Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-46255197-20200710191249/@comment-216.171.34.221-20200720050731

I think it is incredibly unlikely. A) Emilia has 2 main responsibilities surrounding dealing with Satella and making everyone equal in the kingdom. She can't rule if she marries "some guy" like Subaru. Maybe Subaru can acquire enough "fame" to be considered worthy of becoming King, but I really doubt Subaru wants to be king, even if they would let him. B) We don't really understand the drawbacks of Return by Death, but Subaru believes it has a limitation, I personally think it will exhaust itself at 100 lives or something like that; or that for every life Subaru lost, Satella becomes linked to him or something like that; where it will necessitate some kind of sacrifice by Emilia at the end to free him.

Then let's also be aware that S2 introduces Subaru's family life. The author would not set up this conflict without intending to actually resolve it. Subaru can resolve his family issues without ever going back to Japan, but let's be real, the author is probably going to make Subaru go back home at the end. Emilia will not follow him back there, she feels too responsibile for what happened to her village.

The best ending I can conceive of is Emilia sacrifices herself and Subaru goes back home with the memories he earned, which give him the drive to live life in Japan for her sake. Maybe Rem goes to Japan with him, she doesn't really have any ties to her own world except Ram, who I think would not go to Japan just to be with her sister. In the event that Subaru does not go back to Japan...which I really doubt...I could see Subaru deciding to live with Rem and still support Emilia as her knight? But that doesn't really feel like a fulfilling ending at all.

As it currently stands, the flags Subaru has tripped will cause Emilia to endear him, but I don't think any actual marriage/children can occur. There are too many heavy things burdening Emilia. The idyllic ending would be Subaru "becoming King" (maybe with a concubine Rem) which sort of completes his "prideful" arc, but I really don't see that happening at all - that's wishful thinking above and beyond wishful thinking. Rezero tends to have consequences for your actions. Subaru has died far too many times to escape with 0 consequences.