult also because of
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his smell. Maybe this is the same smell, but Shaula, who is from 400 years ago, recognizes the smell specifically to be the smell of Flugel. From her perspective, Subaru genuinely is the person she knew 400 years ago. And
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then there's another strange clue, the name Shaula itself. Shaula is the name of a real-world star, a constellation reference. Something that should not normally exist in the Re:Zero world, but Subaru recognizes these references immediately because they come from
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Earth. And strangely enough, Flugel also seemed deeply interested in constellation names. Meaning there are only two real possibilities here. Either Flugel was another person from Earth who somehow arrived in the Re:Zero world or Flugel and Subaru are actually the same
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person. Also, Subaru seems strangely drawn to naming things and techniques after the names of stars. Which becomes far more suspicious once we realize Flugel seemed to do the exact same thing 400 years ago. By watching Re:Zero, we might get the idea that the story is
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about time travel. Specifically returning to points in the past to fix mistakes and progress through timelines.
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But what if the story is actually about memory loss? Because interestingly enough, Flugel also seemed to lose his memories repeatedly. And if that's true, what if Subaru lost his memories too?
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What if even if he truly lived 400 years ago, he simply no longer remembers it?
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When you start connecting all these pieces together, Satella's love, Return by Death, the sage, Flugel, Shaula recognizing Subaru, the constellation references, the mystery surrounding 400 years ago, the theory slowly starts to make more and more sense. Because maybe
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Subaru was never just a random teenager summoned into another world. Maybe he was always connected to it. Maybe the reason Satella loves him, the reason Return by Death chose him, and the reason so many mysteries from 400 years
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ago point toward him is because Subaru himself is a forgotten piece of that era. A person who once lived through the greatest tragedy in Re:Zero history and is now unknowingly reliving the consequences of his own past.
Topics:Re:ZeroSubaru NatsukiReturn by DeathSatellaFlugelWitch of Envysagetime travel theorymemory lossanime theory
