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Re Zero Discussion Thread: Season 4 is Real

Actually unbelievable that all that flowery prose about how Subaru's soul was worn down, shattered to pieces, and trampled over by Death was literal. His soul must be made of adamantine.
Being the one who had applied the curse mark, the repeated modifications to the conditions also caused serious damage to Aldebaran’s soul, and he could feel his Od fissuring deep within his body. That was not a feeling of pain, but rather, a profound sense of loss; the sensation of one’s very core being undermined, something that Natsuki Subaru was also said to have experienced. —Arc 9, Chapter 56, "Petra Leyte"
 
Actually unbelievable that all that flowery prose about how Subaru's soul was worn down, shattered to pieces, and trampled over by Death was literal. His soul must be made of adamantine.
By "core" did meant the soul is a fundamental aspect?

Cause that's possible with the nature of souls in this verse.
 
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I compiled a bunch of soul quotes earlier.
Here's what I found
Info:
  • Subaru's consciousness is clouded by a weird feeling. The feeling is similar to the one he gets when Beatrice collects mana from him.
  • Subaru is kind of aware the Earth Spider is a spirit, due to its heavy interference with his Od. The Earth Spider is trying to tell Subaru something, but he does not know what it is. –The Three Idiots Set Out! Earth Spider Episode, Summary

“Is this your first time borrowing her body?”

“No, this is the fourth time. But this is the first time there has been any issue going back. It’s never happened before, so I have no clue what the cause might be… I’ve stopped being able to extract myself from her body. As a result, Ana’s consciousness is sleeping in the depths of her Od.”

Eridna spoke as she touched her chest, as if the Od were inside her
, and then she looked at the scarf lying limp on the roundtable. –Volume 20, Chapter 7

Abel: “As for your case, the issue is that you have lost your ability to comprehend and your creativity. The details of Olbart’s technique are unknown, but one theory would be that the body reflects the ups and downs of its own Od.”

Subaru: “T-the Od’s ups and downs…?”

Abel: “It means that there is a connection between the Od and the body, their growth and decay. So to speak, we can assume that Olbart has meddled with your… or rather, all of your Ods.”

Abel looked over at Subaru, Al, and Medium, whose bodies remained shrunk.

That explanation didn’t ring a bell to Subaru. As was the case with his broken Gate, which was used for magic, he had no real sense of the explanation about Mana and Od, whose existence he had originally been unaware of. –Volume 29, Chapter 4
and emotions
Through the art of flying dragon taming, Balleroy and Carillon were tied to each other’s existences through their souls―― through the merging of Od with Od. Subjugating the innately ferocious flying dragons through that process, was the secretive technique of flying dragon taming.

Given that relationship, any wavering in Balleroy’s thoughts and feelings was directly transmitted to Carillon. The inverse also held true, so Balleroy had also sensed Carillon’s thoughts. –Volume 37, Chapter 4
Julius: "The phenomenon itself is exceedingly simple. Everything comprising the caster's soul– their memories, experiences, and most likely, elemental character and destiny– are seared onto the soul of another person." –Volume 9, Chapter 1
Subaru: “To begin with, borrowing her body? What kind of situation is that?”

“Anastasia”: “To put it simply, I overwrite my existence in Ana’s Od, and I borrow her freely, that is the situation. In this state, I am able to control Ana’s body at will, I can also manipulate Ana’s Gate, which is defective from the start, and use magic.” –Volume 20, Chapter 7
Od came from nothingness, but is existent so no NEP
——An abominable technique left behind by the Vicious Old Man, Olbart Dunkelkenn.

By meddling with the Od of others, the Shinobi’s secret infantilization technique could remarkably reverse the growth of one’s body.

All living beings were naught more than containers for that which came into existence from nothingness, the Od. Depending on the shape of the Od, the size and form of the container would vary accordingly.

Therefore, all living creatures would don different appearances, and establish themselves as unique life forms.

If this theory was correct, that the body only served as a container for the Od, then by altering the shape of one’s Od, the form of its container could be altered freely.

By compressing one’s Od, then the body, serving as the container, could also be shrunk—— –Volume 31, Chapter 2
Defined one's existence
The Memories eaten by Gluttony did not remain extant within the person concerned, the Names eaten by Gluttony did not remain extant within other people. That was because the Authority tore them off from the soul, which defined one’s existence in the world.

The proper cleansing of the soul by Od Lagna, which was practiced in the Hall of Memories―― acting as its agent of its own accord, the Authority of Gluttony would usurp it in stealth.

Therefore, the Memories and Names snavelled by Gluttony did not remain present within anyone.


Restrictively, though there had been ones who had only Memories or only Names stolen away, respective negative effects got applied.

If the Memories were stolen then said person, if the Name was stolen then other people, could no longer remember the person concerned. That could not be altered as long as the disposition of the soul remained within the protection of Od Lagna.

Yet, Natsuki Subaru did remember.

Did remember the ingredient, the soul which had been rendered naked, having Memories and Name both stolen. –Volume 25, Chapter 3
"Depth of a being"
――That what was termed as Synesthesia, operated via the Ods of two differing individuals being connected.

What was termed as the Od, was the source of power existing in the depths of a human being―― it could also be synonymous for the soul.

Though on instances it was also used in place of Mana as power for utilizing magic, originally, the Od was the pure property itself that made a human, human.

The consequence of having a domain that could not be trespassed by anyone, linking those born of the same womb mutually, perhaps resulted in Synesthesia, so propounded theory.

In the end, it came to be determined as folklore, and was not something that had been proven.

However, since it had been left in the Forbidden Library, it surely was not some phony spiel either. Above all else, Ram personally had taken a liking to that theory.

To have one’s own self and someone else be connected together by birth, was a lovely thing. –Volume 25, Chapter 7
"Root of self" and "essence"
Abel: “――As I stated. The Soul Marriage Technique involves ceding a portion of one’s soul to another. By soul, that would be the very root of one’s self, the Od.”

Al: “Ceding… Od.”

Ruminating on the words, Al’s voice trembled at the realization.

Od was, as Abel had stated, the root of one’s being―― the center of not only the body, but also the more spiritual part of the being, the origin of one’s Mana.

In this world, it was often treated as it was the same as the soul. So, perhaps the Soul Marriage Technique could also be called the Od Marriage Technique. Although Subaru wasn’t too sure of this.

Subaru: “But why do souls become stronger when they’re joined together?”

Abel: “A similar example would be the relationship between a Spiritual Arts User and a Spirit. By entering into a contractual relationship, User and Spirit connect to each other’s essence. Thus, those connected can be said to draw power from one another. Physical separation has nothing to do with it. This ought to ring a bell.” –Volume 29, Chapter 3
"underlying"
Priscilla: [Although vexing, upon seeing you imitate Lamia by increasing your numbers, mineself had an intuition. No matter how much the number of vessels increases, the underlying soul is shared. ――That is to say, the source of the Mana possessed by the owner of the soul of Sphinx shall be centralized.]

That was the existential flaw of Sphinx, having been resurrected as the Witch of Greed.

By abusing the ritual of the Sacrament of the Immortal King, it allowed the undead to revive and create multiple instances of themselves, but so long as the original soul remained the same, they could not have more Mana than they already possessed. –Arc 8, Chapter 70

Whatever this is
Soul aflame, life fading to ash, his very destiny was on the cusp of its terminus.

All were engulfed in the blaze, and as Rowan’s self was blurring into the realm after death, he entered into a domain untread by living and undead both―― the interval between life and death, the point that ought to be called the beyond.

That was tantamount to uncovering the very nature, the true essence, of life and the soul.

A few more seconds, real as they might be, the final significance of Rowan Segmunt’s existence would overflow. –Arc 8, Chapter 64
It's clear that the Od is abstract so it will be AE(Type 1; Consciousness, Emotion, Memory, Destiny, Info 1&2 and Concept)


Life manipulation:
Beatrice: [It can’t be helped, so Betty will give an explanation, in fact. Od is the core of life….it’s a source of magical power that spirits, humans, witchbeasts, and any other type of life have within them, no doubt about it, I suppose. Od is like a type of vessel for magical power, so it’s also an organ that saves up the mana taken in from a Gate, in fact.]

Subaru: [Huh, huh, a vessel that stockpiles magic. Go ahead and continue.]

Beatrice: [The way you’re speaking is irritating, I suppose… Anyways, we’re dealing with a great amount of mana of outstanding Od, in fact. However, there’s a limit to any type of vessel’s capacity, I suppose. And the mana that overflows because of the Od meeting its limit… it’s necessary to disperse it before that happens, in fact.]

Subaru: [Bring it out before your stomach explodes inside, huh. ….So something like constipation?]

Beatrice: [Think about how you word it, I suppose!] –Tanpenshuu 2, Chapter 5
Pocket reality manipulation? (Need more context)
“Anastasia”: “Having ceded the body over to me, and temporarily lying dormant in your Od, you are in a state wherein you will not receive any interference from the outside world―― Because the Od, is a world of a certain kind of peculiarity.”

And by her own volition, she had secluded herself away in that place.

The reason being obvious―― Should she come outside, she would incur the effects. The abhorrent Authority of the Sin Archbishop of Gluttony, she would incur its effects.

She would forget what she wished to never forget, relinquish what she wished to never relinquish.

Anastasia Hoshin would forget Julius Juukulius. –Volume 25, Chapter 6
 
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make a crt if you want to get this accepted, but do show me the draft first

anyways, crt for the new calc

 
Here you go:
 
I have finished the series I was reading and can now focus on my read through of arc 9. Of course I still have several things to do like passing a couple CRT's for Isekai at Peace, and Majikoi!, and making probably a dozen profiles for the series I just read? But yea, will be reading arc 9 now.
 
I have finished the series I was reading and can now focus on my read through of arc 9. Of course I still have several things to do like passing a couple CRT's for Isekai at Peace, and Majikoi!, and making probably a dozen profiles for the series I just read? But yea, will be reading arc 9 now.
Only the finale is due to be translated, so by the time you binge it that'll probably be done. Will be nice to get more in-depth feedback on Arc 9 CRTs from you, especially with Aldebaran's coming up.
 
Priscilla isn't even that outdated, I thought she had some arc 7 and 8 scans on her page?
 
Priscilla isn't even that outdated, I thought she had some arc 7 and 8 scans on her page?
Less outdated more just... not thoroughly looked over. Like, her standard equipment section implies that her only possible target for soul marriage's damage transfer is her necklace.
 
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So considering that Priscilla's profile isn't actually that outdated by what Zab said, is it fine if I'm continuing finding and making a matches for her?
 
So considering that Priscilla's profile isn't actually that outdated by what Zab said, is it fine if I'm continuing finding and making a matches for her?
no


Al crt is so goated, make Al matchups afterwards, THOSE are gonna be a real doozy

Al vs Frisk... maybe
 
I don't see how Frisk gets around aggressor. Even if you say they can power through with determination for a literal eternity, which really wouldn't happen, that would just keep them trapped in the loop.
Frisk would also reset though. They'd just be doing the same thing to each other lol.
 
I don't see how Frisk gets around aggressor.
It depends, Pacifist Frisk not gonna kill Al to trigger Agressor, and I doubt Al gonna be hellbent in killing a child, so It just ends with SPARE>MERCY on Frisk ends, since they can talk It out to stop fighting with they SI.
 
Frisk would also reset though. They'd just be doing the same thing to each other lol.
That's what Agressor is though. Admittedly, whichever would overrule the other might be unclear and lead to an incon.
 
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It depends, Pacifist Frisk not gonna kill Al to trigger Agressor, and I doubt Al gonna be hellbent in killing a child, so It just ends with SPARE>MERCY on Frisk ends, since they can talk It out to stop fighting with they SI.
You genuinely don't read this series, man. There's no way.
 
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