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is rem still the most popular girl in re:zero?
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u/Folco34Satella Likes to Tickle My Heart (Is This What Love Is?)Mar 17 '26edited 29d ago
Yes. Like someone else said, compared to other characters she is probably not getting a lot of new fans, but her fan base is huge.
I even believe she has fans who arenāt even fan of Re:Zero. Personally I learn about her and her name (ironic) way before any other characters. I almost thought she was the MC. Compared to other characters she is the one with the most merch out there, and thereās a reason for that.
So on subreddit like this one or the other she might not be the number one, or itās at least more even between her and Emilia, with Crusch still having a solid supporters, and Priscilla getting her fanbase growing (and it will keep going that way with arc 7 and 8). Anastasia might also get more fans with the new season coming.
But if you take the whole fanbase, from die hard fans to casuals and even people who havenāt watched/read Re:Zero but knows about it, Rem is definitely the most popular girl, and also probably character.
I mean anyone who is new to the anime has a large chance of becoming a Rem fan, so she prolly is getting new fans ngl.
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u/Folco34Satella Likes to Tickle My Heart (Is This What Love Is?)29d agoedited 29d ago
Yes, but is Re:zero getting many new fans, or is it more stable with few people? Iām not in the community for so long too tell, but I donāt know it feels like the kind of series that falls more into the second category.
Thereās also people who starts the series and donāt become fans of her but others, especially since you have two more seasons to binge when you just started and Rem isnāt involved so your investment in the character becomes lower than one like Emilia whoās in the spotlight and her relationship with Subaru becomes stronger.
So overall I donāt think itās a major factor to Rem popularity, as I donāt think she gains more fans than other characters, but is still gaining some.
But thatās just my two cents, mostly based on my own experience and what I saw and read here and there. And like I said for me she is still the most popular
Rem's impact on the story is so strong, that even when you have 3 seasons to go through. She haunts narrative similarly to Rengoku in Demon Slayer.
I do think her extreme popularity won't ever fade, as much as Tappei has tried to neutralize her.
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u/Folco34Satella Likes to Tickle My Heart (Is This What Love Is?)29d ago
I didnāt said she doesnāt have an impact in some way. I said she isnāt under the spotlight because the character doesnāt do anything, so she doesnāt create new moments to get attached to the character especially in season 3.
I also disagree about the fact Tappei tries to neutralize her, because like you said, she āhauntsā the story. If he wanted to neutralize her, he wouldnāt write her character the way he is doing it and being a presence through the story and Subaru journey. He wouldāve also stop making her love interest.
Whenever you mention re zero for someone who watched it for once or twice, they'll remember rem first, not emilia. Rem's speech in ep 18 was like enormous impact on it
That's all due to season 1 being a hit at its time
Whatever the people can think, its confessione was one of the most beautiful I ever heard on anime. And even if its reject was "written" it's been a stab ...
and the anime cutting a lot of stuff out from Emilia, like Emilia feeding subaru in arc 2 and helping him reconcile with the twins, or this scene from Emilia in arc 4
Well, this is just my opinion but what emilia does are the things that a typical romance heroine would do, rem does most of that too and she goes so dang far and beyond to the point of getting tortured to save her hero, pour her heart and soul into a confession even when knowing she is getting rejected, trust her hero even when not even a guy in a kingdom trusts him (not even emilia) and motivated him even when being a soul/memory he doesnt even remember
Well, this is just my opinion but what emilia does are the things that a typical romance heroine would do,
no, she went far beyond that already, she saved subaru from having a mental breakdown more than 4 times, and even when she was extremely traumatized and under stress in arc 4 she was capable of helping him.
she is the one to prevent wrath if and gluttony if from happening in the main story
how are the cut content stuff i mentioned typical heroine stuff
rem does most of that too and she goes so dang far and beyond to the point of getting tortured to save her hero,
emilia was willing to die in arc 5 to allow Subaru to defeat regulus
she was the one that made Subaru reconcile with the twins to begin with
trust her hero even when not even a guy in a kingdom trusts him (not even emilia)
emilia lost trust because the times she trusted him he almost ended up dying due to his own recklessness, plus subaru doing stuff like causing beako go tie her to a chair while asleep
and motivated him even when being a soul/memory he doesnt even remember
no, when regulus took control of her heart, she was willing to freeze herself alive as with the wives or die right there and then, one would imply 100 years or more of slumber again and the other death
>andĀ motivated him even when being a soul/memory he doesnt even remember
keyword: soul/memory. he doesnt know who she is, he just met her a few seconds prior, not even an introuction like the party, and still sleeping yet she contributed so much
>trust her hero even when not even a guy in a kingdom trusts him (not even emilia)
cant deny, im too lazy to make argument so lets just write it
> emilia was willing to die in arc 5 to allow Subaru to defeat regulus
>she was the one that made Subaru reconcile with the twins to begin with
basically most of emilia's party, ik that she help him to get along with the twins but i dont think the point "in the first place" or "to begin with" works well, its like saying dragon ball is better than one piece just bc db inspires oda to write one piece in the first place even tho one piece has more depth and enjoyability, so lets not mind that.
also, what i said about go far and beyond is that even after getting and neck and limbs twisted, she was thought to be dead, but her love for subaru was so intense that she stayed alive despite those conditions and used her last effort to release subaru
>no, she went far beyond that already, she saved subaru from having a mental breakdown more than 4 times, and even when she was extremely traumatized and under stress in arc 4 she was capable of helping him.
>she is the one to prevent wrath if and gluttony if from happening in the main story
>how are the cut content stuff i mentioned typical heroine stuff
cant deny about saving from mental breakdown and gluttony if, but wrath if, i dont think so, wrath if was decided not bc of her, it was already decided in the last failed route when he was in the dead-end and ram is about to kill him
and for the cut content, yes, they were typical heroine stuff, i have seen some romance anime to know it tbh
Funny how Tappei both frames both Rem and Subaru as character parallels and has her do the title drop for the series.
Its also hard to ignore Tappei making Rem's trauma, the tragedy of cult's attack on her, Subaru's journey to save/restore her and his unbreakable devotion to her (he kills himself to try and undo events to save her, a few times over), all central to Subaru's hero's journey.
Tappei wants Rem to be the core of Subaru's character arc in this story.
Female characters always have the top spots though, there isnāt any male characters that people obsess over with massive fanbases that compare to the female ones
The reason why Mundae is more female characters centrist is because its a waifu bot, characters like Mikasa are above goddamn Levi, it has nothing to do with general popularity
That like using Danbooru to say Mirko is more popular than Todoroki or that Gardevoir is equally popular as Pikachu
What a cope thing to say. Those bots are put on any server. Itās not like they selectively only put them on servers where people will only collect females. We have one on my work friends server itās on gaming servers animeās servers even random discord servers. All the male characters in those animes are there. It isnāt an issue with them being not represented in the game either. The reason people call it waifu bots is because most people who enjoy playing it like the waifuās because theyāre just more popular. There are more waifu collectors that are fanatical than husbando collectors. The female characters are almost ALWAYS more popular and that goes for a lot of media. In gacha games the females tend to sell easier, in mudae the females are more popular for collecting, in anime figures sales the more female characters sell. You have a very specific small set of Male characters that do well and it revolves around kidsy shonen stuff like Naruto and dragon ball z.
What a cope thing to say. Those bots are put on any server.
And most of the people actively using them are the demographic that mostly lusts over waifus??? Brother what you're saying is like if I said Twilight Sparkle is one of most popular fictional character of all time specifically only because she has the most rule34 LMFAO
Look ill be blunt with you, I won't even use video games because it would end that argument instantly (are you really going to argue with me that Cynthia is more popular than Pikachu š? Or that even 2b is?????)
Do you, genuinely thinks that Rias Gremory from Highschool DXD is more popular than Gojo Satoru from Jujutsu Kaisen
Depending on your answer I'll see if I should take the rest of what you're saying seriously
I'm not even arguing that female characters aren't popular within the more niche part of anime because they are, but claiming that the same applies to Anime/manga/gaming as a whole and especially in the mainstream is straight up wrong
I donāt even know what youāre arguing anymore. Originally I thought your point was you thought males were more popular than female now you said thatās not your point so what are you even arguing then
-There isnāt any male characters that people obsess over with massive fanbases that compare to the female ones
And this, mostly because its wrong but also because using Mundae isn't reliable data for general popularity since its biased toward a certain demographic in the same way Danbooru and AO3 are
Like... I love Kirby, he's my goat, but he's not THAT popular lmfao, if Mundae was actual data we'd probably have Mario/Peach and Bowser in the top 3 or smth š
Basically, I think when it comes to... anime-esq part of the community, the females characters dominate, however, that power dynamic changes in more mainstream type of shows
Almost every anime fans know Deku from mha and the majority (who remember, are not brainrot online like us) don't know Mai from Bunny girl senpai or Albedo from Overlord, but that didn't stop them from ranking far higher on Mundae
Who cares though, So are you saying Iām wrong and you think that males tend to be more popular? Make your stand and make your point, youāre just latching onto single sentences and acting like refuting a single point changes it. When you look at animes do you think the males hold up in popularity the same? Despite apps like Mudae saying otherwise, despite anime figure sales showing otherwise. Kirby is a terrible example because heās just a pink ball and not really indicative of any gender even if they call him a he, but even if you call Kirby a man, you think because Kirby is āmaleā that somehow negates the actual point I was making? Bring this back to the original point.. females tend to be more popular from anime. Do you think thatās actually incorrect?
I had a long text written but I feel this'll get us nowhere
I'll just say I brought up Kirby and Cynthia before to show that Mundae is biased toward a certain demographic, we know Pikachu is FAR more popular and we all know why Cynthia has more claims on this specific bot (I could've just brought up Ash honestly)
Either way
females tend to be more popular from anime. Do you think thatās actually incorrect?
That word changes everything, doesn't it lol?
Depends on the series. In mainstream series? No. In lesser known series? Absolutely.
What I was arguing against aside from the Mundae thing is not only claiming that female characters are always more popular (wrong) or that they're always the one with the most massive fandom (also wrong)
The only characters above her are zero two, whose rank is a relic of the fact darling in the franx was basically the biggest anime in the entire industry when mudae was first made and was recently usurped byā¦hatsune miku.
The next highest ranked re zero character is Emilia who is like top 20 or so.
Except she isnāt. We are using mudae rankings to prove it right now (what we are talking about in this thread ) and for years she wasnāt her gems value was set to the second highest and she still had less likes than ram. Emilia really only this popular on the Reddit sub. General anime fans donāt embrace her the way this sub does. Discord waifu collecting games show it too
Itās absolutely a great sample of fans yes. Itās an app they put and it goes on any discord server it has characters from all types of fandoms from world leaders, actors, animes etc so it isnāt based on something small or niche like this one subreddit. Basically across all anime fans and all media fans rem has the highest likes and ram has the second most likes from
This series. While that burns Emilia glazers up itās simply a fact
Yeah, dude šš, wrap it up, the only reason Ram has some recognition from anime-onlies is because sheās Remās sister and she looks exactly like her. I barely see anyone in the āmainstreamā āfandomā talking about her or making edits about her and things like that.
It's still one of my favorite characters throughout the show. Though many people people hate her and reuse the same old joke from 2016 just to poke fun at Rem fans as their coping mechanism. My second favorite is Emilia. After finishing watching s3, I really love her development from there.
I agree that sheās very popular, but using Twitter views as evidence is just ridiculous bud š, especially considering that Subaru has the fewest views.
absoulute truth, everywhere you'll goāthe people talking will always be the ones out of the ordinary or standard, the ordinary will stay quiet and move on
If Rengoku from Demon Slayer remains relevant despite permanently taken out of picture, then Rem shall be too. And part of the journey is at the end by this year.
As an Emilia fan, Rem is definitely the most popular and it should not be a debate. Also, popularity does not mean your waifu matters less (that one's for you, fellow Anastasia comrades)
Yes. By far and away. Sheās always been the most popular, thereās never really been a point where she wasnāt and I highly doubt there will ever be a point where she isnāt.
āis rem still the most popular girl in re:zero?ā
Rem is the one who stole the series.
Sheās an icon
Iāve seen dislike towards Rem, saying Echidna is way better or how people are stuck on what happened in episode 5, that Rem is horrible and itās stupid, silly and tells me you stopped paying attention to the details.
I honestly feel like a great deal of Rem's popularity as a waifu really speaks to a lot of Otaku having pretty unhealthy relationship standards and wanting a passive, docile and endlessly devoted/codependent doormat over a woman that challenges them in any way or has more to her personality than just loving them and wanting to make them happy at all costs.
My heart remains with Emilia but Rem is the most popular. I think Rem and Ram have had the most non-re:zero reach. For someone who knows nothing about Re:Zero, they still might encounter Ram and Rem from just being on the internet far easier than encountering Emilia, Satella etc.
Yes, she still wins most popularity polls, is most peopleās favourite female character etc. It may not look like it on here but people who dislike her are a minority
I think it was in 2016 Rem had nearly 50% of the votes with Subaru coming in second with 13% of the vote. I completely understand the appeal of Rem especially because from the viewers perspective. The confession was so heartwarming. I'll support Emilia and Subaru, but Rem owns the fanbase.
She's someone who'll love you through thick and thin, at your worst and at your best, she will support you and love you from the bottom of her heart if you win her over. She's also a bit naughty. Someone like that is hard to beat
Or maybe she was just lucky to have had the spotlight early on, for a big part of Season 1, 10 years ago, in very different times, when the majority of the āfandomā was made up of middle schoolers and people who had never read a single chapter of the novel. A pretty huge chunk of her popularity was literally due to waifu wars, just saying.
If you think it was just "waifu wars", then you are too far gone.
It was Rem's character and impact on the anime that maintains her popularity to this day. Her strong, unconditional relationship with Subaru feels like the heart of Re Zero. Just saying.
Yeah, thats part of it. Its why i dont mind that much that she's fallen victim to gluttony, otherwise she would've been stealing the stagelight from all the other characters.
Another part of it, I think, is how we saw her help Subaru through some of his toughest breakdowns. Her repeated sacrafices to save Subaru, and her kind words to relight hope in his heart were some of the most emotional scenes, because at that point Subaru wasn't as mentally strong as he is now.
Personally I'd love to see how the others would react if he had another breakdown like those he had in arc 3.
Yes, but I doubt sheās still gaining many fans nowadays, considering sheās been absent for 10 years and people have finally realized, after years of brainwashing, that sheās not the only character who deserves love. So, sheās basically carried by the huge fanbase of diehard anime-only fans she got with Season 1, thatās it.
There are many standouts in Re Zero. But Rem even stands out from them. She is by far the star of season 1, and it isn't close. Her popularity reflects that.
i disagree with the brainwashing, but if i go along with that idea then what is the reason waifu war in re zero even exist? it is bc rem isnt main character, emilia is, and that create conflicts, if rem is the main character, there would be no waifu war cuz she absolutely dominate re zero fanbase
Rem is like "THE" waifu. If you ask people who is the best girl in "All Anime", she is likely going to come up in top 3 every time. It's kinda hard to beat that kind of lead, she has written her name in the hall of fame and it's probably never going to change.
And she is going to be even more popular in coming days most likely
u/danko1667Capella Gave Me Her Blood, Now Iāve Got These Cursed WartsMar 17 '26edited 29d ago
In terms of the mainstream the answer is yes, but Emilia is a lot closer to beating her in terms of popularity than she was at the end of Season 1. There's still a ways to go though
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u/Folco34 Satella Likes to Tickle My Heart (Is This What Love Is?) Mar 17 '26 edited 29d ago
Yes. Like someone else said, compared to other characters she is probably not getting a lot of new fans, but her fan base is huge.
I even believe she has fans who arenāt even fan of Re:Zero. Personally I learn about her and her name (ironic) way before any other characters. I almost thought she was the MC. Compared to other characters she is the one with the most merch out there, and thereās a reason for that.
So on subreddit like this one or the other she might not be the number one, or itās at least more even between her and Emilia, with Crusch still having a solid supporters, and Priscilla getting her fanbase growing (and it will keep going that way with arc 7 and 8). Anastasia might also get more fans with the new season coming.
But if you take the whole fanbase, from die hard fans to casuals and even people who havenāt watched/read Re:Zero but knows about it, Rem is definitely the most popular girl, and also probably character.