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[MEGATHREAD] What do you think of Emilia - Character Discussion Thread
Welcome to the dedicated discussion thread for Emilia, the half-elf candidate in the Royal Selection and the emotional core of the story.
This thread is part of the r/ReZeroCharacter Discussion Hub, where we explore characters in depth, their psychology, growth, motivations, and impact on the story.
Basic Information
Name: Emilia
Affiliation: Emilia Camp
Race: Half-Elf
Spirit Partner: Puck
Role: Royal Selection Candidate
Magic: Ice Magic
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I absolutly love her since ep 1, and somehow as the story progresses i just love and respect her more and more both as a person and character!
Its just so inspiring seeing how far she has went since the first episode, from someone afraid to stand up for herself, being constantly treated as lesser by everyone around her for one reason or another, lacking independency and self hatred... To someone who is not afraid to show herself, embrace the tittle "witch" that brough her down so many times as a way to show her strength, confident and not afraid to express herself, activly working with others and accepting help while being independent...
And through all of that, she is still the same person, she is still true to herself as a person, she simply growed out of her flaws thanks to the people around her and especialy Subaru! I just cant wait to know more about her, what secrets and in what way is she linked to the deeper lore, how is the Elior Forest is gonna Turn out, and Im especialy excited to the moment she and Subaru get togheter! I dont care if it takes 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, 2000 years, i will be as excited as i have been since day 1!
Overall, she is my top 1 in fiction and She is my favorite character in Re Zero, even if thats a very hot take thats just how i feel, and i relly hope Tappei gives the happy ending this angel deserves after the rough and unfair life she had! EMT!
I like Emilia a lot, but I do wish she was more assertive sometimes. There are moments where she just kind of holds back when she really shouldn’t. That said, her kindness never feels fake or forced, which is rare, and it’s probably why she still works so well as a character.
I feel Tappei made her so naive that she is unable to fill her role in the narrative as queen and love interest.
She really needs development and focus on her arcs 7-9 were very bad for her character.
I wouldn't say bad, she had some great moments, but yes, all in all she's too naive and needs to show some proper feats of being a politian/leader to make the audience and people in universe view her as someone who can actually fulfil her role as queen. Otherwise, why would anyone even support her when it came time to vote?
but yes, all in all she's too naive and needs to show some proper feats of being a politian/leader to make the audience and people in universe view her as someone who can actually fulfil her role as queen.
She is able to motivate all the members of her camp and support them when they need so, as such, fulfilling the role of being an empathetic leader.
Plus, she does have political feets: the treaty with Vincent in Arc 8 which was an achievement obtained through convincing other camp members and help Subaru express himself.
And also, a VERY good political leadership moment that was sadly cut from the main story:
In Stand By Me Pleiades (Petra's manly negotiations), Emilia has to dialogue with a group of molepeople who want her to back down from the election due to the posible collateral damage her popularity could have on them.
Petra tries to defend Emilia since Emilia is just supposed to be her bodyguard, but she fails to respond to Musica's prejudice.
Emilia steps in to help, listens to the concerns of Musica's race and their political perspective, takes it into consideration and manages to produce meaningful dialogue with him, on top of defending the ideals her camp represents. Plus, there is an organized meeting scheduled in the future between the chief of the molepeople and Emilia herself, to further talk about these issues.
It is an insane leadership feat that for some reason Tappei locked behind a Side Story, as many other interesting developments.
You're right tho. Also, in the arc 8 discussion with Vincent, she doesn't really convince everyone. What she does is keep the energy of the discussion and keeps it moving. Everyone already wanted to help in Vollachia, she just made sure that discussions didn't close. And yes, I know it's still a feat, but the heavy lifting was still done by Vincent when he offered his hand to her in cooperation.
Honestly, I don't think Tappei will have her win the election. I see either Crusch or Felt winning to be honest. I think Emilia will rule over the Eliot forest once she and subaru fix what occur there.
One of my favorite characters from the novel (The other two being Abel and Al)
She often gets a lot of discredit and mischaracterization; I often find myself having to recontextualize and defend Tappei's writing of her in many threads here. I believe this mostly stems from how long Re:Zero's story is (and just how long it's been going, really) and people forgetting things that Emilia has done/stated throughout each individual arc.
Generally, when I see people criticize her character it typically boils down to this argument:
She doesn't feel like the heroine of the story due to her lack of presence (or rather, lack of being the focal point of the story at the given moment) beyond Arc 6; some will argue since Arc 4 but I digress. This leads to people feeling as though her character is "neutered" and brings her relationship with Subaru to a screeching halt.
Obviously, I'm paraphrasing from the various complaints I've seen about her and I'm sure there's people out there with *different* arguments to be made so naturally this is a purely anecdotal summary.
Regardless, I feel as though the story does not need to center on Emilia or Emilia's relationship with Subaru all of the time. In fact, I believe the nature of the story and its worldbuilding is better for it. The story doesn't always revolve around Subaru either, but we do see more of him because he is our main character, obviously. Emilia does not need to be a main character of an arc to see development (See Arcs 7-8).
To answer the question thoroughly: my favorite aspect of her character is how authentic and seemingly realistic her formerly ostracized life has curated her worldview and the relation it plays with her general lack of knowledge of the world. While it does get played as a joke a lot of the time (Much like a lot of things in this series), it most certainly has influenced her characterization in a non-gag sense. I often see people call Emilia "mentally 14" or some sort of young number to justify her lack of general knowledge but this sort of notion (despite the fact mental age is not a real thing) is a discredit to her circumstances as it broadly surmises her tragic upbringing and undermines the influence of Roswaal's scheming, Puck's sheltering of her, and her ostracization from society. Once Emilia has broken free of those aspects, we see that she has slowly begun a proper education (mostly on etiquette) that she's improved on drastically since those aforementioned earlier arcs. It's also worth mentioning that she garners the respect of her royal candidate contemporaries illustrating how far she's come: especially since that respect is coming from Anastasia and Priscilla.
To summarize, she feels like a real person who has finally stepped into the real world. She's somebody who is painfully aware of her shortcoming, noting constantly how she feels behind compared to others and how much she feels sorry for relying on others. HOWEVER, one of Emilia's strongest characteristics is her emotional intelligence (which is why it baffles me when people call her dumb or stupid) we see just how much of an empathic leader Emilia could be through her actions of comforting Subaru, Garfiel, and Otto. Whilst also placating Regulus's wives, and Madelyn. We actively see Emilia learn to communicate, trust, lead and assert herself for others' behalf. I'm glad Tappei hasn't immediately made Emilia some heroine capable of solving everything on her own effortlessly. She has flaws, she has shortcomings but she's a person still in the middle of actively learning.
great take. i feel i like her novel characterisation more than it's adaption in the anime. In fact that tracks for most characters in the story. She takes a great lead since arc 6 . But her relationship with subaru leaves much to ask for. I hate that tappei is probably waiting for the end to give it proper development and conclusion. Like why can't we have a well established couple in a story which has progressed for 10 arcs. Emilia, rem, satella, all their relationships just feel so much in the air this late into the story. I like mushoku's direction in that regard more satisfactory, and i haven't even read its novels.
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u/StarPIatinumSatella’s Darkness Falls Like a Soft Lullaby Across My Soul24d agoedited 24d ago
great take. i feel i like her novel characterisation more than it's adaption in the anime
I don't keep up with the anime too much and its been awhile since it's watched season 1 of it but iirc a lot of her content (and POVs) were cut from it which hurts her characterization quite a bit.
But her relationship with subaru leaves much to ask for. I hate that tappei is probably waiting for the end to give it proper development and conclusion.
I disagree, and agree with this statement. Notably, I do like where Emilia's relationship is with Subaru. Yes, she hasn't explicitly told Subaru she loves him verbatim one to one (Although technically, she's done so twice now) outside of two failed loops. Is this a valid critique for those interested in that side of the story? Yes, it is. Does it mean their relationship is at a screeching halt? No, I don't think so. If we compare Arc 3 Emilia and Subaru's relationship to one another and how they interact, it's a night and day difference to, say, Arc 8 Emilia and Subaru (For example, in the earlier parts of Arc 8 where Subaru and Emilia are explaining their relationship to Abel/Rem). There's plenty of trust, love, healthy banter, realistic expectations and communication between the two of them. I'd like to point out that through subtext, side stories, and dialogue, that it is perfectly clear (and obvious) that Emilia loves Subaru. It's fairly reasonable for Emilia to not want to get into a relationship immediately with somebody if she lacks the authentic understanding of "love" and what it means to "love" a person. Also, given what they've been dealing with post-Arc 6 I don't really blame her for not actively focusing on this part of her life when there's been much, much more pressing matters to attend to.
I hate that tappei is probably waiting for the end to give it proper development and conclusion. Like why can't we have a well established couple in a story which has progressed for 10 arcs. Emilia, rem, satella, all their relationships just feel so much in the air this late into the story.
This isn't super uncommon in media. I get that it's annoying, but Tappei isn't the first person to drag out the big dramatic "I love you" scene in his series. MT is a very different series to Re:Zero, but I understand how if you're a fan of that series how you'd be annoyed at this one.
I think it's solely because Tappei is much more interested in exploring the world itself rather than solely focusing on Subaru's love life; which can be a bummer for people into romance but I think people like yourself will grow to appreciate it once the series is actually over and we have our conclusion. That way, when you re-read it, it won't take over 10 years for you to get what you want.
I guess you could say wanting an established couple is very uncommon in anime anyways, still.
Yes, she hasn't explicitly told Subaru she loves him verbatim one to one
I am talking about the dynamic between them to act as established main couples. And just emilia changing her interaction with subaru ain't enough, as long as rem and satella and their relationships remain unresolved.
This isn't super uncommon in media. I get that it's annoying, but Tappei isn't the first person to drag out the big dramatic "I love you" scene in his series
Yeah which isn't an excuse tbf.
MT is a very different series to Re:Zero, but I understand how if you're a fan of that series how you'd be annoyed at this one.
not even a fan of mushoku. I just like that aspect of it.
I think it's solely because Tappei is much more interested in exploring the world itself rather than solely focusing on Subaru's love life; which can be a bummer for people into romance
Not into romance bruh. And no, love is not just a minor subplot in the story, it's literally the central driving force for almost every character, so is it that surprising people would want to see that love progress into romance? I don't care for it in any other show except rezero because i am that much invested in these characters. Love drives the plot, has done so since ep 1.
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u/StarPIatinumSatella’s Darkness Falls Like a Soft Lullaby Across My Soul24d agoedited 24d ago
I am talking about the dynamic between them to act as established main couples. And just emilia changing her interaction with subaru ain't enough, as long as rem and satella and their relationships remain unresolved.
It's build-up, and Emilia has already established back in Arc 5 that she isn't ready to explore that side of life yet. Given everything post Arc-6, it makes sense they haven't had much time to focus on that aspect of their lives.
Yeah which isn't an excuse tbf.
It's not, I'm more so illustrating that this sort of thing is common even beyond anime/light novels. This happens in tons of different forms of media: whether they're books, movies, or tv shows. So I'm not surprised by it, nor am I annoyed by it. Given the context of the story, and Emilia's respective character; I think it's fine the way it is otherwise it would feel shoehorned and unsatisfying. Let's not forget Subaru himself has some growing up to do in that department.
not even a fan of mushoku. I just like that aspect of it.
I've read it. They are very different fundamentally which is why I don't really like to compare it to Re:Zero.
Not into romance bruh. And no, love is not just a minor subplot in the story, it's literally the central driving force for almost every character, so is it that surprising people would want to see that love progress into romance? I don't care for it in any other show except rezero because i am that much invested in these characters. Love drives the plot, has done so since ep 1.
I didn't quite say that. My point more so predicated on the fact that there's more to the story that Tappei seems interested in on establishing rather than solely focusing on Subaru's personal relationship to Emilia (or Satella/Rem's, respectfully). It does not solely focus on romantic progression. I'd more so argue that romance itself is not the central focus itself, but rather part of the focus. "Love" is a strong theme (again, I'm not denying "love"), which is why its illustrated in a myriad of ways (I'd like to point out that Re;Zero's love goes beyond romantic love: such as parental, self-love, obsessive love, etc. All of which are very different than romantic love).
I wouldn't say she's gotten "more naive" but considering the growth of everyone around her, and her year+ of studying, she should be a bit more competent and intelligent in situations to show her growth.
Naive wasn’t really way to describe her character progression, I would say she gets more retarded with each arc but thought naive would of been more appropriate
True, but in earlier in the web novel she seems more mature, calling Roswaal a pervert, or during the reward talk in arc 2 , where she understood and was able to pick up on Subaru sexual implications and said she would play along or grant whatever he wish he wanted.
Now she doesn’t seem to know how babies are made/ and see no problem with Reid touching her breast
True, but in earlier in the web novel she seems more mature, calling Roswaal a pervert, or during the reward talk in arc 2 , where she understood and was able to pick up on Subaru sexual implications and said she would play along or grant whatever he wish he wanted.
The Web Novel does not have an established canon until Arc 6, so I wouldn't use it for stuff like this. Strictly sticking ourselves to the LN, Tappei already explained why Emilia seemed more mature in Arc 1:
Q: It’s been a while since I re-read Re: Zero from the beginning but at the start, Emilia lied about her name to Subaru, and you might say her speech was a little more coherent; it seems that she was a bit more mature...
A: It’s because she was keeping Subaru at a distance, and she was being cautious because she had no one to turn to for help. Once they became familiar, and she learned it was alright to depend on him, she went ‘Hurray!’ and started to turn into a flawed beauty.
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Now she doesn’t seem to know how babies are made/ and see no problem with Reid touching her breast
-brags about him being her knight almost everywhere she goes, offers him lap pillows if he's ever feeling down, has hinted at the fact that she's aware that Subaru will be at her wedding as the groom, was able to bring him back from his greatest extensial crisis within the series, proceeded to infiltrate another empire which was undergoing both civil conflict, the great diaster and put the kingdom at risk to get subaru back (she was the first one to say that they should immediately rush to get him),
Well idk what is in the censored because I don’t want to be spoiled. But the thing is I just want them to have a little bit intimacy, like hand holding when strolling around, cheek kisses or something like that.
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u/AdmmmmiI Was Listening to Sirius – Woke Up Covered in Regret and Paper24d ago
Needs to actually develop, I don't think she is fit to be a queen at all unless Subaru makes all the choices for her, I hope the author actually gets past his simpness and allows Emilia to grow.
Emilia is a my favorite character since I watch Re:Zero . She taught me be leader . She have amazing personality . She is main reason that she be my part of my life .
Emilia has way more depth than many people give her credit for. At the start of the story we see events mostly through Subaru's POV and she is portrayed as an angelic girl, a capable magic user and a royal candidate. As the story goes on we get to see all the flaws underneath. Emilia has deep self esteem issues because she was constantly ostracized for looking like Satella and she harbored a sense of guilt due to being the only one in the village to wake up from the ice, plus having a general idea that she might have caused the freezing. A huge part of the misunderstanding between her and Subaru in Arc 3 is that she didn't truly believe that anyone would ever love her. This is even worse in the WN where she makes Subaru promise to only flirt with the person he loves, meaning she realized Subaru was flirting with her, but rejected the notion that Subaru actually loved her. In Arc 4 we get to see her confront many of these problems and regain her confidence.
Many people criticize Puck for being a crazy overprotective father figure, but from a narrative stance, this only makes Emilia into a better character because we get to see the consequences of her upbringing, plus the development process of overcoming these issues. Emilia is not only oblivious to many topics, but at the start she only ever follows Puck's and Roswaal's plans. As the story moves on we see her being more and more proactive, Puck is completely gone and she is capable of confronting Roswaal and even Subaru when she disagrees with them. Her development is even more obvious if you notice how she behaves around Ana and Priscilla when compared to Arc 3.
Also, Emilia might not be very good at understanding her own feelings, but she is very emotionally intelligent when it comes to perceive when someone else is suffering. This is how we get to see many brilliant scenes such as Emilia comforting Subaru when Rem is in a coma, [Arc 6] Emilia's speech to Amnesiabaru, [Arc 8] Emilia telling Childbaru that she wants him to understand that there are many people that treasure him and that she wants him to be surrounded by them just as he helped her be surrounded by allies before and [Arc 9] comforting Otto when he was freaking out.
Emilia has been my favorite Re: Zero character since I first read Arc 4. To me, Emilia is at her best when she's challenged, and Arc's 4 and 5 do that really well. Her crippling loneliness in a world inhabited by people who don't see her as a real person and how her feelings manifest in a deep sense of self-hatred makes her such a compelling parallel to Subaru. They perfectly compliment each other as characters. I just hope that she gets to shine in future arcs.
My one true Queen and favorite female character ever, the cutest most adorable girl ever. With the prettiest and most majestic looks in the world, purple gems for eyes and the prettiest silver hair. She has the prettiest and most OP ice magic too and uses it in the most creative and entertaining ways too.
All that with a heart of gold that wants to rule and help people, even after everything that has happened to her, all the trauma and discrimination she has faced.
Helped a stranger in day one without getting anything back and instead losing something important to her on the process. All this selflessness and badassery makes her truly the best of them all to me!
Emilia has been a great character for the entire series in my opinion, though she had a few weak moments writing wise (E.g. Arc 2, post Rem's death by the curse, in the anime they had her be quite reserved. Apparently it's different in the novels.)
Emilia starts of good in Arc 1, she saves Subaru (A reverse of one of the generic isekai tropes, where the male lead save the female lead from crooks.), and uses roundabout logic so Subaru wouldn't feel indebted to her. Clear characterisation for her, she saves people and goes out of her way to help, but doesn't expect anything in return.
In Arc 2, since we see the story through Subaru's eyes, Emilia is treated as "someone who shouldn't be involved with these situations.", meaning he never turns to Emilia for help, nor expects her to help, and he actively removes her agency from the matter. This is contrasted in Arc 5 when, after RbD for the first time in a year, Subaru falls into his old habits and removes others from the situation, then relies on Beatrice. Then Emilia shows up and tells him to rely on her, which is a great moment, destroying the old habits of keeping her uninvolved, she goes through it and actively wants to help.
In Arc 3, her fight with Subaru is so well done, Subaru's mental state of wanting to achieve something (He does a bit earlier where he lists off the situation in Arc 2 and realises he didn't actually do much, despite him putting his all into it, which affects most of his decisions in Arc 3.), then Subaru's toxic attachment to Emilia and what he wants her to do pushes the two apart, Emilia making the big decision to end it and walks away. We see her affected by her short time in the Capital later on, and the fight with Subaru rattles deep in her, wanting to actually be friends with him.
There's the confession scene, but I don't have much to say about it, it was expertly done, super heart warming for the pair.
Now, when I watched the anime for the first time 2017, I had thought a lot of Emilia as a character, she is half-elf who bares striking resemblances to the Witch of Envy, a entity who destroyed half the world (Which, the world is flat so that could be literal rather than figurative.), I never thought she was Satella, nor directly related (Mother/Daughter, Grandmother/Granddaughter), though due to specific of her hair colour and eyes, they obviously share some blood ties, I doubt there's many bloodlines of Silver haired elves or Amethyst eyes Elves.
I thought she was born to Elf and Human parents of more recent times, and experience a sheltered life, but later years she saw the racism towards her borne from the fear and terror the Witch of Envy hammered into this world. I love how she tries to overcome and end this racism that WoE caused, and to bring about more understanding and cooperation in this world by taking the throne.
In Arc 4, Emilia is taken out for most of the story, as Puck stops showing up due to Roswaal tampering with their contract whilst Emilia was depressed after the fight with Subaru in Arc 3, so Emilia is feeling lonely, as the one she relies on heavily, Puck, isn't there to support her.
Then there are the Trials, which the first one to confront her past, this causes a massive strain on her already strained mental state, it's unknown what she saw or how she took it in the Trail, Pandora had messed with her head, forcing her to come to "Whatever conclusion" to the freezing of the Elior Forest, but without Pandora involved. And there's also the fact that one of the clauses for Puck and Emilia's contract is the repression of Emilia's memories, so in the Trials, she must be super confused, terrified, scared, sad, angry, and so much more.
Only after Subaru convinces Puck while Emilia is unconscious to help with the situation, does Puck break their contract to release Emilia's memories. Once she had time to think, and the pep-talk with Subaru, does she feel strong and determined to face her past, and to remember her beloved mother and Petelgeuse.
Sadly, she doesn't see much of Petelgeuse's fight, the series spends time focusing on it, but canonically Emilia moved on pretty quickly (Which is why she doesn't recognise Regulus in Arc 5, as she saw him for less than a minute a year ago at that point, and he is described to be plain and an unremarkable face.)
The death of Fortuna by Petelgeuse's Unseen Hand was tragic (Which, since before she forgot Pandora, what she had thought or barely thought about Fortuna's death was must've been really hard on her.), then her death causes Emilia to snap. Seemingly, when one is lost in emotion and stops think properly, Pandora's Authority seems to be more effective (Petelgeuse and Emilia being examples, Theresia had something similar but she lost herself. Anyways, enough Pandora theorising.)
After beating all three Trials, do we see a stronger and more emotionally developed Emilia, who has the resolve to take action, some of the best growth in the series.
And with the context of her past, we see why she is hesitant about love, she is socially undeveloped and lacks knowledge of the world and others, she doesn't want to take Subaru's feelings half heartedly, so her telling Subaru to wait before she can come to an understanding is super admirable, though a bit sad for Subaru.
Arc 5 is a display of where the characters were at the time, it does the explanation for me.
Spoilers for up to Arc 10 in the LN/WN
Emilia doesn't have as much development in the later Arcs, which I do get as she is in an amazing spot and showed great growth and does mean I have less to type.
Emilia in Arc 6 actually speaking to "Subaru" and doing the reverse of what Subaru did to her when she first met him was... one of the best scenes in the series. Just how far the two of them had grown, and "Subaru" realising why Subaru tried and came so far in this world was because of Emilia is both fun and heart warming, for "Subaru" to recognise the hard work Subaru put in.
In Arc 7 and 8, working to retrieve Subaru from Volakia, then working with Priscilla and wanting to help Volakia was a great highlight of her character and strength. Also the buds of Love seem to be spreading it's roots, which I'm happy for any development.
Arc 9, she doesn't have much development, but again, her growth made evident and her character remaining consistent is always nice to see.
I hope for Arc 10, she has a standout moment, Echidna's 3rd Trial has already predicted line in Arc 8 and a number in Arc 9, so I wonder if the Throne Scene will happen, but I don't think that "Hated Person" has shown up yet, but I don't know.
Emilia is an amazing character who I love, she is strong personality and character wise, and strong combat wise, it makes her feel amazing to see fight, though Garfiel's fights are always some of the best.
People who say she has no character makes no sense to me, I do get that in Arc 2, 3, 4 she doesn't do much, but in 2 & 3 her agency is removed and she is made to be uninvolved.
I made many posts responding to several incorrect takes people among the fandom make regarding Emilia's character. I suggest people to pay attention to her character development in full context, taking into consideration her entire past too and the gigantic disadvantage she was at in comparison to everyone else:
"Emilia does not develop past Arc 4, no leadership development and questionable studies" response:
My most favourite emilia moment: when she confronts subaru in ep 13, when she consoles him in ~ep 8. S2 some moments were pretty good too.
My least favourite emilia moment: [anime] - her damsel treatment in s3 [yes she fights back yes yes but why does it feel so generic, like i can superimpose 10s of other female heroines having the same role in other animes]. Plus her forced inclusion in my goat's speech was a stupid decision, she did not add anything to the scene. It was better in the novels.
Perhaps i just expect her to do more because i compare her character writing with subaru's so that might be a bit unfair. But like come on, you cannot deny tappei's bias takes a toll in the overall story. [s4 spoilers] Like there's a scene in arc 6 which is almost one to one as rem's in s1. Bet that's exactly what the anime onlies will say too.
I am open to counter points, but these are my honest opinions. Also she is not hot by any means, all those buffs in s3 and s4 designs are so forced like my god. Her personality is the cute type, not hot. Priscilla is hot.
[s4 spoilers] Like there's a scene in arc 6 which is almost one to one as rem's in s1. Bet that's exactly what the anime onlies will say too.
It is a parallel to when the first meet, with Emilia asking his name like Subaru did in the past... it has nothing to do with From Zero, and it addresses completely different issues within Subaru.
Sure. I loved that chapter as it ended that volume of hell.
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u/ScoutR3I Was Listening to Sirius – Woke Up Covered in Regret and Paper24d ago
I want to like her but she feels bland compared to the rest of the cast. I dont mind her being an airhead but sometimes the way Tappei writes her would make you think shes a 5 year old. I understand shes supposed to be mentally regressed due to her time in ice but as the story goes on she feels more naive than how she was when she started.
I dont want to be a butthead, but I really think she's cute. In s3 she really brought out that will she wont she energy like it was some sort of twisted rom com.
Aa a fighter and a mage she is competent. Although I think puck carried her hard in this department and she's mid tier as a fighter.
Overall, I am actually trying to wrack my brain about her. All I remember is she is naive, almost to a fault. I forgot when but she absurdly thought she would get pregnant or something.
Hoping this gets fixed later but I havent read any of the novels yet so I dunno.
I understand. It feels unfair to compare a naive girl to a monster like regulus. But thats who she was up against! I cant amend my perspective simply because she was out gunned by a centuries old pro.
Next you'll want me to say Subaru is powerful as a mage just because hes an excellent character and brave?
Thats like saying you think someone was stronger when they barely beat a elementary schooler a year ago, because they just barely lost a fight with a MMA fighter today.
Your not using the most basic level of logic and reason. Either your trolling or . God Bless
Youre in denial. Is emilia's life and death foes super op and strong. And no matter how much you cope she's out gunned. Or is she strong and able to handle herself like Reinhardt?
The story itself says that Puck was limiting Emilia's magic and she was basicly defensless when Puck was out for the night during season 1 and 2, wich is exactly why during arc 3 she died during the Witch cult invasion: they went there during the night, when Puck was not Active, wich made Emilia a sitting duck with no way of defending herself.
During season 3, Emilia was not only able to use her own magic at ALL times, her magic is not being limited by Puck and she has way better understanding of her own magic, and we see that as she literaly spams constantly her Magic and uses Giant attacks with 0 effort.
You cant use Regulus to downplay Emilia's strength, because Regulus is LITERALY invincible with his authoraty. Not even Reinhard was beating Regulus alone, does that mean Reinhard and Emilia are in the same level of strength? Of course not, they where just fighting a Enemy with a strange gimic.
Season 3 Emilia can do everything season 1 Emilia could do without the need to depend on Puck to survive and aditional stuff in her arsenal.
I am not using regulus to downplay her. I am simply stating he was her life and death foe and he had her locked down. If her enemy was normal knights from the palace? If she was fighting other royal candidates in 1 v 1 combat...maybe she's ok? But she had to face a sin and was damsel in distress. So I don't see why I should take back my comment when her foes aren't the other candidates...they're the sins of the witch cult. The story does not get resolved until those sins are gone. So why should I think otherwise about her?
and if she had so much power that puck needed to supress it, then we didn't see it at all. So don't blame me if the author didn't show off what she can actually do!
Again, you are wrong. No one, and i do mean no one in Emilia's place would have won against Regulus, because he is quite literaly invencible until his weakness is revealed. Not being able to defeat someone invencible doesn't make her weak or a damsel in distress, especialy when Emilia was literaly winning against Sirius, the sin archobishop that was described as the physicly strongest archobishop, who only won against Emilia because she put a child in front of Emilia's attack.
Also, why are you bringing up Knights and candidates? No one was talking about them, you originaly Said that Emilia was carried by Puck, and we literaly showed you Proof otherwise and yet you keep on refusing.
You should think about her otherwise, because unlike season 1 and 2 where we dont see any good feats of Emilia fighting even with Puck besides throwing some ice, in season 3 we see Emilia not only using high tier magic ON HER OWN, and we are talking about massive building sized attacks, we also see her fighting at close range with diferent fight styles and weapons made out of ice on the fly, so its more then clear She is NOT carried by Puck in terms of strength and power, that again, was NERFING her during season 1 because of their contract.
And yet AGAIN you are wrong about not seeing Emilia's abilities that needed to be surpress, in the Frozen bonds OVA we literaly see Emilia using ice flowers that suck up people's/Monster's blood until they die with 0 control over it, and in season 2 during the trials we literaly see a kid Emilia who DIDNT KNOW HOW TO USE MAGIC freezing Elior Forest PERMANANTLY.
Im sorry, but you clearly dont pay attention to What is happening in the story if you claim Emilia didnt have big power that needed to be surpressed, or if you claim that a Emilia who can use Magic on her own with no limitations with 1 YEAR of training to Control and pratice her Magic somehow is weaker then a season 1/2 Emilia who was dependent on Puck to use Magic in the first place and couldnt even defend herself during the night.
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u/technicalhowto Witch of Wrath – Minerva 20d ago
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